2018 Big South Conference softball tournament

2018 Big South Conference
softball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Radford Softball Stadium Radford, Virginia
Champions	Liberty (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dot Richardson (1st title)
MVP	Autumn Bishop (Liberty)
Television	Big South Network, ESPN+, ESPN3

The 2018 Big South Conference softball tournament was held at Radford University's Radford Softball Stadium from May 9 through May 12, 2018. As in the previous year, the tournament was a six-team field. Liberty won their third ever title, and received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Seeds

The top two seeds, Liberty and Longwood, had byes to the second round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Liberty‡	18–3	44–12
2	Longwood	17–4	37–14
3	Radford	13–8	33–17
4	Campbell	12–9	26–25
5	Gardner–Webb	8–13	28–27
6	Winthrop	7–14	17–30	2–1 vs Charleston Southern
‡ – Big South regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

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Tournament

	First Round May 9th Big South Network					Second Round May 10th ESPN+					Semifinals May 11th ESPN3										Championship May 12th ESPN3
						1	Liberty	8
	4	Campbell	5			5	Gardner–Webb	2
	5	Gardner–Webb	11								1	Liberty	2:30 pm
											3	Radford	ESPN3
						2	Longwood	1
	3	Radford	3			3	Radford	4
	6	Winthrop	2
																					1	Liberty	5	—
																					3	Radford	1	—
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																2	Longwood	2
											2	Longwood	6			3	Radford	3^(12)
						4	Campbell	12^(6)			4	Campbell	5
	4	Campbell	12^(5)			5	Gardner–Webb	4
	6	Winthrop	2

• All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.

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References

1. "2018 Softball Standings" (Press release). Big South Conference. May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
2. "2018 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (Press release). Big South Conference. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
3. "2018 Big South Softball Championship" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.