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2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament

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2017 Ohio Valley Conference
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble Elimination
Finals site
ChampionsJacksonville State (6th title)
Winning coachJana McGinnis (6th title)
MVPWhitney Gillespie (JSU)
Attendance4,932
TelevisionOVC Digital Network
  • 2016
  • OVC Softball Tournament
  • 2018

The 2017 OVC softball championship was held May 10–14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 24th time the championship had been held and the fifth year it featured eight teams. This was the second straight year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of on the home field of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner, Jacksonville State, earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

In 2016, Jacksonville State won its fifth OVC Championship and first since 2013 by topping SIUE in the Championship Game.[1]

2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍ 15 1   .938 40 10   .800
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 13 5   .722 41 13   .759
UT Martin +  ‍‍‍ 13 5   .722 40 22   .645
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10 5   .667 28 21   .571
Murray State +  ‍‍‍ 11 7   .611 36 20   .643
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 27 31   .466
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 8 8   .500 16 30   .348
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 10 12   .455 35 22   .614
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 8 14   .364 23 27   .460
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 6 12   .333 26 22   .542
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 5 15   .250 17 31   .354
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 2 19   .095 12 37   .245
‡ – OVC Tournament}] champion


Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Jacksonville State Gamecocks'8
8Belmont Bruins5
1Jacksonville State4
4Eastern Illinois2
4Eastern Illinois Panthers6
5Murray State Racers5
1Jacksonville State6
3SIU Edwardsville2
3SIU Edwardsville Cougars4
6Eastern Kentucky Colonels1
3SIU Edwardsville2
2UT Martin1
2UT Martin Skyhawks1
7Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles01Jacksonville State5
3SIU Edwardsville4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
8Belmont-
8Belmont52UT Martin42UT Martin1
5Murray State12UT Martin53SIU Edwardsville7
6Eastern Kentucky3
6Eastern Kentucky5
6Eastern Kentucky11(5)4Eastern Illinois0
7Tennessee Tech2

References

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  1. ^ "2017 OVC Softball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Softball Standings". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2017.