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| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
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| Television | gobison.com/watch |
The 2015 Summit League softball tournament will be held at Ellig Sports Complex on the campus of the North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota from May 7 through May 10, 2015. [1] The tournament winner will earn The Summit League's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games will be streamed online on gobison.com/watch.
| 1st Round Elimination Game May 7th | ||||
| 4 | Western Illinois | 6 | ||
| 5 | South Dakota State | 7 | ||
| 1st Round Elimination Game May 7th | ||||
| 3 | IUPUI | 13 | ||
| 6 | IPFW | 0(5) | ||
| 2nd Round May 8 | Semifinals May 9 | Championship May 9 & 10 | |||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 16 | |||||||||||
| 5 | South Dakota State | 0(5) | |||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | IUPUI | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3 | IUPUI | 11 | |||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota State | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | IUPUI | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | South Dakota | 18 | 2 | South Dakota | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | South Dakota State | 7 | |||||||||||
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