2018 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

2018 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament

Teams	6
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK
Champions	Oklahoma  (6th title)
Runner-up	Baylor (1st title game)
Winning coach	Patty Gasso  (6th title)
MVP	Nicole Pendley (Oklahoma)
Attendance	3,075
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2018 Big 12 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y	18	–	0		1.000			57	–	5		.919
No. 19 Baylor  ‍‍‍y	12	–	6		.667			38	–	18		.679
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	12	–	6		.667			39	–	22		.639
No. 25 Texas  ‍‍‍y	10	–	8		.556			33	–	26		.559
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			31	–	28		.525
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	4	–	14		.222			23	–	33		.411
Kansas  ‍‍‍	2	–	16		.111			27	–	25		.519
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA [1]

The 2018 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 11 through May 12, 2018. Oklahoma won their sixth conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament. ^{[2] [3]}

Oklahoma, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament. ^[4] Oklahoma would go on to play in the 2018 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source: ^[4]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1	Oklahoma	18	0	1.000	57	5	.919
2	3	Baylor	12	6	.667	38	18	.679
2	2	Oklahoma State	12	6	.667	39	22	.639
4	4	Texas	10	8	.556	33	26	.559
5	5	Texas Tech	5	13	.278	31	28	.525
6	6	Iowa State	4	14	.222	23	33	.411
7		Kansas	2	16	.111	27	25	.519

• Kansas did not participate in the tournament

Schedule

Source: ^{[3] [2]}

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Friday, May 11
1	11:00 a.m.	#3 Baylor 7, #2 Oklahoma State 1	OGE Energy Field	2,616
2	11:00 a.m.	#4 Texas 7, #6 Iowa State 0	Integris Field
3	2:00 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 10, #4 Texas 1 (6)	OGE Energy Field
4	2:00 p.m.	#3 Baylor 5, #5 Texas Tech 6	Integris Field
5	5:00 p.m.	#2 Oklahoma State 7, #5 Texas Tech 6 (9)	OGE Energy Field
6	7:30 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 9, #6 Iowa State 6	OGE Energy Field
Day 2 – Saturday, May 12
7	11:00 a.m.	#6 Iowa State 1, #2 Oklahoma State 5	OGE Energy Field	3,075
8	1:30 p.m.	#4 Texas 9, #5 Texas Tech 2 (11)	OGE Energy Field
9	4:00 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 6, #3 Baylor 4	OGE Energy Field
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source: ^[3]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Nicole Pendley	Oklahoma
1B	Shay Knighten
3B	Sydney Romero
LF	Fale Aviu
CF	Nicole Pendley
DH	Jocelyn Alo
P	Paige Lowary
P	Paige Parker
LF	Kyla Walker	Baylor
RF	Maddison Kettler
P	Gia Rodoni
3B	Vanessa Shippy	Oklahoma State
CF	KiAudra Hayter	Texas
P	Brooke Bolinger
CF	Michaela Cochran	Texas Tech
P	Erin Edmoundson

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "2018 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
4. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.