2023 Pac-12 Conference softball tournament

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2023 Pac-12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams9
Format Single-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Utah  (1st title)
Runner-up UCLA (1st title game)
Winning coach Amy Hogue  (1st title)
MVP Mariah Lopez (Utah)
Attendance12,246
Television Pac-12 Network
ESPN2
ESPNU
2023 Pac-12 Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y21–3–0 .87552–7–0 .881
No. 6 Washington  ‍‍‍y16–8–0 .66744–14–0 .759
No. 17 Utah  ‍‍‡‍y15–9–0 .62542–16–0 .724
No. 7 Stanford  ‍‍‍y14–10–0 .58347–15–0 .758
No. 19 Oregon  ‍‍‍y14–10–0 .58338–17–0 .691
California  ‍‍‍y9–14–1 .39635–21–1 .623
Oregon State  ‍‍‍6–17–1 .27115–29–1 .344
Arizona  ‍‍‍6–18–0 .25029–25–0 .537
Arizona State  ‍‍‍6–18–0 .25022–26–0 .458
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2023 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference softball tournament was held from May 10 through May 13, 2023 at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This marked the first postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978, the first to feature more than two teams. As the tournament winner, Utah earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

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Seeds

The tournament featured nine teams in this conference (Colorado, USC & Washington State do not field teams). Teams played once per day at the 2023 Pac-12 Softball Championship. The four-day event began with a play-in game between the eighth and ninth-place teams in the regular-season standings. That winner advanced to an eight-team, single-elimination bracket with the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship being contested on the following three days. The winner of the Pac-12 Softball Championship received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records. [2]

SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
#1UCLA21–350–4
#2Washington16–837–11
#3Utah15–934–13
#4Stanford14–1039–122–1 vs. Oregon
#5Oregon14–1035–141–2 vs. Stanford
#6California9–1433–18–1
#7Oregon State6–1715–28–1
#8Arizona6–1828–242–1 vs. Arizona State
#9Arizona State6–1822–251–2 vs. Arizona

Bracket

Play-in Game
May 10 		Quarterfinals
May 11 		Semifinals
May 12 		Finals
May 13
1 UCLA 4
8 Arizona 13(5)8 Arizona 3
9 Arizona State 4 1 UCLA1
4 Stanford 0
4 Stanford 4
5 Oregon 3
1 UCLA 4
3 Utah7
2 Washington 1
7 Oregon State 0
2 Washington 4
3 Utah8
3 Utah 6
6 California 2

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Play-in Game – Wednesday, May 10
16:00 p.m.No. 8 Arizona vs. No. 9 Arizona State13−4 (5) Pac-12 Network 2,530
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11
210:00 a.m.No. 3 Utah vs. No. 6 California6−2Pac-12 Network2,242
312:30 p.m.No. 2 Washington vs. No. 7 Oregon State1−0
44:00 p.m.No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 8 Arizona4−32,492
56:30 p.m.No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 5 Oregon4−3
Semifinals – Friday, May 12
64:30 p.m.No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Utah4−8 ESPNU 2,434
77:30 p.m.No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Stanford1−0 ESPN2
Championship – Saturday, May 13
87:00 p.m.No. 3 Utah vs. No. 1 UCLA7−4ESPN22,548
*Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. [3]

Team and tournament leaders

Hitting minimums - 75% of Games   2.5 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1.0 IP/Game

Source: [4]

TeamAvg.RBIHome RunsStolen BasesERAWinsStrikeoutsSaves
Arizona2 Tied0.6002 Tied5Allie Skaggs1None0Devyn Netz4.00Devyn Netz1Devyn Netz12None0
Arizona StateYanni Acuna1.000Jazmine Hill4Jazmine Hill1None0Kylee Magee8.08None0Kylee Magee4None0
CaliforniaAcacia Anders0.666Makena Smith1None02 Tied1Sona Halajian2.33None0Sona Halajian1None0
OregonTehya Bird.667Alyssa Daniell2Alyssa Daniell1None0Morgan Scott3.44None0Morgan Scott2None0
Oregon State2 Tied0.333None0None0Carson Saabye1Tarni Stepto0.00None02 Tied2None0
Stanford2 Tied0.4003 Tied12 Tied1Taylor Gindlesperger1 NiJaree Canady 0.00Alana Vawter1NiJaree Canady8None0
UCLA Maya Brady 0.500Maya Brady3Maya Brady2Kelli Godin1Brooke Yanez2.082 Tied1 Megan Faraimo 11None0
Utah2 Tied0.5562 Tied3Karlie Davison2Abby Dayton1Sydney Sandez2.00Mariah Lopez2Mariah Lopez7None0
WashingtonJadelyn Allchin0.500Jadelyn Allchin15 Tied1None0Ruby Meylan2.55Ruby Meylan1Ruby Meylan4None0


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References

  1. ↑ "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Arizona to host inaugural Pac-12 Softball Tournament in 2023". June 13, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bracket set for inaugural Pac-12 Softball Tournament". May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2023 Pac-12 Softball Tournament Pac-12 Pitching Leaders" (PDF).
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