2016 Big South Conference Softball Tournament

The 2016 Big South Conference Softball Tournament were held at Winthrop University's Terry Field from May 11 through May 14, 2016. Longwood won their second straight tournament championship, and the third of their four years in the conference, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The first and second rounds were streamed online through the Big South Network, while the semifinals and championship were streamed on ESPN3.

2016 Big South Conference Softball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	9
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	Terry Field Rock Hill, South Carolina
Champions	Longwood (3rd title)
Winning coach	Kathy Riley (3rd title)
MVP	Sydney Gay (Longwood)
Television	Big South Network, ESPN3

Seeds

The nine conference teams which sponsor college softball all received bids. The bottom two seeds have a play-in game to determine who will advance to face the top seeded team. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Longwood‡	19–5	33–17
2	Coastal Carolina	18–6	35–20
3	Liberty	16–8	30–26
4	Radford	13–11	32–24
5	Campbell	11–13	25–29
6	Presbyterian	10–14	24–26	2–1 vs. Charleston Southern
7	Charleston Southern	10–14	22–32	1–2 vs. Presbyterian
8	Gardner-Webb	7–17	21–32
9	Winthrop	4–20	14–41
‡ – Big South regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

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Tournament

8/9 Elimination Game

	Elimination Game May 11th Big South Network
	8	Gardner–Webb	5
	9	Winthrop	9

Double Elimination Tournament

	1st Round May 11th and 12th Big South Network					2nd Round May 12th and 13th Big South Network					Semifinals May 13th and 14th ESPN3						Championship May 14th ESPN3
	1	Longwood	13
	9	Winthrop	5 ^(6)
						1	Longwood	2
						5	Campbell	5
	4	Radford	2
	5	Campbell	11
											4	Radford	8	3
										5	Campbell	4	6
	4	Radford	4
	9	Winthrop	3
						3	Liberty	1
						4	Radford	2
																1	Longwood	10	–	–
																5	Campbell	0 ^(5)	–	–
	2	Coastal Carolina	14
	7	Charleston Southern	10
						2	Coastal Carolina	8
						3	Liberty	0 ^(5)
	3	Liberty	3
	6	Presbyterian	0
											1	Longwood	5	10
										2	Coastal Carolina	0	2 ^(5)
	6	Presbyterian	8
	7	Charleston Southern	5
						1	Longwood	4
						6	Presbyterian	0

• All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.[2]

References

1. "Seedings for 2016 Big South Softball Championship Announced" (Press release). Big South Conference. May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
2. "2015 Big South Softball Championship" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved May 13, 2016.