2016 Big East Conference softball tournament

August 2023 2016 Big East Conference Big East 250 4 Single-elimination tournament The Ballpark at Rosemont Rosemont, Illinois 2016 Butler Bulldogs Butler 1st Scott Hall 1st Sarah Dixon Butler FS2 The 2016 Big East Conference softball tournament was held at The Ballpark at Rosemont in Rosemont, Illinois. The tournament, hosted by DePaul University, ran May 13 through May 14, 2016 and determined the champion for the Big East Conference for the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. Fourth-seeded 2016 Butler Bulldogs Butler won the tournament for the first time and earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament.https://www.bigeast.com/news/2016/5/14/SB_0514164056.aspx Big East Conference Butler Defeats St. John’s in Extra Innings to Win BIG EAST Softball Championship May 14, 2016 May 5, 2021 The entire tournament aired on Fox Sports 2. Dave Bernhard and Bob Brainerd served as the broadcasters for Fox. Format and seeding The top four teams from the conference's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament, and were seeded one through four. They played a single-elimination tournament.http://www.bigeast.com/tournaments/?id=39 2016 Big East Conference softball tournament bigeast.com May 9, 2016 Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2016 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 16 3 .842 — 1 2016 Villanova Wildcats Villanova 14 6 .700 2.5 2 2016 St. John's Red Storm St. John's 12 7 .632 4 3 2016 Butler Bulldogs Butler 9 7 .536 5.5 4 2016 Creighton Blue Jays Creighton 7 11 .389 8.5 — 2016 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall 7 12 .368 9 — 2016 Providence Friars Providence 6 14 .300 10.5 — 2016 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown 3 14 .176 12 — Tournament Semifinals Championship 1 2016 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 6 4 2016 Butler Bulldogs Butler 10 2 20156 Villanova Wildcats Villanova 0 3 2016 St. John's Red Storm St. John's 10(5) 4 Butler 10(8) 3 St. John's 8 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos Player School Class P Kristin Gutierrez Butler Senior McKenzie Murray St. John’s Sophomore C Riley Carter Butler Senior Naomi Tellez DePaul Senior 1B Dylan Christensen DePaul Junior Kaitlin Doud Butler Freshman 3B Christina Melendez St. John’s Freshman RF Yvonne Rericha St. John’s Senior Sarah Dixon Butler Sophomore Most Outstanding Player Sarah Dixon was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Dixon was an outfielder for Butler. References Big East Tournament Category:Big East Conference softball tournament Big East Conference softball tournament