2016 Big South Conference softball tournament

August 2023 2016 Big South Conference Big South 9 Double-elimination tournament Terry Field Rock Hill, South Carolina Longwood 3rd Kathy Riley 3rd Sydney Gay Longwood Big South Network, ESPN3 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. 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. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1 2016 Longwood Lancers Longwood‡ 19–5 33–17 2 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Coastal Carolina 18–6 35–20 3 2016 Liberty Lady Flames Liberty 16–8 30–26 4 2016 Radford Highlanders Radford 13–11 32–24 5 2016 Campbell Fighting Camels Campbell 11–13 25–29 6 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose Presbyterian 10–14 24–26 2–1 vs. Charleston Southern 7 2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers Charleston Southern 10–14 22–32 1–2 vs. Presbyterian 8 2016 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Gardner-Webb 7–17 21–32 9 2016 Winthrop Eagles Winthrop 4–20 14–41 ‡ – Big South regular season champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/seedings-for-2016-big-south-softball-championship-announced Seedings for 2016 Big South Softball Championship Announced Big South Conference May 8, 2016 May 8, 2016 March 5, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001001/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/seedings-for-2016-big-south-softball-championship-announced dead Tournament 8/9 Elimination game Elimination GameMay 11thBig South Network 8 Gardner–Webb 5 9 Winthrop 9 Double-elimination tournament y 2 1st RoundMay 11th and 12thBig South Network 2nd RoundMay 12th and 13thBig South Network SemifinalsMay 13th and 14thESPN3 ChampionshipMay 14thESPN3 1 Longwood 13 9 Winthrop 5 (6) 4 Radford 2 5 Campbell 11 4 Radford 4 9 Winthrop 3 2 Coastal Carolina 14 7 Charleston Southern 10 3 Liberty 3 6 Presbyterian 0 6 Presbyterian 8 7 Charleston Southern 5 1 Longwood 2 5 Campbell 5 3 Liberty 1 4 Radford 2 2 Coastal Carolina 8 3 Liberty 0 (5) 1 Longwood 4 6 Presbyterian 0 4 Radford 8 3 5 Campbell 4 6 1 Longwood 5 10 2 Coastal Carolina 0 2 (5) 1 Longwood 10 – – 5 Campbell 0 (5) – – All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.https://big-south.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/brackets/45/bracket.pdf?1430687778 2015 Big South Softball Championship bigsouthsports.com May 13, 2016 References Tournament Category:Big South Conference softball tournament Big South softball tournament