The 2023 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 11 to May 13, 2023. As the tournament winner, Oklahoma earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2]
| Teams | 7 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Oklahoma (8th title) |
| Runner-up | Texas |
| Winning coach | Patty Gasso (8th title) |
| MVP | Haley Lee (Oklahoma) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma †‡y | 18 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 61 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Texas y | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 45 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Oklahoma State y | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 47 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Baylor y | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 40 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 6 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .333 | 25 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 25 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 31 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 8, 2023[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
editAll seven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a single-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.
Bracket
edit| First Round Thursday, May 11 | Semifinals Friday, May 12 | Championship Saturday, May 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oklahoma | 9(5) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Baylor | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa State | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oklahoma | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 7(8) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas Tech | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kansas | 8 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Thursday, May 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 4 Baylor | 8–1 | Big 12 Now | ||
| 2 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 7 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Texas | 6–7 (8) | |||
| 3 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State | 8–7 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, May 12 | ||||||
| 4 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Oklahoma | 0–9 (5) | ESPNU | ||
| 5 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 2 Texas | 1–9 | Big 12 Now | ||
| Championship – Saturday, May 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Oklahoma | 1–6 | Big 12 Now | ||
| *Game times in CST. No. – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3][4][5] | ||||||
Championship game
edit| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | x | 6 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Nicole May (16–0) LP: Citlaly Gutierrez (12–5) Sv: Jordy Bahl (3) Home runs: TEX: Viviana Martinez OKLA: Haley Lee Attendance: 4,684 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the all-tournament team:[6]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Angelina Allen | Iowa State |
| Ellie Spelhaug | Iowa State |
| Jordy Bahl | Oklahoma |
| Alyssa Brito | Oklahoma |
| Jayda Coleman | Oklahoma |
| Tiare Jennings | Oklahoma |
| Haley Lee (MOP) | Oklahoma |
| Grace Lyons | Oklahoma |
| Rachel Becker | Oklahoma State |
| Bella Dayton | Texas |
| Peyton Blythe | Texas Tech |
References
edit- ^ "Big 12 Softball Standings". Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ "Bracket Revealed for 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship". Big 12 Conference. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Big 12 Softball Championship First Round Game Times Move Up". Big 12 Conference. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship Final Moved to Noon". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Oklahoma Wins Program's Eighth Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.