2015 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament

The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) softball tournament was held at Cougar Field in Edwardsville, Illinois, home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, from May 6 through May 9, 2015.[1] The tournament winner earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

2015 Ohio Valley Conference
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble Elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTennessee Tech (7 title)
Winning coachBonnie Bynum Graham (1 title)
MVPDanielle Liberatore (Tennessee Tech)
Attendance1,332
TelevisionOVC Digital Network
  • 2014
  • OVC Softball Tournament
  • 2016
2015 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 20 6   .769 43 16   .729
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 18 6   .750 38 17   .691
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 20 7   .741 38 19   .667
Tennessee Tech ‡  ‍‍‍ 15 11   .577 32 25   .561
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 24 28   .462
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 11   .560 21 27   .438
Southeast Missouri St.  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 19 27   .413
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 11 11   .500 22 24   .478
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 24 26   .480
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 13 32   .289
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 5 22   .185 9 37   .196
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 4 22   .154 11 37   .229
‡ – OVC Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2015[2]
Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches


Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1SIU Edwardsville8
8Morehead State3
1SIU Edwardsville1
4Tennessee Tech4
4Tennessee Tech11
5Eastern Kentucky3(6)
4Tennessee Tech6
3Murray State4
2Jacksonville State21
7Southeast Missouri State0(5)
2Jacksonville State4
3Murray State5
3Murray State6
6Eastern Illinois44Tennessee Tech3
1SIU Edwardsville2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2Jacksonville State13
5Eastern Kentucky25Eastern Kentucky63Murray State2
8Morehead State02Jacksonville State01SIU Edwardsville2
1SIU Edwardsville8(6)
1SIU Edwardsville10
6Eastern Illinois106Eastern Illinois2(5)
7Southeast Missouri State9(12)
  • All times listed are Central Daylight Time.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2015 NCAA Softball Conference Championship Week Premier". Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Softball". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 OVC softball tournament Bracket". ovcsports.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.