2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament

2017 Ohio Valley Conference
softball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double Elimination
Finals site	Choccolocco Park Oxford, AL
Champions	Jacksonville State (6th title)
Winning coach	Jana McGinnis (6th title)
MVP	Whitney Gillespie (JSU)
Attendance	4,932
Television	OVC Digital Network

The 2017 OVC softball championship was held May 10–14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 24th time the championship had been held and the fifth year it featured eight teams. This was the second straight year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of on the home field of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner, Jacksonville State, earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

In 2016, Jacksonville State won its fifth OVC Championship and first since 2013 by topping SIUE in the Championship Game.

2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍	15	–	1		.938			40	–	10		.800
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍	13	–	5		.722			41	–	13		.759
UT Martin +  ‍‍‍	13	–	5		.722			40	–	22		.645
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍	10	–	5		.667			28	–	21		.571
Murray State +  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			36	–	20		.643
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	11	–	9		.550			27	–	31		.466
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍	8	–	8		.500			16	–	30		.348
Belmont  ‍‍‍	10	–	12		.455			35	–	22		.614
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍	8	–	14		.364			23	–	27		.460
Morehead State  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			26	–	22		.542
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	5	–	15		.250			17	–	31		.354
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	2	–	19		.095			12	–	37		.245
‡ – OVC Tournament}] champion += to NICS As of May 22, 2017 Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
	1	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	'8
	8	Belmont Bruins	5
						1	Jacksonville State	4
						4	Eastern Illinois	2
	4	Eastern Illinois Panthers	6
	5	Murray State Racers	5
											1	Jacksonville State	6
											3	SIU Edwardsville	2
	3	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	4
	6	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	1
						3	SIU Edwardsville	2
						2	UT Martin	1
	2	UT Martin Skyhawks	1
	7	Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles	0																		1	Jacksonville State	5	–
																					3	SIU Edwardsville	4	–
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
						8	Belmont	-
	8	Belmont	5			2	UT Martin	4								2	UT Martin	1
	5	Murray State	1								2	UT Martin	5			3	SIU Edwardsville	7
											6	Eastern Kentucky	3
						6	Eastern Kentucky	5
	6	Eastern Kentucky	11(5)			4	Eastern Illinois	0
	7	Tennessee Tech	2