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2023 Pac-12 Conference softball tournament

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2023 Pac-12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams9
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUtah (1st title)
Runner-upUCLA (1st title game)
Winning coachAmy Hogue (1st title)
MVPMariah Lopez (Utah)
Attendance12,246
TelevisionPac-12 Network
ESPN2
ESPNU
2023 Pac-12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 21 3 0   .875 52 7 0   .881
No. 6 Washington  ‍‍‍y 16 8 0   .667 44 14 0   .759
No. 17 Utah  ‍‍y 15 9 0   .625 42 16 0   .724
No. 7 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 47 15 0   .758
No. 19 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 38 17 0   .691
California  ‍‍‍y 9 14 1   .396 35 21 1   .623
Oregon State ‍‍‍ 6 17 1   .271 15 29 1   .344
Arizona ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 29 25 0   .537
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 22 26 0   .458
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference softball tournament was held from May 10 through May 13, 2023 at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This marked the first postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978, the first to feature more than two teams. As the tournament winner, Utah earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Seeds

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The tournament featured nine teams in this conference (Colorado, USC & Washington State do not field teams). Teams played once per day at the 2023 Pac-12 Softball Championship. The four-day event began with a play-in game between the eighth and ninth-place teams in the regular-season standings. That winner advanced to an eight-team, single-elimination bracket with the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship being contested on the following three days. The winner of the Pac-12 Softball Championship received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.[2]

Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
#1 UCLA 21–3 50–4
#2 Washington 16–8 37–11
#3 Utah 15–9 34–13
#4 Stanford 14–10 39–12 2–1 vs. Oregon
#5 Oregon 14–10 35–14 1–2 vs. Stanford
#6 California 9–14 33–18–1
#7 Oregon State 6–17 15–28–1
#8 Arizona 6–18 28–24 2–1 vs. Arizona State
#9 Arizona State 6–18 22–25 1–2 vs. Arizona

Bracket

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Play-in Game
May 10
Quarterfinals
May 11
Semifinals
May 12
Finals
May 13
1 UCLA 4
8 Arizona 13(5) 8 Arizona 3
9 Arizona State 4 1 UCLA 1
4 Stanford 0
4 Stanford 4
5 Oregon 3
1 UCLA 4
3 Utah 7
2 Washington 1
7 Oregon State 0
2 Washington 4
3 Utah 8
3 Utah 6
6 California 2

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Play-in Game – Wednesday, May 10
1 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Arizona vs. No. 9 Arizona State 13−4 (5) Pac-12 Network 2,530
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11
2 10:00 a.m. No. 3 Utah vs. No. 6 California 6−2 Pac-12 Network 2,242
3 12:30 p.m. No. 2 Washington vs. No. 7 Oregon State 1−0
4 4:00 p.m. No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 8 Arizona 4−3 2,492
5 6:30 p.m. No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 5 Oregon 4−3
Semifinals – Friday, May 12
6 4:30 p.m. No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Utah 4−8 ESPNU 2,434
7 7:30 p.m. No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Stanford 1−0 ESPN2
Championship – Saturday, May 13
8 7:00 p.m. No. 3 Utah vs. No. 1 UCLA 7−4 ESPN2 2,548
*Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3]

Team and tournament leaders

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Hitting minimums - 75% of Games   2.5 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1.0 IP/Game

Source:[4]

Team Avg. RBI Home Runs Stolen Bases ERA Wins Strikeouts Saves
Arizona 2 Tied 0.600 2 Tied 5 Allie Skaggs 1 None 0 Devyn Netz 4.00 Devyn Netz 1 Devyn Netz 12 None 0
Arizona State Yanni Acuna 1.000 Jazmine Hill 4 Jazmine Hill 1 None 0 Kylee Magee 8.08 None 0 Kylee Magee 4 None 0
California Acacia Anders 0.666 Makena Smith 1 None 0 2 Tied 1 Sona Halajian 2.33 None 0 Sona Halajian 1 None 0
Oregon Tehya Bird .667 Alyssa Daniell 2 Alyssa Daniell 1 None 0 Morgan Scott 3.44 None 0 Morgan Scott 2 None 0
Oregon State 2 Tied 0.333 None 0 None 0 Carson Saabye 1 Tarni Stepto 0.00 None 0 2 Tied 2 None 0
Stanford 2 Tied 0.400 3 Tied 1 2 Tied 1 Taylor Gindlesperger 1 NiJaree Canady 0.00 Alana Vawter 1 NiJaree Canady 8 None 0
UCLA Maya Brady 0.500 Maya Brady 3 Maya Brady 2 Kelli Godin 1 Brooke Yanez 2.08 2 Tied 1 Megan Faraimo 11 None 0
Utah 2 Tied 0.556 2 Tied 3 Karlie Davison 2 Abby Dayton 1 Sydney Sandez 2.00 Mariah Lopez 2 Mariah Lopez 7 None 0
Washington Jadelyn Allchin 0.500 Jadelyn Allchin 1 5 Tied 1 None 0 Ruby Meylan 2.55 Ruby Meylan 1 Ruby Meylan 4 None 0


References

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  1. ^ "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Arizona to host inaugural Pac-12 Softball Tournament in 2023". June 13, 2022. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Bracket set for inaugural Pac-12 Softball Tournament". May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Pac-12 Softball Tournament Pac-12 Pitching Leaders" (PDF).