2008 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

The 2008 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 9 through May 11, 2008. Texas A&M won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2][3]

2008 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams10
Finals site
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Runner-upNebraska (4th title game)
Winning coachJo Evans (1st title)
MVPMegan Gibson (Texas A&M)
Attendance3,942
2008 Big 12 Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Texas A&M y 1710 .94457100 .851
No. 10 Oklahoma y 1620 .88947140 .770
No. 19 Missouri y 1160 .64747170 .734
Texas y 990 .50029232 .556
Oklahoma State  990 .50026250 .510
Texas Tech  8100 .44423360 .390
Kansas  7110 .38937190 .661
Baylor  4130 .23523220 .511
Iowa State  4140 .22229290 .500
Nebraska  4140 .22225280 .472
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]

Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament.[4] Texas A&M would go on to play in the 2008 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:[4]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L T  % W L T  %
1 1 Texas A&M 17 1 0 .944 57 10 0 .851
2 2 Oklahoma 16 2 0 .889 47 14 0 .770
3 3 Missouri 11 6 0 .647 47 17 0 .734
4 4 Texas 9 9 0 .500 29 23 2 .556
4 5 Oklahoma State 9 9 0 .500 26 25 0 .510
6 6 Texas Tech 8 10 0 .444 23 36 0 .390
7 7 Kansas 7 11 0 .389 37 19 0 .661
8 8 Baylor 4 13 0 .235 23 22 0 .511
9 9 Iowa State 4 14 0 .222 29 29 0 .500
9 10 Nebraska 4 14 0 .222 25 28 0 .472

Schedule

Source:[3][2]

Game Time Matchup Location Attendance
Day 1 – Friday, May 9
1 5:00 p.m. #10 Nebraska 4, #7 Kansas 3 Hall of Fame Stadium 709
2 5:00 p.m. #9 Iowa State 6, #8 Baylor 4 (10) Field 4 702
Day 2 – Saturday, May 10
3 11:00 a.m. #10 Nebraska 6, #2 Oklahoma 5 Hall of Fame Stadium 1,638
4 11:30 a.m. #6 Texas Tech 5, #3 Missouri 3 Field 4
5 2:00 p.m. #1 Texas A&M 1, #9 Iowa State 0 (9) Hall of Fame Stadium
6 2:23 p.m. #4 Texas 4, #5 Oklahoma State 3 (9) Field 4
7 4:38 p.m. #10 Nebraska 6, #6 Texas Tech 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 859
8 7:37 p.m. #1 Texas A&M 3, #4 Texas 1 (11) Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 3 – Sunday, May 11
9 12:00 p.m. #1 Texas A&M 5, #10 Nebraska 0 Hall of Fame Stadium 736
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:[3]

Position Player School
MOP Megan Gibson Texas A&M
3B Jamie Hinshaw Texas A&M
SS Holly Ridley Texas A&M
IF Brette Reagan Baylor
IF Samantha Ricketts Oklahoma
IF Crystal Carwile Nebraska
IF Haley Long Nebraska
C Erin Glasco Texas A&M
C/IF Jennifer Corkin Texas Tech
OF Meghan Mullin Nebraska
OF Devin Zargoza Texas Tech
P/1B Megan Gibson Texas A&M
P Rachel Zabriskie Iowa State
P Molly Hill Nebraska

References

  1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "2008 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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