1996 Big 12 Conference softball tournament


The 1996 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 10 to May 11, 1996. As the tournament winner, Oklahoma earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2][3]

1996 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsOklahoma (1st title)
Runner-upNebraska (1st title game)
Winning coachPatty Gasso (1st title)
MVPJill Most (Oklahoma)
1996 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Oklahoma ‍y 17 5   .773 50 20   .714
No. 15 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 17 5   .773 37 20   .649
Missouri ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 31 22   .585
No. 17 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 10 8   .556 42 23   .646
No. 21 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 11 11   .500 39 21   .650
Kansas ‍‍‍ 10 12   .455 31 26   .544
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 6 13   .316 17 28   .378
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 1 20   .048 4 44   .083
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[1]

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Location Attendance
First Round – Friday, May 10
1 10:00 a.m. #7 Iowa State 4, #8 Texas Tech 3
2 12:10 p.m. #1 Oklahoma 5, #4 Nebraska 4
3 5:20 p.m. #2 Oklahoma State 11, #3 Missouri 4
4 3:15 p.m. #5 Texas A&M 3, #6 Kansas 1
5 7:45 p.m. #4 Nebraska 2, #7 Iowa State 1 1,134
6 10:10 p.m. #3 Missouri 5, #5 Texas A&M 1 1,134
Championship Round – Saturday, May 11
7 10:10 a.m. #1 Oklahoma 5, #2 Oklahoma State 0
8 12:30 p.m. #4 Nebraska 7, #3 Missouri 0
9 2:35 p.m. #4 Nebraska 1, #2 Oklahoma State 0 1,187
10 4:45 p.m. #1 Oklahoma 1, #4 Nebraska 0 1,237
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Championship game

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Big 12 tournament championship
Nebraska 0–1 Oklahoma
May 11, 1996 – 4:45 p.m. (CDT) at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
WP: Jill Most (27–11)   LP: Stacie Stafford (19–13)
Attendance: 1,237
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
MOP Jill Most Oklahoma
1B Casey Dickson Oklahoma
2B/OF Cindy Smith Oklahoma State
3B Nicole Myers Oklahoma
SS Ali Viola Nebraska
IF Raven Coberg Iowa State
UTL Michele Ryan Oklahoma State
C Missy Panzer Oklahoma
OF Stacy Bailey Missouri
OF Karla Knicely Nebraska
OF Angela Howell Oklahoma
P Jill Most Oklahoma
P/DP Angela Blackwood Nebraska
P Stacie Stafford Nebraska

References

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  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "1996 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.