1993 Big East Conference softball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Connecticut (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Karen Mullins (4th title) |
| MVP | Janna Venice (Connecticut) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut †‡y | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 45 | – | 14 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 34 | – | 18 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 21 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 20 | – | 20 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 11 | – | 25 | .306 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 17 | – | 26 | .395 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1993 Rankings from Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1993 Big East Conference softball tournament was held at Connecticut Softball Stadium in Storrs, Connecticut. The tournament, hosted by the University of Connecticut, ran April 23 and April 24, 1993 and determined the champion for the Big East Conference for the 1993 NCAA Division I softball season. Top-seeded Connecticut won the tournament for the fourth time and earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[1]
Format and seeding[edit]
The top four teams from the conference's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament, and were seeded one through four. They played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 17 | 1 | .944 | — | 1 |
| Providence | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4 | 2 |
| Boston College | 7 | 9 | .438 | 9 | 3 |
| Villanova | 7 | 11 | .389 | 10 | 4 |
| St. John's | 7 | 13 | .350 | 11 | — |
| Seton Hall | 3 | 15 | .167 | 14 | — |
Tournament[edit]
| First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 212 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 9 | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 0 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 1 | 4 | Villanova | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||
Most Outstanding Player[edit]
Janna Venice was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Venice was an outfielder for Connecticut.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 2020 Softball Record Book (PDF). Big East Conference. Retrieved May 5, 2021.