1998 Big 12 Conference softball tournament explained

Year:	1998
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Shortconference:	Big 12
Division:	I
Teams:	10
Ballpark:	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
City:	Oklahoma City, OK
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Rhonda Revelle
Coachcount:	1st
Runnerupgamecount:	2nd
Mvp:	Jenny Voss
Attendance:	4,675

The 1998 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from April 30 through May 3, 1998. Nebraska won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^{[1] [2]}

,, and received bids to the NCAA tournament.^[3] Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma State would go on to play in the 1998 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:^[3]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference				Overall
			W	L	T	%	W	L	T	%
1	1		16	0	0		48	12	0
2	2		12	5	0		49	15	0
3	3		11	5	0		49	16	0
4	4		10	7	0		45	19	0
5	5		9	7	0		42	19	0
6	6		7	11	0		28	34	0
7	7		6	10	1		32	25	2
8	8		5	11	0		16	27	0
9	9		5	13	0		36	20	0
10	10		2	14	1		20	36	1

Schedule

Source:^{[2] [4]}

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Thursday, April 30
1	5:00 p.m.	8 2, #9 0	ASA Stadium	343
2	7:30 p.m.	10 6, #7 2	ASA Stadium	476
Day 2 – Friday, May 1
3	10:00 a.m.	1 1, #8 0	ASA Stadium	678
4	10:00 a.m.	5 1, #4 0	Field 2	518
5	12:30 p.m.	2 3, #10 2	ASA Stadium	515
6	12:30 p.m.	3 1, #6 0	Field 2	519
7	3:00 p.m.	4 3, #8 1	ASA Stadium	425
8	3:00 p.m.	6 3, #10 1	Field 2	315
9	5:30 p.m.	1 1, #5 0	ASA Stadium	967
10	8:00 p.m.	2 1, #3 0	ASA Stadium	1,544
Day 3 – Saturday, May 2
11	10:00 a.m.	5 1, #6 0	ASA Stadium	528
12	12:30 p.m.	3 3, #4 0	ASA Stadium	469
13	5:30 p.m.	2 3, #5 2	ASA Stadium	2,000
14	8:00 p.m.	1 1, #3 0 (10)	ASA Stadium	2,167
Day 4 – Sunday, May 3
15	2:00 p.m.	1 3, #2 0	ASA Stadium	949
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:^[2]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Jenny Voss
2B/SS	Jodi Reeves
SS	Michelle Hubler
SS	Ali Viola
SS	Lisa Carey
C	Jenny Smith
OF/IF	Naomi Fitzgerald
OF	Sara Holland
OF	Deborah Hargrave
OF/SS	Casey Acree
P	Jenny Voss
P/DP	Christie McCoy
P/UTL	Christa Williams

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1998 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
2. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book. 198–202. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
3. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book. 196–197. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
4. Web site: 1998 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.