| Event: | Softball – Women's tournament |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | Pan Am Ball Park |
| Dates: | July 19 – 26 |
| Competitors: | 90 |
| Nations: | 6 |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's softball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 19 to 26.[1]
For these Games, the women competed in a 6-team tournament. The teams were grouped into one single pool and all teams played each other in a round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams would advance to the semifinals.[2]
A total of six women's team qualified to compete at the games. Canada as host nation qualified automatically, along with the top five nations at the qualification event held in August 2013.[3] Each team can contain a maximum of fifteen athletes.[4]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | ||||
| 2013 Pan American Championship | August 10–18 |  Guaynabo | 5 | ||
| TOTAL | 6 | ||||
See main article: Softball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's team rosters. At the start of tournament, all six participating countries had up to 15 players on their rosters.[4]
Jenna Caira Jocelyn Cater Larissa Franklin Sara Groenewegen Megan Gurski Karissa Hovinga Joey Lye Erika Polidori Kaleigh Rafter Sara Riske Jenn Salling Megan Timpf Logan White Natalie Wideman Jen Yee | Valerie Arioto Ally Carda Raven Chavanne Amanda Chidester Kellie Fox Lauren Gibson Janelle Lindvall Haylie McCleney Jessica Moore Michelle Moultrie Sara Nevins Sierra Romero Kelsey Stewart Janie Takeda Jaclyn Traina | Karla Claudio Dayanira Diaz Quianna Diaz-Patterson Elicia D'Orazio Sahvanna Jaquish Galis Lozada Yairka Moran Yahelis Munoz Kiara Nazario Aleshia Ocasio Nicole Osterman Gabriela Palacios Shemiah Sanchez Monica Santos Yazmin Torres |
In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into one pool of six teams, and play followed round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once.[4]
Following the completion of the pool games, the top four teams advanced to a page playoff round consisting of two semifinal games, and the final and grand final. All games were played over seven innings.[4]
The official detailed schedule was revealed on May 1, 2015.[5]
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
--------------------------------------------------------
----
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 – 2 | |||||
| 6 – 1 | |||||
| 4 – 3 | |||||
| 4 | 2 – 4 | ||||
| 5 | 1 – 4 | ||||
| 6 | 0 – 5 |