2025 Big East Conference softball tournament

2025 Big East Conference
softball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Villanova Softball Complex Villanova, Pennsylvania
Champions	UConn (8th title)
Winning coach	Laura Valentino (1st title)
MVP	Payton Kinney (UConn)
Television	FS1 and FS2

2025 Big East Conference softball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			39	–	17	–	1		.693
UConn  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	6	–	0		.750			35	–	19	–	0		.648
Villanova  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			27	–	26	–	1		.509
Creighton  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Butler  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			26	–	22	–	0		.542
Providence  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			25	–	31	–	0		.446
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			29	–	23	–	0		.558
DePaul  ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0		.125			16	–	32	–	0		.333
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	2	–	22	–	0		.083			11	–	32	–	0		.256
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 17, 2025 Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2025 Big East Conference softball tournament was held at Villanova Softball Complex on the campus of the Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The tournament ran May 7 through May 10, 2025 and determined the champion for the Big East Conference for the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. UConn won the event to earn the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The semifinals and finals were broadcast on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2.

Format and seeding

The top six teams from the conference's round-robin regular season will qualify for the tournament, and will be seeded one through six. They will play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
St. John's	19	5	.792	—	1
UConn	18	6	.750	1	2
Villanova	15	9	.625	4	3
Creighton	15	9	.625	4	4
Butler	14	10	.583	5	5
Providence	11	13	.458	8	6
Seton Hall	11	13	.458	8	—
DePaul	3	21	.125	16	—
Georgetown	2	22	.083	17	—

Tournament

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	St. John's	3
	4	Creighton	6			4	Creighton	5
	5	Butler	3								4	Creighton	1
											2	UConn	12
						2	UConn	5
	3	Villanova	9			6	Providence	4
	6	Providence	108
																					2	UConn	185
																					4	Creighton	4
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																4	Creighton	5
											1	St. John's	0			6	Providence	4
						6	Providence	7			6	Providence	105
	5	Butler	13			5	Butler	0
	3	Villanova	10

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 7	Game 1	(4) Creighton	6–3	(5) Butler
	Game 2	(6) Providence	10–9 8	(3) Villanova
	Game 3	(5) Butler	13–10	(3) Villanova	Villanova eliminated
May 8	Game 4	(4) Creighton	5–3	(1) St. John's
	Game 5	(2) UConn	5–4	(6) Providence
	Game 6	(6) Providence	7–0	(5) Butler	Butler eliminated
May 9	Game 7	(2) UConn	12–1	(4) Creighton
	Game 8	(6) Providence	10–0 5	(1) St. John's	St. John's eliminated
May 10	Game 9	(4) Creighton	5–4	(6) Providence	Providence eliminated
	Game 10	(2) UConn	18–4 5	(4) Creighton	UConn wins Big East Championship

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Player	Class	Position	School
Ava Franz	Sr.	SS	Villanova
Alyssa Twomey	So.	P	Providence
Ella White	Sr.	U	Butler
Sydra Seville	Sr.	OF	Creighton
Kenzie Schopfer	Sr.	P	Creighton
Lexi Hastings	Sr.	OF	UConn
Grace Jenkins	Jr.	C	UConn
Payton Kinney	Gr.	P	UConn*
Cat Petteys	Fr.	SS	UConn

Most Outstanding Player

Payton Kinney was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Kinney was a pitcher for UConn.