2026 Ivy League softball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Princeton (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Lisa Van Ackeren (5th title) |
| MVP | Cassidy Shaw (Princeton) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton †‡y | 18 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .857 | 34 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 12 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .571 | 22 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 12 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .571 | 21 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 21 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .477 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 8 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .381 | 21 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .488 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 8 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .381 | 17 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 7 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .350 | 9 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 7 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .333 | 17 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .378 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 17, 2026[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Ivy League softball tournament was held at Cynthia Lynn Paul '94 Field in Princeton, New Jersey from May 7 through May 9, 2026.[2] The tournament was won by the Princeton Tigers, who earned the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[3][4]
Format and seeding
The top four teams from the conference's round-robin regular season will qualify for the tournament, and will be seeded one through four. They will play a double-elimination tournament.
Tournament
All Tournament Team
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Cassidy Shaw | Princeton |
| Graciela Dominguez | |
| Maddie Ratcheson | |
| Jessica Phelps | |
| Mads Lawson | Columbia |
| Alicia Marzouca | |
| Juju O'Brien | |
| Macy Borowski | Brown |
| Cameron Zytkewicz Ray | |
| Finley Payne | Harvard |
| Riley Flynn |
MVP in bold
Source:[5]
References
- ↑ "2026 Softball Standings". IvyLeague.com. Ivy League. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Ivy Champ Princeton to Host Ivy League Softball Tournament". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Ivy League Softball Tournament - Ivy League". ivyleague.com. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Ivy Tournament Champs! Softball Team Sweeps to NCAAs". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Princeton Wins Ivy League Softball Tournament Title With 8-0 Victory Over Columbia". ivyleague.com. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
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