The 2016 Big East Conference softball tournament was held at The Ballpark at Rosemont in

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. The tournament, hosted by

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, ran May 13 through May 14, 2016 and determined the champion for the

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for the

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. Fourth-seeded won the tournament for the first time and earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the

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. The entire tournament aired on

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. Dave Bernhard and Bob Brainerd served as the broadcasters for Fox.

Format and seeding

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 single-elimination tournament.

Tournament

All-Tournament Team

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

Most Outstanding Player

Sarah Dixon was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Dixon was an outfielder for Butler.

References

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