The South Dakota softball program is officially packing their bags for Lincoln, Nebraska! The Coyotes are headed to Nebraska for the Lincoln Regional in the 2026 NCAA Softball Tournament.
After winning the program’s first-ever Summit League Tournament title, the Coyotes punched their ticket to the school’s first-ever NCAA Tournament – in Division I or Division II – since the school introduced softball back in 1978.
South Dakota won four games in a span of four days, including a win over top-seeded Omaha twice in two one-runs games with Madison Evans in the circle – who was named the 2026 Summit League All-Tournament Team MVP – to secure the tournament title and Summit League automatic qualifying berth.
The Yotes became just the second team in Summit League history to win the softball tournament as the No. 4 seed. USD joins Western Illinois in 2008 to be the two teams to accomplish the feat.
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