Tigers Share NCAC Softball Title; Wittenberg Enters Tournament as Top Seed

CLEVELAND, OH -- The 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Softball Tournament is set for Thursday-Saturday, May 7-9, at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. The Wittenberg Tigers earned the right to host the four-team event after earning a share of their fourth overall NCAC championship with an 11-3 conference record. 

2026 co-champion DePauw (11-3) leads the league with 11 conference championships, while Denison owns nine titles, Allegheny has earned five titles and Ohio Wesleyan has claimed the conference crown three times.

Wittenberg took the tiebreaker over DePauw for the top seed in the tournament. As a result, the Ohio Tigers meet fourth-seeded Kenyon (7-7) in the first round of the double-elimination tournament on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Second-seeded DePauw opens tournament play on Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. with a matchup against third-seeded Denison (8-6).

The double-elimination tournament continues Thursday afternoon with the winners of the day’s first two games squaring off for a slot in the championship round at 3:00 p.m., while the losers of the opening-round games will meet at 5:30 p.m. in an elimination game. The winner of Thursday’s elimination game will move on to face the loser of Thursday’s 3:00 p.m. game on Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. to determine the final slot in the championship round.
 
The first championship game will be played Friday at 1:30 p.m., with game seven set for Saturday, if necessary. 
 
Since the inception of the NCAC Softball Tournament in the 2001 season, DePauw has earned eight tournament titles. Denison has captured six tourney titles, while Allegheny has collected four, Hiram has three and Wittenberg has two. The Kenyon Owls are on the hunt for their first NCAC Tournament crown.

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