1998 Big Ten softball tournament

The 1998 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the last of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan would win from 1995–1998.

1998 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (4th title)
Runner-upIowa (3rd title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (4th title)
1998 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 Michigan  y 2210 .9575670 .889
Northwestern   1590 .62534190 .642
No. 16 Minnesota  y 1490 .60948210 .696
No. 19 Iowa  y 1490 .60938200 .655
Michigan State   11130 .45834200 .630
Ohio State   10140 .41733230 .589
Penn State   8140 .36421281 .430
Purdue   8160 .33329300 .492
Wisconsin   8160 .33319311 .382
Indiana  7160 .30413311 .300
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

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As of June 1998[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Format and seeding

The 1998 tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament. The top four teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Michigan 1
4 Minnesota 0
1 Michigan 0
3 Iowa 1
3 Iowa 5
2 Northwestern 2
3 Iowa 1 1
1 Michigan 6 5
4 Minnesota 6
2 Northwestern 0
4 Minnesota 0
1 Michigan 4

References


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