2006 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2006 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from May 12 through May 13, 2006. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2]

2006 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (8th title)
Runner-upNorthwestern (3rd title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (8th title)
MVPJennie Ritter (Michigan)
2006 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Northwestern  y 163 .8425015 .769
No. 10 Michigan  y 144 .7784415 .746
Iowa  y 127 .6323922 .639
Ohio State  y 117 .6113923 .629
Penn State  y 1010 .5003917 .696
Indiana  y 89 .4713025 .545
Michigan State   911 .4503425 .576
Illinois   811 .4212431 .436
Purdue   712 .3683030 .500
Wisconsin   611 .3532222 .500
Minnesota   117 .0561733 .340
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of August 3, 2006[1]
Rankings from NFCA

Format and seeding

The 2006 tournament was an eight team single-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

Quarterfinals
May 12
Semifinals
May 13
Championship
May 13
         
1 Northwestern 4
8 Illinois 1
1 Northwestern 4
4 Ohio State 0
4 Ohio State 9
5 Penn State 6
1 Northwestern 0
2 Michigan 6
2 Michigan 13
7 Michigan State 0(5)
2 Michigan 4
6 Indiana 0
3 Iowa 4(8)
6 Indiana 5

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Attendance
Quarterfinals – May 12 and 13
1 9:00 a.m. #2 Michigan vs. #7 Michigan State
2 11:30 a.m. #1 Northwestern vs. #8 Illinois
3 12:30 p.m. #4 Ohio State vs. #5 Penn State
4 2:00 p.m. #3 Iowa vs. #6 Indiana
Semifinals – May 13
5 9:00 a.m. #2 Michigan vs. #6 Indiana
6 11:45 a.m. #1 Northwestern vs. #4 Ohio State
Championship – May 13
7 2:05 p.m. #1 Northwestern vs. #2 Michigan
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3]

All-Tournament Team

  • Designated Player: Tiffany Worthy (Michigan)
  • Utility Player: Mariangee Bogado (Indiana)
  • Pitcher: Courtnay Foster (Northwestern)
  • Pitcher: Jennie Ritter (Michigan)
  • Catcher: Becky Marx (Michigan)
  • First base: Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
  • Second base: Tiffany Haas (Michigan)
  • Third base: Darcy Sengewald (Northwestern)
  • Shortstop: Tammy Williams (Northwestern)
  • Outfielder: Rebekah Milian (Michigan)
  • Outfielder: Megan Schwab (Ohio State)
  • Outfielder: Brittany Vanderink (Ohio State)

Tournament MVP

References

  1. "2006 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "Michigan Repeats as Big Ten softball tournament Champions". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 13, 2006. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. "2006 Big Ten softball tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 11, 2006. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. "2006 All-Big Ten Tournament Team". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 13, 2006. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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