1997 Big Ten softball tournament

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1997 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Michigan  (3rd title)
Runner-up Iowa (2nd title game)
Winning coach Carol Hutchins  (3rd title)
1997 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 5 Iowa  y2200 1.0005290 .852
No. 6 Michigan  y1840 .81851140 .785
No. 24 Michigan State  y1490 .60947220 .681
Purdue  14100 .58341250 .621
Indiana  11110 .50027210 .563
Minnesota  10130 .43537190 .661
Wisconsin  10130 .43532250 .561
Northwestern  9140 .39119310 .380
Ohio State  4180 .18220310 .392
Penn State  2220 .08323320 .418


Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament

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As of June 1997 [11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Contents

The 1997 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. [12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the third of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995 to 1998.

Format and seeding

The 1997 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 Iowa 2
4 Purdue 0
1 Iowa 2
2Michigan3
3 Michigan State 0
2 Michigan 4
2Michigan4
1 Iowa 2
3Michigan State4
4 Purdue 2
3 Michigan State 3
1Iowa4

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References

  1. 1997 IND Season
  2. 1997 IA Season
  3. 1997 MICH Season
  4. 1997 MSU Season
  5. 1997 MINN Season
  6. 1997 NOR Season
  7. 1997 OSU Season
  8. 1997 PSU Season
  9. 1997 PUR Season
  10. 1997 WIS Season
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  12. "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2022.