1998 Big Ten softball tournament

1998 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Michigan  (4th title)
Runner-up	Iowa (3rd title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins  (4th title)
← 1997 Softball Tournament 1999 →

1998 Big Ten Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 6 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	1	–	0		.957			56	–	7	–	0		.889
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			34	–	19	–	0		.642
No. 16 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y	14	–	9	–	0		.609			48	–	21	–	0		.696
No. 19 Iowa  ‍‍‍y	14	–	9	–	0		.609			38	–	20	–	0		.655
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			34	–	20	–	0		.630
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Penn State  ‍‍‍	8	–	14	–	0		.364			21	–	28	–	1		.430
Purdue  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			29	–	30	–	0		.492
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			19	–	31	–	1		.382
Indiana  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			13	–	31	–	1		.300
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] As of June 1998 [11] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

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.

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

1. 1998 IND Season
2. 1998 IA Season
3. 1998 MICH Season
4. 1998 MSU Season
5. 1998 MINN Season
6. 1998 NOR Season
7. 1998 OSU Season
8. 1998 PSU Season
9. 1998 PUR Season
10. 1998 WIS Season
11. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
12. "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.