2003 Big Ten Softball Tournament

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2003 Big Ten Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Iowa  (2nd title)
Winning coach Gayle Blevins  (2nd title)
Runner-up Northwestern  (2nd title game)
2003 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Iowa  y1340 .76555150 .786
Michigan  y1350 .72244160 .733
Michigan State  y1360 .68440190 .678
Illinois  y1170 .61139171 .693
Minnesota  y1280 .60037211 .636
Northwestern  y1190 .55036190 .655
Penn State  y990 .50032220 .593
Wisconsin  7130 .35019260 .422
Ohio State  5110 .31326230 .531
Purdue  5130 .27834270 .557
Indiana  2160 .11119310 .380
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 2003 [1] ; Rankings from NFCA

The 2003 Big Ten Softball tournament was held at the Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. As the tournament winner, Iowa earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2003 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament. [2] The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round Second round Semi-Finals Finals
            
1 Iowa 3
4 Illinois 2
4 Illinois 1
5 Minnesota 0
1Iowa2
6 Northwestern 1
2 Michigan 6
6Northwestern8(12)
3 Michigan State 0
6 Northwestern 1(18)
1Iowa2
6 Northwestern 0
6Northwestern6(8)
3 Michigan State 3
3Michigan State6
4 Illinois 5
3Michigan State2
2 Michigan 0
2Michigan3(8)
5 Minnesota 2

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References

  1. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2022.