2006 Big Ten softball tournament

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2006 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams8
Format Single-elimination
Finals site
Champions Michigan  (8th title)
Runner-up Northwestern (3rd title game)
Winning coach Carol Hutchins  (8th title)
MVP Jennie Ritter (Michigan)
2006 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Northwestern  ‍†‍‍y16–3 .84250–15 .769
No. 10 Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y14–4 .77844–15 .746
Iowa  ‍‍‍y12–7 .63239–22 .639
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y11–7 .61139–23 .629
Penn State  ‍‍‍y10–10 .50039–17 .696
Indiana  ‍‍‍y8–9 .47130–25 .545
Michigan State  ‍‍‍9–11 .45034–25 .576
Illinois  ‍‍‍8–11 .42124–31 .436
Purdue  ‍‍‍7–12 .36830–30 .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍6–11 .35322–22 .500
Minnesota  ‍‍‍1–17 .05617–33 .340
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of August 3, 2006 [1]
Rankings from NFCA

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]

Contents

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
1Northwestern4
4 Ohio State 0
4 Ohio State 9
5 Penn State 6
1 Northwestern 0
2 Michigan6
2 Michigan 13
7 Michigan State 0(5)
2Michigan4
6 Indiana 0
3 Iowa 4(8)
6 Indiana 5

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#Attendance
Quarterfinals – May 12 and 13
19:00 a.m.#2 Michigan vs. #7 Michigan State
211:30 a.m.#1 Northwestern vs. #8 Illinois
312:30 p.m.#4 Ohio State vs. #5 Penn State
42:00 p.m.#3 Iowa vs. #6 Indiana
Semifinals – May 13
59:00 a.m.#2 Michigan vs. #6 Indiana
611:45 a.m.#1 Northwestern vs. #4 Ohio State
Championship – May 13
72:05 p.m.#1 Northwestern vs. #2 Michigan
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. [3]

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP

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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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