2007 Big Ten softball tournament

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2007 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams8
Format Single-elimination
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (1st title)
Runner-up Northwestern (4th title game)
Winning coachLinda Kalafatis (1st title)
MVP Jamee Juarez (Ohio State)
2007 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 23 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍y14–2 .87540–18 .690
No. 4 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y15–3 .83352–13 .800
No. 13 Michigan  ‍‍‍y12–4 .75047–13 .783
Iowa  ‍‍‍10–7 .58837–21 .638
Penn State  ‍‍‍y10–9 .52636–23 .610
Purdue  ‍‍‍10–9 .52633–32 .508
Illinois  ‍‍‍7–8 .46730–25 .545
Michigan State  ‍‍‍7–10 .41233–26 .559
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍6–12 .33327–20 .574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍4–9 .30824–22 .522
Indiana  ‍‍‍1–19 .05021–34 .382
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2007 [1]
Rankings from NFCA

The 2007 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Buckeye Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 10 through May 12, 2007. As the tournament winner, Ohio State earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament. [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2007 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 10 and May 11 		Semifinals
May 11 		Championship
May 12
         
1 Ohio State 10
8 Penn State 2(5)
1Ohio State10
5 Purdue 1
4 Iowa 1
5 Purdue 4
1Ohio State2
2 Northwestern 1
2 Northwestern 4
7 Michigan State 0
2Northwestern5
3 Michigan 2
3 Michigan 4
6 Illinois 0

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#Attendance
Quarterfinals – May 10 and 11
15:00 p.m.#2 Northwestern vs. #7 Michigan State
27:30 p.m.#1 Ohio State vs. #8 Penn State
312:00 p.m.#3 Michigan vs. #6 Illinois
42:30 p.m.#4 Iowa vs. #5 Purdue
Semifinals – May 13
55:00 p.m.#2 Northwestern vs. #3 Michigan
67:30 p.m.#1 Ohio State vs. #5 Purdue
Championship – May 13
712:00 p.m.#1 Ohio State vs. #2 Northwestern
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. [3]

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP

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References

  1. ↑ "2007 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ohio State Captures Big Ten Tournament Title". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 12, 2007. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2007 Big Ten softball tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 8, 2007. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "2007 Big Ten All-Tournament Team". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 14, 2007. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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