2016 Big Ten Softball Tournament

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2016 Big Ten Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Site
  • Beard Field
  • State College, PA
ChampionsMinnesota (3rd title)
Winning coachJessica Allister (2nd title)
Runner-upMichigan (14th title game)
MVPSara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
TelevisionBTN
  • ← 2015
  • Softball Tournament
  • 2017 →

The 2016 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Beard Field on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[1] As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All tournament games aired on BTN.

Tournament[]

2016 Big Ten Conference softball standings
  • v
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 2   .913 52 – 7   .881
No. 20 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 3   .864 43 – 14   .754
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 15 – 8   .652 27 – 28   .491
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 30 – 24   .556
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y 13 – 9   .591 35 – 21   .625
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 9   .591 34 – 20   .630
Illinois  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 36 – 23   .610
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11   .500 28 – 24   .538
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435 29 – 25   .537
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 27 – 28   .491
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 27 – 28   .491
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 24 – 33   .421
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 19   .174 12 – 40   .231
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 3 – 20   .130 13 – 39   .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 6, 2016[2]; Rankings from NFCA
1st Round
May 12th
BTN 		Quarterfinals
May 13th
BTN 		Semifinals
May 14th
BTN 		Finals
May 14th
BTN
            
1 Michigan 10
9 Indiana 0
8 Wisconsin 0
9 Indiana 4
1 Michigan 6
4 Penn State 1
4 Penn State 8
5 Nebraska 7
5 Nebraska 8
12 Purdue 0(5)
1 Michigan 3
2 Minnesota 4(10)
2 Minnesota 2
7 Illinois 0
7 Illinois 3
10 Michigan State 2
2 Minnesota 8
3 Northwestern 4
3 Northwestern 3
6 Ohio State 1
6 Ohio State 5
11 Rutgers 0
  • All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.[3]
  • Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Maryland and Iowa were not eligible to play.

Announcers[]

References[]

  1. ^ "THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 10". Radio Troy. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "2016 Big Ten Softball Tournament Field" (PDF). BigTen.org. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
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