2017 Big Ten Softball Tournament

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2017 Big Ten Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Site
  • Wilpon Complex
  • Ann Arbor, MI
ChampionsMinnesota (4th title)
Winning coachJessica Allister (3rd title)
Runner-upOhio State (3rd title game)
MVPSara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
TelevisionBig Ten Network
  • ← 2016
  • Softball Tournament
  • 2018 →

The 2017 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Wilpon Complex on the campus of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 11 through May 13, 2017. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.

Tournament[]

2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Minnesota‡  ‍‍‍ 22 – 1 – 0   .957 51 – 3 – 0   .944
No. 17 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20 – 3 – 0   .870 41 – 10 – 1   .798
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8 – 0   .652 33 – 15 – 0   .688
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 – 8 – 0   .636 36 – 17 – 0   .679
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 13 – 10 – 0   .565 24 – 29 – 0   .453
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 11 – 11 – 0   .500 33 – 14 – 0   .702
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12 – 0   .478 30 – 21 – 0   .588
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13 – 0   .435 25 – 28 – 0   .472
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14 – 0   .391 23 – 31 – 0   .426
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14 – 0   .391 19 – 32 – 0   .373
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14 – 0   .391 20 – 36 – 0   .357
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15 – 0   .348 23 – 32 – 0   .418
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18 – 0   .217 14 – 37 – 0   .275
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 19 – 0   .174 11 – 39 – 1   .225
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2017[1]; Rankings from NFCA
1st Round
May 11th
BTN 		Quarterfinals
May 12th
BTN 		Semifinals
May 13th
BTN 		Finals
May 13th
BTN
            
1 Minnesota 5
8 Northwestern 1
8 Northwestern 6
9 Purdue 1
1 Minnesota 6
4 Illinois 5
4 Illinois 3
12 Penn State 0
5 Nebraska 0
12 Penn State 5
1 Minnesota 6
3 Ohio State 0
2 Michigan 4
7 Michigan State 5
7 Michigan State 8
10 Indiana 7
7 Michigan State 3
3 Ohio State 4
3 Ohio State 3
6 Wisconsin 2
6 Wisconsin 3
11 Iowa 0
  • Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Rutgers and Maryland were not eligible to play.

References[]

  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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