1997 Big Ten softball tournament

The 1997 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.[12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the third of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995 to 1998.

1997 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (3rd title)
Runner-upIowa (2nd title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (3rd title)
1997 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 5 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 22 0 0   1.000 52 9 0   .852
No. 6 Michigan ‍‍y 18 4 0   .818 51 14 0   .785
No. 24 Michigan State  ‍‍‍y 14 9 0   .609 47 22 0   .681
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 41 25 0   .621
Indiana ‍‍‍ 11 11 0   .500 27 21 0   .563
Minnesota ‍‍‍ 10 13 0   .435 37 19 0   .661
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 10 13 0   .435 32 25 0   .561
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 9 14 0   .391 19 31 0   .380
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 4 18 0   .182 20 31 0   .392
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 2 22 0   .083 23 32 0   .418


† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
As of June 1997[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


Format and seeding

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The 1997 tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament. The top four teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

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First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Iowa 2
4 Purdue 0
1 Iowa 2
2 Michigan 3
3 Michigan State 0
2 Michigan 4
2 Michigan 4
1 Iowa 2
3 Michigan State 4
4 Purdue 2
3 Michigan State 3
1 Iowa 4

References

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  1. ^ 1997 IND Season
  2. ^ 1997 IA Season
  3. ^ 1997 MICH Season
  4. ^ 1997 MSU Season
  5. ^ 1997 MINN Season
  6. ^ 1997 NOR Season
  7. ^ 1997 OSU Season
  8. ^ 1997 PSU Season
  9. ^ 1997 PUR Season
  10. ^ 1997 WIS Season
  11. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.