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1996 Big Ten softball tournament

The 1996 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[12] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the second of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995–1998.

1996 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (2nd title)
Runner-upMinnesota (1st title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (2nd title)
1996 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 7 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 20 – 4 – 0   .833 51 – 14 – 0   .785
No. 19 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 17 – 6 – 0   .739 43 – 18 – 0   .705
No. 4 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7 – 0   .708 49 – 19 – 0   .721
No. 23 Indiana  ‍‍‍y 16 – 7 – 0   .696 37 – 24 – 0   .607
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 37 – 19 – 0   .661
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 36 – 21 – 0   .632
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 19 – 33 – 0   .365
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18 – 0   .250 19 – 43 – 0   .306
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18 – 0   .217 24 – 26 – 0   .480
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21 – 0   .125 14 – 39 – 1   .269
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
As of June 1996[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


Format and seeding edit

The 1996 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 edit

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Michigan 3
4 Indiana 1
1 Michigan 3
2 Minnesota 2
3 Iowa 6
2 Minnesota 8
1 Michigan 6 —
2 Minnesota 4 —
3 Iowa 2
4 Indiana 0
3 Iowa 0
2 Minnesota 3

References edit

  1. ^ 1996 IND Season
  2. ^ 1996 IA Season
  3. ^ 1996 MICH Season
  4. ^ 1996 MSU Season
  5. ^ 1996 MINN Season
  6. ^ 1996 NOR Season
  7. ^ 1996 OSU Season
  8. ^ 1996 PSU Season
  9. ^ 1996 PUR Season
  10. ^ 1996 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. Retrieved May 26, 2022.


 

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