1999 Big Ten softball tournament

The 1999 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, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the first Big Ten softball tournament championship for Minnesota.

1999 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams5
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Runner-upMichigan (6th title game)
Winning coachLisa Bernstein & Julie Standering (1st title)
1999 Big Ten Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 16 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y 21–3–0 .87551–13–1 .792
No. 22 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 16–8–0 .66748–20–0 .706
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62535–22–0 .614
No. 14 Michigan State ‍‍‍y 13–9–0 .59141–23–0 .641
Iowa ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58346–26–1 .637
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 11–12–0 .47829–21–0 .580
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45830–31–0 .492
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .39130–26–0 .536
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20820–32–0 .385
Indiana ‍‍‍ 3–21–0 .12517–40–0 .298
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

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As of June 1999[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Format and seeding

The 1999 tournament was a five team double-elimination tournament except for the play-in game between 4th-seeded Michigan State and 5th-seeded Iowa. The top five teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invitations to the tournament.

Tournament

Play-in Game First round Semi-Finals Finals
             
1 Michigan 8
5 Iowa 0
4 Michigan State 3
5 Iowa 5
1 Michigan 1
2 Minnesota 2
2 Minnesota 2
3 Penn State 1
2 Minnesota 3 —
1 Michigan 2 —
5 Iowa 0
3 Penn State 1
3 Penn State 0
1 Michigan 11

References


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