1998 Big Ten softball tournament
The 1998 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 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the last of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan would win from 1995–1998.
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Michigan (4th title) |
Runner-up | Iowa (3rd title game) |
Winning coach | Carol Hutchins (4th title) |
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No. 6 Michigan †‡y | 22 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .957 | 56 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 34 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Minnesota y | 14 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .609 | 48 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Iowa y | 14 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .609 | 38 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 34 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 33 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .589 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 8 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .364 | 21 | – | 28 | – | 1 | .430 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 29 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 19 | – | 31 | – | 1 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 7 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .304 | 13 | – | 31 | – | 1 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Format and seeding
The 1998 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
First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | Iowa | 5 | |||||||||||||
2 | Northwestern | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota | 6 | |||||||||||||
2 | Northwestern | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||
References
- 1998 IND Season
- 1998 IA Season
- 1998 MICH Season
- 1998 MSU Season
- 1998 MINN Season
- 1998 NOR Season
- 1998 OSU Season
- 1998 PSU Season
- 1998 PUR Season
- 1998 WIS Season
- "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- "Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
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