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.
Teams | 5 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota (1st title) |
Runner-up | Michigan (6th title game) |
Winning coach | Lisa Bernstein & Julie Standering (1st title) |
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No. 16 Michigan †y | 21 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .875 | 51 | – | 13 | – | 1 | .792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Minnesota ‡y | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 48 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 35 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .614 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Michigan State y | 13 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .591 | 41 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 14 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .583 | 46 | – | 26 | – | 1 | .637 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 11 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .478 | 29 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 30 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .492 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 9 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .391 | 30 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 5 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .208 | 20 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 3 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .125 | 17 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .298 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1]
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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
- 1999 IND Season
- 1999 IA Season
- 1999 MICH Season
- 1999 MSU Season
- 1999 MINN Season
- 1999 NOR Season
- 1999 OSU Season
- 1999 PSU Season
- 1999 PUR Season
- 1999 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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