2017 Big Ten Conference Softball Tournament

2017 Big Ten Conference Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 12
Format Single-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Minnesota Golden Gophers (4th title)
Winning coach Jessica Allister (3rd title)
MVP Sara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
Television Big Ten Network

The 2017 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Wilpon Complex on the campus of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 11 through May 13, 2017. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.

Tournament

2017 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#2 Minnesota‡  ‍‍‍ 22–1–0 .957  51–3–0 .944
#17 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 20–3–0 .870  41–10–1 .798
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 15–8–0 .652  33–15–0 .688
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14–8–0 .636  36–17–0 .679
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 13–10–0 .565  24–29–0 .453
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 11–11–0 .500  33–14–0 .702
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11–12–0 .478  30–21–0 .588
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 10–13–0 .435  25–28–0 .472
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .391  23–31–0 .426
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .391  19–32–0 .373
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .391  20–36–0 .357
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .348  23–32–0 .418
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 5–18–0 .217  14–37–0 .275
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4–19–0 .174  11–39–1 .225
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 9, 2017[1]; Rankings from NFCA
  1st Round
May 11th
BTN		 Quarterfinals
May 12th
BTN		 Semifinals
May 13th
BTN		 Finals
May 13th
BTN
                                     
       
  1 Minnesota 5  
    8 Northwestern 1  
8 Northwestern 6
9 Purdue 1  
  1 Minnesota 6  
  4 Illinois 5  
       
       
  4 Illinois 3
    12 Penn State 0  
5 Nebraska 0
12 Penn State 5  
  1 Minnesota 6
  3 Ohio State 0
       
       
  2 Michigan 4
    7 Michigan State 5  
7 Michigan State 8
10 Indiana 7  
  7 Michigan State 3
  3 Ohio State 4  
       
       
  3 Ohio State 3
    6 Wisconsin 2  
6 Wisconsin 3
11 Iowa 0  
  • Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Rutgers and Maryland were not eligible to play.

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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