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1998 Big Ten softball tournament

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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.

1998 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (4th title)
Runner-upIowa (3rd title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (4th title)
1998 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
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
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
As of June 1998[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


Format and seeding

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 1998 IND Season
  2. ^ 1998 IA Season
  3. ^ 1998 MICH Season
  4. ^ 1998 MSU Season
  5. ^ 1998 MINN Season
  6. ^ 1998 NOR Season
  7. ^ 1998 OSU Season
  8. ^ 1998 PSU Season
  9. ^ 1998 PUR Season
  10. ^ 1998 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.


 

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