1995 Big Ten softball tournament

1995 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runner-up	Iowa (1st title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (1st title)

1995 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 9 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	6	–	0		.786			50	–	12	–	0		.806
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	19	–	9	–	0		.679			38	–	19	–	0		.667
No. 6 Iowa  ‍‍‍y	18	–	10	–	0		.643			41	–	26	–	1		.610
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	15	–	13	–	0		.536			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Indiana  ‍‍‍	14	–	14	–	0		.500			27	–	28	–	0		.491
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			33	–	30	–	0		.524
Penn State  ‍‍‍	10	–	18	–	0		.357			23	–	26	–	0		.469
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	9	–	19	–	0		.321			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Purdue  ‍‍‍	8	–	20	–	0		.286			23	–	31	–	0		.426
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 1995 Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 1995 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was the second-ever Big Ten softball tournament, and the first since 1982. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the first of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995–1998.

Format and seeding

The 1995 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	5
	4	Minnesota	3
						1	Michigan	5
						3	Iowa	1
	3	Iowa	7
	2	Northwestern	5
											1	Michigan	3	—
											3	Iowa	2	—
	4	Minnesota	2
	2	Northwestern	3
						2	Northwestern	0
						3	Iowa	1