1999 Big Ten softball tournament

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1999 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams5
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota (1st title)
Runner-upMichigan (6th title game)
Winning coachLisa Bernstein & Julie Standering (1st title)
1999 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
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] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
As of June 1999[11]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


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.

Format and seeding[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ 1999 IND Season
  2. ^ 1999 IA Season
  3. ^ 1999 MICH Season
  4. ^ 1999 MSU Season
  5. ^ 1999 MINN Season
  6. ^ 1999 NOR Season
  7. ^ 1999 OSU Season
  8. ^ 1999 PSU Season
  9. ^ 1999 PUR Season
  10. ^ 1999 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. Retrieved May 26, 2022.


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