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Collegiate softball tournament
1995 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (1st title)
Runner-upIowa (1st title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (1st title)
1995 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 9 Michigan  ‍ 22 6 0   .786 50 12 0   .806
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 19 9 0   .679 38 19 0   .667
No. 6 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 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

References

  1. ^ 1995 IND Season
  2. ^ 1995 IA Season
  3. ^ 1995 MICH Season
  4. ^ 1995 MSU Season
  5. ^ 1995 MINN Season
  6. ^ 1995 NOR Season
  7. ^ 1995 OSU Season
  8. ^ 1995 PSU Season
  9. ^ 1995 PUR Season
  10. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  11. ^ "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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