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Collegiate softball tournament
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  ‍ 22 1 0   .957 56 7 0   .889
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 34 19 0   .642
No. 16 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 14 9 0   .609 48 21 0   .696
No. 19 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 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


As of June 1998
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


The 1998 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the——campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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.

Format and seeding

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

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

  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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