1999 Big Ten softball tournament

1999 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams	5
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field; Ann Arbor, Michigan;
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Runner-up	Michigan (6th title game)
Winning coach	Lisa Bernstein & Julie Standering (1st title)
	← 1998; Softball Tournament; 2000 →;

1999 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v t e	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

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

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

^ 1999 IND Season
^ 1999 IA Season
^ 1999 MICH Season
^ 1999 MSU Season
^ 1999 MINN Season
^ 1999 NOR Season
^ 1999 OSU Season
^ 1999 PSU Season
^ 1999 PUR Season
^ 1999 WIS Season
^ "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
^ "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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[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

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