2014 Big Ten softball tournament

2014 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	12
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Sharon J. Drysdale Field Evanston, IL
Champions	Minnesota (2nd title)
Runner-up	Michigan (12th title game)
Winning coach	Jessica Allister (1st title)
MVP	Kaitlyn Richardson (Minnesota)
Television	BTN

The 2014 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from May 8 through May 10, 2014. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Tournament

2014 Big Ten Conference softball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Michigan  ‍†‍‍y	18	–	5		.783			47	–	15		.758
No. 16 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	18	–	5		.783			44	–	18		.710
No. 15 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	6		.727			44	–	12		.786
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y	14	–	7		.667			36	–	20		.643
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	14	–	9		.609			35	–	18		.660
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	10		.565			30	–	25		.545
Purdue  ‍‍‍	13	–	10		.565			27	–	28		.491
Iowa  ‍‍‍y	9	–	14		.391			16	–	30		.348
Illinois  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			24	–	26		.480
Indiana  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			17	–	39		.304
Penn State  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			14	–	35		.286
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	4	–	19		.174			12	–	37		.245
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2014 Rankings from NFCA

	1st Round May 8					Quarterfinals May 9					Semifinals May 10					Finals May 10
						1	Michigan	8
						9	Illinois	2
	8	Iowa	0
	9	Illinois	6
											1	Michigan	4
											4	Wisconsin	3
						4	Wisconsin	5
						5	Northwestern	4
	5	Northwestern	10
	12	Michigan State	4
																1	Michigan	2
																3	Minnesota	3
						2	Nebraska	5(8)
						7	Ohio State	7
	7	Ohio State	6
	10	Penn State	2
											7	Ohio State	0(5)
											3	Minnesota	9
						3	Minnesota	6
						6	Purdue	3
	6	Purdue	4
	11	Indiana	2

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, May 8
1	11:00 a.m.	#6 Purdue vs. #11 Indiana	–
2	1:30 p.m.	#7 Ohio State vs. #10 Penn State
3	4:30 p.m.	#8 Iowa vs. #9 Illinois	–
4	7:00 p.m.	#5 Northwestern vs. #12 Michigan State
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 9
5	11:00 a.m.	#3 Minnesota vs. #6 Purdue	–
6	1:30 p.m.	#2 Nebraska vs. #7 Ohio State
7	4:30 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #9 Illinois	–
8	7:00 p.m.	#4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Northwestern
Semifinals – Saturday, May 10
9	2:30 p.m.	#3 Minnesota vs. #7 Ohio State	–
10	5:00 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #4 Wisconsin
Championship – Saturday, May 10
11	7:00 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #3 Minnesota	–
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

• Alex Booker (Illinois)
• Tori Chiodo (Purdue)
• Caitlin Conrad (Ohio State)
• Andrea Filler (Northwestern)
• Mary Massei (Wisconsin)
• Stephanie Peace (Wisconsin)
• Sierra Romero (Michigan)
• Caitlin Blanchard (Michigan)
• Lindsay Montemarano (Michigan)
• Sara Moulton (Minnesota)
• Tyler Walker (Minnesota)

Tournament MVP

• Kaitlyn Richardson (Minnesota)

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