2008 Big Ten Softball Tournament

Classification| Division I
Teams| 8
Format| Single-elimination tournament
Site|

* Sharon J. Drysdale Field
* Evanston, IL

Champions| Northwestern (1st title)
Winning coach| Kate Drohan (1st title)
Runner-up| Iowa (8th title game)
MVP| Lauren Delaney (Northwestern)

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2008 Big Ten Conference softball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 9 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 18 | - | 2 |  | .900 |  |  | 52 | - | 8 |  | .867
No. 12 Northwestern ‍‍‡‍y | 18 | - | 2 |  | .900 |  |  | 40 | - | 16 |  | .714
Iowa ‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 6 |  | .700 |  |  | 42 | - | 20 |  | .677
Minnesota ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 7 |  | .563 |  |  | 29 | - | 16 |  | .644
Purdue ‍‍‍y | 9 | - | 9 |  | .500 |  |  | 35 | - | 23 |  | .603
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 12 |  | .400 |  |  | 30 | - | 32 |  | .484
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 12 |  | .400 |  |  | 27 | - | 29 |  | .482
Ohio State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 13 |  | .350 |  |  | 33 | - | 23 |  | .589
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 12 |  | .333 |  |  | 34 | - | 22 |  | .607
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 14 |  | .300 |  |  | 16 | - | 35 |  | .314
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 17 |  | .150 |  |  | 15 | - | 40 |  | .273
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2008[1]; Rankings from NFCA

The 2008 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, 2008. As the tournament winner, Northwestern earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

## Contents

* 1 Format and seeding
* 2 Bracket
* 3 Schedule
* 4 All-Tournament Team
* 4.1 Tournament MVP
* 5 References

## Format and seeding[edit]

The 2008 tournament was an eight team single-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. After all tiebreakers between Michigan and Northwestern came out equal, the Wildcats won the official coin flip which was conducted by Big Ten Conference officials to determine this year's host. This was the first time in the tournament's history that the top-seeded team was decided by a coin flip.[2]

## Bracket[edit]

| Quarterfinals
May 8 and May 9 | | | Semifinals
May 9 | | | Championship
May 10 |

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| 1 | Northwestern | 8 | | |
| 8 | Ohio State | 0 |
| | 1 | Northwestern | 12 |
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| | | 4 | Minnesota | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 5 |

| 5 | Purdue | 4 |
| | 1 | Northwestern | 1 |
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| | | 3 | Iowa | 0 |
| 2 | Michigan | 1 | |

| 7 | Michigan State | 2 |
| | 7 | Michigan State | 4 |
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| | | 3 | Iowa | 13 |
| 3 | Iowa | 9 |

| 6 | Illinois | 1 |

## Schedule[edit]

Game  | Time*  | Matchup# | Attendance

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Quarterfinals – May 8 and 9
1  | 2:00 p.m.  | #2 Michigan vs. #7 Michigan State | -
2  | 4:30 p.m.  | #1 Northwestern vs. #8 Ohio State
3  | 9:00 a.m.  | #3 Iowa vs. #6 Illinois  | -
4  | 11:30 a.m.  | #4 Minnesota vs. #5 Purdue
Semifinals – May 9
5  | 2:00 p.m.  | #3 Iowa vs. #7 Michigan State  | -
6  | 4:30 p.m.  | #1 Northwestern vs. #4 Minnesota
Championship – May 10
7  | 12:00 p.m.  | #1 Northwestern vs. #3 Iowa  | -
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3]

## All-Tournament Team[edit]

* Michelle Batts (Northwestern)
* Jessica Bracamonte (Michigan State)
* Katie Brown (Iowa)
* Lindsay Digmann (Iowa)
* Lauren Delaney (Northwestern)
* Erin Dyer (Northwestern)
* Colleen McGlaughlin (Iowa)
* Quinn Morelock (Iowa)
* Natalie Neal (Minnesota)
* Kelly Quinn (Northwestern)
* Brianna Sudenga (Minnesota)
* Kara Weigle (Michigan State)

### Tournament MVP[edit]

* Lauren Delaney (Northwestern)[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2008 Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
2. ^ "2008 Big Ten Softball Tournament Preview". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 6, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
3. ^ "Michigan and Northwestern share 2008 Big Ten Softball Regular Season Title". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 4, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
4. ^ "Bracamonte and Weigle Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team". msuspartans.com. May 11, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

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