2016 Big Ten softball tournament

College softball tournament

Collegiate softball tournament

2016 Big Ten
softball tournamentTeams| 12

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Format| Single-elimination
Finals site|

* Beard Field
* State College, Pennsylvania

Champions| Minnesota (3rd title)
Runner-up| Michigan (14th title game)
Winning coach| Jessica Allister (2nd title)
MVP| Sara Groenewegen (Minnesota)
Television| BTN

* ← 2015
* Softball Tournament
* 2017 →

The 2016 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Beard Field on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 12 through May 14, 2016.[1] As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All tournament games aired on BTN.

## Tournament

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2016 Big Ten Conference softball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 5 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 21 | - | 2 |  | .913 |  |  | 52 | - | 7 |  | .881
No. 20 Minnesota ‍‍‡‍y | 19 | - | 3 |  | .864 |  |  | 43 | - | 14 |  | .754
Northwestern ‍‍‍y | 15 | - | 8 |  | .652 |  |  | 27 | - | 28 |  | .491
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 9 |  | .609 |  |  | 30 | - | 24 |  | .556
Nebraska ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 9 |  | .591 |  |  | 35 | - | 21 |  | .625
Ohio State ‍‍‍y | 13 | - | 9 |  | .591 |  |  | 34 | - | 20 |  | .630
Illinois ‍‍‍y | 12 | - | 11 |  | .522 |  |  | 36 | - | 23 |  | .610
Wisconsin ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 11 |  | .500 |  |  | 28 | - | 24 |  | .538
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 13 |  | .435 |  |  | 29 | - | 25 |  | .537
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 15 |  | .348 |  |  | 27 | - | 28 |  | .491
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 15 |  | .348 |  |  | 27 | - | 28 |  | .491
Rutgers ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 15 |  | .348 |  |  | 24 | - | 33 |  | .421
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 19 |  | .174 |  |  | 12 | - | 40 |  | .231
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 3 | - | 20 |  | .130 |  |  | 13 | - | 39 |  | .250
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2016[2]
Rankings from NFCA
| 1st Round
May 12th
BTN | | | Quarterfinals
May 13th
BTN | | | Semifinals
May 14th
BTN | | | Finals
May 14th
BTN |

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| | | | 1 | Michigan | 10 | | |
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| | | 9 | Indiana | 0 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | 0 |

| 9 | Indiana | 4 |
| | 1 | Michigan | 6 |
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| | | 4 | Penn State | 1 |
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| | 4 | Penn State | 8 |
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| | | 5 | Nebraska | 7 |
| 5 | Nebraska | 8 |

| 12 | Purdue | 0(5) |
| | 1 | Michigan | 3 |
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| | | 2 | Minnesota | 4(10) |
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| | 2 | Minnesota | 2 |
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| | | 7 | Illinois | 0 |
| 7 | Illinois | 3 |

| 10 | Michigan State | 2 |
| | 2 | Minnesota | 8 |
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| | | 3 | Northwestern | 4 |
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| | 3 | Northwestern | 3 |
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| | | 6 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 5 |

| 11 | Rutgers | 0 |

* All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.[3]
* Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Maryland and Iowa were not eligible to play.

### Announcers

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* Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman (Early- Thurs, Fri & All Sat)
* Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter (Late- Thurs, Fri)

## References

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1. ^ "THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 10". Radio Troy. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
2. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
3. ^ "2016 Big Ten softball tournament Field" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

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