2018 Big Ten softball tournament

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College softball tournament

Collegiate softball tournament

2018 Big Ten
softball tournamentTeams| 12

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Format| Single-elimination
Finals site|

* Goodman Softball Complex
* Madison, Wisconsin

Champions| Minnesota (5th title)
Runner-up| Northwestern (6th title game)
Winning coach| Jamie Trachsel (1st title)
MVP| Maddie Houlihan (Minnesota)
Television| Big Ten Network

* ← 2017
* Softball Tournament
* 2019 →

The 2018 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Goodman Softball Complex on the campus of University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from May 10 through May 12, 2018. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.

## Tournament

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2018 Big Ten Conference softball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 17 Michigan ‍†‍‍y | 18 | - | 3 |  | .857 |  |  | 43 | - | 11 |  | .796
No. 25 Minnesota ‍‍‡‍y | 17 | - | 4 |  | .810 |  |  | 36 | - | 15 |  | .706
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 6 |  | .739 |  |  | 25 | - | 29 |  | .463
Ohio State ‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 8 |  | .636 |  |  | 34 | - | 13 |  | .723
Northwestern ‍‍‍y | 14 | - | 8 |  | .636 |  |  | 36 | - | 16 |  | .692
Illinois ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 8 |  | .619 |  |  | 36 | - | 17 |  | .679
Wisconsin ‍‍‍y | 11 | - | 9 |  | .550 |  |  | 27 | - | 20 |  | .574
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 12 |  | .455 |  |  | 24 | - | 25 |  | .490
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 13 |  | .409 |  |  | 31 | - | 22 |  | .585
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 15 |  | .318 |  |  | 16 | - | 39 |  | .291
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 16 |  | .304 |  |  | 18 | - | 36 |  | .333
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 16 |  | .273 |  |  | 20 | - | 31 |  | .392
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 18 |  | .217 |  |  | 9 | - | 41 |  | .180
Rutgers ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 16 |  | .200 |  |  | 19 | - | 31 |  | .380
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 7, 2018[1]
Rankings from NFCA

| 1st Round
May 10th
BTN | | | Quarterfinals
May 11th/12th
BTN | | | Semifinals
May 12th
BTN | | | Finals
May 13th
BTN |

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| | | | 1 | Michigan | 0 | | |
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| | | 8 | Michigan State | 7 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 4 |

| 9 | Nebraska | 3 |
| | 8 | Michigan State | 0 |
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| | | 4 | Northwestern | 11(5) |
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| | 4 | Northwestern | 2(8) |
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| | | 12 | Iowa | 1 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 1 |

| 12 | Iowa | 5 |
| | 4 | Northwestern | 6 |
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| | | 2 | Minnesota | 9 |
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| | 2 | Minnesota | 6 |
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| | | 7 | Wisconsin | 0 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 8(5) |

| 10 | Purdue | 0 |
| | 2 | Minnesota | 9 |
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| | | 3 | Indiana | 4 |
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| | 3 | Indiana | 2 |
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| | | 6 | Illinois | 1 |
| 6 | Illinois | 5 |

| 11 | Maryland | 3 |

* Only the top 12 participate in the tournament, therefore Rutgers and Penn State were not eligible to play.

## Schedule

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Game  | Time*  | Matchup# | Television  | TV Announcers[2] | Attendance

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First Round – Thursday, May 10
1  | 12:00 p.m.  | #7 Wisconsin vs. #10 Purdue  | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  |
2  | 2:30 p.m.  | #6 Illinois vs. #11 Maryland
3  | 5:30 p.m.  | #8 Michigan State vs. #9 Nebraska  | Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter  |
4  | 8:00 p.m.  | #5 Ohio State vs. #12 Iowa
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 11
5  | 12:00 p.m.  | #2 Minnesota vs. #7 Wisconsin  | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  | -
6  | 8:45 p.m.  | #3 Indiana vs. #6 Illinois
7  | 11 p.m.  | #1 Michigan vs. #8 Michigan State | Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter  | -
Quarterfinals – Saturday, May 12
8  | 11:30 a.m.  | #4 Northwestern vs. #12 Iowa  | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  | -
Semifinals – Saturday, May 12
9  | 2:00 p.m.  | #2 Minnesota vs. #3 Indiana  | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  | -
10  | 4:30 p.m.  | #4 Northwestern vs. #8 Michigan State
Championship – Sunday, May 13
11  | 11:00 a.m.  | #2 Minnesota vs. #4 Northwestern  | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  | -
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

## References

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1. ^ "Softball". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
2. ^ "#MAYhem: College Softball's Biggest Month Begins with More than 60 Conference Tournament Games, 11 Championship Games on ESPN's Networks". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

* https://web.archive.org/web/20180510092108/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/050618aad.html
* http://uwbadgers.com/sports/2018/3/5/softball-tournament-central.aspx

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