1995 Big Ten softball tournament

1995 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runner-up	Iowa (1st title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (1st title)

1995 Big Ten Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 9 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	6	–	0		.786			50	–	12	–	0		.806
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	19	–	9	–	0		.679			38	–	19	–	0		.667
No. 6 Iowa  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	10	–	0		.643			41	–	26	–	1		.610
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	15	–	13	–	0		.536			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Indiana  ‍‍‍	14	–	14	–	0		.500			27	–	28	–	0		.491
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	11	–	17	–	0		.393			33	–	30	–	0		.524
Penn State  ‍‍‍	10	–	18	–	0		.357			23	–	26	–	0		.469
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	9	–	19	–	0		.321			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Purdue  ‍‍‍	8	–	20	–	0		.286			23	–	31	–	0		.426
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] As of May 1995[10] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 1995 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was the second-ever Big Ten softball tournament, and the first since 1982.[11] As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the first of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995–1998.

Format and seeding

The 1995 tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament. The top four teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Michigan	5
	4	Minnesota	3
						1	Michigan	5
						3	Iowa	1
	3	Iowa	7
	2	Northwestern	5
											1	Michigan	3	—
											3	Iowa	2	—
	4	Minnesota	2
	2	Northwestern	3
						2	Northwestern	0
						3	Iowa	1

References

1. 1995 IND Season
2. 1995 IA Season
3. 1995 MICH Season
4. 1995 MSU Season
5. 1995 MINN Season
6. 1995 NOR Season
7. 1995 OSU Season
8. 1995 PSU Season
9. 1995 PUR Season
10. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
11. "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.