1999 Big Ten softball tournament

1999 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	5
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Runner-up	Michigan (6th title game)
Winning coach	Lisa Bernstein & Julie Standering (1st title)

1999 Big Ten Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 16 Michigan  ‍†‍‍^y	21	–	3	–	0		.875			51	–	13	–	1		.792
No. 22 Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			48	–	20	–	0		.706
Penn State  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			35	–	22	–	0		.614
No. 14 Michigan State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	9	–	0		.591			41	–	23	–	0		.641
Iowa ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			46	–	26	–	1		.637
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	11	–	12	–	0		.478			29	–	21	–	0		.580
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			30	–	31	–	0		.492
Purdue  ‍‍‍	9	–	14	–	0		.391			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			20	–	32	–	0		.385
Indiana ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0		.125			17	–	40	–	0		.298
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] As of June 1999[11] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 1999 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[12] As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the first Big Ten softball tournament championship for Minnesota.

Format and seeding

The 1999 tournament was a five team double-elimination tournament except for the play-in game between 4th-seeded Michigan State and 5th-seeded Iowa. The top five teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invitations to the tournament.

Tournament

	Play-in Game					First round					Semi-Finals					Finals
						1	Michigan	8
						5	Iowa	0
	4	Michigan State	3
	5	Iowa	5
											1	Michigan	1
											2	Minnesota	2
						2	Minnesota	2
						3	Penn State	1
																2	Minnesota	3	—
																1	Michigan	2	—
						5	Iowa	0
						3	Penn State	1
											3	Penn State	0
											1	Michigan	11

References

1. 1999 IND Season
2. 1999 IA Season
3. 1999 MICH Season
4. 1999 MSU Season
5. 1999 MINN Season
6. 1999 NOR Season
7. 1999 OSU Season
8. 1999 PSU Season
9. 1999 PUR Season
10. 1999 WIS Season
11. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
12. "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.