2019 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2019 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Andy Mohr Field on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from May 9 through May 11, 2019. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.^[1]

2019 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	12
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Andy Mohr Field Bloomington, Indiana
Champions	Michigan (10th title)
Runner-up	Minnesota (8th title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (10th title)
MVP	Meghan Beaubien (Michigan)
Television	Big Ten Network
← 2018 Softball Tournament 2022 →

Tournament

2019 Big Ten Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 20 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	1		.957			45	–	13		.776
No. 14 Northwestern  ‍‍‍^y	21	–	2		.913			47	–	13		.783
No. 8 Minnesota  ‍‍‍^y	20	–	2		.909			46	–	14		.767
Ohio State  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	6		.739			35	–	18		.660
No. 25 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	8		.652			43	–	14		.754
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			29	–	26		.527
Indiana  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			36	–	21		.632
Illinois  ‍‍‍^y	9	–	14		.391			33	–	25		.569
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			21	–	31		.404
Penn State  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			24	–	32		.429
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	17		.261			34	–	29		.540
Iowa  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			19	–	32		.373
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	4	–	18		.182			16	–	34		.320
Maryland  ‍‍‍	4	–	19		.174			20	–	31		.392
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 14, 2019^[2] Rankings from NFCA

	1st Round May 9th BTN					Quarterfinals May 10th BTN					Semifinals May 11th BTN					Finals May 11th BTN
						1	Michigan	1^(8)
						9	Illinois	0
	8	Nebraska	4
	9	Illinois	6
											1	Michigan	8
											5	Wisconsin	3
						4	Ohio State	1
						5	Wisconsin	10^(6)
	5	Wisconsin	7
	12	Iowa	4
																1	Michigan	3
																3	Minnesota	2
						2	Northwestern	2
						7	Indiana	0
	7	Indiana	4
	10	Penn State	2
											2	Northwestern	0
											3	Minnesota	4
						3	Minnesota	4
						11	Purdue	3
	6	Rutgers	3
	11	Purdue	4

• Only the top 12 participate in the tournament.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	TV Announcers^[3]	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, May 9
1	11:00 a.m.	#5 Wisconsin vs. #12 Iowa	Big Ten Network	Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman
2	1:30 p.m.	#8 Nebraska vs. #9 Illinois
3	4:30 p.m.	#7 Indiana vs. #10 Penn State		Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter
4	7:00 p.m.	#6 Rutgers vs. #11 Purdue
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 10
5	11:00 a.m.	#4 Ohio State vs. #5 Wisconsin	Big Ten Network	Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman
6	1:30 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #9 Illinois
7	4:30 p.m.	#2 Northwestern vs. #7 Indiana		Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter
8	7:00 p.m.	#3 Minnesota vs. #11 Purdue
Semifinals – Saturday, May 11
9	9:00 a.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #5 Wisconsin	Big Ten Network
10	11:30 a.m.	#2 Northwestern vs. #3 Minnesota
Championship – Saturday, May 11
11	2:00 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #3 Minnesota	Big Ten Network
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

1. . BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
2. "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
3. "#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.