2006 Big Ten softball tournament
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Single-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Michigan (8th title) |
Runner-up | Northwestern (3rd title game) |
Winning coach | Carol Hutchins (8th title) |
MVP | Jennie Ritter (Michigan) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Northwestern †y | 16 | – | 3 | .842 | 50 | – | 15 | .769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Michigan ‡y | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 44 | – | 15 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa y | 12 | – | 7 | .632 | 39 | – | 22 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State y | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 39 | – | 23 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State y | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 39 | – | 17 | .696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana y | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 34 | – | 25 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | 24 | – | 31 | .436 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 7 | – | 12 | .368 | 30 | – | 30 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | 22 | – | 22 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 17 | – | 33 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of August 3, 2006[1] Rankings from NFCA |
The 2006 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from May 12 through May 13, 2006. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2]
Format and seeding
The 2006 tournament was an eight team single-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.
Tournament
Quarterfinals May 12 | Semifinals May 13 | Championship May 13 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northwestern | 4 | ||||||||||||
8 | Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northwestern | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 9 | ||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northwestern | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 13 | ||||||||||||
7 | Michigan State | 0(5) | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Indiana | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Iowa | 4(8) | ||||||||||||
6 | Indiana | 5 |
Schedule
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Attendance | |||
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Quarterfinals – May 12 and 13 | ||||||
1 | 9:00 a.m. | #2 Michigan vs. #7 Michigan State | ||||
2 | 11:30 a.m. | #1 Northwestern vs. #8 Illinois | ||||
3 | 12:30 p.m. | #4 Ohio State vs. #5 Penn State | ||||
4 | 2:00 p.m. | #3 Iowa vs. #6 Indiana | ||||
Semifinals – May 13 | ||||||
5 | 9:00 a.m. | #2 Michigan vs. #6 Indiana | ||||
6 | 11:45 a.m. | #1 Northwestern vs. #4 Ohio State | ||||
Championship – May 13 | ||||||
7 | 2:05 p.m. | #1 Northwestern vs. #2 Michigan | ||||
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3] |
All-Tournament Team
- Designated Player: Tiffany Worthy (Michigan)
- Utility Player: Mariangee Bogado (Indiana)
- Pitcher: Courtnay Foster (Northwestern)
- Pitcher: Jennie Ritter (Michigan)
- Catcher: Becky Marx (Michigan)
- First base: Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
- Second base: Tiffany Haas (Michigan)
- Third base: Darcy Sengewald (Northwestern)
- Shortstop: Tammy Williams (Northwestern)
- Outfielder: Rebekah Milian (Michigan)
- Outfielder: Megan Schwab (Ohio State)
- Outfielder: Brittany Vanderink (Ohio State)
Tournament MVP
- Jennie Ritter (Michigan)[4]
References
- ^ "2006 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan Repeats as Big Ten softball tournament Champions". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "2006 Big Ten softball tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 11, 2006. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "2006 All-Big Ten Tournament Team". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.