| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Ohio State (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Northwestern (4th title game) |
| Winning coach | Linda Kalafatis (1st title) |
| MVP | Jamee Juarez (Ohio State) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Ohio State †‡y | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 40 | – | 18 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Northwestern y | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 52 | – | 13 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Michigan y | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 47 | – | 13 | .783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | 37 | – | 21 | .638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State y | 10 | – | 9 | .526 | 36 | – | 23 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 10 | – | 9 | .526 | 33 | – | 32 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 30 | – | 25 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | 33 | – | 26 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 27 | – | 20 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | 24 | – | 22 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 19 | .050 | 21 | – | 34 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2007[1] Rankings from NFCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2007 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Buckeye Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 10 through May 12, 2007. As the tournament winner, Ohio State earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2]
Format and seeding
The 2007 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 10 and May 11 | Semifinals May 11 | Championship May 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Penn State | 2(5) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Purdue | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Purdue | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – May 10 and 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 5:00 p.m. | #2 Northwestern vs. #7 Michigan State | ||||
| 2 | 7:30 p.m. | #1 Ohio State vs. #8 Penn State | ||||
| 3 | 12:00 p.m. | #3 Michigan vs. #6 Illinois | ||||
| 4 | 2:30 p.m. | #4 Iowa vs. #5 Purdue | ||||
| Semifinals – May 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 5:00 p.m. | #2 Northwestern vs. #3 Michigan | ||||
| 6 | 7:30 p.m. | #1 Ohio State vs. #5 Purdue | ||||
| Championship – May 13 | ||||||
| 7 | 12:00 p.m. | #1 Ohio State vs. #2 Northwestern | ||||
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3] | ||||||
All-Tournament Team
- Designated Player: Katie Mitchell (Purdue)
- Utility Player: Jamee Juarez (Ohio State)
- Pitcher: Eileen Canney (Northwestern)
- Pitcher: Lorilyn Wilson (Michigan)
- Catcher: Sam Marder (Ohio State)
- First base: Garland Cooper (Northwestern)
- First base: Christina Douglas (Ohio State)
- Second base: Brittany Vanderink (Ohio State)
- Third base: Darcy Sengewald (Northwestern)
- Shortstop: Nycole Koyano (Ohio State)
- Outfielder: Katie Logan (Northwestern)
- Outfielder: Alessandra Giampaolo (Michigan)
- Outfielder: Courtney Pruner (Ohio State)
Tournament MVP
- Jamee Juarez (Ohio State)[4]
References
- ^ "2007 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "Ohio State Captures Big Ten Tournament Title". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "2007 Big Ten softball tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 8, 2007. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "2007 Big Ten All-Tournament Team". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 14, 2007. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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