1997 Big Ten softball tournament

College softball tournament in Iowa August 2023 March 2026 1997 Big Ten I Women's 4 Double-elimination Bob Pearl Softball Field Iowa City, Iowa Michigan 3rd Carol Hutchins 3rd Iowa 2nd The 1997 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.https://bigten.org/documents/2021/7/29/2022_B1G_Softball_Record_Book.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210811201949/https://bigten.org/documents/2021/7/29/2022_B1G_Softball_Record_Book.pdf dead August 11, 2021 Big Ten Softball Record Book BigTen.org Big Ten Conference May 10, 2005 May 26, 2022 As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the third of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995 to 1998. Format and seeding The 1997 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 3 7/8 1 1/1/2 First round Semi-finals Finals 1 Iowa 2 4 Purdue 0 3 Michigan State 0 2 Michigan 4 3 Michigan State 4 4 Purdue 2 1 Iowa 2 2 Michigan 3 3 Michigan State 3 1 Iowa 4 2 Michigan 4 — 1 Iowa 2 — References 30em Category:Big Ten softball tournament Tournament Big Ten softball tournament