1996 Big Ten softball tournament

College softball tournament in Michigan August 2023 March 2026 1996 Big Ten I Women's 4 Double-elimination Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan 2nd Carol Hutchins 2nd Minnesota 1st The 1996 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.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 1996 NCAA Division I softball tournament. This was the second of four consecutive Big Ten softball tournaments that Michigan won from 1995–1998. Format and seeding The 1996 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 Michigan 3 4 Indiana 1 3 Iowa 6 2 Minnesota 8 3 Iowa 2 4 Indiana 0 1 Michigan 3 2 Minnesota 2 3 Iowa 0 2 Minnesota 3 1 Michigan 6 — 2 Minnesota 4 — References 30em Category:Big Ten softball tournament Tournament Big Ten softball tournament