2006 Big Ten softball tournament

2006 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (8th title)
Runner-upNorthwestern (3rd title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (8th title)
MVPJennie Ritter (Michigan)
2006 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
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]

  1. ^ "2006 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "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.