2008 Big Ten softball tournament

2008 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNorthwestern (1st title)
Runner-upIowa (8th title game)
Winning coachKate Drohan (1st title)
MVPLauren Delaney (Northwestern)
2008 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 18 2   .900 52 8   .867
No. 12 Northwestern  ‍‍y 18 2   .900 40 16   .714
Iowa  ‍‍‍y 14 6   .700 42 20   .677
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 9 7   .563 29 16   .644
Purdue  ‍‍‍y 9 9   .500 35 23   .603
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 12   .400 30 32   .484
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 12   .400 27 29   .482
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 7 13   .350 33 23   .589
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 6 12   .333 34 22   .607
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 16 35   .314
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 3 17   .150 15 40   .273
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2008[1]
Rankings from NFCA


The 2008 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from May 8 through May 10, 2008. As the tournament winner, Northwestern earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

  1. ^ "2008 Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2021.