2006 Big Ten softball tournament

2006 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Sharon J. Drysdale Field Evanston, Illinois
Champions	Michigan (8th title)
Runner-up	Northwestern (3rd title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (8th title)
MVP	Jennie 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 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.

Format and seeding

The 2006 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 12					Semifinals May 13					Championship May 13
	1	Northwestern	4
	8	Illinois	1
						1	Northwestern	4
						4	Ohio State	0
	4	Ohio State	9
	5	Penn State	6
											1	Northwestern	0
											2	Michigan	6
	2	Michigan	13
	7	Michigan State	0(5)
						2	Michigan	4
						6	Indiana	0
	3	Iowa	4(8)
	6	Indiana	5

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Attendance
Quarterfinals – May 12 and 13
1	9:00 a.m.	#2 Michigan vs. #7 Michigan State
2	11:30 a.m.	#1 Northwestern vs. #8 Illinois
3	12:30 p.m.	#4 Ohio State vs. #5 Penn State
4	2:00 p.m.	#3 Iowa vs. #6 Indiana
Semifinals – May 13
5	9:00 a.m.	#2 Michigan vs. #6 Indiana
6	11:45 a.m.	#1 Northwestern vs. #4 Ohio State
Championship – May 13
7	2:05 p.m.	#1 Northwestern vs. #2 Michigan
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

• Designated Player: Tiffany Worthy (Michigan)
• Utility Player: Mariangee Bogado (Indiana)
• Pitcher: Courtnay Foster (Northwestern)
• Pitcher: Jennie Ritter (Michigan)
• Catcher: Becky Marx (Michigan)
• First base: Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
• Second base: Tiffany Haas (Michigan)
• Third base: Darcy Sengewald (Northwestern)
• Shortstop: Tammy Williams (Northwestern)
• Outfielder: Rebekah Milian (Michigan)
• Outfielder: Megan Schwab (Ohio State)
• Outfielder: Brittany Vanderink (Ohio State)

Tournament MVP

• Jennie Ritter (Michigan)