2006 Big Ten softball tournament explained

Year:	2006
Conference:	Big Ten
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Format:	Single-elimination
Ballpark:	Sharon J. Drysdale Field
City:	Evanston, Illinois
Titlecount:	8th
Coach:	Carol Hutchins
Coachcount:	8th
Runnerup:	Northwestern
Runnerupgamecount:	3rd
Mvp:	Jennie Ritter
Mvpteam:	Michigan

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.^[1]

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.

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.^[2]

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)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michigan Repeats as Big Ten softball tournament Champions . https://web.archive.org/web/20200229110104/https://bigten.org/news/2006/5/13/Michigan_Repeats_as_Big_Ten_Softball_Tournament_Champions.aspx . dead . February 29, 2020 . BigTen.org . . May 13, 2006 . February 29, 2020.
2. Web site: 2006 Big Ten softball tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20200229110103/https://bigten.org/news/2006/5/8/2006_Big_Ten_Softball_Tournament.aspx . dead . February 29, 2020 . BigTen.org . . May 11, 2006 . February 29, 2020.
3. Web site: 2006 All-Big Ten Tournament Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20200229110104/https://bigten.org/news/2006/5/13/2006_All_Big_Ten_Tournament_Team.aspx . dead . February 29, 2020 . BigTen.org . . May 13, 2006 . February 29, 2020.