| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Format: | Single-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Goodman Softball Complex |
| City: | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Jamie Trachsel |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Runnerupgamecount: | 6th |
| Mvp: | Maddie Houlihan |
| Television: | Big Ten Network |
The 2018 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Goodman Softball Complex on the campus of University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from May 10 through May 12, 2018. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | TV Announcers[1] | Attendance | ||
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| First Round – Thursday, May 10 | |||||||
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. |
| Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman | |||
| 2 | 2:30 p.m. |
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| 3 | 5:30 p.m. |
| Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter | ||||
| 4 | 8:00 p.m. |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, May 11 | |||||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. |
| Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman | - | |||
| 6 | 8:45 p.m. |
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| 7 | 11 p.m. |
| Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter | - | |||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, May 12 | |||||||
| 8 | 11:30 a.m. |
| Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman | - | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 12 | |||||||
| 9 | 2:00 p.m. |
| Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman | - | ||
| 10 | 4:30 p.m. |
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| Championship – Sunday, May 13 | |||||||
| 11 | 11:00 a.m. |
| Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman | - | ||
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