2007 Big Ten softball tournament

The 2007 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Buckeye Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 10 through May 12, 2007. As the tournament winner, Ohio State earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[2]

2007 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Buckeye Field Columbus, Ohio
Champions	Ohio State (1st title)
Runner-up	Northwestern (4th title game)
Winning coach	Linda Kalafatis (1st title)
MVP	Jamee Juarez (Ohio State)
← 2006 Softball Tournament 2008 →

2007 Big Ten Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 23 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍y	14	–	2		.875			40	–	18		.690
No. 4 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y	15	–	3		.833			52	–	13		.800
No. 13 Michigan  ‍‍‍y	12	–	4		.750			47	–	13		.783
Iowa  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			37	–	21		.638
Penn State  ‍‍‍y	10	–	9		.526			36	–	23		.610
Purdue  ‍‍‍	10	–	9		.526			33	–	32		.508
Illinois  ‍‍‍	7	–	8		.467			30	–	25		.545
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	7	–	10		.412			33	–	26		.559
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			27	–	20		.574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	4	–	9		.308			24	–	22		.522
Indiana  ‍‍‍	1	–	19		.050			21	–	34		.382
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2007[1] Rankings from NFCA

Format and seeding

The 2007 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 10 and May 11					Semifinals May 11					Championship May 12
	1	Ohio State	10
	8	Penn State	2(5)
						1	Ohio State	10
						5	Purdue	1
	4	Iowa	1
	5	Purdue	4
											1	Ohio State	2
											2	Northwestern	1
	2	Northwestern	4
	7	Michigan State	0
						2	Northwestern	5
						3	Michigan	2
	3	Michigan	4
	6	Illinois	0

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Attendance
Quarterfinals – May 10 and 11
1	5:00 p.m.	#2 Northwestern vs. #7 Michigan State
2	7:30 p.m.	#1 Ohio State vs. #8 Penn State
3	12:00 p.m.	#3 Michigan vs. #6 Illinois
4	2:30 p.m.	#4 Iowa vs. #5 Purdue
Semifinals – May 13
5	5:00 p.m.	#2 Northwestern vs. #3 Michigan
6	7:30 p.m.	#1 Ohio State vs. #5 Purdue
Championship – May 13
7	12:00 p.m.	#1 Ohio State vs. #2 Northwestern
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3]

All-Tournament Team

• Designated Player: Katie Mitchell (Purdue)
• Utility Player: Jamee Juarez (Ohio State)
• Pitcher: Eileen Canney (Northwestern)
• Pitcher: Lorilyn Wilson (Michigan)
• Catcher: Sam Marder (Ohio State)
• First base: Garland Cooper (Northwestern)
• First base: Christina Douglas (Ohio State)
• Second base: Brittany Vanderink (Ohio State)
• Third base: Darcy Sengewald (Northwestern)
• Shortstop: Nycole Koyano (Ohio State)
• Outfielder: Katie Logan (Northwestern)
• Outfielder: Alessandra Giampaolo (Michigan)
• Outfielder: Courtney Pruner (Ohio State)

Tournament MVP

• Jamee Juarez (Ohio State)^[4]

References

1. "2007 Big Ten Softball Standings & Leaders Statistics". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
2. "Ohio State Captures Big Ten Tournament Title". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
3. "2007 Big Ten softball tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 8, 2007. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
4. "2007 Big Ten All-Tournament Team". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 14, 2007. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.