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College softball tournament Collegiate softball tournament
2003 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIowa (2nd title)
Runner-upNorthwestern (2nd title game)
Winning coachGayle Blevins (2nd title)
2003 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 16 Iowa ‍†‍‡‍ 13 – 4 – 0   .765 55 – 15 – 0   .786
No. 12 Michigan ‍‍‍ 13 – 5 – 0   .722 44 – 16 – 0   .733
No. 24 Michigan State ‍‍‍ 13 – 6 – 0   .684 40 – 19 – 0   .678
Illinois ‍‍‍ 11 – 7 – 0   .611 39 – 17 – 1   .693
Minnesota ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600 37 – 21 – 1   .636
Northwestern ‍‍‍ 11 – 9 – 0   .550 36 – 19 – 0   .655
Penn State ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500 32 – 22 – 0   .593
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350 19 – 26 – 0   .422
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 11 – 0   .313 26 – 23 – 0   .531
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 34 – 27 – 0   .557
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 19 – 31 – 0   .380
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament


As of May 2003
Rankings from NFCA


The 2003 Big Ten softball tournament was held at the Bob Pearl Softball Field on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. As the tournament winner, Iowa earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Format and seeding

The 2003 tournament was a six team double-elimination tournament. The top six teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

First round Second round Semi-Finals Finals
            
1 Iowa 3
4 Illinois 2
4 Illinois 1
5 Minnesota 0
1 Iowa 2
6 Northwestern 1
2 Michigan 6
6 Northwestern 8
3 Michigan State 0
6 Northwestern 1
1 Iowa 2
6 Northwestern 0
6 Northwestern 6
3 Michigan State 3
3 Michigan State 6
4 Illinois 5
3 Michigan State 2
2 Michigan 0
2 Michigan 3
5 Minnesota 2

References

  1. 2003 Illinois Season
  2. 2003 Indiana Season
  3. 2003 Iowa Season
  4. 2003 Michigan Season
  5. 2003 Michigan State Season
  6. 2003 Minnesota Season
  7. 2003 Northwestern Season
  8. 2003 Ohio State Season
  9. 2003 Penn State Season
  10. 2003 Purdue Season
  11. 2003 Wisconsin Season
  12. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  13. "Big Ten Softball Standings" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
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