2015 BIG TEN STANDINGS & POSTSEASON HISTORY 2013 BIG TEN FINAL STANDINGS Pl. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2015 ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS AND HONORS Player of Year: Sara Groenewegen (MINN) Pitcher of Year: Megan Betsa (MICH) Fresh of Year: Sabrina Rabin (NU) Coach of Year: Carol Hutchins (MICH)
13. 14.
Pct. .913 .870 .739 .636 .609 .522 .478 .391 .391 .348 .333 .333 .227 .174
W 60 49 35 28 26 30 29 27 29 19 17 31 21 19
Overall L 8 11 23 23 27 22 20 27 28 40 39 25 31 36
Pct. .882 .817 .603 .549 .491 .577 .592 .500 .509 .322 .304 .554 .404 .345
^ Big Ten Champion/NCAA Automatic Qualifier | # NCAA Tournament Participant
P P P C 1B 2B 2B 2B SS SS SS 3B 3B OF OF OF OF UTL
FIRST TEAM MEGAN BETSA So. SARA GROENEWEGEN So. Haylie Wagner Sr. Steph Pasquale Sr. Erika Leonard Jr. Allie Bauch Jr. Danielle Parlich Fr. SIERA ROMERO Jr. MEGAN BLANK Sr. Andrea Filler Jr. Tyler Walker Sr. Kelsey Jenkins Fr. MJ KNIGHTEN So. KELLY CHRISTNER So. Sabrina Rabin Fr. Kiki Stokes Jr. Carly Thomas Fr. Lindsey Schmeiser Jr.
MICH MINN MICH NEB OSU ILL MINN MICH IOWA NU MINN WIS NEB MICH NU NEB ILL MD
P P P C C 1B 1B SS SS 3B OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF
SECOND TEAM Lilly Fecho Jr. Alyssa Landrith Sr. Emily Lockman Jr. Shannon Bustillos Sr. Lauren Sweet Sr. Alyssa Gunther So. Kaitlyn Richardson Sr. Maddy McIntyre Jr. Abby Ramirez So. Sam Macken So. Jackie Bates Sr. Caitlin Conrad Sr. Andrea DiPrima Sr. Lea Foerster Fr. Macy Jones Jr. Lexi Knief Jr. Sierra Lawrence Jr. Erin Pronobis Sr.
PUR RU NEB MD MICH ILL MINN OSU MICH MINN RU OSU NU MSU PSU PSU MICH MD
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Haylie Wagner Sr. Emily Lockman Jr. Shannon Bustillos Sr. Kaitlyn Richardson Sr. Danielle Parlich Fr. Megan Blank Sr. Shelby Miller So. Kelly Christner So. Sierra Lawrence Jr. Maria Van Abel Sr.
MICH NEB MD MINN MINN IOWA PSU MICH MICH WIS
CAPS indicate unanimous selection Bold indicates Penn State player 34
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Conference W L 21 2 20 3 17 6 14 8 14 9 12 11 11 12 9 14 9 14 8 15 7 14 7 14 5 17 4 19
Team Michigan ^ Minnesota # Nebraska # Northwestern # Illinois Ohio State Rutgers Maryland Penn State Iowa Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Michigan State
PENN STATE IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Season/Site Seed 1999 at Michigan #3 2000 at Iowa
#3
2001 at Michigan
#5
2002 at Michigan
#5
2004 at Michigan #7 2005 at Michigan #6 2006 at Northwestern Michigan 2007 at Ohio State #8 2013 at Nebraska #11 2014 at Northwestern#10 2015 at Ohio State #9 Totals: 11 appearances
Opponent Result Score vs. #2 Minnesota L 1-2 vs. #5 Iowa W 1-0 at #1 Michigan L 0-11 vs. #6 Purdue W 4-3 vs. #2 Michigan L 0-2 vs. #5 Wisconsin W 10-1 vs. #4 Northwestern W 3-1 vs. #2 Michigan L 0-2 vs. #4 Illinois W 6-1 at #1 Michigan L 0-2 vs. #3 Ohio State W 5-4 vs. #4 Illinois L 1-4 vs. #4 Wisconsin W 3-0 at #1 Michigan L 3-4 vs. #3 Iowa W 6-0 vs. #6 Illinois W 5-3 vs. #2 Ohio State L 3-4 vs. #2 Illinois L 0-1 vs. #3 Iowa L 0-1 #5 vs. #4 Ohio State L at #1 Ohio State vs. #7 Illinois vs. #3 Minnesota vs. #7 Ohio State vs. #8 Maryland vs. #1 Michigan 26 games
L W L L W L 11-15
2-10 5-2 0-4 2-6 10-6 1-16
Champion Minnesota Michigan
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State Michigan 6-9 Ohio State Michigan Minnesota Michigan
Note: No Big Ten tournaments were held in 2009-12. Also, the 2004-08 tournaments were held under a single-elimination format.
BIG TEN IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Team (Years Participated) App. Nebraska (1982, 84-85, 87-88, 95-07, 09-11, 13-15) ^ 24 Michigan (1992-93, 95-15) 23 Iowa (1989, 91, 93, 95-06, 08-09) 16 Northwestern (1984-87, 00, 03-09, 12,14-15) 15 PENN STATE (1983, 85, 00-03, 05-07, 11) * 10 Minnesota (1988, 91, 96, 98-99, 02-03, 13-15) 10 Ohio State (1990, 02, 04, 06-07, 09-10) 7 Indiana (1983,85-86, 94, 96, 06, 11) 7 Michigan State (1997, 99, 03-04) 4 Illinois (2003-04, 09-10) 4 Wisconsin (2001-02, 05, 13-14) 5 Purdue (2008-09) 2 Maryland ^ 0 Rutgers ^ 0
W 74 86 32 41 12 14 11 11 8 7 5 3 0 0
L 61 51 33 34 20 20 14 15 8 8 10 4 0 0
Pct. .548 .627 .492 .546 .400 .411 .440 .423 .500 .467 .333 .429 .000 .000
Notes: The Big Ten began sponsorship of softball in 1985; The NCAA began a tournament in 1982; * – Penn State previously participated in the Atlantic 10 before 1992; ^ Nebraska prevoiusly competed as part of the Big 12 Conference prior to the 2011-12 season, Maryland was a member of the ACC and Rutgers was in the AAC before 2014-15.
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8 NCAA APPEARANCES SINCE 2000