WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – One of the oldest rivalries in the nation will meet for a third time this season as the Big Ten Conference office announced the softball tournament bracket, which begins Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa, with No. 9 seed Purdue (25-26, 11-12 Big Ten) taking on No. 8 seed Indiana (37-17, 12-11 Big Ten). The game is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT / Noon ET on Big Ten Network.
The two teams met at Indiana just 18 days ago in a doubleheader, which was split with a 1-5 loss followed by a 6-5 victory. Meanwhile, the upcoming clash will mark just the second time the two teams have faced off in the Big Ten Tournament. In that 2014 battle, the Boilermakers won 4-2 in Evanston, Illinois.
The winner of Purdue vs. Indiana will go on to play Thursday at 11 a.m. CT / Noon ET against the Big Ten regular-season champions and No. 1 seed Northwestern (33-10, 19-3 Big Ten). Both teams picked up a win against the Wildcats during the regular season.
The Big Ten tournament seeding was determined by the conference standings. The tournament, hosted by the Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa, will run Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11. It is a single elimination tournament with the top 12 teams in the Big Ten standings receiving a spot. The championship game is set for
Purdue's ninth-place finish in the regular season is its best since 2017, when it also finished ninth in the league.
The two teams met at Indiana just 18 days ago in a doubleheader, which was split with a 1-5 loss followed by a 6-5 victory. Meanwhile, the upcoming clash will mark just the second time the two teams have faced off in the Big Ten Tournament. In that 2014 battle, the Boilermakers won 4-2 in Evanston, Illinois.
The winner of Purdue vs. Indiana will go on to play Thursday at 11 a.m. CT / Noon ET against the Big Ten regular-season champions and No. 1 seed Northwestern (33-10, 19-3 Big Ten). Both teams picked up a win against the Wildcats during the regular season.
The Big Ten tournament seeding was determined by the conference standings. The tournament, hosted by the Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa, will run Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11. It is a single elimination tournament with the top 12 teams in the Big Ten standings receiving a spot. The championship game is set for
Purdue's ninth-place finish in the regular season is its best since 2017, when it also finished ninth in the league.