May 12, 2005
The teams expected to win the first games of the 2005 Big Ten Conference Softball Tournament staged Thursday in Ann Arbor, Mich., did so.
No. 2 seed Northwestern dealt No. 7 seed Purdue a 2-0 defeat in the tournament’s opener. The host school, the league’s regular season champion, Michigan, then defeated No. 8 seed Michigan State, 6-2.
Coach Gayle Blevins’ nationally ranked Iowa Hawkeyes – the tournament’s No. 3 seed – will square off against Penn State Friday at 11 a.m. Iowa time. The winner of the game will meet Northwestern at 4 p.m. Iowa time.
Fans of the Hawkeyes who are subscribers to the multimedia area of hawkeyesports.com can listen to live radio coverage of the Iowa-Penn State game by clicking HERE. hawkeyesports.com will also offer live coverage of the event via GameTracker. A link to that free service is inside the calendar area of the home page of hawkeyesports.com, the official world wide web site of the Iowa Hawkeyes.
For more information about the 2005 Big Ten Softball Tournament, click HERE.