Day 2 Big Ten Softball Tournament results, updated bracket

The second day of Big Ten Softball Tournament action is in the books, setting up what appears to be an exciting semifinal round on Friday afternoon.

After two double-digit seeds advanced to the quarterfinals on Wednesday, the trend of upsets continued to start Thursday’s slate. 8-seed Indiana upset top-seeded Northwestern 4-3 to become the first team to claim a spot in the semifinals after the Wildcats walked in a couple of runs in the fifth to take a three-run lead.

Despite a chance to win in the bottom of the seventh, the Hoosiers escaped with a one-run victory.

The second game of the day went a bit different. 4-seed Nebraska finished off 10-seed Minnesota in five innings. Minnesota hit a lead-off home run off the first pitch of the game, but it was all Nebraska from there. In the final three innings, the Huskers would outscore the Golden Gophers 9-1, including four runs in the fifth to end the game early.

Another mercy rule five-inning game would follow in game three — but this one was as improbable as they come. 2-seed Michigan and 10-seed Maryland played four and a half innings of rainy, scoreless softball before everything that could go wrong for the Terrapin, did.

The Wolverines would score 10 runs — capped by a walk-off grand slam by Avery Fantucci — in the fifth to close the Huskers out.

Upsets continued with the late game, seeing 11-seed Wisconsin will its way past 3-seed Rutgers 7-3 thanks to a four-run fifth inning that would end up being too much for the Scarlet Knights to come back from to round out a must-watch semifinal field.

2024 Big Ten Tournament bracket, schedule

1st Round–Wednesday, May 8

Game 1: No. 8 Indiana 6, No. 9 Purdue 3
Game 2: No. 5 Minnesota 10, No. 12 Illinois 7
Game 3: No. 7 Penn State 1, No. 10 Maryland 3
Game 4: No. 6 Ohio State 1, No. 11 Wisconsin 5

Quarterfinals–Thursday, May 9th

Game 5: No. 8 Indiana 4, No. 1 Northwestern 3
Game 6: No. 4 Nebraska 11, No. 5 Minnesota 2 (Final/5)
Game 7: No. 2 Michigan 10, No. 10 Maryland 0
Game 8: No. 11 Wisconsin 7, No. 3 Rutgers 3

Semifinals–Friday, May 10th

Game 9: No. 8 Indiana vs. No. 4 Nebraska — 4:00 PM on BTN
Game 10: No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 11 Wisconsin — 6:30 PM on BTN

Championship–Saturday, May 11th

Game 11: Winner of Game 9 vs. Game 10 — 3:00 PM on BTN

Please note–all television times listed are Central Standard Time and are subject to change.

Big Ten Network Games are also available on the FOX Sports app. For more information, please visit the Big Ten Tournament website here.