Purdue Softball Earns No. 12 Seed in 2025 Big Ten Tournament
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The Purdue softball team will have a chance to earn an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. By securing one victory over Indiana in the three-game weekend series, the Boilermakers locked down the No. 12 seed in the 2025 Big Ten Softball Tournament, which will be played on their home field at Bittinger Stadium in West Lafayette.
Purdue finished the regular season with a 28-22 record and a 9-13 mark in Big Ten play. Only 12 teams compete in the Big Ten Softball Tournament, so the Boilers just squeaked into the field.
The good news for Purdue? It owns a 13-4 record in games played on their home turf this season. The Boilers were 2-12 in road games and 13-6 in neutral site games.
As the No. 12 seed, Purdue will play No. 5 seed Northwestern in the first round on Wednesday, May 7. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and will air on Big Ten Network.
If the Boilermakers pull out a victory, they will play No. 4 seed Ohio State in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, May 8. Game time would be approximately 7 p.m. ET and coverage will also be on Big Ten Network.
Purdue and Northwestern did not play during the regular season.
The 2025 Big Ten Softball Tournament begins on Wednesday, May 7 and runs through Saturday, May 10. Big Ten Network will air every game of the tournament. The complete bracket is below:
The #B1GSoftball Tournament Bracket is SET ‼️
— Big Ten Softball (@B1Gsoftball) May 4, 2025
Who ya got going all the way? 🤔
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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