The Michigan State Spartans softball team earned the No. 12-seed in this years Big Ten Tournament and will face off against the No. 5-seeded Maryland Terrapins on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. EDT. MSU is 1-2 this season versus the Terps, having defeated UMD 2-1 on May 1.
The Spartans are returning to the tournament for the first time since 2018 where the team earned the the No. 8-seed and advanced past Nebraska and Michigan to the semifinal before being blanked by No. 4-seed Northwestern. The tournament is returning from a two-year hiatus after being canceled in 2020 and unscheduled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.