The Big Ten Softball Tournament starts today on the campus of Ohio State. Rutgers comes in as the No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 Iowa today at 8:00 pm. The winner will face No. 2 Minnesota on Friday. The Knights did not face either of those teams during the regular season. The contest will be televised live on the Big Ten Network.
The tournament is a single-elimination format, with the title contest slated for Saturday night. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship. The full bracket can be found here
The top four seeds received byes into Friday's quarterfinals, while four first-round games will be played on Thursday.