With the final two games of the regular season completed earlier on Monday (May 8), the Big Ten Conference has announced the 2017 Big Ten Softball Tournament bracket with Illinois earning the No. 4 seed in the 12-team tournament, hosted by the University of Michigan on May 11-13 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Illini will have a first-round bye after securing one of the tournament's top four seeds and will play the winner of fifth-seeded Nebraska and No. 12 seed Penn State on Friday (May 12) at 10 a.m. CT at the Wilpon Complex/Alumni Field.
The tournament is a single-elimination format that will began on Thursday, with the title contest slated for Saturday night at Alumni Field.