The 2016 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament was held May 5 to May 8 at Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium in Evanston, Illinois. The winner of the tournament received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship. All six conference teams competed in the event. The tournament format is single elimination. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record. Maryland won their first conference tournament championship after winning the first two regular season crowns (2015, 2016) in conference history.
Standings SeedSchoolConferenceOverall1Maryland ‡ 5–0 22–12Penn State3–2 14–73Northwestern 3–2 11–104Rutgers 2–3 6–125Ohio State2–3 11–66Michigan0–5 6–12‡ Big Ten regular season champions
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 511 11:00 am#4 Rutgers vs. #5 Ohio State 11–10 2OTBig Ten Network21:30 pm#3 Northwestern vs. #6 Michigan20–5Big Ten Network Semifinals – Friday, May 611 5:30 pm#1 Maryland vs. #4 Rutgers19–9Big Ten Network28:00 pm#2 Penn State vs. #3 Northwestern9–6Big Ten Network Championship – Sunday, May 82312:00pm#1 Maryland vs. #3 Northwestern 12–9Big Ten Network *Game times in CST. # – Denote tournament seeding.
Bracket Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium – Evanston, Illinois
* – Denotes overtime period
References https://web.archive.org/web/20160509074945/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/043016aac.html
External links Big Ten Women's Lacrosse @B1GLacrosse