2017 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2017 Big Ten Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2017 season. It was held from October 29 through November 5, 2017. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. Minnesota were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–0 quarterfinal loss to Wisconsin. The Penn State Nittany Lions won the title with a 2–1 win over the Northwestern Wildcats in the final. The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Penn State women's soccer program and the third for head coach Erica Dambach.

2017 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance3,527
SiteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana (Semifinals and Final)
ChampionsPenn State (7th title)
Winning coachErica Dambach (3rd title)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
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2017 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 23 Ohio State  y 920 .8181551 .738
Northwestern  y 731 .6821283 .587
Minnesota   731 .6821153 .658
No. 22 Rutgers  y 623 .6821326 .762
#5 Penn State y   623 .6821554 .708
Wisconsin  y 632 .6361462 .682
Purdue   542 .5451072 .579
Iowa   452 .455982 .526
Nebraska   335 .500955 .605
Michigan   353 .409666 .500
Indiana   263 .318694 .421
Michigan State   281 .2276111 .361
Illinois   290 .1825140 .263
Maryland   182 .182783 .472
Conference champion
2017 Big Ten Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 24, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference
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