2005 NCAA Division I softball season

2005 NCAA Division I softball season
Defending ChampionsUCLA
Tournament
Women's College World Series
DurationJune 2–8, 2005
ChampionsMichigan (1st title)
Runners-upUCLA (22nd WCWS Appearance)
Winning CoachCarol Hutchins (1st title)
WCWS MOPSamantha Findlay (Michigan)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →

The 2005 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2005. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament and 2005 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 8, 2005.

Conference standings

2005 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Texas A&M ‍†‍‍y 14 – 4   .778 47 – 10   .825
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 50 – 17   .746
No. 5 Texas ‍‍‍y 11 – 6   .647 49 – 13   .790
No. 12 Baylor ‍‍‍y 11 – 7   .611 51 – 14   .785
No. 20 Missouri ‍‍‍y 10 – 8   .556 44 – 15   .746
Kansas ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 8   .529 31 – 24   .564
No. 25 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 9 – 9   .500 36 – 23   .610
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 7 – 11   .389 35 – 24   .593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 23 – 25   .479
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 18 – 32   .360
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]
2005 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Michigan  ‍†‍‡‍y 15 – 2   .882 65 – 7   .903
No. 16 Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 15 – 3   .833 42 – 18   .700
No. 24 Iowa  ‍‍‍y 12 – 6   .667 50 – 14   .781
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 7   .563 32 – 17   .653
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 11 – 9   .550 31 – 24   .564
Penn State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 9   .526 36 – 23   .610
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 34 – 24   .586
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 9   .438 25 – 28   .472
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 25 – 27   .481
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 14   .222 24 – 26   .480
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 2 – 18   .100 13 – 41   .241
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2005[2]
Rankings from NFCA
2005 Pacific-10 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 45 – 12   .789
No. 6 California  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 52 – 15   .776
No. 15 Oregon State  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 43 – 16   .729
No. 10 Stanford  ‍†‍‍y 13 – 8   .619 43 – 16   .729
No. 2 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 11 – 10   .524 40 – 20   .667
No. 14 Washington  ‍‍‍y 10 – 11   .476 35 – 22   .614
No. 23 Oregon  ‍‍‍y 7 – 14   .333 36 – 25   .590
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 4 – 17   .190 30 – 26   .536
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2005[3]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2005 Southland Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Texas–San Antonio  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 5 – 0   .808 42 – 18 – 0   .700
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 7 – 0   .731 29 – 25 – 0   .537
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 8 – 0   .692 26 – 27 – 0   .491
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12 – 0   .556 35 – 28 – 0   .556
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13 – 0   .500 17 – 26 – 1   .398
McNeese State  ‍‍‍y 12 – 15 – 0   .444 34 – 35 – 0   .493
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 20 – 27 – 0   .426
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 18 – 34 – 0   .346
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19 – 0   .296 16 – 30 – 0   .348
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22 – 0   .185 15 – 44 – 0   .254
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2005[4]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


Women's College World Series

The 2005 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from June 2 to June 8, 2005 in Oklahoma City.[5]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
3 Arizona 0
11 Tennessee 1
11 Tennessee 1
7 UCLA 3
7 UCLA 2
2 California 1
7 UCLA 4 X
4 Texas 0 X
3 Arizona 3
2 California 2
3 Arizona 0
4 Texas 1
7 UCLA 5 2 1
1 Michigan 0 5 4
1 Michigan 3
DePaul 0
1 Michigan 4
4 Texas 0
12 Alabama 0
4 Texas 3
1 Michigan 0 3
11 Tennessee 2 2
DePaul 1
12 Alabama 2
12 Alabama 0
11 Tennessee 4

Season leaders

Batting

Pitching

Records

NCAA Division I season at bats: 270 – Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee Volunteers[6]

NCAA Division I season Games pitched: 69 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Sophomore class strikeouts: 603 – Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers

Junior class No hitters: 8 – Alicia Hollowell, Arizona Wildcats

Junior class strikeout ratio: 15.2 (593 SO/272.2 IP) – Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

Senior class doubles: 27 – Cameron Astiazaran, UIC Flames

Team shutouts: 51 – Tennessee Volunteers

Awards

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[7]

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[8]

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns[9]

Cat Osterman, Texas Longhorns

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2005 30 7 42 33 31 22 0 272.2 68 23 14 48 593 0.36 0.42

All America Teams

The following players were members of the All-American Teams.[10]

First Team

Position Player Class School
P Monica Abbott SO. Tennessee Lady Vols
Cat Osterman JR. Texas Longhorns
Jennie Ritter JR. Michigan Wolverines
C Kristen Rivera SR. Washington Huskies
1B Garland Cooper SO. Northwestern Wildcats
2B Tiffany Haas SR. Michigan Wolverines
3B Vicky Galindo SR. California Golden Bears
SS Courtney Bures FR. Mississippi State Bulldogs
OF Sarah Fekete JR. Tennessee Lady Vols
Marissa Nichols FR. UNLV Rebels
Caitlin Lowe SO. Arizona Wildcats
DP Cameron Astiazaran SR. UIC Flames
UT Amanda Scarborough FR. Texas A&M Aggies
AT-L Kristie Fox SO. Arizona Wildcats
Brianne McGowan JR. Oregon State Beavers
Kim Wendland JR. Georgia Bulldogs
Jamie Southern SR. Fresno State Bulldogs
Heather Scaglione SR. Oklahoma State Cowgirls

Second Team

Position Player Class School
P Michelle Green SR. Georgia Bulldogs
Alicia Hollowell JR. Arizona Wildcats
Kristina Thorson JR. California Golden Bears
C Ashley Courtney SR. Alabama Crimson Tide
1B Jennifer Curtier SO. Pacific Tigers
2B Caitlin Benyi JR. UCLA Bruins
3B Kristi Durant JR. Tennessee Lady Vols
SS Amber Jackson JR. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
OF Catalina Morris JR. Stanford Cardinal
Kristin Vesely JR. Oklahoma Sooners
Harmony Schwethelm JR. Baylor Bears
DP Megan Gibson SO. Texas A&M Aggies
UT Holly Currie SO. Auburn Tigers
AT-L Stephanie Churchwell FR. Northwestern Wildcats
Anjelica Selden FR. UCLA Bruins
Lindsay Schutzler SO. Tennessee Lady Vols
Michelle Smith FR. Stanford Cardinal

Third Team

Position Player Class School
P Megan Meyer SR. Seton Hall Pirates
Sarah Pauly SR. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders
Jessica Sallinger SR. Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
C Rachel Folden FR. Marshall Thundering Herd
1B Page Jones SR. Auburn Tigers
2B Anne Steffan SR. Nebraska Cornhuskers
3B Norrelle Dickson SO. Oklahoma Sooners
SS Jessica Merchant JR. Michigan Wolverines
OF Danyele Gomez JR. ULL Ragin' Cajuns
Megan Ciolli SR. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Tiffany Stewart JR. USF Bulls
DP Nicole Motycka SR. Michigan Wolverines
UT Ashley Esparza FR. Penn State Nittany Lions
AT-L Lisa Birocci SR. Iowa Hawkeyes
Kaleo Eldredge SR. California Golden Bears
Courtnay Foster JR. Northwestern Wildcats
Lauren Lappin JR. Stanford Cardinal
Saskia Roberson JR. DePaul Blue Demons

References

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  3. ^ 2022 Softball Record Book (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Southland Softball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "2005 Women's College World Series". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Player of The Year". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR SOFTBALL". Collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Sportswoman of the Year Award–Team". Womensportsfoundation.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "2005 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 27, 2020.