2005 Michigan Wolverines softball team information
Sports team
2005Michigan Wolverines softball
Women's College World Series Champions
Big Ten Regular Season Champions Big Ten Tournament Champions
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
65–7 (15–2 B1G)
Head coach
Carol Hutchins (21st season)
Assistant coach
Bonnie Tholl
Pitching coach
Jennifer Brundage (8th season)
Home stadium
Alumni Field
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big Ten Conference softball standings
v
t
e
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[1] Rankings from NFCA
The 2005 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2005 NCAA softball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Carol Hutchins in her twenty-first season, played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines finished the season with a 65–7 record, setting a program record for wins. They competed in the Big Ten Conference, where the team finished first with a 15–2 conference record.
They won the 2005 Big Ten Conference softball tournament and qualified for the NCAA Division I softball tournament, reaching the postseason for the eleventh consecutive year. They defeated UCLA in three games in the finals of the 2005 Women's College World Series to win their first championship in program history. They became the first team in the Big Ten to win the Women's College World Series, and the first team east of the Mississippi River to win the NCAA Division I Softball championship.[2]
^"Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
^"Where Are They Now: Michigan's 2005 NCAA Champions". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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