2005 Michigan Wolverines softball team

2005 Michigan Wolverines softball
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Big Ten Tournament Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record65–7 (15–2 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coachBonnie Tholl
Pitching coachJennifer Brundage (8th season)
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
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[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]

  1. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Where Are They Now: Michigan's 2005 NCAA Champions". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.