2005 Big Ten softball tournament

2005 Big Ten
softball tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan (7th title)
Runner-upIowa (7th title game)
Winning coachCarol Hutchins (7th title)
MVPJessica Merchant (Michigan)
TelevisionCSTV
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 Big Ten softball tournament was held at Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from May 12 through May 14, 2005. The championship game was aired on CSTV. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2]

  1. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michigan Wins Seventh Big Ten Tournament Title". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 14, 2005. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2019.