2005 Big Ten softball tournament

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]

2005 Big Ten
softball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Single-elimination
Finals site	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (7th title)
Runner-up	Iowa (7th title game)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (7th title)
MVP	Jessica Merchant (Michigan)
Television	CSTV
← 2004 Softball Tournament 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

Format and seeding

The 2005 tournament was an eight team single-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.

Tournament

	Quarterfinals May 12 and 13					Semifinals May 14					Championship May 14
	2	Northwestern	2
	7	Purdue	0
						1	Michigan	10
						5	Wisconsin	1
	1	Michigan	6
	8	Michigan State	2
											1	Michigan	7
											2	Iowa	2
	3	Iowa	1
	6	Penn State	0
						3	Iowa	2(8)
						2	Northwestern	1
	5	Wisconsin	6
	4	Ohio State	1

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Attendance
Quarterfinals – May 12 and 13
1	5:00 p.m.	#2 Northwestern vs. #7 Purdue
2	7:30 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #8 Michigan State	1,203
3	12:00 p.m.	#3 Iowa vs. #6 Penn State
4	2:30 p.m.	#5 Wisconsin vs. #4 Ohio State
Semifinals – May 13 and 14
5	9:00 a.m.	#3 Iowa vs. #2 Northwestern
6	11:45 a.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #5 Wisconsin
Championship – May 14
7	2:30 p.m.	#1 Michigan vs. #3 Iowa	1,113
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3]

All-Tournament Team

• Designated Player: Kristen Amegin (Northwestern)
• Designated Player: Ricci Robben (Wisconsin)
• Pitcher: Lisa Birocci (Iowa)
• Pitcher: Jennie Ritter (Michigan)
• Catcher: Becky Marx (Michigan)
• First base: Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
• Third base: Grace Leutele (Michigan)
• Shortstop: Stephanie Churchwell (Northwestern)
• Shortstop: Stacy May (Iowa)
• Outfielder: Alessandra Giampaolo (Michigan)
• Outfielder: Stephanie Bercaw (Michigan)
• Outfielder: Sheila McCorkle (Northwestern)

Tournament MVP

• Jessica Merchant (Michigan)^[4]

References

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.
3. "2005 Big Ten softball tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
4. "2005 Big Ten Softball All-Tournament Team". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 14, 2005. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2019.