The 2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the twenty-fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of

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women's collegiate softball. Held during May and June 2005, sixty-four Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of eight teams, each in a

double elimination A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimina ...

format. The 2005 Women's College World Series was held in

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from June 2 through June 8 and marked the conclusion of the 2005 NCAA Division I softball season.

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won their first championship by defeating

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two games to one in the championship series. Michigan first baseman

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was named

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Qualifying

Regionals

Ann Arbor Super Regional

Chicago Super Regional

College Station Super Regional

Austin Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Stanford Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Waco Super Regional

Women's College World Series

Bracket

Championship game

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team. *

Monica Abbott Monica Cecilia Abbott (born July 28, 1985) is an American professional softball player. Abbott was an All-American pitcher for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers in college before starting a professional career in the NPF and in the Japan Softball ...

, P, Tennessee * Stephanie Bercaw, RF, Michigan * Tonya Callahan, 1B, Tennessee * Katherine Card, LF, Tennessee * Krista Colburn, RF, UCLA *

, 1B, Michigan * Jodie Legaspi, SS, UCLA * Jessica Merchant, SS, Michigan *

Cat Osterman Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Su ...

, P, Texas *

Jennie Ritter Jennifer Darlene Ritter (born June 1, 1984) is an American, former collegiate All-American, retired softball pitcher and current sports commentator. She played college softball and was a starting pitcher for the Michigan Wolverines softball f ...

, P, Michigan * Anjelica Selden, P, UCLA * Emily Zaplatosch, C, UCLA

References

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