2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament

2005 NCAA Division I
softball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Runner-up	UCLA (21st WCWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Carol Hutchins (1st title)
MOP	Samantha Findlay (Michigan)
	← 2004 ; NCAA Division I softball tournament; 2006 →;

The 2005 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the twenty-fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA 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 format. The 2005 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from June 2 through June 8 and marked the conclusion of the 2005 NCAA Division I softball season. Michigan won their first championship by defeating UCLA two games to one in the championship series. Michigan first baseman Samantha Findlay was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Qualifying

School	Top Batter	Stats.
Michigan	Samantha Findlay (1B)	3-5 4RBIs HR 2B
UCLA	Lisa Dodd (1B)	1-2 RBI HR 2BBs

School	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	BF
Michigan	Jennie Ritter (W)	10.0	5	1	1	5	4	34	42
UCLA	Anjelica Selden (L)	10.0	9	4	1	2	10	39	41

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team. ^[5]

^ 2017 WCWS Records: 2000s Brackets/Rosters/Stats (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
^ 2017 WCWS Records: WCWS All-Time Results (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
^ 2017 WCWS Records: All-Time Tournament Records and Results (PDF). NCAA. p. 10. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
^ "2005 Women's Division I Softball College World Series Game 16". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
^ NCAA Women's College World Series Record Book. Indianapolis, Ind.: NCAA. 2011. pp. 6, 280–292.