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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]
Preseason [ edit ] The Wolverines were ranked No. 8 in the nation according to the USA Today/NFCA and No. 12 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball preseason poll, becoming the top-ranked Big Ten school in both listings.[3] Jessica Merchant and Nicole Motycka were both named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year preseason watch list.[4]
Personnel [ edit ] The 2005 Michigan Wolverines softball team in July 2005 visiting George W. Bush at the White House after winning the 2005 Women's College World Series . 2005 Michigan Wolverines roster Pitchers
Outfielders
8 Stepanie Bercaw – Junior 10 Michelle Teschler – Senior 17 Alessandra Giampaolo – Freshman 21 Rebekah Milian – Sophomore Utility
4 Lauren Talbot – Freshman 20 Nicole Motycka – Senior 32 Angie Danis – Freshman Catchers
2 Jennifer Kreinbrink – Senior 7 Tiffany Worthy – Sophomore 14 Lauren Holland – Senior 25 Becky Marx – Junior Infielders
Reference: [5]
Coaches [ edit ] 2005 Michigan Wolverines coaching staff Reference: [6]
Schedule [ edit ] 2005 Michigan Wolverines Softball Game Log Regular Season Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record B1G Record February 11 vs. Tennessee Stephanie L.C. ParkLas Vegas, NV Postponed February 11 vs. UCF Stephanie L.C. Park Postponed February 12 vs. Baylor No. 8 Stephanie L.C. Park 6–7 Ferguson (4–0) Motycka (0–1) 417 0–1 – February 12 vs. UC Santa Barbara No. 8 Stephanie L.C. Park 7–2 Ritter (1–0) Sommer (0–1) — 1–1 – February 13 vs. Utah No. 8 Stephanie L.C. Park 7–1 Motycka (1–1) Nielsen (3–1) 87 2–1 – February 13 vs. Oregon No. 8 Stephanie L.C. Park 9–0 (5) Ritter (2–0) Cook (2–1) — 3–1 – February 18 vs. North Carolina State No. 8 FAU FieldBoca Raton, FL 3–0 Wilson (1–0) Sims (4–1) — 4–1 – February 18 vs. Pittsburgh No. 8 FAU Field 3–0 Ritter (3–0) Belardinelli (0–1) — 5–1 – February 19 vs. Rutgers No. 8 FAU Field 8–0 (5) Motycka (2–1) Crosby (0–2) 120 6–1 – February 19 vs. Florida Atlantic No. 8 FAU Field 12–3 (6) Ritter (4–0) Freel (3–3) 128 7–1 – February 20 vs. Florida Atlantic No. 8 FAU Field 9–1 (5) Wilson (3–0) Freel (3–4) 119 8–1 – February 25 vs. South Carolina No. 8 South CommonsColumbus, GA 9–3 Motycka (3–1) Pouliot (0–2) — 9–1 – February 25 vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech No. 8 South Commons 4–1 Ritter (5–0) Sallinger (8–1) — 10–1 – February 26 vs. Southern Illinois No. 8 South Commons 3–0 Wilson (3–0) Harre (1–4) — 11–1 – February 26 vs. Creighton No. 8 South Commons 7–0 Motycka (4–1) Nielsen (4–2) — 12–1 – February 27 vs. No. 21 Florida State No. 8 South Commons Postponed February 27 Championship Game No. 8 South Commons Postponed
Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record B1G Record March 1 at No. 15 Florida No. 8 Florida Softball Stadium Gainesville, FL 4–0 Ritter (6–0) Stevens (5–4) — 13–1 – March 1 at No. 15 Florida No. 8 Florida Softball Stadium 4–1 Wilson (4–0) Knowles (3–1) — 14–1 – March 2 at UCF No. 8 UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL 4–1 Ritter (7–0) Enders (6–6) 58 15–1 – March 2 at UCF No. 8 UCF Softball Complex 7–0 Wilson (5–0) McIntyre (6–1) 78 16–1 – March 4 vs. Tennessee Chattanooga No. 7 USF Softball FieldTampa, FL 2–1 (8) Wilson (6–0) Swarthout (5–5) — 17–1 – March 4 at South Florida No. 7 USF Softball Field 9–0 (5) Ritter (8–0) Urbanik (5–4) — 18–1 – March 5 vs. Temple No. 7 USF Softball Field 4–0 Wilson (7–0) Nacianceno (0–1) — 19–1 – March 5 vs. No. 16 Florida No. 7 USF Softball Field 6–2 Ritter (9–0) Stevens (6–4) — 20–1 – March 6 vs. Pittsburgh No. 7 USF Softball Field 9–0 (5) Wilson (8–0) Belardinelli (2–5) — 21–1 – March 17 at Cal State Fullerton No. 5 Titans Softball ComplexFullerton, CA 3–2 Wilson (9–0) Weekley (1–1) — 22–1 – March 17 vs. No. 24 Fresno State No. 5 Titans Softball Complex 6–0 Ritter (10–0) Nesbitt (3–2) — 23–1 – March 18 vs. North Carolina No. 5 Titans Softball Complex 5–0 Wilson (10–0) Cox (7–8) — 24–1 – March 19 vs. DePaul No. 5 Titans Softball Complex 1–0 Ritter (11–0) Huitnik (3–7) — 25–1 – March 20 vs. No. 11 Texas No. 4 Titans Softball Complex 7–0 Wilson (11–0) Bradford (7–1) — 26–1 – March 20 vs. No. 1 Arizona No. 5 Titans Softball Complex 6–2 Ritter (12–0) Mowatt (7–1) 1,209 27–1 – March 25 vs. Western Kentucky No. 1 Ulmer StadiumLouisville, KY 2–0 Ritter (13–0) Schwartz (3–5) 272 28–1 – March 25 vs. Middle Tennessee No. 1 Ulmer Stadium 17–1 (5) Motycka (5–1) Dorais (0–2) 272 29–1 – March 26 at Louisville No. 1 Ulmer Stadium 2–1 Wilson (12–0) Sherman (6–7) — 30–1 – March 26 at Louisville No. 1 Ulmer Stadium 7–0 Ritter (14–0) Bishop (10–5) — 31–1 – March 30 at Bowling Green No. 1 BGSU Softball FieldBowling Green, OH 6–0 Wilson (13–0) Vrabel (6–8) 427 32–1 –
Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record B1G Record April 1 No. 24 Iowa No. 1 Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 2–5 Birocci (17–4) Wilson (13–1) 1,237 32–2 0–1 April 2 No. 24 Iowa No. 1 Alumni Field 3–1 Ritter (15–0) Birocci (17–5) 485 33–2 1–1 April 3 Illinois No. 1 Alumni Field 8–7 Ritter (16–0) DeVreese (3–6) — 34–2 2–1 April 3 Illinois No. 1 Alumni Field 10–0 (5) Wilson (14–1) DeVreese (3–7) 783 35–2 3–1 April 6 at Central Michigan No. 1 CMU Softball ComplexMount Pleasant, MI 4–5 DeRoche (3–1) Wilson (14–2) — 35–3 3–1 April 6 at Central Michigan No. 1 CMU Softball Complex 7–3 Wilson (15–2) DeRoche (3–2) — 36–3 3–1 April 8 at Wisconsin No. 1 Goodman DiamondMadison, WI 3–2 (8) Wilson (16–2) Brock (9–5) — 37–3 4–1 April 9 at Wisconsin No. 1 Goodman Diamond 8–0 (6) Wilson (17–2) Layne (2–5) — 38–3 5–1 April 10 at Minnesota No. 1 Jane Sage CowlesMinneapolis, MN 4–0 Ritter (17–0) Peyer (10–11) — 39–3 6–1 April 10 at Minnesota No. 1 Jane Sage Cowles 11–0 (5) Wilson (18–2) Peyer (10–12) 356 40–3 7–1 April 15 at Purdue No. 1 Varsity SB ComplexWest Lafayette, IN 3–0 Ritter (18–0) Baker (13–10) — 41–3 8–1 April 16 at Purdue No. 1 Varsity SB Complex 6–2 Ritter (19–0) LaRiva (9–3) — 42–3 9–1 April 17 at Indiana No. 1 IU Softball ComplexBloomington, IN 9–0 (5) Ritter (20–0) Roark (9–16) 275 43–3 10–1 April 17 at Indiana No. 1 IU Softball Complex 10–2 (6) Ritter (21–0) Bogado (1–7) 240 44–3 11–1 April 19 Eastern Michigan No. 1 Alumni Field 5–1 Wilson (19–2) Woodrum (6–7) — 45–3 11–1 April 19 Eastern Michigan No. 1 Alumni Field 14–2 (5) Ritter (22–0) Woodrum (6–8) 743 46–3 11–1 April 22 Penn State No. 1 Alumni Field 1–2 Esparza (10–3) Ritter (22–1) 515 46–4 11–2 April 23 Penn State No. 1 Alumni Field Postponed April 24 Ohio State No. 1 Alumni Field Postponed April 24 Ohio State No. 1 Alumni Field Postponed
Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record B1G Record May 1 Michigan State No. 1 Alumni Field 8–0 (5) Ritter (23–1) Turney (12–14) 1,903 47–4 12–2 May 1 Michigan State No. 1 Alumni Field 9–1 (5) Ritter (24–1) Turney (12–15) 1,903 48–4 13–2 May 4 Western Michigan No. 1 Alumni Field 2–0 Wilson (20–2) VanDerSlik (10–14) — 49–4 13–2 May 4 Western Michigan No. 1 Alumni Field 5–0 Ritter (25–1) Shumaker (4–1) 503 50–4 13–2 May 7 No. 19 Northwestern No. 1 Alumni Field 3–0 Ritter (26–1) Canney (18–6) 1,858 51–4 14–2 May 8 No. 19 Northwestern No. 1 Alumni Field 8–7 Wilson (21–2) Canney (18–7) 1,657 52–4 15–2
Postseason Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record May 12 Michigan State (8) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 6–2 Ritter (27–1) Turney (14–16) 1,203 53–4 1–0 May 13 Wisconsin (5) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field Postponed May 14 Wisconsin (5) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 10–1 (5) Wilson (22–2) Brock (20–9) — 54–4 2–0 May 14 No. 22 Iowa (3) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 7–2 Ritter (28–1) Arnold (20–5) 1,113 55–4 3–0
Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record Regional Record May 20 Canisius No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 8–1 Ritter (29–1) Bunten (13–11) 1,837 56–4 1–0 May 21 Seton Hall No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 5–0 Ritter (30–1) Meyer (27–6) 1,457 57–4 2–0 May 22 North Carolina No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 6–0 Ritter (31–1) Cox (22–20) 1,046 58–4 3–0
Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record Super Reg. Record May 27 No. 21 Washington (16) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 4–1 Ritter (32–1) Boek (20–13) 2,311 59–4 1–0 May 28 No. 21 Washington (16) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 2–3 Noble (15–8) Ritter (32–2) 2,426 59–5 1–1 May 28 No. 21 Washington (16) No. 1 (1) Alumni Field 11–2 (6) Ritter (33–2) Boek (20–14) 2,426 60–5 2–1
Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Attendance Overall Record CWS Record June 2 vs. No. 23 DePaul No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 3–0 Ritter (34–2) Adix (23–9) 4,245 61–5 1–0 June 2 vs. No. 5 Texas (4) No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium 4–0 Ritter (35–2) Osterman (29–7) 4,560 62–5 2–0 June 5 vs. No. 11 Tennessee (11) No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium 0–2 (11) Abbott (50–8) Ritter (35–3) 4,236 62–6 2–1 June 5 vs. No. 11 Tennessee (11) No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium 3–2 Ritter (36–3) Abbott (50–9) 2,431 63–6 3–1 June 6 vs. No. 12 UCLA (7) No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium 0–5 Selden (29–12) Ritter (36–4) 4,161 63–7 3–2 June 7 vs. No. 12 UCLA (7) No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium 5–2 Ritter (37–4) Selden (29–13) 4,161 64–7 4–2 June 8 vs. No. 12 UCLA (7) No. 1 (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium 4–1 (10) Ritter (38–4) Selden (29–14) 4,032 65–7 5–2
Win Loss PostponementBold : Wolverines team memberReference:[7] Rankings from NFCA:[8] (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Ranking movement [ edit ] Poll Last Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Final NFCA[8] 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1* 1* * Indicates unanimous selection.
Records and accomplishments [ edit ] Individual records [ edit ] Offense [ edit ] Most home runs in a season : 21 (Samantha Findlay and Jessica Merchant )[9] Most hits in a season : 91 (Tiffany Haas )[9] Most runs scored in a season : 67 (Jessica Merchant)[10] Most RBI in a season : 77 (Samantha Findlay)[9] Most at bats in a season : 253 (Tiffany Haas)[10] Most home runs in a game : 3 (Samantha Findlay, April 17, 2005, tied with Nicole Motycka)[10] Most runs in a game : 4 (Samantha Findlay, April 17, 2005, tied with seven other players)[10] Pitching [ edit ] Most appearances in a season : 48 (Jennie Ritter , tied with Kelly Holmes)[10] Most starts in a season : 41 (Jennie Ritter, tied with Kelly Holmes)[10] Most complete games in a season : 34 (Jennie Ritter)[10] Most innings pitched in a season : 288+ 2 ⁄3 innings (Jennie Ritter)[10] Most wins in a season : 38 (Jennie Ritter)[11] Most strikeouts in a season : 417 (Jennie Ritter)[11] Most no-hitters in a season : 3 (Jennie Ritter, tied with Vicki Morrow )[12]
Team records [ edit ] Most wins in a season : 65[13] Most consecutive wins : 32 (February 13, 2005 to March 30, 2005)[13] [14] Accomplishments [ edit ] Awards and honors [ edit ] Weekly Awards Player Award Date Awarded Ref. Lorilyn Wilson Big Ten Pitcher of the Week February 22, 2005 [18] Jennie Ritter Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week March 8, 2005 [19] Lorilyn Wilson Big Ten Pitcher of the Week March 21, 2005 [20] Jessica Merchant Big Ten Player of the Week March 28, 2005 [21] Jennie Ritter Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week Nicole Motycka Co-Big Ten Player of the Week April 4, 2005 [22] Lorilyn Wilson Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week April 11, 2005 [23] Jessica Merchant NFCA National Player of the Week April 13, 2005 [24] Jennie Ritter Big Ten Pitcher of the Week April 18, 2005 [25] Tiffany Haas Big Ten Player of the Week May 2, 2005 [26] Alessandra Giampaolo Big Ten Player of the Week May 9, 2005 [27]
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Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; Women's College World Series appearances in italics