2005 Big 12 Conference softball tournament explained

Year:	2005
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Shortconference:	Big 12
Division:	I
Teams:	10
Ballpark:	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
City:	Oklahoma City, OK
Titlecount:	4th
Coach:	Connie Clark
Coachcount:	4th
Runnerupgamecount:	2nd
Mvp:	Cat Osterman
Attendance:	6,546

The 2005 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 11 through May 14, 2005. Texas won their fourth conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^{[1] [2]}

,,,,,, and received bids to the NCAA tournament.^[3] Texas would go on to play in the 2005 Women's College World Series.

Standings

Source:^[3]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1		14	4		47	10
2	2		12	6		50	17
3	3		11	6		49	13
4	4		11	7		51	14
5	5		10	8		44	15
6	6		9	8		31	24
7	7		9	9		36	23
8	8		7	11		35	24
9	9		3	15		23	25
9	10		3	15		18	32

Schedule

Source:^{[2] [4]}

Game	Time	Matchup	Location	Attendance
Day 1 – Wednesday, May 11
1	5:00 p.m.	8 8, #9 0 (6)	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,802
2	5:00 p.m.	7 6, #10 0	Field 2
3	7:45 p.m.	1 7, #8 5	Hall of Fame Stadium
4	7:59 p.m.	7 1, #2 0	Field 2
Day 2 – Thursday, May 12
5	11:00 a.m.	4 7, #5 3 (9)	Hall of Fame Stadium	960
6	11:00 a.m.	3 1, #6 0 (8)	Field 2
7	2:00 p.m.	5 5, #8 1	Hall of Fame Stadium
8	2:00 p.m.	2 5, #6 0 (11)	Field 2
9	5:00 p.m.	4 11, #1 4	Hall of Fame Stadium
10	7:36 p.m.	3 3, #7 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 3 – Friday, May 13
11	11:00 a.m.	2 6, #1 2	Hall of Fame Stadium	905
12	12:30 p.m.	5 5, #7 1	Hall of Fame Stadium
13	5:00 p.m.	3 3, #2 1	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,143
14	8:25 p.m.	5 9, #4 2	Hall of Fame Stadium
Day 4 – Saturday, May 14
15	12:35 p.m.	5 10, #4 4 (8)	Hall of Fame Stadium	1,146
16	3:38 p.m.	3 2, #5 0	Hall of Fame Stadium
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

Source:^[2]

Position	Player	School
MOP	Cat Osterman
2B/SS	Chez Sievers
SS	Heather Kunkel
IF	Carrie Leerberg
IF	Kim Wilmoth
C	Heather Scaglione
C/UTL	Megan Willis
OF	Kelly Osburn
OF	Janessa Roening
OF	Tina Boutelle
P	Cat Osterman
P	Erin Kalka
P/IF	Jen Bruck
P	Kami Keiter
P/3B	Megan Gibson

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
2. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book. 198–202. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
3. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book. 196–197. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.
4. Web site: 2005 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 6, 2020.