2005 Division II College World Series

The 2005 Division II College World Series was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, AL. The eight schools qualified by winning one of eight regional tournaments. The tournament was won by Florida Southern College, coached by Pete Meyer. The runner-up was the University of North Florida. Florida Southern pitcher Kyle DeYoung was named the series Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
California State University, Chico	California Collegiate Athletic Association	42-16-1 (24-11)	Lindsay Meggs	4 (last:2004)	1st
University of Central Missouri	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	57-9 (27-4)	Darin Hendrickson	12 (last:2004)	1st
Delta State University	Gulf South Conference	52-10 (19-4)	Mike Kinnison	9 (last:2004)	2nd
Florida Southern College	Sunshine State Conference	51-11 (16-8)	Pete Meyer	19 (last:2002)	1st

Bracket 1

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish
Grand Valley State University	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	36-17	Steve Lyon	2 (last:2004)	2nd
University of North Florida	Peach Belt Conference	48-16 (23-7)	Jack "Dusty" Rhodes	2 (last:2001)	3rd
Southern Connecticut State University	Northeast-10 Conference	31-14 (25-5)	Tim Shea	0 (last:none)	none
West Virginia State University	West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	44-16 (14-1)	Cal Bailey	1 (last:1999)	3rd

Results

2005 College World Series Bracket

The teams in the CWS are divided into two pools of four, with each pool playing a double-elimination format. The winners of the two pools meet in the finals.

	First round					Second round Re-ordered loser's bracket					Re-ordered Semifinals						Finals
		Delta St.	3
		Chico St.	0
							Delta St.	1
							Central Missouri	2
		Central Missouri	5
		Florida Southern	2
												Central Missouri	3	5
											Florida Southern	5	8
		Chico St.	0
		Florida Southern	4
							Delta St.	7
							Grand Valley St.	11
																	Florida Southern	12	x	x
																	North Florida	9	x	x
		West Virginia St.	8
		Grand Valley St.	6
							West Virginia St.	2
							North Florida	5
		North Florida	7
		So. Connecticut St.	1
												North Florida	2	x
											Grand Valley St.	1	x
		Grand Valley St.	3
		So. Connecticut St.	2
							West Virginia St.	5
							Florida Southern	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28
Game 1	Delta State University	3 - 0	California State University, Chico
Game 2	University of Central Missouri	5 – 2	Florida Southern College
May 29
Game 3	West Virginia State University	8 - 6	Grand Valley State University
Game 4	University of North Florida	7 - 1	Southern Connecticut State University
May 30
Game 5	Florida Southern College	4 - 0	California State University, Chico	Cal Chico eliminated
Game 6	University of Central Missouri	2 - 1	Delta State University
May 31
Game 7	Grand Valley State University	3 - 2	Southern Connecticut State University	S. Connecticut St. eliminated
Game 8	University of North Florida	5 - 2	West Virginia State University
June 1
Game 9	Grand Valley State University	11 - 7	Delta State University	Delta St. eliminated
Game 10	Florida Southern College	6 - 5	West Virginia State University	West Virginia St. eliminated
June 2
Game 11	University of North Florida	2 - 1	Grand Valley State University	Grand Valley eliminated
Game 12	Florida Southern College	5 - 3	University of Central Missouri
June 3
Game 13	Florida Southern College	8 – 5	University of Central Missouri	Central Missouri eliminated
June 4
Game 14	Florida Southern College	12 – 9	University of North Florida	Florida Southern. wins CWS