The 2005 FCSL season was the second season in the history of the Florida Collegiate Summer League

Florida Collegiate Summer League

The Florida Collegiate Summer League is a six-team wood bat collegiate summer baseball league located in the central Florida region of the southeastern United States. The league was founded in the fall of 2003 and began play in the summer of 2004...

, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the southeastern United States

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 region of central Florida

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. The league expanded to six franchises with the addition of the Zephyrhills Snappers of Zephyrhills, Florida

Zephyrhills, Florida

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 and the Winter Haven Warthogs of Winter Haven, Florida

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In the championship game, played for the first time at Tropicana Field

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 in St. Petersburg, Florida

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, Winter Park defeated Sanford 2-1 to capture the franchise's first FCSL title.

Regular season standings

Rnk	Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
1	Zephyrhills Snappers	22	11	.667	0
2	Winter Park Diamond Dawgs Winter Park Diamond Dawgs The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs are a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Winter Park, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and plays its home games at Alfond Stadium...	20	13	.606	2
3	Daytona Beach Barracudas	28	14	.562	3.5
4	Sanford River Rats Sanford River Rats The Sanford River Rats are a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league team located in Sanford, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and plays its home games at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium. The team is an inaugural member of the FCSL.-History:The River...	19	16	.543	4
5	Winter Haven Warthogs	11	19	.367	9.5
6	Orlando Shockers	7	24	.226	14

Preliminary round

In 2005, the top four regular season finishers qualified for a double elimination tournament to qualify for the FCSL championship game at Tropicana Field

Tropicana Field

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• Day 1- Zephyrhills (1-0) 7, Daytona (0-1) 6; Sanford (1-0) 5 Winter Park (0-1) 3
• Day 2- Winter Park (1-1) 2, Daytona (0-2) 1-Daytona eliminated; Zephyrhills 8 (2-0) Sanford (1-1) 1; Sanford (2-1) 3, Winter Park (1-2) 2-Winter Park eliminated

Championship Game

Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Tropicana Field

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 in St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

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Leaders

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