The 2005 season was a season of adversity. Before the season even started, starters defensve starters Darleen Hall, Chrissy Hilla, and Lynn Lewis retired. On offense, Anna Tate, Kathy Holloman, Platinum, and Dana Sparling retired. And to add injury to insult, Monica Marsh and Karen Mulligan got hurt during the off-season and missed playing for the year. The loss of players didn’t stop once the season started. Starters Lori DeVivio, Chantal Bauer, Nikki Gwinnett, and Toni Salvatore were lost during the season due to injuries.

It got so bad that Sparling had to come out of retirement for the last 2 games of the regular season. But it wasn’t all bad news on the personnel side. The rookie class of 2005 proved to be the most deep and talented group ever. Megan Antonucci, Leslie Dock, Lisa Doran, Shayna Pinckney, and Mandy Oppel all played in their first season of football. Also joining the team was Junko Tanida. Tandia was a star receiver who previously played for the California Quake and Sacramento Sirens.

Other changes included the coaching staff. Former player Lynn Lewis retired as a player but returned to the team as a head coach. Lewis was in a rare class of being a female head coach of a women’s football team.

Home

Away

The Sharks played their 2005 home games in Staten Island, New York at Monsignor Farrel High School.

Click here for the 2005 Sharks roster
Click here for the 2005 Sharks statistics

2005 Season
Date	Opponent	Location	Score
April 9th	Bay State Warriors	at Bay State	41 – 12
April 16th	Southern Maine Rebels	at Southern Maine	32 – 6
April 23rd	Connecticut Lightning	Monsignor Farrell	36 – 0
April 30th	Manchester Freedom	at Manchester	28 – 0
May 14th	Rhode Island Intensity	at Rhode Island	40 – 6
May 21st	Bay State Warriors	Monsignor Farrell	9 – 0
June 4th	Souhern Maine Rebels	Monsignor Farrell	28 – 6
June 11th	Manchester Freedom	Monsignor Farrell	43 – 0
June 18th	Rhode Island	Monsignor Farrell	59 – 0
June 25th	Montreal Blitz	Monsignor Farrell	41 – 7
Eastern Conference Wildcard Game
July 9th	Southern Maine Rebels	Monsignor Farrell	26 – 0
Eastern Conference Championship Game
July 23rd	Atlanta Xplosion	Monsignor Farrell	0 – 3

(Click on the score to read the game write-up)

2005 IWFL Final Standings
Eastern Conference
Mid Atlantic Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
p-New York Sharks	10	0	0	1.000
p-Southern Maine Rebels	8	2	0	.800
Bay State Warriors	3	7	0	.300
Manchester Freedom	3	7	0	.300
Rhode Island Intensity	1	9	0	.100
South Atlantic Division
p-Jacksonville Dixie Blues	8	2	0	.800
Tampa Bay Terminators	7	3	0	.700
Orlando Mayhem	0	10	0	.000
South Central Division
p-Atlanta Xplosion	10	0	0	1.000
Baton Rouge Wildcats	2	8	0	.200
f-Texas Revolution	0	6	0	.000
Western Conference
Pacific Northwest Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
p-Tacoma Majestics	9	1	0	.900
p-Corvallis Pride	8	2	0	.800
Portland Shockwave	3	5	0	.375
Boise Xtreme	2	8	0	.200
Eugene Edge	1	9	0	.100
Pacific Southwest Division
p-Sacramento Sirens	10	0	0	1.000
Santa Rosa Scorchers	7	3	0	.700
California Quake	6	3	1	.650
Oakland Banshees	5	4	1	.550
Redding Rage	3	7	0	.300
f-So Cal Bandits	7	3	0	.700
Midwest Division
p-Chicago Force	8	2	0	.800
Kansas City Storm	4	5	1	.450
Detroit Predators	4	5	1	.450
Exhibition Teams
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Connecticut Lightning	6	2	0	.750
Miami Fury	4	4	0	.500
Tucson Wildfire	4	5	0	.444
Des Moines Courage	4	6	0	.400
Montreal Blitz	0	4	0	.000
Des Moines Courage	1	4	0	.200

p-playoff teams
f-folded from league

IWFL Eastern Conference
	Atlanta Xplosion
	Baton Rouge Wildcats
	Baystate Warriors
	Jacksonville Dixie Blues
	Manchester Freedom
	New York Sharks
	Orlando Mayhem
	Rhode Island Intensity
	Southern Maine Rebels
	Tampa Bay Terminators
	Texas Revolution
IWFL Western Conference
	Boise Xtreme
	California Quake
	Chicago Force
	Corvallis Pride
	Detroit Predators
	Eugene Edge
	Kansas City Storm
	Oakland Banshees
	Portland Shockwave
	Redding Rage
	Sacramento Sirens
	Santa Rosa Scorchers
	So Cal Bandits
	Tacoma Majestics
Exhibition Teams
	Connecticut Lightning
	Des Moines Courage
	Montreal Blitz
	Tucson Wildfire