Three weeks have passed since we last checked in on Michigan Baseball and Softball, so it's about time to do another update. The two teams were wading into B1G play during the last one and now are well into the meat of those two campaigns. The needle is pointing slightly upwards for softball after a choppy beginning, while it's pointing sideways or slightly down for baseball (in the near term), but plenty of storylines for both. Today we'll be looking at softball, while tomorrow I'll be covering baseball. These are going to be shorter pieces, but I thought it was a little more user friendly to break them up and spread the content out. Softball: Still Meeting Expectations At the last installment, I noted that Michigan's non-conference portion of the season was rather choppy and its signature wins rather ugly, but that they were doing enough to meet expectations. I said that they were on track to make the NCAA Tournament if they could finish in the upper hal
Hail to the Victors! 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th made it 8-0, Lauren Derkowski got the win. » Ellie Sieler went 3-for-4 with two RBI, including the game-ending single to rightfield. » Lauren Derkowski struck out four while allowing five hits and three walks en route to the complete-game shutout. Derkowski & the Wolverines got out of a bases-loaded situation to preserve the shutout. Some aggressive baserunning took advantage of 4 Sparty noooos. A 3-game weekend home series vs Northwestern is up next.