Senior Lexie Blair used a two-run single to break a scoreless tie in the fifth inning and headline the No. 24-ranked University of Michigan softball team's 2-1 win
It's NCAA Tournament time! Michigan Softball made the tourney for the 27th consecutive season on Sunday, being placed into the Orlando Regional with #16 UCF after losing in the B1G Tournament title game to Nebraska on Saturday. In today's piece we'll rehash what went down in the BTT, then talk about the selection show (including a fantastic night for B1G teams), and then preview the Orlando Regional, which appears winnable. Recapping the B1G Tournament Michigan was the 4-seed in the B1G Tournament and they drew the 5-seed Maryland Terrapins in the quarterfinals to begin the tourney. The two teams were decently close in the regular season, but this game was not competitive. Michigan jumped out to a lead in the first inning and then poured five runs on in the third, including a two-run HR by Taylor Bump and a two RBI triple from Annabelle Widra. In perhaps the best news of that day, Alex Storako looked more like her peak self, throwing five shutout innings with only
The No. 23-ranked University of Michigan softball team used a pair of big innings and stingy pitching to cruise to a 7-0 win over Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament