Michigan Softball's 2022 season came to a close this weekend at the Orlando Regional against UCF. The Wolverines were able to beat the South Dakota State Jackrabbits twice, but were unable to take a game from the host Knights. Michigan led 2-1 in the seventh inning of the first meeting with UCF, as the hosts were down to their final strike before an RBI double tied the game and sent it to marathon extras. In the 11th inning the Knights would walk it off, and they led wire-to-wire in the second meeting en route to a 9-4 victory. With Michigan's season coming to a close, this final Softball Roundup will do two things: first we'll examine the roster heading into next year, looking at the returning players and incoming recruits, and then the second half of the piece will take an eagle eye look at where the program now sits. That will include some difficult questions that now need to be asked about a program that hasn't made it out of the opening weekend in six years.�
Michigan Softball's 2022 season came to a close this weekend at the Orlando Regional against UCF. The Wolverines were able to beat the South Dakota State Jackrabbits twice, but were unable to take a game from the host Knights. Michigan led 2-1 in the seventh inning of the first meeting with UCF, as the hosts were down to their final strike before an RBI double tied the game and sent it to marathon extras. In the 11th inning the Knights would walk it off, and they led wire-to-wire in the second meeting en route to a 9-4 victory. With Michigan's season coming to a close, this final Softball Roundup will do two things: first we'll examine the roster heading into next year, looking at the returning players and incoming recruits, and then the second half of the piece will take an eagle eye look at where the program now sits. That will include some difficult questions that now need to be asked about a program that hasn't made it out of the opening weekend in six years.�
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
#2 Nebraska vs. #4 MichiganBig 10 Softball Tournament Championship10:00AM CST SaturdayTV: B1G NetworkStreaming: Fox Sports App UPDATE - Starters are Olivia Ferrell (19-6, 2.13) and Alex Storako (23-7, 1.65) UPDATE - BIG Ten genius (#sarcasm) strikes early! #2 seed Nebraska will be the visiting team against #4 Michigan today. Why, you may ask? Because