September 02, 2008
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… Championship. followingthe Wolverines' 1-0 and "My seniors have established 6-1 NCAA super regional losses careers, and they were part of our to Virginia Tech on Sunday, not a greatest moment," Hutchins said…
… and Virginia Virginia Tech coach Scot Tech'sAll-American senior Ange- Thomas anl three of his players la Tincher, the Wolverine defense filled the chairs behind the same faltered and looked the…
… few game in three years. Wolverines with much to cel- "She seemed to have a differ- ebrate Sunday. ent approach for each batter," FreshmanfirstbasemanDorian Hutchins said. "She didn't give Shaw had her…
… pitches. I didn't feel we starters hitless in the three-game made adjustments, and that's on series, including senior Samantha us." Findlay. Findlay hoped to help the fourth-seeded Wolverines (52- 8) avoid…
… would be charging onto the field at Ray Fish- er Stadium after a victory yesterday afternoon. After all, the Wolverines were hosting the NCAA regional. They had already beaten Kentucky a day earlier, so…
… said. "I don't have any regrets. We played hard. In the end we did everything we could, and it just wasn't quite enough." The night before, the 16th- ranked Wolverines (46-14) lost a heartbreaking game…
… against No. 23 Arizona, 4-3, and were pushed into the loser'sbracket. No. 24 Kentucky (44-18 overall) then eliminated the Wolverines from the NCAA Tour- nament. The Wildcats didn't waste time tearing apart…
… fifth-year senior Leif Mahler had an RBI double in the fifth to pull the Wolverines within three runs. "In the dugout, we thought we had a chance," Abraham said. "They just came up with some good plays on…
… us. You need to have breaks in this tournament, and we definitely didn't get any breaks." Michigan had chances to close the gap even more, putting run- ners on base every inning. But the Wolverines…