… to the NCAA Championship. With 2:41 left in the fourth quarter, No. 10 Indiana tied the game for the third time at seven, erasing Michigan's two-goal lead. One minute later, the Wolverines received an…
… pass from senior Sheetal Narsai to take an early 1-0 lead. The Wolverines made the most of strong opening periods all weekend. They jumped to 3-0 lead against Bucknell and Princ- eton in the first…
…-run eighth inning in Friday's game, the No. 4 seeded Wolverines dropped their season finale to No. 2 Purdue, 9-7, in the Big Ten Tournament. "The team battled like they have all year long," Michigan coach Rich…
… Maloney said. "It's just unfortunate we couldn't get over the hump and pull it out. It would have been a tre- mendous win." It looked as though the Wolverines (17-12 Big Ten, 41-17 overall) were going to be…
… of the plate. After a disappointing loss to Penn State last Friday, the No. 1 Wolverines (13-2 Big Ten, 48-4 overall) had a week of practice to regain their swagger. In its doubleheader against…
…." Michigan began the second game of Sunday's doubleheader slowly. The Wolverine hitters went down one-two-three in the top of the first inning, but Michigan quickly found its stroke. In the second inning…
…, freshman Samantha Findlay started the Wolverine rally with a base hit through the middle of the field. After senior Nicole Motycka popped out, junior Grace Leutele walked. With runners on first and second…
… Spartans were not ready to lie down and let the Wolverines win easily. With a runner on second, Traci Nicosia hit a groundball down the first-base line and into rightfield to cut Michigan's lead down to one…
…, Merchant crushed a home run over the bull- pen in leftfield to increase Michigan's lead to 9-1 in the top of the fourth inning. With the lead, Ritter cruised in the fifth inning to cement a Wolverine victory…
… regional final on Sunday, North Carolina's softball team was looking for back-to-back wins to secure an upset over the heavily-favored Wolverines. Seven innings later, its glass slipper was shattered as…
… runs - I just try and hit the ball hard." The first of the Wolverines' runs came across the plate in the second inning. Junior Becky Marx came to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. She singled…
…) finally manufactured runs and defeated Purdue 6-2. The Wolverines now have sole posses- sion of sixth place in the conference. "We ran up a pretty good streak before these past couple of games," senior A…
… it done." The Wolverines got off to ahot start by scoring two runs in the first inning thanks to freshman Derek VanBuskirk's single. But Michigan couldn't blow the game open and held a slim 3-2 lead…
…. Michigan missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships by 1I shots, which were lost in Friday's challenging conditions. Wolverine sophomore Brianna Broderick experienced bittersweet success of her own at the…
…'t my time, so we'll work on it next year." Despite coming up short in her bid to make the NCAA Championships, Broder- ick recorded the highest individual finish of any Wolverine in a postseason…
… important part of the weekend was that Michigan came away with three wins and the championship. Just an hour before the final, the Wolverines beat Wiscon- sin 10-1 in the semifinals. They got into a groove in…
…'s first-round match-up, when Senior Jessica Merchant is hoisted by her teammates after Saturday's championship. the Wolverines were eliminated in a disappointing 5-1 loss. Blue finishes in siaxt ce at - the…
… softball coach Carol Hutchins had said repeat- edly that she thought there were more than 20 teams that had the ability to win the College World Series. With their backs against the wall, the Wolverines…
… out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning of game three thanks to a home run by senior catcher Kristen Rivera. Instead of back- ing down, the Wolverines got their bats going in the top of the second…
… Wolverines' behavior was not unexpected. A month's worth of losses were finally lifted off Michigan's shoulders. But it was the play of the upperclassmen on the team that kept Michigan in the game. With two…
… and a half minutes left in the second half and Michigan trailing 58-55, senior forward Tabitha Pool - accepting the role as leader of the young Wolverine squad - took the ball up the court with the shot…
… ran the time out. When Pool grabbed a rebound off freshman Krista Clement's missed shot with 0.3 seconds left, the Wolverines finally sealed their first victory since Dec. 11 against IUPUI. "I'm so…
…-hustling Indiana." With Michigan hustling on every possession, diving after the loose balls and protecting the ball better, the Wolverines had more offensive possessions. Michigan took advantage of the extra plays…
… containing the Hoosiers' best player, and the offense reducing its mistakes, the Wolverines got their first Big Ten victory. The whole team felt like its effort in practice finally resulted in a victory that…
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… Wolverines (15-2 Big Ten, 52-4 overall) needed a sweep to win the regular-season Big Ten title. The No. 1 Michigan softball team came back to beat Northwestern yesterday after earn- ing a 3-0 shutout Saturday…
… regaining a two-run lead. After allowing four runs in three innings, Ritter was replaced by sopho- more Lorilyn Wilson in the fourth inning. Wilson gave the Wolverines a sorely needed spark, and she retired…
… position. On the final turn of his third lap, On Friday afternoon, the Wolverines won that could describe Michigan's record-set- Flordia's tried to pass Woods on the outside, the distance medley relay and…
… "The last time I took the move on the the Wolverines won after Arkansas was dis- distance relay titles - the distance medley inside was at Big Tens, and that didn't end qualified. This time around…
… Wolverines weren't quite ready to fold in the 97th meeting with their in-state rival. "One of the things that we always talk about around here (is) the things that it takes to be a championship team," Michigan…
….' " And following an unbelievable finish to regulation, three Braylon Edwards touchdowns and three overtime periods, the Wolverines had completed one of the most improbable wins in school history…
… they certainly didn't plan on Saturday's game being the swan song for Michigan's 10 seniors. But that's exactly what happened in the Wolverines' heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Colorado College on Satur- day…
…-period power play goals by juniors Jeff Tambellini and Brandon Kaleniecki and Nystrom's own score 1:32 into the second frame, the Wolverines seemed to become somewhat complacent midway through the game. Rather…
… scores of 9-7, 8-1 and 7-6, don't know how the other teams did, for the Wolverines, who missed respectively. but we're closer now then we were three conference games last week- Since the Wolverines need to…
…-country, indoor track and outdoor track. Despite two individual conference titles and three runner-up honors, the Wolverines fell short of their triple crown hopes by 24.5 points and finished in third place, behind…
…'t really do anything different than I have done all year. I just found my stride and kept a good pace." The busiest Wolverine on Sunday was senior Sierra Hauser-Price, who competed in four events and whose…
… finale against Indiana. The Wolverines (14-11 Big Ten, 35-14 overall) piled up seven runs in the bottom of the first inning against Indiana starter Steve Nielsen en route to a 9-4 win. Nielsen recorded…
… for the Wolverines, who have won 16 of their last 18 games. "We've been battling all year," coach Rich Maloney said. "To finally get over .500 is refreshing considering the 1-8 start. When you struggle…
… Doug Pickens added four more runs. Senior Drew Taylor got the start for the Wolverines and took full advantage of the early run support. The imposing left- hander yielded three earned runs on a sea- son…
… pitches." Even though Michigan set the tone early in the fourth game, it was the pitching staff that carried them on Saturday's twinbill. With Friday's game postponed due to rain, the Wolverines played four…
… complete games, 4 allowing just two runs apiece. The Wolver- ines swept the doubleheader, winning by scores of 6-2 and 5-2, respectively. The Wolverines' hurlers weren't as sharp in the first game of Sunday…
… (rank: 22, cost to me: $36,000 a year). In the end, the Wolverines trounced the Illini, despite the cost. MVP: U.S. News and World Report. Maybe I would have made the same decision in a world without the…
