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WEEK #10 - APRIL 9, 2019 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Michigan Athletic Communications Leah Howard Softball Contact 734.358.3651 phone 2019 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 20 BIG TEN TITLES 12 WCWS APPEARANCES 41 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS U-M KICKS OFF SEVEN-GAME ROAD SWING WITH SERIES AT OHIO STATE 27-10 | H: 11-0 | A: 6-4 | N: 10-6 | 9-0 B1G FEBRUARY NO. 21/18 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES USF OPENING WEEKEND INVITATIONAL 8 ................. vs. North Carolina State ...............................W, 4-3 at Ohio State Buckeyes 8 ................. vs. (7) Arizona ....................................................L, 2-1 Columbus, Ohio | April 12-14 9 ................. vs. (5) Florida .....................................................L, 6-0 9 ................. at South Florida ............................................W, 10-1 Buckeye Field 10 ............... vs. Illinois State .............................................W, 11-4 ACC BIG TEN CHALLENGE 15 ............... vs. Louisville .....................................................W, 6-0 TOUCH ‘EM ALL - THE TOP STORYLINES THIS WEEK 15 ............... at North Carolina .............................................L, 8-3 SCOUTING OHIO STATE 16 ............... vs. Louisville .......................................................L, 2-1 17 ............... at North Carolina .............................................L, 4-2 • Michigan has won each of its last 15 games -- its longest 23-11, 5-1 Home, 7-2 B1G LSU INVITATIONAL winning streak of the season -- by a combined 134-22 margin. Streak: W1 22 ............... vs. Stanford ........................................................L, 7-1 22 ............... at (9) LSU .............................................................L. 2-0 Team BA: .279 23 ............... vs. Memphis .....................................................W, 4-2 • The Wolverines have posted a .372 team batting average over Team ERA: 1.92 23 ............... vs. CSUN ............................................................W, 8-0 the 15-game stretch with a 1.37 combined earned-run average Team Fielding: .968 24 ............... at (9) LSU .............................................................L, 2-1 and .192 opposing average. Four Wolverines are batting .400 or better over the stretch, most notably freshman leftfielder Lexie MARCH SERIES INFORMATION JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC Blair, who is hitting .523 (23-for-44) with 20 RBI. vs. Ohio State 1 ................. vs. (2) UCLA ......................................................W, 3-1 U-M leads, 95-21 3 ................. vs. (5) Washington .........................................W, 4-2 • Head coach Carol Hutchins, already the winningest coach in Streak: OSU has won 1 3 ................. vs. CSUN ............................................................W, 1-0 NCAA softball history, is closing in on her 1,600th career win. ASU INVITATIONAL Last three meetings: 7 ................. vs. (21) James Madison ...........................L, 3-0 (9) She has compiled a 1,598-514-5 record over her 36 seasons as a L, 10-1 (5) (5/6/18 in Ann Arbor, Mich.) 7 ................. at (16) Arizona State .....................................W, 7-6 head coach, including the last 35 at Michigan. W, 8-0 (5) (5/5/18 in Ann Arbor, Mich.) 8 ................. vs. Lehigh ..........................................................W, 5-0 W, 3-2 (5/4/18 in Ann Arbor, Mich.) 8 ................. vs. New Mexico State ...................................W, 3-0 • U-M’s coaching staff of Hutchins, Bonnie Tholl and Jennifer 9 ................. vs. South Dakota ..............................................L, 6-4 14 ...........KENT STATE .................................. W, 8-0 (5) Brundage reached 1,000 wins together with an 8-0, five-inning 17 ...........KENT STATE ................................ W, 18-1 (5) decision against Nebraska (March 23) and now boasts a stellar 17 ...........KENT STATE ........................................W, 8-1 1,010-251-2 record (.800) over the last 21 seasons. 19 ...........WESTERN MICHIGAN ........................W, 3-0 23 ...........NEBRASKA* .................................. W, 8-0 (6) 23 ...........NEBRASKA* ........................................W, 7-2 • Senior centerfielder Natalie Peters led the Wolverines with a 24 ...........NEBRASKA* ................................ W, 12-0 (5) .667 (6-for-9) with a 1.000 slugging percentage and .769 on- 26 ............... at Central Michigan ................................W, 8-0 (5) base percentage over their four games last week, including a 29 ............... at Rutgers* ..............................................W, 10-2 (5) 6-for-8 effort in the Indiana series. She boasted three hits, a run 30 ............... at Rutgers* .......................................................W, 7-0 30 ............... at Rutgers* .......................................................W, 7-4 and two RBI in the series opener -- on “Natalie Peters Day” -- to contribute to three of U-M’s four runs. APRIL • Seniors Alex Sobczak and Mackenzie Nemitz are both 3 .............TOLEDO ...................................... W, 24-3 (5) 5 .............INDIANA* ............................................W, 4-1 boasting big breakout seasons in their final year at Michigan. 6 .............INDIANA* ........................................... W, 3-2 Sobczak currently leads the Wolverines with a career-best .382 7 .............INDIANA* ............................................W, 7-6 batting average -- a 124-point improvement over her previous 12 ............... at Ohio State* ..................................................6 p.m. best average in 2016 -- and also owns career bests in runs (24), 13 ............... at Ohio State* ..................................................2 p.m. 14 ............... at Ohio State* ..................................................1 p.m. hits (29), home runs (7) and RBI (25). Nemitz, after only earning 17 ............... at Michigan State* ...................................4:30 p.m. one hit and seven total plate appearances over her first three 19 ............... at Illinois* ..........................................................5 p.m. seasons -- she missed all of 2017 with injury -- currently owns 20 ............... at Illinois* ..........................................................1 p.m. a .305 batting average with 18 hits, three homers and 19 RBI. 21 ............... at Illinois* ........................................................... Noon 23 ...........MICHIGAN STATE* ............................. 6 P.M. 26 ...........PENN STATE* ...................................... 6 P.M. • Sophomore LHP Meghan Beaubien earned all three wins in 27 ...........PENN STATE* ...................................... 2 P.M. the Indiana series, improving her record to 16-3 -- Beaubien led 28 ...........PENN STATE* ...................................... 1 P.M. the nation last season with 33 wins. Over the Wolverines’ 15- MAY game winning streak, Beaubien is 10-0 and boasts a 0.74 ERA 3 ................. at Maryland* ....................................................6 p.m. with 69 strikeouts and a .179 opposing batting average. 4 ................. at Maryland* ....................................................2 p.m. 5 ................. at Maryland* ....................................................1 p.m. 8-12 ........... at Big Ten Tournament 17-19 ........ NCAA Regional PROBABLE WOLVERINE STARTERS Peters 23-26 ........ NCAA Super Regional Pos. No. Player 30-June 5 NCAA Women’s College World Series C #17 Katie Alexander (R/R, 5-10, Sr.) 1B #15 Alex Sobczak (R/R, 5-7, Sr.) Blair Hoogenraad 2B #25 Faith Canfield (R/R, 5-9, Sr.) * denotes Big Ten Conference game SS #21 Natalia Rodriguez (B/R, 5-4, So.) Time local to host site. 3B #7 Madison Uden (L/R, 5-6, Jr.) Rodriguez Canfield Subject to change LF #3 Lexie Blair (L/L, 5-4, Fr.) CF #11 Natalie Peters (L/R, 5-7, Sr.) Sobczak RF #32 Haley Hogenraad (R/R, 5-9, Jr.) Uden DP #44 Mackenzie Nemitz (L/R, 5-6, Sr.) LHP #10 Meghan Beaubien (L/L, 5-8, So.) RHP #8 Alex Storako (L/R, 5-11, Fr.) Alexander RHP #18 Sarah Schaefer (R/R, 5-9, So.) Facebook.com/MichiganSoftball @umichsoftball MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 1 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 20 BIG TEN TITLES 12 WCWS APPEARANCES 41 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2018 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES GRACE CHELEMEN LEXIE BLAIR ABBY SKVARCE MADISON UDEN ALEX STORAKO MEGHAN BEAUBIEN # FRESHMAN # FRESHMAN # JUNIOR # JUNIOR # FRESHMAN # SOPHMORE 2 OF/IF 3 OF 5 C 7 IF 8 RHP 10 LHP NATALIE PETERS TAYLOR BUMP LOU ALLAN ALEX SOBCZAK KATIE ALEXANDER SARAH SCHAEFER # SENIOR # SOPHOMORE # SOPHOMORE # SENIOR # SENIOR # SOPHOMORE 11 OF 13 SS/3B 14 1B/OF 15 UT 17 C 18 RHP HANNAH CARSON NATALIA RODRIGUEZ THAIS GONZALEZ GIANNA CAROSONE MORGAN OVERAITIS FAITH CANFIELD # FRESHMAN # SOPHOMORE # JUNIOR # FRESHMAN # FRESHMAN # SENIOR 20 C/IF 21 2B/SS 22 OF 23 IF 24 IF 25 UT HALEY HOOGENRAAD MACKENZIE NEMITZ # JUNIOR # SENIOR 32 OF 44 IF CAROL HUTCHINS BONNIE THOLL JENNIFER BRUNDAGE MARY BETH DENNISON 35TH 26TH 21ST 1ST HC SEASON AC SEASON AC SEASON VC SEASON MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 2 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 20 BIG TEN TITLES 12 WCWS APPEARANCES 41 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2019 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL 2019 University of Michigan Softball Roster No. Wolverine Class Pos. B/T Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 2 Grace Chelemen Fr. OF/IF L/R 5-3 Woodhaven, Mich. (Riverview Community) “CHEH-el-men” 3 Lexie