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2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 16 BIG TEN TITLES 10 WCWS APPEARANCES 36 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 16 BIG TEN TITLES 10 WCWS APPEARANCES 36 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2014 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL MICHIGAN ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS • 1100 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • OFFICE (734) 763-4423 • FAX (734) 647-1188 • MGOBLUE.COM Media Contact: Michael Kasiborski • [email protected] • Desk (734) 764-7881 FEBRUARY U-m SQUARES OFF WITH in-sTATE RIVAL MICHIGAN STATE USF WILSON-DEMARINI TOURNAMENT 8 . vs . No . 4 Florida . L, 4-9 (8) 8 . at No . 25 South Florda . W, 3-2 9 . vs . Illinois State . W, 7-1 9 . vs . Bethune-Cookman . W, 12-1 (5) NO. 4/5 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES RAGIN’ CAJUN INVITATIONAL (30-6, 9-0 B1G) 14 . vs . Memphis . W, 5-0 14 . at No . 20 Louisiana-Lafayette . L, 6-8 15 . vs . Central Arkansas . W, 7-0 15 . at No . 20 Louisiana-Lafayette . W, 15-1 (5) 16 . vs . Boston College . W, 6-5 FAU KICKOFF CLASSIC MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 21 . vs . Kent State . W, 7-1 21 . vs . Pittsburgh . W, 9-0 (5) (9-25, 2-9 B1G) 22 . vs . No . 5 Kentucky . W, 3-0 Friday, April 11 | Ann Arbor, Mich . | Wilpon Complex 22 . vs . Kent State . W, 1-0 (9) 23 . at Florida Atlantic . W, 1-0 Live on 1290 AM WLBY | Streamed on the Big Ten Digital Network LOUISVILLE SLUGGER INVITATIONAL Saturday, April 12 | East Lansing, Mich . | Secchia Stadium 28 . vs . Nevada . Cancelled Streamed on the Big Ten Digital Network 28 . vs . No . 5 UCLA . Cancelled Sunday, April 13 | East Lansing, Mich . | Secchia Stadium MARCH 1 . vs . Utah Valley . W, 7-1 (6) Live on the Big Ten Network | Dan Kelly (pxp) & Stacey Phillips (color) 1 . at Long Beach State . Cancelled 2 . vs . No . 5 UCLA . Cancelled TOUCH ‘EM ALL - THE TOP STORYLINES THIS WEEK 4 . at No . 4 UCLA . L, 1-4 (8) 5 . at No . 4 UCLA . W, 9-4 ► Michigan caps its longest homestand of the season -- six JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC games - on Friday against the Spartans . The Wolverines have 6 . vs . No . 10 Arizona State . L, 0-2 won 16 in a row and all eight home games in 2014 . 6 . vs . No . 6 Washington . L, 1-7 7 . vs . Houston . L, 2-5 ► Michigan will dedicate the Donald R . Shepherd Softball 7 . vs . No . 7 Arizona . W, 3-0 Center before Friday night’s game . The 10,000 square foot, 8 . vs . Texas . W, 3-1 three-story building was constructed during the offseason . CLASS ACT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CLASSIC 15 . vs . Kent State . W, 12-4 (6) Nicole Sappingfield was named one of 10 finalists for the 15 . at Louisville . W, 9-1 (6) ► 16 . vs . Iowa State . W, 6-4 softball Senior CLASS Award . The winner will be announced 16 . at Louisville . Cancelled during the WCWS . SERIES INFORMATION 18 ...........BOWLING GREEN ........................Postponed Two Wolverines were named Top 25 Finalists for the USA vs. MICHIGAN STATE 21 ...........INDIANA * ......................................W, 8-0 (6) ► U-M leads, 79-27 21 ...........INDIANA * ......................................W, 9-1 (5) Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award: junior pitcher Last fi ve meetings: 22 ...........INDIANA * ....................................W, 12-3 (5) Haylie Wagner and sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero . W, 8-7 (9) (4/14/13 in East Lansing, Mich .) 25 ...........BOWLING GREEN ........................Postponed W, 11-2 (6) (4/14/13 in East Lansing, Mich .) 28 . at Penn State * . W, 6-0 ► U-M has a ten-game winning streak against the Spartans W, 21-2 (5) (4/12/13 in Ann Arbor, Mich .) 28 . at Penn State * . W, 22-0 (5) that dates back to 2010 . W, 5-0 (4/15/12 in Ann Arbor, Mich .) 29 . at Penn State * . W, 12-4 (5) W, 2-0 (4/15/12 in Ann Arbor, Mich .) APRIL ► Head coach Carol Hutchins won her 500th Big Ten 2 .............DETROIT .......................................W, 10-0 (5) Conference game on Sunday (April 6) in Michigan’s 10-0 win 5 .............OHIO STATE * ..................................... W, 1-0 against Ohio State . 6 .............OHIO STATE * ...............................W, 10-0 (5) 6 .............OHIO STATE * .................................W, 9-1 (6) 8 .............WESTERN MICHIGAN ....................W, 8-0 (5) 11 ...........MICHIGAN STATE * ............................. 6 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 12 . at Michigan State * . .1 p .m . Pos. No., Player Doyle 13 . at Michigan State * . .12 p .m . 1B/C #44 Caitlin Blanchard (L/L, 5-5, Sr .) 16 . at Central Michigan . 6 p .m . or 1B #21 Kelly Christner (L/L, 5-9, Fr .) 18 ...........MINNESOTA * ...................................... 6 p.m. Lawrence Sapping eld 2B #1 Abby Ramirez (S/R, 5-4, Fr .) 19 ...........MINNESOTA * ...................................... 2 p.m. SS #32 Sierra Romero (R/R, 5-5, So .) 20 ...........MINNESOTA * ...................................... 1 p.m. 23 . at Purdue (DH) * . 1/3 p .m . 3B # 7 Kelsey Susalla (L/R, 5-9, So .) Romero Ramirez or 3B #18 Lindsay Montemarano (R/R, 5-3, Fr .) 25 . at Illinois * . 6 p .m . 26 . at Illinois * . 2 p .m . OF #11 Lyndsay Doyle (L/L, 5-4, Sr .) 27 . at Illinois * . 1 p .m . OF #15 Nicole Sappingfield (L/R, 5-9, Sr .) Susalla Blanchard OF #22 Sierra Lawrence (R/R, 5-8, So .) or Montemarano or Christner MAY C #25 Lauren Sweet (L/R, 5-5, Jr .) 2 .............WISCONSIN * ...................................... 6 p.m. 3 .............WISCONSIN * ...................................... 2 p.m. RHP #10 Sara Driesenga (R/R, 6-1, Jr .) 4 .............WISCONSIN * ...................................... 1 p.m. LHP #17 Haylie Wagner (R/L, 5-7, Jr .) 9-12 . Big Ten Tournament (Evanston, Ill .) RHP # 3 Megan Betsa (R/R, 5-9, Fr .) Sweet or Blanchard 16-18 . NCAA Regional (Campus Sites) 24-25 . NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites) May 29-June 4 . NCAA Women’s College World Series * denotes Big Ten Conference game Facebook.com/MichiganSoftball @umichsoftball Home games in BOLD CAPS | All times are site times PAGE 1 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 16 BIG TEN TITLES 10 WCWS APPEARANCES 36 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2014 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES ABBY RAMIREZ BRANDI VIRGIL MEGAN BETSA TAYLOR HASSELBACH OLIVIA RICHVALSKY KELSEY SUSALLA # FRESHMAN # SENIOR # FRESHMAN # SENIOR # SOPHOMORE # SOPHOMORE 1 INFIELD 2 OUTFIELD 3 RH PITCHER 4 INFIELD 5 OUTFIELD 7 INFIELD SARA DRIESENGA LYNDSAY DOYLE LAUREN CONNELL NICOLE SAPPINGFIELD KATIE LUETKENS HAYLIE WAGNER # JUNIOR # SENIOR # SOPHOMORE # SENIOR # SENIOR # JUNIOR 10 RH PITCHER 11 OUTFIELD 14 CATCHER 15 OUTFIELD 16 OUTFIELD 17 LH PITCHER Roster Breakdown ALPHabetICAL 3 . Megan Betsa, RHP 44 . Caitlin Blanchard, 1B/C 21 . Kelly Christner, OF 14 . Lauren Connell, C 11 . Lyndsay Doyle, OF 10 . Sara Driesenga, RHP 19 . Becca Garfinkel, C LINDSAY MONTEMARANO BECCA GARFINKEL MARY SBONEK KELLY CHRISTNER 4 . Taylor Hasselbach, 1B/3B 22 . Sierra Lawrence, OF # FRESHMAN # JUNIOR # SOPHOMORE # FRESHMAN 16 . Katie Luetkens, OF 18 INFIELD 19 CATCHER 20 OUTFIELD 21 OUTFIELD 18 . Lindsay Montemarano, IF 1 . Abby Ramirez,2B 5 . Olivia Richvalsky, OF 32 . Sierra Romero, SS 15 . Nicole Sappingfield, OF 20 . Mary Sbonek, OF 7 . Kelsey Susalla, 3B/1B 25 . Lauren Sweet, C 17 . Haylie Wagner, LHP 2 . Brandi Virgil, OF by CLASS SIERRA LAWRENCE LAUREN SWEET SIERRA ROMERO CAITLIN BLANCHARD Seniors . 6 # JUNIOR # JUNIOR # SOPHOMORE # SENIOR Juniors . 4 22 OUTFIELD 25 CATCHER 32 INFIELD 44 CATCHER/INFIELD Sophomores . 6 Freshmen . 4 BY STATE Michigan . 7 California . 5 Illinois . 4 Indiana . 1 Georgia . 2 New York . 1 Texas . 1 CAROL HUTCHINS BONNIE THOLL JENNIFER BRUNDAGE NIKKI NEMITZ 30TH 21ST 16TH 3RD HC SEASON AC SEASON AC SEASON VC SEASON PAGE 2 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 16 BIG TEN TITLES 10 WCWS APPEARANCES 36 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 16 BIG TEN TITLES 10 WCWS APPEARANCES 36 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2014 MICHIGAN SOftbaLL 2014 University of Michigan Softball Roster No. Wolverine Class Pos. B/T Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 1 Abby Ramirez Fr . 2B S/R 5-4 Chicago, Ill . (Trinity) 2 Brandi Virgil Sr . OF R/R 5-4 Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek) 3 Megan Betsa Fr . RHP R/R 5-9 McDonough, Ga . (Union Grove) “BET-suh” 4 Taylor Hasselbach Sr . 1B/3B L/R 5-7 Clarkston, Mich . (Clarkston) “hass-uhl-back” 5 Olivia Richvalsky So . OF L/R 5-7 South Lyon, Mich . (South Lyon East) “rich-VOL-ski” 7 Kelsey Susalla So . 3B/1B L/R 5-9 Garden City, Mich . (Garden City) “sue-sahl-uh” 10 Sara Driesenga Jr . RHP R/R 6-1 Hudsonville, Mich . (Hudsonville) “DREE-zing-uh” 11 Lyndsay Doyle Sr . OF L/L 5-4 Channahon, Ill . (Minooka Community) 14 Lauren Connell So . C R/R 5-7 West Lafayette, Ind . (West Lafayette) “CON-uhl” 15 Nicole Sappingfield Sr . OF L/R 5-9 Norco, Calif . (Norco) 16 Katie Luetkens Sr . OF R/R 5-5 Batavia, Ill . (Batavia) “LOOT-kins” 17 Haylie Wagner Jr . LHP R/L 5-7 Orange, Calif . (El Modena) 18 Lindsay Montemarano Fr . IF R/R 5-3 Seaford, N .Y . (Seaford) “mont-uh-muh-ron-oh” 19 Becca Garfinkel Jr . C R/R 5-8 West Bloomfield, Mich . (Andover) 20 Mary Sbonek So . OF L/R 5-4 Southgate, Mich . (Southgate Anderson) “suh-BON-eck” 21 Kelly Christner Fr . OF L/L 5-8 Tinley Park, Ill . (Victor J . Andrew) 22 Sierra Lawrence So . OF R/R 5-9 Snellville, Ga . (Greater Atlanta Christian) 25 Lauren Sweet Jr . C L/R 5-5 Corona, Calif . (Santiago) 32 Sierra Romero So . SS R/R 5-5 Murrieta, Calif . (Vista Murrieta) 44 Caitlin Blanchard Sr . 1B/C L/L 5-5 Petersburg, Mich . (Summerfield) Head Coach: Carol Hutchins (30th season) Associate Head Coach: Bonnie Tholl (21st season) | Pronunciation: THOAL (rhymes with “coal”) Assistant Coach: Jennifer Brundage (16th season) Volunteer Assistant: Nikki Nemitz (3rd season) Director of Operations: Erin McLaughlin Strength & Conditioning: Lew Porchiazzo | Athletic Trainer: Dan Tocci Michigan Notes The Wilpon Complex, home of Alumni Field QUICK faCTS Playing Surface: .