RELEASE NO. 5 - MARCH 8, 2011 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Michigan Athletic Media Relations Leah Howard  Softball Contact 734.615.0679 phone  734.647.1188 fax 220110 1 1 MMICHIGANI C H I G A N SOFTBALL [email protected]  MGoBlue.com 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 13 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 33 YEARS

2011 SCHEDULE/RESULTS MICHIGAN HEADS SOUTH FOR ANNUAL LOUISVILLE TOURNAMENT

FFEEBBRUARYRUARY HOUSTON HILTON PLAZA INVITATIONAL NO. 6/5 11 ...... vs. Southern Illinois ...... W, 19-4 (5) at Louisville Tournament 11 ...... at Houston...... W, 10-3 12 ...... vs. Ohio ...... W, 6-0 Louisville, Ky. | March 12-13 12 ...... vs. Stephen F. Austin ...... W, 8-1 13 ...... vs. Ohio ...... W, 16-3 (6) Ulmer Stadium FAU KICKOFF CLASSIC 18 ...... vs. Long Island ...... W, 6-0 18 ...... at Florida Atlantic ...... W, 11-0 (5) U-M OPPONENTS FOR WEEK OF FEB. 25-27 19 ...... vs. Tulsa...... W, 4-3 19 ...... vs. Massachusetts ...... W, 3-0 20 ...... vs. Massachusetts ...... W, 5-1 UCF INVITATIONAL 25 ...... vs. North Florida ...... W, 4-1 25 ...... at Central Florida ...... W, 10-1 (6) 26 ...... vs. Missouri-Kansas City ...... W, 4-1 26 ...... vs. Villanova ...... W, 7-2 27 ...... vs. Maine ...... W, 9-0 (6)

MMARCHARCH LOUISVILLE WESTERN KENTUCKY 1 ...... vs. Valparaiso ...... W, 2-1 Saturday, March 12 | Noon Saturday, March 12 | 2 p.m. 1 ...... at Central Florida ...... W, 10-1 (6) Sunday, March 13 | 1 p.m. Sunday, March 13 | 11 a.m. 2 ...... vs. Dutch National Team (ex) ...... L, 1-6 USF UNDER ARMOUR INVITATIONAL TOUCH ‘EM ALL - THE TOP STORYLINES THIS WEEK SERIES INFORMATION 4 ...... vs. Villanova ...... W, 9-0 (5) 4 ...... vs. Maine ...... W, 10-1 (6) vs. Louisville 5 ...... vs. Arkansas...... W, 8-0 (5) ► The Wolverines carry a perfect 22-0 record into the Louisville U-M leads, 13-1 5 ...... vs. Ball State ...... W, 8-3 Tournament after sweeping the competition at last weekend’s Last Six Meetings: 6 ...... at South Florida ...... W, 7-2 USF Under Armour Invitational (March 4-6). The 22-0 start in the W, 7-3 (3/14/10 in Louisville, Ky.) LOUISVILLE TOURNAMENT best in U-M program history. The Wolverines have outscored W, 9-5 (3/13/10 in Louisville, Ky.) 12 ...... at Louisville ...... 12 p.m. their opposition 176-28 this season. L, 2-3 (3/7/09 in Louisville, Ky.) 12 ...... vs. Western Kentucky ...... 2 p.m. W, 3-2 (2/13/09 in Las Vegas, Nev.) 13 ...... vs. Western Kentucky ...... 11 a.m. Michigan earned explosive hitting throughout its lineup as six W, 5-2 (3/16/08 in Louisville, Ky.) 13 ...... at Louisville ...... 1 p.m. ► starters have .350 or better through the season’s opening 22 W, 4-3 (8) (3/15/08 in Louisville, Ky.) JUDI GARMIN CLASSIC games. The Wolverines have homered in all but six games this 17 ...... vs. Arizona State ...... 1 p.m. vs. Western Kentucky season and have garnered home runs from six different players. 17 ...... at Cal State Fullerton ...... 7:30 p.m. U-M leads, 1-0 18 ...... vs. Arizona ...... 1 p.m. Senior Dorian Shaw and freshman Nicole Sappingfield lead U-M Last Meeting: 19 ...... vs. Notre Dame ...... 9 a.m. with .491 and .457 averages, respectively. W, 2-0 (3/25/05 in Louisville, Ky.) 19 ...... vs. Fresno State ...... 11 a.m. 26 ...... at Northwestern* ...... 1 p.m. ► The Wolverine pitching staff owns an impressive 1.04 ERA 27 ...... at Northwestern* ...... 1 p.m. through 22 games this season. Senior RHP leads 30 ...... vs. Bowling Green ...... 4 p.m. U-M with an 11-0 record, while sophomore RHP Stephanie Speierman is 10-0. U-M owns seven shutouts on the season. AAPRILPRIL Taylor boasts a 0.65 ERA with 107 and just 37 hits and 11 walks allowed. 2 ...... vs. Indiana* ...... 2 p.m. 3 ...... vs. Indiana* ...... 2 p.m. 9 ...... vs. Purdue* ...... 3 p.m. ► With 11 underclassmen, including seven freshmen, the 10 ...... vs. Purdue* ...... 2 p.m. Wolverines will continue to switch up the starting lineup. Four 12 ...... vs. Western Michigan ...... 6 p.m. field positions -- , second base, third base and rightfield 13 ...... vs. Central Michigan ...... 6 p.m. -- and the designated player slot have seen multiple faces so far. 16 ...... at Illinois* ...... 2 p.m. 17 ...... at Illinois* ...... 2 p.m. 20 ...... at Penn State* ...... 3 p.m. 20 ...... at Penn State* ...... 5:30 p.m. PROBABLE WOLVERINE STARTERS 23 ...... vs. Iowa* ...... 6 p.m. Evans 24 ...... vs. Iowa* ...... 2 p.m. 30 ...... at Wisconsin* ...... 12 p.m. Pos. No., Player 1B #23 Dorian Shaw (R/R, 5-11, Sr.) Sappingfi eld Powers/Doyle 2B #8 Ashley Lane (R/R, 5-4, So.) MMAYAY SS #1 Amy Knapp (L/R, 5-8, So.) 1 ...... at Wisconsin* ...... 12 p.m. 3B #3 (R/R, 5-9, Jr.) Knapp Lane LF #15 Nicole Sappingfield (L/R, 5-9, Fr.) 3 ...... vs. Eastern Michigan ...... 6 p.m. 4 ...... vs. Ohio State* ...... 5:30 p.m. CF #5 Bree Evans (L/L, 5-8, Jr.) 4 ...... vs. Ohio State* ...... 7:30 p.m. RF #25 Marley Powers (L/R, 5-8, Sr.) Chidester Shaw 7 ...... vs. Minnesota* ...... 6 p.m. C #44 Caitlin Blanchard (L/L, 5-5, Fr.) 8 ...... vs. Minnesota* ...... 2 p.m. DP Blanchard, Powers 13 ...... vs. Michigan State* ...... 7 p.m. PH #18 Jaclyn Crummey (R/R/, 5-5, So.) 14 ...... at Michigan State* ...... 1 p.m. RHP #7 Jordan Taylor (R/R, 6-1, Sr.) Blanchard/Chidester 20-22 ...... NCAA Regional RHP #21 Stephanie Speierman (R/R, 5-6, Jr.) 27-29 ...... NCAA Super Regionals June 2-8 .. NCAA Women’s College World Series WOLVERINES ON THE WEB: Game recaps, statistics, notes, quotes and much more available on MGoBlue.com, * denotes game the official website of Michigan Athletics.

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2011 SOFTBALL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN

NO. POS. B/T HT. YR./EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) NUMERICAL 7 Jordan Taylor RHP R-R 6-1 SR Valencia, Calif. (Valencia) 1...... Amy Knapp,IF 21 Stephanie Speierman RHP R-R 5-6 SO Columbia, Md. (Hammond) 2...... Brandi Virgil,UT 14 Hilary Payne LHP L-L 5-10 JR Plymouth, Mich. (Canton) 3...... Amanda Chidester,C/3B 4...... Taylor Hasselbach3B 5...... Bree Evans,OF NO. POS. B/T HT. YR./EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 7 ...... Jordan Taylor, RHP 19 Nicole Guska C R-R 5-7 SR Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg) 8...... Ashley Lane, LF 44 Caitlin Blanchard C L-L 5-5 FR Petersburg, Mich. (Summerfield) 10...... Alycia RyanOF 16 Brooke Ward C R-R 5-8 SR Highland, Mich. (Lakeland) 11...... Lyndsay Doyle,OF 17 Katie Luetkens UT R-R 5-5 FR Batavia, Ill. (Batavia) 12...... Stephanie Kirkpatrick, SS 14...... Hilary Payne,LHP NO. INFIELDERS POS. B/T HT. YR./EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 15...... Nicole Sappingfield 23 Dorian Shaw 1B R-R 5-11 SR Burke, Va. (J.W. Robinson) 16...... Brooke Ward,C 4 Taylor Hasselbach 3B L-R 5-7 FR Clarkston, Mich. (Clarkston) 17...... Katie Luetkens,UT 3 Amanda Chidester C/3B R-R 5-9 JR Allen Park, Mich. (Cabrini) 18...... Jaclyn Crummey,OF 20 Mandy Gardner IF R-R 6-1 FR Mission Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) 19...... Nicole Guska,C 8 Ashley Lane IF R-R 5-4 SO Escondido, Calif. (Escondido) 20...... Mandy Gardner ,IF 1 Amy Knapp IF L-R 5-8 SO St. Joseph, Mich. (Lakeshore) 21...... Stephanie Speierman,RHP 23...... Dorian Shaw,1B 25...... Marley Powers,OF NO. OUTFIELDERS POS. B/T HT. YR./EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 44...... Caitlin Blanchard,C 25 Marley Powers OF L-R 5-8 SR Owosso, Mich. (Owosso) 10 Alycia Ryan OF R-R 6-0 SR Morristown, N.J. (Morristown) BY CLASS 5 Bree Evans OF L-L 5-8 JR Bloomington, Calif. (Rialto) Seniors...... 6 18 Jaclyn Crummey OF R-R 5-5 SO Macomb, Mich. (Dakota) Juniors ...... 4 15 Nicole Sappingfield OF L-R 5-9 FR Norco, Calif. (Norco) Sophomores ...... 4 2 Brandi Virgil UT R-R 5-4 FR Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek) Freshmen ...... 7 11 Lyndsay Doyle OF L-L 5-4 FR Channahon, Ill. (Minooka) BY STATE Michigan...... 8 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE California...... 5 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL STAFF Illinois...... 4 Head Coach: (27th season) Amanda Chidester ...... CHID-es-ter Maryland...... 1 Katie Luetkens ...... LUTE-kens Texas...... 1 Associate Head Coach: Bonnie Tholl (18th season) Alycia Ryan ...... ah-LEE-sha New Jersey...... 1 Assistant Coach: (13th season) Stephanie Speierman ...... SPY-er-man Texas...... 1 Volunteer Coach: Becky Marx Keogh (fourth season) Bonnie Tholl...... THOLE Virginia...... 1 Athletic Trainer: Wil Turner (seventh season)

MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION

Head coach ...... Carol Hutchins (Michigan St., ‘79) THE “IN TOUCH WITH HUTCH” PODCAST Record at U-M ...... 1,178-401-4 (.745) Every Friday during the 2011 season, head coach Carol Hutchins will offer insider access to her program in Career record ...... 1,201-412-4 (.744) the rapid-fire In Touch With Hutch audio podcast. Hutchins will touch on topics ranging from standout per- National Championships ...... 1 formers, Michigan’s opponents, game strategy and the other events of the season in each weekly feature. TWITTER-TASTIC Associate head coach ...... Bonnie Tholl (U-M, ‘91) Michigan softball is now on Twitter. Sign up and follow the Wolverines (Michigan_softb) with up-to-the- Asssistant coach ...... Jennifer Brundage (UCLA, ‘95) minute news and information throughout the season and beyond. Twitter is a free casual, online social Volunteer coach ...... Becky Marx Keogh (U-M, ‘06) network that is designed to connect businesses, organizations and individuals. Each Twitter post (or “tweet”) can be received on a user’s cell phone via text or on the web. Home facility ...... Wilpon Complex/Alumni Field Stadium opening ...... 1982 2011 YEARBOOK & RECORD BOOK Stadium renovations ...... 2008 Beginning with the 2009-10 academic year, the University of Michigan athletics department will no longer Dimensions ...... 200-220-200 print media guides. U-M fans and media can still obtain all the information they’re used to, only now it’s Surface ...... Grass available online. If you’re looking for in-depth historical information, statistics, records, archives, etc., the Record Book is what you’ll need. For more of a general overview of a team, the staff and student-athletes, Years of softball at U-M...... 34 (1978-present) check out the Yearbook. Check them both out in our new publications section on MGoBlue.com. All-time program record ...... 1,337-504-4 (.726) Big Ten championships ...... 13 INTERVIEWS All interviews with players and coaches need to be cleared through the Michigan media relations office NCAA championships ...... 1 (2005) with Leah Howard. If you wish to talk to any Wolverine player or head coach Carol Hutchins, please contact Total program postseason appearances ...... 18 Howard via email or phone contact information on the front page of the softball notes. NCAA Regional appearances ...... 17 NCAA Super Regional appearances...... 6 GAME NOTES AND STATISTICS WCWS appearances...... 9 Game notes and statistics will be distributed to all working media on game days at Alumni Field. Copies will be made available in the press box. Statistics are for working press only. All information will be made Nickname ...... Wolverines available to fans and Michigan supporters on MGoBlue.com. School colors ...... Maize and Blue Fight Song ...... The Victors LIVE STATS AND GAMETRACKER Conference...... Big Ten Select games will be available on radio and/or the internet but all home games can be accessed through Gametracker, offering realtime statistics on MGoBlue.com.

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GAME DATE OPPOSING TEAM SCORE U-M R-H-E OPP. R-H-E INNS OVERALL BIG TEN U-M OF RECORD ATTEND TIME Feb 11, 2011 vs. Southern Illinois W 19-4 19-19-1 4-5-1 5 1-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 1-0) -- 1:40 Feb 11, 2011 at Houston W 10-3 10-7-0 3-5-5 7 2-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 1-0) 641 2:13 Feb 12, 2011 vs. Ohio W 6-0 6-7-0 0-2-2 7 3-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 1-0) -- 2:06 Feb 12, 2011 vs. Stephen F. Austin W 8-1 8-12-1 1-3-2 7 4-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 1-0) -- 2:01 Feb 13, 2011 vs. Ohio W 16-3 16-9-3 3-5-2 6 5-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 2-0) -- 2:33 Feb 18, 2011 vs. Long Island W 6-0 6-9-0 0-0-1 7 6-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 3-0) -- 1:35 Feb 18, 2011 at Florida Atlantic W 11-0 11-15-0 0-3-1 5 7-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 4-0) 463 1:37 Feb 19, 2011 vs. Tulsa W 4-3 4-6-0 3-8-0 7 8-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 4-0) -- 1:46 Feb 19, 2011 vs. Massachusetts W 3-0 3-4-0 0-1-2 7 9-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 4-0) 444 1:55 Feb 20, 2011 vs. Massachusetts W 5-1 5-8-1 1-3-1 7 10-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 5-0) 311 2:10 Feb 25, 2011 vsNorth Florida W 4-1 4-7-3 1-5-2 7 11-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 6-0) -- 1:45 Feb 25, 2011 at UCF W 10-1 10-12-1 1-3-3 6 12-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 6-0) 388 1:28 Feb 26, 2011 vs UMKC W 4-1 4-6-0 1-2-0 7 13-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 7-0) -- 1:31 Feb 26, 2011 vs Villanova W 7-2 7-11-3 2-2-1 7 14-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 7-0) 526 1:59 Feb 27, 2011 vs Maine W 9-0 9-12-0 0-2-4 6 15-0-0 0-0-0 Payne (W 1-0) 357 1:40 March 1, 2011 vs Valparaiso W 2-1 2-7-0 1-3-1 7 16-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 8-0) -- 1:37 March 1, 2011 at UCF W 10-1 10-9-0 1-6-1 6 17-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 8-0) 235 1:50 March 4, 2011 vs Villanova W 9-0 9-10-0 0-2-3 5 18-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 9-0) 100 1:24 March 4, 2011 vs Maine W 10-1 10-14-0 1-8-0 6 19-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 9-0) 0 2:04 March 5, 2011 vs Arkansas W 8-0 8-8-0 0-6-2 5 20-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 10-0) 0 1:18 March 5, 2011 vs Ball State W 8-3 8-10-2 3-4-1 7 21-0-0 0-0-0 J. Taylor (W 12-0) 220 2:20 March 6, 2011 vs USF W 7-2 7-12-0 2-5-1 7 22-0-0 0-0-0 Speierman (W 10-0) 0 2:10

* = Conference game () extra inning game

MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 3 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 13 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 33 YEARS PPLAYERL A Y E R & TTEAME A M NNOTESO T E S WOLVERINE NEWS & NOTES ... Wolverine sophomore tossed a pair of nine-strike- THE NATIONAL POLLS out performances over the Michigan’s spring-break Fast Break -- With their perfect 22-0 record, the trip -- against North Florida (Feb. 25) and against USA Today/NFCA (March 8) Wolverines boast their greatest start in softball pro- Valparaiso (March 1) to establish a new career high. Rank, Team Record Pts Prev gram history. Prior to its current winning stretch, Prior to this season, her best was four strikeouts, 1. Georgia (20) 17-1 731 1 Michigan’s best start came in 1981 when it went 7-0. which she recorded last season against Wisconsin. 2. Florida (8) 19-0 726 2 3. Alabama (1) 20-1 672 3 U-M has outscored its opposition 176-28 through Speierman played only sparingly last season behind 4. Arizona (1) 19-2 663 4 this season. All-Americans Jordan Taylor and . 5. Washington 16-0 635 5 6. MICHIGAN 22-0 595 8 We’re Going Streaking -- Freshman leftfielder Nicole Homer is Where the Heart is -- Michigan has hit at 7. Tennessee 19-2 571 7 Sappingfield currently boasts a 17-game hitting least one in 16 of 22 games this season 8. Arizona St. 17-1 539 9 streak, .474 (27-for-57) over the stretch with and have recorded multiple homers in eight con- 9. UCLA 16-4 518 6 14 runs scored and 13 RBI over the stretch. The streak tests. Six different Wolverine players own home runs 10. Oklahoma 17-5 488 10 is the longest for a Wolverine player since two-time this season; senior Alycia Ryan, sophomores Ashley 11. California 12-2 438 11 All-American (1996-99) similarly hit suc- Lane and Amy Knapp and freshman Caitlin Blancard 12. Texas 16-3 409 12 cessfully in 17 consecutive games in the heart of the all tallied their first collegiate home runs. Conversely, 13. Stanford 17-3 361 16 1996 season, batting .455 over the stretch. Michigan’s pitching staff has allowed just two home 14. Hawaii 16-4 344 14 run this season. 15. Oregon 18-4 332 13 Multi-Talented -- Freshman Nicole Sappingfield has 16. Nebraska 14-2 297 15 hit successfully in 20 of the Wolverines’ 22 games Walk This Way -- Junior catcher/third baseman 17. La.-Lafayette 18-2 291 17 this season and leads the U-M team with 11 multi- Amanda Chidester and senior first baseman Dorian 18. Missouri 11-3 244 18 19. Texas Tech 22-0 187 20 hit games, including nine games over her current Shaw have both tied Michigan’s single-game walk 20. Oklahoma St. 15-5 175 19 17-game hitting streak. She owns four multi-RBI record (4) this season -- Chidester against Ohio (Feb. 21. LSU 15-5 165 21 performances, including a career-best four-RBI effort 13) and Shaw against Valparaiso (March 1). They 22. Texas A&M 14-6 102 22 against Central Florida (March 1). share the top spot with Tracy Carr (vs. Indiana, April 23. Baylor 19-2 83 RV 2, 1995) and (vs. Mississippi, Feb. 24. Auburn 17-2 58 24 Sensational Sophomores -- Earning the most playing 9, 2007). Shaw owns 134 career walks, ranking third 25. Syracuse 16-3 27 RV time of their brief careers, sophomore second base- among Michigan’s all-time leaders in the category. Others Receiving Votes: Houston 22, Kentucky 17, Fresno St. 16. man Ashley Lane and sophomore shortstop Amy Georgia Tech 13, Notre Dame 12, Virginia 6, S.C. Upstate 3, Long Beach St. 3, DePaul 3, Kansas 2, Tulsa 1, Memphis 1 Knapp have been on a tear of late. Lane boasts seven Week in the Knees -- Senior RHP Jordan Taylor net- home runs and a .391 average with six multi-hit and ted her second straight Big Ten Pitcher of the Week ESPN.com/USA Softball (March 8) nine multi-RBI performances. Knapp is batting .352 award after going 3-0 with 33 strikeouts and just five Rank, Team Record Points Prev and has hit successful in 14 of 19 games played. She hits and no runs allowed through 20.1 innings at last 1. Florida (11) 14-0 484 3 went a career-best 3-for-4 with four RBI in Michigan’s weekend’s FAU Kick-Off Classic (Feb. 18-20). With her 2. Alabama (8) 20-1 472 1 last game at UCF (March 1). 10th career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week accolade, 3. Georgia (1) 17-1 447 2 the Wolverine ace has been honored more than any 4. Arizona 19-2 435 4 Shutdown and Shutout -- Senior RHP Jordan Taylor other pitcher in league history. Four different pitch- 5. MICHIGAN 22-0 414 5 recorded shutouts in three of her first four starts to ers previously received nine weekly citations, includ- 6. Washington 16-0 398 6 boast an impressive 27 shutout-inning streak, stretch- ing Michigan’s (2000-03) and Jennie 7. Arizona State 17-1 382 7 8. Tennessee 20-2 371 8 ing from the seventh inning against Houston at the Ritter (2003-06). 9. Oklahoma 17-5 321 11 season-opening Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational 10. UCLA 15-4 307 9 (Feb. 11-13) through the FAU Kick-Off Classic finale Me -- Senior RHP Jordan Taylor has tallied a save 11. California 12-2 293 10 against UMass (Feb. 20). It was the second longest in each of the Wolverines’ tournament appearances 12. Stanford 17-3 266 14 of her career; she boasted a 48 shutout-inning streak this season, upping her career total to 12 and claim- 13. Texas 16-3 258 12 during her freshman campaign. With a pair of shut- ing sole possession of Michigan’s career record in 14. Missouri 11-3 220 17 outs at the USF Under Armour Invitational (March the category. She entered the 2011 season tied with Oregon 17-4 220 13 4-6), Taylor upped her career shutout total to 35, Nicole Motycka (2002-05). 16. Louisiana-Lafayette 18-2 216 18 moving to the fifth position among Michigan’s all- 17. Hawaii 15-4 181 16 time leaders in the category. She is just one shutout No-Hit Wonder -- Senior RHP Jordan Taylor registered 18. Oklahoma State 15-5 167 15 shy of the third spot, currently held by the seventh no-hitter of her career against Long 19. Texas Tech 22-0 125 19 (36, 1984-87) and Marissa Young (36, 2000-03). Island in the FAU Kick-Off Classic opener (Feb. 18), 20. Nebraska 14-2 115 20 carrying a into the seventh inning 21. LSU 15-5 105 21 Sensation -- Senior RHP Jordan Taylor has before allowing a leadoff walk. Taylor responded 22. Baylor 19-2 66 RV tallied 107 strikeouts through 75.1 by fanning the game’s final three batters en route 23. Kentucky 14-3 47 24 24. Texas A&M 14-6 39 22 this season to settle into second place on Michigan’s to a season-high 13 strikeouts. The no-hitter was 25. Houston 16-4 37 23 career strikeout list, upping her career total to 987. the third of Taylor’s career that went the full seven Taylor surpassed three-time All-American Marissa innings. She owns Michigan’s school record in the 2011 WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE POLLS Young (927, 2000-03) in the second weekend of the category, carrying two more than (5, Date ...... NFCA...... ESPN/USA season and now trails only two-time All-American 2003-06) in the second spot. Taylor also boasts three Preseason ...... 11 ...... 8 Jennie Ritter (2003-06), who owns the U-M career career perfect games. Feb. 15 ...... 11 ...... 8 strikeout record with 1,205. Feb. 22 ...... 9 ...... 7 USA Softball Player of the Year Watch -- The Wolver- March 1 ...... 8 ...... 5 The Shaw Show -- Senior first baseman Dorian Shaw ines boasted a pair of players -- senior RHP Jordan March 8 ...... 6 ...... 5 already boasts 10 home runs on the season, includ- Taylor and senior first baseman Dorian Shaw -- on ing three homers apiece in three of Michigan’s four the preseason top-50 watch list for the 2010 USA tournament appearances with multi-homer efforts Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year. Last against Houston (Feb. 11), Long Island (Feb. 18) season, Shaw claimed career highs in every offensive and Maine (March 4). Shaw ranks second among category while Taylor moved in the fifth spot on the Michigan’s all-time home run leaders with 56 over all-time wins list (76). her four seasons and sits just six homers shy of school record holder Samantha Findlay (62, 2005-08). A Fresh Start -- After graduating six seniors, five of whom were starters, the Wolverines have brought in Stepping into the Spotlight -- Sophomore RHP seven freshmen. The freshmen make up the largest Stephanie Speierman has already recorded a class on the team. Among the rookies are catchers career high in wins with her perfect 8-0 start. The Caitlin Blanchard and Katie Luetkens, infielders Tay-

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2011 Big Ten Standings 2011 SEASON HONORS

Big Ten Overall BIG TEN CONFERENCE HONORS MICHIGAN 0-0 .000 22-0 1.000 Player of the Week Purdue 0-0 .000 11-4 .733 Dorian Shaw • Feb. 14 Northwestern 0-0 .000 12-5 .706 Illinois 0-0 .000 9-6 .600 Pitcher of the Week Michigan State 0-0 .000 10-7 .588 Jordan Taylor • Feb. 21 Penn State 0-0 .000 7-5 .583 Jordan Taylor • Feb. 14 Minnesota 0-0 .000 11-8 .579 Indiana 0-0 .000 10-8 .556 Freshman of the Week Wisconsin 0-0 .000 5-5 .500 Nicole Sappingfield • March 7 Iowa 0-0 .000 8-9 .471 Ohio State 0-0 .000 5-14 .263 USA SOFTBALL Preseason 50 Players to Watch list lor Hasselbach and Mandy Gardner, and outfield- Dorian Shaw ers Nicole Sappingfield, Brandi Virgil, and Lyndsay Jordan Taylor Doyle. MISCELLANEOUS Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Three’s a Crowd -- Seniors Dorian Shaw and Jordan Dorian Shaw, 30 finalist Taylor, along with junior Amanda Chidester have been chosen as the Wolverines’ tri-captains for the ESPN.com Preseason All-America 2011 season. It marks just the third time in program Dorian Shaw history that three players will hold the distinction. Jordan Taylor Tournament Titles UCF Invitational FAU Kick-Off Classic Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational

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 OVERALL STATISTICS

Batting PLAYER AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% Shaw, Dorian .491 22 22 55 21 27 4 0 10 28 61 1.109 23 4 8 1 .651 1 0 0 0 142 2 1 .993 Sappingfield, Nicole .457 22 22 70 20 32 2 1 0 15 36 .514 5 0 5 0 .493 0 5 3 4 23 1 2 .923 Chidester, Amanda .419 21 21 62 18 26 4 1 4 26 44 .710 10 2 5 0 .514 0 1 0 1 68 32 3 .971 Evans, Bree .405 22 22 74 30 30 4 2 0 13 38 .514 8 1 8 0 .470 0 1 3 4 8 1 0 1.000 Lane, Ashley .391 22 22 64 23 25 6 0 8 28 55 .859 11 1 10 0 .474 2 0 2 2 29 23 3 .945 Knapp, Amy .352 21 19 54 14 19 4 1 1 11 28 .519 6 0 8 1 .417 0 2 4 5 18 27 1 .978 Blanchard, Caitlin .286 22 22 63 5 18 3 1 2 12 29 .460 4 0 12 0 .328 0 2 1 1 97 18 2 .983 Powers, Marley .235 22 22 51 9 12 6 0 0 14 18 .353 12 1 10 0 .391 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 ------Ryan, Alycia .333 12 2 12 6 4 0 0 2 5 10 .833 2 0 4 0 .429 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 Kirkpatrick, Stephanie .281 10 10 32 6 9 4 0 0 5 13 .406 4 0 6 0 .361 0 0 1 1 14 15 1 .967 Doyle, Lyndsay .226 19 10 31 9 7 2 1 0 0 11 .355 7 0 8 0 .368 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 1.000 Hasselbach, Taylor .200 14 4 15 4 3 0 0 0 3 3 .200 3 1 3 0 .333 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 .800 Virgil, Brandi .200 15 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 2 1 2 0 .500 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Gardner, Mandy .143 10 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 .286 3 0 2 0 .400 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000 Crummey, Jaclyn .000 11 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 .000 Ward, Brooke .000 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000 Guska, Nicole .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luetkens, Katie .000 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals .355 22 22 603 176 214 40 7 27 160 349 .579 100 11 94 2 .452 5 11 22 28 423 152 15 .975 Opponents .165 22 22 502 28 83 6 0 2 21 95 .189 36 11 171 0 .237 0 9 27 31 395 158 36 .939

LOB - Team (159), Opp (108). DPs turned - Team (2), Opp (7). CI - Team (1), Blanchard 1. IBB - Team (2), Lane 1, Shaw 1. Picked off - Sappingfield 1.

Pitching PLAYER ERA W L APP GS CG SO CB SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP IP SFA SHA Taylor, Jordan 0.65 11 0 16 9 9 5 0 3 75.1 37 10 7 11 107 1 0 1 260 .142 1 2 1 0 5 Speierman, Stephanie 1.67 10 0 12 12 4 0 1 0 58.2 44 18 14 25 58 5 0 1 219 .201 11 8 0 0 4 ------Payne, Hilary 0.00 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 23 .087 1 1 0 0 0

Totals 1.04 22 0 22 22 14 7 1 3 141.0 83 28 21 36 171 6 0 2 502 .165 13 11 1 0 9 Opponents 7.28 0 22 22 22 7 0 0 0 131.2 214 176 137 100 94 40 7 27 603 .355 23 11 4 5 11

PB - Team (7), Blanchard 7, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Blanchard (17-20), Speierman (14-16), J. Taylor (13-15), Chidester (10-11).

 BIG TEN STATISTICS

Batting PLAYER AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%

MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 7 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 13 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 33 YEARS MMICHIGANI C H I G A N SSITUATIONALI T U A T I O N A L SSTATST A T S WOLVERINE BITES  RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION  WOLVERINE HITTING STREAKS Overall record ...... 22-0 Name...... Avg. ....AB ...... H ...... RBI Name...... Longest ...... Current ...... Career Sappingfield ...... 500 ...... 20 ...... 10 ...... 15 Sappingfield ...... 17 ...... 17 ...... 17 At Alumni Field ...... 0-0 Chidester ...... 444 ...... 36 ...... 16 ...... 20 Chidester ...... 8 ...... 8 ...... 8 On the road ...... 4-0 Ryan ...... 429 ...... 7 ...... 3 ...... 4 Lane ...... 7 ...... 1 ...... 7 Evans ...... 417 ...... 24 ...... 10 ...... 13 Shaw ...... 7 ...... 5 ...... 11 At a neutral site ...... 18-0 Shaw ...... 407 ...... 27 ...... 11 ...... 20 Day games ...... 13-0 Knapp ...... 6 ...... 1 ...... 6 Knapp ...... 360 ...... 25 ...... 9 ...... 11 Evans ...... 6 ...... 4 ...... 7 Night games ...... 9-0 Lane ...... 341 ...... 41 ...... 14 ...... 23 Blanchard ...... 5 ...... 2 ...... 5 Powers ...... 310 ...... 29 ...... 9 ...... 14 Blanchard ...... 286 ...... 28 ...... 8 ...... 9 Kirkpatrick ...... 3 ...... 1 ...... 9 Vs. top-10 opponents ...... 0-0 Kirkpatrick ...... 200 ...... 15 ...... 3 ...... 5 Doyle ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 3 Vs. ranked opponents ...... 0-0 Gardner ...... 200 ...... 5 ...... 1 ...... 0 Powers ...... 2 ...... - ...... 4 Ryan ...... 2 ...... - ...... 2 Vs. unranked opponents ...... 22-0 Doyle ...... 000 ...... 12 ...... 0 ...... 0 Hasselbach ...... 000 ...... 6 ...... 0 ...... 3 Virgil ...... 1 ...... - ...... 1 Vs. teams .500 or better ...... 9-0 Crummey ...... 000 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 Gardner ...... 1 ...... - ...... 1 Vs. teams worse than .500 ...... 13-0 Guska ...... 000 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 Hasselbach ...... 1 ...... - ...... 1 Ward ...... 000 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 Virgil ...... 000 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 U-M after a win ...... 21-0 Totals ...... 338 ...... 278 ...... 94 ...... 137 U-M after a loss ...... 0-0  WOLVERINE MULTI-HIT GAMES U-M scores first...... 21-0  BASES LOADED Name...... 2 .....3 .... 4.....5+ .... Total Scoring 4 or more runs...... 20-0 Sappingfield ...... 10 .....1 ...... - ...... - ...... 11 Name...... Avg. ....AB ...... H ...... RBI Evans ...... 7 ...... 3 ...... - ...... - ...... 10 10 hits or more ...... 10-0 Ryan ...... 1.000 ...... 1 ...... 1 ...... 1 Chidester ...... 9 ...... - ...... - ...... - ...... 9 Hitting one home run ...... 8-0 Knapp ...... 750 ...... 4 ...... 3 ...... 6 Shaw ...... 6 ...... 2 ...... - ...... - ...... 8 Hitting 2 or more home runs ...... 8-0 Lane ...... 500 ...... 6 ...... 3 ...... 10 Lane ...... 2 ...... 4 ...... - ...... - ...... 6 Playing error free ...... 14-0 Evans ...... 500 ...... 4 ...... 2 ...... 5 Knapp ...... 3 ...... 1 ...... - ...... - ...... 4 Shaw ...... 500 ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... 2 Powers ...... 4 ...... - ...... - ...... - ...... 4 Committing one error ...... 4-0 Sappingfield ...... 500 ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... 3 Kirkpatrick ...... 3 ...... - ...... - ...... - ...... 3 Committing two or more errors ...... 4-0 Powers ...... 333 ...... 6 ...... 2 ...... 4 Blanchard ...... 2 ...... - ...... - ...... - ...... 2 Blanchard ...... 250 ...... 8 ...... 2 ...... 3 Doyle ...... 1 ...... - ...... - ...... - ...... 1 Leading after 5 innings ...... 17-0 Chidester ...... 200 ...... 5 ...... 1 ...... 4 Kirkpatrick ...... 000 ...... 3 ...... 0 ...... 2 TEAM ...... 47 ... 11 ..... 0 ...... 0 ...... 58 Trailing after 5 innings ...... 0-0 Hasselbach ...... 000 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 0 Leading after 6 innings ...... 12-0 Doyle ...... 000 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 0 Trailing after 6 innings ...... 0-0 Totals ...... 356 ...... 45 ...... 16 ...... 40 In one-run games ...... 2-0  2-OUTS In two-run games ...... 0-0  WOLVERINE MULTI-RBI GAMES Extra innings ...... 0-0 Name...... H ...... AB ....Avg. ... RBI Run-rule decisions ...... 9-0 Blanchard ...... 4 ...... 24 ...... 167 ...... 4 Name...... 2 .....3 .... 4.....5+ .... Total Chidester ...... 12 ...... 21 ...... 571 ...... 10 Lane ...... 5 ...... 1 ...... 3 ...... - ...... 9 Crummey ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 000 ...... 0 Chidester ...... 6 ...... - ...... 2 ...... - ...... 8 Vs. lefty starters ...... 1-0 Doyle ...... 1 ...... 8 ...... 125 ...... 0 Shaw ...... 4 ...... - ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... 7 Vs. righty starters ...... 21-0 Evans ...... 8 ...... 24 ...... 333 ...... 9 Powers ...... 5 ...... - ...... - ...... - ...... 5 Gardner ...... 0 ...... 2 ...... 000 ...... 0 Guska ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 000 ...... 0 Evans ...... 4 ...... 1 ...... - ...... - ...... 5 Hasselbach ...... 1 ...... 4 ...... 250 ...... 1 Sappingfield ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... 1 ...... - ...... 4 MONTHLY RECORD Knapp ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... - ...... - ...... 3 U-M in February ...... 15-0 Kirkpatrick ...... 3 ...... 8 ...... 375 ...... 4 Knapp ...... 8 ...... 20 ...... 400 ...... 9 Blanchard ...... 1 ...... 1 ...... - ...... - ...... 2 U-M in March ...... 7-0 Lane ...... 8 ...... 25 ...... 320 ...... 9 Ryan ...... - ...... 1 ...... - ...... - ...... 1 U-M in April ...... 0-0 Luetkens ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 000 ...... 0 U-M in May...... 0-0 Powers ...... 6 ...... 21 ...... 286 ...... 10 TEAM ...... 29 .....6 ...... 8 ...... 1 ...... 44 Ryan ...... 2 ...... 5 ...... 400 ...... 1 Sappingfield ...... 6 ...... 13 ...... 462 ...... 4 DAYS OF THE WEEK Shaw ...... 9 ...... 17 ...... 529 ...... 9 U-M on Monday ...... 0-0 Virgil ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... - ...... 0 Ward ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... - ...... 0 U-M on Tuesday ...... 2-0 Totals ...... 68 ...... 195 ...... 349 ...... 70 U-M on Wednesday ...... 0-0 U-M on Thursday ...... 0-0 U-M on Friday ...... 10-0  WOLVERINE PINCH-HITTING STATISTICS U-M on Saturday ...... 10-0 Player ...... Avg .....AB...... H .... RBI ...2B .. 3B ..HR... TB... SLG% ...BB .... HBP ....SO .. GDP ...OB% ... SH ...SF U-M on Sunday ...... 5-0 Ryan ...... 400 ...... 5 ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 5 ...... 1.000 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 400 ...... 0...... 0 Hasselbach ...... 250 ...... 4 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 250 ...... 2 ...... 1 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 571 ...... 0...... 0 WINNING AND LOSING STREAKS Virgil ...... 250 ...... 4 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 250 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 400 ...... 0...... 0 Gardner ...... 167 ...... 6 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 2 ...... 333 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 286 ...... 0...... 0 Longest winning streak ...... 22 Doyle ...... 000 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0...... 0 Longest losing streak ...... 0 Crummey ...... 000 ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0...... 0 Last 10 games ...... 10-0 Guska ...... 000 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0...... 0 Last 15 games ...... 15-0 Ward ...... 000 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 000 ...... 0...... 0 Last 20 games ...... 10-0 Totals ...... 200 ...... 25 ...... 5 ...... 1 ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 1 ...... 9 ...... 360 ...... 4 ...... 1 ...... 10 ...... 0 ...... 333 ...... 0...... 0 Current streak ...... W22 Largest winning margin ...... 15 STARTERS SUMMARY Largest losing margin ...... 0  Position Batting Order PITCHING Player GS P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Taylor Starts ...... 10-0 Blanchard, Caitlin 22 . 15 ...... 7 . . . . . 1 11 10 . Speierman Starts ...... 11-0 Powers, Marley 22 ...... 10 . 12 . . . . 1 11 10 . . Payne Starts ...... 1-0 Lane, Ashley 22 . . . 20 ...... 2 . . . 1 21 . . . . Evans, Bree 22 ...... 22 . . . 22 ...... HITTING Shaw, Dorian 22 . . 22 ...... 22 ...... Evans leads off ...... 22-0 Sappingfi eld, Nicole 22 ...... 22 . . . . . 22 ...... Chidester, Amanda 21 . 7 . . 14 ...... 21 . . . . . ATTENDANCE Knapp, Amy 19 . . . 2 5 12 ...... 19 Total home attendance ...... 0 Speierman, Stephanie 12 12 ...... Average home attendance ...... 0 Kirkpatrick, Steph 10 . . . . . 10 ...... 10 . . . Total home dates ...... 0 Doyle, Lyndsay 10 ...... 10 ...... 8 2 Largest crowd ...... 0 Taylor, Jordan 9 9 ...... Hasselbach, Taylor 4 . . . . 3 . . . . . 1 ...... 4 . Ryan, Alycia 2 ...... 2 ...... 1 . 1 Payne, Hilary 1 1 ......

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 MICHIGAN TEAM SUPERLATIVES THE HOME RUN TRACKER TEAM BATTING 2 3 2 1 3 2 Most at-bats...... 33 ...... vs. South Florida (March 6) 3 1 Fewest at-bats...... 21 ...... vs. Arkansas (March 5) Most runs (game) ...... 19 ...... vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) Most runs (inning) ...... 7 (2x) ...... Last at Houston (Feb. 11) Fewest runs (game) ...... 2 ...... vs. Valparaiso (March 1) Most hits (game) ...... 19 ...... vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) Fewest hits (game) ...... 2 ...... vs. Ohio (Feb. 12) RBI ...... 17 ...... vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) Doubles ...... 4 (2x) ...... Last: at Central Florida (Feb. 25) Triples ...... 1 (7x) ...... Last: vs. Arkansas (March 5) Home runs ...... 4 ...... vs. Long Island (Feb.18) ...... 34 ...... vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) SHAW (10) LANE (8) Walks ...... 17 ...... vs. Ohio (Feb. 13) Most strikeouts against ...... 14 ...... vs. South Florida (March 6) 2 2 Fewest strikeouts against ...... 1 (4x) ...... Last: vs. Ball State (March 4) 2 Sacrifice bunts ...... 4 ...... vs. Maine (March 4) Sacrifice flies ...... 2 ...... vs. Maine (Feb. 27) Stolen bases ...... 4 ...... vs. Maine (March 4) Left on base ...... 16 ...... vs. Ball State (March 5) Hit into DP ...... 1 (7x) ...... Last: vs. Ball State (March 5) Hit by pitches ...... 2 (3x) ...... Last: vs. Valparaiso (March 1) TEAM FIELDING Most putouts ...... 21 (13x) ...... Last: vs. South Florida (March 6) Most assists ...... 12 ...... vs. South Florida (March 6) BLANCHARD (2) Most errors ...... 3 (3x) ...... Last: vs. Villanova (Feb. 26) CHIDESTER (4) DPs turned ...... 1 (2x) ...... Last: vs. Maine (March 4) 1 1 TEAM PITCHING Most runs allowed ...... 4 ...... vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) Fewest runs allowed ...... 0 (7x) ...... Last: vs. Arkansas (March 5) 1 Most hits allowed ...... 8 (2x) ...... Last: vs. Maine (March 4) Fewest hits allowed ...... 0 ...... vs. Long Island (Feb. 18) Most strikeouts ...... 13 ...... vs. Long Island (Feb. 18) Fewest strikeouts ...... 3 ...... at Florida Atlantic (Feb. 18) Most walks ...... 6 ...... at Houston (Feb. 11) Fewest walks ...... 0 (3x) ...... Last: vs. Arkansas (March 5) Hit-by-pitches ...... 2 (4x) ...... Last: vs. South Florida (March 6) Wild pitches ...... 2 (4x) ...... Last: vs. Villanova (Feb. 26) RYAN (2) KNAPP (1) Home runs allowed...... 1 (2x) ...... Last: vs. South Florida (March 6) MISCELLANEOUS Consecutive wins ...... 22 ...... Feb. 11-March 6 Consecutive losses ...... 0 ...... N/A Home wins in a row ...... 0 ...... N/A Road/Neutral wins in a row ...... 22 ...... Feb. 11-March 6 Longest game ...... 2:33 ...... vs. Ohio (Feb. 13) Shortest game ...... 1:18 ...... vs. Arkansas (March 25) Most innings...... 7 (13x) ...... Last: vs. South Florida (March 6) Largest home attendance ...... N/A ...... N/A Largest road attendance ...... 641 ...... at Houston (Feb. 11)

 MICHIGAN PLAYER SUPERLATIVES INDIVIDUAL BATTING At-bats ...... 5 (4x) ...... Last: Chidester vs. Ball State (March 5) Runs ...... 3 (4x) ...... Last: Evans vs. Villanova (Feb. 26) Hits ...... 3 (11x) ...... Last: Lane vs. Maine (March 4) RBI ...... 5 ...... Shaw at Houston (Feb. 11) Doubles ...... 2 (2x) ...... Last: Lane vs. Maine (March 4) Triples ...... 1 (7x) ...... Last: Evans vs. Arkansas (March 5) Home runs ...... 2 (4x) ...... Last: Shaw vs. Maine (March 4) Grand slams ...... 1 (2x) ...... Last: Lane vs. Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 12) Total bases ...... 9 ...... Shaw vs. Maine (March 4) Walks ...... 4 (2x) ...... Last: Shaw vs. Valparaiso (March 1) Strikeouts ...... 3 ...... Blanchard vs. South Florida (March 6) Sacrifice flies ...... 1 (5x) ...... Last: Lane vs. Ball State (March 5) Sacrifice bunts ...... 1 (11x) ...... Last: Knapp vs. Ball State (March 5) Stolen bases ...... 1 (22x) ...... Last: Doyle vs. South Florida (March 6)  HOME RUN BREAKDOWN Hit by pitch ...... 2 ...... Shaw vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) Total home runs ...... 27 Caught stealing ...... 1 (6x) ...... Last: Doyle vs. Arkansas (March 5) Solo home runs ...... 9 Runners LOB ...... 5 (2x) ...... Last: Powers vs. Valparaiso (March 1) 2-run home runs ...... 11 3-run home runs ...... 5 INDIVIDUAL FIELDING Grand slams...... 2 Putouts ...... 12 ...... Shaw vs. Missouri Kansas City (Feb. 26) Back-to-back ...... 0 Assists () ...... 4 (5x) ...... Last: Chidester/Knapp vs. South Florida (March 6) First inning ...... 10 Assists (outfield) ...... 1 (2x) ...... Last: Sappingfield vs. North Florida (Feb. 25) Second inning ...... 2 Errors ...... 2 ...... Chidester vs. North Florida (Feb. 25) Third inning ...... 2 Passed balls...... 2 (2x) ...... Last: Blanchard vs. South Florida (March 6) Fourth inning...... 3 Fifth inning ...... 2 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Sixth inning...... 7 Innings pitched ...... 7.0 (7x) ...... Last: Speierman vs. Valparaiso (March 1) Seventh inning ...... 0 Extra innings ...... 0 Runs allowed ...... 4 ...... Taylor vs. Southern Illinios (Feb. 11) Leadoff home runs ...... 5 Walks ...... 5 ...... Speierman at Houston (Feb. 11) Pinch-hit home runs ...... 1 Strikeouts ...... 13 ...... Taylor vs. Long Island (Feb. 18) Walk-off home runs ...... 0 Hits allowed ...... 8 ...... Speierman vs. Maine (March 4) vs. RHP ...... 26 Fewest hits (starter) ...... 0 ...... Taylor vs. Long Island (Feb. 18) vs. LHP ...... 1 Wild pitches ...... 2 (4x) ...... Last:Speierman vs. Villanova (Feb. 26) 0-outs ...... 10 Hit batters ...... 2 (4x) ...... Last: Speierman vs. South Florida (March 6) 1-out ...... 8 2-outs ...... 9

MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 9 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 13 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 33 YEARS CCOACHINGO A C H I N G SSTAFFT A F F Carol Hutchins: Head Coach ■ Michigan State (1979) WHO COACHES Michigan W-L: 1,178-401-4 (.745) 27th Season THIRD BASE Career W-L: 1,201-412-4 (.744) 28th Season Head coach Carol Hutchins takes charge in the third base Wolverine head coach Carol Hutchins is in her tional Championship Tournaments (1992, ‘93, ‘95, coaching box. 27th season as head softball coach at the Univer- ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, sity of Michigan, where she has molded the Wol- ‘08, ‘09, ‘10). U-M advanced to the NCAA Women’s WHO COACHES verines into one of the elite programs in college College World Series in 1995, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, 2001, FIRST BASE softball. On December 8, 2006, Hutchins was in- ‘02, ‘04. ‘05 and ‘09. Michigan has finished either Associate head coach Bonnie ducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame in recognition first, second or third in the Big Ten Conference Tholl takes care of the run- of her coaching success and the indelible mark standings in 23 of Hutchins’ 26 seasons and has ners at first base. Tholl is in she has left on both Michigan and collegiate been among the league’s top five teams in each her 16th season as a coach softball. of her head coaching years. after playing four years of softball for the Wolverines. The hall of fame induction kicked off a series of career milestones that would The Wolverines have received 46 total All- Tholl was the first -- and one come for Hutchins during the subsequent campaign. On February 28, 2007, she America citations under Hutchins, including 14 of just two -- four-time Big became just the seventh coach in NCAA softball history -- and the sixth in Di- first-team nods, while 10 have earned Academic Ten first team honorees in vision I -- to reach 1,000 career wins when the Wolverines swept a mid-week All-America accolades. Michigan players have the history of Big Ten soft- doubleheader at Florida State (4-3, 3-2). Two months later, on April 29, Michigan been named Big Ten Player of the Year 14 times, ball. She was also chosen for picked up a home doubleheader sweep vs. Wisconsin (2-1, 2-0) to net Hutchins Big Ten Pitcher of the Year 12 times and Big Ten the Big Ten All-Decade Team her 1,000th career win at Michigan, strengthening her position as U-M’s win- Freshman of the Year 10 times during her coach- (1982-92). ningest coach in athletic department history. ing tenure. Wolverine players have accumulated 107 Academic All-Big Ten awards, 141 All-Big WHO MAKES TRIPS Last season, Michigan used powerful hitting and commanding pitching perfor- Ten citations and 93 All-Mideast or All-Great TO THE MOUND mances to a 49-8 record, its third straight Big Ten Conference title and its sixth Lakes Region certificates. Four former Hutchins- Assistant coach Jennifer consecutive trip to the NCAA Super Regional. U-M is the first program in Big Ten coached Wolverines -- , Vicki Morrow, Brundage works with the history to capture three consecutive regular-season titles. Alicia Seegart and Bonnie Tholl -- were named to Wolverine pitchers. She is the Big Ten’s All-Decade (1990s) team -- the most in her 11th season with the “Hutch” has been a part of the Michigan softball program since 1983 when she from any conference school. Wolverines after a four-year joined the staff as an assistant coach under Bob DeCarolis. She moved into the collegiate career at UCLA. head coach position in 1985 and, in each of her 26 head coaching seasons, has Hutchins’ players have excelled at the interna- Brundage is an Olympic continued Michigan’s tradition of softball success. Michigan has never suffered tional level, including medal performances by gold medalist (2000 Syndney a losing season in all of Hutch’s years with the program. Samantha Findlay, , Olympics) and was the the and Jennie Ritter during the 2005 Canada Cup 19919955H5 HondaHonda AwardAwward recipientrecipient Hutchins has led the Wolverines to the Women’s College World Series in nine of and International Cup. Findlay and Ritter joined foforor softball.softball. SheShe wasw a ttwo-wo- the last 16 seasons, and, in 2005, the Maize and Blue became the first program Hutchins again in 2006 as the Wolverine trio led ttimeime All-American,All-American,n, twttwo-timeo-time east of the Mississippi River to claim the NCAA national championship when it the USA squad to gold at the World University AcaAcademicdemd ic All-AmericanAll-Americanca anandnd defeated UCLA. Michigan’s record-setting 2005 season was the culmination of Games. Former Michigan players Morrow (1987) sisix-timex-ti-t me AmericanAmeericr an AmateurAmateur two decades of dedication for Hutchins and her current and former players and and Patti Benedict (1995) were members of U.S. SofSoftballftbatbb ll Women’sWommen’s MajorMajoorAr All-All- coaches. In that magical season, Michigan set records in a number of categories, Pan American Games teams, while current Wol- AmeAmerican.merican. including: verines Maggie Viefhaus and Nikki Nemitz con- tributed to the Team USA’s gold-medal perfor- • First softball national championship • A program-best 65 wins THE HUTCHINS FILE • A program-best 32 consecutive victories (spanning 47 days, from Feb. 13 to March 30) Birth Place: Cadillac, Mich. • First No. 1 ranking (March 22) High School: Lansing Everett H.S. • First No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament Undergraduate: Michigan State, 1979 (Physical Education) • First victory over a top-ranked opponent (6-2 win over No. 1 Arizona) Graduate: Indiana, 1981 (Coaching and Administration) • Michigan’s 103 home runs tied for second on the NCAA all-time single-season College Coaching Experience: home run list • Michigan, head coach (1985-present) • Michigan, assistant coach (1983-84) The 2005 season took on added significance when Hutchins was selected to be • Ferris State, head coach (1982) included in a pool of coaches for USA Softball’s Summer Tour. Hutchins helped select both the USA Softball National and Elite teams and was appointed head Honors/Awards: coach for the Elite Team at the Canada Cup (July 2-10) and made assistant coach • NFCA Hall of Fame (inducted 2006) for the National Team at the Japan Cup (July 26-August 5). The Elite Team posted • Two-time NFCA National Coach of the Year (1995, 2005) a 10-1 record at the Canada Cup to earn the silver medal, while winning the • Eight-time NFCA Regional Coach of the Year Sendai Series at the Japan Cup. • Eleven-time Big Ten Coach of the Year

Hutchins’ squads have also captured 13 Big Ten regular-season titles, 13 NCAA Coaching Achievements: Regional crowns and eight Big Ten Tournament championships. She has earned • NCAA Championship (2005) 11 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year honors, eight NFCA Regional Coach • 12 NCAA Regional Championships of the Year awards and a pair of NFCA National Coach of the Year honors. The • 13 Big Ten Regular-Season Championships Hutchins-led Michigan coaching staff has garnered Great Lakes Region Coach- • Eight Big Ten Tournament Championships ing Staff of the Year honors in nine of the last 12 seasons (1998, ‘99, 2001, ‘02, ‘04, ‘05, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10) and was named Speedline/NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Athletic Experience: Year for the first time in 2005. • Michigan State University (1979) • Four-year softball letterwinner (1976-79) Under Hutchins’ guidance, the Michigan softball program has claimed 13 of the • Four-year basketball letterwinner (1976-79) last 18 Big Ten regular-season championships and earned trips to 18 NCAA Na- • Member of MSU’s 1976 AIAW National Championship team

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mance at the 2009 Pan American Qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela. Viefhaus also 1976 Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women National Softball Cham- claimed gold with the USA junior team at the 2007 Junior Pan Am Champion- pionship. In 2003, she was chosen as the recipient of the Nell Jackson Award, ships in Manaubo, Puerto Rico and again at the 2007 Junior World Champion- considered the highest honor the Michigan State Varsity “S” Club can give a ships in Enschede, Netherlands. female alumna for professional accomplishments and community service. She was also inducted into the Greater Lansing Athletic Hall of Fame in July 2000. Hutchins and the University of Michigan have hosted 16 NCAA Regional Cham- pionships (1993, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10) and Hutchins holds a master’s degree in physical education from Indiana (1981). four Super Regionals (2005, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10), an honor showcasing the Wolverine program, facilities and University on a national level. Michigan captured a re- gional crown in 12 of those host years.

For the last several years, every season has brought prestigious milestones to coach Hutchins and the U-M program. On March 31, 2000, Hutchins moved to the top of the all-time win list for University of Michigan coaches -- female or male -- with win No. 638, a 1-0 victory vs. Indiana in the conference season- opening game. Hutchins became the Wolverines’ all-time wins leader among female sport coaches when she posted U-M win No. 600 with a 6-3 victory vs. Minnesota on April 11, 1999. Hutchins added win No. 700 with a 2-1 win over Oakland University on April 3, 2001.

In 2004, the Wolverines posted a ninth-straight 40-win season, advancing to the WCWS for the seventh time in 10 years. During the 2003 season, Hutchins be- came just the 14th coach in NCAA Division I softball history to reach the 800-win plateau with a 2-1 win over Wisconsin on April 12, 2003. The 2002 Wolverines completed the trifecta as Big Ten regular-season and tournament champions as well as NCAA Regional champs, sending the Maize and Blue to its sixth WCWS.

Before becoming Michigan’s third softball coach, Hutchins spent one year as the head coach at (1982). While at Ferris, she led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Division II National Tournament and was selected Great Lakes In- tercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. Hutchins was an assistant coach at Indiana University (1981) -- under legendary coach -- and at Michigan (1983-84).

A 1979 graduate of Michigan State University, Hutchins displayed her athletic talents in both basketball and softball (1976-79), helping the Spartans to the

THE COACHING BREAKDOWN

OVERALL BIG TEN CONFERENCE Year W L T Pct. W L Pct. Season Tourn. NCAA Season Highlights FERRIS STATE (1 Season) 1982 23 11 .676 NCAA Division II Tournament MICHIGAN (23 Seasons) 1985 28 20 .542 16 8 .667 2nd First Big Ten Coach of the Year award 1986 32 17 .653 12 12 .500 5th First All-America first team honoree () 1987 39 17 .696 17 7 .708 2nd Hardees National Invitational title 1988 29 20 .591 15 9 .625 2nd Becomes winningest coach in U-M softball history 1989 42 20 .677 16 8 .667 2nd Michigan earns its first-ever national ranking 1990 29 27 .518 12 12 .500 4th First Big Ten Freshman of the Year (Patti Benedict) 1991 36 19 .655 15 9 .625 3rd 250th career victory; 100th Big Ten victory 1992 37 24 .607 22 6 .786 1st 2nd First Regional Coach of the Year award; First Big Ten title 1993 46 13 .780 21 5 .808 1st 2nd Michigan hosts the NCAA Regional for the first time 1994 34 26 .567 18 10 .643 T3rd Michigan softball’s 500th program win 1995 50 12 .806 22 6 .786 1st 1st 7th U-M’s first regional title and first WCWS appearance 1996 51 14 .785 20 4 .833 1st 1st 7th leads nation with 35 wins; Regional champs 1997 56 16 1 .767 18 4 .818 2nd 1st 5th 500th career victory; First WCWS win; Regional champs 1998 56 7 .889 22 1 .957 1st 1st 5th Shepherd Softball Building opens; Regional champs 1999 51 13 1 .792 21 3 .875 1st 2nd Sixth Big Ten Conference title in the 90s 2000 45 16 1 .734 13 4 .765 2nd 1st U-M’s all-time winningest coach; Regional runner-up 2001 43 17 1 .713 17 3 .850 1st 2nd 7th Seventh Big Ten title; Regional champs 2002 50 11 .820 15 3 .833 1st 1st 7th 750th career victory; Regional champs 2003 44 16 .733 13 5 .722 2nd 4th 14th Division I coach to 800 wins; Regional runner-up 2004 54 13 .850 17 3 .850 1st T5th 7th Seventh WCWS berth in 10 years; Regional champs 2005 65 7 .903 15 2 .885 1st 1st 1st WCWS national champions; Big Ten champs 2006 44 15 .746 14 4 .778 2nd 1st Big Ten Tournament champs; Regional champs 2007 47 13 .783 12 4 .750 3rd T3rd Seventh Division I coach to 1,000 wins; Regional champs 2008 52 8 .870 18 2 .900 T1st T5th Wilpon Complex opens; Big Ten champs; Regional champs 2009 47 12 .797 17 3 .850 1st 5th Big Ten champs; Regional champs; WCWS berth 2010 49 8 .860 18 1 .947 1st Big Ten champs; Regional champs 2011 22 0 1.000 U-M 1178 401 4 .745 436 138 .760 13 titles 8 titles 1 title Overall 1201 412 4 .744 436 138 .760 13 titles 8 titles 1 title

MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 11 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 13 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 33 YEARS TTV/RADIOV / R A D I O RROSTERO S T E R

Amy 1 Brandi 2 Amanda 3 Taylor 4 Bree 5 Jordan 7 KNAPP VIRGIL CHIDESTER HASSELBACH EVANS TAYLOR IF • So. • 5-8 UT • Fr. • 5-4 C/3B • Jr. • 5-9 3B • Fr. • 5-7 OF • Jr. • 5-8 RHP • Sr. • 6-1 St. Joseph, Mich. Houston, Texas Allen Park, Mich. Clarkston, Mich. Bloomington, Calif. Valencia, Calif.

Ashley 8 Alycia 1100 Lyndsay 1111 Stephanie 1122 Hilary 1144 Nicole 1155 LANE RYAN DOYLE KIRKPATRICK PAYNE SAPPINGFIELD IF • So. • 5-4 OF • Sr. • 6-0 OF • Fr. • 5-4 SS • Jr. • 5-5 LHP • Jr. • 5-10 OF • Fr. • 5-9 Escondido, Calif. Morristown, N.J. Channahon, Ill. Plainfield, Ill. Plymouth, Mich. Norco, Calif.

Brooke 1166 Katie 1177 Jaclyn 1188 Nicole 1199 Mandy 2200 Stephanie 2211 WARD LUETKENS CRUMMEY GUSKA GARDNER SPEIERMAN C • Sr. • 5-8 C • Fr. • 5-5 OF • So. • 5-5 C • Jr. • 5-7 1B • Fr. • 6-1 RHP • So. • 5-6 Highland, Mich. Batavia, Ill. Macomb, Mich. Orland Park, Ill. Mission Viejo, Calif. Columbia, Md.

MICHIGAN COACHING STAFF

Dorian Marley Caitlin Carol Hutchins Bonnie Tholl Jennifer Brundage Becky Marx 2233 2255 4444 Head Coach Associate Head Assistant Coach Volunteer Coach SHAW POWERS BLANCHARD Coach 1B• Sr. • 5-11 OF • Sr. • 5-8 C • Fr. • 5-5 Burke, Va. Owosso, Mich. Petersburg, Mich.

MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES