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 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 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 hit 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 Jordan Taylor 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 strikeouts 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 -- catcher, 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 Amanda Chidester (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 Big Ten Conference game the official website of Michigan Athletics. MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 1 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 13 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 33 YEARS PPLAYERL A Y E R ROSTERR O S T E R & MMEDIAE D I A INFORMATIONI N F O R M A T I O N 2011 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SOFTBALL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN NO. PITCHERS 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. CATCHERS 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