WEEK #12 - APRIL 26, 2016 MICHIGAN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Michigan Athletic Communications Leah Howard Softball Contact 734.615.0679 phone 734.647.1188 fax 220160 1 6 MMICHIGANI C H I G A N SOFTBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 18 BIG TEN TITLES 11 WCWS APPEARANCES 38 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WOLVERINES WRAP HOMESTAND WITH MIDWEEK SLATE AGAINST CMU 37-4 | H: 11-1 | A: 10-1 | N: 16-2 | 15-2 B1G FFEBRUARYEBRUARY NO. 2/2 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES USF WILSON-DEMARINI TOURNAMENT vs. Central Michigan Chippewas 12 ...............vs. South Carolina .................................W, 15-3 (5) 12 ...............vs. Illinois State ......................................W, 12-0 (5) Wednesday, April 27 13 ...............vs. (1) Florida ..............................................L, 8-0 (5) Ann Arbor, Mich. | Wilpon Complex 13 ...............at South Florida .....................................W, 11-2 (5) 14 ............... vs. Virginia Tech ..............................................W, 3-1 ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE 19 ...............at (13) Florida State .......................................W, 6-2 TOUCH ‘EM ALL - THE TOP STORYLINES THIS WEEK SCOUTING CENTRAL MICHIGAN 20 ............... vs. Virginia Tech ..............................................W, 6-1 20-22-1, 4-10 Away 20 ...............at (13) Florida State .....................................W, 10-3 > Michigan reestablished itself atop the Big Ten standings after USA Today/NFCA: NR 21 ...............vs. Virginia Tech ........................................W, 9-1 (6) ESPN.com/USA Softball: NR MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC earning consecutive sweeps against Ohio State, Michigan State and 26 ...............vs. (12) Oklahoma ........................................W, 16-9 Maryland. OSU had entered their weekend series in Ann Arbor with a Streak: W1 27 ...............vs. Oklahoma State ..............................W, 11-2 (5) half-game advantage in the league standings. With their 15-2 league Team BA: .289 27 ...............vs. North Carolina State .........................W, 9-1 (5) record, the Wolverines now have a narrow advantage on Minnesota Team ERA: 3.29 28 ............... vs. (9) Washington ...........................................L, 6-5 (13-3) and Penn State (13-4). Team Fielding: .957 28 ...............vs. Long Beach State ...................................W, 10-4 > The Wolverines are looking for their 19th Big Ten title in program PITCHING LEADERS MMARCHARCH history. U-M has won 18 of the last 21 B1G Championships, including Rachael Knapp (11-11, 2.79 ERA, 156 SO, 48 BB) 2 .................at (13) UCLA .....................................................W, 8-6 at least a share of last eight crowns. No other team has a stretch of Hanna Warren (7-8, 3.38 ERA, 47 SO, 40 BB) JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC more than two in a row (Northwestern, 1984-85). 3 .................vs. (18) Missouri .....................................W, 13-0 (5) HITTING LEADERS 3 .................vs. Long Beach State ...................................W, 11-0 > Senior rightfielder Kelsey Susalla was named Big Ten Player of the Allison Curtis (.345 BA, 1 HR, 14 RBI) 4 .................vs. California ....................................................W, 4-0 Week after leading U-M with a .750 batting average (6-for-8) over Sydney Heath (.337 BA, 2 HR, 20 RBI) 4 .................vs. North Carolina ........................................W, 11-6 its four games last week, boasting a 1.750 slugging percentage and CarolAnn Sexauer (.332 BA, 9 2B, 6 HR, 31 RBI) 5 .................vs. Oregon State .............................................W, 9-3 .833 on-base percentage. She tallied multiple hits in three games and Lacy Tolfree (.327 BA, 1 HR, 13 RBI) LOUISVILLE SOFTBALL CLASSIC scored runs in all four, combining for eight runs scored and six RBI. 12 ...............vs. Illinois State ...............................................W, 1-0 SERIES INFORMATION 12 ...............vs. Dayton .........................................................W, 7-0 13 ............... vs. Louisville .............................................. cancelled > Senior second baseman Sierra Romero currently leads the nation 13 ...............vs. Eastern Kentucky ..............................cancelled with 1.46 runs scored per game and 1.44 RBI per game and ranks vs. Central Michigan second with her .487 batting average. The Wolverine captain also lists Michigan leads, 48-30 16 ...........EASTERN MICHIGAN ................. W, 14-1 (5) top five in on-base percentage (4th, .606) and slugging percentage Streak: Michigan has won eight 22 ...........WESTERN MICHIGAN .................. W, 8-0 (6) (4th, .929). Last fi ve meetings: 25 ...........NORTHWESTERN * .........................L, 13-12 W, 11-0 (5) (4/16/14 in Mount Pleasant, Mich.) 26 ...........NORTHWESTERN * .................... W, 11-3 (5) W, 11-0 (5) (4/23/13 in Ann Arbor, Mich.) 27 ...........NORTHWESTERN * .................... W, 11-3 (6) > Romero, who already owns the NCAA career record in grand slams (11), is closing in on another NCAA all-time standard. With 286 career W, 10-2 (6) (4/17/12 in Mount Pleasant, Mich.) AAPRILPRIL runs, she is just seven shy of tying the category record, currently held W, 3-0 (4/13/11 in Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1 .................at Indiana * .....................................................W, 11-5 by Arizona’s Jenny Dalton (293, 1993-96). W, 8-0 (5) (4/14/10 in Ann Arbor, Mich.) 2 .................at Indiana * .................................................W, 8-0 (5) 3 .................at Indiana * ..............................................W, 12-4 (6) > Michigan, which led the nation with 118 home runs last season, has 8 .................at Nebraska * .....................................................L, 1-0 knocked out four over its weekend series against Maryland. Eleven 9 .................at Nebraska * ...................................................W, 4-1 10 ...............at Nebraska * ...................................................W, 8-6 different Wolverine players own at least one homer this season. 13 ...............at Michigan State *........................................W, 3-0 Romero leads the team with 13, while Susalla also boasts double 15 ...........OHIO STATE * ............................... W, 8-0 (5) digits with 10. 16 ...........OHIO STATE * .....................................W, 5-1 17 ...........OHIO STATE * .....................................W, 5-3 > Junior RHP Megan Betsa tossed a pair of complete-game one- 19 ...........MICHIGAN STATE * ...................... W, 8-0 (5) hitters against Maryland, posting a 0.64 ERA and striking out 16 22 ...........MARYLAND * ................................W, 9-1 (5) through 11 innings pitched. She boasts seven shutouts this season. 23 ...........MARYLAND * ..............................W, 16-0 (5) 24 ...........MARYLAND * ................................W, 8-0 (6) 27 ...........CENTRAL MICHIGAN ......................... 6 P.M. > Betsa currently leads the nation with 11.5 strikeouts per seven 29 ...............at Penn State * ................................................6 p.m. innings. She has record double-digit strikeouts in seven games this 30 ...............at Penn State * ................................................1 p.m. season, including six of her last 11 starts. With 683 strikeouts now in her career, Betsa sits in sixth place among U-M’s all-time strikeout MMAYAY leaders and is 31 shy of the fifth spot, currently held by Lorilyn Wilson 1 .................at Penn State * ................................................1 p.m. (714, 2004-07). 6 .............RUTGERS * .......................................... 6 P.M. 7 .............RUTGERS * .......................................... 2 P.M. 8 .............RUTGERS * .......................................... 1 P.M. 12-14 ........ Big Ten Tournament PROBABLE WOLVERINE STARTERS Lawrence 20-22 ........ NCAA Regional Pos. No. Player 28-29 ........NCAA Super Regional 1B #24 Tera Blanco (R/R, 5-9, So.) Christner Susalla JJUNEUNE 2B #32 Sierra Romero (R/R, 5-5, Sr.) 2-8 .............NCAA Women’s College World Series SS #1 Abby Ramirez (S/R, 5-4, Jr.) 3B #18 Lindsay Montemarano (R/R, 5-3, Jr.) LF #21 Kelly Christner (L/L, 5-8, Jr.) Ramirez Romero CF #22 Sierra Lawrence (R/R, 5-8, Sr.) * denotes Big Ten Conference game RF #7 Kelsey Susalla (L/R, 5-9, Sr.) Blanco Time local to host site. C #15 Alex Sobczak (R/R, 5-7, Fr.) Montemarano Subject to change C/1B #2 Aidan Falk (L/L, 5-7, So.) RHP #3 Megan Betsa (R/R, 5-9, Jr.) RHP #10 Sara Driesenga (R/R, 6-1, GS) Falk RHP #24 Tera Blanco (R/R, 5-9, So.) 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