2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 14 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 34 YEARS MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Sarah VanMetre Assistant Director 734.647.4209 phone 734.647.1188 fax 220120 1 2 MMICHIGANI C H I G A N SSOFTBALLO F T B A L L [email protected] MGoBlue.com 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WOLVERINES RESUME BIG TEN PLAY AT INDIANA FFEEBBRUARYRUARY TIGER CLASSIC 10 ...............vs. Louisiana Tech ..........................................W, 7-6 11 ...............at No. 22 LSU ...................................................W, 2-1 NO. 20 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 11 ...............vs. Louisiana Tech ..........................................W, 5-4 12 ...............vs. Penn State .........................................W, 12-1 (5) (22-9) FAU KICKOFF CLASSIC 17 ............... vs. Maryland ......................................................L, 7-3 17 ...............vs. LIU .................................................................W, 4-0 18 ...............vs. No. 22 Kentucky .......................................W, 3-0 18 ...............at Florida Atlantic ..........................................W, 2-0 19 ...............vs. Wright State ...............................................W, 4-0 NFCA LEADOFF CLASSIC INDIANA HOOSIERS 24 ...............vs. Illinois State ...............................................W, 3-1 (16-15) 24 ............... vs. Massachusetts ............................................L, 1-0 25 ............... Hofstra ...............................................................W, 3-2 25 ...............vs. No. 17 Louisiana-Lafayette ..................L, 10-7 26 ...............Mississippi State .............................................W, 3-1 TOUCH ‘EM ALL - THE TOP STORYLINES THIS WEEK SERIES INFORMATION 29 ............... at USF ...................................................................L, 2-0 MMARCHARCH ► Michigan returns to Big Ten action this weekend, taking on Indiana Michigan leads, 69-27 CITRUS CLASSIC Indiana in a three-game series that marks U-M’s first conference 2 .................vs. No. 14 UCLA ..............................................W, 5-3 road series of the season. Last Five Meetings 2 .................vs. No. 19 Auburn ..........................................W, 4-0 3 .................vs. Syracuse (ESPN3.com) .............................L, 4-2 ► Michigan stayed at No. 20 in NFCA/USA Today poll and Date W/L Score H/A/N 3 ................. vs. Virginia.........................................................W, 7-1 4/29/09 W 7-1 H 4 ................. vs. Temple .........................................................W, 4-3 moved to No. 19 in the USA Softball/ESPN poll. U-M is the only 4/8/10 W 8-2 A ranked Big Ten team this week. 4/8/10 W 14-1 (5) A RED AND BLACK TOURNAMENT 4/2/11 W 2-1 H 10 ...............at No. 16 Louisville ..........................................L, 2-1 4/2/11 L 5-4 (8) H 10 ...............vs. Saint Louis ..................................................W, 6-3 ► Freshman LHP Haylie Wagner was named Big Ten Co-Pitcher 11 ...............vs. Illinois State .................................................L, 5-1 of the Week and freshman catcher Lauren Sweet was honored JUDI GARMIN CLASSIC as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week following last week’s action. 15 ...............vs. Notre Dame ...............................................W, 2-1 15 ...............vs. No. 7 Oklahoma .........................................L, 2-0 ► Michigan, Nebraska and Purdue are the only teams 16 ...............vs. No. 5 Arizona State ...................................L, 1-0 undefeated in Big Ten action after the first conference weekend. 17 ............... vs. Virginia................................................... canceled 17 ...............vs. No. 24 DePaul ..................................... canceled ► Indiana accounted for one of Michigan’s two Big Ten losses last season, a 5-4 eight-inning loss in an Ann Arbor. 21 ...........EASTERN MICHIGAN ...................W, 10-2 (5) 24 ...........PENN STATE* ................................W, 11-2 (5) 24 ...........PENN STATE* .....................................12-4 (6) ► Former Wolverine and volunteer assistant coach Becky Marx 25 ...........PENN STATE* .......................................W, 6-0 Keogh is in her first season as an assistant coach at Indiana. 28 ...........BOWLING GREEN .........................W, 12-2 (6) 31 ...............at Indiana* ........................................................1 p.m. ► This weekend’s series kicks off a six-game road swing for the 31 ...............at Indiana* ........................................................3 p.m. Wolverines. AAPRILPRIL ► The Maize and Blue has won its last five games, batting .455 as 1 .................at Indiana* ........................................................1 p.m. 6 .................at Ohio State* ..................................................5 p.m. a team and holding opponents to a .149 batting average. 7 .................at Ohio State* ..................................................2 p.m. 7 .................at Ohio State* ..................................................4 p.m. 10 ...........WESTERN MICHIGAN ..........................6 P.M. 14 ...............at Michigan State* .........................................1 p.m. 15 ...........MICHIGAN STATE* ...............................1 P.M. 15 ...........MICHIGAN STATE* ...............................3 P.M. 17 ...............at Central Michigan ......................................3 p.m. 21 ............... at Minnesota* ...............................................12 p.m. POSSIBLE WOLVERINE STARTERS 21 ...............at Minnesota* .................................................2 p.m. 22 ............... at Minnesota .................................................12 p.m. Pos. No., Player Evans 28 ...........ILLINOIS* ..............................................4 P.M. 1B #3 Amanda Chidester (R/R, 5-9, Sr.) 28 ...........ILLINOIS* ..............................................6 P.M. 2B #8 Ashley Lane (R/R, 5-4, Jr.) Sappingfi eld Doyle 29 ...........ILLINOIS* ..............................................2 P.M. SS #1 Amy Knapp (L/R, 5-8, Jr.) MMAYAY 3B #22 Stephanie Kirkpatrick (R/R, 5-5, Sr.) LF #15 Nicole Sappingfield (L/R, 5-9, So.) 1 .............EASTERN MICHIGAN ...........................7 P.M. Knapp Lane CF #5 Bree Evans (L/L, 5-8, Sr.) 5 ................. at Wisconsin* .................................................12 p.m. RF #11 Lyndsay Doyle (L/L, 5-4, So.) 5 ................. at Wisconsin* ...................................................2 p.m. Kirkpatrick Chidester 6 ................. at Wisconsin* .................................................12 p.m. C #25 Lauren Sweet (L/R, 5-5, Fr.) 11 ...........PURDUE* ..............................................7 P.M. 12 ...........PURDUE* ..............................................1 P.M. LHP #17 Haylie Wagner (R/L, 5-8, Fr.) 12 ...........PURDUE* ..............................................3 P.M. RHP #10 Sara Driesenga (R/R, 6-1, Fr.) RHP #21 Stephanie Speierman (R/R, 5-6, Jr.) 18-20 ........ NCAA Regional Sweet 25-26 ........NCAA Super Regionals May 31-June 6 ........NCAA Women’s College World Series * denotes Big Ten Conference game Home games in BOLD CAPS WOLVERINES ON THE WEB: Game recaps, statistics, notes, quotes and much more available on MGoBlue.com, All times are site times the official website of Michigan Athletics. PAGE 1 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 14 BIG TEN TITLES 9 WCWS APPEARANCES ZERO LOSING SEASONS IN 34 YEARS 220120 1 2 MICHIGAN ROSTER AND MEDIA INFORMATION 2012 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SOFTBALL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN NO NAME POS B/T HT. YR. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL NUMERICAL 1 Amy Knapp SS L-R 5-8 JR St. Joseph, Mich./Lakeshore 1. Amy Knapp, IF 2 Brandi Virgil OF R-R 5-4 SO Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek 2. .Brandi Virgil, OF 3 Amanda Chidester 1B/3B R-R 5-9 SR Allen Park, Mich./Cabrini 3. .Amanda Chidester, 3B 4 Taylor Hasselbach 1B/3B L-R 5-7 SO Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 4. .Taylor Hasselbach, 1B/3B 5 Bree Evans OF L-L 5-8 SR Bloomington, Calif./Rialto 5. Bree Evans, OF 8 Ashley Lane 2B R-R 5-4 JR Escondido, Calif./Escondido 8. .Ashley Lane, IF 10 Sara Driesenga RHP R-R 6-1 FR Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville 10. Sara Driesenga, RHP 11 Lyndsay Doyle OF L-L 5-4 SO Channahon, Ill./Minooka Community 11. Lyndsay Doyle, OF 12 Stephanie Kirkpatrick 3B R-R 5-5 SR Plainfi eld, Ill./Central 12. .Stephanie Kirkpatrick, SS 14 Hilary Payne LHP L-L 5-10 SR Plymouth, Mich./Canton 14. Hilary Payne, LHP 15 Nicole Sappingfi eld OF L-R 5-9 SO Norco, Calif./Norco 15. Nicole Sappingfield, OF 16 Katie Luetkens UT R-R 5-5 SO Batavia, Ill./Batavia 16. Katie Luetkens, UT 17 Haylie Wagner LHP R-L 6-0 FR Orange, Calif./El Modena 17. Haylie Wagner, LHP 18 Jaclyn Crummey OF R-R 5-5 JR Macomb, Mich./Dakota 18. Jaclyn Crummey, OF 19 Becca Garfi nkel C R-R 5-8 FR West Bloomfi eld, Mich./Andover 19. .Becca Garfinkel, C 20 Mandy Gardner 1B R-R 6-1 SO Laguna Niguel, Calif./Aliso Niguel 20. Mandy Gardner, 1B 21 Stephanie Speierman RHP R-R 5-6 JR Columbia, Md./Hammond 21. Stephanie Speierman, RHP 25 Lauren Sweet C/OF L-R 5-5 FR Corona, Calif./Santiago 25. .Lauren Sweet, C 44 Caitlin Blanchard C L-L 5-5 SO Petersburg, Mich./Summerfi eld 44. Caitlin Blanchard, C Head Coach: Carol Hutchins (28th season) BY CLASS Associate Head Coach: Bonnie Tholl (19th season) Seniors. 4 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: Jennifer Brundage (14th season) Juniors . 4 Volunteer Assistant: Nikki Nemitz (1st season) Sophomores