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Michigan Softball

February 14, 2013

Terra Molengraff/Daily

Wolverines head back to Florida for FAU Kickoff Classic

BY ERIN LENNON

By the time the weekend is over, the No. 14 Michigan softball team will have made two trips to Florida, logged 18 hours of flight time, taken on eight opponents and played in three doubleheaders in just nine days. Fresh off a 3-1 record during the first weekend of competition of the season, the Wolverines return to the Sunshine State this weekend.

February 13, 2013

Terra Molengraff/Daily

Young stars filling key roles for Wolverines

BY ALEJANDRO ZúñIGA

As one of eight sophomores on the preseason watch list for USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year, pitcher Haylie Wagner was nowhere to be found when the No. 14 Michigan softball team opened its season in Florida last weekend. Instead, sophomore Sara Driesenga took to the circle for the Wolverines (3-1), which may have found another ace for their rotation.

February 10, 2013

Terra Molengraff/Daily

Michigan goes 3-1 to begin season

BY SIMON KAUFMAN

A grand slam and a combined one-hitter in Michigan’s game against Florida Atlantic showcased what this year’s women’s softball team can be — explosive. The 15th-ranked Wolverines kicked off their season by going 3-1 at the USF Tournament in Tampa, Fla. this weekend, where they faced four different opponents.

February 06, 2013

Terra Molengraff/Daily

Softball to open season at USF Tournament

BY ERIN LENNON

After weeks of practice inside Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, the No. 15 Michigan softball team will finally take to the field this weekend in sunny Florida at the USF Tournament.

December 10, 2012

Big Ten Expansion

Sidney Krandall/Daily

Big Ten Expansion: Softball

BY THEO DUBIN

The additions of Rutgers and Maryland softball to the Big Ten in 2014 will bring one strong and one weak program to the conference.
For each, the move out of the relatively weaker Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference into the much stronger Big Ten will mean a more challenging schedule, as well as more travel, for both teams.

November 07, 2012

Erin Kirkland/Daily

Hutchins inks five-year contract extension through 2017

BY COLLEEN THOMAS

Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins signed a five-year contract extension on Wednesday that will keep her at the helm of the softball program through 2017. Hutchins has been a part of the Wolverine softball staff since 1983 and became the head coach in 1985.

October 04, 2012

Erin Kirkland/Daily

Michigan steals game in National Team’s ‘Back to School’ tour

BY COLLEEN THOMAS

In its first home game since this spring’s Big Ten title-clinching series against Purdue, the Michigan softball team returned to form in an exhibition game against the National Pro Fastpitch All-Star team Thursday night.

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