2021 Michigan Wolverines softball team

2021 Michigan Wolverines softball
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Seattle Regional
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record38–8 (36–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlumni Field
2021 Big Ten Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18  ‍†‍‍y 36 – 6   .857 38 – 8   .826
No. 23 Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 29 – 11   .725 31 – 13   .705
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 29 – 15   .659 30 – 17   .638
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 26 – 18   .591 26 – 18   .591
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 25 – 19   .568 25 – 19   .568
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 24 – 19   .558 24 – 19   .558
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 24 – 20   .545 24 – 20   .545
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 22 – 22   .500 22 – 22   .500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 18 – 22   .450 18 – 22   .450
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 19 – 25   .432 19 – 25   .432
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 18 – 26   .409 18 – 26   .409
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 26   .350 14 – 26   .350
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 8 – 36   .182 8 – 36   .182
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 34   .171 7 – 34   .171
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 23, 2021[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2021 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wolverines were led by head coach Carol Hutchins in her thirty-seventh season, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2020 season 15–8 overall, in a season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Preseason

Michigan was ranked No. 17 by NFCA/USA Today and ESPN.com/USA Softball, No. 18 by D1Softball, and No. 20 by Softball America in the preseason polls, the only Big Ten Conference team named in each poll.[3][4][5][6]

Roster

2021 Michigan Wolverines softball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year High school/junior college Home town
1 OF Thais Gonzalez L/R 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr St. Thomas Aquinas Boca Raton, FL
2 INF Keke Tholl R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Victor J. Andrew Tinley Park, IL
3 OF Lexie Blair L/L 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr West Orange Winter Garden, FL
4 RHP Chandler Dennis R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So North Gwinnett Suwanee, GA
5 INF Kaylee Rodriguez R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Doral Academy Miami, FL
7 INF Ryleigh Carricaburu R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Woodcrest Christian Riverside, CA
8 RHP Alex Storako L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lincoln-Way East Frankfort, IL
10 LHP Meghan Beaubien L/L 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Saint Mary Catholic Central Newport, MI
11 OF Lexi Voss R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Marist Palos Park, IL
12 LHP Lauren Esman L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Gull Lake Kalamazoo, MI
13 INF Taylor Bump R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Canterbury School of Florida St. Petersburg, FL
14 INF Lou Allan R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Oak Hills Hesperia, CA
16 C Jessica Garmen R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Detroit Country Day Waterford, MI
17 INF Sierra Kersten L/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Clarkston Clarkston, MI
18 RHP Sarah Schaefer R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Waukee West Des Moines, IA
20 INF Hannah Carson L/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Mount Pleasant Weidman, MI
21 INF Natalia Rodriguez S/R 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Montverde Academy Clermont, FL
22 INF Julia Jimenez R/R 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Etiwanda Fontana, CA
25 U Audrey Leclair L/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Phoenix Country Day Phoenix, AZ
32 OF Haley Hoogenraad R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Zeeland West Zeeland, MI
Head coach

Carol Hutchins (Michigan State)

Assistant coach(es)

Bonnie Tholl (Michigan)
Jennifer Brundage (UCLA)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

2021 Michigan Wolverines Softball Game Log
Regular season (36–6)
February (4–2)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site		 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record
February 26 vs. Purdue No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex
Leesburg, FL		 4–0 Beaubien (1–0) Bates (0–1) — 100 1–0 1–0
February 26 vs. Purdue No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 4–0 Storako (1–0) Henley (0–1) — 100 2–0 2–0
February 27 vs. Iowa No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 2–0 Beaubien (2–0) Doocy (0–1) — 0 3–0 3–0
February 27 vs. Iowa No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 6–5 Storako (2–0) Loecker (0–1) — 0 4–0 4–0
February 28 vs. Illinois No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 1–2 Sickels (2–1) Beaubien (2–1) — 0 4–1 4–1
February 28 vs. Illinois No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 1–2 Jarvis (3–0) Storako (2–1) Sickels (1) 0 4–2 4–2
March (9–1)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site		 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record
March 11 vs. Nebraska No. 23 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 2–1 (8) Beaubien (3–1) Ferrell (1–4) — 86 5–2 5–2
March 11 vs. Nebraska No. 23 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 2–0 Storako (3–1) Wallace (2–1) — 74 6–2 6–2
March 12 vs. Nebraska No. 23 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 4–5 (8) Wallace (3–1) Storako (3–2) — 74 6–3 6–3
March 13 vs. Wisconsin No. 23 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 8–0 (5) Storako (4–2) Schwartz (2–3) — 66 7–3 7–3
March 13 vs. Wisconsin No. 23 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 3–0 Storako (5–2) Schwartz (2–4) — 66 8–3 8–3
March 14 vs. Wisconsin No. 23 Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex 2–1 Storako (6–2) Hestekin (2–1) — 59 9–3 9–3
March 26 at Indiana No. 25 Andy Mohr Field
Bloomington, IN		 7–1 Beaubien (4–1) Goodin (3–3) — 98 10–3 10–3
March 27 at Indiana No. 25 Andy Mohr Field 3–1 (9) Storako (7–2) Goodin (3–4) — 103 11–3 11–3
March 27 at Indiana No. 25 Andy Mohr Field 8–1 Beaubien (5–1) Goodin (3–5) — 103 12–3 12–3
March 28 at Indiana No. 25 Andy Mohr Field 4–0 Storako (8–2) Goodin (3–6) — 56 13–3 13–3
April (12–2)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site		 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record
April 2 Michigan State No. 23 Alumni Field
Ann Arbor, MI		 Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols[7]
April 3 Michigan State No. 23 Alumni Field Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols
April 3 Michigan State No. 23 Alumni Field Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols
April 4 Michigan State No. 23 Alumni Field Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols
April 9 at Ohio State No. 23 Buckeye Field
Columbus, OH		 7–0 Beaubien (6–1) Buresch (5–2) — 150 14–3 14–3
April 10 at Ohio State No. 23 Buckeye Field 3–1 Storako (9–2) Smith (7–6) — 177 15–3 15–3
April 10 at Ohio State No. 23 Buckeye Field 2–3 Buresch (6–2) Beaubien (6–2) — 164 15–4 15–4
April 11 at Ohio State No. 23 Buckeye Field 11–0 Storako (10–2) Smith (7–7) — 151 16–4 16–4
April 14 Michigan State No. 22 Alumni Field 6–1 Storako (11–2) Ladd (2–6) — 93 17–4 17–4
April 16 Maryland No. 22 Alumni Field 4–2 Beaubien (7–2) Brann (3–5) — 96 18–4 18–4
April 17 Maryland No. 22 Alumni Field 2–0 Storako (12–2) Wyche (2–4) — 138 19–4 19–4
April 17 Maryland No. 22 Alumni Field 5–1 Beaubien (8–2) Ellefson (1–2) — 138 20–4 20–4
April 18 Maryland No. 22 Alumni Field 8–0 (5) Storako (13–2) Wyche (2–5) — 123 21–4 21–4
April 23 Northwestern No. 20 Alumni Field 1–4 Williams (13–2) Beaubien (8–3) — 192 21–5 21–5
April 24 Northwestern No. 20 Alumni Field 7–2 Storako (14–2) Boyd (3–2) — 181 22–5 22–5
April 24 Northwestern No. 20 Alumni Field 6–3 Beaubien (9–3) Williams (13–3) — 181 23–5 23–5
April 25 Northwestern No. 20 Alumni Field 2–0 Storako (15–2) Newport (4–3) — 164 24–5 24–5
April 30 at Penn State No. 19 Beard Field
State College, PA		 7–1 Beaubien (10–3) Parshall (1–13) — 118 25–5 25–5
May (11–1)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site		 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record
May 1 at Penn State No. 19 Beard Field 10–0 (6) Storako (16–2) Lingenfelter (1–8) — 166 26–5 26–5
May 1 at Penn State No. 19 Beard Field 12–2 (6) Beaubien (11–3) Oatley (3–3) — 166 27–5 27–5
May 2 at Penn State No. 19 Beard Field 5–3 Storako (17–2) Parshall (1–14) Beaubien (3) 155 28–5 28–5
May 5 at Michigan State No. 19 Secchia Stadium
East Lansing, MI		 1–0 (9) Storako (18–2) Miller (6–7) — 0 29–5 29–5
May 7 at No. 23 Minnesota No. 19 Jane Sage Cowles Stadium
Minneapolis, MN		 3–0 Beaubien (12–3) Fiser (12–5) Storako (1) 0 30–5 30–5
May 8 at No. 23 Minnesota No. 19 Jane Sage Cowles Stadium 10–4 Storako (19–2) Fiser (12–7) — 0 31–5 31–5
May 8 at No. 23 Minnesota No. 19 Jane Sage Cowles Stadium 3–1 Beaubien (13–3) Pease (11–2) — 0 32–5 32–5
May 9 at No. 23 Minnesota No. 19 Jane Sage Cowles Stadium 3–7 Fiser (13–7) Storako (19–3) — 0 32–6 32–6
May 14 Rutgers No. 18 Alumni Field 3–0 Beaubien (14–3) Hitchcock (5–15) — 207 33–6 33–6
May 15 Rutgers No. 18 Alumni Field 13–0 (5) Storako (20–3) Vickers (0–4) — 143 34–6 34–6
May 15 Rutgers No. 18 Alumni Field 11–0 (5) Beaubien (15–3) Hitchcock (5–16) — 143 35–6 35–6
May 16 Rutgers No. 18 Alumni Field 2–1 Storako (21–3) Hitchcock (5–17) — 140 36–6 36–6
Postseason (2–2)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site		 Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record
May 21 Seattle No. 20 Husky Softball Stadium
Seattle, WA		 2–0 Beaubien (16–3) Nance (10–6) — 250 37–6 1–0
May 22 No. 6 Washington (16) No. 20 Husky Softball Stadium 2–1 Storako (22–3) Plain (30–3) — 250 38–6 2–0
May 23 No. 6 Washington (16) No. 20 Husky Softball Stadium 0–2 Plain (31–3) Beaubien (16–4) — 200 38–7 2–1
May 23 No. 6 Washington (16) No. 20 Husky Softball Stadium 5–10 Plain (32–3) Beaubien (16–5) — 200 38–8 2–2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Wolverines team member
  • Reference:[8][9]
  • Rankings from NFCA.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I softball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
NFCA / USA Today17171721232525232322201919182019
Softball America2020202525———2325252522212118
ESPN.com/USA Softball1717172225RVRVRV2422202019192020
D1Softball1821202122—————222121181820

Awards and honors

References

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