MICHIGAN SOFTBALL: REGIONAL CHAMPS
The game is at 1pm on ESPN2.
This year has been really exciting for the underdogs. There have been many seeded teams that have lost games.
#1 Cali lost to Arkansas. They play for the Regional Championship today.
#5 Florida lost to South Florida, in the final game. Florida dismissed their 3 top players for a racial incident against a black teammate. I applaud Coach Walton for doing the right thing here. He knew his team would be weaker. He could has kept this all quiet until the tournament was over but he didnt. Too bad marky mark didnt do the same thing with Chris L. Rucker. marky mark was in the hunt for a B1G Title and possible NC. marky mark is a loser.
#7 Tennessee lost to Virginia Tech. They play for the Regional Championship today.
#6 Texas lost to Northwestern. They play for the Regional Championship today.
#8 Texas A&M lost to LSU. They play for the Regional Championship today.
And the most shocking is #12 UCLA is OUT. They lost to my sleeper pick Hofstra and SD State. UCLA was playing at home too. Yikes. Hofstra and SDSU play for the Championship.
My other sleeper pick; La-Layafette is 2-0 and should win their Regional today.
BTW: #11 Oregon won their Regional last night. Wonder why they played early? They had BYU in their Regional and BYU does not play on Sundays.
All right. Three outs and we can say goodnight.
"goodnight" to me.
right now.
This is not good
we got this $hit.
2 more outs to go
You think it'd be distracting for the batters when their teammates scream at them.
The last out is the hardest one to get.
Or not...
Say goodnight.
Great win! On our way to tuscaloosa
Great team effort. Huge upset.
so how many teams are left now?
16. 8 2-team Super-Regionals, best of three, winners advance to the WCWS.
bring on Traina. We can beat her too.
MGoSoftball, for those of us far less in the know than you, can we get a mid-week report on what to expect against Alabama so we know what to pay attention to when we watch and so we know how to intelligently brag. Sadly, my knowledge of this team comes up short after the names Chidester, Evans, and Lane.
time watching Bama game film and give a mid-week report to the group.
I've never watched NCAA softball before this weekend, but now I'm hooked.
That was me a couple years ago. If you live near Ann Arbor or travel there in the spring-time, be sure to catch a UM home game sometime. Tickets are cheap and all the seats, even the outfield bleachers, have a great view. I went to a super-regional a couple years ago (season-ending loss to Tennessee) and the last weekend of games this year (3 Ws, sealed the B10 title), and have had a blast every time, including the loss. Saw Brady Hoke and Taylor Lewan there, too! This is one of the great things about an athletic department likes ours - someone's always winning!
Now we play a best of 3 series with 'Bama next weekend, right?
Nice work ladies!!!
So if South Alabama wins the regional are we home or away?
Away if Bama wins.
If South Alabama wins, we are home. They are a 3-seed, we were a 2-seed.
Obviously this is not likely...
Michigan Man stuck in Great Bend, KS for the weekend. Was awesome to be able to watch this game, as well as yesterday's.
Michigan Softball! HAIL!
2012 NCAA Louisville Regional Champions.
This is Michigan's 15th Regional/Super Regional championship.
Hopefully the ladies can bump that number up to 16 next weekend.
Really loving what I see out there, with that great defense. Keep playing like that and only good things will happen.
GO BLUE!
alabama just won.
So Michigan will play at alabama next weekend in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional.
The game dates are Friday, 5/25 and Saturday, 5/26. The series will be a best 2 of 3. There will be game 3 following game 2 on Saturday in doubleheader if necessary.
I think Michigan can pull it off. Do it ladies!
GO BLUE!
I'm not sure they have announced the dates yet. There will be 2 super-regionals on Thursday & Friday, 3 on Friday & Saturday and 3 on Saturday & Sunday. I think they will let all of the regionals finish (and consult with ESPN) before they decide which regionals will be in which time slots.
MGoBlue says Friday and Saturday.
Rolltide says the dates will be announced once the field is set:
http://www.rolltide.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/052012aaa.html
I'm hoping for Saturday-Sunday, but Friday-Saturday could work as well.
BLUE!
anyone have the full games of the regiona? youtube or torrent?
Anyone watching Notre Dame-Arizona? ND just got screwed on an interference call, IMO.
Do it again next weekend.
Great defense. Keep it going!!
GO BLUE!!
The girls had 3 double plays today. Double plays are rare in softball, one is impressive, but 3 is extremely impressive. The girls fielding prevented the Cards from making it a game today.
Assuming Cal holds on to their 6-0 lead over Arkansas, we have our Super-regional matchups:
#16 Washington at #1 California
Louisiana State at #9 Missouri
Hofstra at South Florida
#13 Arizona at #4 Oklahoma
#14 Louisiana-Lafayette at #3 Arizona State
#11 Oregon at #6 Texas
#10 Georgia at #7 Tennessee
Michigan at #2 Alabama
They announce the times and dates tomorrow morning.
They have announced the super-regional schedule.
Game 1: Thursday 8:00 (ESPN2)
Game 2: Friday 4:30 (ESPNU)
Game 3: Friday 7:00 (ESPN), if necessary