Softball up big on SJSU, to face Baylor later today
After two heartbreakers yesterday, softball is right back at it today at the Judi Gaman Classic. Sierra Romero is leading the way, as usual, with two HRs, good for 5 RBI. Michigan leads 7-0 after 4 innings. Romero is now batting nearly .550 on the season with 9 HRs, and and OBP that I think has now crossed (or is just short of) .700.
Big matchup against #9 Baylor later today, which represents Michigan's last chance to impress against a ranked team in the non-conference schedule.
And of course as soon as I post this, SJSU gets on the board. :p
well today. She has really earned her stipes this year.
Absolutely. She's giving me a lot more confidence both going forward this year, and also for next year, when she'll have to be the straight-up ace most likely. Her performance yesterday was really strong as well - 7 scoreless against a good ASU team should have been enough.
not working on my macbook, anyone else getting it?
It is run by CBS so my guess is that no one is working the early games.
No luck with Gametracker, but the @umichsoftball account live-tweets all the games, so that's how I've been following. Blanco just hit an RBI-single to give Michigan the 9-1 advantage & a walk-off run-rule W. Now we wait 'til later for the Baylor game.
Right now, Florida is playing Arizona on field 1 and Michigan is playing on field 2. My guess is that only field 1 has gametracker access.
As much as it frustrates me, I guess we've all gotta be Florida fans now until we hopefully get another shot at them at the WCWS. If we can keep our losses down, and they're one of the few we lose to, that looks good for us. Same with FSU, Bama, and ASU - gotta hope those wins retain their quality over the course of the season.
has been Tera Blanco. She came into this year as a highly-touted Freshman. Coach Hutch expected big things from her. However, no one could have predicted that she would catch fire like she did.
and grab another top 10 win..(Fingers crossed) yesterday will be a blip on the radar moving forward..I think so far its pretty clear that Florida and Michigan are the two best teams in the country with Oregon nipping at the heels for #3....I wont jinx us but I think we are going to have a phenomenal rest of the season..Our extremely Difficult Non-conference schedule will give us a very strong RPI..we are 6-0 on the road against top 25 teams..0-3 neutral site against top 25 with possibility of picking up a win against #9 Baylor tonight...that would make us 7-3 against ranked opponents....we could improve that if Minny stays ranked later on in season...All in all a GREAT start..we had Florida on the ropes TWICE and if we face them at the World Series that will only help motivate this team later on...Baylor is a VERY important game tonight!..
GO BLUE..BEAT BAYLOR
Despite the disappointment yesterday, a win tonight would be the cherry on top of a very successful non-conference season. Sweeping FSU in Tallahassee and Bama in Tuscaloosa will look great at the end of the year, and they've been able to avoid a major upset. Losing to ASU was not so good, but at least they're a traditional power with a lot of talent.
Win against Baylor and this team is still in great position for a top eight seed. They'll almost certainly need to win the Big Ten outright, but I'd be shocked if they didn't.
Great win, now beat Baylor.
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