Softball: Bree Evans Feature
Can't wait to get me some softball regional action. And super-regionals. Gonna be a fun, fun spring for Mich softball.
And hopefully super regionals. I was hoping to make it to the WCWS this year to see Michigan win it all. It probably won't happen unless they go to game 3 in the championship round as I've got plane tickets to see the girlfriend for a week. I'll make it back to DFW after Game 2 of the championship round is completed. If it goes to game 3, I'll probably make the 5 hour drive up there.
Go get em Bree and company!
...on Bree. She's quite a tough cookie. I loved the play where she turned what looked like a single into four bases and a run. Also loved the confidence about getting to the WCWS and beating UDub.
Go Bree, Go Softball and Go Blue!
That was a great feature, and it's easy to see that Bree is just as great a person as she is a softball player. I remember when that terrible injury happened (back in the fall), my brother was at the game and called me in an absolute state of shock and emptiness. I couldn't be happier to see her back on the field and leading it off again for the Maize & Blue. IIRC, she had a real nice game against NU back on the 17th when I was in attendance.
Go Blue!!
...to Amanda Chidester and Nikki Nemitz:
For the third time this season, the No. 2-ranked University of Michigan softball team swept the Big Ten Conference weekly awards, the league office announced on Monday (May 10). Sophomore second baseman Amanda Chidester (Allen Park, Mich./Cabrini HS) was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time this season, while senior LHP Nikki Nemitz (St. Clair Shores, Mich./Regina HS) garnered her eighth career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week accolade. The duo helped Michigan to four wins over in-state rivals last week.
Congratulations to both players.
This has just been a fun team to watch, and an incredible season. What a resilient player Bree is; we're going to need her tenacity if we want a deep WCWS run.
This team just enjoys playing together. Go Blue!