Softball injury update

Carol Hutchins appeared on the Inside Michigan Sports Radio Show recently and made some public statements regardings the injury situations on the team that some of us have been concerned about.  Senior pitcher Sara Driesenga has been out since the Alabama series with what Hutchins described as a "naggy minor injury", but she said she was hoping to get her back in the next "week or so".  Lauren Sweet, meanwhile, suffered a sprained ankle againt Kent State.  She is back on her feet, though, and is expected back "shortly".  Any issues with other players Hutch wrote off as just "bumps and bruises, aches and pains" - standard things that come up in any season.

It's a relief to hear the good news on both fronts, especially for Lauren Sweet.  Sweet has been having a fantastic senior season, and went down on a nasty-looking slide into home.  I was afraid it was a knee injury or something long-term like that looking at the video, so it's good to hear it's not something that huge, and that she's on the mend.  For us to go deep in the tournament, having her & Driesenga back at full speed will be big.