2022 Michigan Wolverines softball team explained

Sport:	softball
Year:	2022
Team:	Michigan Wolverines
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	38–18
Conf Record:	14–8
Head Coach:	Carol Hutchins
Hc Year:	38th
Asst Coach1:	Bonnie Tholl
Ac1 Year:	29th
Asst Coach2:	Jennifer Brundage
Ac2 Year:	24th
Stadium:	Alumni Field

The 2022 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wolverines, were led by head coach Carol Hutchins in her thirty-eighth season, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2021 season 38–8 overall, and 36–6 in the Big Ten, finishing in first place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament after winning the Big Ten Conference regular season championship and were defeated in the Regional Final by Washington.^[1]

Schedule and results

2022 Michigan Wolverines softball game log
Regular season (34–15)
February (9–5) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record February 11 vs. Kansas City USF Tournament No. 16 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 6–0 Beaubien (1–0) Hoveland (0–1) — — 1–0 — February 11 vs. Illinois State USF Tournament No. 16 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 4–1 Storako (1–0) Fox (0–2) — — 2–0 — February 12 vs. No. 6 Florida USF Tournament No. 16 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 0–4 Delbrey (1–0) Beaubien (1–1) — — 2–1 — February 12 at South Florida USF Tournament No. 16 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 1–4 Corrick (2–0) Derkowski (0–1) — — 2–2 — February 13 vs. Kansas City USF Tournament No. 16 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 2–0 Storako (2–0) Stout (0–1) — — 3–2 — February 18 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational No. 19 Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, FL 0–4 Maxwell (3–0) Beaubien (1–2) — 785 3–3 — February 18 vs. No. 24 UCF St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational No. 19 Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, FL 6–0 Storako (3–0) Felton (1–1) — 785 4–3 — February 19 vs. No. 5 Florida State St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational No. 19 Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, FL 1–2 Watson (4–0) Derkowski (0–2) Sandercock (1) — 4–4 — February 19 vs. No. 21 LSU St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational No. 19 Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, FL 6–1 Storako (4–0) Wickersham (0–3) — — 5–4 — February 24 vs. Army Duke Invitational No. 19 Duke Softball Stadium Durham, NC Cancelled^[2] February 25 vs. Northern Kentucky Duke Invitational No. 19 Duke Softball Stadium Durham, NC 3–0 Storako (5–0) Flores (2–2) — — 6–4 — February 25 vs. No. 13 Duke Duke Invitational No. 19 Duke Softball Stadium Durham, NC 3–2 Storako (6–0) St. George (2–1) Beaubien (1) — 7–4 — February 26 vs. No. 13 Duke Duke Invitational No. 19 Duke Softball Stadium Durham, NC 1–6 St. George (3–1) Beaubien (1–3) — 610 7–5 — February 26 vs. Northern Kentucky Duke Invitational No. 19 Duke Softball Stadium Durham, NC 14–1 Storako (7–0) Hicks (2–2) — 610 8–5 — February 28 No. 19 Hunt Softball Park Elon, NC 11–3 ^(5) Storako (8–0) Cherry (2–2) — 111 9–5 —
March (10–4) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record March 1 No. 19 Williams Field at Anderson Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 8–0 ^(5) Beaubien (2–3) Backes (2–4) — 411 10–5 — March 3 at No. 10 Kentucky Kentucky Tournament No. 19 John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY 8–0 Storako (9–0) Schoonover (3–1) — 938 11–5 — March 4 vs. Kent State Kentucky Tournament No. 19 John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY 13–0 ^(5) Widra (1–0) Ringler (2–1) — 123 12–5 — March 4 at No. 10 Kentucky Kentucky Tournament No. 19 John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY 2–9 Stoddard (3–1) Beaubien (2–4) — 1,592 12–6 — March 5 vs. Drake Kentucky Tournament No. 19 John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY 1–0 ^(8) Storako (10–0) Timmons (2–4) — 231 13–6 — March 10 Kent State No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 11–1 ^(5) Storako (11–0) LeBeau (3–4) — — 14–6 — March 10 Kent State No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 4–3 Storako (12–0) Scali (0–4) — 1,018 15–6 — March 13 Kent State No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI Cancelled^[3] March 15 No. 21 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 8–0 ^(5) Beaubien (3–4) Knight (3–4) — 383 16–6 — March 16 No. 21 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 6–0 Storako (13–0) Campbell (7–4) — 963 17–6 — March 22 No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 9–1 ^(6) Beaubien (4–4) Bajusz (4–6) — 817 18–6 — March 23 No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 3–7 Vierstra (3–6) Storako (13–1) — 861 18–7 — March 25 No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 2–3 Ferrell (11–4) Storako (13–2) Wallace (2) 1,011 18–8 0–1 March 25 Nebraska No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 4–7 Wallace (10–4) Derkowski (0–3) — 1,011 18–9 0–2 March 26 Nebraska No. 19 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI Cancelled^[4] March 29 No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 3–0 Storako (14–2) Gottshall (9–6) — 988 19–9 0–2
April (11–6) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record April 1 No. 23 Sharon J. Drysdale Field Evanston, IL 3–4 ^(9) Williams (14–1) Storako (14–3) — 521 19–10 0–3 April 2 at No. 9 Northwestern No. 23 Sharon J. Drysdale Field Evanston, IL Suspended (inclement weather). Continuation held on April 3. April 3 at No. 9 Northwestern No. 23 Sharon J. Drysdale Field Evanston, IL 4–6 Boyd (4–1) Storako (14–4) Williams (6) 815 19–11 0–4 April 3 at No. 9 Northwestern No. 23 Sharon J. Drysdale Field Evanston, IL 8–3 Beaubien (5–4) Williams (14–2) Derkowski (1) 1,000 20–11 1–4 April 6 No. 22 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 6–1 Storako (15–4) Miller (10–9) — 1,885 21–11 2–4 April 8 No. 22 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 8–0 ^(5) Storako (16–4) Parshall (13–5) — 1,057 22–11 3–4 April 9 Penn State No. 22 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 2–1 Storako (17–4) Parshall (13–6) — 1,605 23–11 4–4 April 10 Penn State No. 22 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 2–3 Parshall (14–6) Storako (17–5) — 2,063 23–12 4–5 April 12 No. 22 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 5–1 Derkowski (1–3) Bean (4–8) Widra (1) 1,081 24–12 — April 14 No. 22 Maryland Softball Stadium College Park, MD 1–5 Schlotterbeck (10–10) Storako (17–6) — 532 24–13 4–6 April 15 at Maryland No. 22 Maryland Softball Stadium College Park, MD 5–3 ^(8) Beaubien (6–4) Wyche (8–5) — 693 25–13 5–6 April 16 at Maryland No. 22 Maryland Softball Stadium College Park, MD 9–2 Beaubien (7–4) Ellefson (3–2) — 614 26–13 6–6 April 19 at Michigan State No. 23 Secchia Stadium East Lansing, MI 3–2 Storako (18–6) Miller (11–14) — 1,040 27–13 7–6 April 22 No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 2–6 Handley (16–6) Storako (18–7) — 1,617 27–14 7–7 April 23 Ohio State No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 4–3 Beaubien (8–4) Smith (7–3) — 2,366 28–14 8–7 April 24 Ohio State No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 5–4 Storako (19–7) Smith (7–4) — 2,372 29–14 9–7 April 29 No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 2–3 Leavitt (11–9) Beaubien (8–5) Pease (4) 1,730 29–15 9–8 April 30 Minnesota No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 1–0 Storako (20–7) Pease (10–11) — 1,921 30–15 10–8
May (4–0) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record May 1 Minnesota No. 23 Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI 8–4 Storako (21–7) Pease (10–12) Beaubien (2) 2,383 31–15 11–8 May 6 No. 23 Goodman Softball Complex Madison, WI 10–2 Derkowski (2–3) Schwartz (22–8) Widra (2) 542 32–15 12–8 May 7 at Wisconsin No. 23 Goodman Softball Complex Madison, WI 6–1 Storako (22–7) Schwartz (22–9) — 1,273 33–15 13–8 May 8 at Wisconsin No. 23 Goodman Softball Complex Madison, WI 13–9 Derkowski (3–3) Schwartz (22–10) — 814 34–15 14–8
Post-season (4–3)
(2–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1GT record May 12 Maryland No. 23 Secchia Stadium 7–0 Storako (23–7) — 2,014 35–15 1–0 May 13 No. 11 Northwestern No. 23 Secchia Stadium 2–1 Widra (2–0) Williams (26–4) — — 36–15 2–0 May 14 Nebraska No. 23 Secchia Stadium 1–3 ^(8) Wallace (17–6) Storako (23–8) — — 36–16 2–1 (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 20 No. 24 UCF Softball Complex Orlando, FL 2–1 Storako (24–8) Glanzer (20–6) Beaubien (3) — 37–16 1–0 May 21 No. 18 UCF No. 24 UCF Softball Complex 2–3 ^(11) Woodall (18–4) Beaubien (8–6) — — 37–17 1–1 May 22 South Dakota State No. 24 UCF Softball Complex 4–1 Storako (25–8) Glanzer (20–7) — — 38–17 2–1 May 22 No. 18 UCF No. 24 UCF Softball Complex 4–9 Mancha (23–3) Beaubien (8–7) — — 38–18 2–1

Notes:

• The April 2 game at Northwestern was suspended due to snow in the top of the third inning with the game still scoreless. It was completed on April 3 prior to the regularly scheduled game that afternoon.^[5]

Rankings

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I softball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michigan Sacrifices Early Lead in NCAA Regional Finale, Swept by No. 6 Washington . MGoBlue.com . Leah . Howard . May 23, 2021 . November 19, 2021.
2. Web site: Michigan's Duke Invitational Opener Against Army Scrapped by Travel Delays . . MGoBlue.com . Leah . Howard . February 24, 2022 . February 24, 2022.
3. Web site: Weather Wipes Out Wolverines' Series Finale against Kent State . . MGoBlue.com . Leah . Howard . March 13, 2022 . March 13, 2022.
4. Web site: Weather Forces Cancelation of Nebraska Series Finale . . MGoBlue.com . Leah . Howard . March 26, 2022 . March 26, 2022.
5. Web site: Weather Suspends Game Two of Northwestern Series; Play to Resume Sunday . . MGoBlue.com . Leah . Howard . April 2, 2022 . April 2, 2022.