Softball Shuts Out PSU in Big Ten Lid-lifter
Megan Betsa continued her stellar play in Michigan softball's Big Ten opener at Alumni Field today, weed-whacking her way through the Nittany Lions line-up to the tune of 14 Ks, while allowing only 3 hits and 1 walk, all of which came in separate innings. An error in the 2nd allowed Penn State to briefly threaten, but Betsa came back with a K to slam the door.
The offensive struggles, unfortunately, continued in the early going, as the Wolverines were unable to put anything together in the first 4 innings. Courtney Richardson broke the deadlock in the 5th with her 2nd home run of the year. After a Natalie Peters hit and a wild-pitch, a bad-hop-single off the bat of Faith Canfield put the Maize & Blue up 2-0. The Wolverines added one more the 6th, and that was more than enough for the senior ace to cruise home in the 7th.
Michigan takes their first game of league play 3-0. They'll face Penn State twice more this weekend, on Saturday at 2 PM and on Sunday at 1 PM. You may want to keep an eye on the Minnesota/Nebraska series as well, which will start in just a few minutes.
14Ks by Betsa.
She's a machine right now. And Blanco is getting hers as well. I'm very comfortable with Blanco pitching.
The offense just has to going, but if you think about it, this is how it is when you don't have a legend on the roster.
We've been so spoiled by how we've come out and just stuck a knife in the throat of opponents these last 4 years. Th
Just gotta find that go-to home run threat.
PSU lost...an angel got their wings today thanks Michigan Softball!
Minnesota beat Nebraska 16-0 today.
March 24th, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^
Nebraska is horrendous this season.
They started off 0-10 and are 8-18 right now.
I keep forgetting that they are so down - probably because we don't play them that often, and my memories of them are facing them in the Big Ten Tournament final & a tough road series in Lincoln a few years back.
Indiana swept Rutgers yesterday, 9-2 and 23-2.
I don't think there were really any unexpected results yesterday--Minnesota is the class of the conference, Wisconsin & Michigan are next and the 3rd tier are Ohio State & Illinois. All five of them won their openers.
Minnesota at Illinois next weekend will be the first matchup between any top teams in conference.
Wow, 23-2 ... against Indiana? IU has lost to teams like Samford & Illinois-Chicago - not exactly a powerhouse.