US EditionMichigan shuts out No. 9 UCLA to win second straight Big Ten Tournament title
- The Michigan Wolverines won their second consecutive Big Ten Tournament title with a 2-0 victory over ninth-ranked UCLA on Saturday in West Lafayette, Indiana.
- Michigan, seeded eighth, secured its spot in the postseason amid uncertainty about NCAA Tournament qualification, while UCLA, ranked second, competed in its first Big Ten season after transitioning from the Pac-12.
- Michigan reached the final by defeating Oregon 5-0 and tournament host Purdue 4-2, while UCLA advanced after a 4-2 semifinal win against third-seeded Nebraska.
- Pitchers Lauren Derkowski and Erin Hoehn together limited the opposing team to just three hits, with Hoehn striking out all six batters she faced, while Jenissa Conway contributed by driving in the game’s first run during a rally in the sixth inning that produced two runs.
- Michigan’s win secured an automatic NCAA Tournament berth, with Derkowski saying the victory proved the team's ability to compete at a high level.
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Michigan beats UCLA 2-0, completing improbable run to second straight Big Ten softball championship
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jenissa Conway drove in the first run with a double in the top of the sixth inning and Lauren Derkowski and Erin Hoehn combined on a three-hitter as the eighth-seeded Michigan Wolverines completed an improbable…
No. 8 seed Michigan leans on pitching to win second consecutive Big Ten Tournament, 2-0, over No. 2 seed UCLA
WEST LAFAYETTE — The No. 8 seed Michigan softball team had been here before. The Wolverines had won 22 Big Ten regular season championships and 11 conference tournaments in their program’s storied history — the most recent of which came in the form of a Tournament championship last year. But this time, it felt different. Because Michigan hadn’t just won its 12th Big Ten Tournament, it had done so against No. 2-seeded UCLA — the gold standard of…
Michigan Defeats UCLA to Repeat as B1G Tournament Champion - University of Michigan Athletics
The University of Michigan softball team captured its second straight Big Ten Conference Tournament title with a hard-fought 2-0 win over No. 9 UCLA on Saturday afternoon (May 10) at Purdue's Bittinger Stadium. With the tournament win -- 12th in program history -- the Wolverines also secured the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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