Michigan softball advances to Big Ten championship with 4-2 victory

'Iron woman': Lilly Vallimont's fortitude crucial to Michigan victory over No. 12 seed Purdue

WEST LAFAYETTE — At the bottom of the third inning of the No. 8 seed Michigan softball team’s Big Ten Tournament semifinal against No. 12-seeded Purdue, redshirt sophomore Lilly Vallimont stepped to the plate. And on the very first ball of the at-bat, she swung and missed.  But on the very next ball, Vallimont struck the ball high over left field. It wasn’t a particularly powerful hit, but it hung in the air just long enough to dip over the wall…

Michigan softball advances to Big Ten championship with 4-2 victory

Lilly Vallimont hit a three-run home run to help lift the Wolverines over Purdue in Friday's semifinal.

Wolverines Battle Past Host Purdue to Return to B1G Championship Game - University of Michigan Athletics

The University of Michigan softball team put up four runs in the third inning and held off a late rally en route to a 4-2 win over host Purdue in the Big Ten Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday night (May 9) at the Boilermakers' Bittinger Stadium.