Michigan Softball
Taylor finds inspiration playing for Team USA
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BY STEVEN BRAID
After playing for Michigan, softball pitcher Jordan Taylor knows what it feels like to compete with pride and to represent the name on the front of the jersey.
Ex-Wolverine ace Taylor leads USA softball to World Cup title
- Sarah Squire/Daily
BY STEVEN BRAID
Jordan Taylor voices over and over again that she doesn’t get nervous, no matter the magnitude of the game or the talent sitting in the opposing dugout.
On softball: 'M' lacks key elements to compete with nation's best
BY MATT SLOVIN
The Michigan softball team fooled me. I had expectations of how the postseason would go, and I would be remiss if I didn't say a trip to the Women's College World Series was the ending in mind.
Wolverines drop 2-1 thriller to Kentucky in NCAA Regional final
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BY EMILY BONCHI
It was the ending that no one saw coming for the No. 2 Michigan softball team. With the bases loaded and only one out in the bottom of the seventh inning for Kentucky, it seemed simultaneously inevitable and impossible.
• ANALYSIS: Despite record-setting weekend, Taylor's career ends in heartbreak
• LIVE BLOG RECAP: Michigan softball battles Kentucky for Super Regionals Bid
Michigan edges Notre Dame behind sixth-inning rally to advance in NCAA Regional
- Sarah Squire/Daily
BY EMILY BONCHI
Trailing 8-3 with just six outs left on offense, the second-ranked Wolverines’ spirits were down and the Irish seemed to be the only ones fighting. But a late rally in the bottom of the sixth inning shifted the atmosphere at Alumni Field 180 degrees to move Michigan ahead for a final score of 9-8.
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Michigan's road to the World Series starts this weekend at home
BY EMILY BONCHI
This weekend, the Wolverines will take the field in Ann Arbor once again, and with the same goal in mind: win two games this weekend to advance to the NCAA Super Regional.
• COMMENTARY: Surprises during regular season kept Wolverines on track
On Softball: Surprises during regular season kept Wolverines on track
BY EMILY BONCHI
When the Michigan softball team took the field for the first time on Feb. 11 in Houston to play Southern Illinois, everyone was prepared for a rebuilding year for the Wolverines.
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