The 2021 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wolverines were led by head coach Carol Hutchins in her thirty-seventh season, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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The Wolverines finished the 2020 season 15–8 overall, in a season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Michigan was ranked No. 17 by NFCA/USA Today and ESPN.com/USA Softball, No. 18 by D1Softball, and No. 20 by Softball America in the preseason polls, the only Big Ten Conference team named in each poll.[3][4][5][6]
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2021 Michigan Wolverines softball team |
Players | Coaches |
# | Pos. | Name | Bats/throws | Height | Year | High school/junior college | Home town |
1 |
OF |
Thais Gonzalez |
L/R |
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Sr |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
Boca Raton, FL |
2 |
INF |
Keke Tholl |
R/R |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Fr |
Victor J. Andrew |
Tinley Park, IL |
3 |
OF |
Lexie Blair |
L/L |
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Jr |
West Orange |
Winter Garden, FL |
4 |
RHP |
Chandler Dennis |
R/R |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
So |
North Gwinnett |
Suwanee, GA |
5 |
INF |
Kaylee Rodriguez |
R/R |
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Fr |
Doral Academy |
Miami, FL |
7 |
INF |
Ryleigh Carricaburu |
R/R |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Fr |
Woodcrest Christian |
Riverside, CA |
8 |
RHP |
Alex Storako |
L/R |
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) |
Jr |
Lincoln-Way East |
Frankfort, IL |
10 |
LHP |
Meghan Beaubien |
L/L |
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Sr |
Saint Mary Catholic Central |
Newport, MI |
11 |
OF |
Lexi Voss |
R/R |
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
So |
Marist |
Palos Park, IL |
12 |
LHP |
Lauren Esman |
L/L |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
So |
Gull Lake |
Kalamazoo, MI |
13 |
INF |
Taylor Bump |
R/R |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Sr |
Canterbury School of Florida |
St. Petersburg, FL |
14 |
INF |
Lou Allan |
R/R |
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Sr |
Oak Hills |
Hesperia, CA |
16 |
C |
Jessica Garmen |
R/R |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
So |
Detroit Country Day |
Waterford, MI |
17 |
INF |
Sierra Kersten |
L/R |
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Fr |
Clarkston |
Clarkston, MI |
18 |
RHP |
Sarah Schaefer |
R/R |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Sr |
Waukee |
West Des Moines, IA |
20 |
INF |
Hannah Carson |
L/R |
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Jr |
Mount Pleasant |
Weidman, MI |
21 |
INF |
Natalia Rodriguez |
S/R |
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Sr |
Montverde Academy |
Clermont, FL |
22 |
INF |
Julia Jimenez |
R/R |
5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) |
Fr |
Etiwanda |
Fontana, CA |
25 |
U |
Audrey Leclair |
L/R |
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
So |
Phoenix Country Day |
Phoenix, AZ |
32 |
OF |
Haley Hoogenraad |
R/R |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Sr |
Zeeland West |
Zeeland, MI |
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- Head coach
Carol Hutchins (Michigan State)
- Assistant coach(es)
Bonnie Tholl (Michigan) Jennifer Brundage (UCLA)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Current redshirt
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2021 Michigan Wolverines Softball Game Log |
Regular season (36–6) |
Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | B1G record |
February 26 | vs. Purdue | No. 17 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex Leesburg, FL | 4–0 | Beaubien (1–0) | Bates (0–1) | — | 100 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
February 26 | vs. Purdue | No. 17 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 4–0 | Storako (1–0) | Henley (0–1) | — | 100 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
February 27 | vs. Iowa | No. 17 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 2–0 | Beaubien (2–0) | Doocy (0–1) | — | 0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
February 27 | vs. Iowa | No. 17 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 6–5 | Storako (2–0) | Loecker (0–1) | — | 0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
February 28 | vs. Illinois | No. 17 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 1–2 | Sickels (2–1) | Beaubien (2–1) | — | 0 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
February 28 | vs. Illinois | No. 17 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 1–2 | Jarvis (3–0) | Storako (2–1) | Sickels (1) | 0 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | B1G record |
March 11 | vs. Nebraska | No. 23 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 2–1 (8) | Beaubien (3–1) | Ferrell (1–4) | — | 86 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
March 11 | vs. Nebraska | No. 23 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 2–0 | Storako (3–1) | Wallace (2–1) | — | 74 | 6–2 | 6–2 |
March 12 | vs. Nebraska | No. 23 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 4–5 (8) | Wallace (3–1) | Storako (3–2) | — | 74 | 6–3 | 6–3 |
March 13 | vs. Wisconsin | No. 23 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 8–0 (5) | Storako (4–2) | Schwartz (2–3) | — | 66 | 7–3 | 7–3 |
March 13 | vs. Wisconsin | No. 23 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 3–0 | Storako (5–2) | Schwartz (2–4) | — | 66 | 8–3 | 8–3 |
March 14 | vs. Wisconsin | No. 23 | Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex | 2–1 | Storako (6–2) | Hestekin (2–1) | — | 59 | 9–3 | 9–3 |
March 26 | at Indiana | No. 25 | Andy Mohr Field Bloomington, IN | 7–1 | Beaubien (4–1) | Goodin (3–3) | — | 98 | 10–3 | 10–3 |
March 27 | at Indiana | No. 25 | Andy Mohr Field | 3–1 (9) | Storako (7–2) | Goodin (3–4) | — | 103 | 11–3 | 11–3 |
March 27 | at Indiana | No. 25 | Andy Mohr Field | 8–1 | Beaubien (5–1) | Goodin (3–5) | — | 103 | 12–3 | 12–3 |
March 28 | at Indiana | No. 25 | Andy Mohr Field | 4–0 | Storako (8–2) | Goodin (3–6) | — | 56 | 13–3 | 13–3 |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | B1G record |
April 2 | Michigan State | No. 23 | Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI | Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols[7] |
April 3 | Michigan State | No. 23 | Alumni Field | Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols |
April 3 | Michigan State | No. 23 | Alumni Field | Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols |
April 4 | Michigan State | No. 23 | Alumni Field | Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols |
April 9 | at Ohio State | No. 23 | Buckeye Field Columbus, OH | 7–0 | Beaubien (6–1) | Buresch (5–2) | — | 150 | 14–3 | 14–3 |
April 10 | at Ohio State | No. 23 | Buckeye Field | 3–1 | Storako (9–2) | Smith (7–6) | — | 177 | 15–3 | 15–3 |
April 10 | at Ohio State | No. 23 | Buckeye Field | 2–3 | Buresch (6–2) | Beaubien (6–2) | — | 164 | 15–4 | 15–4 |
April 11 | at Ohio State | No. 23 | Buckeye Field | 11–0 | Storako (10–2) | Smith (7–7) | — | 151 | 16–4 | 16–4 |
April 14 | Michigan State | No. 22 | Alumni Field | 6–1 | Storako (11–2) | Ladd (2–6) | — | 93 | 17–4 | 17–4 |
April 16 | Maryland | No. 22 | Alumni Field | 4–2 | Beaubien (7–2) | Brann (3–5) | — | 96 | 18–4 | 18–4 |
April 17 | Maryland | No. 22 | Alumni Field | 2–0 | Storako (12–2) | Wyche (2–4) | — | 138 | 19–4 | 19–4 |
April 17 | Maryland | No. 22 | Alumni Field | 5–1 | Beaubien (8–2) | Ellefson (1–2) | — | 138 | 20–4 | 20–4 |
April 18 | Maryland | No. 22 | Alumni Field | 8–0 (5) | Storako (13–2) | Wyche (2–5) | — | 123 | 21–4 | 21–4 |
April 23 | Northwestern | No. 20 | Alumni Field | 1–4 | Williams (13–2) | Beaubien (8–3) | — | 192 | 21–5 | 21–5 |
April 24 | Northwestern | No. 20 | Alumni Field | 7–2 | Storako (14–2) | Boyd (3–2) | — | 181 | 22–5 | 22–5 |
April 24 | Northwestern | No. 20 | Alumni Field | 6–3 | Beaubien (9–3) | Williams (13–3) | — | 181 | 23–5 | 23–5 |
April 25 | Northwestern | No. 20 | Alumni Field | 2–0 | Storako (15–2) | Newport (4–3) | — | 164 | 24–5 | 24–5 |
April 30 | at Penn State | No. 19 | Beard Field State College, PA | 7–1 | Beaubien (10–3) | Parshall (1–13) | — | 118 | 25–5 | 25–5 |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | B1G record |
May 1 | at Penn State | No. 19 | Beard Field | 10–0 (6) | Storako (16–2) | Lingenfelter (1–8) | — | 166 | 26–5 | 26–5 |
May 1 | at Penn State | No. 19 | Beard Field | 12–2 (6) | Beaubien (11–3) | Oatley (3–3) | — | 166 | 27–5 | 27–5 |
May 2 | at Penn State | No. 19 | Beard Field | 5–3 | Storako (17–2) | Parshall (1–14) | Beaubien (3) | 155 | 28–5 | 28–5 |
May 5 | at Michigan State | No. 19 | Secchia Stadium East Lansing, MI | 1–0 (9) | Storako (18–2) | Miller (6–7) | — | 0 | 29–5 | 29–5 |
May 7 | at No. 23 Minnesota | No. 19 | Jane Sage Cowles Stadium Minneapolis, MN | 3–0 | Beaubien (12–3) | Fiser (12–5) | Storako (1) | 0 | 30–5 | 30–5 |
May 8 | at No. 23 Minnesota | No. 19 | Jane Sage Cowles Stadium | 10–4 | Storako (19–2) | Fiser (12–7) | — | 0 | 31–5 | 31–5 |
May 8 | at No. 23 Minnesota | No. 19 | Jane Sage Cowles Stadium | 3–1 | Beaubien (13–3) | Pease (11–2) | — | 0 | 32–5 | 32–5 |
May 9 | at No. 23 Minnesota | No. 19 | Jane Sage Cowles Stadium | 3–7 | Fiser (13–7) | Storako (19–3) | — | 0 | 32–6 | 32–6 |
May 14 | Rutgers | No. 18 | Alumni Field | 3–0 | Beaubien (14–3) | Hitchcock (5–15) | — | 207 | 33–6 | 33–6 |
May 15 | Rutgers | No. 18 | Alumni Field | 13–0 (5) | Storako (20–3) | Vickers (0–4) | — | 143 | 34–6 | 34–6 |
May 15 | Rutgers | No. 18 | Alumni Field | 11–0 (5) | Beaubien (15–3) | Hitchcock (5–16) | — | 143 | 35–6 | 35–6 |
May 16 | Rutgers | No. 18 | Alumni Field | 2–1 | Storako (21–3) | Hitchcock (5–17) | — | 140 | 36–6 | 36–6 |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Stadium Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | Regional record |
May 21 | Seattle | No. 20 | Husky Softball Stadium Seattle, WA | 2–0 | Beaubien (16–3) | Nance (10–6) | — | 250 | 37–6 | 1–0 |
May 22 | No. 6 Washington (16) | No. 20 | Husky Softball Stadium | 2–1 | Storako (22–3) | Plain (30–3) | — | 250 | 38–6 | 2–0 |
May 23 | No. 6 Washington (16) | No. 20 | Husky Softball Stadium | 0–2 | Plain (31–3) | Beaubien (16–4) | — | 200 | 38–7 | 2–1 |
May 23 | No. 6 Washington (16) | No. 20 | Husky Softball Stadium | 5–10 | Plain (32–3) | Beaubien (16–5) | — | 200 | 38–8 | 2–2 |
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- Win
- Loss
- Postponement
- Bold: Wolverines team member
- Reference:[8][9]
- Rankings from NFCA.
- (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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NFCA / USA Today | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
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Softball America | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
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ESPN.com/USA Softball | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
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D1Softball | 18 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
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Weekly Awards
Player |
Award |
Date Awarded |
Ref. |
Meghan Beaubien |
Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
March 2, 2021 |
[10] |
Alex Storako |
Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
March 30, 2021 |
[11] |
Alex Storako |
Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
April 13, 2021 |
[12] |
Alex Storako |
Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
April 20, 2021 |
[13] |
Alex Storako |
Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
April 27, 2021 |
[14] |
Meghan Beaubien |
Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
May 11, 2021 |
[15] |
Julia Jimenez |
Co-Big Ten Player of the Week |
Meghan Beaubien |
Big Ten Pitcher of the Week |
May 18, 2021 |
[16] |
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Player |
Selection |
Ref. |
Lou Allan |
First Team |
[18] |
Meghan Beaubien |
First Team |
Lexie Blair |
First Team |
Taylor Bump |
First Team |
Alex Storako |
First Team |
Julia Jimenez |
Second Team |
Taylor Bump |
All-Defensive |
Natalia Rodriguez |
All-Defensive |
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