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2015 Michigan Wolverines softball
2015 Michigan Wolverines softball
Women's College World Series Runner-up
Big Ten Regular Season Champions; Big Ten Tournament Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	60–8 (21–2 B1G)
Head coach	Carol Hutchins (31st season);
Assistant coach	Jennifer Brundage (18th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Field
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Michigan Wolverines softball team

American college softball season

The 2015 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2015 NCAA softball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Carol Hutchins in her thirty-first season, played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines finished the season with a 60–8 record, including 21–2 in conference play. The Wolverines won the 2015 Big Ten Conference softball tournament and qualified for the NCAA Division I softball tournament. They advanced to the finals of the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2005, where they lost to Florida.

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Regular Season (48–6)

February (17–1)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B1G Record
February 7	vs. No. 1 Florida	No. 8	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	1–2	Ocasio (1–0)	Wagner (0–1)	—	1,167	0–1	–
February 7	vs. USF	No. 8	USF Softball Stadium	4–3	Driesenga (1–0)	Greiner (1–1)	—	1,100	1–1	–
February 8	vs. Hampton	No. 8	USF Softball Stadium	9–2	Betsa (1–0)	Babinsack (0–3)	Wagner (1)	204	2–1	–
February 8	vs. Illinois State	No. 8	USF Softball Stadium	4–1	Driesenga (2–0)	Romshek (2–2)	—	217	3–1	–
February 13	vs. Western Kentucky	No. 7	JoAnne Graf Field Tallahassee, FL	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (1–1)	Kramer (3–1)	—	—	4–1	–
February 13	vs. Georgia Tech	No. 7	JoAnne Graf Field	10–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (2–0)	Kleinschmidt (0–4)	—	—	5–1	–
February 14	at No. 6 Florida State	No. 7	JoAnne Graf Field	6–5	Wagner (2–1)	Waldrop (4–1)	Betsa (1)	—	6–1	–
February 14	at No. 6 Florida State	No. 7	JoAnne Graf Field	2–1	Betsa (3–0)	Waldrop (4–2)	—	1,208	7–1	–
February 15	vs. Georgia Tech	No. 7	JoAnne Graf Field	10–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Driesenga (3–0)	Biggerstaff (0–1)	—	—	8–1	–
February 20	vs. Lipscomb	No. 5	Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	7–1	Wagner (3–1)	Sanders (3–3)	—	181	9–1	–
February 20	at No. 3 Alabama	No. 5	Rhoads Stadium	8–2	Betsa (4–0)	Jury (3–2)	—	2,514	10–1	–
February 21	vs. Lipscomb	No. 5	Rhoads Stadium	13–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Driesenga (4–0)	Young (2–4)	—	207	11–1	–
February 21	at No. 3 Alabama	No. 5	Rhoads Stadium	4–1	Wagner (4–1)	Osorio (4–1)	—	2,710	12–1	–
February 22	vs. James Madison	No. 5	Rhoads Stadium	10–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (5–0)	Ford (2–2)	—	101	13–1	–
February 27	vs. Toledo	No. 3	Farrington Stadium Tempe, AZ	20–5 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (5–1)	Gooding (4–2)	—	289	14–1	–
February 27	at No. 21 Arizona State	No. 3	Farrington Stadium	7–5	Betsa (6–0)	Ryndak (6–2)	Wagner (2)	1,167	15–1	–
February 28	vs. Toledo	No. 3	Farrington Stadium	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (7–0)	Gross (0–1)	—	207	16–1	–
February 28	vs. Binghamton	No. 3	Farrington Stadium	15–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (6–1)	Miller (2–2)	—	209	17–1	–

March (14–4)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B1G Record
March 1	at No. 21 Arizona State	No. 3	Farrington Stadium	6–2	Betsa (8–0)	Macha (7–4)	Wagner (3)	1,115	18–1	–
March 4	at Cal State Fullerton	No. 3	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	9–0	Wagner (7–1)	Ybarra (5–5)	—	945	19–1	–
March 5	vs. No. 22 Arizona State	No. 3	Anderson Family Field	0–2 ⁽⁸⁾	Macha (8–4)	Betsa (8–1)	—	345	19–2	–
March 5	vs. No. 1 Florida	No. 3	Anderson Family Field	4–7	Ocasio (8–0)	Betsa (8–2)	—	375	19–3	–
March 6	vs. San Jose State	No. 3	Anderson Family Field	9–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (9–1)	Lang (4–4)	—	1,042	20–3	–
March 6	vs. No. 9 Baylor	No. 3	Anderson Family Field	11–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (8–1)	Stearns (4–3)	—	511	21–3	–
March 7	vs. San Diego State	No. 3	Anderson Family Field	10–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (9–1)	Cable (2–3)	—	1,850	22–3	–
March 14	Kent State	No. 3	Alumni Field Ann Arbor, MI	0–3	Johnson (6–2)	Wagner (9–2)	—	—	22–4	–
March 14	Kent State	No. 3	Alumni Field	10–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (10–2)	Ladines (3–3)	—	1,051	23–4	–
March 15	Kent State	No. 3	Alumni Field	4–1	Betsa (11–2)	Johnson (6–3)	—	1,021	24–4	–
March 18	Bowling Green	No. 4	Alumni Field	8–1	Wagner (10–2)	Combs (1–3)	—	712	25–4	–
March 20	at Ohio State	No. 4	Buckeye Field Columbus, OH	13–1	Betsa (12–2)	O'Reilly (7–2)	—	215	26–4	1–0
March 21	at Ohio State	No. 4	Buckeye Field	13–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (11–2)	DiDomenico (2–3)	—	412	27–4	2–0
March 22	at Ohio State	No. 4	Buckeye Field	20–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (13–2)	O'Reilly (7–3)	—	388	28–4	3–0
March 25	Western Michigan	No. 4	Alumni Field	8–2	Wagner (12–2)	Binkowski (3–6)	—	659	29–4	–
March 27	Iowa	No. 4	Postponed
March 28	Iowa	No. 4	Alumni Field	6–0	Betsa (14–2)	Starkenburg (8–15)	—	—	30–4	4–0
March 28	Iowa	No. 4	Alumni Field	7–4	Wagner (13–2)	Yoways (2–10)	Betsa (2)	1,136	31–4	5–0
March 29	Iowa	No. 4	Alumni Field	4–6	Starkenburg (9–15)	Betsa (14–3)	—	967	31–5	5–1

April (14–1)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B1G Record
April 3	at No. 14 Minnesota	No. 4	JSC Stadium Minneapolis, MN	1–9 ⁽⁶⁾	Groenewegen (19–3)	Betsa (14–4)	—	401	31–6	5–2
April 4	at No. 14 Minnesota	No. 4	JSC Stadium	9–4	Wagner (14–2)	Anderson (5–2)	Betsa (3)	1,119	32–6	6–2
April 5	at No. 14 Minnesota	No. 4	JSC Stadium	9–1 ⁽⁶⁾	Betsa (15–4)	Groenewegen (19–4)	—	327	33–6	7–2
April 7	Eastern Michigan	No. 4	Alumni Field	11–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (15–2)	Rich (6–14)	—	952	34–6	–
April 10	at Rutgers	No. 4	Rutgers Softball Complex Piscataway, NJ	18–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (16–4)	Landrith (11–6)	—	157	35–6	8–2
April 11	at Rutgers	No. 4	Rutgers Softball Complex	16–3 ⁽⁵⁾	Wagner (16–2)	Maddox (5–4)	—	361	36–6	9–2
April 12	at Rutgers	No. 4	Rutgers Softball Complex	5–0	Betsa (17–4)	Landrith (11–7)	—	227	37–6	10–2
April 15	at Michigan State	No. 4	Secchia Stadium East Lansing, MI	10–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (18–4)	Rainey (1–9)	—	1,047	38–6	11–2
April 17	Indiana	No. 4	Alumni Field	11–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (19–4)	Olson (10–21)	—	1,415	39–6	12–2
April 18	Indiana	No. 4	Alumni Field	3–0	Wagner (17–2)	Olson (10–22)	—	—	40–6	13–2
April 18	Indiana	No. 4	Alumni Field	7–1	Betsa (20–4)	Tamayo (4–8)	—	1,909	41–6	14–2
April 19	Indiana	No. 4	Alumni Field	Postponed
April 21	Michigan State	No. 4	Alumni Field	4–3	Wagner (18–2)	Rainey (1–11)	—	1,105	42–6	15–2
April 22	Central Michigan	No. 4	Alumni Field	Postponed
April 24	at Maryland	No. 4	Maryland Softball Stadium College Park, MD	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (21–4)	Dewey (6–11)	—	512	43–6	16–2
April 25	at Maryland	No. 4	Maryland Softball Stadium	10–2 ⁽⁶⁾	Wagner (19–2)	Schmeiser (18–8)	—	941	44–6	17–2
April 26	at Maryland	No. 4	Maryland Softball Stadium	1–0	Betsa (22–4)	Schmeiser (18–9)	—	625	45–6	18–2

May (3–0)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B1G Record
May 1	Penn State	No. 3	Alumni Field	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (23–4)	Cummings (7–8)	—	1,735	46–6	19–2
May 2	Penn State	No. 3	Alumni Field	9–1 ⁽⁶⁾	Wagner (20–2)	Laubach (12–10)	—	1,852	47–6	20–2
May 3	Penn State	No. 3	Alumni Field	10–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (24–4)	Cummings (7–9)	—	2,500	48–6	21–2

Postseason (12–2)

B1G Tournament (3–0)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B1GT Record
May 8	Penn State (9)	No. 3 (1)	Buckeye Field	16–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (25–4)	Cummings (7–10)	—	1,345	49–6	1–0
May 9	Northwestern (4)	No. 3 (1)	Buckeye Field	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Betsa (26–4)	Wood (16–10)	—	—	50–6	2–0
May 9	Nebraska (3)	No. 3 (1)	Buckeye Field	6–1	Wagner (21–2)	McClure (9–3)	—	1,476	51–6	3–0

Ann Arbor Regional (3–0)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Regional Record
May 15	Oakland	No. 3 (3)	Alumni Field	9–1 ⁽⁶⁾	Betsa (27–4)	Kownacki (16–13)	—	2,087	52–6	1–0
May 16	No. 19 California	No. 3 (3)	Alumni Field	9–1 ⁽⁶⁾	Betsa (28–4)	Trzcinski (15–6)	—	2,237	53–6	2–0
May 17	Pittsburgh	No. 3 (3)	Alumni Field	10–3	Betsa (29–4)	King (20–9)	—	2,144	54–6	3–0

Ann Arbor Super Regional (2–0)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Super Reg. Record
May 21	No. 14 Georgia (14)	No. 3 (3)	Alumni Field	10–3	Betsa (30–4)	Wilkinson (28–10)	—	2,136	55–6	1–0
May 22	No. 14 Georgia (14)	No. 3 (3)	Alumni Field	7–6	Wagner (22–2)	Wilkinson (28–11)	Betsa (4)	2,582	56–6	2–0

Women's College World Series (4–2)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	CWS Record
May 28	vs. No. 6 Alabama (6)	No. 3 (3)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	5–0	Betsa (31–4)	Osorio (21–9)	—	8,360	57–6	1–0
May 29	vs. No. 7 UCLA (7)	No. 3 (3)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	10–4	Wagner (23–2)	Carda (32–7)	—	9,425	58–6	2–0
May 31	vs. No. 8 LSU (5)	No. 3 (3)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	6–3	Wagner (24–2)	Hoover (18–7)	—	9,274	59–6	3–0
June 1	vs. No. 2 Florida (1)	No. 3 (3)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	2–3	Ocasio (18–3)	Betsa (31–5)	Gourley (5)	8,329	59–7	3–1
June 1	vs. No. 2 Florida (1)	No. 3 (3)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	1–0	Wagner (25–2)	Haeger (31–2)	—	8,254	60–7	4–1
June 1	vs. No. 2 Florida (1)	No. 3 (3)	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium	1–4	Haeger (32–2)	Wagner (25–3)	—	7,680	60–8	4–2

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Wolverines team member
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Rankings from NFCA:^[8]
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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2015 Michigan Wolverines softball team

Preseason

Personnel

Roster

Coaches

Schedule

Ranking movement

Awards and honors

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2015 Michigan Wolverines softball

Women's College World Series Runner-up
Big Ten Regular Season Champions Big Ten Tournament Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	60–8 (21–2 B1G)
Head coach	Carol Hutchins (31st season)
Assistant coach	Jennifer Brundage (18th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Field
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Michigan ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	2	.913	60	–	8	.882
No. 15 Minnesota ‍‍‍^y	20	–	3	.870	49	–	11	.817
Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	17	–	6	.739	35	–	23	.603
Northwestern ‍‍‍^y	14	–	8	.636	28	–	23	.549
Illinois ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	26	–	27	.491
Ohio State ‍‍‍	12	–	11	.522	30	–	22	.577
Rutgers ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	29	–	20	.592
Penn State ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	29	–	28	.509
Maryland ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	27	–	27	.500
Iowa ‍‍‍	8	–	15	.348	19	–	40	.322
Purdue ‍‍‍	7	–	14	.333	31	–	25	.554
Indiana ‍‍‍	7	–	14	.333	17	–	39	.304
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	5	–	17	.227	21	–	31	.404
Michigan State ‍‍‍	4	–	19	.174	19	–	36	.345

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2015^[1] Rankings from NFCA

2015 Michigan Wolverines coaching staff
Carol Hutchins – Head coach – 31st year Bonnie Tholl – Associate head coach – 13th year Jennifer Brundage – Assistant coach – 18th year Nikki Nemitz – Volunteer assistant coach – 4th year
Reference:^[6]