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 .
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]
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
Head coach Carol Hutchins (Michigan State )
Assistant coach(es) Bonnie Tholl (Michigan )Jennifer Brundage (UCLA )
Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
2021 Michigan Wolverines Softball Game Log
Regular season (36–6)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall record
B1G record
February 26
vs. Purdue
No. 17 Sleepy Hollow Sports ComplexLeesburg, FL
4–0
Beaubien Bates (0–1)
—
100
1–0
1–0
February 26
vs. Purdue
No. 17
Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex
4–0
Storako 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
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
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
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
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 FieldColumbus, 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
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
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 StadiumEast 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 StadiumMinneapolis, 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
Postseason (2–2)
Date
Opponent
Rank
StadiumSite
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
Win Loss PostponementBold : Wolverines team memberReference:[ 8] [ 9] Rankings from NFCA . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final NFCA / USA Today 17 17 17 21 23 25 25 23 23 22 20 19 19 18 20 19 Softball America 20 20 20 25 25 — — — 23 25 25 25 22 21 21 18 ESPN.com/USA Softball 17 17 17 22 25 RV RV RV 24 22 20 20 19 19 20 20 D1Softball 18 21 20 21 22 — — — — — 22 21 21 18 18 20
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]
All-Big Ten
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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Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; Women's College World Series appearances in italics
