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It was quite the run for Michigan softball and women’s tennis, who made postseason waves in their own right. And while softball barnstormed through the Big Ten, even winning its first NCAA tournament game,
Eastern Illinois at 6 p.m. in an elimination game. On a scolding hot day with temperatures on the field reaching 110 degrees, according to the ESPN broadcast, the Wolverines were the first to get on the board when Lilly Vallimont singled to left to drive in Indiana Langford for a 1-0 lead.
Freshman Lauren Putz hit the go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, as Michigan opened the Austin Regional with a 4-3 win over UCF.
Michigan’s softball team was on the losing end of a slugfest in an NCAA regional elimination game Saturday night, falling 10-8 to Central Florida in Austin, Texas.
The Knights gave up three runs in the top of the sixth, highlighted by a two-run homer in losing 4-3 to the Wolverines in the opener.