NCAA, Michigan and softball
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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.
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. In a game that featured five lead changes in the first four innings,
Texas beat Michigan, 16-4, in the second game of the NCAA Tournament Austin regional. The Longhorns set a postseason program record with six home runs
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.
The Knights, who rallied five times against the Wolverines, will face top-seeded Texas in the regional final on Sunday.
Texas softball set multiple records while swatting six home runs. The Longhorns are just one win away from the NCAA Tournament super regionals.
The UCF Knights softball season has yet one more game to go, with the hope for two more on Sunday, but they first must beat Michigan tonight.
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.