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team that represented the

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during the

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. The Wolverines were led by head coach

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in her thirty-seventh season, and played their home games at Alumni Field in

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Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2020 season 15–8 overall, in a season shortened due to the

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Preseason

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

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team named in each poll.

Roster

Schedule and results

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, , 4–0 , , Beaubien (1–0) , , Bates (0–1) , , — , , 100 , , 1–0 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 26, , vs. Purdue , , No. 17 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 4–0 , , Storako (1–0) , , Henley (0–1) , , — , , 100 , , 2–0 , , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 27, , vs. , , No. 17 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 2–0 , , , , Doocy (0–1) , , — , , 0 , , 3–0 , , 3–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 27, , vs. Iowa , , No. 17 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 6–5 , , Storako (2–0) , , Loecker (0–1) , , — , , 0 , , 4–0 , , 4–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , February 28, , vs. , , No. 17 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 1–2 , , Sickels (2–1) , , , , — , , 0 , , 4–1 , , 4–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , February 28, , vs. Illinois , , No. 17 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 1–2 , , Jarvis (3–0) , , Storako (2–1) , , , , 0 , , 4–2 , , 4–2 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 11, , vs. , , No. 23 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 2–1 ⁽⁸⁾ , , Beaubien (3–1) , , Ferrell (1–4) , , — , , 86 , , 5–2 , , 5–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 11, , vs. Nebraska , , No. 23 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 2–0 , , Storako (3–1) , , Wallace (2–1) , , — , , 74 , , 6–2 , , 6–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , March 12, , vs. Nebraska , , No. 23 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 4–5 ⁽⁸⁾ , , Wallace (3–1) , , Storako (3–2) , , — , , 74 , , 6–3 , , 6–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 13, , vs. , , No. 23 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 8–0 ⁽⁵⁾ , , Storako (4–2) , , Schwartz (2–3) , , — , , 66 , , 7–3 , , 7–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 13, , vs. Wisconsin , , No. 23 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 3–0 , , Storako (5–2) , , Schwartz (2–4) , , — , , 66 , , 8–3 , , 8–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 14, , vs. Wisconsin , , No. 23 , , Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex , , 2–1 , , Storako (6–2) , , Hestekin (2–1) , , — , , 59 , , 9–3 , , 9–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 26, , at , , No. 25 , ,

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, , 7–1 , , Beaubien (4–1) , , Goodin (3–3) , , — , , 98 , , 10–3 , , 10–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 27, , at Indiana , , No. 25 , , Andy Mohr Field , , 3–1 ⁽⁹⁾ , , Storako (7–2) , , Goodin (3–4) , , — , , 103 , , 11–3 , , 11–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 27, , at Indiana , , No. 25 , , Andy Mohr Field , , 8–1 , , Beaubien (5–1) , , Goodin (3–5) , , — , , 103 , , 12–3 , , 12–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 28, , at Indiana , , No. 25 , , Andy Mohr Field , , 4–0 , , Storako (8–2) , , Goodin (3–6) , , — , , 56 , , 13–3 , , 13–3 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" , April 2 , , , , No. 23 , , Alumni Field

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, , 7–0 , , Beaubien (6–1) , , Buresch (5–2) , , — , , 150 , , 14–3 , , 14–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 10 , , at Ohio State , , No. 23 , , Buckeye Field , , 3–1 , , Storako (9–2) , , Smith (7–6) , , — , , 177 , , 15–3 , , 15–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 10 , , at Ohio State , , No. 23 , , Buckeye Field , , 2–3 , , Buresch (6–2) , , Beaubien (6–2) , , — , , 164 , , 15–4 , , 15–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 11 , , at Ohio State , , No. 23 , , Buckeye Field , , 11–0 , , Storako (10–2) , , Smith (7–7) , , — , , 151 , , 16–4 , , 16–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 14 , , Michigan State , , No. 22 , , Alumni Field , , 6–1 , , Storako (11–2) , , Ladd (2–6) , , — , , 93 , , 17–4 , , 17–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 16 , , , , No. 22 , , Alumni Field , , 4–2 , , Beaubien (7–2) , , Brann (3–5) , , — , , 96 , , 18–4 , , 18–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 17 , , Maryland , , No. 22 , , Alumni Field , , 2–0 , , Storako (12–2) , , Wyche (2–4) , , — , , 138 , , 19–4 , , 19–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 17 , , Maryland , , No. 22 , , Alumni Field , , 5–1 , , Beaubien (8–2) , , Ellefson (1–2) , , — , , 138 , , 20–4 , , 20–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 18 , , Maryland , , No. 22 , , Alumni Field , , 8–0 ⁽⁵⁾ , , Storako (13–2) , , Wyche (2–5) , , — , , 123 , , 21–4 , , 21–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , April 23 , , , , No. 20 , , Alumni Field , , 1–4 , , Williams (13–2) , , Beaubien (8–3) , , — , , 192 , , 21–5 , , 21–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 24 , , Northwestern , , No. 20 , , Alumni Field , , 7–2 , , Storako (14–2) , , Boyd (3–2) , , — , , 181 , , 22–5 , , 22–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 24 , , Northwestern , , No. 20 , , Alumni Field , , 6–3 , , Beaubien (9–3) , , Williams (13–3) , , — , , 181 , , 23–5 , , 23–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 25 , , Northwestern , , No. 20 , , Alumni Field , , 2–0 , , Storako (15–2) , , Newport (4–3) , , — , , 164 , , 24–5 , , 24–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 30 , , at , , No. 19 , , Beard Field

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, , 7–1 , , Beaubien (10–3) , , Parshall (1–13) , , — , , 118 , , 25–5 , , 25–5 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 1 , , at Penn State , , , , Beard Field , , , , Storako (16–2) , , , , — , , 166 , , 26–5 , , 26–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 1 , , at Penn State , , No. 19 , , Beard Field , , 12–2 ⁽⁶⁾ , , , , Oatley (3–3) , , — , , 166 , , 27–5 , , 27–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 2 , , at Penn State , , No. 19 , , Beard Field , , 5–3 , , Storako (17–2) , , Parshall (1–14) , , , , 155 , , 28–5 , , 28–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 5 , , at Michigan State , , No. 19 , , Secchia Stadium

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, , 3–0 , , , , Fiser (12–5) , , Storako (1) , , 0 , , 30–5 , , 30–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 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 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 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 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , 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 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 14 , , , , No. 18 , , Alumni Field , , 3–0 , , Beaubien (14–3) , , Hitchcock (5–15) , , — , , 207 , , 33–6 , , 33–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 15 , , Rutgers , , No. 18 , , Alumni Field , , 13–0 ⁽⁵⁾ , , Storako (20–3) , , Vickers (0–4) , , — , , 143 , , 34–6 , , 34–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 15 , , Rutgers , , No. 18 , , Alumni Field , , 11–0 ⁽⁵⁾ , , Beaubien (15–3) , , Hitchcock (5–16) , , — , , 143 , , 35–6 , , 35–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 16 , , Rutgers , , No. 18 , , Alumni Field , , 2–1 , , Storako (21–3) , , Hitchcock (5–17) , , — , , 140 , , 36–6 , , 36–6 , - , - ! style="" , Postseason (2–2) , - , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 21 , ,

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, , 2–0 , , , , Nance (10–6) , , — , , 250 , , 37–6 , , 1–0 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 22 , , , , No. 20 , , Husky Softball Stadium , , 2–1 , , Storako (22–3) , , Plain (30–3) , , — , , 250 , , 38–6 , , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , May 23 , , No. 6

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Rankings

Awards and honors

References

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