Michigan
Indiana State
Michigan Advances to Capital Classic Semifinals
3/20/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Site:Â Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento Softball Complex)
Event:Â Capital Classic
Late Friday Result:Â #10 Michigan 8, Indiana State 0 (6 innings)
Saturday Result:Â #10 Michigan 7, #16 Oregon 3
Records:Â U-M (20-5)
Next U-M Game:Â Saturday, March 20 -- vs. Iowa at Capital Classic semifinals (Sacramento, Calif.), 7 p.m. PST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan softball team advanced to the semifinals of the Sacramento State Capital Classic with a 7-3 win vs. No. 16 University of Oregon Saturday afternoon (March 20). The Wolverines (20-5) started their run through the championship bracket with an 8-0 victory over Indiana State University late Friday night (March 19).
In its quarterfinal win vs. Oregon, Michigan stormed to a 4-1 lead in the first inning, scoring the go-ahead run on Pam Kosanke's (Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central HS) two-run double to center field. Fifth-inning hits by Traci Conrad (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way HS), Catherine Davie (Westlake Village, Calif./Westlake HS) and Kosanke produced three runs and stretched the U-M lead to 7-1. Oregon (22-7) finished the game with a two-run rally in the top of the seventh.
Kosanke, who tallied a career-tying four RBI against Duck pitcher Jennifer Cook (8-3), Davie and Melissa Taylor (Deerfield, Mich./Summerfield HS) collected two hits each as the Wolverines tallied double digits in the hit column (10) for the third straight game.
Freshman hurler Kate Eiland (Fresno, Calif./Clovis West HS) improved her record to 9-2 with her two-walk, nine-hit effort. Marie Barda (Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South HS) relieved Eiland in the seventh.
Michigan won its championship bracket opener with a six-inning, 8-0 win vs. Indiana State late Friday (March 19). Barda pushed her season record to 7-1 by throwing her second career one-hitter in the complete-game win. The sophomore struck out four in her third season shutout.
The Wolverines totaled 12 hits against the Sycamores, with every starter but one finishing with at least one hit. Conrad and Davie led U-M with two RBI each. Conrad, 2-for-4 at the plate, drilled a one-out triple to right field to open a four-run third-inning scoring blitz. Davie capped a 2-for-3 hitting day with a two-run single in the sixth, giving the Wolverines the eight-run rule victory. Michigan also got two-hit performances from Kelsey Kollen (Cerritos, Calif./Mater Dei HS) and Tammy Mika (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS).
Maize 'n Blue Diamond Gems
• Traci Conrad's season-first triple vs. Indiana State was also her 10th triple as a Wolverine.
• Michigan extends its win streak to 15 games with its two wins in the first two rounds of championship bracket play. . . . For the second straight tournament, the Wolverines advanced to the championship bracket semifinals. U-M won the South Florida Speedline Classic on March 7.
• The bats of the Wolverines have been hot. In the wins vs. Portland State, Indiana State and Oregon, Michigan totaled 35 hits, including a season-high 13 against Portland State.
• The Wolverines are 2-0 vs. Indiana State, posting shutouts in both victories and outscoring the Sycamores 15-0. . . . U-M is 3-1 vs. Oregon.
