All Things 2015 Gophers Softball Thread

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Michigan over the Gophers in the second game 9-4. Close game till the 6th and then the Wolverines tacked a couple on in that inning and also in the 7th. Stober started and 2 batters into the 3rd was lifted for Anderson. Stober's numbers were 2 innings, 4 hits, 4 earned runs, 3 BB, 2 strikeouts and 2 homeruns. Anderson: 5 innings, 6 hits, 5 runs, 2 earned, 0 BB, 2 strikeouts and 2 homeruns. Gophers managed 7 hits with Walker picking up 2 of them. Betsa threw the last 2 innings with Wagner going the first 5. Pretty sure it will be Groenewegen against Betsa in the deciding game tomorrow.
 

W-L % W-L %
1. Northwestern 19-11 .633 7-0 1.000
2. Nebraska 20-16 .556 8-2 .800
3. Michigan 32-6 .842 6-2 .750
Minnesota 30-6 .833 6-2 .750
Rutgers 18-9 .667 6-2 .750
6. Purdue 24-13 .649 4-4 .500
Maryland 22-16 .579 4-4 .500
Illinois 13-21 .382 4-4 .500
9. Penn State 21-17 .553 4-5 .444
10. Iowa 12-29 .293 3-7 .300
11. Ohio State 18-16 .529 2-6 .250
Indiana 11-27 .289 2-6 .250
13. Michigan State 16-19 .457 1-7 .125
Wisconsin 14-20 .412 1-7 .125
Updated through all games of April 4.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
W-L % W-L %
1. Northwestern 19-11 .633 7-0 1.000
2. Nebraska 20-16 .556 8-2 .800
3. Michigan 32-6 .842 6-2 .750
Minnesota 30-6 .833 6-2 .750
Rutgers 18-9 .667 6-2 .750
6. Purdue 24-13 .649 4-4 .500
Maryland 22-16 .579 4-4 .500
Illinois 13-21 .382 4-4 .500
9. Penn State 21-17 .553 4-5 .444
10. Iowa 12-29 .293 3-7 .300
11. Ohio State 18-16 .529 2-6 .250
Indiana 11-27 .289 2-6 .250
13. Michigan State 16-19 .457 1-7 .125
Wisconsin 14-20 .412 1-7 .125
Updated through all games of April 4.
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Does anyone know why Rutgers has played so few games?
 

Ladies not playing well today. Down 5-1 in the 6th. Home plate umpire is really bad. Missed several plate calls and two Gopher ladies that got hit with a pitch.
 

ruppertflywheel said:
Ladies not playing well today. Down 5-1 in the 6th. Home plate umpire is really bad. Missed several plate calls and two Gopher ladies that got hit with a pitch.
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Yep, I agree. Pinched Groenewegen on more than a few pitches, particularly in the first few innings. Totally missed Sara G. getting hit by that pitch.
 



Gophers (30-7 6-3) host Northwestern (20-11 8-0) for a 3 game series starting this evening. Michigan and Rutgers, both ahead of the Gophers in the standings, meet in New Jersey. Nebraska, the other team ahead of the Gophers travels to Purdue.
 

Groenewegen against Kristen Wood (9-3 3.31 ERA 155 strikeouts in 110 innings).
Gophers beat the Wildcats 10-5. Groenewegen with 15 strikeouts, career high. Parlich and Granger with home runs. Parlich with 4 RBI's and Granger with 2.
 

Kylie Stober beats Northwestern 10-2 in a 5 inning game. 8 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. Groenewegen with her 8th homerun and Palkovich with her 4th. Gophers now 32-7, 8-3.
 



Groenewegen throws a no hitter in a 5 inning 11-0 win against Northwestern today. She walked two and struck out 12. Richardson hit her 9th home run and Palkovich her 5th (grand slam). Gophers record sits at 33-7, 9-3.
 


Nice to see the ladies bounce back after the Michigan series. Really took care of business against a team that hadn't lost in conference before this weekend.
 

Overall Conference
W-L % W-L %
1. Michigan 37-6 .860 10-2 .833
2. Minnesota 33-7 .825 9-3 .750
3. Northwestern 20-14 .588 8-3 .727
4. Nebraska 22-18 .550 10-4 .714
5. Illinois 18-21 .462 8-4 .667
6. Rutgers 20-12 .625 7-5 .583
7. Ohio State 22-16 .579 6-6 .500
8. Purdue 25-16 .610 5-7 .417
Maryland 23-19 .548 5-7 .417
Indiana 14-28 .333 5-7 .417
11. Iowa 14-31 .311 5-9 .357
12. Penn State 21-20 .512 4-8 .333
13. Wisconsin 17-22 .436 2-9 .182
14. Michigan State 16-24 .400 1-11 .083
 





After an 8-2 win over South Dakota on Wednesday, the 34-7, 9-3 Gophers are in East Lansing today to take on Michigan State, 16-24, 1-12. Kelly Smith and Valerie Kaff throw for the Spartans. Smith with 25 starts, 170 hits in 137 innings with 94 strikeouts. Kaff has 21 starts and has given up 204 hits in 141 innings with 62 K's.
Michigan sitting at 38-6, 11-2.
 

Down 3-2 in the top of the 5th against 1-12 MSU. The lefthanded MSU pitcher is making the ladies look like fools with the changeup. Girls....sit on the CHANGEUP!!!!!!!!!!!
 


Stober got the start in today's game. Went 2/3 of the first inning and Anderson replaced her. 1-1 in the 4th. Gophers with only 2 hits thus far.
Gophers score 4 in the 4th to go up 5-1.
Final, Gophers 7, Spartans 1. Anderson goes 6.1 and finishes the game. 36-7, 11-3.
 


Michigan (41-6, 14-2) completed a sweep of Indiana yesterday. Their Sunday game was moved to Saturday because of the threat of inclement weather. Today's Gopher-Spartan game start time is being moved from noon to 11 o'clock for the same reason.
Gophers are sitting at #16 in the RPI rankings. Ranked #13 in the USA Today/ NFCA Coaches poll and at #10 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.

Groenewegen vs the freshman Bridgette Rainey today (she threw 160 pitches in the first game).

Gophers prevail 9-4. Groenewegen, 7 innings, 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 walks, 15 strikeouts, 1 HBP.
Parlich hit one out and Groenewegen with 3 hits.
37-7, 12-3
Next up, North Dakota State (35-7, 13-2). Doubleheader on Wednesday. Krista Menke has started 28 games for the Bison and completed 26, 301 strikeouts and 91 hits in 190 innings. Leads the nation in total strikeouts and sits right behind Groenewegen in strikeouts per 7 innings with 10.7 (Statistics as of April 16)
 

Bison currently sitting at 6-0 vs. B1G so far in 2015. Should be a pitcher's duel.
 

Gophers split a doubleheader with North Dakota State. Gronewegen throwing a no-hitter in the first one, an 8-0 victory (5 innings). Sara helped herself with 2 hits and 4 RBI's. She had 7 strikeouts and 2 base on balls. They dropped the second game 5-4. Now at 38-8, 12-3, Iowa (16-34, 7-10) on Friday in Minneapolis.

Overall Conference
W-L % W-L %
1. Michigan 42-6 .875 15-2 .882
2. Minnesota 38-8 .826 12-3 .800
3. Nebraska 26-19 .578 12-5 .706
4. Illinois 22-23 .489 11-6 .647
5. Northwestern 22-18 .550 10-6 .625
6. Rutgers 26-14 .650 10-7 .588
7. Ohio State 25-19 .568 8-9 .471
Maryland 26-21 .553 8-9 .471
9. Iowa 16-34 .320 7-10 .412
10. Purdue 28-19 .596 6-9 .400
11. Penn State 24-24 .500 6-11 .353
12. Indiana 15-33 .313 5-10 .333
13. Wisconsin 19-25 .432 3-11 .214
14. Michigan State 16-31 .340 1-16 .059
Updated through all games of April 22.
 

Herd said:
Bison currently sitting at 6-0 vs. B1G so far in 2015. Should be a pitcher's duel.
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Bison have been receiving votes in the polls. They could crack the Top 25 if they win their weekend series at #21 South Alabama.

Wonder if this loss will put a hamper on the Gophers chances at hosting a regional. RPI is currently #18. They were #17 last year getting to host.
 

Krista Menke is from a small town west of Lincoln. I know her dad well. She and her dad learned to throw fast pitch from you tube videos when she was young. She is a very good pitcher.
 

Righthander Shayla Starkenburg handles the bulk of Iowa's pitching. She has thrown 203 innings, 226 hits allowed, 134 walks, 169 strikeouts. Started 31 of their 50 games and appeared in 41. Freshman righthander Ashley Yoways gets the other starts. 18 starts, 100 innings, 168 hits, 70 walks, 29 strikeouts. Megan Blank leads the team in most offensive categories, hits, home runs, runs batted in. Hawkeyes just coming off a 10-2 loss to #15 Missouri on Wednesday. Blank went 2-3 with a home run.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Righthander Shayla Starkenburg handles the bulk of Iowa's pitching. She has thrown 203 innings, 226 hits allowed, 134 walks, 169 strikeouts. Started 31 of their 50 games and appeared in 41. Freshman righthander Ashley Yoways gets the other starts. 18 starts, 100 innings, 168 hits, 70 walks, 29 strikeouts. Megan Blank leads the team in most offensive categories, hits, home runs, runs batted in. Hawkeyes just coming off a 10-2 loss to #15 Missouri on Wednesday. Blank went 2-3 with a home run.
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Their 2 major pitchers average 4.71 walks per 7 innings, and have a WHIP of 1.97. In contrast the Gophers pitchers average 2.14 walks/7 & have a WHIP of 1.27. OK, take out Sara G. and they become 2.15 and 1.65. With Sara pitching 2 games, big advantage to Minnesota.
 

Gophers take the first game of today's doubleheader 8-0 in 5 innings. Groenewegen tosses a 1 hitter and hits a home run.
Stober gets the start in the second game. Anderson replaces her with two runners on and no outs in the third inning.
Tyler Walker, shortstop, not in the lineup. Hasn't played since the Michigan State series. Anyone with info on her?
 

Gophers win game 2 8-0 on five innings. Stober & Anderson combine on a 3-hitter. Richardson, Meyer & Mackin with home runs, with Mackin's ending the game.

I saw Walker on crutches today between games.


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Gophers get the sweep, winning 9-0. Groenewegen with a 2 hitter in the 5 inning game. 9 strikeouts, no walks, 1 HBP. Macken with a 2 run double in the second inning and a 3 run homer in the 3rd inning. Wenner with a solo home run in the 4th inning. Wednesday they travel to Wisconsin for a doubleheader.
 

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