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March 2013 - Signing Day Edition

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championships you won in the past. and gave up one fewer run than It only says win or lose, today.��� Wagner (66 to 67) in much less time With the Big Ten season quickly on the mound (124 innings pitched approaching (March 22 versus Pur- to Wagner���s 252). due), Michigan is jelling as a team But this is a whole new year. and getting ready for another title ���They���re both going to pitch for push. us, and we���ll see where that goes,��� ���Me and the other seniors, ��� Michigan coach Carol Hutchins we need to keep everyone relaxed and just exude that con- ���Our goals never change. Our goal fidence and certainty that we have talked about, that we���re is to be Big Ten champion and win good,��� Lane said. ���We���re a the College World Series.��� good team. We may be young and have some young people at cer- Hutchins said. ���I think competition tain positions, but we���re very good. is very good for us when it���s in the ���Everyone is very confident that circle. One of the strengths of our we���re going to have a great year.��� program over the years is that we have had two legit pitchers. To rely Stepping Up On The Mound on one pitcher is not a situation I Last season, the Wolverines want to be in, so I am all for having looked to untested freshmen to re- 1 and 1A. We���d have a deuce, not place All-American ace pitcher Jor- an ace.��� dan Taylor, and one emerged as a Through the first two weekends of reliable option. the season, Wagner had not seen any Haylie Wagner, now a sophomore, game action due to an undisclosed quickly proved herself as Michi- injury. gan���s go-to pitcher, becoming the ���We don���t really like to talk about first player in program history to injuries,��� Hutchins said. ���She just pitch in 50 games in one season and isn���t in the lineup yet, and we���re setting a program record for wins by hopeful that we will get her back in a freshman (32-7). a relatively short period of time.��� Wagner earned unanimous Big With Wagner temporarily out Ten Pitcher Of The Year, Big Ten of the lineup. Driesenga has been Freshman Of The Year and first-team given an opportunity to shine. All-Big Ten honors, after notching a In the Wolverines��� first eight 1.53 ERA and seven complete-game games, she posted a 6-2 record and shutouts. an impressive 0.85 ERA, allowing Fellow freshman Sara Driesenga just eight runs and 27 hits in 41 inhad a solid ��� but not great ��� year, nings pitched. She also racked up 34 while Wagner solidified herself as strikeouts after fanning just 63 all of the team���s top hurler. Driesenga fin- last season. ished the year with a 9-10 record ���I think she handled it well,���

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