UW Softball Weekly Roundup: Huskies Keep Rolling With Road Sweep at Michigan
SEATTLE, WA - MAY 22: A general view of Husky Softball Stadium during a college softball game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies on May 22, 2021, at Husky Softball Stadium in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Washington’s rise from promising team to genuine conference force continued this weekend in Ann Arbor. Entering the series, the Huskies had opened Big Ten play in dominant fashion, but a road trip to Michigan represented a more meaningful measuring stick than the early home sweeps over Northwestern and Maryland.
Michigan is not the national power it was at its peak, but winning on the road there still carries weight, and the Huskies passed the test. UW took all three games from March 20-22, beating the Wolverines 9-7, 7-4, and 10-7 to improve to 26-6 overall and 9-0 in Big Ten play, the best conference start in program history. The opener on Friday was the kind of game that probably felt more comfortable on the stat sheet than it did in real time.
Washington built leads, Michigan responded, and the Huskies had to keep answering all night. In the end, they had just enough offensive output throughout the lineup to survive a back-and-forth 9-7 win. Michigan hung around deep into the game and homered in both the sixth and seventh innings, but UW never fully surrendered control.
A late RBI single from Giselle Alvarez provided an important insurance run, and that proved necessary when the Wolverines again threatened in the final frame. Series sweep. 16-straight wins.
Best start to conference play in program history. WOOF 🔥 #GoHuskies x @UWSoftball pic. twitter.
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