East Lansing – The Michigan softball team, its bats quiet most of the game, came from behind thanks to a two-run home run by Taylor Bump and will play for the Big Ten softball tournament title.
Michigan defeated regular-season Big Ten champion Northwestern, the top-seed and No. 10 nationally, 2-1, on Friday in the afternoon semifinal at Secchia Stadium on the Michigan State campus. The No. 23 Wolverines (36-15) have won seven straight.
"These kids have taken punches, and they're unfazed," Michigan coach Carol Hutchins said. "What we needed to have more than anything was to get Bump up in that inning.