Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins met with her upperclassmen earlier this week to reset the stage.
For the No. 2 team in the nation, that may not seem necessary entering Saturday's Super Regional opener against No. 16 seed Missouri at Alumni Field.
But while last weekend’s NCAA regional was a relatively smooth sweep, the Wolverines looked tense in the process.
“In every game, we played the first few innings, we weren’t really throwing punches, we were just kind of feeling it out before we jumped on them,” U-M pitcher Megan Betsa said this week of the wins over Valparaiso, Miami (Ohio) and Notre Dame, won by a combined score of 20-2.