The 2024 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wolverines were led by head coach Bonnie Tholl in her second season, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines won the 2024 Big Ten softball tournament, and advanced to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2023 season 26–25 overall, and 10–13 in the Big Ten, finishing in ninth place in their conference. Michigan failed to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994.

Preseason On July 17, 2023, Jennifer Brundage was promoted to associate head coach at Michigan. On July 21, 2023, Faith Canfield was promoted to assistant coach.

Roster

Schedule and results 2024 Michigan Wolverines Softball Game Log Regular season (38–16) February (10–7) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record February 9 vs. Illinois StateUSF Tournament USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 5–3 Derkowski (1–0) Meshnick (0–2) Hoehn (1) — 1–0 — February 9 at USFUSF Tournament USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 0–1 Dixon (1–0) LeBeau (0–1) — 1,530 1–1 — February 10 vs. Bethune–CookmanUSF Tournament USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 3–2 LeBeau (1–1) Gonzalez (1–2) — — 2–1 — February 10 vs. No. 17 FloridaUSF Tournament USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 2–1 (10) Derkowski (2–0) Rothrock (0–1) — — 3–1 — February 11 vs. Oregon StateUSF Tournament USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 2–1 Hoehn (1–0) Haendiges (1–1) — — 4–1 — February 16 vs. Seton HallJoan Joyce Classic Joan Joyce FieldBoca Raton, FL 3–0 Derkowski (3–0) Carr (0–1) LeBeau (1) — 5–1 — February 16 vs. MaineJoan Joyce Classic Joan Joyce FieldBoca Raton, FL 11–0 (5) Hoehn (2–0) Fallon (0–2) — — 6–1 — February 17 vs. LouisvilleJoan Joyce Classic Joan Joyce FieldBoca Raton, FL 0–2 Zabala (4–1) LeBeau (1–2) — — 6–2 — February 17 at Florida AtlanticJoan Joyce Classic Joan Joyce FieldBoca Raton, FL 0–1 Schlotter (3–1) Derkowski (3–1) — — 6–3 — February 18 vs. Seton HallJoan Joyce Classic Joan Joyce FieldBoca Raton, FL Cancelled February 23 vs. Northern ColoradoUCSB Tournament Campus DiamondSanta Barbara, CA 9–1 (5) Hoehn (3–0) DiNapoli (0–3) — 104 7–3 — February 23 vs. Sacramento StateUCSB Tournament Campus DiamondSanta Barbara, CA 1–6 Bertuccio (2–1) Derkowski (3–2) — 89 7–4 — February 24 vs. Sacramento StateUCSB Tournament Campus DiamondSanta Barbara, CA 4–3 Hoehn (4–0) Evans (2–3) — 102 8–4 — February 24 vs. Northern ColoradoUCSB Tournament Campus DiamondSanta Barbara, CA 4–1 LeBeau (2–2) Erin (3–3) — 126 9–4 — February 25 at UC Santa BarbaraUCSB Tournament Campus DiamondSanta Barbara, CA 6–1 Derkowski (4–2) Waddell (1–5) — 401 10–4 — February 28 at Long Beach State LBSU Softball ComplexLong Beach, CA 6–7 (9) Fernandez (1–5) George (0–1) — 515 10–5 — February 29 vs. No. 17 Texas A&MJudi Garman Classic Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 0–6 Kennedy (8–0) Derkowski (4–3) — 100 10–6 — February 29 at Cal State FullertonJudi Garman Classic Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 1–5 Rainey (3–3) Hoehn (4–1) — 301 10–7 — March (14–4) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record March 1 vs. Oregon StateJudi Garman Classic Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 0–1 Garcia (3–3) Derkowski (4–4) — — 10–8 — March 1 vs. No. 18 UCLAJudi Garman Classic Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 0–10 (6) Terry (3–0) Hoehn (4–2) — — 10–9 — March 2 vs. No. 13 FloridaJudi Garman Classic Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 10–2 (5) Hoehn (5–2) Brown (8–1) — 131 11–9 — March 9 vs. Bowling GreenNKU Tournament Frank Ignatius Grein Softball FieldHighland Heights, KY Cancelled March 10 vs. Bowling GreenNKU Tournament Frank Ignatius Grein Softball FieldHighland Heights, KY 8–0 (6) Hoehn (6–2) Denison (0–1) — 75 12–9 — March 10 at Northern KentuckyNKU Tournament Frank Ignatius Grein Softball FieldHighland Heights, KY 2–3 Hicks (6–8) Derkowski (4–5) Eads (2) 355 12–10 — March 11 vs. Illinois StateNKU Tournament Frank Ignatius Grein Softball FieldHighland Heights, KY 13–2 (5) Derkowski (5–5) Meshnick (3–8) — — 13–10 — March 16 vs. South DakotaCardinal Classic Ulmer StadiumLouisville, KY 4–3 Hoehn (7–2) Edwards (5–9) — 454 14–10 — March 16 at LouisvilleCardinal Classic Ulmer StadiumLouisville, KY 4–12 (5) Zabala (11–4) Hoehn (7–3) — 454 14–11 — March 17 vs. DartmouthCardinal Classic Ulmer StadiumLouisville, KY 4–2 Derkowski (6–5) McCarroll (1–3) — 86 15–11 — March 17 vs. IllinoisCardinal Classic Ulmer StadiumLouisville, KY 4–1 Hoehn (8–3) McQueen (6–5) Derkowski (1) 106 16–11 — March 19 Oakland Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 2–0 Derkowski (7–5) Cambell (5–5) — 677 17–11 — March 23 Purdue Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 7–0 Derkowski (8–5) Elish (2–4) — 928 18–11 1–0 March 24 Purdue Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 11–3 (5) Hoehn (9–3) Klochack (3–3) — 947 19–11 2–0 March 25 Purdue Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 6–2 Derkowski (9–5) Gossett (4–6) — 556 20–11 3–0 March 27 Toledo Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 12–3 (6) Hoehn (10–3) Knight (9–5) — 841 21–11 — March 29 at Indiana Andy Mohr FieldBloomington, IN 15–6 (6) Derkowski (10–5) Copeland (12–6) — 523 22–11 4–0 March 30 at Indiana Andy Mohr FieldBloomington, IN 7–1 Hoehn (11–3) Copeland (12–7) — 732 23–11 5–0 March 31 at Indiana Andy Mohr FieldBloomington, IN 10–1 (5) Derkowski (11–5) Cooper (0–1) — 347 24–11 6–0 April (13–3) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record April 3 at Notre Dame Melissa Cook StadiumNotre Dame, IN Postponed April 5 at Northwestern Sharon J. Drysdale FieldEvanston, IL 1–9 (5) Miller (9–4) — 405 24–12 6–1 April 6 at Northwestern Sharon J. Drysdale FieldEvanston, IL 5–8 Hoehn (11–4) 935 24–13 6–2 April 6 at Northwestern Sharon J. Drysdale FieldEvanston, IL 4–5 Miller (10–4) Derkowski (11–7) — 988 24–14 6–3 April 9 at Michigan State Secchia StadiumEast Lansing, MI 11–5 Hoehn (12–4) Taylor (1–9) — 1,117 25–14 7–3 April 10 Central Michigan Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 5–0 Hoehn (13–4) Wallace (1–7) Derkowski (2) 1,271 26–14 — April 12 Iowa Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI Postponed April 13 Iowa Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 8–6 George (1–1) Adams (9–8) Hoehn (2) 1,975 27–14 8–3 April 13 Iowa Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 9–8 (8) Derkowski (12–7) Judisch (0–2) — 1,975 28–14 9–3 April 14 Iowa Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 6–5 George (2–1) Adams (9–9) — 2,079 29–14 10–3 April 16 Michigan State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 5–1 Hoehn (14–4) Roberts (0–1) Derkowski (3) 1,752 30–14 11–3 April 19 Nebraska Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 4–3 (9) George (3–1) Kinney (15–11) — 1,354 31–14 12–3 April 20 Nebraska Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 6–5 George (4–1) Harness (5–4) — 1,987 32–14 13–3 April 21 Nebraska Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 11–3 (6) Derkowski (13–7) Kinney (15–12) — 1,986 33–14 14–3 April 23 at Oakland Oakland Softball FieldRochester, MI 9–4 George (5–1) Smith (1–2) — — 34–14 — April 26 at Penn State Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball ParkState College, PA 2–0 Derkowski (14–7) Nemeth (21–4) — 839 35–14 15–3 April 27 at Penn State Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball ParkState College, PA 14–3 (6) George (6–1) Volpe (8–6) — 782 36–14 16–3 April 28 at Penn State Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball ParkState College, PA 3–2 (9) Derkowski (15–7) Nemeth (21–5) — 1,077 37–14 17–3 May (1–2) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record May 3 Ohio State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 9–6 Derkowski (16–7) Ruck (8–5) George (1) 2,131 38–14 18–3 May 4 Ohio State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 0–6 Paulsen (3–2) Hoehn (14–5) — 2,432 38–15 18–4 May 5 Ohio State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 1–2 Smith (18–9) Derkowski (16–8) — 2,206 38–16 18–5 Post-season (5–2) (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record May 9 Maryland Pearl FieldIowa City, IA 10–0 (5) Derkowski (17–8) Wyche (13–15) — — 39–16 1–0 May 10 Wisconsin Pearl FieldIowa City, IA 6–4 Derkowski (18–8) Salo (5–5) — 680 40–16 2–0 May 11 Indiana Pearl FieldIowa City, IA 3–1 Derkowski (19–8) Copeland (20–11) — 692 41–16 3–0 (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 17 vs. Kentucky Cowgirl StadiumStillwater, OK 3–4 Derkowski (19–9) — — 41–17 0–1 May 18 vs. Northern Colorado Cowgirl StadiumStillwater, OK 4–2 George (7–1) Caviness (17–10) — 698 42–17 1–1 May 18 vs. Kentucky Cowgirl StadiumStillwater, OK 4–2 Hoehn (15–5) George (2) 753 43–17 2–1 May 19 vs. Oklahoma State Cowgirl StadiumStillwater, OK 1–4 Kilfoyl (24–3) Derkowski (19–10) — 1,072 43–18 2–2

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