The 2026 Michigan Wolverines softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wolverines were led by head coach Bonnie Tholl in her fourth season, and played their home games at Alumni Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Previous season The Wolverines finished the 2024 season 39–21 overall, and 11–11 in the Big Ten. They won the 2025 Big Ten tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament and were eliminated in the second round by UCF.

Roster

Schedule and results 2026 Michigan Wolverines Softball Game Log Regular season (33–19) February (14–4) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record February 6 vs. Bethune–CookmanUSF-Rawlings Invitational USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 17–0 (5) Meyers (1–0) — 1,450 1–0 — February 6 at USFUSF-Rawlings Invitational USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 4–0 Hoehn (1–0) Long (0–1) — 1,450 2–0 — February 7 vs. Illinois StateUSF-Rawlings Invitational USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 6–2 Ellis (1–0) Meshnick (1–1) — 1,480 3–0 — February 7 vs. No. 6 FloridaUSF-Rawlings Invitational USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 1–5 Rothrock (2–0) Hoehn (1–1) — 1,679 3–1 — February 8 vs. KansasUSF-Rawlings Invitational USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 4–2 Ellis (2–0) Barber (1–1) — 1,853 4–1 — February 13 vs. PittsburghHouston-HCU Invitational Husky FieldHouston, TX 3–1 Ellis (3–0) Duck (0–2) — 125 5–1 — February 13 at Houston ChristianHouston-HCU Invitational Husky FieldHouston, TX 6–1 Meyers (2–0) Haygood (0–2) — 125 6–1 — February 14 vs. Incarnate WordHouston-HCU Invitational Husky FieldHouston, TX 20–2 (5) LaMarche (1–0) Portillo (0–1) — — 7–1 — February 14 vs. HoustonHouston-HCU Invitational Husky FieldHouston, TX 9–10 Bodeux (2–0) LaMarche (1–1) — — 7–2 — February 15 vs. LafayetteHouston-HCU Invitational Husky FieldHouston, TX 9–0 (5) Hoehn (2–1) Lecky (0–1) — — 8–2 — February 20 vs. New Mexico StateSun Devil Classic Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 5–3 Meyers (3–0) Aragon (3–3) — — 9–2 — February 20 at No. 22 Arizona StateSun Devil Classic Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 9–8 Ellis (4–0) Silva (4–1) — — 10–2 — February 21 vs. Southern UtahSun Devil Classic Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 3–1 Ellis (5–0) Baker (1–4) — — 11–2 — February 21 at No. 22 Arizona StateSun Devil Classic Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 0–8 (6) Brown (4–1) Meyers (3–1) — — 11–3 — February 22 vs. Southern UtahSun Devil Classic Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 5–3 (10) Ellis (6–0) Nielson (1–2) — — 12–3 — February 27 vs. VillanovaParty at Palmer Park Palmer ParkCharlottesville, VA 7–0 Ellis (7–0) Gallant (0–6) — 56 13–3 — February 27 at No. 18 VirginiaParty at Palmer Park Palmer ParkCharlottesville, VA 2–6 Layne (6–0) Hoehn (2–2) — 161 13–4 — February 28 vs. BucknellParty at Palmer Park Palmer ParkCharlottesville, VA 8–0 Meyers (4–1) Power (1–4) — 129 14–4 — March (7–9) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record March 1 vs. VillanovaParty at Palmer Park Palmer ParkCharlottesville, VA 9–2 Ferguson (1–0) Kobryn (1–6) — 96 15–4 — March 1 at No. 18 VirginiaParty at Palmer Park Palmer ParkCharlottesville, VA 4–5 Layne (7–0) Ellis (7–1) — 378 15–5 — March 3 at Liberty Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball StadiumLynchburg, VA 8–0 (5) Meyers (5–1) Allen (2–1) — 279 16–5 — March 4 at James Madison Veterans Memorial ParkHarrisonburg, VA 8–0 (5) Hoehn (3–2) Johnson (2–2) — 153 17–5 — March 5 vs. Boston CollegeHokie Invitational Tech Softball ParkBlacksburg, VA 7–1 Ellis (8–1) Pappion (1–2) — 150 18–5 — March 5 at No. 11 Virginia TechHokie Invitational Tech Softball ParkBlacksburg, VA 3–5 Mazzarone (5–1) Meyers (5–2) Carrico (3) 627 18–6 — March 6 vs. BryantHokie Invitational Tech Softball ParkBlacksburg, VA 7–1 LaMarche (2–1) Tracy (2–1) — — 19–6 — March 13 at No. 10 Nebraska Bowlin StadiumLincoln, NE 2–5 Jensen (9–2) Meyers (5–3) Frahm (6) 1,993 19–7 0–1 March 14 at No. 10 Nebraska Bowlin StadiumLincoln, NE 4–8 Frahm (7–3) Hoehn (3–3) — — 19–8 0–2 March 15 at No. 10 Nebraska Bowlin StadiumLincoln, NE 2–5 Camenzind (5–0) Ellis (8–2) Jensen (1) 2,637 19–9 0–3 March 20 Washington Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 7–9 Reimer (15–1) Ellis (8–3) Ramuno (1) 811 19–10 0–4 March 21 Washington Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 4–7 Reimer (16–1) Ferguson (1–1) — 907 19–11 0–5 March 22 Washington Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 7–10 Reimer (17–1) LaMarche (2–2) — — 19–12 0–6 March 27 Purdue Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 9–1 (5) Hoehn (4–3) Gossett (9–6) — 637 20–12 1–6 March 28 Purdue Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 6–13 Fontenot (8–3) Ellis (8–4) — 1,218 20–13 1–7 March 29 Purdue Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 13–5 (5) Hoehn (5–3) Perez (6–1) — 951 21–13 2–7 April (9–6) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record April 1 Oakland Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 6–5 Ferguson (2–1) Bommarito (8–5) — 643 22–13 — April 3 at Northwestern Sharon J. Drysdale FieldEvanston, IL 0–4 Mason (8–8) Hoehn (5–4) — 513 22–14 2–8 April 4 at Northwestern Sharon J. Drysdale FieldEvanston, IL 9–5 Ferguson (3–1) Blea (1–4) Hoehn (1) 582 23–14 3–8 April 5 at Northwestern Sharon J. Drysdale FieldEvanston, IL 11–9 LaMarche (3–2) Dohse (2–3) — 381 24–14 4–8 April 10 Ohio State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 10–8 LaMarche (4–2) Boutte (2–5) — 1,215 25–14 5–8 April 11 Ohio State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 11–1 (6) Ellis (9–4) Molk (14–12) — 2,255 26–14 6–8 April 12 Ohio State Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 2–13 (5) Boutte (3–5) LaMarche (4–3) — 2,049 26–15 6–9 April 14 at Central Michigan Margo Jonker StadiumMount Pleasant, MI 8–1 Meyers (6–3) Langan (7–9) — 422 27–15 — April 15 Bowling Green Alumni Field Cancelled April 17 at Wisconsin Goodman Softball ComplexMadison, WI 7–4 Ellis (10–4) Jacobson (10–7) — — 28–15 7–9 April 18 at Ohio State Goodman Softball ComplexMadison, WI 3–6 Herr (10–5) Meyers (6–4) Lewis (2) 340 28–16 7–10 April 19 at Ohio State Goodman Softball ComplexMadison, WI 12–14 Felci (1–0) Ellis (10–5) — 481 28–17 7–11 April 21 Toledo Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 3–0 Hoehn (6–4) Johnson (1–8) — 782 29–17 — April 24 Indiana Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 4–8 Hess (8–2) Hoehn (6–5) — 1,350 29–18 8–11 April 25 Indiana Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 9–8 Hoehn (7–5) Mannon (6–3) — 1,855 30–18 8–12 April 26 Indiana Alumni FieldAnn Arbor, MI 2–11 (5) Hess (9–2) Ellis (10–6) — 1,847 30–19 8–13 May (3–0) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record May 1 at Michigan State Secchia StadiumEast Lansing, MI 6–1 Hoehn (4–4) Carsyn (5–10) — 1,213 31–19 9–13 May 2 at Michigan State Secchia StadiumEast Lansing, MI 9–1 (6) Ellis (11–6) Schuler (5–15) — 1,436 32–19 10–13 May 3 at Michigan State Secchia StadiumEast Lansing, MI 3–1 Ellis (12–6) Carsyn (5–11) — 1,452 33–19 11–13 Postseason (3–3) (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record May 6 Ohio State Maryland Softball StadiumCollege Park, MD 9–0 (5) Ellis (13–6) Boutte (7–7) — — 34–19 1–0 May 7 No. 2 Nebraska Maryland Softball StadiumCollege Park, MD 2–4 Frahm (17–4) Ellis (13–7) — — 34–20 1–1 (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 15 vs. Kansas Love's FieldNorman, OK 0–1 (8) Partridge (10–4) Ellis (13–8) — 4,036 34–21 0–1 May 16 vs. Binghamton Love's FieldNorman, OK 6–0 Ellis (14–8) Glover (4–7) — 4,235 35–21 1–1 May 16 vs. Kansas Love's FieldNorman, OK 12–10 Ellis (15–8) Barber (9–9) — 4,235 36–21 2–1 May 17 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma Love's FieldNorman, OK 1–8 Lowry (22–3) Ellis (15–9) — 3,947 36–22 2–2

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