Last season, former Maize n Brew writer Jacob Shames highlighted a striking factoid about the Michigan women’s soccer team:
“Of the Big Ten’s 14 women’s soccer programs, 10 have won a conference tournament championship since 2000. Northwestern hasn’t won the tournament since it began in 1994, while Maryland and Rutgers have only been members of the Big Ten since 2014.
“That leaves one team unaccounted for, and it’s a surprising one — Michigan.”
So much for that one, huh?
After a good, not great regular season, the Wolverines turned it up about five notches.