On Thursday, the Wolverines, the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, blanked the top-seeded Ducks 5-0 to keep their season alive and advance to the conference semifinals. They will face the winner of No. 12 seed Purdue and No. 4 seed Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Oregon is one-and-done in the Big Ten tournament and now has to hope being shutout for the second time this season didn’t cost it even more in terms of postseason seeding. The top-seeded Ducks went 1 for 15 with runners on base,

Tholl had her players believe in the process a year ago when she guided the Wolverines to a 43-18 record, including 33 wins in their final 42 games. They won the Big Ten tournament title and advanced to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Oklahoma State in the regional final.