Wolverines to Host Titans in Residence Opener

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan ladies’s soccer group (1-0) seems to be to start the 2025 season 2-0 when it hosts Detroit Mercy (1-0) at 1 p.m. on Sunday (Aug. 17) at U-M Soccer Stadium, with the sport to be streamed dwell on B1G+. The Maize and Blue will rejoice Wolverine Kids Club Day, with the primary 500 followers receiving a 2025 group poster in addition to a postgame autograph session.

• Head coach Jennifer Klein sports activities a 5-1 report in home-opening matches as a part of a 19-9-4 all-time Michigan report.

• The Wolverines are 9-2 in opposition to the Titans within the collection relationship again to 1994. U-M has bested Detroit Mercy of their previous 4 outings, most just lately downing the in-state foe 3-0 within the 2015 residence opener.

• Sophomore Elle Ervin carried the load for Michigan within the season-opening win in opposition to Villanova on Thursday (Aug. 14). The ahead contributed her first profession multi-point outing with the game-tying objective within the 77th minute and an help on the game-winner with three minutes remaining in regulation.

• Classmate Ella Jablinskey additionally contributed her first profession factors within the win, including a secondary help on the game-winning objective from Gabrielle Prych.

• Michigan’s protection stifled Villanova, limiting the Wildcats to only two photographs on objective exterior of a penalty kick within the second half. Sophomore Ellie Fife, a 2025 Big Ten Player to Watch, held down the fort at middle again, taking part in the total 90 minutes together with classmate Campbell Jewell, who assisted on Ervin’s equalizer.

• Freshmen Maya Raghunandanan and Coda Jones made their collegiate debuts on Thursday, with Raghunandanan incomes the beginning. Fife additionally performed her first official recreation in maize and blue after transferring from Vanderbilt final season.

• Detroit Mercy heads to Ann Arbor after defeating Valparaiso 2-1 in its season-opener on Thursday. Senior Abbey Lodato, a two-time Horizon League first-team choice, slotted each targets for the Titans.

• U-M kicks off a three-game street journey subsequent Thursday (Aug. 21), when it heads south to tackle Alabama at 7 p.m. CT, a recreation that can be streamed dwell on SEC Network+. The Wolverines’ subsequent recreation at U-M Soccer Stadium can be an in-state rivalry matchup in opposition to Western Michigan on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 1 p.m.