WOMEN'S.SOCCER:
The Wolverines took
on No. 1 Notre Dame
in a bruising battle.
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THE SPORTSMONDAY COLUMN:
It was a long time coming, but
Michigan's upset win over Notre
Dame was worth the wait.
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WOMEN'S CROSS
COUNTRY:
The Wolverines
win yet again.
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No. 10 MICHIGAN 47, No. 2 NOTRE DAME 21
Heis-man hand led

The number of points Michi-
gan posted on the Fighting
Irish.
The number of years since
Michigan's last win at Notre
Dame Stadium.
The number of rushing
yards Notre Dame totaled
in the game.
The number of defensive
touchdowns the Wolverines
tallied.
The number of first
downs the Irish gained in
the first and third quar-
ters combined.

Big win brings new
beginning or Varsity
SOUTH BEND - 2006 Michigan football proved it is not the
N otre Dame Stadium had fallen silent. same as last season's 7-5 squad.
But the fabled field still had its "A lot of people had us down ' senior
famed echoes. defensive end LaMarr Woodley said. "A lot of
Walking under the lights on the torn and people said we couldn't come in here and win.
matted turf after the game, you could still hear A lot of people judged us on last year. This is a
the sounds from the impressive and dominat- totally different team from last year."
ing Michigan win. All week, the Wolverine players had been
You could hear the players storming off the looking forward to Saturday's game as a
field immediately following their complete chance to show the nation once and for that
destruction of Notre Dame on Saturday. KEVIN they would not fall into the same pattern of
The screams of jubilation. The faithful WRIGHT blown leads as last season. Michigan held a
Michigan fans chanting "Why so silent?" and a fourth-quarter lead in four of its five losses in
rousing rendition of "The Victors." And finally, 2005.
the silence of the Notre Dame student section Even though the players believed from the
- which remained full until the end. beginning of spring practice, the media and
All of them reverberated off the empty bleachers. the fans had reasons to doubt. Michigan opened up 2006
The sounds mixed to form one common theme: the with unconvincing wins against Vanderbilt and Central
See WRIGHT, page 5B

TOP: Brady Quinn's Heisman hopes took a hit after throwing three interceptions Saturday.
BOTTOM: Linebacker David Harris and the Michigan defense were able to hold Darius Walker to 27
yards rushing. The Fighting Irish had just four rushing yards on the day.

Late goal, goalie lift Stickers Owls can't slow 'M' as
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Daily Sports Wrter *

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Michigan converted just one of its 24 corner
opportunities on Sunday.
Luckily, that was all the Wolverines needed in
1-0 home victory over No.
11 Louisville.
With less than four min- 06
utes left in regulation, senior
tri-captain Mary Fox took her 24th corner of the
day. And as Louisville (4-3) swarmed senior tri-
captain Kara Lentz,junior Ashley Lennington was
left wide open.
"We pulled the corner, and I knew it was going
to come to me," Lennington said. "I saw the ball
coming, and I kept my stick steady and just tipped
it in and started celebrating"
Michigan (4-5) spent the whole weekend beating
Cardinals, from both Ball State and Louisville.
See CARDINALS, page 2B

,blue remains pertect

By Anthony Oliveira
For the Daily
The Michigan volleyball team danced through
the competition this weekend, even to KC & and
the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)."
That is, until the 22nd-ranked Wolverines faced
Rice during the final number
of the Michigan/Nike Invita- C
tional. MICHIGAN 3
Having handily swept its
previous two matches - with Indiana Purdue Fort
Worth (30-22, 30-26, 30-22) and New Hampshire
(30-22, 30-15, 30-18) - Michigan laid back, allow-
ing the Owls to attack. The plan worked: The Wol-
verines swept Rice.

"Tonight, we got a little sloppy," Michigan head
coach Mark Rosen said. "Give Rice credit. They
were very aggressive throughout the match and got
on our heels a little bit. We want to be the attacking
team, and I didn't think we did that tonight. That
was one of the reasons to be frustrated: We let them
be the attacking team, and we weathered it."
Before facing Rice, Michigan established its
dominance, allowing opponents just one lead
- a short-lived 1-0 against New Hampshire. But
the Owls showed off some moves and gained an
advantage in each of the three games.
Rice, down 2-0, managed a tight game with the
Wolverines. Leading 15-14, the Owls sought to
widen the gap. Michigan's sluggish play made a
See RICE, page 2B

Junior Ashley Lennington scored the only tally in Michigan's upset
of No. 11 Louisville on Sunday.

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