The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com I January12, 2009
REDHAWK DOWNED

ANNA BAK
Sophomore Carl Hagelin sprawls out in front of the net during a shorthanded goal in Saturday's5-tdismantling of Miami (Ohio). With twowins over thetedHawks, the Wolverines are once again'ba'k in contention for one of thetop-four spots in the C
meaning they would get a bye in the first round of the upcoming conference tournament.

'M' gets its revenge
in convincing sweep

Saturday
MICHIGAN 5, MIAMI1
Sunday
MICHIGAN 4, MIAMI 0


So, what does a sweep of
Miami mean, anyway?

By NICOLE AUERBACH
Daily Sports Editor
The goals weren't that flashy.
Unlike in previous weeks, hat
tricks didn't dominate head-
lines. And Wolverine coach Red
Berenson called one of the games
"ugly"
But even so, the Michigan hock-
ey team was dominant in a crucial
series sweep, soundly beating No.
6 Miami (Ohio) 5-1 Saturday and
4-0 Sunday in Yost Ice Arena. Fri-
day's game was postponed to Sun-
day afternoon due to weather and
structural damage to the arena.
Six weeks ago, the RedHawks
swept the Wolverines in Oxford in
a series where Michigan managed
just one goal - the same offensive
output Miami had this weekend.
After the pair of losses in Novem-
ber, Berenson lamented that some
of his players hadn't scored in over
amonth.

This time around, offense came
swiftly and easily with nine dif-
ferent Wolverines findingthe back
of the net in a surprising scoring
barrage - one that didn't include
the team's points leaders, Louie
Caporusso and Aaron Palushaj.
The Miami defense keyed in on
the duo, limiting them to just one
total assist.
"We got goals from some
unlikely sources," Berenson said
after Sunday afternoon's victory.
"It's not always your top scorers
who are going to score in games
like this. We didn't get a lot of
shots in the game. We just had
to whack and hack and make our
chances count."
Freshman walk-on forward
Luke Glendening tallied his first
career goal Sunday on a tic-tac-
toe play. Three defensemen lit
the lamp in the series. Michi-
gan scored shorthanded. Even
See REDHAWKS, Page 4B

Just before Thanksgiving
- the last time the Michi-
gan hockey team played
Miami (Ohio) -- the Wolverines
scored just
one goal in
two games,
their worst
offensive
weekend w
ever under
longtime
Michigan
coach Red MICHAEL
Berenson. EISENSTEIN
One goal.
On 46 shots.
Since
that series, Michigan has won
seven of eight games, nearly dou-
bling its win total, including this
past weekend's domination of the
RedHawks.
To put the team's improvement
into perspective, the Wolverines
OMBAK/Da once again took 46 shots against

Miami this weekend.
The resulttNine goals.
All told, Michigan gained four
points on second-place Miami in
the CCHA standings after the 5-1
and 4-0 wins.
"We got pretty much embar-
rassed there (in Oxford)," sopho-
more forward Matt Rust said of
the first time the two teams faced
off. "It's good to come back and
put a stomping on them. I think
it's definitely just going to help us
push forward in the season."
But it's important not to get
caught up init and blow the sweep
of Miami out of proportion. This
doesn't mean the Wolverines
are one of the top teams in the
country, even though sophomore
goalie Bryan Hogan posted a .977
save percentage against the con-
ference's second-best offense.
Michigan is finally finding the
back of the net more than once in
See EISENSTEIN, Page 4B


Blue destroys overmatched Iowa

MEN'S SOCCER
Marosevic signs
professional deal

By ANDY REID
Daily Sports Editor
No one, not even Michigan men's bas-
ketball coach John Beilein, could have pre-
dicted the Wolverines would be here at this
point in the season.
Let's take a second to recap. Michigan -
yes, the same team that's limped through
more than a decade of mediocrity; the
same team that managed a measly 10 wins
last year while losing a program-record
22 games; the same team that players and
coaches called a work in progress during
the preseason - is sitting in the top four of
the Big Ten after yesterday morning's 64-49
beatdown of Iowa.
After one of their best starts to conference
play in recent memory, the Wolverines are
being mentioned in the same breath as some
of the conference big shots, like Michigan
State and Wisconsin, who bested Michigan
by eight points on New Year's Eve.
And for good reason.
The victory over Iowa was the Wolver-
ines' (3-1 Big Ten, 13-3 overall) most com-
plete game since conference play began,
with both the offense and defense running
smoothly from the opening tipoff.
After less-than-stellar defensive perfor-
mances against teams like Wisconsin and
Illinois, Michigan totally shut down the
Iowa attack and limited the Hawkeyes to

just 16 first-half points. Almost exclusively
playing the Beilein-patented 1-3-1 zone,
the Wolverines defense looked hungry and
aggressive. It forced 12 total turnovers,
including one that led to a ridiculous four-
on-zero fastbreak that ended in a monster
jam by sophomore leading-scorer Manny
Harris.
"When (the 1-3-1 is) working, we stay
with it and keep it going - we don't want to
change it," junior DeShawn Sims said.
And it was obviously working yesterday.
At no point did the Hawkeyes (1-3,11-6) look
comfortable in their offensive set, often ten-
tatively passing the ball around the perim-
eter deep into the shot clock.
Where Michigan might have experi-
mented with a man-to-man set in previous
games, it stuck with the zone scheme for
most of the contest.
"You don't see it very often," explained
Beilein about his troublesome defensive
scheme. "It's hard for people to prepare for.
Sometimes. It's not even about a schemat-
ic thing. It's about just getting the ball in
the right areas, where the ball will bounce
our way."
But Michigan needs to take this win with
a grain of salt.
Iowa's best player, senior forward Cyrus
Tate, came out on the Crisler Arena court
during pregame warm-ups with sweats on
See HAWKEYES, Page 4B

By CHANTEL JENNINGS
Daily Sports Writer
On New Year's Day, junior Peri
Marosevic awoke to a missed call
from his agent. When he returned
the call, he learned he was one of
nine elite soccer players in the
country who had been offered
professional contracts with Gen-
eration adidas.
"I didn't really say anything at
first," Marosevic said. "It didn't
really click right away. ... Once I
told my parents, they flipped. My
mom started crying."
Major League Soccer and Adi-
das team up every year to select
the most talented collegiate and
youth soccer players in the coun-
try. These players are offered
three-year Generation adidas
contracts, with the opportunity
for a two-year extension. The con-
tract is worth between $65,000
and $125,000 per year, putting
the athletes in the top quarter of.
all MLS salaries as rookies

Since all Generation adidas
players are selected before their
college graduations, players are
given educational grants to con-
tinue their studies in addition to
their original
contracts.
Marosevic
won't be con-
tinuing to play ,
at Michigan,
meaning he'll
have to take
three more
semesters of MAROSEVIC
class before
he is eligible
to graduate. But Marosevic said
he plans to complete his Sport
Management degree by taking
online classes once he gets used
to the lifestyle of a professional
athlete.
When Michigan coach Steve
BurnsrecruitedMarosevic,Burns
made him promise that even if he
chose to leave college early, he
See MAROSEVIC, Page 4B

Junior DeShawn Sims was a force in the paint as the
Hawkeyes' best big man, Cyrus Tate, was out with a foot injury.

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