* The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
September 8, 2009 - 7B
Tauro leads
Michigan in
season opener
Junior defender Jackie Carron scored two goals and tallied three assists on the weekend, leading Michigan to a 4-1 win over Eastern Michigan.
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By TIM ROHAN player like her gives you that sense
Daily Sports Writer of security that it's like if somebody
makes a mistake, she's going to be
ie Carron was the one clear there to cover it up."
at. The security that Carron brings
years ago, the Michigan her coach could be necessary for an
's soccer team was in the inexperienced Michigan team this
of a major coaching transi- fall. The Wolverines have started
ew Wolverine coach Greg the season slow out of the gate with
as making changes. a 3-3 record, but Carron is already
one thing he didn't tin- making her mark on the team
th was starting Carron on offensively.
. And he still won't now. In Michigan's 4-3 win over Cen-
Rochester Hills native start- tral Michigan on Sept. 3, Carron
8 games she played in her tallied one goal and one assist. Ryan
an year, started another 19 also has the junior quad-captain
son and has been a stalwart taking free kicks and corner kicks
g Ryan's defense since his for the team - and it was off a cor-
ner kick that she was able to loft the
ball into the back of the net for her
first goal of the season.
Carron added another goal and
two assists in the Wolverine's win
over Eastern Michigan Sunday. She
had one career goal entering the
season.
"(Ryan has) just pushed me to
be best that I can," Carron said of
her coach's impact. "Every day, he
works on something new, and I
work at itcuntil I get it right."
Ryan also thinks Carron canplay
professionally and for the national
team. He pushed her to play for the
top women's club team in the coun-
try this summer, the Pali Blues.
With Carron's help, they won the
United Soccer Leagues' W-League
championship.
Carron's potential to play profes-
sionally is something Ryan thinks
will.bring girls to Michigan's soccer
program. He pointed to the fact that
five of next year's recruits are cur-
squad
rently playing atthe youth or senior
national team level. Their sights are
set on college and beyond.
"A lot ofkids are comingto Mich-
igan now because they wantto play
in the pros," Ryan said. "They want
to come here because they want to
have a coach and a coaching staff
that has international experience."
While Ryan is developing the
young talent he has at Michigan,
Carron is roaming the field as the
last line of defense for the Wolver-
ines. And as the team continue to
have growing pains, Carron can be
a calming force on the team.
"I just don't know what we
would do without Jackie Carron,
and I know about 26 other girls
over there that feel the same way,"
Ryan said.
Runners sweep top
three spots in
Michigan Open
By KEVIN RAFTERY
For the Daily
Last week, the Michigan wom-
en's cross country team returned
to Ann Arbor from a grueling week
of camp. Less than 24 hours later,
the Wolverines competed against
Eastern Michigan for their first
meet of the year in the 5,000-meter
Michigan Open at Hudson Mills
Metropark in Dexter.
But Michigan showed few signs
of fatigue as eight runners finished
in the top 10. Junior Danielle Tauro
led the pack, finishing first with a
time of 18:00.5. Tauro, who will
be counted on as the Wolverines'
leader this year, said that it was
more important for her team to
gain experience than to finish with
impressive times.
"This meet is definitely low-
key," Tauro said through the Ath-
letic Department. "We got back
yesterday, and then it was move-in.
So with this meet, our top prior-
ity isn't really to run fast, it's more
about getting a race under our belt
before the big meets get going."
Taura's performance was closely
followed by freshmen Jillian Smith
(t8:11.4) and Raitlyn Patterson
(18:11.8), who finished second and
third, respectively. The freshmen
will be a big part of Michigan's suc-
cess this year, since 16 of 27 athletes
on the Wolverines' roster are fresh-
men.
Michigan Coach Mike McGuire
was happy with his team's perfor-
mance, particularly the freshmen.
"We've got a good group," he
said. "We're in a position this year
where we're going to need help
from the freshmen. They're defi-
nitely going to be called upon, and
I think they'll be equal to the chal-
lenge."
It was a promising start for the
Wolverines, who will look to build
on that in preparation for the Spar-
tan Invitational on Sept. 18.
"We've established the bench-
mark," McGuire said, "and we've
just got to get better from here."
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