4B - January 6, 2010
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
4B - January 6, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
COLUMBUS
From page 1B
State and Northwestern, but the
Wolverines still managed to hang
with the Buckeyes.
There were 15 lead changes and
12 ties en route to the three-point
Ohio State victory. While the
Buckeyes (4-0, 16-1) out-rebound-
ed Michigan 36 to 29, the Wolver-
ines shot better from the field by
10 percent.
"I thought we played well,"
Borseth said.
"We had to. They are obviously
very good. Down the stretch we
gave ourselves a chance to win,
which is what we want to be able
to do."
The Wolverines are still look-
ing for a way to win in the Big Ten
as they get deeper into conference
play.
They hope to utilize home-
court advantage on Thursday
against conference foe Iowa, a
team they narrowly beat on the
Hawkeyes' home turf last month.
"We have to find a way to win,"
sophomore forward Carmen
Reynolds said.
"That's our focus, that's always
been our focus. We have to find
a way to get it done. We are not
going to be satisfied with just los-
ing by three to the best team in
the Big Ten. We got to keep work-
ing hard and keep trying to find a
way to win. That's what we need
to do."
;_
KARTJE
From page 1B
Turco might have shown itself.
"(Hogan) showed he could play
in a game where he had to make
the difference," Berenson said
before the season started. "He has
showed me that, and I just thought
that he reminded me of Turco."
After witnessing Berenson tell
Hogan to take a seat for the third
period of Michigan's first-round
matchup againstRensselaer Poly-
technic in last week's Great Lakes
Invitational, you have to wonder if
he still feels the same way.
Because when the Wolverines
captured the 1998 National Cham-
pionship - the last time Turco or
any Michigan goalie lifted the tro-
phy - Berenson sure didn't relieve
his prized goaltender of his duties
with the expectation that backups
Gregg Malicke or Greg Dadario
would stand on their head.
So when junior goalie Shawn
Hunwick skated to the Michigan
goal to start the third period yes-
terday - his first game action since
the 2007-08 season - Berenson
came to terms with reality, right
before our eyes.
Bryan Hogan is no Marty
Turco.
And Bryan Hogan is not a cham-
pionship goalie.
Sure, the brunt of the blame for
a reeling hockey team will always
fall on its goaltender and Hogan
is clearly notthe only one at fault
for the team's record. A litany of
issues have plagued Michigan this
season.
But after facing justfive shots
from the Engineers, Hogan and
the Wolverines were looking at a
3-1 deficit - a nearly inexcusable
mark no matter how unearned the
goals may have appeared.
Even at that, it was the third
goal that broke the camel's back.
With Michigan trailing by only
one goal, Hogan looked like he had
a routine save to his glove side that
most likely would have left the
Wolverines down just one heading
into the final period.
But when the puck slipped off
of Hogan's glove and into the net,
Berenson made the only decision
he could to save his team's chance
ata third-straight GLI Champion-
ship.
Was it the right decision in the
end? I think so.
Although the Engineers slipped
the fourth and backbreaking goal
just over Hunwick's shoulder,
where a five-inchheight advantage
might have helped Hogan stop it,
the move did seem to sparkthe
Wolverines, who scored two third-
period goals.
"Any time there's a goalie
change, especially with a guy
like Shawn Hunwick who's a real
character guy in the locker room,
it could be a big morale booster,"
senior captain Chris Summers
said. "Whether it was a change
because Hogan was there or wasn't
there, guys look atethat and say
something needs to change, and it
trickles through the team."
Don't get me wrong, Hogan
will likely take his place between
the pipes for the team's remain-
ing regular season schedule. Even
Berenson wasted no time in call-
ing him "their guy" following the
Wolverines' 5-3 win over Michigan
Tech in the consolation game.
But after pulling him against
RPI, Berenson, like everyone else,
should realize that with Hogan
as Michigan's only viable option,
it could be awhile longer before
anyone makes another Turco com-
parison. Or lifts a National Cham-
pionship trophy.
- Kartje can be reached
at rkartje@umich.edu.
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By RYAN PODGES Team USA competed against the
Daily Sports Writer E-stars, an all-star team of Europe-
an swimmers from Italy, Germany
While fighting the H1N1 flu and Great Britain. The bi-annual
early last December, junior swim- meet, called the Duel in the Pool,
mer Tyler Clary pushed.himself to was held in Manchester, England
a third-place finish at the U.S. Short Dec. 18-19. The Americans cruised
Course National Championships in to an easy win with a final score of
one of his best events - the 400- 185-78.
yard individual medley. After his victory across the
The inspired performance left pond, Clary and his Wolverine
his coaches wondering what he was teammates onthe men's swimming
capable of while healthy. and diving team flew to Key Largo,
Swimming again less than two Fla., where they spent most of their
weeks later, they got their answer break training in a warmer climate.
when Clary broke the American The team's annual training trip
record in the same event. is a chance forthe team to improve
Team USA swept the top three technique and build endurance and
places in the event. Clary won camaraderie.
with a time of 4:02.02, besting the "We worked really hard but did
old record held by Olympian Ryan other things, like watching a fire-
Lochte bynearly half a second. work show to start the New Year
"Tyler does an incredible job fromboats," Mandel said. "Training
representing Michigan around the is the most important part, but it's
world, and he brings alot of honor also about spending time together,
to our team," senior swimmer Alon working on relationships and build-
Mandel said. ing confidence in each other."
Clary was selected to represent Orange Bowl Classic: On Jan. 2,
the U.S. after his strong perfor- the team swam in the Orange Bowl
mances in international meets. Classic. No. 7 Michigan won all 12
events on itsway to its second team
victory in the annual meet in as
many tries.
Senior co-captains Chris Brady
and Andre Schultz both won their
two individual events. Schultz was
first in the 100-meter backstroke
and breaststroke events, and Brady
won the 50-meter freestyle- and
butterfly and was a member of the
winning team in the 200-meter
freestyle relay.
Brady's performance also
earned him his first Big Ten Swim-
mer of the Week honor this week,
making him the foumth Wolverine
to win the award this season.
The Wolverines' domination
wasn't exactly a surprise. Their.
weak competition included Duke,
George Mason and MinnesotaState.
But considering the opponents and
the tough training the team went
through during the trip, victory
wasn't the team's top objective.
"The other teamswere not good,"
Mandel said. "But like any other
meet, we always compete with our-
selves first and justtrycto do our best
as individuals and as ateam."
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