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By MARK BURNS For n
Daily Sports Editor weekend
cons, Be
Following the Michigan hock-
ey team's tie and win this past
weekend against Mercyhurst and
Western Ontario, respectively, the
coaching staff finally had the oppor-
tunity to skate for the entire length
of practice instead of the shortened
two-hour-a-week pre-season limit.
And after the team's collapse
on Saturday night and its lacklus-
ter win on Sunday, all of the play-
ers would agree having coach Red
Berenson on the ice will hopefully
correlate with better results.
"The tempo out there for the first
three or four drills is obviously a lit-
tle bit better," senior forward Matt
Rust said after practice on Wednes-
day. "Sometimes it's hard to keep
the same intensity level without the
coaches out there regardless of what
the team or the captains are trying
to do."
In Michigan's first full week of
practice there has been a range of
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Chris Br
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eams and breakouts to fig- tion in the offensive end. Last year,
ut defensive-zone assign- the Flower Mound, Texas native led
the Wolverines with seven power
n't be until a few more games play goals along with total assists
year thatBerensoncanfinal- (15) and points (28).
her what specific areas to But after tallying just one lone
-ate his time and energy. assist in the Wolverines' first two
ow, in preparation for this games this past weekend, Berenson
's games against the Fal- moved Brown to a line with seniors
renson has emphasized exe- Carl Hagelin and Matt Rust in prac-
tice early this week.
"They're the best players on the
his ar we ice every night," Brown said. "Carl's
got great speed and Rust's got great
are going vision, and when you have both of
those guys on the same line, I'm just
r a national trying to keep up," Brown joked.
With the move, Berenson looks to
am pionship." surround the underclassman with
a few of the most talented Wolver-
ines. And while it is still too early
to speculate whether the move will
n both ends of the ice, with benefit Michigan, the coachingstaff
of securing a road-weekend hopes Brown will carry last year's
start conference play. success - and even more - into the
e just improve (our execu- 2010 season.
ttle bit on the defensive side "They want me to continue to
tle bit on the offensive side, improve upon last year," Brown
ine," he said. "I think we are said. "I did have a really strong
ome pretty good practices, freshman year, and that was last
nk our team is focused." year. We didn't finish where we
a stellar freshman cam- wanted to. But this year we are
which he earned CCHA going for a national championship,
ke team honors, sophomore and we want to get back to the Fro-
own is one such player who zen Four."
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Michigan ice hockey sophomore forward Chris Brown was a finalist for the CCHA Rookie of the Year award last season. This
year, he'll look to build on that success.
MEN'S SOCCER
Minus Saads, Blue upends Cincy
By JOHN EPPLER for off
For the Daily what t
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The Michigan men's soccer
team literally fought its way to
victory against Cincinnati last
night.
The CINCINNATI 0
Wol- MICHIGAN 2
verines
proved to be too much for Cincin-
nati, frustrating the Bearcats to
the point of a brawl in the penalty
box, before going on to win, 2-0.
After the Wolverines' second
goal, the Bearcats were flustered.
Michigan dominated possession,
but yellow cards were pulled
left and right as the game grew
increasingly physical.
Toward the end of the game,
senior forward Justin Meram
found himself in the middle of a
scuffle.
"My buddy Dylan (Mencia)
was in a headlock and I wanted
to separate it," Meram said after
the game. "As a senior, I wanted to
break it up.
"I tried to take him off the guy,
and all of a sudden, they were
attacking me. But it's all just part
of the game."
Further showing their frustra-
tion, Cincinnati began to fire shots
over the goal. As the clock wound
down, the Bearcats saw their best
offensive opportunity called back
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'sides, telling the story of The pace of play quickly
urned out to be a very dis- changed as the Bearcats began to
ing night for the visitors. control possesion, racking up six
to a red card and an injury, quick shots after going 15 minutes
tan was forced to play with- without one.
eir dynamic duo, the Saad "After we scored, we kind of
rs. Consequently, the Wol- took our foot off of the gas and
s (6-2-3) needed other play- suddenly they were out-working
step up their game against us," Michigan coach Steve Burns
nati. said.
ers such as Meram, Fabio The Wolverines' experienced
a and Dylan Mencia rose back four was up to the challenge
occasion, leading the Wol- though, keeping the ball out of the
s past the fourth-ranked net, despite the constant pressure.
Toward the end of the half,
Michigan regained momentum
.theywand took control of the game,
ywere earning another corner and gar-
cking me. But nering several more opportuni-
ties.
all just part of The half ended with the score
1-0 and the Bearcats outshooting
the game." the Wolverines,6-2.
Michigan showed renewed
energy to start the second half,
with a lot of pressure from their
t defense. forwards. This resulted in several
he first 25 minutes of the opportunities, including a 60th-
the Wolverines came out minute goal by redshirt senior
Although they didn't tally forward Matt Schmitt.
shots, they kept Cincinnati "This is another win for a team
rnse and had several oppor- that's a good team," Burns said.
s near the box. "However, if you know what good
he 15th minute of the game, soccer is, we didn't see it out here
netted a header off of a tonight."
ful set piece from Pereira on Read more analysis on the game
vas Michigan's lone shot on R l
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