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6A - Thursday, September 15, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
Lussiez hat trick leads
Wolverines to victory
Michigan gets its attack them, and he got himself But stamina seemed to be a
in front of the goal alot." non-issue in the second half,
second win behind Lussiez entered the game as which saw Michigan outshoot
a sub late in the first half, then Detroit 12-5. The Wolverines
hot foot of a notched his first career goal five finished with 20 shots, while
minutes into the second period. Detroit tallied just eight.
junior transfer His second and third career "I thought we did a great job
goals gave Michigan a cush- of dealing with the physical
By EVERETT COOK ion that allowed it to add to its side of the game and also being
Daily Sports Writer three-game unbeaten streak. physical ourselves," Burns said.
Before Lussiez's run, the "We also did a greatjob of keep-
The Michigan men's soccer Wolverines found themselves ing the rhythm we wanted to
team has been searching for a down late in the first half after play with and not allowing the
spark of offense all season. senior midfielder Otieno Vic- game to be disjointed but one
So far, the Wolverines have tor scored the opening goal for that had a flow to it. That's just
relied on sophomore midfielder
Fabio Villas Boas Pereira, who
has scored 60 percent of their
goals.
Before last weekend, Pereira
was the only Michigan player
to have MICHIGAN 4
made DETROIT 1
friends
with the back of the net - a fact
that did not go unnoticed by
Michigan coach Steve Burns.
"We're looking for those
offensive personalities to step
up," Burns said after last week-
end's 2-2 tie with Georgetown.
"We're challenging those guys
to step up."
On Wednesday evening, a
different Wolverine stepped up
to that challenge, not once, not
twice, but three times.
Unheralded junior forward
Etienne Lussiez put the team on
his back, completing a hat trick
and leading Michigan (2-4-1) to
a 4-1victory over Detroit (3-3).
"He put a great performance
in," Burns said. "Etienne came
in and put that effort in on
both sides of the ball, not only
offensively but defensively. He
looked great pushing the ball,
being behind the defender to
the Titans in the 35th minute.
Earlier in the season, Michigan
might have relied on Pereira
to do his thing, but this time
around, another Wolverine
stepped up.
Redshirt freshman forward
Tyler Arnone fired in the equal-
izer - also his first career goal
- four minutes later to put
Michigan in a good position
going into halftime.
After that, it was the Etienne
Lussiez show.
"The finishing touches were
great," Burns said. "I would go
so far as to say that his second
goal that he scored that put us
up 3-1 could be the goal of the
season.
"That was a special one he
kicked."
Entering the match, the big-
gest question for the Wolver-
ines was whether or not they
could match the physicality of
the Titans for a whole 90 min-
utes.
Physical teams tend to wear
down their opposition, and
coupled with the rain, stamina
issues were on the forefront of
Burns's mind heading into the
match.
"We're looking
for offensive
personalities to
step up.
a credit to what we are doing as
a team."
Michigan has played its best
soccer of the year in the last
week, but the real test will be on
Friday.
The Wolverines have a quick
turnaround before playing No.
22 Notre Dame in South Bend
for a crucial pre-conference
match.
"I really like the fact that
our team is getting better and
better," Burns said. "We still
have a ways to go but the things
we have been working on are
improving, and that's part of the
joy of coaching, to coach a team
that recognizes it is getting bet-
ter and better and having some
fun with it."
Michigan coach Brady Hoke and the Wolverises are eff to a2-0 start, but these victories have bees far from ordinary.
Slow down, 'Mr i a long.
way from smeling roses
sI walked home from
Michigan Stadium at 3
a.m. last Sunday morning
following Michigan's 35-31 win
over Notre Dame, music blared
from various fraternity houses
and the city was still very alive.
A question popped in my mind:
Is this party ever going to
end?
The fraternity parties, of
course, had to
end at some
point. My
open win-
dow told me
those finally'
tapered off
around
a.m. And the KEVIN
blank look on RAFTERY
my friends'
faces and
their many trips to the bath-
room the next morning gave me
a little insight on that, too.
But the Michigan football
party is still raging - people
can't stop talking about the Wol-
verines, how incredible junior
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quarterback Denard Robinson
was down the stretch against
the Irish, how coach Brady Hoke
is a genius for going for the
winning touchdown with eight
seconds left instead of kicking
a field goal for the tie, how the
defense came up with huge plays
when Michigan needed it most,
how Michigan is back ... It goes
on.
These are all valid things
to be excited about. And ifa
football team was judged solely
on one fourth-quarter perfor-
mance, the Wolverines may
very well be ranked No.1 in the
nation.
Maybe I'm confused, but isn't
there more toa football season
than one quarter? My sources
tell me yes, but listening to most
Michigan fans talk, I swear only
one quarter has been played this
year and only that quarter mat-
ters. Forever.
Upon review, I have deter-
mined that yes, the rest of the
season matters too. I've also
determined that winningone
rivalry game early in the sea-
son may give ateama momen-
tumboost that could catapult
it to appear better than it actu-
ally is. And I've concluded that
it gives fans a reason to believe
their team can beat any team
in the nation and that their
quarterback can take down
Hercules.
But here's the kicker: One
great quarter of football
doesn't wipe away a team's
blemishes. And the Wolver-
ines have a lot of those as they
prepare to take on Eastern
Michigan this Saturday at
Michigan Stadium.
It is still early in the season,
so it's hard to judge a team
based on two games. (Just one
according to NCAA statistics
because of the rain-shortened
win over Western Michigan.
The Big Ten, however, counts
that as a full game. Yes, I'm
confused too.)
But some of these statistics
are just too hard to ignore.
Sure, some of the Big Ten
teams started off the season
with two cupcakes.
But many had some tough
opponents: Indiana against
Virginia, Iowa against Iowa
State, Penn State against Ala-
bama, Minnesota against USC,
to name a few.
And still the Wolverines
remain at the bottom of the
'pack in many statistics.
Ninth in the Big Ten in
total defense. Tenth in rush-
ing defense. Ninth in passing
defense. Eleventh in pass
defense efficiency. Tenth in
kickoff returns.
Eleventh in kickoff cover-
age. Ninth in penalties. Tenth
in rushing offense (Robinson
was first last year in the Big
Ten). Dead last in first downs.
Dead last in time of possession
- by a mile.
And, of course, last in field
goals made.
Everyone knew the defense
would have its troubles. Coming
off a year in which the defense
ranked 110th nationally and
with a new coordinator in Greg
Mattison and a new 4-3 scheme,
it was going to take some time
for the Wolverines to gel. So
while Michigan would've liked
to get off to a better start defen-
sively, it's no huge surprise it's
had its struggles so far.
Special teams have been
a disaster the last two years,
and so far, it hasn't been much
better, as the Wolverines have
struggled in nearly every aspect
of the kicking and punting game.
Michigan has yet to attempt
afield goal, mainlybecause it's
5-for-5 in red-zone touchdowns
and hasn't needed to rely on the
kicking game.
Possiblythe biggest concern
is the offense. Like the defense,
it's adjusting to a new scheme
- what offensive coordina-
tor Al Borges now refers to as
a "hybrid" scheme - a mix
between the spread offense and
the West Coast offense. And
like the defense, it should take a
little time to gel.
But so far, it's been all or
nothing. The running backs
have been ineffective for the
most part, except for a couple
long runs against the Broncos.
Robinson can't seem to find any
room to run.
The receivers are either
catching 40-yard bombs or
they're invisible.
The Michigan offense can't
put together a sustained drive;
last Saturday, the Wolverines
had just two drives with more
than four plays - an unheard of
statistic.
That means more time spent
on the field for the defense. If
your team is going to survive on
such few plays, you better have
an incredible defense. And this
team clearly does not, at least
not yet.
Michigan has done some good
things, too. The defense has
created turnovers (it's first in
the Big Ten with three intercep-
tions). The offensive line has
only allowed one sack. At times,
Robinson has shown the ability
to throw the ball accurately.
And this team has proved it
has the ability to play well in
pressure-packed situations - a
characteristic of any champion-
ship team.
But maybe most importantly,
the Wolverines - the coaches
and the players - know they're
nowhere near where they need
to be, and they need to continue
to improve, starting Saturday
against the Eagles.
"We could blame (our strug-
gles) on (the fact that) this is
the first year of new coaches,
but we're all in college for a
reason," redshirt sophomore
Taylor Lewan said after practice
on Tuesday. "We were recruited
here to do something.
"It's our jobs, not the coaches
jobs, to get ourselves in gear."
Just hold the champagne for
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