8B - September 3, 2013 Sports Put1 day 3f The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Michigan grinds out draw at Bowling Green By JEREMY SUMMITT Daily Sports Editor The Chaka Daley era of Michi- gan soccer continues to produce positive results. The Michigan men's soccer team traveled to Bowling Green on Monday in hopes of avenging last year's 2-0 loss in Ann Arbor, but the Wolverines were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw after the Fal- cons found a late equalizer in the 82nd minute. Senior midfielder Fabio Pereira netted his first goal of the season off a 25-yard strike in the 41st minute, giving Michigan the half- time advantage. A rebound from sophomore forward James Mur- phy trickled back to Pereira, who struck the ball into the top corner. "We got a little bit of a rhythm there at the end of the second half, and it resulted in a great goal by Fabio," Daley said. "It was a grind the rest of the game." But just as Michigan (1-0-1) crept ahead, a red card issued to redshirt junior forward Tyler Arnone neutralized its positive first half. A foul-laden prelude to Arnone's infraction may very well have been at fault for a question- able ejection. Multiple Wolver- ines expressed the feeling that the head official lost control of the game early on. Down a man for 70 minutes, the Wolverines were still able to stymie Bowling Green (1-0-1) for a majority of the match, a credit to Michigan's back line. Daley commented on senior defender Ezekiel Harris's invaluable lead- ership and the growth of fresh- man defender Andre Morris as clear positives to take from this result. "This is the battle these guys need to go through to create WOMEN'S SOCCER Wolverines down 21st-ranked Aztecs By ALEX TAYLOR that led to great scoring oppor- Daily Sports Writer tunities, with several shots hit- ting the goal posts, but the team With the ball in their own net, couldn'tconvert. and not even two minutes off the "(San Diego State leaves) alot of clock, a stunned No. 14 Michigan space that you can get into," Ryan women's soccer team huddled in said. "We knew we would get the center of the field, trying to those chances, and they eventu- regroup after giving up lightning- ally came for us." quick goal Michigan was able to pull ahead Playing host to No. 21 San in the 30th minute when fresh- Diego State, the Wolverines (4-0) man forward Madisson Lewis answered the Aztecs' quick goal scored her third goal of the sea- with a score of their own just two son. Junior midfielder Chloe Sos- minutes later and never looked enko crossed a ball from the left back on their wayto a 3-1victory. side of the field that was deflected "It's kind of tough when they by Ezurike to the front of the net. go up so early in the game," said Lewis beat her defender to the senior forward Nkem Ezurike. loose ball and slipped the ball past "But I think we did a really good a charging keeper. job of just getting organized and "To get the second one, that getting back to playing our game really turned the game," Ryan and getting a quick goal after said. "At that point, we were start- that." ing to really dominate the game, In the fourth minute, with San and I felt like through most of the Diego State (1-2-1 overall) deep in second half we continued to carry the Wolverines' territory, senior the game to them." midfielder Meghan Toohey raced After halftime, the Wolverines back and won a one-on-one battle began to dominate most of the for the ball. After winning the play. Michigan was able to pepper tackle, Michigan's defense con- Vaughn, eventually outshooting trolled the ball and then sent along San Diego State 18-9. pass to Ezurike, who raced past "The whole team played well," a defender and slipped the ball to Ezurike said. "It was a total team streaking senior midfielder Kayla effort. We stuck to the game Mannino. Mannino then crossed plan and kind of ran them into the ball into the box, where it was the ground, and everything just tipped by Aztec goalie Melanie worked forus." Vaughn. But sophomore midfield- Ezurike, the center of action er Christina Ordonez was there to throughout the game, scored the pick up the rebound and knock the Wolverines' third and final goal ball into the back of the net, tying of the game. In the 64th minute, the game at one. the senior received a long throw- "I think it shows the confidence in from Toohey that bounced per- and character of this team," said fectly over a defender, setting up Michigan coach Greg Ryan. "If we Ezurike for a close-range goal, her go down, we're going to get our third of the season. goals." "It feels good," Ezurike said of After the tying goal, the game the win. "They are a very good featured up-and-down play with team. They made it to the Sweet most of the action happening in Sixteen last year and just to come the final thirds of the field. Michi- out and get a win against them is gan had several over-the-top balls good for us." FILE PHOTO/Daily Michigan soccer coach Chaka Daley wants his squad to bea blue-collar, grind-it-out team, and it was Monday. some character and some qual- Adam Grinwis recorded four the program's first NCAA Tour- ity," Daley said. "I think they did a saves. nament appearance since 2010. very solid job in the back." "It was a little unlucky by us," This time around, the young The Falcons were unable to Daley said. "We deserved to take Wolverines squad, led by a core create many the game. group of seniors, aims to embrace quality chanc- Bowling Green the gritty effort Daley instilled in es, and the late "It was a grind didn't create a his team at the beginning of last equalizer was ton of chances season. the result of the of the and scored a "I was talking to coach after a scramble in t rest bit fortunately thegameandit's not abadresult," the box that at the end." Pereira said. "Especially in the was eventu- Last year, beginning of the season, that's ally hammered a lackluster something that builds character. home by mid- result against In those circumstances, you've fielder Brandon Silva. Behind Bowling Green reversed the for- just got to fight. We showed that the back line, sophomore captain tunes of the team that resulted in we're a blue-collar team." Bartelstein pens e-book on Final Four run I By DANIEL WASSERMAN Daily Sports Editor Following his graduation from Michigan, former basketball cap- tain Josh Bartelstein compiled the 80 blogs he wrote over the past three years into his own personal book - a makeshift diary journal- ing his experiences and the pro- gression of the program. For months, that's where the story of the 'Bartelstein Blog' was supposed to end - on Bartelstein's coffee table. But thanks to a chance encoun- ter between former Wolverine Zack Novak and entrepreneur Zack Price, the founder of Blog Into Book and a Michigan alum, Bartelstein's blogs, along with a host of interactivecontent, will be available to Michigan fans nation- wide. 'We On: Behind the Scenes of Michigan's Final Four Run' is set for an electronic release on Tues- day. For $7.99, fans can purchase the e-book on iTunes, Amazon, Kindle or from www.BlogInto- Book.com. Bartelstein, who is currently working for a real estate firm in Chicago while doing speaking engagements about creating win- ning atmospheres, can't help but laugh at how far along the blog has come since he was first asked to write it prior to his sophomore season. "It's really surreal to me," Bar- telstein said last week. "Never in a million years did I think it would get to this point where it's going to be a book." The book begins with an intro- duction from Bartelstein, followed by a forward from Novak, who recounts his pivotal role in con- structing the program from the ground up. It includes details of the various meetings he had with Michigan coach John Beilein and how and why certain program- related decisions were made. Passages written by three of his former teammates - Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Stu Doug- lass - come next, before the book jumps into its central focus: the 2013-14 Final Four season. Each blog from the year is included chronologically, interspersed with new insights from Bartelstein. But the section Bartelstein calls the "best part" covers the Final Four. This section is centered around a 14-page insert, breaking the week down "minute by minute of what happened every day." The coverage is comprehensive, from every perspective. Fans will not only see behind-the-scenes videos and pictures from the players' and coaches' vantage points, but from the eyes of fans in both Atlanta and Ann Arbor. "The biggest thing we miss as players, or even coaches, is we don't get to experience what the fans are like during the games," Bartelstein said. "We don't get to see inside the Brown Jug or in the Diag when we beat these teams, so to have the videos of (students) dancing or at the bars - it gives you any perspective. So while I give you the perspective of what we were doing orthe coacheswere doing, you also get videos of what the fans were doing during the games. So if you weren't in Atlanta or weren't in Dallas, you'll see it from every angle. "When you see those things, you can kind of put yourself back in the moment. It really gives you the chills." Following the Final Four, the book transitions back into the beginnings of Bartelstein's blog- writing career, which began with the 2010-11 campaign, when a young, upstart Wolverine squad, picked by some to finish last in the 4 I a TODD NEEDLE/Daily Former Michigan captain Josh Bartelstein is releasing an e-book chronicling the team's run through the Final Four last year. ANN ARBORS PREMIER {IUDENT HOUSING 734.998.44004 11 E WASHINCTON ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 4ELEVENLIFT.CIM . ..- - - f I Big Ten, made a shocking run into the NCAA Tournament. Bartelstein, who said he wouldn't typically describe him- self as nostalgic, repeatedly found himself in awe at the transforma- tion the program underwent dur- ing his tenure. "The coolest thing for me is going back and reading it and see- ing how far that we've come," he said. "My favorite part will always be seeing how much progress this program has made. "It was an amazing stretch of how quickly it happened and even crazier to see page by page." A few months ago, Bartelstein felt lucky just to have so many memories bound together in one place. Now, he's gotten the chance to dive so much deeper into the tournament run of his life, while in the process, experiencing an entirely different angle. And for a player that built his reputation around sharing his inside per- spective of the basketball program with the Wolverine fanbase, he's happyto share one final time. "It's just everything you could ever want to not just remember this year, but remember this pro- gram and what's happened so recently," Bartelstein said. "There are not many books thatcan really capture a program, written by players - key players - and this book is goingto be that."