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THE MICHIGAN DAILY TOP-10 POLL
Each week, Daily sports staffers fill out ballots, with first place votes receiving 10 points, second-place votes receiving nine, and so on,

1.ALABAMA (27): 2. OREGON: Colorado's
Georgia State's offense defense is more
is less effective than dysfunctional than
Congress. Justkidding. Congress. Just kidding.

3. CLEMSON: Syracuse's
entire team is more
useless than Congress.
Just kidding.

4. STANFORD: Congress S. OHIO STATE: All-time
sucks. great cover.

O b. FLORIDA STATE: The 7. TEXAS A&M: Johnny 8. GEORGIA: Crazy 9. LOUISVILLE: The 10. SOUTH CAROLINA:
Seminoles beat Maryland A Football! Autographs! game. Daily Sports Editor Cardinals went to Temple Kentucky jerked the Cocks
63-0. Good news, Terps, Beer! Jokes! Laughter! Daniel Wasserman's this week and won. around, but the Cocks
the Big Ten awaits! friend was there. Mazel Tov! managed to slipby.

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STAFF PICKS
The Daily football writers do their best
to predict, against the spread, what
happens in the 2013 football season.

Zach Everett
Helfand Cook

Pat Stansik,
Former Host of
Pre-Gaming
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No.IAlabama (-55) vs Georgia State
No.2 Oregon (-39) at colorado
No.3 Clemson (-14) at Syracuse
No. 4 Ohio State (-7) at No.16tNorthwestern
No. 5 Stanford(-7.S) vs No.15Washington
No. 6 Georgia (-10.5) vs. Tennessee
No. 7Louisvile -34) at Temple
No FloridaS)tate(-6)vs .25Maryland
No. 10 LSU (-1) at Mississippi State
No 11 Oklahoma (-10.5) vs. TCU
No. 12 UCLA (-6) at Utah
No.13 South Carolina (-21) at Kentucky
No.14Miami 01) (-6) vs Georgia Tech
No. 17 Baylor (-28) vs West Virginia
No. 18 Florida()o vs Arkansas
No.19Michigan(19.5)vs. Minnesota
No. 20Texas Tech (17.5) at Kansas
No. 21 Oklahoma State (-14) vs. Kansas State
No. 22 Arizoa State (-e) at Notre Dame
No. 23 Fresno State (-26) at Idaho
No. 24 Ole Miss (-3) at Auburn
Penn State (-3.5) at Indiana
Iinois (+9.5) at Nebraska
Michigan State(-1.5) at Iowa
This week

Georgia State
Oregon
Clemson
Ohio State
Washington
Georgia
.ouisville
Maryland
LSU
Oklahoma
UCLA
Kentucky
Miami
West Virginia
Florida
Michigan
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
Notre Dame
Fresno State
Auburn
Penn State
Nebraska
Michigan State
17-7
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Alabama
Oregon
Clemson
Northwestern
Staeford
Georgia
Temple
Maryland
MississippiState
Oklahoma
UCLA
South Carolina
Miami
Baylor
Arkansas
Minnesota
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
Arizona State
Idaho
Ole Miss
Penn State
Nebraska
Iowa
9-15
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Georgia State
Oregon
Clemson
Ohio State
Washington
Georgia
Louisville
Florida State
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Oklahoma
UCLA
South Carolina
Miami
West Virginia
Florida
Michigan
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
Arizona Sate
Fresno State
Auburn
Penn State
Nebraska
MichiganState
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Oregon
Clemson
Ohio State
Sanford
Georgia
Louisille
Florida State
LSU
TCU
UCLA
Kentucky
Miami
West Virginia
Florida
Michigan
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
NotreDame
Fresno State
Ole Miss
Penn State
Nebraska
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Oregon
Clemson
Ohio State
Stanford
Georgia
Temple
Florida State
LSU
Oklahoma
UCLA
South Carolina
Miami
West Virginia
Arkansas
Michigan
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
Notre Dame
Idaho
Ole Miss
Penn State
Illinois
Iowa.
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Murphy leads Wolverines past Defense rules in win
Buckeyes for first Big Ten win

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By MIKE PISCIOTTA
For the Daily
In the hostile territory of
Columbus, the Michigan men's
soccer team recorded its first Big
Ten win of the season by beating
Ohio State, 1-0, on Sunday. For
the second
straight MICHIGAN 1
year, the OHIO STATE 0
Wolverines
beat the Buckeyes after losing to
them the previous three seasons.
It was also the second confer-
ence road win in two years under
Michigan coach Chaka Daley
"It was important to stake our
claim," Daley said, "to put our-
selves back in the mix to com-
pete for the championship."
At the start of the match, the
Wolverines (1-1 Big Ten, 3-2-3
overall) controlled play. They
dominated possession for the

majority of the first half and out-
shot Ohio State, 6-0.
The breakthrough for Michi-
gan came in the 25th minute.
After a short stoppage, junior
midfielder Marcos Ugarte played
the ball to sophomore forward
James Murphy. Murphy, who
hadn't scored since his two-goal
performance against Loyola
of Chicago in the first game of
the season, lashed a volley from
outside of the box past Buckeye
goalkeeper Alex Ivanov. The
goal gave the Wolverines their
first goal of the Big Ten season
and a one-goal lead.
Michigan's possession-based
play and strong defense over-
whelmed Ohio State (0-2, 2-6-3)
for most of the first half. For the
first 33 minutes of the game, the
Buckeyes were held without a
shot.
Then, before intermission,

the Ohio State attack had a brief
surge that finally tested red-
shirt junior goalkeeper Adam
Grinwis. But its efforts were for
naught, as the score remained
1-0 at halftime.
After the break, the offensive
intensity began to pick up for
the Buckeyes. With the wind at
its back, Ohio State continued to
pressure the Wolverines' back
line and created more quality
scoring chances.
"We dealt with pressure pret-
ty well," Daley said. "(The Buck-
eyes) were much more direct in
the second half."
Ohio State's inspired second
half performance brought out
the best in Grinwis, who was
hardly tested in the first half.
Grinwis made five saves and
recorded his second shutout of
the season. His performance
was highlighted by the save
he made in the 51st minute,
when he stonewalled a header
attempted by Max Moller from
point-blank range to preserve.
the shutout.
"Grinwis was very clean in
everything that came into the
box," Daley said. "He covered
his goal pretty well and that
helped a lot."
For the Wolverines, scor-
ing opportunities in the sec-
ond half were hard to come by.
They managed to fire six shots
at the Buckeye goal butonly put
two on target. The best chance
for Michigan came after senior
forward Malcolm Miller was
brought down in the 70th
minute with the Wolverines
leading, 1-0. Senior midfielder
Fabio Pereira stepped up for
the ensuing free kick and shot
the ball just over the goal.
The Wolverines, fresh off
back-to-back wins for the first
time this season, will look to
make it three Friday in State
College against Penn State,
which is off to a 2-0 start in Big
Ten play.
"Everyone did their jobs
today," Murphy said. "That
gives us confidence going into
our next game versus Penn
State."

By DAN VARGOVIK
For theeDaily
The Michigan women's soccer
team traveled down to Lincoln
Sunday afternoon and returned
to Ann Arbor victorious fol-
lowing a 2-1 win against No. 23
Nebraska.
Defense has been a constant
point of
emphasis MICHIGAN 2
this sea- NEBRASKA 1
son, and the
21st-ranked Wolverines (3-1-1 Big
Ten, 9-2-1 overall) were up to the
task against Nebraska's attack.
After the game, Michigan
coach Greg Ryan couldn't stop
praising his defense.
"(Nebraska's) been scoring a
lot of goals against everybody,"
Ryan said. "The defense from the
whole team was fantastic."
Nebraska (4-1-0, 9-3-1) plays
a very aggressive brand of soc-
cer, and Michigan made key
tactical adjustments to limit the
Cornhuskers' chances. The Wol-
verines played with five at the
back because Nebraska played
with four up top, and Michigan's
defense performed exception-
ally.
"Nebraska is a team who puts
a lot of numbers forward, so it
was definitely a challenge," said
junior defender Chloe Sosenko.
"We were prepared for it. We had
our scouting report."
Freshman goaltender Tay-
lor Bucklin was the backbone of
the defense, making three saves.
Even though the Cornhuskers
didn't put too much on target,
they kept her busy all night.
"I told her, after the game she
played today, it takes her from
being a freshman goalkeeper to
being an upperclassman because
Nebraska keeps- the pressure
on," Ryan said. "They must have
knocked 25, 30 balls into our
box that she had to deal with. I
thought her decision making was
just fantastic today."
The turning point of the
game was senior forward Nkem
Ezurike's goal to break the
scoreless tie in the 54th minute.
Freshman forward Madisson
Lewis cut in, saw the goalkeeper

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Senior forward Nkem Ezurike broke the stalemate with a 54th-minute goal.

coming out at her and was able to
find Ezurike in the middle of the
goal by herself.
It was Ezurike's seventh goal
of the season and 42nd of her
career, two goals behind Kacy
Beitel's program record of 44
career goals.
"It's always great to see Nkem
get on the board again and score
the first goal," Ryan said. "She's
such an important player for us.
Nkem getting on the board was
the turning point in the game."
Less than four minutes later,
Madisson Lewis scored her
fourth goal of the season, giv-
ing her an assist and a goal on
the day. A long throw bounced
right in the middle of the18-yard
box, and Lewis was able to beat
everyone else to the ball to hit it
in with her left foot.
In the 75th minute, Nebraska's
Jordan Jackson pulled the Corn-
huskers to within one, but they
were unable to find the back of
the net in the remaining 15 min-
utes.
Despite the victory, Michigan
wasn't completely satisfied with

its performance. There were
missed opportunities that could
have been converted had players
been more patient.
"We could have finished a
couple more, which would have
changed the game completely,"
Sosenko said. "Nebraska would
have rolled up a little bit."
With the win, Michigan pulls
within one -half game of first
place in the Big Ten standings,
behind Penn State and Nebraska.
The Wolverines have never won
a Big Ten title since becoming
a varsity sport in 1994, but they
feel like this could finally be
their year.
"The players were really dis-
ciplined in the way they car-
ried out our tactics," Ryan said.
"Penn State is another team that
always causes tactical problems,
so we need to come up with a
good game plan for them, and
we need to execute very well if
we're going to have a chance. We
play them next Sunday, so if you
want a shot at winning the Big
Ten you're going to have to get a
result against Penn State."

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