100%

Scanned image of the page. Keyboard directions: use + to zoom in, - to zoom out, arrow keys to pan inside the viewer.

Page Options

Download this Issue

Share

Something wrong?

Something wrong with this page? Report problem.

Rights / Permissions

This collection, digitized in collaboration with the Michigan Daily and the Board for Student Publications, contains materials that are protected by copyright law. Access to these materials is provided for non-profit educational and research purposes. If you use an item from this collection, it is your responsibility to consider the work's copyright status and obtain any required permission.

October 28, 2013 - Image 12

Resource type:
Text
Publication:
The Michigan Daily, 2013-10-28

Disclaimer: Computer generated plain text may have errors. Read more about this.

4B - October 28, 2013

The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com

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 (18): Nick 2. FLORIDA STATE (3): 3. OREGON : How soon 4. OHIO STATE: Have S. BAYLOR: The Bears do
Saban has never attended Jameis Winston? More until Chip Kelly regrets you ever heard Urban what Devin Gardner did
a tailgate in his life. He (' like Jameis Wins-a- leaving? Meyer laugh? No? Lucky against Indiana pretty
sounds really fun! ton. Good Lord, what a - you. Like a dying hyena. much every week.
quarterback.

6. STANFORD: The 7. MIAMI (FL):- The
Cardinal beat the Beavers NCAA is clearly afraid of
and didn't give a dam. Hurricanes.
Dam. Get it? Beavers...

8. OKLAHOMA: We're
still mad at Oklahoma for
stealing the Detroit Shock.
Screw you, Oklahoma.

.0

9. MISSOURI: The
Tigers will be kicking
themselves over this loss
for a while.

10. AUBURN: Beat Florida
Atlantic and snuck into
this Top-10. Maybe we
actually aren't so good at
this.

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

Matt
Slovin

Liz
Vukelich

Mike Proppe,
CSG President

Alebeeee Atebeme

No.1Alabama(-28) vs. Tennessee
No. 2 Florida State 0(32) vs. NC State
No.3 Oregon(-23) vs.No.12 UCLA
No.4Ohio state (-15) vs. Penn State
No. 5 Missouri (-3) vs. No;21 SouthCarolina
No. 6 Stanford (-4) at No. 25 Oregon State
No, 7 Miami (FI)(-23.5) vs. Wake Forest
No.8 Baylor (-35) at Kansas
No.9Clemson (-14) at Maryland
No. 10Texas Tech (+7) at No.15 Oklahoma
No.11 Auburn (-24) vs. FloridaAtlantic
No.13 LSU (-47) vs. Furman
No.14 Virginia Tech (-14) vs. Duke
No.16 Texas A&M(-7) vs. Vanderblt
No. 17 Fresno State (-9) at San DiegoeState
No.18 NorthernIllinois(-30) vs. Eastern Michigan
No.19 Oklahoma State (13) at IowaState
No.20 Louisville (-20) a South Florida
No. 23 Central Flo-ida (-23) vs. Connecticut
No. 24 Nebraska (-10.5) vs. Minnesota
Iowa (-4) vs. Northwestern
Michigan State (-10) at Iinois
This Week
Overall

PennStaeot
Wak rgete
vylor
C~tleo
Freseo State
Louisville
Northweternd
MichigneStae
11-0

Forida State
Stanford
Mi (L)
Bayor
Oklahomae
Auburn
LSU
Tigexas A&
Fesno Slate
Northern Ilinois
OklahomaeState
Louisville
Nebraska

Aabma
NC ,,Stae
Stanford
Baylor
TCleso
LSU
Vanderbil
San Diego Stae
Nothernlllinoeis
Oklahomae State
Louisville
CtrlFloida
MihignState
11-10
126-78

Alabama
NC State
Oregon
OhioState
Missouri
Stanford
Miami (FL)
Baylor
Clemson
Oklahoma
Auburn
L SU
Duke
Vanderbilt
Fresno State
Northern Illinois
Oklahoma State
Louisville
Central Florida
Nebraska
Iowa
Michigan State
,14-7
113-91

Alcbam
Miami (FL)
Texas Tech
Auburn
Virginia Tech
Texas A&M
Eatern,,Michign,
OklhmaStae
Louisville
Northwetern
Illnoi

Lacking consistency, 'M' falls to Purdue

By ZACH SHAW
Daily Sports Writer
Just three days after sinking
No. 10 Michigan State in four sets
in East Lansing, the No. 17 Mich-
igan volleyball team found itself
facing yet another ranked Big
Ten opponent in No. 21 Purdue.
Any momentum from the
rivalry win on the road failed to
carry over to Cliff Keen Arena
Saturday as the Wolverines (4-6
Big Ten, 14-7 overall) fell to the
Boilermakers, 3-1.
The match began with a back-
and-forth battle in the first set.
The balanced and powerful Pur-
due offense was countered time
and again by the fearless Wolver-
ine defense as the intensity rose
with the score. Eventually, how-
ever, Michigan gave way as the
Boilermakers (6-4, 15-6) took five
of the last six points for a 25-20
victory.
"We came out, and Purdue
played really well in the first

TRACY KO/Daily
Junior setter Lexi Dannemiller tied for the team lead with 17 digs on Saturday. Senior outside hitter Molly Toon had 16 kills in Michigan's to

"(Erwin and Cross) didn't have
as good numbers tonight, but
they're human. They're playing
hard, so they'll be fine.
"Our goal is to be balanced
offensively; we don't want to be a
team built on one player that can
be stopped."
On a team talented enough to
beat the nation's elite over the
- past two seasons, consistency
has been the biggest obstacle
for Michigan this season. Satur-
day was no exception, as 20 of
28 Wolverine errors occurred in
the last two sets. It was flashes of
brilliance followed by futility.
"Before we can look at other
teams, we need to focus on us,"
Rosen said. "We need to focus
on being more consistent in our
execution, and that doesn't have
TRKACYtO/Daily a lot to do with our opponents.
ss to Purdue. We need to make sure that in
practice, our players and coaches
w unanswered are working to be more consis-
thing you know tent in every phase of the game.
ead and all the Whether it's passing, setting,
heirside. Unfor- serving, attacking, defense, we
rried over into can improve our consistency in
nd we seemed a all of those areas."
and were play- Halfway through the Big Ten
tem. We fought season, Michigan finds itself at a
at point we were crossroads.
back against the With 10 games to go in the
regular season,
the Wolverines
will face five
"...at that point, teams they've
already lost
we were playing to, beginning
next weekend
with our back against No. 2
Penn State and
against the -Wall." No. 24 Ohio
State. With
big rematches

set," said Michigan coach Mark we didn't stop them. They hit
Rosen. "I don't know that we .500 as ateam, and their offense
didn't play well, but in the end, was really flowing at that point."

E THELIOII

As well as Purdue played in the
first set, the Michigan defense
buckled down in the second. The
Wolverines played near-perfect
volleyball, committing just two
errors while never trailing en
route to a 25-13 win.
"I thought our team did an
amazing job coming back in the
second set," Rosen said. "It was a
really good change that we made
defensively. Our blocking, floor
defense, we were getting digs,
but we also managed to get a lot
of points in transition and that
was big for our team."
The third set began as a mir-
ror image of the second, and it
appeared Michigan would go
on to its fourth Big Ten victory
in its last five tries. Led by flaw-
less serves and unrelenting digs,
the Wolverines cruised to a 16-9
lead, much to the delight of the
1,220 fans, many of whom stood
up in anticipation of an easy vic-
tory.
But over the next several min-
utes, Purdue scored eight unan-
swered points to take the lead.
It would be the final lead change
of the night, as the Boilermak-
ers won the third set, 25-22, and
effortlessly clinched the match
with a 25-20 fourth-set win in
which they never trailed.
"We got stuck in a rotation in
the third set," Rosen said. "They

rattle off a fe
points, and next,
they've got the 1
momentum'sont1
tunately, that ca
the fourth set, at
little frustrated
ing out of our sys
back in, but at tha
playing with our 1
wall."
In a rare fall
to earth, the
usually domi-
nant offen-
sive combo of
senior outside
hitter Lexi
Erwin and
senior middle
blocker Jen-
-nifer Cross
struggled,
committing a cot
in the match.
Spending mor
court than usua
nessed strong p
senior outside hi
and freshmanj
Ally Davis, who
30 kills in the los
how many power
has leaves Rosen
team's ability tor
"Every player
great potential, a
dence in all of th'

mbined 17 errors
e time off the
.1, the duo wit-
erformances by
tter Molly Toon
middle blocker
combined for
s. Knowing just
rful weapons he
confident in his
ebound quickly.
on our team has
nd I have confi-
em," Rosen said.

looming ahead,
and potentially even bigger
games on the postseason hori-
zon, Rosen can only hope the
good spurts outweigh the bad.
"The first time through the
schedule, we didn't see any teams
in the first round that we didn't
feel like we could beat," Rosen
said. "We felt like we matched up
talent-wise and had a chance to
beat any team we played.
"Now we get another shot at
them, and we have to work hard
to improve enough to beat them
this time."

visit store.michigandaily.com to place your order
Posters are alo avilable for purchase Monday - Friday fom 9 Dm -5 pm
Office of Student Publictons, 420 Maynard St ret.

Back to Top

© 2025 Regents of the University of Michigan