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6 - Friday, March 14, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
Michigan eyes return to .500
Murillo leaving 'M'
for 2015 World Cup
By JASON RUBINSTEIN
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan baseball team
is finally heading in the right
direction.
After a shaky start to the
season, the Wolverines earned
four wins last week and have the
opportunity to win four more
this weekend at the College
of Charleston Tournament in
Charleston, S.C.
"(The team) was taking a
ton of punches, and it was a
combination of us playing really
good competition and us not
being at full strength, but the
guys didn't get discouraged,"
said Michigan coach Erik
Bakich. "These guys are very
resilient."
Michigan (6-10-1) will
first look to carry its recent
momentum in arematch against
Appalachian State, followedby a
doubleheader against College of
Charleston and a finale against
Kent State.
The Wolverines lost, 4-1, to
Appalachian State (4-13) nearly
two weeks ago, but the result
didn't carry much, if any, value
to Michigan. The Wolverines
were coming off an emotional,
streak-snapping, extra-inning
win over Notre Dame and had
little time to regroup before
playing the Mountaineers.
Michigan fell down early,
couldn't get runs on the board
Decision creates
gap in defense
and midfield as
Wolverines retool
By BRAD WHIPPLE
Daily Sports Writer
Less than a month ago, the
Michigan women's soccer team
hosted a banquet to say goodbye
to the seniors who helped
put the team in the national
spotlight.
As if filling their six starting
spots wasn't difficult enough,
the Wolverines now have to
deal with a
Cup and has six caps with the
national team.
"Being selected to play on the
world stage is a huge honor, and
we're all so happy for Christina,"
said Michigan coach Greg Ryan
in the statement. "We will miss
her next year here at Michigan,
but we want to wish her and
Mexico the very best in the 2015
Women's World Cup."
Murillo mentioned that she
wouldn't have been able to
represent her country in the
World Cup ifnot for the freedom
that Ryan, former coach of the
United States Women's National
Team, gives his players.
"I'm not sure many college
coaches would let their players
do this, but he
seventh major
vacancy.
Thursday,
Christina
Murillo
announced
she will miss
the 2014
season.
The junior
midfielder
has been in
support of this
"This is ultimately since the very
beginning,"
an opportunity Murillo said.
Last season,
I couldn't pass Murillo
missed the
up again. Wolverines'
games against
Eastern
Junior center fielder Jackson Glines excels at earning quality at-bats, which the coaching staff says has led to success.
Glines hit .529 with five doubles
and eight RBI last week en
route to being named the Big
Ten Player of the Week. Glines
currently sits atop the roster
with his .369 batting average.
Bakich believes Glines'
success is rooted in his quality
and was at-bat
dominated percentage.
by submarine "Our guys QAB
pitcher Tyler percentage is
Moore. If aren't going to calculated by
anything, . nine factors
according be surprlsed or including
to Bakich, caught " executing a
that loss to c off-guard bunt, taking
Appalachian a walk, any
State will add RBI, any
extra motivation to the team. hard-hit ball or having an eight-
"I think it left a bad taste pitch at-bat.
in their mouth," he said. It's Bakich's goal to have
"They're looking to have a every player have half of his
better approach and bring more at-bats be quality ones.
energy andaggression into the "(Glines) just had a week
game to set a better tone for the that was out of sight," Bakich
weekend." said. "Twenty-two of 26 plate
Junior center fielder Jackson appearances were quality,which
Glines has helped Michigan's is85 percent, which is about the
offense immensely all season. highest QAB percentage in a
week in a player in all the years
I've been coaching."
But Bakich is not just pleased
with Glines. Though their
battingaveragesmaynotshowit,
sophomore first baseman Jacob
Cronenworth and sophomore
shortstop Travis Maezes have
had more than their fair share
of quality at-bats.
"Travis Maezes and Jacob
Cronenworth, on the season,
are over 50 percent in quality
at-bats, but their batting
averages aren't reflective of it
yet," Bakich said. "Both of them
have made a ton of loud outs,
hitting balls extremely hard but
getting caught. All their hard
hits will start to drop.
"That's why they continue to
be guys we want in the top of the
order, even though their batting
average may not reflect it."
The Wolverines will need
every quality at-bat they can get
this weekend, especially against
College of Charleston (13-3).
The Cougars have a strong
pitchingstaffthatledthemto two
wins over No. 13 North Carolina.
Strong pitching, though, is
something the Wolverines have
faced all season long.
"We just focus on what we
need to do," Bakich said. "That's
great that Charleston has good
pitching, statistically. It's an
advantage for us because we've
seen great pitching thus far.
Our guys aren't going to be
surprised or caught off-guard if
we see good pitching."
Michigan is also optimistic
that freshman outfielder
Jackson Lamb is nearly fully
healthy. Lamb, who has one of
the most explosive bats on the
team, has been recovering from
a back injury and remains day-
to-day. If he feels 100-percent
healthy, Bakich plans to use the
freshman as much as possible.
The Wolverines have an
opportunity to reach .500
this weekend. If its dominant
pitching remains intact and the
team stays strong at the plate,
that benchmark may not be out
of reach.
will be taking
the academic year off to train
with the Mexican Women's
National Team in preparation
for the 2015 FIFA Women's
World Cup. The competition
will be held in Canada from
June to July.
Murillo plans to re-enroll at
Michigan following the World
Cup and will be eligible to play
for one final season in 2015.
"This was a hard decision
to make, but this is ultimately
an opportunity that I couldn't
pass up again," Murillo said in a
statement to MGoBlue.com.
This isn't the first time
Murillo has competed at the
international level. She played
for Mexico in the 2012 FIFA
Under-20 Women's World
Michigan and
San Diego State to participate in
a Sept. 3 international friendly
against the U.S. She started 20
of Michigan's 23 games, scoring
one goal and tallying an assist.
The Wolverines boasted an
elite midfield and back line
in 2013, making their run to
the Elite Eight possible. But
repeating that success could be
difficult this fall, when Ryan
and the coaching staff will have
to retool much of the lineup.
"It will be difficult to not be
out on the field this year for
Michigan," Murillo said. "I'm
hoping that when I come back
after a full year of training that
I will be able to contribute even
more to help this team achieve
great things."
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BIG TEN TOURNEY
From Page 1
- Thursday afternoon,
64-54, setting up a rematch of a
game played 10 days earlier.
The Wolverines (15-3 Big
Ten, 23-7 overall) shot Illinois
out of State Farm Center that
night, going 16-for-23 from
behind the arc to get an 84-53
win and to claim the outright
Big Ten regular-season title.
In light of
the dominant
Ilinois at performance,
chigan sophomore guard
and recently
Matchup: crowned Big Ten
Illinois 19-13; Player of the Year
igan2 Nik Stauskas said
When: Friday there are still
12 P.M. things to shore up
Where: against the blue
Bankers Life and orange.
Fieldhouse "When we
TV: ESPN were watching
film the other day,
Coach Beilein
made a great point," Stauskas
said. "They got a lot of open
shots that they just missed. So
the fact that we won the game
by (31) wasn't really telling of
how well they played."
Whether Indiana or Illinois
(7-11, 19-13) won Thursday's
game, it wouldn't affect the
Wolverines' preparation for
Friday. They had played each
within the last two weeks, and
game plans hadn't yet escaped
the players'heads.
"The prep's a little bit easier
just because the scouting
reports are kind of fresh in our
minds," Stauskas said. "We'll
probably watch a lot of clips
from those games over again.
As far as remembering their
plays and stuff like that, it's just
a little bit easier."
Friday's game time presented
an interesting logistical
predicament to Michigan
Thursday.
Big Ten rules prohibit teams
from leaving for Indianapolis
more than 24 hours before their
scheduled game, but Beilein
still wanted a practice after the
Illinois-Indiana game had been
decided. With the team playing
at noon, it wouldn't get a chance
to practice on game day, but it
also couldn't practice in Ann
Arbor with knowledge of its
next opponent.
So on the way from Michigan
to Indianapolis, the team
stopped for a session at Indiana
Tech in Fort Wayne, Ind.
If the Wolverines win
Friday's game, they will play
the winner of Nebraska and
Ohio State Saturday. Win
that one, and they make the
championship, where they
could draw a team that has
played them tough this year -
Iowa, Wisconsin or Michigan
State.
While Michigan has been
as strong as any team in the
country offensively this season,
it has also sported a porous
defense. Maybe it's the new rules
this year that have made it more
difficult to play on-ball defense,
and maybe it's the Wolverines'
lack of an imposing presence
around the rim, but Michigan has
struggled to neutralize scorers.
"We have gotten better, but
we're still obviously not good
enough to shut people down,"
Beilein said. "So we better play
well offensively, or we'll have a
tough time winning."
Perhaps it's because of that
defense, but Stauskas feels like
Michigan doesn't yet have the
respect of the country. That's
why he still considers his team
to be underdogs this weekend.
"We're the No. 1 seed, but I
don't think we're the favorites
to win this tournament," he
said. "I don't think anyone
really thinks we're gonna win.
So we still have a chip on our
shoulder, and we're excited to
prove ourselves again."
That may very well be
Stauskas'own perception rather
than reality, but perhaps not.
Either way, it's to Michigan's
advantage if it feels that way.
"We understand that we play
our best basketball when we
feel like we're a little bit under
the radar," Stauskas said.
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