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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 -- 7A

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Barnes Arico coaches Team USA

By MINH DOAN
Daily Sports Writer
Each year, men and women
from across the country come
to the U.S. Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs, Colorado
to train so that they can one
day serve their country on the
battlefield.
Michigan women's basketball
coach Kim Barnes Arico also
made the trek to Colorado
Springs this summer to
represent the United States - on
the basketball court.
Barnes Arico was an assistant
coach for the USA Basketball
U-18 National Team this
summer, helping the team win
the 2014 FIBA Americas U-18
Championship Tournament with
an undefeated record.
"The experience in Colorado
was incredible," Barnes Arico
said. "Having the opportunity to
put on a USA shirt and represent
your country was a phenomenal
experience."
The U.S. outscored its
North and South American
counterparts by a combined 530-
306 over five games, which led
to a different problem than one
Barnes Arico is used to facing.
"You don't want to embarrass
the competition, while at the
same time you want to make sure
you're going hard and getting
better," Barnes Arico said. "So it's
a fine line and balance of trying
to do that, but it also gives the
opportunity for everyone to play."
But even while rolling past
opponents, the tournament
victory didn't come without its
difficulties - especially when
it was three college coaches
training12 high schoolers.
"That was a little bit of
transition when you have 12 kids
who have never experienced a
college practice," Barnes Arico
said.
The players, while all
talented, came from different

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LUNA ANNAARCHEY/Daily
Michigan womensbasketball coach Kim Barnes Arico helped lead the U.S. Under-18 Team through a perfect summer.

ROWING
Wolverines recover,
prepare for spring
Large freshman are able to get back on the water."
The team performed well this
class, winter past season. It finished second in
the Head of the Charles Regatta
conditions pose in Boston in the collegiate
f ,, division and fifth overall. This
challenge for'M past weekend, it posted the
fastest times of the season in the
By SYLVANNA GROSS Michigan Classic, coming in 20
For the Daily seconds after the Michigan men's
rowing club.
If you ask Michigan rowing "We're getting faster and
coach Mark Rothstein what faster every day," Spaulding said.
the best part of the team is, he But can it maintain this
responds, "The kids are excited learning curve over the icy cold
to compete." Michigan winter for the spring
Rothstein lost 17 seniors to season?
graduation last year, and this Being at a slight disadvantage
year's Wolverines are relatively having to deal with a long
young with a large class of winter, the team expects to
recruited freshmen, rather than spend the coming months in the
walk-ons who have previously erg room, working to maintain
comprised a stamina and
major part of perfecting
the roster. . technique.
"At the 'W 'e're getting They want
beginning of to focus
the year, we faster . on steady
were worried stroke rates,
about the loss of recovering off
leadership, but the water and
it's been surprisingly awesome" cardio.
said senior Alex Spaulding "It's Rothstein said he thinks this
such a young team, so everybody team will bloom in the spring.
has gotten a fresh start." "(The freshmen) have come
With three months before in at a high level, and we're
the spring schedule begins, the trying to bring them to a higher
team is trying to maintain its level," Rothstein said. "While
competitive edge indoors as (the senior class) is smaller, it's
future opponents from the south potentially one of our best."
can train outside. But training The winter will test whether
indoors can only bring a team so the Wolverines will be able to
far. The team's winter recovery pull ahead of the competition.
will be essential to future success. "People become seniors and
"It was a really good fall, and feel this pressure because of
we have a chance to have a good preconceived notions of what
spring but we have a lot of work they should do, but I feel like
and preparation to do first," I'm a part of this newfound
Rothstein said. "This preparation Michigan team," Spaulding said.
means hours of indoor fitness And this new team has a lot of
training and trips down to work to do, but it knows to work
Tampa, Florida, where the girls hard and row harder.
Hackett to make
$600,000 yearly,

backgrounds. While some hailed
from well-rounded high school
programs, others came from
environments where they were
the superstar and never had a
competitive practice. The biggest
challenge was getting those
players up to speed with the rest
of the team.
USA Basketball stresses
an appreciation of playing for
the country, which helped the
transition.
"They want to be great. So
when they have the chance to
work with college coaches before
they go to college, they embrace
that experience," Barnes Arico
said. "USA Basketball does a
phenomenal job of really saying
how fortunate and how blessed
they are to have this opportunity
and to be respectful of it, to be
mature about the opportunity."

The experience also gave
Barnes Arico a chance to work
with Dawn Staley, whom Barnes
Arico calls "one of the best
women's basketball players ever"
and now coaches South Carolina.
Staley, who owns three
Olympic gold medals for her
play in the 1996, 2000 and 2004
Games, is known for her vocal
leadership on the sidelines,
which is similar to Barnes Arico's
coachingstyle.
Exceptinthissituation, Barnes
Arico had to take a backseat.
"I've only ever been a
head coach so it was a great
experience for me to learn from
somebody else and have the
assistant role, watch (Staley)
work and assist her in any way
I possibly could," Barnes Arico
said. "It was a good opportunity
to have a different role."

The tournament win qualified
the United States for the FIBA
U-19 World Championship,
which will be held next year in
Russia. The United States has
won that tournament the last five
times it has been held.
The FIBA Americas U-18
Championship is supposed to be
"alittle biteasier"thanthe World
Championships, though there is
no denying that the leadership
of Staley, Barnes Arico and
Louisvillecoach JeffWalzhelped
the United States to victory.
But when asked if she would
get a chance to coach in the
World Championships or for her
country in the future, Barnes
Arico said she had no idea.
She may have enjoyed her time
with the red, white and blue, but
now she turns her focus to the
maize and blue.

Field hockey wraps up campaign

By BRANDON CARNEY
Daily Sports Writer
For the second straight year
the Michigan field hockey team
finds itself on the outside of the
19-team NCAA Tournament.
Finishing 13-7 overall and going
7-2 in Big Ten play wasn't enough
to earn a spot, and the Wolverines
were one of the last teams to be
omitted from postseason play.
Three Wolverines were
selected to the All-Big Ten team:
fifth-year senior midfielder
Ainsley McCallister, fifth-year
senior back Leslie Smith and
junior back Lauren Thomas.
That star power was a driving
force behind Michigan's second-
place finish in the conference
standings. But in their Big
Ten Tournament semifinal
matchup with Northwestern, the
Wolverines suffered their fourth
overtime defeat and came a goal
short of an NCAA bid.
With its season concluded, the
Daily breaks down the best and
worst of this oast season.

MVP: Ainsley McCallister
McCallister was left off the
preseason Big Ten Players to
Watch list despite finishing
last season with All-Big Ten
first-team honors. But this
year showed why she deserves
national praise.
Finishing the season with 18
assists - second in the Big Ten
- McCallister was the creative
player Michigan needed to
run the offense. She earned a
majority of her assists in the role
of inserter off penalty corners,
finding her teammates who
capitalized off the opportunities.
Late in the season, McCallister
began to score as much as she
was helping her teammates do so.
In the final two regular season
games, against New Hampshire
and Ohio State, she scored four
of the five goals including game
winners in both contests. She had
six total goals on the year.
The fifth-year senior's
offensive production earned her
another first-team, All-Big Ten
selection. She finishes her career

fourth on Michigan's all-time
assists list and leaves a legacy of
being a positive leader on the field
throughouther career.
Best Win: 3-2 at Penn State
(OT), Sept. 19
After losing their opening two
games against North Carolina
and Wake Forest, the Wolverines
rebounded with a six-game win
streak, with the most impressive
victory coming 'at then-No. 6
Penn State.
Michigan came back from a
2-0 deficit at halftime, scoring
less than four minutes after the
break and again with 15 minutes
remaining in regulation.
McCallister completed the
comeback, scoring the game
winner in overtime to give
Michigan its fifth straight
win. The victory was also the
Wolverines' first conference win,
and the only overtime victory
they achieved this year.
Worst Loss: 2-1 vs. Michigan
State. Oct.24

The Wolverines suffered a
number of heartbreaking, last
minute defeats on the year,
but the loss that hurt the team
the most was to in-state rival
Michigan State at home.
Michigan allowed both
Spartan goals in a two-minute
span in the first half, and could
only score once in the following
half despite drawing four penalty
corners.
The Wolverines dominated all
aspects of thatgame, outshooting
and out-cornering Michigan
Stateontheday,buttheunranked
Spartans had the winning touch
that the Wolverines couldn't find.
The defeat was Michigan's
only loss to an unranked
opponent, and, with it coming
late inthe season, ultimatelyhurt
the Wolverines' chances for an
NCAA Tournament bid.
Top Freshman: Sam
Swenson
The addition of goalie Sam
Swenson to the team created
fierce competition with
sophomore goalie Chris Lueb
for the number one spot. The
freshman from England won the
starting job easily though, and
kept it after not allowing a goal
for over a 230-minute stretch
through five games in September.
Swenson played in all 20
games and started 17. She boasted
63 saves through the year, and
earned three solo shutouts.
Her best game was a seven-
save performance against
then-No. 4 Maryland. Despite
conceding two goals, Swenson
came up with save after save,
singlehandedly preventing a
massive blowout at home, and
kept the Wolverines, who would
go on to lose 2-0, in the game
late against their highest-ranked
conference foe.
The addition of Swenson
this season was a large factor in
Michigan's 13-win campaign.
She improved each game in the
cae eand became a playerthe
defenders in front of her could
constantly rely on. Looking
ahead, Swenson will be one to
watch through her remaining
three years for the Wolverines.

By GREG GARNO
ManagingSportsEditor
Interim Athletic Director Jim
Hackett could be in office for
another year or another month.
Either way, he will be paid
handsomely.
Following former Athletic
Director Dave Brandon's
resignation Oct. 30, Hackett
will work in an interim role for
an "indefinite" period of time,
for which he will be paid an
annual salary of $600,000. This
information comes after the
University released Hackett's
appointment letter Monday
evening.
The letter also stipulates
that Hackett will be eligible for
University benefits, including
health and life insurance, as well
as compensation for housing for
as long as he is in office.
Hackett's salary is less than
Brandon's $900,000 annual
pay, which also featured
potential bonuses and deferred
compensation that would have
given the former athletic director
a total annual compensation of
more than $1 million.
"The term of your
employment is indefinite at

the will of the president, and is
expected to continue until such
time as a new Athletic Director
is installed," the letter stated.
Hackett signed on Nov 3. -
two days after the appointment
became effective.
University President Mark
Schlissel told The Michigan
Daily last week he had not
yet begun the search for a
new athletic director, nor had
he determined how long the
process would take.
In a speech to the Senate
Advisory Committee on
University Affairs Monday,
Schlissel said he aims to find
an athletic director who will
inspire integrity within the
department.
"Some folks wanted me
to hire an athletic director
(earlier) so he could fire the
current football coach and
hire the next coach but I want
to take the time to make sure
we get someone who is not
only technically adept, but
can ensure that the program
has financial and academic
integrity, and also someone
who shares the value system
of realizing our mission,"
Schlissel said.

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ALLISOSNFARRAND/Daily
The Michigan field hockey team likely came a goal short of reaching the NCAA Tournament. It finished 13-7 overall.

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