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others
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Saga”
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heavyweight
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23-, 37- and 52-
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Vientiane
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regarding
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Guadalajara
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you from seeing
the show
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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, April 9, 2015 — 5A
Wolverines surpass last
season’s numbers, wins
By ISAIAH ZEAVIN-MOSS
Daily Sports Writer
At this point, it’s safe to say
that the Michigan baseball team
is playing its best baseball of the
season. It can even be argued that
the Wolverines are playing better
baseball now than at any point
during the last few years.
As
Michigan
coach
Erik
Bakich has always preached,
the team is looking to improve
every single day — in practice,
in the classroom and on the
field. One way to measure that
improvement is by comparing
this year’s squad to last year’s.
For starters, the Wolverines (4-5
Big Ten, 19-13 overall) have won
19 of their first 32 games, whereas
the team of old won just 14.
But the stark contrast between
the 2014 and 2015 squads doesn’t
end there, as the Daily compares
both teams from an offensive and
pitching standpoint.
Offense:
Even a cursory glance at this
year’s statistics shows that the
offensive
production
severely
outpaces that of last season.
Tuesday’s
18-run
outburst
against Eastern Michigan served
as an exclamation point for what
has, up to this point, been a season
of dominance for the Wolverines’
offense. Michigan leads the Big
Ten in batting average (.294),
whereas last year’s team finished
eighth in the conference (.256).
Just over two weeks into the
Big Ten schedule, the Wolverines
have already hit 18 home runs,
a
stark
improvement
over
last year’s season total of 14.
Furthermore, Michigan scored
more than 10 runs four times
last season, but Tuesday’s rout of
the Eagles was already its sixth
10-plus run game this season.
But Bakich
won’t
look
to
the
past
to
measure
this
year’s
successes.
“I
don’t
think
about
last year’s team
at all,” Bakich
said. “All I know is we’ve got a
really good offense, (and) we’re
really tough one through nine.
Our offense is a byproduct of
having good players who keep
their
focus
having
quality
at-bats.
“We’ve got a year or two years
more of experience. Anytime
you’ve got some talent plus
experience, you’ve got a chance.”
Pitching:
Coming into the season, the
Wolverines’
biggest
question
mark was their pitching staff.
They were going to have to rely on
underclassmen, many of whom
had never experienced pitching
at the collegiate level.
And
unfortunately
for
Michigan, things have not gone
as planned. The pitching staff
has suffered numerous injuries
throughout the year — most
notably to junior left-hander Evan
Hill, who made his first start
of the season on Tuesday, and
sophomore right-hander Keith
Lehmann, who has pitched in
just five games all year. Both Hill
and Lehmann had lamented their
place in last season’s weekend
rotation.
To make up
for his injured
veterans,
Bakich
has
called upon two
underclassmen
—
freshman
right-hander
Ryan
Nutof
(43.1
innings
pitched)
and
sophomore
left-hander
Brett
Adcock (36.2) — each of whom has
lived up to the task.
As for junior right-hander
Jacob Cronenworth, the third
weekend starter, he made his first
career start earlier this season.
Regardless,
the
patchwork
pitching staff has held things
together nicely, combining for a
3.67 ERA.
“Early on, we had to get the
‘freshman’ out of them, some of
their inexperience,” Hill said.
“It took some games to do that,
to think about what your intent
is behind every pitch in every
count, but they’re hitting their
turning point now.”
Added Bakich: “We’ve got a lot
of good starters. It finally feels
like we’re getting back to firing
on all cylinders; the results have
been very positive.”
Michigan earns first
Big Ten win at MSU
By BETELHEM ASHAME
For the Daily
Though the Michigan State
men’s tennis team has also been
chasing a .500 win-loss record,
the Spartans have had better
luck than Michigan as of late.
With home-court advantage on
Wednesday
night, they
would have
relished
the opportunity to inflict even
more pain on a Wolverine squad
that had been trying to end a
nine-game losing streak amidst
a disaster of a season.
But Michigan refused to go
down without a fight in East
Lansing, earning a 4-3 victory.
The Wolverines (1-6 Big Ten,
4-14 overall) started strong in
doubles play, as the No. 3 pair
of sophomore Tyler Gardiner
and redshirt freshman Davis
Crocker took care of business
quickly with an 8-2 win over
Michigan State’s Doug Zade and
Jasper Koenen.
“They played the best match
of the year, and that’s great
for our team going forward,”
said Michigan coach Adam
Steinberg. “We really needed
that. They’ve been getting close,
they’ve been right there and,
finally, they broke through and
did a great job today.”
Michigan had a harder battle
to fight at the top two positions.
Both the No. 1 senior duo of
Alex Petrone and Michael Zhu
and the No. 2 team of redshirt
freshman
Alex
Knight
and
true freshman Leo Hua faced
stiff competition against the
Spartans (2-4, 11-12), in which
every time one side managed
to secure a point, the other
countered.
Michigan State came out
on top, though, winning 8-5
and 8-6 at the No. 1 and No. 2
spots, respectively, to claim the
doubles point.
In
order
to
come
out
victorious,
the
Wolverines
needed to win four out of the six
matches in singles play.
But with a shot at breaking
the losing streak, a pair of
freshmen came up big.
Hua and freshman Carter
Lin started Michigan off on the
right foot, with Hua beating his
opponent in straight sets, 6-3,
7-6, and Lin defeating his in
three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, to give
the Wolverines the 2-1 dual-
match lead.
After
Michigan
State
answered
back
with
two
victories
of
its
own,
the
Wolverines were down 3-2
with just two singles players
remaining,
Knight
and
Petrone.
“It
was
crazy.
It
was
definitely a crazy atmosphere,”
Steinberg said. “That’s what
makes college tennis so special,
because
you
get
in
those
situation where you’re down
3-2 with two tiebreakers going
on at the same time and you
have to win both. It’s a really
cool thing, especially in an
individual sport like ours, that
you can win your match, win
for Michigan and win as a team
and do it that way.”
With all the pressure sitting
squarely on their shoulders,
Knight
and
Petrone
dug
deep and found the strength
to overcome the challenge
that lay before them. Within
moments of each other, Knight
and Petrone won the match for
Michigan with scores of 7-6, 7-6
and 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, respectively.
For the first time all season,
the Wolverines won a match
against a Big Ten opponent, on
the road no less, against one
of their biggest rivals with the
odds stacked against them.
“I’m so proud of the guys.
I’m really happy for them,”
Steinberg said. “I’m so proud
of how they fought today.
It’s been a long time coming.
They’ve been so close and they
finally broke through today.
I’m excited for them. I wanted
it for them, especially for the
freshmen for their first Big Ten
win. It’s pretty special.”
Despite being well below the
.500 mark, Michigan hasn’t
thrown in the towel just yet.
And for their perseverance,
the Wolverines were rewarded
with a win that will linger as
one of the lasting memories
from
a
largely
forgettable
season.
“That’s
what
I’m
most
proud
of,”
Steinberg
said.
“We’ve gone through such a
long losing streak and a lot of
athletes would quit. But they
haven’t quit on Michigan. They
showed resiliency. I’m really
proud of them, that they got
this one against a very good
team on the road in a very tough
environment. I’m very happy for
them.”
‘M’ looks to repeat
By ZACH SHAW
Daily Sports Writer
Last season, the Michigan
club boxing team traveled to
Miami with a shorthanded and
injury-riddled
team, and still
returned home
with its first-
ever
national
title.
Though the
goal
remains
the same, the
Wolverines
won’t have to
journey nearly
as far this year.
With
the
United
States
Intercollegiate
Boxing
Association
National
Tournament
coming
to
the
Intramural
Sports
Building
— from April 9 to April 11 —
Michigan is looking to become
repeat champions in front of a
home crowd.
“We’re
standing
pretty
well,” said senior and two-
time national champion Kevin
Bosma. “We’ve had a long year of
committed boxers who’ve put a
lot of work in so far.
“Given the level of work the
team has put in this year, I have
no reason to believe we couldn’t
repeat the success we had last
year.”
In
the
2014
campaign,
the Wolverines won the title
behind five individual national
champions. But with Bosma
and sophomore Yazan El-Baba
as the only returning winners
this season, the Wolverines
yield a team composed largely
of
newcomers
with
limited
experience
to
contend
for
national glory.
El-Baba, who was a meager
0-1 in his career before streaking
to a national title last year,
hopes to remind his teammates
that a lack of experience can be
trumped with dedication and
commitment.
“Last year, things were falling
apart before (the tournament),”
El-Baba said. “I remember seeing
a lot of the older guys or people
I looked up to getting injured
right before, and knowing that
they weren’t going to be there,
I had no expectations for the
tournament — didn’t think we
would come away with a team
title.
“There are a lot of things
going on inside the club and
outside. We’re just trying to limit
the effect of that, still go in with
strong numbers, and keep the
new guys’ heads held up high
and to let them know that, ‘Hey,
I boxed for my first time last year
not knowing how good I could
do, and it worked out pretty
well.’ ”
Expecting
150
boxers
to
compete in Ann Arbor, the
tournament will run for three
days
beginning
Thursday,
progressing
through
the
quarterfinals,
semifinals
and
championship rounds with each
day.
Though Michigan will once
again bring one of the largest
teams
to
the
tournament,
Maryland, Georgetown, Eastern
Michigan and University of San
Francisco are all expected to
bring bigger teams than last year
in hopes of stealing the title from
the Wolverines’ grasp.
Despite
the
increased
competition, Bosma has seen
the team rise from an unofficial
club to national champions in his
time on campus, and has faith in
the commitment and training
the team has endured.
“A lot of our team is largely
novice
fighters
and
new
beginners,” Bosma said. “We’re
really going to rely on our
coaching and the dedication to
our sport to come through, and I
think that it will.”
Fans at the event will see
the team go for a second title,
but may also see another set of
Wolverines go for their first.
After winning a national title
herself last season, senior Kate
Johnson looks to match the
men’s team’s success this year.
Running the majority of training
and coaching herself, Johnson
has built the women’s team into
one of the nation’s biggest as it
looks to take down perennial
powerhouse Army.
Johnson also works at a
nearby boxing club, where she
has developed a reputation in
the area for an intensity that
not even boxers of both genders
or the local S.W.A.T team can
keep up with. Now, she thinks
her team can turn struggles in
practice to a team win.
“A lot of girls are going to
have their first fights there,” she
said. “But they’ve been training
pretty hard and look pretty good
at this point.
“I like to think if they can get
through my workouts, they’re
pretty well prepared.”
BOXING
Collegiate
Boxing
Nationals
When:
Thursday-
Saturday
Where:
Intramural
Sports Building
BASEBALL
“I don’t think
about last year’s
team at all.”
MICHIGAN
MSU
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Alex Petrone won his singles match to help catapult Michigan to victory.