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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 

4
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PAUL SHERMAN/Daily

Alex Petrone won his singles match to help catapult Michigan to victory.

