ACROSS
1 *Subject of a San
Francisco
museum
9 Speculate
15 Intimate meeting
16 Reluctant
17 Five-pointed, say
18 Coordinated
health program
19 Ticked-off state
20 Honorary law
deg.
21 Debussy
contemporary
22 December
purchase for
many
24 Singer Lenya
married to Kurt
Weill
26 Stood the test of
time
29 Damage
30 “¿Cómo __?”
33 Egyptian city on
the Nile
34 Clever
35 Laugh syllable
36 Deflategate
letters
37 *Unpretentious
40 1970 Jackson 5
chart topper
41 __ Andreas Fault
42 Works in un
museo
43 M16, for one
45 Sharpen
47 Half a Western
couple
48 Less than
broadcast
49 Polite title
51 Fermented
beverage usually
served warm
52 Take five
54 N.L. East team
55 Nutritional stat
58 Steal, Western-
style
60 Random way to
decide
63 Bay windows
64 Arrived at,
Western-style
65 Rite-related
66 Office building
feature, which
can precede the
ends of the
answers to
starred clues
DOWN
1 Right triangle
ratio: Abbr.
2 Naysayer
3 Really hard test
4 Lynn with the
album “I
Remember
Patsy”
5 Phot. lab
request
6 Ready to strike
7 Bracelet site
8 Sax, e.g.
9 Simple card
game
10 Out in the open
11 Prove false
12 *Torque-
providing
component
13 Salinger title 13-
year-old
14 Rod attachment
23 Clinton’s attorney
general
24 Shop class
fixture
25 Longtime Hydrox
competitor
26 Run out
27 Syrian leader
28 *Big band genre
29 Dank
31 Set aside
32 Moved like a
pendulum
34 Data storage
medium
38 “Good Morning
America” co-
anchor Spencer
39 Composer Satie
44 Sluggishness
46 Parade time
48 Silver __,
compound used
in film
50 Perry’s secretary
51 Bar patron’s
option
52 J.B. Holmes and
Bubba Watson,
e.g.
53 Atmosphere
54 Part of a plot
56 “Stop it!”
57 About
59 Immigrant’s subj.
61 Ariz. neighbor
62 Campus org.
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Sports
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, September 24, 2015 — 5A
Michigan’s defense keys on
aggressiveness, confidence
By JAKE LOURIM
Managing Sports Editor
In Saturday’s game against
UNLV, the Michigan football
team’s
defense
allowed
just
235 total yards (92 rushing, 143
passing), forced eight punts and
intercepted two passes.
But another number stuck
out to the Wolverines. And it
frustrated them: seven points
allowed.
“We wanted that shutout,”
said junior cornerback Jourdan
Lewis on Monday. “They weren’t
supposed to score. We weren’t
supposed to let them score, so we
let up seven points, and that’s the
biggest statistic we’re supposed to
fix. There wasn’t supposed to be
points on that board.”
Michigan
blanked
Oregon
State for the last 58 minutes of
its second game of the season
heading into the UNLV game.
An early touchdown prevented
a shutout in that game, but the
sentiment was the same: Rather
than being pleased with giving up
just seven points, the Wolverines
were upset that they allowed even
that many.
And it’s that sentiment that has
Michigan among the top defenses
in the country.
“Since spring ball, there’s been
an increase in that (mentality),”
said
secondary
coach
Mike
Zordich on Wednesday. “It’s
something we want to build on.
We’ve got a long way to go, but it’s
something we want to build on.”
The first step in building on it
will be Saturday at home against
Brigham Young. Through three
games,
the
Wolverines
rank
seventh in the nation in total
defense and are tied for 12th in
scoring defense. But they haven’t
faced an offense as potent as
the Cougars’, led by freshman
quarterback
Tanner
Mangum
and a host of receivers. They have
the ability to pose an issue for
Michigan.
But the Wolverines can counter
with aggressiveness. They pulled
down two interceptions Saturday.
On
one,
junior
cornerback
Channing Stribling jumped a slant
route and snatched the ball out
of the air. On the other, redshirt
junior cornerback Jeremy Clark
stuck with his receiver, used his
hands to gain separation and
turned around at just the right
moment for the interception.
Michigan might need those
kinds of plays in its tough games
going forward.
“We’ll line up Jourdan Lewis
against
a
(6-foot-6
receiver),
scrappy as Jourdan is, that’s a
tough matchup,” Zordich said.
“But that’s how we’re going to
play it. They’ve got to fight, for
sure.”
And fight the Wolverines have
on defense in each of their first
three games. While they’ve had
struggles of their own, they’ve
also helped out the offense by
getting a stop when needed or
gaining valuable field position.
In order to do so, they’ve
developed a confident attitude
that’s the hallmark of all great
defenses. More than once this
year, Michigan has dug in while
defending its own red zone or
come up with a turnover to give
the offense an opportunity.
“It might sound bad, but
we kind of thrive off those
situations,” said senior linebacker
James Ross III. “We like them.
I mean, we would like to limit
them, but if it happens, we love
to be back on that field, and we
love to get the ball back for our
offense, so if that happens we go
back out there and we look at it as
an opportunity. We try to do our
best and get the ball back.”
The Wolverines will need
that mindset, too: Their games
are about to get closer, starting
Saturday.
They
might
find
themselves behind and in need
of a stop to stay in the game, or
just ahead and in need of a stop to
protect the lead.
As Michigan has struggled over
the past few years, its defense has
been more of a stopgap than a true
asset. The Wolverines are ready
to take the next step, aided by a
high confidence level.
“We can be the best in the
country if we just continue to use
our technique,” Lewis said. “Just
need to get the ball back, honestly.
Need to improve on turnovers, get
more turnovers. That’s the main
goal.”
Asked on Wednesday about
Lewis’ comment, Zordich — his
position coach — smiled.
“That’s what we want them to
think,” Zordich said. “Certainly
the work they produce has to
match that. We absolutely want
that kind of attitude for those
guys. It helps. Certainly their
position requires that kind of
attitude.”
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Jourdan Lewis goes for a pass breakup in Michigan’s win against UNLV.
Michigan defeats Oakland, 4-1
By KEVIN SANTO
Daily Sports Writer
ROCHESTER, Mich. — If you
blinked, you might have missed
it.
In the 41st minute, freshman
forward
Francis
Atuahene
received the ball on the left wing
and — in
a
fashion
that
is
becoming
all too familiar to opposing
defenders — bolted to the goal
line before serving a perfect ball
back to the penalty spot.
Redshirt
sophomore
midfielder
Michael
Kapitula
found himself in the right place
at the right time and shot the ball
into the open net.
Kapitula’s finish broke a 1-1 tie
and completely altered the tone of
the game, as the Michigan men’s
soccer team went on to cruise to a
4-1 victory against Oakland.
“It was the last five minutes of
the half, and Oakland had a lot of
possession before that,” Kapitula
said. “I feel like the goal changed
the momentum of the game. I just
wanted to put myself in a good
position, and I did. The ball came
to me, so I had a tap-in.”
The Wolverines (1-0-1 Big
Ten, 4-2-1 overall) were the
first to strike in the match,
when freshman midfielder Ivo
Cerda headed junior defender
Rylee Woods’ corner kick from
the six-yard box past Grizzlies’
goalkeeper Wes Mink in the 16th
minute.
But Michigan’s lead was short-
lived. In the 19th minute, junior
defender Lars Eckenrode took
Oakland forward Gerald Ben
down in the 18-yard box for a
penalty kick.
Ben stepped up to the ball and
calmly finished it up the middle,
as sophomore goalkeeper Evan
Louro dove early in anticipation
that the shot would be directed to
the right.
For the ensuing 22 minutes,
Oakland (0-1-0 Horizon League,
3-4 overall) had the Wolverines
frustrated and on the defensive,
maintaining
the
majority
of
possession and forcing Michigan
to play long balls to its target
forwards. The Grizzlies drew six
fouls in the same timeframe — a
sampling of the physicality of the
matchup, in which the two teams
accumulated 33 fouls and five
yellow cards.
Eventually, Kapitula and the
Wolverines recovered to finish
on an opportunity that sent them
into halftime with a lead.
“When we made it 2-1, I think
that was a dagger,” said Michigan
coach Chaka Daley. “Oakland had
a little sense of belief after getting
a penalty kick that could get them
going, and we stifled that pretty
quickly (when Kapitula) put it
away nicely.
“Ramp up the intensity was
the conversation at halftime. And
make sure we’re not complacent
with 2-1. And I think the guys
did a great job of responding to
that.”
Michigan
ended
the
half
with a 10-4 shot advantage and
carried the momentum from
Kapitula’s goal into the second
half.
At the onset of the second half,
the Wolverines regained control
of possession and dictated the
pace of play, while finding ways to
combine with each other instead
of sending long balls.
And as Michigan’s pressure
on Oakland mounted, Atuahene
finally put the game out of
reach in the 64th minute. After
receiving a ball near the 18-yard
box, Atuahene carried the ball
to the corner of the six-yard box
before firing a shot near-post past
Mink.
From that point, Michigan
coasted to victory, and senior
forward William Mellors-Blair
added a fourth goal in the 85th
minute to put the finishing
touches
on
the
Wolverines’
fourth win of the season.
After coming away victorious
Sunday in its first Big Ten game
against Northwestern, Michigan
followed
up
the
impressive
performance with a win over
an in-state foe the Wolverines
haven’t
always
fared
well
against.
Now the key for Michigan is to
stay consistent as it heads into the
bulk of the Big Ten schedule.
‘M’ defies history
in blowout victory
By KATIE CONKLIN
Daily Sports Writer
ROCHESTER, Mich. — It
was clear that the Michigan
men’s soccer team was in enemy
territory during its Wednesday
night game at Oakland. The
game drew a crowd of more than
800 spectators, and students
gathered on the hill adjacent to
the field. Others chose to observe
from a bird’s-eye view, perched
atop the neighboring parking
garage, while young fans rallied
the crowd in a “Let’s go Oakland”
chant near the goal line.
They
came
expecting
a
Grizzlies win.
Most
would
make
the
assumption that the Wolverines
would come out on top, especially
after they won their 150th game
in
program
history
against
Northwestern, 3-0, earlier in
the week. Michigan holds a
9-1-4 overall record against the
Grizzlies, but recent history
indicates
that
visiting
their
campus is no easy task.
During their past three visits
to Rochester, the Wolverines
have not been able to pull away
early, resulting in the nail-biter
finishes Oakland fans have come
to expect.
With
all
three
previous
meetings at Oakland Stadium
extending
into
an
overtime
period,
games
between
the
two teams have been anything
but boring in recent years. The
record between the in-state foes
on Grizzly turf remains 1-1-1, and
the fans, enjoying success against
the state’s flagship university,
remember.
The crowd arrived for a show,
but it was one the Wolverines
weren’t aware of.
“(We) don’t know anything
about the past,” said Michigan
coach Chaka Daley. “The past is
gone.”
Michigan took the field with
this mindset, prepared to earn a
win regardless of prior results.
The Wolverines were the
first to hit twine. Freshman
midfielder Ivo Cerda knocked
in a header near-post off a short
cross just over 15 minutes into the
match.
However,
the
Grizzlies
retaliated quickly, capitalizing on
a penalty kick opportunity. The
back-and-forth scoring kept the
many spectators enthralled.
But first to the ball at the
start of the second half, the
Wolverines began to capitalize
on their shots and took advantage
of opportunity.
The
viewers
remained
absorbed in the match well into
the second half, not because it
was the even game they came
to watch, but because of the
numerous scoring chances the
Wolverines created. With 21
shots on goal, Michigan kept the
bystanders on their toes, never
knowing when they could slip a
ball into the back of the net.
“If we can live up to the
standard the team has set, and we
can live up to that standard every
single game … we’ll get what we
deserve out of every single game,”
Daley said.
MEN’S SOCCER
LUNA ANNA ARCHEY/Daily
Redshirt sophomore midfielder Michael Kapitula scored the goal that broke Michigan’s tie against Oakland.
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