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After the Spartans’ victory over Michigan (1-2 Big Ten, 11-3 overall), they left Jenison Field House in East Lansing with little doubt they should be nationally ranked. Led by outside hitters Alyssa Garvelink and Brooke Kranda, Michigan State (2-1, 10-4) proved adept at controlling play around the net and began to flex its muscles in the second set. The duo combined to record 18 kills in the match. “We knew (Michigan State) is a good team, and there were no surprises going into this game,” said Michigan coach Mark Rosen. “We knew what they were going to do, but their execution was better in the latter stages of each set.” Both teams came out strong in the first set, as both eyed their second Big Ten win of the season. The Wolverines, playing in a hostile atmosphere, silenced the crowd early behind some dominant play by sophomore outside hitter Adeja Lambert, who recorded 10 kills in the match. With a 16-14 lead in the set, the Wolverines looked poised to hang on and take the set. But two Michigan State aces and a barrage of difficult serves allowed the Spartans to build momentum and then eventually take a 1-0 lead in the match. As the second set progressed, Michigan State continued to pull away from Michigan, as the Spartans forced the Wolverines into numerous mistakes. Michigan, despite some strong play toward the end of the set, couldn’t muster enough offensive chances to threaten the Spartans. “We did a good job early on, and we were consistent in our execution,” Rosen said. “As the sets went on, our passing deteriorated, (Michigan State) kept improving, and we realized that we need to work better together.” In the third set, Michigan came out strong, looking to stay alive. Lambert notched another kill while senior middle blocker Krystalyn Goode racked up three of her own, helping the Wolverines to a quick 12-7 lead. But just as quickly as it took back the first set, Michigan State regained the form that saw it dominate the second set. Over the next several minutes, back-and- forth play dominated the game. With the scoreboard reading 21-21, Michigan State put its foot on the throttle, closing out Michigan and winning the next four points to clinch the victory. With a rematch scheduled for Saturday in Ann Arbor, Rosen knows his team needs to improve. “We need to compete better,” Rosen said. ”When we are leading late in the game we need to be more consistent in all aspects of the game, offensively and defensively.” VOLLEYBALL Murillo returns as leader Senior captain steps in seamlessly on ‘M’ defense By BETELHEM ASHAME Daily Sports Writer Good players are adept at catching up quickly to make up for lost time after injury or other circumstances, but great players possess the ability to take an extended period of time off without missing a beat. Michigan senior captain and defender Christina Murillo is in a category all her own after taking the entire 2014 season off to train with the Mexican National Team in preparation for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It didn’t take her long to return to her position as an integral part of the Michigan women’s soccer team. “It was an instant, perfect fit,” said Michigan coach Greg Ryan. “It’s like when you put on a shoe and it’s just right — that was Christina Murillo on our back line. From day one, she’s done a great job of not only fitting in but also leading the rest of the team. If this was her first year, it would have taken longer, but since she knew all of the girls and played with them, it was seamless and effortless.” Murillo credits the team’s response to her return and the experience she gained from national team training as key factors in her reintroduction to the rhythm of Michigan. “It’s been fairly easy because of how the team has welcomed me back with open arms,” Murillo said. “In terms of school, it’s actually a lot easier to manage now because World Cup training is an environment where everything is about discipline and schedules. So I’ve been using the skills I’ve developed, where I incorporate a set time for everything, which allows me to be able to focus more at practice and be a better player at Michigan.” As the leader of a defense that has produced four shutouts this season — including two in which it allowed just 11 shots combined against Nebraska and Iowa last weekend — Murillo was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. “Every time I’m playing, I’m doing whatever I can to help the team win that game,” Murillo said. “Our goal on defense is always to allow the least amount of shots, so I can really attribute our success as a defensive line to all four of us. It’s not just me, it’s the discipline of other starting players as well, so I’m just lucky to be in that defensive line. “I don’t know if I necessarily deserve (it), because we wouldn’t have gotten those shutouts if it wasn’t for the other three players on our back line.” Despite her modesty, Ryan fully recognizes the central role Murillo plays on the team. “She definitely makes it all work at the back,” Ryan said. “She knows how to coordinate everyone, so she’s definitely the leader and organizer back there. She’s essentially the coach on the field, giving direction to the attack.” In addition to her defensive prowess, Murillo is a key cog and frequent contributor on the offensive side of the ball, recording two assists in the opening weekend of Big Ten play. “In the modern game of soccer, the way most teams are playing, your centerbacks touch the ball more than any other players,” Ryan said. “So when you have a centerback like Christina, who’s not only very comfortable with the ball in possession but who can also make those penetrating passes and create assists, you want her to have the ball as often as possible.” Whenever a team loses an important player, there’s always a ripple effect on the mood and character of the rest of the team. The same is true when an important player returns to the fold. With the way Murillo is playing right now, the Wolverines couldn’t be happier to have her back in maize and blue for her senior season. Shields brings experience as new goaltenders coach Former Wolverine played for six NHL teams, won 100- plus games for ‘M’ By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer While the rest of the Michigan hockey team was running through a power-play drill on Tuesday, the goaltenders were in their own corner of the rink working on distribution. Goaltending coach Steve Shields was putting them through fundamental drills of their own, using every minute he has while the coaches adhere to the two-hour weekly NCAA limitation, which lasts until Sunday. Such a practice hasn’t been common for goaltenders Steve Racine (a senior) and Zach Nagelvoort (a junior), given that former goaltender coach Josh Blackburn could only commit to being on the ice with them two days a week last season. Now, with the addition of Shields, the Wolverine netminders will be coached every day of the week, an opportunity that Michigan coach Red Berenson believes could drastically impact Racine and Nagelvoort’s performance. Shields, who joined the coaching staff in May, is a former Michigan goaltender who made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1990 to 1994. He was a two-time All-American and the first at his position to reach 100 wins in NCAA history. After he hung up the maize and blue sweater for the last time, Shields went on to play for six NHL teams. And now that Shields’ playing days are over, his new goaltending apprentices are enthusiastic to learn from both his collegiate and NHL experience. “(Blackburn and Shields) know what they did, what worked and what didn’t work, so I can trust what they’re saying,” Nagelvoort said. “Now having (Shields), he was really successful and had a great career. I just feel that much better having him on the ice. I have that much more faith in what he’s telling me, and I’m that much more comfortable with him.” Added Racine: “Anytime you can get a guy like that helping you out, you value everything he says. Going forward, it’s going to be amazing just having him there every day. No days off. No days where we can kind of hide between certain things. He’s always going be there to critique us and tell us what we’re doing right and wrong. That’s just a great thing to have.” Nagelvoort and Racine’s statistics were relatively similar last season as they split time in the net. Nagelvoort posted a 2.63 goals-against average, .906 save percentage and finished with an 11-9 record, while Racine recorded a 2.94 goals- against average with a .908 save percentage and an 11-6 record. But despite their respectable statistics, both goaltenders went through slumps and struggled with inconsistency — an aspect that Shields noted. He has set out to bring the best attributes out of Nagelvoort and Racine on a day- to-day basis by simplifying the goaltending process and forcing them to take a mathematical, rather than personal, approach to their mistakes. “What I’ve tried to do with them is to strip everything down and not personalize everything. I want them to be able to go back and look at video of themselves, and take it on as sort of a math problem,” Shields said. “They’re just solving a problem. There’s no emotion in it. There’s no second thoughts about ‘how I played this, we lost a game because I did this.’ If we can take the stuff that they’ve done and look at it honestly, and say, ‘Well I can do this better and I can’t do that,’ then they’ll improve.” Shields has said that his biggest responsibility as the new goaltending coach is to hold his players accountable every day they go on the ice or in the weight room. But in order to do that, he feels he first has to build a unique relationship with each goalie. He’s inherited that philosophy from his own experience in the NHL, where he was first exposed to a goalie coach who was critical of him every day and was honest about his performances — but only after the two established a relationship. By creating that rapport, Shields is trying to provide the Wolverines’ netminders with a unique experience he only got at the professional level. In the simplest sense, each goalie has a metaphorical checklist, and Shields puts it on his own shoulders to make sure they check those boxes as the season progresses. Shields has taken the first steps in that direction by having conversations with Nagelvoort, Racine and freshman Chad Catt in the spring. He had ideas about where the goaltenders could each improve simply from watching Michigan the past two years, and he constructed a program specific to each goalie that focuses on improving their weaknesses. And while the Wolverine netminders hope to have breakout seasons under Shields’ instruction, he recognizes the progress won’t happen overnight. “They have to understand that if they go out and they don’t play the way that they expect to play in practice, that they have to come back tomorrow and refocus,” Shields said. “My goalie coach said to me when I was that age: ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’.” ICE HOCKEY MICH. ST. MICHIGAN 3 0 “They’re just solving a problem. There’s no emotion in it.” SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Christina Murillo is back after a year off training with Mexico’s national team. “It’s like when you put on a shoe and it’s just right.”