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surprise”
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location
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newspaper
headquarters
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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, October 15, 2015 — 5A
‘M’ furthers
Rutgers’ woes
By ANNA HARITOS
For the Daily
Each team took the court ready
to fight.
Wednesday,
the
Michigan
volleyball team faced a Rutgers
squad coming off an eight-
game losing streak and seeking
redemption.
But the
victory
belonged
to
the
Wolverines (4-3 Big Ten, 14-4
overall) who won the match, 3-1.
Set one began as a ping-pong
match of bump-set-spike between
both teams, until Michigan called
a timeout to regain its footing.
With the score at tied at 10,
the Wolverines came back out
ready to pick things up as junior
middle blocker Abby Cole led a
three-point streak that thrusted
Michigan back in the lead. From
there, the Wolverines cruised and
the set was finished off with a kill
by freshman outside hitter Carly
Skjodt to win the set, 25-19.
With all of the momentum,
senior middle blocker Krystalyn
Goode started off the second
set with a kill. That early lead
was the beginning of Michigan’s
dominance
over
the
Scarlet
Knights (0-7, 3-16). The Wolverines
doubled the amount of kills scored
in the first set, ultimately finishing
the set and winning, 25-12.
“I thought, offensively, we
played well all night,” said
Michigan coach Mark Rosen.
In the third set, the Wolverines
did encounter some trouble, as
Rutgers came from behind for a
win. Senior setter Carly Warner
opened up the third set with a
serve that was returned by the
Scarlet Knights. Michigan led
for a good portion of the set, but
Rutgers never wavered. With the
Scarlet Knights leading, 19-18,
Michigan called a timeout, and
came back with a kill by redshirt
junior
outside
hitter
Kelly
Murphy. But the tie did not last,
as Rutgers found a hole in the
Wolverines’ defense. The Scarlet
Knights did not hesitate to strike,
ultimately taking the match in a
25-21 victory.
“That’s the uniqueness of our
sport,” Rosen said. “It’s not like
there’s a clock involved where
you know there’s a 30-point lead
and there’s two minutes left and
there’s no way they can catch us.
In volleyball, they can always
catch you.”
With the match still up for
grabs, the start of the fourth
set brought on an intensified
atmosphere. Rutgers once again
took an early lead after a five-point
kill streak led by middle blocker
Eden Frazier. But Skjodt was quick
to retaliate and scored her career-
best 13th kill to even the score.
With the game as close as it
had been all evening, every serve
was eerily quiet momentarily
before chaos broke out as a volley
ensued. Both teams put up a good
fight, but it was Michigan that
walked away with a 25-23 win in
the set to give it the match, 3-1.
While the Wolverines may
have won, they were not entirely
satisfied.
“This is a good group,” Rosen
said. “They work hard, they’re
tough kids and they want to be
really good. And part of how they
fought through is that they’ve got
great character. Even if you don’t
play well, your character doesn’t
go anywhere.”
Kastroll steps up in freshman year
By BETELHEM ASHAME
Daily Sports Writer
Opportunities to impact a
game come few and far between
in soccer. Due to its low-scoring
nature, soccer demands that its
players take advantage of every
chance that comes their way. Many
players are adept at capitalizing
on these opportunities, but only
a few can go a step further and
create their own opportunities.
Michigan freshman midfielder
Abby Kastroll is one of those
special players.
Entering a fairly stacked team
with plenty of difference-makers
— the team returned 100 percent
of its goal-scoring from last season
— Kastroll would not have been
faulted for failing to find playing
time, especially since freshmen
typically spend their first year
vying to prove their worth on the
field.
However, Kastroll is anything
but typical.
“We knew she was going to
be good, but we had no idea that
she was going to make this big of
an impact,” said Michigan coach
Greg Ryan. “All of a sudden, once
she got a little bit of confidence,
you go, ‘Whoa, this kid has a lot of
talent and ability and drive.’
“She
keeps
growing
and
gradually getting better every
week, and for a freshman, it’s
come along very rapidly. For most
people, this is a two- or three-year
process, and she’s done it in half a
season. It’s phenomenal.”
A multifaceted player, Kastroll
has become a focal point of
Michigan’s offense and defense.
With four goals and four assists
in 13 games, Kastroll has a total
of 12 points, putting her in second
place overall on the team. Though
less
statistically
recognizable,
her defensive contributions are
equally valuable. She thrives as
a physical, hard-nosed tackler,
breaking up the rhythm of the
opposition.
“I like to think that I play both
sides of the field because they’re
equally
important,”
Kastroll
said. “I enjoy defending as much
as attacking, sometimes even
more. Taking the ball away from
someone is one of my favorite
parts of the game. The great part
about defense is that it’s the start
of the attack.”
Kastroll came up big for the
Wolverines in two key Big Ten
matches
two
weekends
ago.
In that Friday’s 1-0 win over
Maryland, she scored the game-
winner, and two days later, in the
team’s 1-1 overtime tie against
then-No. 25 Rutgers, she delivered
an assist to Michigan’s only goal.
Both instances provide a glimpse
into her special ability to go a
step further and create her own
opportunities.
Coming off a disappointing
3-0 loss to Michigan State, the
Wolverines were in need of a
win against the Terrapins. Firing
on all cylinders, Michigan came
out blitzing but was unable to
capitalize on its chances for most
of the first half — until the 36th
minute.
The
Wolverines
launched
a
seemingly
non-threatening
cross into the box. The ball was
directed
toward
a
Maryland
defender without a Michigan
forward nearby. But what seemed
to be a routine play quickly
developed into something more.
The defender misplayed the ball
off her chest, and one foot reached
it before the rest. Kastroll had
been watching the defender’s
movement from the top of the box
and could sense something was
amiss. She made an instinctual
run into the penalty area, cutting
past her defender and finding
some space. She was wide open
when the ball dropped directly
into her path, and she smashed it
into the back of the net.
Coming into the match against
Rutgers, the Wolverines had only
faced one ranked opponent, losing
2-0 to then-No. 13 Notre Dame.
Determined to produce a better
performance and result, Michigan
managed to go toe-to-toe with the
Scarlet Knights in a scoreless first
half. Both sides seemed evenly
matched,
but
Michigan
was
looking for the upset.
Ten minutes into the second
half, the Wolverines sent a corner
kick into the crowded penalty box.
The ball was bouncing around
inside the area in a frenzy of
attempted passes and attempted
clearances, but no one could fully
control it. Except for Kastroll, that
is. She beat her defender again
to reach the ball first and touch
it toward sophomore forward
Taylor Timko, who then sent it
into the six-yard box, where senior
midfielder Corinne Harris finished
it off to give them a 1-0 lead.
In both of those games, Kastroll
put herself — not just found
herself — in the right place at the
right time. Reaping the benefits
of her efforts, she was named Big
Ten Freshman of the Week last
week.
“I honestly don’t know what
we would have done without her,”
Ryan said. “She’s one of those
players that drives your team in a
positive way. The other team just
hates playing against her because
she’s a player they have to deal
with, which makes her an X-factor.
Usually you don’t look at other
teams and go, ‘Well we’ve got to
deal with their freshman player,’
but I think teams are looking at
Abby and going, ‘We’ve got to find
a way to slow that kid down.’ ”
Interestingly
enough,
Ryan
seemed to foreshadow Kastroll’s
dominant impact in an interview
over a month ago.
“It’s not often that I feel like we
have a freshman that can change
the course of our season,” Ryan
said. “But I think Abby has that
ability to change the course of the
season for this team.”
Clearly,
Ryan
recognized
Kastroll’s special nature from
the start. Despite her youth, she
has become an automatic in the
starting lineup because her value
to the team can’t be overstated.
For
Michigan
this
season,
Kastroll’s emergence resembles
her playing style.
Right place, right time.
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Abby Kastroll has scored four goals and four assists through the first 13 games of her freshman season.
Skjodt, Cole star
for Wolverines
By NATHANIEL CLARK
Daily Sports Writer
Seven
members
of
the
Michigan
volleyball
team
registered at least one kill
Wednesday in the Wolverines’
3-1 victory over Rutgers.
But freshman outside hitter
Carly Skjodt and junior middle
blocker Abby Cole stood out
from the pack. Skjodt finished
the match against the Scarlet
Knights (0-7 Big Ten, 3-16
overall) with 13 kills — a career
high — on 25 attempts along
with 11 digs and five blocks with
no errors. Cole netted 15 kills on
33 attempts.
“You need people who are
going to step up,” said Michigan
coach Mark Rosen. “I think
Abby is doing a great job of
that.”
Skjodt and Cole dominated
in Michigan’s 25-12 victory in
the second set. Skjodt made a
splash when she and sophomore
middle blocker Claire Kieffer-
Wright produced a highlight-
reel block to force an attack
error and give the Wolverines
(4-3, 14-4) a 21-7 lead. She also
netted five kills in the set.
Cole
produced
a
strong
second-set performance in her
own right as she made three
kills.
Cole lit her biggest spark for
Michigan in the first set. With
the score tied at 10, she put down
back-to-back kills to give the
Wolverines a two-point edge.
Michigan never relinquished
its lead at any point during the
set as Cole later recorded three
straight kills en route to a 25-18
win for the Wolverines. She
finished the set with five kills.
“We
actually
switched
Abby’s position,” Rosen said.
“It’s the first time in her career
that she played on the left side. I
thought there were some areas
she did tremendous with, and
I thought that there were some
areas that she still needs to get
better at, but I expect that. We
moved her over there to get her
more involved in the offense.”
But Skjodt was not about to
be outdone. She put down four
kills on five attempts in the first
set, including two consecutive
kills to end the set. She also
came up with five digs during
that time.
“I
thought
Carly
Skjodt
played great tonight,” Rosen
said. “Because Abby is very
inexperienced with what we
call ‘out-of-system’ balls, we
sent a lot of those balls to
(Skjodt). When you handle as
many out of system balls as
she did tonight and make zero
errors, that’s a great night.”
In the third set, the Scarlet
Knights went on a 7-1 run
to
narrow
Michigan’s
lead
to 14-13. But Skjodt came up
strong with a block that forced
an attack error and gave the
Wolverines a point. Later, with
Rutgers leading 23-20, Cole put
down a kill to trim the deficit to
two.
Unfortunately for Michigan,
the effort proved futile as the
Scarlet Knights took the set,
25-21.
“You can win a set so
dominantly (in volleyball) and
then it just resets,” Rosen said.
“That’s the unique thing about
our sport. Maybe tennis is
similar.”
Then Michigan won the final
set, 25-21, with Cole and Skjodt
again coming up with critical
plays. Cole made four kills
during the set, including one
that gave the Wolverines a 23-21
advantage, while a Skjodt block
capped off a 3-0 Michigan run
to give it a 21-19 edge.
Wednesday
was
not
the
first time the duo of Cole and
Skjodt has paid dividends for
the Wolverines. Skjodt came
up with a personal-best 16 digs
Oct. 10 in Michigan’s 3-0 defeat
at the hands of Nebraska. As for
Cole, the Rutgers match was
the 10th time this season she
netted 10 or more kills.
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