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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, February 25, 2016 — 5A
Thome’s confidence building
Freshman center
now shooting
65 percent from
free-throw line
By CHRIS CROWDER
Daily Sports Writer
With 10 seconds left and her
team up by three points, Hallie
Thome stepped up to the free-
throw line. She had been in
a similar situation before. In
December, she missed both of her
free throws as the Wolverines
lost to Eastern Michigan in
heartbreaking fashion.
But
in
last
Saturday’s
matchup against Penn State, the
freshman center sank both of
her foul shots with ease. Instead
of her shots rimming out, her
scores from the charity stripe
were proverbial daggers into
any hope the Nittany Lions had
for a comeback.
The
stark
contrast
between
the
two
games,
nearly
two
months apart,
display
how
Thome has not
just improved
her free throw
shooting, but
her confidence
as
well.
Thome said the most improved
facet of her game has been her
performance from the foul line.
After a rough start to the season,
Thome has worked up to 65
percent from the charity stripe.
It isn’t a stellar number, but it’s a
sign of her growth.
The
confidence
she
has
gained since the beginning of
the season has shown in her
results. Against Penn State, she
shot
4-for-6
from the line,
but the last
two
proved
to
be
most
important,
as she looked
anything
but
tentative after
being fouled.
“I’m
not
worrying
when I go up
to the line (anymore), just being
calm and collected,” Thome
said.
After missed free throws
doomed
the
Wolverines
in
three-straight late-game losses
to Eastern Michigan, Purdue
and Indiana, Michigan coach
Kim Barnes Arico worked with
the team on free throws to
replace the feeling of pressure
with confidence. Both the team
as a whole and individuals on
their own practiced shooting
from the line. Because of the
improvement, the Wolverines
haven’t let games slip away
late when they had a chance
to secure the win since the
overtime loss to Indiana.
“Coming into the Big Ten
with games on the line, you have
to make two free throws to win
it,” Barnes Arico said. “That’s
tough. That’s tough for anybody,
especially a freshman.”
Barnes Arico has been telling
Thome to take her time and
not think about shooting it so
much. The advice has spread
out to the rest of the team,
as Michigan has been able
to beat Iowa, Minnesota and
Penn State (twice) because of a
relaxed approach to the nerve-
wracking nature of a wide-open
shot with the game on the line
and all eyes on you. Tuesday
against
Northwestern,
the
Wolverines went 7-for-8 from
the free-throw line to complete
a hard-fought 70-65 victory,
and Thome went 6-for-7 in the
winning effort.
The experience Thome has
had in her freshman season is
invaluable. As Barnes Arico can
attest, her improvement has
just begun.
“(Thome) has a great touch,
and part of it is being able
to be in those situations and
handle the pressure,” Barnes
Arico said. “She’s definitely
gotten better at handling that.
It’s great for her to be in those
positions as much as possible
and to have the confidence that
she can make them.”
DAVID SONG/Daily
Center Hallie Thome is becoming more confident, particularly at the free-throw line, as her freshman season progresses.
“You have to
make two free
throws to win it.
That’s tough.”
BASEBALL
Jaskie emerges
for Wolverines
By ETHAN WOLFE
Daily Sports Writer
While expectations were high
for junior left-handed pitcher
Brett Adcock and sophomore
right-hander Ryan Nutof against
Canisius, it was sophomore left-
hander Oliver Jaskie who shined
for the Michigan baseball team.
As a freshman in 2015, Jaskie
had only one start to his name
in 22 appearances, posting a 2-0
record and a 5.58 earned-run
average.
While Jaskie began the season
as
Michigan’s
fourth starter,
he looked like
the Wolverines’
ace on Sunday
against
the
Golden
Griffins.
Jaskie
tossed
six
innings,
allowing
just
three hits and
recording nine
strikeouts on his way to picking
up the win. His performance
earned him Big Ten Pitcher of the
Week honors.
Jaskie doesn’t care too much
about the accolades, though.
“Honestly, I’m more excited
about the team’s success this
week,” Jaskie said. “Every pitcher
that got in there did really well. It
was awesome to see.”
At Michigan’s team banquet
on Feb. 12, Michigan coach Erik
Bakich commended Jaskie for
how he trained over the summer
and how much he has improved
since last season. Bakich joked
that his command was so good
that he couldn’t throw a ball
straight if he tried.
Jaskie credits pitching coach
Sean Kenny for his development
since last year.
“Coach
Kenny
has
been
awesome,” Jaskie said. “He’s
the best pitching coach in the
country. He does everything he
could possibly do for us, and we
love him for that.”
Bakich expects Jaskie to be
a starter for the entirety of the
2016 season and is excited about
his potential after his outing
against Canisius.
“I think what you saw on
Sunday is a byproduct of a kid with
a tremendous work ethic and an
extremely high character,” Bakich
said.
“The
success that he
has on the field
is the byproduct
of
many
things, but the
investment
he makes into
pitching
and
into his craft
is what you’re
seeing.”
The
craft
Bakich is referring to is Jaskie’s
repertoire of pitches. Coming
out of high school with a fastball,
breaking ball and changeup,
Jaskie has also been developing
his slider since last season.
If Sunday was any indication
of how Jaskie will pitch for the
rest of the season, he will soon
become a household name.
But Jaskie isn’t worrying about
the rest of the season right now.
“It feels great having some
momentum at the start of the
season,” Jaskie said. “Hopefully
we can carry that into our
training
sessions
this
week
and then carry those training
sessions over to our games in
our upcoming Spring Break. But
right now we’re just focusing on
today and we go from there.”
“It feels great
having momentum
at the start of the
season.”
SOFTBALL
Romero’s big hit
shows her focus
By ORION SANG
Daily Sports Writer
It was the top of the seventh
inning, and the No. 2 Michigan
softball team was clinging to a 3-2
lead against No. 13 Florida State.
Senior
All-American
second
baseman Sierra Romero stepped up
to the plate with senior outfielder
Sierra Lawrence at first base.
Up until that point, Romero
had been 0-for-3 with three
strikeouts in an uncharacteristic
performance at the plate for the
star infielder.
But with one swing, she righted
the ship.
Romero
crushed a home
run
to
right
field, and the
Wolverines
could
breathe
easier.
When asked
about
what
she was trying
to do heading
into that fateful
at-bat, Romero
was blunt.
“Swing the bat,” Romero said.
For Romero, hitting has always
been a strength of her game, and
she didn’t let her minor cold spell
interfere with her mentality.
“I just had to not get down on
myself,” Romero said. “I knew it
was coming. (It was) just a matter
of time.”
That
simple
approach
is
symbolic of the team’s uniform
batting approach.
While individual players may
have slight variations in their
approach, every player is taught
to follow one mantra religiously —
“one-pitch focus.”
“The one-pitch mentality is
just focusing on one pitch at a
time,” Romero said. “(You aren’t)
worrying about what you think
they’re going to throw to you
or what they threw to you in
the past, and (you’re) just going
up there with a clear mind and
trying to hit.”
It’s a focus that Michigan
has stuck to for years, and that
focus has led the Wolverines to
develop a potent offense that
averages 1.44 home runs per
game, reaches base at a .450 clip
and has a .349 batting average.
But the scariest thing for
opponents is that Michigan coach
Carol Hutchins doesn’t believe
her team is hitting to its full
potential yet.
“I think we’re still learning
that (one-pitch focus) as a team,”
Hutchins said. “My upperclassmen
understand it better, but (the
team) hasn’t been able to execute
it as they’re capable of.
“Kids
have
to learn how to
do it because
their minds are
much
faster
and they’ll play
out
a
whole
inning and all
the scenarios,
(and) therefore
they’re
not
focused on the
ball.
We’ve
just got to focus on the pitch now
because it’s the only one that
matters.”
Freshman
infielder
Faith
Canfield said that in addition to
trying to adhere to the “one-pitch
focus,” she and her teammates
have put in the requisite work on
the field.
“Whoever wants to can come in
and hit in our hitting cage before
practice,” Canfield said. “In the
past during fall, we’ve come in on
the weekends — which we have off
— and hit and do some tee work.”
The Wolverines can continue
to improve on their batting
by making sure they follow
Hutchins’ teachings — that the
“one-pitch focus” is tantamount
to their success.
“It’s the mentality that will get
them what they want,” Hutchins
said. “Regardless of whether we’re
ahead or behind, we have to get in
our moment and play now. I think
it helps us play better softball.”
“I just had to
not get down on
myself. I knew it
was coming.”