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“Waiting for
Godot”
4 __ ray
10 Where rds. meet
14 Frat address
15 Iris ring
16 Obama’s
birthplace
17 Basic resting
place
18 Personal guide
20 Start of “A Visit
From St.
Nicholas”
22 Common base
23 “Joke’s on you!”
24 Shoe fastener
27 Animal’s gullet
30 “To see __ is a
picture”:
Dickinson
31 Make subservient
33 Nincompoop
35 “Biggest Little
City in the World”
37 Next Dodger
after Fernando to
win the Cy
Young Award
38 Historic
Manhattan jazz
club
41 Ancient Icelandic
text
42 Birthstone for
some Scorpios
43 Bavarian count
opener
44 Pose anew, as a
question
46 Hosp. areas
47 Put away
48 Cloud above a
peak
54 Hideout
56 Crude shelter
57 Thing on a string
58 Source of the
Romance
languages
62 Sound after a
punch
63 How some
games are won,
briefly
64 Dawn goddess
65 Aflame
66 Cuts
67 Shows
disapproval, in a
way
68 Far from friendly
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With Murder” airer
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3 Whole
4 Member of the
reigning NBA
champs
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6 Graf rival
7 See 12-Down
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Saint-Germain
9 Use to one’s
advantage
10 Tease
11 Regatta racer
12 With 7-Down,
sermon site
13 (In) brief
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21 Gentleman, at
times?
25 Sitcom that
starred a singer
26 Kidney-related
28 States as fact
29 Join with heat
32 Comedian who
said, “I have a lot
of beliefs, and I
live by none of
’em”
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34 Chap
35 Turn off
36 Green of “Penny
Dreadful”
38 Designer Wang
39 Scene of biblical
destruction
40 Spice Girl
Halliwell
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46 Whole
49 Blackens
50 Jaguars, for
instance
51 Garlicky spread
52 Unlikely to come
unglued
53 Big name in the
bags aisle
55 Fed.
employees
58 Energetic spirit
59 Game with wild
cards
60 Him, to Henri
61 “A Queens Story”
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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Thursday, October 20, 2016 — 5A
After three games, ‘M’
still unclear on goalie
A central question for the
2016-17 Michigan hockey team
revolves
around
goaltending.
After last year’s primary starter
Steve Racine graduated, the
Wolverines were left with three
goalies who all carry question
marks into the crease.
Senior
Zach
Nagelvoort
brought the most experience, but
he was inconsistent last season.
Freshman Hayden Lavigne was
once a heralded recruit, but after
a few tough years in the United
States Hockey League, he wasn’t
necessarily a sure bet to start,
either. Freshman Jack LaFontaine
was a highly rated recruit in
his own right, but he isn’t as
experienced as the other two.
Now, three games into the
season, all three have had the
chance to start, but the situation
still isn’t any clearer.
“I can’t tell you there’s a plan
that’s in stone,” said Michigan
coach
Red
Berenson.
“It’s
probably going to take a while for
us to sort out the three goalies
that have played. I told them,
‘This could go on all year, it could
go on for half of the year,’ but
we’ll see. But I’m pretty open-
minded.”
The
uncertainty
doesn’t
bother the players themselves,
either. Nagelvoort said at the
beginning of the season that he
enjoyed the competition among
the three goaltenders, and on
Wednesday, he echoed a similar
sentiment.
“I
would
say
nothing’s
changed,” Nagelvoort said. “I’ve
known, and … they’ve known,
that no one is guaranteed ice
time, and that’s what’s going to
drive us to be the best we can be
this year.
“I said that we have a
competitive group of guys, and
that we have three different
guys who can play on Friday and
Saturday night and that’s going to
help me to be better, help Jack to
be better and help Hayden to be
better, and all we’ve seen is that.”
The
play
of
the
three
goaltenders has been important
for the Wolverines so far, and
it will likely continue to be
for the rest of the year. A solid
performance from a goalie can
cover up mistakes made by the
rest of the team, and given how
young Michigan’s roster is this
season, the netminder is crucial
to the team’s performance.
This was especially evident in
Saturday’s game against Ferris
State.
The
Bulldogs
outshot
Michigan, 29-16, and dominated
possession throughout the game.
But
thanks
to
LaFontaine’s
stellar performance in net, the
Wolverines were able to stay even
throughout and eked out a win in
the end, 2-1.
Those performances don’t just
happen, though. The goalies all
have to be ready, no matter when
their number is called.
“That’s
not
up
to
us,”
Nagelvoort said. “So it’s not really
something you worry yourself
about. It’s just kind of just more
that you prepare yourself for
every game.”
So far, the goalies have been
solid. Even when Nagelvoort
gave up four goals in the team’s
season-opening loss to Union, he
was peppered with 40 shots.
Though nobody has separated
themselves as the sure starter,
that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
For now, Michigan believes all
three are capable of getting the
job done.
ICE HOCKEY
MIKE PERSAK
Daily Sports Writer
Michigan hoping summer progress carries over
Nicole Munger knew she would
be going over the summer to
Disney World — she goes every
year with her family.
What the sophomore guard
didn’t expect was that she would
run into her teammate, junior
forward Jillian Dunston, on the
trip.
It was a chance encounter for
both Munger and Dunston, but
shows how the two Wolverines
value the physical and mental
break in the summers from the
daily grind of being a collegiate
athlete.
“You have to be able to do both
academics and athletics,” Dunston
said. “Academics are supposed to
come first, but you have to find a
balance. It can be tough, but you
do your best. I think going home
is beneficial both mentally and
physically. You just need a break.”
Many members of the team stay
in Ann Arbor through the spring
and summer terms, which makes
going home for an extended period
of time a welcome reprieve.
But,
the
Wolverines
don’t
forget to stay in shape. At the
end of each season, the coaches
meet with every player to go over
a set of attainable goals for the
upcoming year. Sophomore center
Hallie Thome took her review in
stride.
“I worked on strength and
conditioning,” Thome said. “So
I’ll definitely be able to combat
the strength of the Big Ten that
everyone has. As a freshman, I
knew that was a big thing that I
was going to have to get used to,
so as a sophomore, being able to
come in and surprise the Big Ten,
even though it might not look like
I gained a lot of muscle, it’s there.”
Thome earned a spot on the
Big
Ten
All-Freshman
Team
last
season,
finishing
second
nationally in field goal percentage
(63.1). Though she has impressive
offensive skills, Thome is working
toward “making a change on the
defensive end.”
Older players also benefit from
the
comprehensive
nature
of
the review. They recognize the
invaluable efforts by their coaches,
especially Michigan coach Kim
Barnes
Arico,
to
help
them
improve.
“It’s awesome to have a coach
behind you on everything you
do,” said senior guard Danielle
Williams. “She’s an extraordinary
person, just who she is and what
she’s able to do and stands for, and
her basketball IQ. She comes in
every day with such a wonderful
attitude.”
Barnes Arico is entering her
fifth season in Ann Arbor. She is
the first head coach to record four
straight 20-win seasons and will
return her full coaching staff for a
third straight season.
Williams is one of four returning
starters, along with Thome, junior
guard Katelynn Flaherty, senior
guard Siera Thompson.
On the other end of the
spectrum, Michigan will also
welcome five newcomers to the
team — four freshmen and one
redshirt junior, 6-foot-5 volleyball
player Abby Cole.
Two of the freshmen already
know each other quite well, as
guard Akienreh Johnson and
forward KeAsja Peace both come
from Toledo, Ohio.
“I’ve
known
(Peace)
since
fourth grade, so the fact that we
have been blessed to keep moving
forward together means a lot,”
Johnson said. “Not many people
get to go to college with their best
friend. And not many people get to
go to Michigan and play basketball
with their best friend.”
Upperclassmen like Munger,
Dunston, Thome and Williams
have the benefit of at least one
season behind them to help sturdy
themselves going into the summer.
But for Johnson and her fellow
freshmen, the transition to college
life can be difficult. They used the
summer to learn how to juggle an
athletic career as a college student.
Johnson credits her teammates,
including Peace, for making the
transition smoother.
With the season opener fast
approaching on Nov. 12, the
athletes will have to rely on their
summer experience and workouts
to push forward into the new
season ahead.
SYLVANNA GROSS
Daily Sports Writer
RYAN MCLOUGHLIN/Daily
Sophomore guard Nicole Munger enjoys taking time off and breaking from campus for both physical and mental health.
‘M’ outlasts Terps in five-set match
Heading
into
intermission
against then-No. 1 Wisconsin on
Saturday, the Michigan volleyball
team
dug
itself
into
a
2-0
deficit, and
the Wolverines did so again at
Maryland on Wednesday. The
similarities between the two
matches just about ended there.
Saturday, in the confines of
Cliff Keen Arena, Michigan came
within two points of pulling off its
first upset of a top-ranked team
in program history. Wednesday,
in a harsh road environment, the
Wolverines (6-3 Big Ten, 17-4
overall) only managed to survive,
staving off two late match points
to outlast the reeling Terrapins
(0-9 Big Ten, 8-13 overall), 3-2.
“It was a different match in
the sense that we went down
2-0 because we didn’t execute
very well,” said Michigan coach
Mark Rosen. “It was a little bit
different than Wisconsin. I think
Wisconsin executed really well
those first two sets, and that kind
of put us down, where this one we
were really chaotic.”
Saturday, Michigan emerged
from the locker room a different
team, fighting back to tie the
match at two sets apiece before
dropping the final set, 15-13.
In College Park, Rosen’s team
found itself in a deafening gym,
sitting in a different locker room
and facing a different emotion.
“I think there was some shock —
no question,” Rosen said. “I think
there was certainly some (looking)
around the room, and nobody
expected to be in that position. But
I also think there was some calm
reason in people going, ‘Hey, we
know what we need to do.’ I think
we had a good game plan, and I
think everybody clearly believed in
themselves, or they wouldn’t have
been able to come back and win
those next ones.”
Michigan needed every point,
but in the end, the Wolverines
avoided a major letdown. A block
by Claire Kieffer-Wright and Ally
Davis saved one match point,
and a kill by Carly Skjodt saved
another. Back-to-back Maryland
errors gave Michigan the win,
and Rosen high-fived his wife
and assistant coach, Leisa, while
his team embraced in a huddle of
excitement and relief.
After
the
Wolverines
beat
Maryland two weekends ago
at Cliff Keen Arena, 3-1, Rosen
warned his team that this trip
might be difficult — though, he
conceded, he did not expect to
start down 2-0. Michigan’s hope
was to string together some long
early runs to bounce back from the
loss to Wisconsin. But it never had
that chance.
The
Wolverines
missed six serves
in each of the
first two sets —
including
the
final
point
in
each — thwarting
any opportunity
to
take
hold
of
the
match.
Meanwhile,
the
Terrapins blitzed
them with kills on the first three
points and seized all of the
momentum in their loud home
gym.
“The beginning of the match,
they jumped on us a little bit, and
then it just got chaotic because
it’s so loud and so just frenetic,”
Rosen said. “I just thought that we
really lost our composure a little
bit in that. And that happens. It’s
not like a video game — there’s a
human factor.”
The intensity in the gym caught
the Wolverines off guard. Even
during timeouts, Rosen said, they
could hardly hear each other.
Again given the opportunity to go
to intermission and regroup, they
did so. They shored up their serve
issues, not committing any errors
in the next two sets. And they
passed better, forcing Maryland
into some miscues of its own.
It took more than an hour, but
Michigan started to play the game
it traveled to College Park to play.
The Wolverines took the third set,
25-18, and jumped out to a 14-3
lead to control the fourth.
They
received
a
host
of
contributions.
With
Maryland
locked in on Michigan’s top
attacker, senior Abby Cole, Davis
led the Wolverines with 16 kills.
Kieffer-Wright added 14, and
Mahlke
contributed
12.
Cole
managed just eight, yet Michigan
generated enough offense to win.
“I think the big thing is slowing
the pace down, making sure they’re
playing at their own pace,” Rosen
said. “I think when you can’t get
verbal communication, I think it’s
really important to get eye contact
and find ways to communicate and
connect with your teammates, and
I don’t think we
did that well in the
first two sets.”
Heading
into
another
home
showdown
Saturday
night
against
Penn
State, a win was
all the Wolverines
needed.
Rosen
knows
how
valuable those are
in the Big Ten and also how close
his team was to picking up a big
one last weekend.
“After the Wisconsin match,
there’s no question — it stung,”
Rosen said. “It hurts a little bit.
But when we came in for practice
on Monday, I thought everybody
was ready to go and ready to focus
on the next match.”
The Wolverines’ next challenge
is to avoid the early deficit that
nearly
plagued
them
again
Wednesday. They play six more
road games this year, the next one
coming next Friday in a similar
environment at Purdue.
For now, Michigan can move on
with some momentum — no small
task given its schedule.
“They know this conference
is a meat grinder,” Rosen said.
“You’re going to have that day
in and day out, so I think they’re
mature enough to know that hey,
you gotta put it away and move
onto the next one.”
JAKE LOURIM
Managing Sports Editor
MICHIGAN
MARYLAND
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2
“They know
this conference
is a meat
grinder.”