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Thursday, January 19, 2017 — 5A
ACROSS
1 Naproxen brand
6 Yap
10 Documentary
divisions
14 Ricoh competitor
15 Green-skinned
“Return of the
Jedi” girl
16 Approaching
17 Not shady
18 Action figure?
19 Site of Shah
Jahan’s tomb
20 Protective charm
often adorned
with feathers
23 Decorative globe
26 Ice cream maker
Joseph
27 Holed a five-
footer, say
28 Start of a hands-
off declaration?
30 Fivers
32 Pigs out (on),
briefly
33 Stamina-testing
ballroom event
36 Longtime Labor
Day telethon org.
37 Wild bunch
38 Gold units: Abbr.
40 Forensic
analyst’s
discovery
46 Swiss river
48 “Peter Pan”
pooch
49 Travel org.
freebie
50 Lamentation
52 Miss an easy
grounder, say
53 It can follow
directions
54 Device found in
this puzzle’s
three other
longest answers
58 Cold drink brand
59 Come & Get It!
pet food maker
60 Annoyed
64 Like some
warnings
65 Jetty
66 “Keen!”
67 Fresh answers
68 Quick on one’s
feet
69 “Business @ the
Speed of
Thought”
co-author
DOWN
1 Guns N’ Roses’
Rose
2 Sheltered side
3 Bit of work
4 Cancel
5 More than just
edgy
6 Morning fare
since 1952
7 Study, e.g.
8 Actor Baldwin
9 Rampart topper
10 Legislate
11 Punctual
12 Concurred
13 Result of a
messy breakup?
21 Wax-coated
cheese
22 Rear
23 Ancient
24 Gad about
25 Wall Street figures
29 1980 Chrysler
debut
30 Something in the
air
31 Cake with a kick
34 “Too true!”
35 Creole vegetable
39 German
industrial region
41 Youngest BrontÎ
42 Short rests
43 Weight allowance
44 Stud, e.g.
45 ICU worker
46 Rose garden pests
47 “The Good Wife”
wife
51 Nice thoughts?
52 Bishop John for
whom a Georgia
university was
named
55 Movie trailer unit
56 Imitator
57 One-half base
times height, for
a triangle
61 Dennings of “2
Broke Girls”
62 Juillet’s season
63 Big affairs
By Kurt Krauss
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01/19/17
01/19/17
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Michigan in need of role players’ production
With a little more than 10
minutes left in its game against
Minnesota on Saturday, the
Michigan hockey team trailed,
3-0, and needed a spark.
While the Wolverines would
normally rely on players like
senior
forward
Alex
Kile
or
freshman
forward
Will
Lockwood to supply a key goal,
instead they got help from some
unlikely sources.
Sophomore forward Brendan
Warren was just inside the
blue line when he passed to
freshman
forward
Steven
Merl along the boards. Merl
immedialley fired the puck at
the net, and while it wasn’t a
menacing shot, the puck slid
past Minnesota goaltender Eric
Schierhorn for the first goal of
Merl’s his career.
Then, just six minutes later,
senior
forward
Evan
Allen
tipped a shot from the point
into the net for his first goal of
the season, and Michigan was
suddenly down only one.
The Wolverines’ comeback
efforts would eventually fall
short, but the offensive output
from Allen and Merl provided
the two players with some hope
for the future.
“I finally got my (first) point
in a while, so that always helps
with the confidence,” Allen
said. “And hockey’s all about
confidence, so that helps a
lot. And hopefully, I can take
that moving forward into this
weekend.”
Michigan has struggled to
find successful offense this
season. And while the most
glaring examples of that come
predominantly from the players
on the top lines, like Kile — who
were expected to produce at
a high level — the fourth line
has left Michigan coach Red
Berenson with more questions
than answers.
This has forced Berenson to
shuffle multiple players in and
out of the lineup seemingly
every game.
“They’re competing for a job
every week,” Berenson said.
“We could have the same players
on the fourth line every week
if they’d separated themselves
from the other guys. And then if
they get in the lineup and they
play well, then that gives them
a chance to stay in the lineup or
to get back into the lineup.”
The players understand this,
too. With the constant changes
in the lineup,
it can be hard
for the players
involved in the
substitutions
to
maintain
confidence
from
game
to
game.
For
them,
practice
is not only an
opportunity for
them to prove
themselves, but also a chance
build confidence without the
eyes of the Yost faithful on
them.
“You have to play every
practice like you’re getting
ready for the game that weekend
no matter if you’re in the lineup
or not,” Merl said. “So that way
when you do get called, you’re
ready to go.”
Added Allen: “Confidence is
something you’ve got to build
off, it doesn’t just come. It’s got
to come from your play and your
teammates being behind you.
So, that always
helps when the
teammates
are
behind you and
the coaches are
behind you and
you get a few
points here and
there.
But
it
also comes with
playing hard and
playing well. …
There’s a lot of
different factors, but once you
get it, it’s nice to keep it on you.”
The duo’s play this weekend
may be a step in the right
direction for not just Allen and
Merl, but also for the team as
a whole. Because if the two of
them can get results, it will take
some of the pressure off the
other forwards’ shoulders.
Berenson seems like he may
reward the strong play against
the Golden Gophers, especially
in the case of Allen. Though
lineups haven’t been officially
set, Allen has been practicing
with Kile and senior forward
Max Shuart, who both played
on the first line in Saturday’s
game.
“I was really pleased that
Evan Allen took a step last
week,” Berenson said. “That’s
what you’re looking for from
those guys, is to step up. We
didn’t think Evan Allen would
be a fourth line player when
we recruited him. … It’s about
performance, really. It’s about
performance every day, and
then when you get a chance in
games.”
With time still left this
season, Allen and Merl will
look to ride any momentum
they have and earn more time
on the ice. And if they do, they
could provide the spark that the
Wolverines desperately need.
SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily
Senior forward Evan Allen scored his first goal of the season in Minneapolis on Saturday to trim Minnesota’s lead to one.
MIKE PERSAK
Daily Sports Editor
Confidence is
something you’ve
got to build off, it
doesn’t just come
Michigan dominates
Hoosiers in dual meet
In its previous 15 consecutive
Big Ten dual meets since the
2013-14 season, the sixth-ranked
Michigan women’s swimming
and diving team (2-0 Big Ten, 3-1
overall) has posted an impressive
15-0 record. After Friday’s 211-
87 victory over No. 13 Indiana
(1-1, 6-3), it seems Michigan’s
winning streak isn’t showing any
signs of stopping.
Following
a
strong
performance
in
last
week’s
Orange Bowl Classic — where
the team won all 12 events and
set meet records in nine of them
— the Wolverines rode their
momentum into Bloomington
and continued to post solid times
against some of the fiercest
competition they will face this
season.
“We saw some women who
needed to see themselves in a
different light,” said Michigan
coach Mike Bottom. “They’ve
been looking at Indiana as a
really, really good team, so to
see how we (had 1-2-3 finishes)
and (a 1-2-3-4 finish) in one
event, the women gained a lot of
confidence.”
Buoyed by a balanced attack,
the Wolverines won 12 of 16
events and went 1-2-3 in five of
them. Four swimmers earned
multiple
individual
victories,
headlined by sophomore Siobhán
Haughey (100-yard freestyle,
200-yard
freestyle,
200-yard
IM) and junior Clara Smiddy
(100-yard backstroke, 200-yard
backstroke).
“We will move forward on
our team, not on any individual,”
Bottom said. “Whether it be
(sophomore) Rose Bi swimming
the 100-yard breaststroke and
getting second or (junior) Sam
Yeo getting third in the 200 IM,
those are points for Michigan,
and that is how we will move
forward.”
Bi added wins in both the 500
and 1000-yard freestyle races,
and her 9:43.77 in the latter
was almost 15 seconds faster
than the second-place finisher.
Usually a distance specialist, the
sophomore was mere seconds
behind Indiana star Lilly King in
the 100-yard breaststroke.
Keeping up with King, the
two-time 2016 Rio Olympics
gold medalist, was an important
takeaway for the Wolverines,
encouraging them to trust in
their abilities even more.
“Lilly King is the name in
our sport right now, and we
had breaststrokers who, yes,
got beat by her, but it wasn’t the
pouncing we expected,” Bottom
said. “So even that, to stay in
range of a superstar like that,
we gained confidence from that,
and that’s what we need heading
into the Big Tens and NCAA
Tournament.”
Reigning Big Ten Freshman
of the Week Vanessa Krause
— who has already captured
the award three times this
season — continued to impress
with individual wins in both
the 100 and 200-yard butterfly
events. The Indiana native, who
was cheered on by her entire
family, credited her familiarity
with
Indiana’s
Counsilman-
Billingsley Aquatics Center as an
advantage. This experience paid
dividends, as Krause narrowly
prevailed by .06 and .5 seconds,
respectively.
While winning is a bonus at
dual meets, they are primarily
used as barometers for teams to
analyze their performances and
see where they stand midway
through the season.
“They’re a good check for us to
see what is working and what we
need to improve on,” Haughey
said. “After dual meets, we have
some time to go back to our own
pool and work on things that we
have to work on.”
Even after a dominant victory,
the ability to make adjustments
and tune the finer details of
a swimmer’s race is essential
for Michigan, especially in the
stretch run.
“This win definitely boosted
our confidence, but you never
know who’s going to come
out strong at (the Big Ten
Championships), so we always
have to be ready and can’t let
up,” Krause said. “They say you
have to work hard up until the
last race, so we have to make sure
we’re putting in the work before
conferences.”
An endless gratitude
To
the
loyal
Michigan
community —
I would be remiss to leave
Michigan
after
five
years
without thanking you all for
everything you have done for me.
This school and community has
supported me since the moment
I signed my letter of intent and
I can only hope to express a
fraction of my gratitude in this
letter.
I would like to begin by
thanking
Coach
Harbaugh,
Coach Brown, Coach Mattison,
the trainers, equipment staff
and support staff that worked
tirelessly to help me succeed
each and every week. You all had
a hand in helping me realize that
my dream of becoming an NFL
player could become a reality.
I leave Ann Arbor a better
person and player than when I
first arrived, and it is due to the
amazing support my teammates
and I had surrounding us every
day. I would also like to thank
Coach Hoke for recruiting me
to the school of my dreams and
giving me the opportunity to
become a Wolverine.
Michigan football fans are
some of the most proud and
passionate fans in all of college
football.
Your
unwavering
support means so much to us.
You filled the Big House every
single week with maize and blue
and supported us no matter the
outcome of each game.
I would also like to thank my
academic
advisor,
Claiborne
Greene,
for
his
help
and
guidance over the past five years.
Thank you to all of my professors
and peers for supporting me in
and out of the classroom each
day. I am proud to have earned
a degree from such a prestigious
university.
Thank you to all of my
teammates who I have had the
honor and privilege of playing
with for five seasons. We have
shared so many memories and
created a brotherhood on and off
the field. Your faith in me to lead
this team as a captain my final
season means the world to me. I
hope the bonds we have built and
friendships that we made will
continue for years to come.
Finally, thank you to my
family and girlfriend for your
constant love and support. You
have inspired me and continue
to be my motivation for success
every day.
While this may end my time
as a student athlete at Michigan,
I will never stop bleeding maize
and blue. I hope to return to
Michigan
Stadium
and
sing
“Hail to the Victors” alongside
all of you for seasons to come.
Go Blue!
#43- Chris Wormley
A letter of thanks written by Chris Wormley to the ‘M’ community
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BENJAMIN KATZ
Daily Sports Writer