The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Thursday, September 28, 2017 — 5A ACROSS 1 Historic spans 5 2012 World Series MVP Sandoval 10 FiveThirtyEight fodder 14 Ristorante bottle 15 “Let’s call it __”: “We’re even” 16 Spring flower 17 Disney CEO since 2005 18 Small, silvery Chesapeake Bay swimmer 20 See 34-Across 22 Experiment 23 See 34-Across 27 National Lampoon writer, typically 31 Old West gunslinger Jack 32 Hand over 33 State with conviction 34 Clue for 20-, 23-, 48- and 52- Across 40 Spray holder 41 Casino game 42 __ acids: protein components 44 Fireproofing construction mineral banned in many countries 48 See 34-Across 50 Bit of land 52 See 34-Across 56 Boneless seafood cut 59 Nonstick cookware brand 60 Reverberate 61 Chips go-with 62 Online page 63 Profound 64 Owner of Regency hotels 65 At any point DOWN 1 Kick out 2 Hardships 3 Iron deficiency concern 4 Upset with 5 Chess piece that may be promoted 6 Condition treated by Ritalin, briefly 7 Sailor’s jail 8 Most recent 9 Have financing from 10 Jenny Craig offering 11 LAX incoming flight 12 Muscle spasm 13 Volcanic output 19 __ XIII: Title role in “The Young Pope” 21 Pulitzer winner Walker 24 File menu command 25 Aroma 26 Just announced 28 Two-legged zebra 29 Swear words 30 Feudal workers 34 Hardly envelope- pushing 35 “Do you really think so?” 36 Haberdashery 37 Blot gently 38 Cork’s home: Abbr. 39 Respectful negative 40 Kilmer of “Tombstone” 43 Ingredient in une omelette 44 Having fun 45 Scary African fly 46 1380s Norwegian king 47 Unruffled 49 Very silly 51 “House of Payne” creator __ Perry 53 Frequent collaborator with Louis and Duke 54 Take a nap 55 Doc’s “Right away” 56 Nourished 57 Sprain treatment 58 “Thar __ blows!” By Derek Bowman ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/28/17 09/28/17 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: RELEASE DATE– Thursday, September 28, 2017 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis xwordeditor@aol.com There’s a distinct noise in sports when a crowd gets the life taken out of it. It usually starts with a gasp, before transitioning into a deafening silence. Whether it’s a local Little League crowd or a crowd of 110,000 at Michigan Stadium, the noise is the same, and it never means that something good has happened to the home side. Austin Ricci, a senior forward from Oakland University, produced that noise on Wednesday night at U-M Soccer Stadium, where the Golden Grizzlies beat the No. 20 Michigan men’s soccer team, 2-1. In the 49th minute, Ricci tied the game at one on a goal defined more by the Wolverines’ sloppiness than anything else. It came off a bouncing ball toward Michigan’s goal that didn’t seem especially threatening. Sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Verdi came out to get the ball, but Ricci’s head connected with it before he could. After a first half in which the Wolverines dominated, the equalizer felt more like a punch to the gut. Michigan opened the scoring early, with a Mohammed Zakyi header just seven minutes into the game. The freshman forward whipped the ball in off a 35-yard free kick from a fellow freshman, midfielder Marc Ybarra. In the early part of the game, it felt like the first of many. Freshman midfielder Jackson Ragen nearly scored off a free kick in similar fashion just seven minutes later, however, his header flew wide. The floodgates seemed ready to open. In the 20th minute, Michigan generated another chance in what, at that point, seemed like an endless line of them. It was another Zakyi header, this one after a cross from junior midfielder Robbie Mertz. But Golden Grizzly keeper Sullivan Lauderdale saved it. Even without juniors Marcello Borges and Francis Atuahene – the former injured, the latter suspended – the Wolverines looked set to cruise. That dream ended with Ricci, as the ball trickled into the back of the net just minutes into the second half. Senior defender Billy Stevens and Verdi both went down on the play, staying on the ground for a few minutes as trainers tended to them, adding to Michigan’s despondency. Though they stayed in the game, the Wolverines never regained momentum. After Oakland’s first goal, the game stayed tied for just 15 minutes until the Golden Grizzlies hit paydirt again. Coming forward on a counterattack, forward Travis Harrington threaded a pass through Michigan’s defense. Midfielder Jacob Moore provided the finish. “For two or three mistakes in the second half we looked really loosey-goosey,” said Michigan head coach Chaka Daley. “We addressed some things at halftime and they still continued to rear their head in the second half. Our clearances weren’t great, our cover wasn’t necessarily great. So I think those are two reasons we conceded.” Michigan didn’t go down quietly, though. As time wound down, a Wolverine onslaught ensued. In the game’s last five minutes, Michigan had four shots. None found the back of the net. The most threatening was the last – a Zakyi header that forced a diving save from Lauderdale with 19 seconds left in the game. When the clock struck zero, Michigan had lost its first game to Oakland in Daley’s tenure as head coach, and their third in four games. “(The loss) does not deter me in any way, shape or form,” Daley said. “I’m disappointed for sure, but it doesn’t determine my confidence in our team, in our leaders, in what I think we’re capable of, in what’s remaining in the season and what I think can be attainable.” Coming off a last-place finish in its previous tournament, the Michigan women’s golf team looked to avenge its performance at the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Vail, Colo. this week. The Wolverines finished the three- day, stroke play event in 10th place out of an 18-team field. And while that was certainly a substantial improvement, Michigan failed to seize an opportunity to place higher. The Wolverines got off to a strong start, leading the field through Sunday. They couldn’t keep up, however, and steadily collapsed over the course of the tourney. During the opening round on Sunday, junior Elodie Van Dievoet took charge of the field, finishing in first place at three-under 69. Van Dievoet’s performance was impressive from the start as she birdied five out of her first six holes, giving the Wolverines the spark they needed. Michigan finished the day with 19 birdies as a team. “We go to every tournament to win it,” said Michigan coach Jan Dowling. “We put ourselves in contention to do that, so that’s a positive.” Freshman Ashley Kim, in her second college tournament, shot an even-par 72, ending at 13th. Other Wolverines carded solid rounds as well, putting Michigan in a tie for second place with a 290 — just one stroke back from the leader, San Diego State. The Wolverines couldn’t repeat that performance Monday, ending with a 303 and falling into a tie for fifth. Senior Emily White led Michigan with a 74 on Monday, but it simply wasn’t enough for the Wolverines to hold their ground. Her teammates didn’t do anything spectacular, either. Van Dievoet shot a 76, failing to fend off the competition and losing her lead. She moved into a tie for eighth, while Michigan’s other golfers carded substandard rounds. Despite coming back with a 295 in the final round on Wednesday, the Wolverines continued to plummet on the leaderboard. They finished in 10th with a grand total of 888, 16 strokes behind the champion, Denver. Van Dievoet was off to a shaky start and was six-over through her first eight holes of the final round. After settling down and finding her groove, she went on to birdie three straight holes. But that wasn’t all — Van Dievoet eagled a long, 505-yard par 5 a couple holes later, and she even managed to tack on one more birdie before the round ended. She finished tied for 11th with a 217. It was quite the comeback considering the brutal start. “We are obviously doing some things really well, and it shows what our potential is,” Dowling said. “But at the same time, we didn’t handle the lead very well the last few days.” White tallied a 74 to finish in 26th while Ashley Kim finished 51st. Seniors Kathy Lim and Megan Kim were in Michigan’s lineup as well, finishing 38th and 62nd, respectively. While it wasn’t smooth sailing for the Wolverines, they still made progress. They showed glimpses of top-notch play throughout the week. The next step, it appears, will be finding consistency. “Our ball striking is pretty good. … We are gonna mostly focus on short game,” Dowling said. “We’ve got two big weeks to get ready. We’ve got two really strong tournaments coming up in October, and I know the team is pretty pumped to get after it and get better before we tee it up again.” A loud roar exploded from the stands of one side at the U-M Soccer Stadium, overpowering the other side’s sparse, sad groans. The Michigan men’s soccer team (2-1-1 Big Ten, 5-3-2 overall) took on Oakland on Wednesday and left what little fans who attended as the latter of the two sides. The Oakland fans’ energy, in a way, paralleled the energy of their players in the Golden Grizzlies’ 2-1 win over the Wolverines, who missed a lot more than just their fans on a chilly Ann Arbor night. One of the most noticeable things Michigan lacked tonight was expertise. Junior defender Marcello Borges was missing. So was junior forward Francis Atuaheneone — of the Wolverines’ better scorers — because of a red card he obtained in the last match against Northwestern. “We’re the walking wounded right now,” said Michigan head coach Chaka Daley. “We don’t have a lot of available bodies, we had a suspension and three major players on the bench for our team. I still think we could have maybe gotten more out of the game, but unfortunately didn’t.” For the first half though, expertise didn’t seem to matter. Freshman midfielder Marc Ybarra continued his strong play when he connected on a free kick from 35 feet out to fellow freshman forward Mohammed Zakyi in the box. Ybarra continued to hit his teammates accurately on set pieces throughout the first half. In the end, the Wolverines’ inability to score late in the first half hurt their momentum, and so, perhaps, did all of the team’s absences. Golden Grizzlies’ forward Austin Ricci popped in a header in the 49th minute. Fifteen minutes later, the player who assisted him, Nebosja Popovic, skimmed the ball over the Michigan back line for another goal. “We were excellent in the first half, carried the game in every single capacity, every single way,” Daley said. Despite making halftime adjustments, Daley lamented how some of the same Wolverines’ problems still came up in the second half. “We addressed some things at halftime and they still continue to rear their head in the second half,” Daley said. “Our clearances weren’t great, our cover wasn’t necessarily great. I think those are two reasons we conceded in the second half.” Team captain Ivo Cerda echoed his coach’s sentiment. While the midfielder didn’t play the whole game, he played a large role in anchoring Michigan’s defense in the first half. He shared his teammates’ and coach’s frustration with the blown lead, which clearly showed when he earned a yellow card in an end-of-game skirmish after an Oakland foul. Just like his coach, Cerda noted the team’s lack of discipline but expressed optimism towards gaining it back. “Yeah, discipline is a big thing for us, especially with the types of calls we that we got today,” Cerda said. “The good thing about it is that if we can improve on that a lot, we should stay more focused throughout the whole game.” ETHAN SEARS For the Daily ROHAN KUMAR For the Daily RIAN RATNAVALE For the Daily No. 20 Michigan upset by Oakland Wolverines lack consistency in Colorado Many pieces missing in ‘M’ loss CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily Sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Verdi conceded two goals in Michigan’s loss. CLAIRE MEINGAST/Daily Junior midfielder Robbie Mertz and the Wolverines suffered a major loss to unranked Oakland on Wednesday. “It doesn’t determine my confidence in our team (or) in our leaders.” FILE PHOTO/Daily The Michigan women’s golf team couldn’t maintain its strong start.