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By Mark McClain
©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
10/26/17

10/26/17

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

RELEASE DATE– Thursday, October 26, 2017

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

xwordeditor@aol.com

From speed to grit: Michigan 
switches up its offensive style

At the outset of the season 

less than a month ago, one 
would think that the Michigan 
hockey team would be a fast-
paced scoring team after a 10-1 
drubbing of Western Ontario. 
After four games, though, the 
Wolverines are shaping up to 
be the opposite: a hard-nosed 
team that wears its opponents 
down over the course of entire 
games. 

“We’re trying to play with 

more pace in practice so when 
we get in the game it will seem 
easier,” said Michigan coach 
Mel Pearson before that game. 
“Not that it will be, but mainly 
just the pace and attention to 
detail.”

Michigan (3-1) opened its 

season with the goal of being 
a quick, high-intensity team. 
It either hasn’t achieved that 
aim yet, or its playing style is 
transforming into something 
different.

This season, the Wolverines 

have combined for 131 shots 
and allowed just 89 thus far, 
consistently putting incredible 
pressure on their opponents. In 
terms of first-period scoring, 
however, they have combined 

for just two goals.

While some may view this 

as something to work on, fans 
may have to come to grips with 
the fact that this may not be the 
flashiest season of hockey they 
will see. What Michigan does 
promise, though, is a certain 
level of consistent intensity that 
will grab wins, even if it’s only 
by a small margin.

“I liked the way our team 

stayed with it,” 
Pearson 
said 

Tuesday 
on 

WTKA. “ … They 
stayed with it 
and you could 
see that at the 
start of the third 
period, which I 
thought was our 
best period on 
Saturday. 
And 

our team hung 
in there, they 
stayed with the game plan.

“That’s one of the things 

we’ve 
been 
preaching 
is, 

regardless of the situation, 
whether we’re up by five goals, 
down by a goal — whatever it 
might be — first period, second 
period, is to continue to play the 
game.”

Freshman 
forward 
Josh 

Norris 
reinforced 
that 

sentiment after this weekend’s 
matchups 
against 
Vermont 

(2-4). 
Following 
a 
missed 

penalty shot Friday, Norris 
ended up scoring two goals.

Perhaps a true testament 

to 
the 
Wolverines’ 
playing 

style, even with those missed 
chances, there continues to be 
zero hesitation to chip away at 
the opposing defense.

“Yeah, 
it’s 
definitely 

frustrating,” 
Norris said on 
Friday. “I think 
anytime 
like 

that, you want 
to 
help 
your 

team out, but 
you kind of have 
to refocus and 
see 
what 
lies 

ahead.”

Ultimately, 

it’s still early in 
the season and 

there is plenty more to see from 
the Michigan offense. However, 
it is increasingly likely that 
this will be a team that grinds 
out games to the final whistle 
rather than burning up early.

Entering 
conference 
play 

this weekend against Penn 
State (1-1 Big Ten, 3-3), though, 
which style is preferable is yet 
to be determined.

KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily

The Michigan hockey team has already showcased multiple styles of play in the first four games of its season.

‘M’ keeps rolling with shutout win

On Senior Night in Ann Arbor, 

the No. 19 Michigan men’s soccer 
team took on Detroit Mercy in 
its last non-conference regular 
season matchup of the year.

The Wolverines (5-1-1 Big Ten, 

10-4-2 overall) looked to gain 
momentum heading into the late 
stages of Big Ten play against the 
Titans (6-6-3), who have only one 
win away from home. Michigan 
fought hard Wednesday night 
and earned a 1-0 victory on a 
game-winning goal by junior 
forward Francis Atuahene.

“It’s 
exciting. 
I’m 
very 

excited,” Atuahene said. “But to 
be honest, we wanted to do it for 
the seniors, for the team, and for 
the program. To be honest, all we 
wanted to do was just win.”

Despite their eventual victory, 

the game did not begin the way 
the Wolverines had envisioned. 
Just a minute into the match, 
a Titans’ corner caused panic 
inside the box, resulting in a shot 
for Detroit Mercy that sailed just 
over the crossbar. But Michigan 
worked its way back into the 
game and dominated the rest of 
the half.

The 
Wolverines’ 
constant 

pressure 
made 

it difficult for 
the Titans to get 
out of their own 
half of the field. 
But 
Michigan 

registered 
just 

two 
shots 
in 

the 
first 
25 

minutes, 
both 

of which were 
sent 
wide 
by 

the Wolverines’ 
forwards.

Michigan ended the half with 

six shots but was unsuccessful in 
converting on its chances. The 
Wolverines headed to the locker 
room tied, 0-0, with the Titans.

At the beginning of the second 

half, Detroit Mercy orchestrated 
a well-placed cross from the right 
side of the Michigan 18-yard 

box that was taken on the half-
volley from Titans’ forward 
Aleks Vushaj, forcing a save 
from freshman goalie Henry 
Mashburn. But that would be 
the last chance of the night for 
Detroit Mercy. Defensively, the 
Titans proved impenetrable for 

Michigan. 

But that would 

change in a flash.

With 
17 

minutes 
left 

in 
the 
game, 

junior 
defender 

Marcelo Borges’ 
shot was saved 
by Detroit Mercy 
goalkeeper Josh 
Flamme, but it 
fell right into the 

path of Atuahene, whose shot 
cannoned into the net to give the 
Wolverines a 1-0 lead.

“Everybody’s 
fighting 
in 

training,” said senior defender 
Billy Stevens. “Everybody is 
fighting for each other and 
everybody’s 
got 
that 
same 

mentality in the back. Just fight 
until the game is over.”

Toward the end of the game, 

Detroit Mercy pushed players 
forward, but Michigan was able 
to hold off the attack, allowing 
only one shot on goal for the 
entire game.

This Sunday, the Wolverines 

have a chance to win the Big Ten 
regular season title in a battle 
against No. 12 Maryland.

“They’re on a three-game 

losing streak, and we’re obviously 
coming in hot,” Stevens said. “At 
the end of the day, we just have to 
keep competing and the results 
will happen.”

Added Michigan coach Chaka 

Daley: “It’s what we set out to 
do in the beginning of the year. 
… We have an opportunity to 
play for the first Big Ten regular 
season championship for men’s 
soccer on Sunday.”

After a dismal 2016 season — 

including only one conference 
win 
— 
Michigan 
has 
the 

opportunity to redeem itself and 
make history for the program.

It’s 
all 
in 
front 
of 
the 

Wolverines. They just have to 
take it.

Blend of new and old Wolverines 
shine in win over Detroit Mercy

The No. 19 Michigan men’s 

soccer team appeared to be 
crawling toward a goalless draw 
against Detroit Mercy. But when 
junior forward Francis Atuahene 
emerged from a mass of bodies 
to arrive first to a saved shot, he 
pounced on his chance to slot the 
game-winning goal past Titans’ 
goalkeeper Josh Flamme.

Four minutes later, freshman 

midfielder Umar Farouk Osman 
sliced through the defense before 
cutting back to striker Mohammed 
Zakyi, who would have doubled the 
Wolverines’ advantage if not for a 
last-ditch tackle to block his shot.

In the midst of an uninspired 

performance for what primarily 
served as a tune-up before Sunday’s 
Big Ten title decider against 
Maryland, this four-minute stretch 
exhibited the blend of experience 
and youth that has propelled 
Michigan to its most successful 
season of the Chaka Daley era.

The experience that led to 

the first goal has been on display 
throughout 
the 
season, 
and 

Wednesday night was no different. 
Two minutes into the second half, 
Detroit Mercy seemed poised to go 
up 1-0 before senior captain Billy 

Stevens appeared seemingly out 
of nowhere to make a goal-saving 
challenge.

After 
the 
match, 
Stevens’ 

teammates grabbed the defender 
— who has started every match of 
his 68-match career in Ann Arbor 
— and celebrated their victory.

“The guys tossed me up in the 

air,” Stevens said. “It’s a feeling that 
hits you so hard in the heart that 
you know everyone’s fighting for 
you.”

Added Daley: “Billy Stevens, 

Tristan Jacob, Ali Jawad, Grant 
Mattia as a fifth-year have all been 
monumental. Men of distinction 
who have been humble, hard-
working, none of them have looked 
for plaudits going forward, they’ve 
been great Michigan men.”

Atuahene discussed how the 

group inspired him in his first two 
years in Ann Arbor.

“(The seniors) have been role 

models for me,” Atuahene said. 
“Freshman year I was looking up 
to (them), especially Billy Stevens, 
who was always looking out for me. 
They set the bar high for us young 
guys and put the program in the 
position where it is now.”

The Wolverines’ upperclassmen, 

though, have only been half of the 
equation in Michigan’s renaissance 
season. Until Atuahene’s winner 

against Detroit, the team’s younger 
players — led by the team’s leading 
scorer, Zakyi, and leading passer, 
sophomore 
midfielder 
Jack 

Hallahan — had either scored 
or assisted their last 16 goals, 
dating back to a Sept. 8 win over 
Wisconsin.

“(The freshmen) are great in the 

locker room and also on the training 
field, they’re coming in every 
day 100 percent,” Stevens said. 
“Strong tackles, sharp passing, it’s 
incredible. We have a true number 
six, a true number nine, and (both 
our wingers), these guys coming in 
just playing phenomenal.”

It is not just coach-speak, 

either. As Stevens stood on the 
field postgame, an attendant 
cracked the door to the locker 
room open behind him. In the 
split second it was open, the sound 
of celebratory cheers and music 
spilled from the jubilant locker 
room onto the field.

Michigan’s rejuvenating journey 

does not seem to be ending anytime 
soon. Sunday, the Wolverines will 
play for their first-ever conference 
title in College Park, home of one of 
the sport’s traditional powerhouses 
in No. 12 Maryland. While this may 
come as a surprise to most who 
followed Michigan’s eighth-place 
conference finish last season, it 
hasn’t to Daley.

“In our first meeting of the 

year on August 8, we talked to the 
guys and we asked them ‘Where 
do you want to be?’,” Daley said. 
“And they wanted to be in the 
NCAA tournament and to compete 
for a Big Ten championship. (It) 
made life very easy for me to have 
a motivated group and a united 
group, and I think that’s the biggest 
thing.”

This unity ultimately comes 

back to Stevens and the rest of the 
senior class, who have taken their 
experience of three losing seasons 
to ensure that their talented 
freshman classmates would not 
endure the same struggle.

“The biggest thing the seniors 

have done for the freshman class,” 
Daley said, “is helping them 
understand that it’s hard to win 
college soccer games.”

ROBERT HEFTER

Daily Sports Writer

We’re trying 
to play with 
more pace in 

practice 
ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily

Junior forward Francis Atuahene scored the game-winning goal Wednesday.

AMIR ALI
For the Daily

We just have to 
keep competing 
and the results 

will happen

THEO MACKIE

For the Daily

ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily

Senior captain Billy Stevens made a goal-saving challenge on Senior Night.

