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Siimar shows maturity in 4-2 run
at ITA All-American Tournament
No longer in his first year,
Mattias
Siimar
proved
his
growth and experience this
past week at the ITA All-
American singles tournament
in Tulsa, Okla.
Playing against the nation’s
cream
of
the
crop,
the
sophomore finished 4-2 on the
week, playing six matches in as
many days.
“For (Siimar), the more tennis
the
better,”
said
Michigan
coach Adam Steinberg. “He just
loves playing, so he got to play
a ton. So I’m sure he’s thrilled
about the whole experience.”
The first two days of the
tournament, Siimar was forced
to play three matches to qualify
for
the
main
draw.
After
comfortably winning the first
Monday, he looked as if he was
struggling early in his second
match, suffering a 6-0 loss in
the first set before turning on
the afterburners and winning
the next two, 6-1, 7-5.
“(Siimar), like I said, loves
tennis,” Steinberg said. “He
loves to compete. He’ll never
give up. He believes in himself.
So when he loses a set 6-0, he
will not fade away for sure. He’s
going to come back. He’s always
been like that; he’ll always be
like that. So I wasn’t surprised
that he figured out and let that
set go in his mind.”
Though
exhausted,
he
followed that win with another
on the same day to get out of the
qualifying rounds, this time in
straight sets.
“(Siimar’s)
goal
was
to
qualify and get into the main
draw,” said Steinberg. “I don’t
think he cared if he played
at three in the morning, two
matches. He wanted to make
it so bad, so he was motivated.
And he’s in good shape. He can
play those matches.”
His toughest test came in
the first round of the main
draw on Thursday, when he
played
nationally-ranked
No. 16 Aleksandre Bakshi of
Oklahoma. Siimar dominated
the first set, 6-1, before losing
the next two sets, 6-3 each.
“He won the first set easy and
was up early in the second set
then lost his focus a little bit,”
Steinberg said. “When you do
that against those top players,
then all of a sudden you’re in a
bad hole that you didn’t think
you’d be in.”
“In the big picture of things, I
think it’ll help (him) as he goes
along because he’ll be prepared
to play with the number one
and two at the University of
Oklahoma right there,” added
Steinberg. “Even though he
lost, it’ll help his confidence.”
Siimar finished the weekend
in the back draw, winning
his first match before losing
Saturday in the consolation
round of 16, marking a winning
record for the underclassman
who is bound to be one of the
top players in the lineup when
team competition rolls around
in the winter.
“He
lives
and
breathes
(tennis),” Steinberg said. “He
wants to get better and when
you have guys like that, it’s
always positive and they always
improve.”
Pastujov finds footing early for Wolverines
Six minutes into the No.
4 Michigan hockey team’s
exhibition
match
against
Waterloo, Nick Pastujov found
daylight.
In the middle of a five-on-
three advantage, the junior
forward positioned himself
in the slot, corralled a pass
from junior wing Jake Slaker
and slapped in his second goal
in as many games into the
bottom right corner of the net.
“It’s huge because it gets
the monkey off your back,”
Pastujov said. “When you
finish the year so strong and
you work so hard during
the summer and the spring,
getting that first goal in the
first real game feels amazing.
It could have easily just not
gone in, but it’s nice to get
that confidence rolling in the
game.”
For Pastujov, a fast start
like this is a new and welcome
sight. Points were few and
far between for him as a
freshman, tallying one goal
and two assists. To start his
sophomore season, Pastujov
had to deal with nagging
injuries,
cutting
into
his
playing time and development.
But just as the Wolverines
caught fire in the second
half of last season, Pastujov
found a spark.
In the NCAA
Tournament,
he scored a goal
in a 6-3 win
over
Boston
University
and
notched
an
assist
in
Michigan’s
semifinal
loss
to Notre Dame,
cementing
himself in the Wolverines’
depth
chart
as
one
of
Michigan’s key wings.
With 15 points under his
belt, Pastujov found much of
his success that year in good,
old-fashioned
five-on-five
hockey.
“I think it was definitely
after Christmas when the
team and I got into that same
grove and started winning
a bunch of games in a row,”
Pastujov said. “I think we
were also big because pretty
much all of the points we got
were on even-
strength goals.
I think those
are
important
in a game that
might
not
have as many
penalties.”
That
experience
has
helped
him transition
to
a
more
prominant presence on the
ice this season as a member
of the special teams unit.
Against Waterloo, Pastujov
scored early in the first period
after two canceling penalities
resulted
in
four-on-four
hockey. A day earlier against
Vermont, he notched a game-
tying, power play goal at 10:18
in the first period.
Beyond producing on the
ice,
though,
perhaps
the
biggest leap that Pastujov has
made was mental rather than
physical.
“I
think
he
finally got some
confidence,”
said
Michigan
coach
Mel
Pearson.
“And
what
comes
first?
Confidence and
then you have
a
good
game?
Or do you have
a
good
game
and build some confidence
off that? I think he had
good games and he got some
confidence and that just went
right into his finish last year.”
That
question
is
now
a
season-long
one
rather
than a game-by-game one.
Pastujov got his foot in the
door and now has a chance to
hold it open as a key part of
Michigan’s roster.
Will
the
forward
find
confidence from his start and
continue his level of play, or
will he let his play dictate
his
level
of
confidence?
Either way, he
plans to use his
determination
as
the
main
indicator
of
his season over
anything else.
“I
want
to get faster
and
I
want
to
get
more
competitive,” Pastujov said. “I
want to really go into battles
and win every single one-on-
one. I don’t want to lose any
battles. I don’t want to lose
any faceoff. I just want to
bring in a new level of speed
in my game that brings us to
the next level.”
Wolverines top OSU
The stage was set for a Friday
night showdown between the
Michigan women’s soccer team
(6-6 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) and Ohio
State (6-4-1, 3-1-1). The Wolverines
snapped their two-game losing
streak with a 1-0 victory.
The
Wolverines
held
the
Buckeyes shotless for the first 15
minutes, dominating them. An
opportunity came for Michigan
with 22 minutes left to play in the
first half, senior forward Reilly
Martin sent a bending cross into
the box with freshman Raleigh
Loughman’s head as the target.
Loughman’s header hit off the far
post and rolled horizontally across
the goal line. The call on the field
was a goal, but after video review
the goal was overturned, and the
game remained tied at zero.
“Just keep doing what we’re
doing obviously, we’re creating
a lot of good chances and so just
stick with the game plan,” said
Michigan coach Jennifer Klein. “I
felt like we just needed to pick up
our speed of play a little bit. We
kind of dropped the pace of our
pass but really just keep doing what
we’re doing because it’s working
and we’ll get one.”
After the called-off goal, the
momentum swung in favor of Ohio
State. A scoring chance came for
the Buckeyes with three minutes
left in the half, after a ball was
played in behind the defense right
to the feet of an Ohio State forward.
Sophomore goalkeeper Hillary
Beall came up with a diving kick
save to keep the game tied at zero
heading into half.
The Wolverines’ big break came
just 13 minutes into the second half,
when Martin sent another soaring
cross into the box. Sophomore
midfielder
Nicki
Hernandez
headed the ball directly past the
keeper.
“We worked on winning balls
in and out of the air and once we
regain the ball how does that spring
into our attack, and really being
much better about set pieces,” said
Klein. “Prior to the game tonight,
we’ve given up eight goals and five
of them have been on set pieces.
We spent a lot of time on how we
need to be better about that.”
It was not smooth sailing for
the Wolverines after this goal,
though, because the Buckeyes had
a handful of quality opportunities
to even the score. The most
dangerous of these chances came
with 20 minutes left in the game,
when an Ohio State forward got in
behind the defense and Beall was
forced to make another save with
her knees. Beall earned her second
shutout of the season, stopping all
10 of the shots she faced.
“To really win big and be good
you have to make sure that you
don’t give goals up,” Klein said.
“Really putting a big emphasis on
being disciplined defensively and
making sure that we don’t give
away chance and I thought the
defense and the goal keeper played
great tonight.”
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Sophomore midfielder Nicki Hernandez scored Michigan’s only goal on Friday.
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Sophomore Mattias Siimar played six matches in six days, earning a spot in the main draw after notching three wins.
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Daily Sports Writer
RIAN RATNAVALE
Daily Sports Writer
KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Junior forward Nick Pastujov has scored a goal in Michigan’s opener against Vermont and in an exhibition with Waterloo.
“It’s huge
because it gets
the monkey off
your back.”
“I think he
finally got
some
confidence.”