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‘M’ extends losing streak in tightly contested battle

With under four minutes
remaining
in
the
game’s
final quarter, Decker Curran
swept across the the top of
the box towards his right and
dodged down the alley, firing
an overhand shot past the
head of Rutgers goalkeeper
Max Edelman to bring the
Wolverines within one goal,
10-9.
His
second
of
the
day,
Curran’s goal brought hope to
the Michigan men’s lacrosse
team that it could tie the game
up, produce a win and end a
frustrating seven-game losing
streak.
However, over two minutes
later, Scarlet Knight attackman
Adam
Charalambides
maneuvered
past
the
Wolverines’
defensive
unit
and snuck a shot past senior
goalkeeper
Gunner
Garner,
notching his sixth goal on the
day to end those hopes.
Despite
the
efforts
of
senior
midfielders
Curran
and Brent Noseworthy, who
together contributed five of
the Wolverines’ nine goals,
Michigan
(3-9
overall,
0-4
Big Ten) fell to Rutgers (7-6,
2-2) on Saturday in an intense,
back-and-forth
chess
match
for contention in the Big Ten
Tournament.
“It’s really, really hard to
win Big Ten lacrosse games.
Every team in our league
is
disciplined,
organized,
incredibly
talented
and
physical,” said Michigan coach
Kevin Conry. “If we don’t have
that discipline and physicality
ourselves,
that’s
when
9-9
turns to 11-9.”
Despite
the
ill-favored
result, the Wolverines battled
with the Scarlet Knights from
the opening faceoff to the final
whistle.
The first quarter began the
same way the fourth quarter
ended,
with
Curran
and

Charalambides
exchanging
goals in the first two minutes.
By the end of the quarter,
Michigan and Rutgers both
stood tall, as the game remained
tied, 4-4, with Noseworthy
contributing a pair of goals and
sophomore
attackman
Alex
Buckanavage also contributing
a goal to the Wolverines’ tally.
The
first
quarter
foreshadowed what looked to be
a high-scoring affair between
two
dynamic,
experienced
offenses.
However,
in
the
second
quarter, each side only managed
to reel in a single goal.
In one of the few offensive
highlights
of
the
quarter,
following a feed behind the goal
from
sophomore
attackman
Kevin
Mack,
Noseworthy
found himself with his hands
free seven yards out from the
goal, cocked back his arms
and rocketed a high-to-high
goal past Edelman, earning his
third hat trick of the season and

tying the game once again, 5-5.
With
his
assist,
Mack
extended his point-streak to 12,
notching a point in each game
this season thus far.
“We all settled into the
game,”
Conry
said.
“Both
defenses settled in and played a
controlled game.”
Taking advantage of the
Wolverines’ persistent faceoff
and
possession
struggles,
the Scarlet Knights picked
up ground balls and gained
possession on 5-of-6 faceoffs
in the third quarter, allowing
their offense to outscore the
Wolverines 4-1 in the quarter.
“(They) did a really good job
of controlling the initial draws
and maintaining possession,”
Conry said. “They were a little
more patient with their game.”
Trailing
9-6
going
into
the fourth quarter, Michigan
refused to give up and let the
game slip away from it, as Mack
and junior midfielder Avery
Myers each contributed goals

within the first five minutes of
the quarter to cut the Scarlet
Knights’ lead to 9-8.
However, two huge goals
from Charalambides warded
off
Michigan’s
desperate
attempts to overcome its one-
goal deficit and iced the game
for his team
Nevertheless, with a season
filled with tight battles and
shortcomings winding down,
Conry keeps in perspective the
long-run vision of the program,
celebrating
the
trials
and
tribulations of putting talented
freshman like attackman Bryce
Clay and defenseman Andrew
Darby through the wringer in
games like these early in their
college careers.
“They were baptized in fire.
We threw them in a situation …
with injuries mounting up, (we
said) ‘Let’s get (them) in and
have them make some mistakes
now, so (they) can be better for
the future,’” Conry said. “It’s
creating a map for their future.”

DREW COX
Daily Sports Writer

ZACHARY GOLDSMITH/Daily
Senior midfielder Decker Curran scored twice in an 11-9 loss to Rutgers as the Wolverines remain winless in the Big Ten.

Foster’s first-place
finish a focal point

On March 29, in Palo Alto,
Calif., Chloe Foster finished
first.
Three weeks later, history
repeated itself.
Competing at the Cardinal
Classic in Palo Alto on Friday,
the sophomore again topped
the field in the 400-meter
hurdles,
finishing
with
a
time of 59.69 seconds. Three
weeks earlier, at the Stanford
Invitational,
Foster
came
in first with a time of 59.65
seconds — on
the same track.
“It
gets
them used to
the
venue,”
said Michigan
coach
James
Henry.
“(It)
makes it easier
to adjust to the
competition.”
Foster
wasn’t
finished after the 400-meter
hurdles, however. Competing
in the 400-meter run on
Saturday, Foster ran a career-
best 54.47 seconds to capture
her second victory of the
weekend. Junior Julia Hall
also ran a career-best time of
55.52 seconds to finish third
in the event, while sophomore
Emma Lane rounded out the
top five, posting a 57.84.
Elsewhere, Michigan saw
success from two debutants.
Sophomore
Alice
Hill,
participating
in
her
first-
ever collegiate 3,000-meter
steeplechase
event,
placed
fourth with a time of 10:04.58.
In the 5,000-meter run, sixth-
year senior Erin Finn returned
to action for the first time
since the 2018 season, coming
in fifth with a time of 16:09.94.
The Wolverines saw another
strong
repeat
performance

in the 800-meter run from
freshman Aurora Rynda. At
the
Stanford
Invitational,
Rynda placed fifth in her
career-debut in the event. This
weekend,
Rynda
improved
upon
her
performance,
finishing third in a field
consisting of runners from
Stanford, Indiana, Oregon and
others.
“I
thought
the
middle-
distance and distance groups
did well, as well as the 400 and
400-hurdle groups,” Henry
said. “We accomplished some
of the things we were out to
get, and that was
to improve our
performances,
get
regional
times
and
set
ourselves
up
for the Big Ten
meet.”
Michigan
also had some
success in the
sprint
races.
Hall
finished
fourth in the 200-meter sprint
and junior Tiana Luton placed
fifth in the 100-meter hurdles.
With the Cardinal Classic
in the rearview mirror, the
Wolverines
have
only
one
more meet — the Len Paddock
Open in Ann Arbor — and just
three more weeks until the Big
Ten Outdoor Championships.
It is not all time to prepare,
though,
as
the
Michigan
runners also have to deal with
end-of-semester projects and
final exams over the next few
weeks.
“That’s
the
challenge
that we have, but that’s the
great thing about the type of
athletes that we have,” Henry
said. “They can be focused on
their competition, as well as
be focused on their studies in
between. And many, if not all,
of our athletes are able to do
that.”

(It) makes
it easier to
adjust to the
competition.

MATTHEW KENNEDY
Daily Sports Editor

Mixed results at Las Vegas Lake
for fifth-ranked Wolverines

This
weekend,
Michigan
couldn’t find its rhythm.
The fifth-ranked Wolverines
experienced
mixed
results
against No. 1 Washington and
No. 6 Ohio State at their regatta
in Las Vegas.
The closest race of the day
was in the 2V8 category. While
Michigan was solidly in second
place for most of the race, the
Buckeyes became a threat in
the final 750 meters. Powering
through the sprint, Ohio State
ended the race in a photo finish
with the Huskies coming in
first. The Wolverines edged out
the Buckeyes by 0.08 seconds to
claim second.
Michigan’s
only
victory
came
in
the 1V4 category in
which it beat out
Washington by two
seconds and Ohio
State by 12.
The 1V8 came in
third, crossing the
finish line with open
water separating it
from its competition
— 10 seconds behind
Washington and six
seconds behind the
Buckeyes.
The 1V8 came off
of the line strong,
rowing a powerful
start — a strength
of
the
program.
Trouble came after
the first 500 meters
when the boat didn’t
settle to its typical
base pace.
“Our
1V8
struggled to establish
a good rhythm,” said
Michigan
coach
Mark
Rothstein.
“They
just
really
lost the race in the
middle
thousand
and wasn’t able to
get back in terms
of
Ohio
State
or
Washington.”

In the last 500 meters, the
Wolverines gained a few seats,
but it wasn’t enough to get them
out of third.
This
wasn’t
their
first
matchup against the Buckeyes.
The two faced off last weekend
in Columbus, where Michigan
fell to its rival by a much smaller
margin. The boat this weekend
wasn’t entirely the same as the
one that came in behind Ohio
State last weekend. Rothstein
opted to switch two rowers from
the lineup possibly accounting
for the lack of rhythm this
weekend.
“I think it was changes in the
lineup and not really getting
a lot of time to practice base
pace in that lineup,” said senior
Caroline Hendershot. “I think

that it was still a really good race
for the short amount of time
that we’ve been together in that
lineup from stern to bow.”
And the changes are far from
over.
“The lineups will continue
to evolve over the next couple
weeks,” Rothstein said. “We’ll
see where they land but I think
we have a lot of depth and a lot of
parity so a lot of possibilities for
lineups which is a good thing.”
Added Hendershot: “Coming
away from a race can be hard if
you don’t know what to work on.
I think all of us understand that
we have a really good start and
a really good finish and it’s that
middle thousand (meters) base
pace that we’re really trying to
find.”

LANE KIZZIAH
Daily Sports Writer

Michigan outplayed by Iowa on
Sunday in regular season finale

In the waning moments of
a Sunday match against Iowa,
Michigan
freshman
Patrick
Maloney faced the task of
keeping his team alive. Down
5-4 in the third set, Maloney
knew committing a single error
would clinch the overall match
for the Hawkeyes.
He tossed the ball high in
the air and swung his racket
with force, delivering what
looked like a strong serve,
at least until it landed just
outside of the service box.
Maloney’s opponent realized
instantly that Michigan would
be called for a double fault,
and he pumped his fist as his
teammates sprinted onto the
court to celebrate their upset
win over the Wolverines.
Following Maloney’s close
loss in singles, the No. 19
Michigan men’s tennis team
(16-7 overall, 7-4 Big Ten) fell
1-4 to Iowa in the last meet
of the regular season, after
an
uncharacteristically
flat
performance.
The Hawkeyes (17-9, 6-5) set
the tone from the get-go as they
dominated the doubles sets,

winning 6-0 at No. 1 doubles
and 6-3 at No. 3 to clinch the
doubles point.
“We have to be way more
aggressive
in
doubles,”
said Michigan coach Adam
Steinberg. “We have to move
harder, we have to move more,
we have to get (the doubles
point) on the doubles court and
it’ll transfer over to singles and
really help the guys.”
Losing the doubles point
to Iowa set the Wolverines
on a downhill course as they
entered singles matches. The
Hawkeyes won the first set
in four out of the six singles
matches. And when sophomore
Mattias Siimar and senior Gabe
Tishman both lost in straight
sets, Michigan quickly found
itself in a deep hole, down 3-0.
Freshman Andrew Fenty’s
performance
was
the
one
positive element of the day for
the Wolverines. Fenty came
back from a poor loss in the first
set of his singles match to win
the next two and secure a 1-6,
6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles.
That win kept Michigan alive in
the match until Maloney’s close
defeat and improved Fenty’s
record to a team-best 25-5.
“Iowa did great,” Steinberg

said. “They played really, really
well. I don’t think the guys
responded well to their energy,
their fight and their tennis, and
Andrew was pretty much the
only one out there who did. So
it’s tough to win a match when
you only have one guy really
playing to win, and the other
guys were playing really tight
and not being themselves. …
We’ve had a lot of great matches
this year as well but today was
not one of them.”
Perhaps
most
surprising
about Iowa’s thorough defeat
of the Wolverines was the
fact that just two days earlier,
Michigan played one of its most
complete matches all season
against Nebraska.
The
Wolverines
cleanly
swept the Cornhuskers, picking
up the doubles point and all six
singles points for a 7-0 victory.
Though Nebraska’s record is
poor, Michigan’s near flawless
performance in Lincoln was
a stark contrast to the team’s
showing on Sunday.
Despite the disappointing
outcome of the regular season
finale, Steinberg was proud of
the regular season résumé his
team has earned, and how his
players managed to earn a top-
20 ranking in the nation for
most of the year after losing
four seniors from 2018.
The
Wolverines
now
have their sights set on the
postseason, with the Big Ten
Tournament starting play this
Wednesday in Ann Arbor.
“It’s
a
new
season,
the
postseason,
for
us,”
said
Steinberg. “It’s a big slate clean.
We’re going to have a new
attitude and erase this match
and go forward, and I know
they’re looking at it that way.
Especially that we get to host
the tournament next week,
and the guys always feel very
confident at home. I know they
really only get one chance out
of every 12 years to host the
Big Ten Tournament, and this
is the perfect time, especially
after this match today.”

KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Freshman Andrew Fenty was one of the few bright spots for Michigan.

PHILIP CALDWELL
Daily Sports Writer

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