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SAMANTHA POWER 

Former U.S. Ambassador 
to the United Nations

Author of The Education of 
an Idealist: A Memoir 

September 2019

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T H I R D A N N U A L VA N D E N B E R G L E CT U R E 

W E I S E R D I P LO M ACY C E N T E R L A U N C H S E R I E S 
The Education of an Idealist

A conversation with Professor John Ciorciari

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 
4:00 - 5:20 pm

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall
735 S. State Street 

Hosted as part of the Ford School's Conversations Across Difference Initiative. 

The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
Sports
Friday, September 20, 2019 — 7

In loss to Notre Dame, Michigan 
shows signs of improvement

Trailing by one point in the 
fifth and final set, the Michigan 
volleyball team watched as a 
Notre Dame serve sailed into the 
corner, seemingly headed out of 
bounds — giving the Wolverines 
a chance to extend the set at 
least two more serves.
That hope quickly faded as 
the shot barely landed inbounds, 
earning the Fighting Irish (7-2) 
a 15-13 win in the set and a 3-2 
win in the match — sending 
Michigan (6-3) home empty-
handed despite holding a 2-1 set 
lead early on.
In the deciding set, the 
Wolverines battled back from 
an 11-8 deficit to tie the score at 
13 apiece. Ultimately, however, 
Notre Dame toughed out a kill 
and then the aforementioned 
service ace to seal Michigan’s 
fate.
“To me, I don’t look at it like 
the final plays are any more 
important than the first ones,” 
Michigan coach Mark Rosen 

said. “The first plays are just 
as important as the last ones. I 
don’t think it’s any different than 
what happened in the middle of 
the set or what happened in any 
set.”
Before falling in the final 
set, Michigan appeared to have 
the momentum after taking 
two straight set wins. After 
dropping the first set, 25-23, the 
Wolverines saw senior outside 
hitter Sydney Wetterstrom net 
four consecutive kills in the 
second frame to outlast the 
Fighting Irish and secure a 29-27 
win to deadlock the match at one 
game apiece.
In 
the 
following 
set, 
Wetterstrom scored an ace to 
put Michigan up 6-1 early, and 
the Wolverines capitalized on 
two Notre Dame errors to go up 
one game.
“(Wetterstrom) 
was 
great 
today,” 
Rosen 
said. 
“She’s someone who’s really 
experienced and brings a lot of 
personality and fire to the team.”
In the fourth set, Michigan 
found itself ahead 22-20, but lost 

the set after the Fighting Irish 
scored five of the set’s final six 
points. Even though his team 
wasn’t able to pull out a win late, 
Rosen saw improvement from 
his squad.
“We worked really hard the 
last ten days to get better at (some 
of our weaker areas),” he said. 
“Tonight we were significantly 
better. Unfortunately, it wasn’t 
quite enough, but at the same 
time that’s part of the growing 
process.”
The Wolverines won’t have 
to wait long to see the Fighting 
Irish again, as the two teams will 
meet at Crisler Center on Sunday 
afternoon for the second game of 
a home-and-home series. Rather 
than focusing on the task at 
hand, though, Rosen is instead 
looking for his players to focus 
more on their own growth over 
the past ten days.
“Our growth in the last 10 
days has been really significant,” 
Rosen said. “And that’s what 
we focused on: are we getting 
better, are we improving, are 
there areas we can improve on?”

TEDDY GUTKIN
Daily Sports Writer

Sitting 
there 
Wednesday, 
watching practice, you couldn’t 
tell anything had changed.
The motions were the same. 
The drills. The pace. The 
intensity. 
But something was different. 
There was no Mel Pearson in 
skates with a stick watching 
over 
practice. 
No 
assistant 
coaches. Just the players led by 
their captains.
During the preseason, the 
NCAA mandates teams have 
two days off from practicing. 

On one of the days, optional 
practice can be held, but no 
coaches are allowed time on 
the ice. During these practices, 
responsibility 
for 
keeping 
the intensity falls upon the 
shoulders of the four letter 
wearers — the captain, senior 
forward Will Lockwood, and 
his three classmates, alternate 
captains 
defenseman 
Luke 
Martin, 
defenseman 
Griffin 
Luce and forward Jake Slaker.
“Really (the) goal is if you 
guys are just watching practice, 
we don’t want anyone to be able 
to tell that there are coaches, 
that there aren’t coaches,” said 

Martin.
The 
occasional 
preseason 
captains’ 
practice 
isn’t 
the 
only 
time 
these four have 
the opportunity 
to lead practice. 
From 
May 
to 
August, captains 
lead on and off-
ice 
workouts, 
too. 
However, 
they 
aren’t 
completely left in the dark. The 
coaching staff, though aren’t 
able to get directly involved, 

provide the players with all the 
things they need to successfully 
imitate 
the 
day-to-day 
conditions 
the 
coaches 
foster. 
Scribbling 
instructions on 
a sheet of paper 
and 
passing 
them 
to 
the 
captains, 
the 
coaches 
leave 
the rest in the 
players’ hands.
It’s ultimately up to the 
captains to make sure the 
drills are being done right. Not 
running too short, not running 
too long. And most importantly, 
making sure the intensity is 
there.
“There’s a lot of us just 
pushing ourselves and pushing 
each other,” said Slaker. “We’re 
twenty, twenty-four, twenty-
three years old, so we gotta 
push each other. We’re adults 
now, we don’t have to have a 
coach on the ice every time we 
get better.” 
The hyperfocus on intensity 
levels stems from the hope to 
mirror game conditions. In 
a game, the physical play is 
upped. The speed. The stakes. 
Treating practice like a game 
can help the team prepare for 
those tough moments faced in 
the season like holding a lead in 
a close game or finding the back 
of the net to break a tie.
As for how the four captains 
go about keeping the intensity, 
the 
styles 
vary. 
Lockwood 
strives to lead by example and 
set the bar high for the younger 
players so they know what’s 
expected of them. Martin takes 
a more vocal approach.
“It’s fun to sort of lead the 
pace,” Martin said. “To be the 
couple voices that are pushing 
guys. Like I said we’re really not 
going out there and just going 
through the motions. We’re 
really getting something out of 
it and getting better every day.”
And the progress of the 

players in the practices doesn’t 
go unmonitored.
Normally 
during 
a 
captains’ 
practice, 
the 
coaches 
catch 
brief 
glimpses 
from 
the 
mezzanine level 
of Yost. 
Though 
unable 
to 
sit 
among the other 
coaches due to 
obligations to attend the Big 
Ten coaches meeting, Pearson 
made sure to check in. He 
called up Lockwood to check 
in. Mel asked if he had any 
advice, opinions or thoughts 
on the drills he’d left for them 
to do.
The most notable comment 
Lockwood offered up about the 
skate? The intensity.
But 
even 
with 
all 
the 
emphasis placed on intensity 
by the captains, Martin admits 
there’s still a slight turbulence 

transitioning between the 
summer sessions and practicing 
with the coaches.
“It’s 
different,” 
Martin said. “It’s 
just higher pace. 
Everything’s just 
quicker … But it’s 
really good to be 
back. Obviously 
these 
first 
couple 
weeks 
are 
all 
about 
just 
grinding 
through, but at the same time 
just trying to stay as fresh as 
you can. It’s a long season.”
But with just seventeen days 
laying between the Wolverines 
and their season opener against 
Windsor, there’s no time to be 
wasted. And they’re full speed 
ahead, whether coaches are 
allowed to be at practice or not.
“... Because, really, if you 
need the coach to push you, this 
probably isn’t the right program 
for you,” Martin said. “You 
should be pushing yourself.”

Leading by example

MOLLY SHEA
Daily Sports Writer

Wolverine captains, Will Lockwood, Luke Martin, Griffin Luce and Jake Slaker, hope to set the tone early in the year

ALEC COHEN/Daily
Senior defenseman Luke Martin serves as one of the alternate captains on this year’s Michigan hockey team.

In victory, all ‘M’ needs is one goal

Some wins only take one goal. 
In the first 10 minutes of 
the Michigan women’s soccer 
team’s game against No. 23 Penn 
State (4-4-1 overall, 0-1-0 Big 
Ten), junior midfielder Sarah 
Stratigakis passed the ball to 
sophomore midfielder Meredith 
Haakenson. 
Haakenson 
capitalized on the opportunity 
and fired a shot into the upper 
right corner of the net — scoring 
the only goal of the game as the 
Wolverines won, 1-0. 
Michigan 
(6-2-0, 
1-0-0) 
started 
strong 
in 
Thursday 
night’s match. The Wolverines 
took the first shot of the game 
in the 5th minute, aiming at the 
bottom left corner of the goal, but 
the Nittany Lions’ goalkeeper 
Amanda Dennis denied it. This 
near miss bolstered Michigan’s 
determination and ultimately 
helped the team score minutes 
later. 
“They came out with really 
good energy at the start of the 
game,” said Michigan coach 
Jennifer Klein. “That helped 
them put the ball in the back of 
the net.”

This initial enthusiasm soon 
faded. Haakenson’s goal marked 
the Wolverines’ last shot for the 
first half. After they showed up 
on the scoreboard, Penn State 
dominated the rest of the half. 
The Nittany Lions then made six 
attempts on target. 
“We’re playing against Penn 
State. That’s an incredible team 
with a tactical strategy,” Klein 
said. “It’s a credit to Penn State 
we weren’t able to make any 
more shots.”
Junior 
goalkeeper 
Hillary 
Beall led Michigan’s defensive 
effort and allowed the team to 
hang onto the lead. She made 
three saves, including a key save 
in the final 10 minutes of the 
match to secure the win.
“We continue to improve 
defensively,” Klein said. “They 
stuck 
together 
and 
blocked 
shots. 
Hilliary 
Beall 
made 
incredible saves, and she played 
fantastically. 
She 
had 
great 
footwork and was able to push 
the ball out.”
At the start of the second 
half, the Wolverines’ offensive 
struggles seemed to persist. The 
Nittany Lions came out strong 
and had a shot within the first 

30 seconds. But Michigan soon 
found the energy it opened the 
game with. Minutes later, the 
Wolverines began pressuring 
again. They made an impressive 
six attempts on goal during the 
second half — double the amount 
of Penn State. They didn’t 
convert any but kept the ball 
away from the Nittany Lions and 
out of their goal.
“Each half had momentum 
that shifted back and forth. 
You get that ebb and flow with 
two quality teams. That’s what 
makes a good soccer game,” 
Klein said. “In the second half, 
we were able to take more shots 
and make them have to deal with 
us more.” 
Michigan 
dominated 
the 
second half and prevented Penn 
State from making it on the 
scoreboard. 
The 
Wolverines 
proved that sometimes, it only 
takes one goal to be victorious. 

“Preparation 
and 

commitment to the game plan 
helps us perform well and 
focus,” Klein said. “It’s how we 
get results. We will continue to 
focus and prepare for each game. 
We have hopes of winning the 
Big Ten Championships.”

ALLISON ENGKVIST/Daily
Senior outside hitter Sydney Wetterstrom netted four consecutive kills in the second set of Wednesday’s match 
against Notre Dame.

It’s fun... to 
be the couple 
voices that are 
pushing guys.

These first 
couple weeks 
are all about 
just grinding...

MEGAN CHAPELLE
Daily Sports Writer

KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Junior goalkeeper Hillary Beall helped guide the Wolverines to a shutout win over No. 23 Penn State on Thursday.