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Wednesday, October 9, 2019 — 7A

‘M’ struggles in first road matches

Facing 
top 
teams 
like 
Vanderbilt, 
Georgia 
and 
UCLA, the Michigan women’s 
tennis team had its first real 
opportunity 
to 
gauge 
its 
competition and itself, and 
they didn’t appear to be up to 
the challenge. 
The results from the four-
day Women’s Collegiate Classic 
in Malibu were mixed. The 
Wolverines started strongly 
with wins in Thursday’s first 
round 
matches. 
Freshman 
Andrea Cerdan edged out No. 15 
Christina Rosca of Vanderbilt 
in a close match, taking two 
of three sets by a slim margin, 
6-4, 3-6, 7-5. While Cerdan 
stumbled in the second round 
— losing two consecutive sets 
6-2 — the freshman’s ability 
to win against highly-ranked 
players makes her an integral 
part of Michigan’s program as 
the season goes on. 
Junior Alyvia Jones and 
senior Giulia Pairone also had 
solid wins on day one, but 
neither could translate these 
victories 
into 
momentum. 
Jones and Pairone had very 
similar performances in the 
second round, each losing the 

first set by a large deficit and 
narrowly losing the second, 
7-5. With these losses, the 
Wolverines spent the rest of the 
weekend playing consolation 
games in which they lost nine 
out of 12 matches. 
“We definitely need to get 
better,” said Michigan coach 
Ronni Bernstein. “We need to 
get fitter.”
Michigan 
didn’t 
fare 
much better in 
doubles match 
play. Jones and 
Cerdan 
won 
handily against 
a Stanford duo, 
6-1, 
but 
fell 
in the second 
round, 
6-2, 
to 
California. 
Similarly, 
Pairone and senior Chiara 
Lommer beat San Diego only to 
be bested by California in the 
following round. 
“It was a long weekend and 
it showed on Sunday, where 
I didn’t think we were at our 
best,” Bernstein said. “It was 
our first trip (this year) and 
the first trip for (Cerdan). 
Definitely by the end of the 
week, they looked a little 
drained. We had a couple of 

kids who were taking exams 
on the road and taking more 
exams 
(Monday). 
That 
is 
always challenging.”
This 
weak 
performance 
may be a byproduct of the 
Wolverines’ 
transition 
to 
playing on the road. Last 
weekend, 
Michigan 
came 
away 
from 
the 
Wolverine 
Invitational in Ann Arbor with 
twelve 
singles 
and five doubles 
wins. 
Whatever the 
cause, Bernstein 
is 
far 
from 
discouraged. 
She views the 
weekend as the 
first data point 
in a long season. 
“I 
wanted 
to see how we 
match up,” Bernstein said. “You 
have 12 teams and probably 
eight of them are top-10 teams. 
We brought some of our top 
players there to see where we 
are at this stage, early October.
“Clearly, we need to get 
better. 
Results-wise, 
we 
weren’t there. It is not always 
about results and we have 
a few months to clean some 
things up before we start dual 
matches.”

LANE KIZZIAH
Daily Sports Writer

Hallahan’s evolution as a player 
key to Wolverines’ success of late

Jack Hallahan is an Energizer 
Bunny. 
On Sunday, the senior forward 
was all over the place. He 
pirouetted through defenders 
with ease, scrambled down 
field on numerous breakaways 
and dished out two assists, en 
route to a 3-0 victory for the 
Michigan men’s soccer team 
(5-2-3 overall, 2-0-2 Big Ten) 
over Northwestern (5-5-1, 1-2-1). 
From the onset, Hallahan 
made 
his 
presence 
known, 
terrorizing 
the 
Wildcats’ 
defenders with crafty footwork 
and dazzling speed.
Opposing 
coaches 
have 
braced for facing Hallahan since 
he stepped on the collegiate 
pitch his freshman year in 2016.
Since then, Hallahan led 
the team in points over his 
sophomore and junior seasons, 
notching nine and eight goals, 
respectively.
And 
2019 
is 
looking 
no 
different. Now in his final 
campaign, Hallahan has already 
proven that he remains a force 
to be reckoned with.
But his role has evolved.
This season, the Wolverines 
deploy a 4-4-2 formation, as 
opposed to the 4-4-3 formation 
they ran in the past, meaning 
that Hallahan, a forward by 
trade, is playing further back, 
deeper 
into 
the 
Michigan 
midfield.
No longer playing the true 
forward position, Hallahan’s 
role in the Wolverines’ offense 
has elevated from the team’s 
premier 
goal-scorer 
to 
a 
dangerous, 
multi-dimensional 
facilitator. By playing closer 
to 
the 
midfield, 
Hallahan 
is consistently swarmed on 
all fronts by opponents who 
attempt to stifle his eruptive 
style of play, opening up the field 
for his teammates.
“There is a lot of attention on 
Jack Hallahan. (Teams) know 
who No. 11 is,” said Michigan 
coach 
Chaka 
Daley. 
“He’s 

finding other ways to impact 
the team. (And) other guys are 
benefitting.”
The 
threat 
of 
Hallahan 
has allowed forward play to 
prosper, with graduate student 
Nebojsa Popovic and sophomore 
Derek Broche leading the team 
in goals, with six and three, 
respectively.
While 
Hallahan 
recorded 
an impressive 15 assists in his 
sophomore and junior seasons 
combined, he already has six 
assists just over halfway into his 
senior campaign.
Hallahan’s first assist on 
Sunday came at a much-needed 
time for the offense. 
After standing scoreless with 
Northwestern at halftime, the 
Wolverines built off mounting 
confidence carried over from 
the 
first 
half. 
Despite 
the 
score, 
stringent 
defensive 
play and numerous offensive 
opportunities fueled the team’s 
belief in its abilities. 
“We had some really good 
chances (in the first half) and 
were competitive,” Daley said. 
“Defensively, 
we 
gave 
our 
chance to win the game that 
stayed contagious throughout 
the game.”
Four minutes into the second 
half, following an arching corner 
kick 
from 
Hallahan, 
junior 
defender Jack Ragen headed the 
ball towards Carlos Tellez. The 
junior midfielder placed the ball 

past Wildcat goalkeeper Miha 
Miskovic to give Michigan the 
lead, 1-0.
Just 
four 
minutes 
later, 
Hallahan helped to facilitate the 
second goal of the day. Weaving 
through 
Northwestern’s 
defensive lines, Hallahan passed 
the ball off to Ybarra. Ybarra 
then hit Popovic in stride, who 
rocketed a shot past Miskovic.
With only one goal thus far 
on the season, one might expect 
frustration 
to 
emerge 
from 
Hallahan given his goal-scoring 
pedigree. 
Quite the contrary.
“It’s more about creating 
opportunities than putting it 
away at this point. For me, I got 
my goals last year,” Hallahan 
said. “It’s better for the team in 
a way. We’ve got two great goal 
scorers up top still.”
Whether 
controlling 
the 
pace of the offense, eyeing up 
goal-scoring opportunities or 
pestering defenders with his 
agility, Hallahan has proven 
that his value on the field is 
greater than his goal-scoring 
statistics.
“He’s trying to make the right 
decisions at the right times and 
pick out the right players for 
the right reasons,” Daley said. 
“He really is a selfless player. He 
works for the team. When you 
have a big time player like that, 
it’s very contagious throughout 
the group.”

DREW COX
Daily Sports Writer

Former assistant, Haynes, making immediate impact at Maryland

ROSEMONT, Ill. — When 
John Beilein shook the college 
basketball 
world 
with 
his 
sudden 
decision 
to 
leave 
Michigan in May, the impact 
was felt beyond Ann Arbor and 
Cleveland.
Most of the country woke 
up to the news, with ESPN’s 
initial report coming before 
sunrise on the East Coast. After 
preaching 
a 
family 
culture 
throughout 
his 
decade-plus 
with the Wolverines, Beilein’s 
players and staff learned of his 
decision the same way everyone 
else did.
It didn’t take long for the 
ripple effects to reach College 
Park. When Maryland coach 
Mark Turgeon heard of Beilein’s 
departure, he thought back to 
a phone call he received from 
Beilein two weeks earlier. After 
one of Turgeon’s assistants left 
for a head coaching vacancy at 
Morgan State, Beilein called 
him to put in a good word for 
his three assistants — Saddi 
Washington, Luke Yaklich and 
DeAndre Haynes.
Knowing 
the 
trio 
was 
seasoned 
under 
Beilein’s 
lauded 
basketball 
mind, 
Turgeon’s interest was piqued. 
So when Turgeon first heard 
of his counterpart’s exodus, he 
phoned Washington. The two 
had a productive conversation, 
culminating in an agreement 
to check in again once the new 
head coach formed his staff.
Just over a week later, Juwan 
Howard was hired as Beilein’s 
successor. It took him about 
a month to finalize his staff, 
but Turgeon waited patiently. 
Howard retained Washington 
as the lone holdover, while 
defensive 
mastermind 
Luke 
Yaklich left for an associate 
head coach position at Texas.
Haynes, on the other hand, 

was left in limbo. Shortly after, 
he 
connected 
with Turgeon.
The first time 
they 
spoke, 
Turgeon 
knew 
he’d found his 
guy.
In 
his 
two 
years 
under 
Beilein, Haynes 
coached 
the 
backcourt 
and 
plotted offensive 
strategies. Still 
only 35 years old, he most 
recently worked closely with 
senior 
point 
guard 
Zavier 

Simpson and former Michigan 
guard 
Jordan 
Poole. 
With 
Terrapin guard 
Anthony Cowan 
Jr. returning for 
his senior season 
and 
junior 
guard 
Darryl 
Morsell looking 
to take the next 
step, 
Turgeon 
would’ve 
been 
hard-pressed to 
find a better fit.
Since arriving at Maryland, 
Haynes has proven it. When 
Cowan 
was 
asked 
about 

Haynes’ early impact at last 
week’s Big Ten 
Media Day, his 
eyes lit up.
“That’s 
my 
guy,” 
Cowan 
said. “Definitely, 
as soon as he 
walked 
in, 
it 
clicked 
for 
us 
immediately.
He’s 
definitely 
helping 
our 
team 
out 
tremendously 
and like I said, we clicked as 
soon as he got on campus and 
we started getting work done 

immediately.
“With 
DeAndre, 
one 
thing Michigan 
had that a lot 
of people really 
don’t 
look 
at 
too 
in-depth 
is 
Michigan’s 
spacing 
was 
awesome. That’s 
what made their 
offense 
really 
good and that’s 
something that 
he’s helping me and helping us 
with.”
For 
Cowan 
and 
Morsell, 

Haynes’ personality has made 
all the difference.
“The first thing I realize 
about (Haynes) is he seems like 
a great family man,” Morsell 
said. “He and his wife had their 
kids around, and that just shows 
you what type of individual 
he is and what he values. He’s 
been a great help for us. He’s 
like the coach I’ve never had 
since I’ve been in college. I’ve 
definitely enjoyed his time 
since he’s been (at Maryland). 
From the perspective that he 
played and had success while 
he was playing, he brings 
another dimension. He’s great 
with film. He’s a great coach all 
around.”
Added Cowan: “Just as a 
person, (Haynes) relates to 
his players really well. I think 
he’s a player-person and a 
players’ coach. He’s someone 
that I really do trust in terms of 
basketball knowledge.”
With fall practices in full 
swing, Turgeon has also taken 
notice of Haynes’ immediate 
impact. 
A 
former 
Mid-
American Conference Player of 
the Year, Haynes learned the 
rigors of leading an offense at 
Kent State from 2002-06. He 
returned to the Golden Flashes 
as a coach prior to spending a 
year at Toledo before joining 
Michigan’s staff.
But that’s a figment of the 
past at this point. The same 
group of players he coached 
to the Sweet 16 a year ago has 
become his competition — and 
vice versa. Now, he’s making 
strong impressions in the early 
stages of his role on a new staff.
“(Haynes) is a classy guy, 
he’s a family guy, he relates 
well to the players,” Turgeon 
said. 
“He’s 
a 
really 
good 
basketball coach, my players 
really like him. He’s really 
hard-working and he works 
smart, so it’s been a really good 
addition.”

KATELYN MULCAHY/Daily
Deandre Haynes served as one of the assistant coaches for the Michigan basketball team the last two seasons, and is now an assistant at Maryland.

ALEC COHEN/Daily
Junior Alyvia Jones won her match on the first day of the Women’s Collegiate Classic, but lost the day after.

MILES MACKLIN/Daily
Senior forward Jack Hallahan has evolved into a more-willing distributor.

It was a long 
weekend and 
it showed on 
Sunday...

DANIEL DASH
Daily Sports Writer

After two seasons at Michigan, Deandre Haynes is taking to his new role under Maryland coach Mark Turgeon

... (Haynes) 
relates to his 
players really 
well.

Definitely, as 
soon as he 
walked in, it 
clicked...

