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February 14, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 70) • Page Image 7

… Varejão hopped on one foot to the bench before coming back on. And yet, the Wolverines were still in it against the No. 19 team in the country, Northwestern. Somehow, some way, they had limped their…

… way into a tight fourth quarter, the win within reach. Down by three with a minute left on the clock, the Wolverines got the stop they needed. Now, they had to devise a play to draw level with the…

April 14, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 29) • Page Image 16

… time with an extra inning tacked on. The 2-1 credited win over Nebraska marked her 73rd as a Wolverine, surpassing Kelly Kovach for ninth-most in Michigan history. Beaubien’s work on the diamond was…

… the graduation of legendary infielder Sierra Romero in 2016, though, may not show it. The Wolverines have consistently dominated the Big Ten since then. They have held at least a share of…

… postseasons since their 2016 College World Series run, the Wolverines have failed to advance past the regional stage, including the most recent NCAA tournament in 2019 where they lost to James Madison on…

… softball program. With over 1600 wins, Hutchins entered this season as the winningest D1 softball coach in history. Since leading the Wolverines to their first College World Series appearance in…

… 1995, in only their third trip to the NCAA Tournament, Michigan has not missed the playoffs. These last three years mark the longest super-regional drought the Wolverines have ever endured since…

… consistently good for almost a half-decade, the Wolverines are now at an inflection point. They have what it takes, within their current roster, to take the program back to the College World Series. To be…

… right-hander Alex Storako and senior left-hander Meghan Beaubien. Together, along with three innings of support from senior right-hander Sarah Schaefer, they have propelled the Wolverines to a…

…’ve played.” When it comes to a formula that can return the Wolverines to an elite national program, as opposed to a consistent Big Ten powerhouse, pitching is certainly found in the equation. So is…

… this team’s equation that teams from years past have had? The answer runs deeper than just to hit better, it lies in whether or not the Wolverines actually have an attainable path to providing…

… emphasis on power-hitting, a common argument has been Michigan’s inability to keep up with the changes. However, recently, the Wolverines’ bats have shown serious pop. Over the past weekend at Ohio…

January 14, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 49) • Page Image 8

… players have sustained against the Wolverines’ interior defense. This time, though, the press conference took on a much different tone. Reclining at the Crisler Center podium after Michigan…

…. But after Gophers’ center Daniel Oturu’s 30 points propelled Minnesota past the Wolverines on Sunday, there was no writing it off. And there was certainly no grinning. For Michigan’s frontcourt…

January 14, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 49) • Page Image 7

… Michigan wrestling team may have lost its last four bouts. It may have nearly blown a 16-point lead to Michigan State. But the Wolverines knew that in the moment, none of that mattered, because they…

… pinned, a result that gave the Wolverines six points and sealed their 22-14 win over Michigan State on Friday night. “I was pretty confident that Mason was capable of pinning him,” Bormet, the…

… challenge and prove why they have been right behind the Hoosiers in Big Ten rankings recently. Off the blocks The pistol fired, sending the runners into motion at the Wolverine Invitational and…

April 14, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 29) • Page Image 15

…. Most games are headlined by star pitchers Alex Storako and Meghan Beaubien. And while the Wolverines often squeak out a win with just enough runs to outscore their opponent, the offense isn…

… in the gap, sacrifice bunts nor standard singles, rather a majority of them came via homeruns. The Wolverines launched seven homers over the course of the series in Columbus, which is half of the…

April 14, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 29) • Page Image 14

…-second 3-point attempt, a heave that carried with it the Wolverines’ fate. The shot fell short. Livers bowed his head. Two-and-a-half weeks earlier, on March 12, Livers’s season had already ended. A…

… primed to make the ride a special one, a national championship certainly within the realm of possibility. If Gonzaga and Baylor were entrenched as 1a and 1b, the Wolverines established themselves…

… hobbled into the tunnel and out of sight, a Wolverine one last time. Just a day before March Madness started, the biggest NCAA event of the year, college basketball players tweeted out “#Not…

… I can.” That is a sentiment that Wolverines’ coach Erik Bakich has emphasized, too. “There’s a lot of people that talk and they don’t do jack squat,” Bakich said. “They just like to complain…

October 14, 2020 (vol. 130, iss. 3) • Page Image 17

…’s confidence in Howard gave him the comfort to go ahead and do his job to the greatest ability he could. Looking back after the first year under Howard’s reign, the “gamble” paid off as the Wolverines

… Rooney Rule in the NFL or simply giving others a chance. As Howard has shown, there are many capable individuals out there. And sometimes, that chance is all they need. Wolverines making progress…

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