… Michigan field hockey team proved it was up to the challenge. The Wolverines dispatched Syracuse and Northwestern to advance to the semifinals. Michigan is coming in hot — not allowing a…
… single goal in the postseason so far — but the Final Four will be its biggest test yet. The Daily broke down potential matchups for the Wolverines this weekend in Louisville. No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 9…
… the Wolverines dominated the shot and possession battles. Unfortunately for Michigan, though, the game lasted until the 83rd minute, and that’s when Purdue (1-0, 6-2) scored the game…
…-winning goal. During its impressive first half, Michigan managed seven shots — but its most impressive work came in the buildup to those shots. The Wolverines had good movement around the box and put…
… forward Ani Sarkisian had a breakaway, where the goalkeeper was all that stood in the way of a potential Wolverine lead. A Boilermaker defender was right on her heels, and Sarkisian couldn’t get the…
… and rattled off 11 shots in the second half alone — one of those being the late goal. Taking advantage of the Wolverines’ young defense, Purdue midfielder Kylie Hase found herself…
… the Wolverines had chances in the second half — including a shot from Timko that hit the crossbar — as soon as the Boilermakers went up a goal, Michigan clearly looked deflated. The loss marks…
… the second straight game where the Wolverines have been shut out at home — something that hasn’t happened since 2013. “To win Big Ten games, your seniors and your juniors, they gotta step…
… midfielder Abby Kastroll — which may be contributing to its goal shortage. Kastroll scored five goals for the Wolverines last season and had already scored two this season prior to her injury in the…
… game. The Wolverines didn’t start conference play the way they hoped, but Ryan will now look to the upperclassman to pick up the rest of the team and prepare for Indiana on Sunday. “If you want to…
… get after and get at, and it just didn’t happen for us tonight.” ZOEY HOLMSTROM/Daily Redshirt junior Taylor Timko struggled to convert for the Wolverines. PAIGE VOEFFRAY Daily Sports Writer …
… this week from Monday to Wednesday. The 11 selections mark the highest the Wolverines have seen in program history. The selections also bring the total number of Michigan draftees up to 23 during…
… Erik Bakich’s five- year tenure as head coach. Junior left-hander Oliver Jaskie was the first Wolverine off the board, as the Seattle Mariners took him in the sixth round with the 183rd overall…
…. His 119 strikeouts this year tied a Wolverine program record as well. An All-Big Ten first-team selection, Jaskie is ranked as the 147th-best prospect by MLB.com and the fifth-best college…
… also played catcher and first base as a Wolverine — makes him an enticing prospect. Lugbauer was drafted for the second time Wednesday — he was selected in the 21st round by the Toronto Blue Jays…
… was a key contributer to Michigan’s pitching staff all season long, going 6-2 with a 4.52 ERA and 71 strikeouts. He worked a variety of roles for the Wolverines this season, making 12 starts and…
…, hit .319 and .356 his first two seasons as a Wolverine. Despite his average falling to .273 this season, Bivens had an on-base percentage of .436 and a team-leading 24 stolen bases. Bivens played…
… Wolverine. Following an impressive three-year career at Michigan, the Houston Astros selected the 6-foot left-hander in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB Draft. He was the 127th overall pick out of…
… winningest pitcher in Wolverine history. In addition to his impressive win total, Adcock ranks fifth in career strikeouts with 256. Adcock established himself as a legitimate major league prospect…
… in school history that the Wolverines have won 10 games in Big Ten play — the record stands at 13 conference wins in the 1999-2000 season. Michigan (10-2 Big Ten, 21-5 overall) has also clinched…
… a spot in both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the AP for the fourth time under Barnes Arico. But the success puts a “target on their backs” according to the Wolverines, and pushes opponents…
… 13 points while Flaherty dominated the game with 35. Though Thome was still the second-highest scoring Wolverine on the day, Wisconsin knew to stop the 6-foot-5 center. But what has…
… pushed the Wolverines past the adversity directed at their top scorers is the ability of the team to look for assists and to depend on the depth of the bench. “I think our team has gotten to the…
…) games left in my career in the regular season and I want to be at my best and I want to be perfect for the team.’ ” But perfection may not be necessary, as the Wolverines seem to have the rest of…
… wfor the Michigan men’s basketball team. In the first seven-day span, the Wolverines suffered a disheartening eight-point loss to Michigan State in East Lansing, and after a midweek bye, lost…
… led to its downfall. Those two central problems have appeared sparingly at various points throughout the season, but when they finally showed up in full force, the Wolverines didn’t have a ready…
… just 33.9 percent shooting from the field and 26.9 percent from beyond the arc. While the Wolverines attempted to generate an offense along the perimeter, the Spartans took over in the middle and…
… final day of an arduous five-game Mary Nutter Classic, and time had just snatched a possible win against No. 1 Florida State away from the Wolverines. A drop-dead travel rule was imposed in the…
… rest of the Wolverines in 2015. But the stress of reliving a breakout season affected her, as a focus on matching statistical benchmarks backfired. Christner’s average dropped 80 points, and…
… claimed 64th place by 0.1 seconds over the Wolverine junior. Neither runner had any way of knowing it as they crossed the line, but that tenth-of-a-second difference between Schmaedick and…
…:01.62 — even faster than at the Big Ten championships, and tops in the field by over half a second. Phelan’s victory marked the fifth year in a row that the Wolverines have had an All- American in…
… such as Shannon Osika and fellow Canadian Nicole Sifuentes. Phelan praised both Osika and Sifuentes after the race, along with assistant coach Mike McGuire for his work with the Wolverines…
… our team’s sides just helps enormously to keep us all together.” And Saturday, Phelan accomplished something that neither Osika or Sifuentes — or any other 1,500-meter runner in Wolverine…
…8A — Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Slow starts are fixable for young Wolverines Though 2-0, the Michigan basketball team hasn’t had the start it…
… anticipated. Against less-talented and undersized teams in North Florida and Central Michigan, the Wolverines were expected to roll. But that wasn’t the case. Michigan came out flat against both…
… roster, but has continued to underperform through the first five weeks of the season. As the Wolverines (14-7-1) prepare for their home opener this week against Bowling Green, contributions from…
….” The Daily breaks down the Wolverines position by position: Pitchers: A fall season without softball in order to heal nagging injuries helped boost senior right- hander Megan Betsa to a new high so…
… the purest Wolverine hitters in previous seasons, she has struggled thus far, hitting .218 with just two extra-base hits and a .291 slugging percentage — the second lowest among players who have…
… transformed into a more consistent player and has been a bright spot despite the Wolverines’ offensive struggles. Third Base: Though she is hitting a disappointing .261 — senior Lindsay…
… 25 to date. Ramirez’s presence toward the top of the order affords the Wolverines quality at-bats and speed, as she already has eight steals in 10 attempts — matching her career-best as a…
… invested heavily in two programs, the HAIL scholarship and Wolverine Pathways, which seek to improve the socioeconomic diversity of incoming classes. According to Kedra Ishop, the University vice…
… program implemented by the Univer- sity to make itself more accessible to students of low socioeconomic backgrounds is Wolverine Pathways, a mentorship program piloted in 2015, for middle and high…
… short executive summary of the plan. Unit-level actions specified include recruitment efforts like Wolverine Pathways — a program giving local high schoolers of underrepresented minorities the…
…’ve been a die-hard Wolverine since day one and reached age two in Northwood housing. U of M has been a huge influence in my childhood and now young adulthood. U of M has made history with its impact…
