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January 16, 1996 (vol. 106, iss. 53) • Page Image 11

…firtthi tt at1",6,tj Wolverines back on $rack a er earl oses EAST LANSING - All of a sudden there's reason to be excited if you're a Michigan basketball fan. And that certainly didn't seem possible…

… a couple of weeks ago when 0 Wolverines finished their holiday ak with a couple of losses at UNLV and Wisconsin. The Runnin' Rebels had lost five in a row before stunning Michigan by a basket. The red…

… to name-calling. Michigan's Robert Traylor was referred to as "fatso" more than once. Wolverine coach ve Fisher had to endure the "go me Fisher, because all you can do is recruit" chant, Anything for a…

Wolverines won the battle of the boards, 42-30, and blocked seven shots to Michigan State's one. Traylor The Wolverines con- trolled the glass, amassing 42 rebounds to the Spartans' 30. Michigan's dominance…

January 16, 1996 (vol. 106, iss. 53) • Page Image 15

… - Winning on the road in the Big Ten is never easy. Winning on the road with a team made up of freshmen and sophomores is even more difficult. The young Wolverines quickly learned how difficult conference…

…. A team can- not afford to lose more than one or two games at home and steal as many as possible on the road. Road victories in the conference are not that common. However, the Wolverines have had a…

… Michigan's bench domi- nance Saturday was Willie Mitchell. The sophomore registered 13 points on 4-for-7 shooting from the field. "I thought Willie did a nice job," Wolverine coach Steve Fisher said. "He…

…- ond half. With the Wolverines up 15, he hit two free throws to give his team a 48-31 lead with 13:23 left in the game. Less than 30 seconds later, he buried a 3- pointer and Michigan's lead was 51…

… 39.9 percent from the field. In the Wolverines' 76-54 win, the Spar- tans shot an anemic 32.3 percent (20 for 62). "All and all, I'd have to credit Michigan's defense," Izzo said. "That is going to be…

January 16, 1996 (vol. 106, iss. 53) • Page Image 16

… season, it should come as no surprise that the team spent its winter vacation in the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Despite upcoming Big Ten compe- titions, the Wolverines are gearing…

… their efforts toward what lies only 52 days away - the Olympic Trials. The Wolverines' semester break was anything but a vacation. With classes and finals complete, the swimmers were able to focus solely…

… Purdue was more than just the opening of the 1996 conference campaign. It marked the return of All-Americans Royce Sharp and Dolan to Urbanchek's squad. Dolan returns to the Wolverine lineup after…

… Sharp provided noticeable boost tothe Wolverines'$150 92 victory over the Boilermakers. Sharp won the 200 backstrokedatid placed third in the 200 individual med ley. Dolan took first in the 1650 ands 500…

… freestyle events. The duo, along.. with Derya Buyukuncu and John' Piersma, took second in the 400 med- ley relay. The Wolverines placed first in VAen of nine events while also dominating both the one…

… Onbeof Purdue's strongest swimmers, Vilinos Kovacs, to take the 200 butterfly. Michigan exhibited dominanceover the inferior Boilermakers in numer- ous events. The Wolverines took the first four places in…

… the 500 freestyle and four out of the top five spots in the 200 backstroke. The Wolverine divers weren't eve challenged. Alex Bogaerts, Bret Wilmot, Nathan Shapard, Jeremy Hertza and Al Fleming…

…/Gold Invitational title. Fatigued Wolverines split dual meets out West By:Marc Ughtdale Daly Sports Writer 2\fter being spanked by Southern C;1,178-84, Saturday, the Michigan women's swimming team rebounded…

… todemolish the University ofCalifor- nia-San Diego, 156-84, Sunday. The Wolverines' streaky perfor- mance in consecutive dual meets came inihe midst of the team's rollercoaster ride through an exhausting…

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… at 8:03 of the third period in the Wolverines' 9-3 win over Illinois- Chicago Friday night. That's because they had no idea how to react to an opponent actually scoring a goal. The Flames snapped…

… Michigan's 126- minute streak without allowing a goal when Illinois-Chicago freshman Chuck Mindel flipped in a rebound during a flurry in front of Michigan netminder Marty Turco. The Wolverines' shutout…

… opportunities. Wolverine John Madden, who leads the CCHA in shorthanded scores with seven, scored Michigan's only shorthandedgoal intheseries Friday night. Already facing a 5-on-3 disadvantage after an elbowing…

… call to Matt Herr and a five-minute-majorto Blake Sloan, Pedrie pulled Lord for a sixth attacker. The Wolverines killed off a minute of the 6- on-3 when Madden dug the puck off the boards, skated around…

… put the Wolverines up by eight five minutes into the third. Illinois-Chi- cago scored three goals in the next min- utes before Dale Rominski knocked two Flames to the ice with one check, allow- ing…

… week- end as its nickname suggests. The Flames visited Yost Ice Arena for a weekend series with the third- ranked Wolverines. Michigan man- aged to reduce the Flames to a mere flicker in its 9-3 and 9…

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