… wanted to admit, but it had NOTEBOOK reached the point where nobody could deny it anymore. Michigan isn't a good 3-point shooting team. Heading into last night's game against Penn State, the Wolverines…
…. Facing a zone defense for nearly the entire contest, the Wolverines had plenty of open looks from the outside. And for the most part, they took advantage from down- town in last night's 77-57 win. For the…
…'s gymnastics team began its warmups as usual. What soon transpired would test the Wolverines' will to win. Returning All-American senior Chelsea Kroll ruptured her achilles tendon during the team's warmup on the…
… touch warm-up with a ruptured achilles is a huge blow to everybody," Michigan coach Bev Plocki said. "You just want to sit down and cry and feel for her." But the Wolverines were able to hold back their…
…-ranked Wolverines showed that, healthy or not, they are still ready for the Big Ten season, which starts Friday. Chalk that up to coach Joe McFarland's training regimnen. Throughout the weekend, the Wolverines proved…
… them to use all of their timeouts in the~meet. "They were just tired and backing up." But the meets were never as close as the scores suggested, as the Wolverines ensured that whenever situations got…
… State. But the biggest blow to the Wolverines came a few minutes later. Trailing 1-0 at Munn Ice Arena, Michigan looked to get back into the game on its power play. With the face-off in the Spartans' zone…
…, Michigan State forward David Booth slapped the puck back to Spartan defenseman Jared Night- ingale. Instead of clearing 12110GA .9 MR the puck all the way down the ice and forcing the Wolverines to reset…
… their offense, Nightingale lobbed the puck over Michigan's defensemen, and forward Bryan Lerg had snuck open at cen- ter ice. Lerg skated in all alone on Wolverine goalie Noah Ruden, faked a shot to…
… Wolverines, Lerg's goal proved to be the icing on the cake in Michigan State's 2-0 win. Michigan's (8-5-1 CCHA, 13-8-1 overall) best opportunity might have come just a minute into the game, when forward Chad…
… Kolarik found freshman Tim Miller wide open on the oppo- site side of the net. The Wolverines appeared Chemistry needs to improvet Icers want NC A bid TREVOR CAMPBELL/Daily Forward Bryan Lerg put the game…
… limiting Michigan's scoring chances after that, and on those rare occasions when the Wolverines did get a good shot on net, Lerg was there to make the stop. "They did a great job clogging the middle and…
… period in a long time" Michigan survived the early pressure thanks to Ruden, but then shot itself in the foot with two unnecessary penalties. Late in the first period, Wolverine forward Jason Bailey was…
… Spartans. Unfortunately, my pre- & diction came true. The shot was a sign of the Wolverines' frustra-JAME tion on a night when they couldn't mount more than D two legitimate chances jam against Michigan…
…. During last Friday's exhibition game against the U.S. National Team Development Program, it was clear that many of the Wolverines were not on the same page. The nation's top 18-year-olds jumped out to an…
… Green, winners of eight of its last 10. Having seen how little two days of practice did to ameliorate prob- lems since the exhibi- tion game, it's hard to imagine the Wolverines winning two games this…
… for the Wolverines (4-2 Big Ten, 11- 5 overall), who eventually edged Wisconsin, 79-73. Michigan is now tied for second in the Big Ten behind Ohio State. "Our team was a bit deflated," Wisconsin coach…
… with seven seconds left. But after two consecutive Mich- igan timeouts, the Wolverines stole the momentum right back. Phillips received an inbound pass and immediately pulled the trigger on a straight…
… Ice Arena has traditionally been one of the most intimidating venues for visiting teams. Despite this edge, the Wolverines have struggled to sweep home series, especially after dominating the weekend…
… Wolverines haven't lost on the opening night of weekend home series but are just 1-3 in the final game this season. "It's pretty unacceptable and disappoint- ing," senior Kevin Porter said. "This used to be…
… Wolverines this fall. He was named 2003 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, was second in Michigan history in points scored (72 points on 28 goals and 16 assists) and was nominated for the M.A.C. Hermann…
… with three points over the final six games of the season. Even with the return of one of their best players, the Wolverines ended up losing 1-0 to Indiana in the second round. The Hoosiers went on to the…
… scheduled for April 2 in Columbus against the Los Angeles Galaxy. Cameron is the second Wolverine to be draft- ed into the MLS. In 2004, Kevin Taylor (2000- 03) was selected with the 25th overall pick by the…
… Ten Conference honors while leading the Wolverines with 17 points on six goals and five assists. Turpin ended his career at Michigan having missed only one game as the all-time leading scorer for the…
… Wolverines. In his career, Turpin compiled 85 career points on 33 goals and 19 assists. His 33 career goals are also a record at Michigan, and his 19 assists place him second all-time. Nittany L ion tamer…
… from beyond the arc. In each of the Wolverines' three Big Ten games this season, Coleman's percentage from downtown has been better than his overall field-goal percentage. But in the first half of…
… "airball" any time he even considered taking a shot. Another airball made their jabs look like a self-fulfilling prophecy, but the Wolverines (3-0, 12-5) had faith in their lone freshman and perhaps more…
… importantly, he had faith in himself. In the last 6:06 of the con- test, Coleman knocked down four treys, including one with 37 seconds remaining that put the Wolverines up by five and essentially sealed the 66…
… to foreshadow what a crucial role the freshman would play for the Wolverines later in the season. It was, statistically speaking, fairly bland. Despite grabbing five rebounds, he went 1-for-ll from the…
… that followed the tournament is con- siderably higher: 10.4. Junior Daniel Horton has averaged 11.8 points per game in that same period, while junior Chris Hunter leads the Wolverines with 13.9. The…
…. The Junior forward is sick with mononucleosis and Is out of the Wolverines' lineup indefinitely. Wolveines, Spartans rCeady for another CCHA classic Mono floors Cammalleri indefinitely By Seth Klempner…
…, past and present: Name Goals Assists Points Cammalleri 7 1 8 Hilbert 3 2 5 Comrie 1 3 4 Shouneyia 1 3 4 Everybody else 6 18 24 Sue Guevara hasn't had much to be happy about this season. The Wolverines…
…'swimming *dunks No. 2 Stanford by 3 By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Writer Happy 20th birthday, Jeff Hopwood. The Michigan sophomore's present was not exactly gift- wrapped. He and the rest of the Wolverines had to…
… dual meet can be. The Wolverines ended their five-meet losing streak against Stanford, beating the Cardinal, 136-106, for the first time since the 1990-91 season. "We're definitely up in the mix now…
… the one- and three- meter dive, scoring NCAA zone diving qualifying marks in both events. Senior Carlos Castillo contributed with his best day as a Wolverine, placing second in the one-meter dive and…
… third in the three-meter dive. "We must thank the divers," Urbanchek said. "They bailed us out." The Wolverines tallied six other first place finishes, includ- *ing two big upsets in sprints where…
… Stanford expected to dom- inate. By the eighth event, the meet seemed to be slipping away from the Wolverines' grasp as Stanford led, 71-59, with two sprint events coming up. Michigan, normally a pushover in…
… free-throws-made category Sunday, Michigan was impressive. In fact, the Wolverines were record-setting. They converted 37 of 45 attempts from the line - the most ever made by the maize and blue. But…
… perhaps the boxscore should contain one more cat- egory: clutch free throws. If it did, the stats might be able to tell the real story of this game. In all-too-familiar fashion, the Wolverines had the…
…-clang went the second, and with them came another opportunity for this young team to "get overtime experience." Fortunately for Michigan, it was another good experi- ence. This week, the Wolverines needed only…
…. And although Michigan's rather unusual 5- 1 victory over Miami wasn't played in England but in the friendly confines of Yost Ice Arena, where the Wolverines had defeated the Red Hawks 5-2 the previous…
… Athletes of the Week after impressive performances t the Wolverine Invitational this past eekend. Sugar, a senior co-captain, won both the 100- and 200-meter freestyle races and also was part of four win…
…- ning relays for the Wolverines. The freshman Kelemen earned her award after finishing second in both diving events with scores good enough to meet the NCAA zone diving require- ments for the year…
… tennis season, the Michigan women's tennis team is getting into the swing of things - starting with a ToM( match against Bowling VARSITY TE Green. Who: Michiga The Wolverines have Green been dormant since…
… on Nov. 2-7. Michigan had three players in the tournament's 64-player main draw. Two Wolverines freshmen Kavitha Tipernini and Chrissy Nolan - advanced to the round of 16. It will be crucial for the…
…, Purdue will join the, Wolverines and Nittany Lions in the water for a competition that has the potential of making or breaking Michigan's confidence. "We swim the top teams in the country, and we are…
…'s conference foes have an exceptionally talented roster. Unlike the Wolverines, among whom are Olympic bronze-medal win- ner Chris Thompson and All Americans Scott Werner and "Tim Siciliano, Penn State and…
… challenge than usual against midwestern rivals this weekend. The Wolverines could very well further insure its losing record. But the challenge may also be ground for energizing mid-level swim- mers that have…
… Tennis Center Sunday when his team opens the season against Western Michigan. In last season's opener, the Wolverines beat Western Michigan and gave Mees his first victory at Michigan. After a year of…
… adjustment to their new coach, the Wolverines hope to repeat the result. "I definitely feel more comfortable with him this year - I'm sure all the other guys on the team feel the same," sophomore Jeremy…
… Edelson said. No. 29 Michigan has won the past two dual matches against Western Michigan, 6-1 and 6-1. Last year, the Wolverines finished with a 16-7 record, advancing to the second round SUNDAY VARSITY…
… Michigan men's gymnastics team returns home this weekend to face No. 2 Ohio State. Saturday's meet will open the Wolverines' 2001 home schedule at Cliff Keen Arena. The two teams faced each other last…
… weekend in Chicago, with the Wolverines taking the first-place title and the Buckeyes placing third in the competition. Michigan outscored the Buckeyes in four of the weekend's six events with Ohio State…
… Illinois easily (182- 156) this past weekend at the Wolverine Invitational - despite key injuries to Olympian Samantha Arsenault and Jen Ardnt. but most of the swimmers had only positive things to say about…
…'s basketball team. The Wolverines shot 55 percent from the f eld while holding No. 13 Illinois to 37 percent in an 86-69 blowout win. The win moved the Wolverines into econd place, one game in the loss col- umn…
… challenge. I think this team would like to play the No. 12 team every night." Illinois is ranked 12th in the coaches poll, and the Wolverines beat then-No. 12 Purdue, 74-67 in their previous game. To start…
… comeback and his second performance gave Michigan its first big lead of the meet. "This was probably his biggest day as a Wolverine," Urbanchek said. "I am very proud of Carlos." Short-distance swimming and…
… Writer With the Michigan women's track and field team just two events into its season, several Wolverines have already qualified for the NCAA Champion- ships in June. The nonscored Kentucky Invita- tional…
… this weekend proved to be just the laidback environment needed to jumpstart the Wolverines and help many athletes meet NCAA provisional qualifying standards. Michigan opened the two-day meet by shatter…
… lasting an entire half without one offensive rebound isn't part of anybody's recipe for success. The Wolverines created no second chances in the first half against Illinois, getting outrebounded by the…
… created rebounding opportunities on their o cnsive dr es The Wolverines stuck to the blocks in t',e second half, however, and rebounding proved the ultimate difference in the game. Michigan outrebounded…
… Wolverines skated off the ice with what could be construed as a sat- isfying 5-2 win over Miami on Friday night - not so according to Berenson, who was obviously upset with his team's defensive performance…
… shots from the slot -- real good scoring chances. We really had trouble in our own zone and (goalie) Josh Blackburn had to be the differ- ence in the game." The Wolverines gave up a season high 39 shots…
…: Gymnastics Hometown: Marietta, N.Y. Class: Sophomore Why: Bruck led the Wolverines to a wire-to-wire win over two ranked teams at Ohio State while capturing the all-around title with a score of 39.125. She…
… the Wolverines head to the Big Ten Championships, there is no doubt who the contributors are on this team. Michigan competed against both Notre Dame and Illinois over the weekend at the Notre Dame…
…," Mathis said. "I don't know whether it was an elbow or what, but someone's arm came straight into my nose." The Nittany Lions succeeded in adding injury upon injury this season to the Wolverines' roster…
…. Mathis left and re-entered with a piece of gauze S up his nostril. While the bump on the nose didn't keep Mathis off the court, some of the other injured Wolverines can't say the same. Junior Chris Hunter…
… competing for the first time since injuring her wrist 15 months ago. The Wolverines had already taken the doubles point with victories in the first two matches against visiting H unganan natives Szandr' and…
… every opportunity to slam the ball past the two BYjOESMITH Wolverines. But the mental toughness of the Michigan duo kept hope alive. Their patience frustrated the Blue Demons into many unforced errors…
…, Hen- sick continued his stranglehold on the CCHA scoring leaderboard. al FRIDAY'S GAME *U Alaska-Fairbanks SFraser, Mcooed 2 5 w I I Michigan Wolverines Hensick, Brown, Hunwick, Porter, Nystrom…
… Streaking Montoya back in vintage form SATURDAY'S GAME p Alaska-Fairbanks 401.-Syvestre, Grinevitch 2 Michigan Wolverines 5 Tambellini, Gajic, Rohlfs, Hensick, Nystrom Alaska-Fairbanks 2, Michigan 5…
… if bill passes Senate and president Michigan forward Daniel Horton rises above Geary Claxton (5) and Milos Bogetic (41) during last night's Big Ten contest at Chrisler Areoa. The Wolverines handily…
… finished behind fellow Wolverine Tom Dolan - and his intense desire to win gold for his family and his coach, rather than for himself. He even remembered what he was thinking on the block before the final…
… and discussion in the Wolverine Room of the Michigan Union today at noon- There will be a panel with students and staff from the LGBT community, and various minority groups. After the lecture…
…- tions to the University. Wolverine Day, an event held to encour- age minority students to apply to the Uni- versity, was held at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church one day before the Univer- sity…
… over- powering stench of chlorine was a wel- come respite from the cold outside. Snik would monitor the Wolverines' times as he talked slowly and casually, the swim- mers occasionally splashing us at the…
