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… last game," Andrew said about the first meeting between Michigan and Michigan State, a 71-65 Wolverine win, "Val (Hall) posting up and her post moves were what really carried us, and I guess I just…

… biggest weakness when we play a team like Michigan is size," Michigan State coach Karen Langeland said. "We got overpowered inside, on the boards, and at both ends of the court." After the Wolverines opened…

… explosions to pull away from Miami (OH) and give the Wolverines a sweep of their final regular season series Friday and Saturday nights at Yost Ice Arena. Despite Michigan's 6-2 and 7-5 wins, Miami backed its…

… playoffs." The Wolverines (21-11-6 overall, 1611-5 CCHA) will host Western Michigan while the Redskins (12-22- 4, 8-21-3) will travel to Lake Superior for the first round of the best-of-three playoffs, which…

… show begins. Seventh-ranked Michigan came off of a one week lay-off Saturday and routed Northwestern 94-69. The Wolverines (20-5 overall, 10-4 Big Ten) hope the win will be a harbinger of coming events…

… as they head into a two-game road stretch against Michigan State and Purdue - the two teams which lead them in the standings Just as they will have to in the comingsweek, the Wolverines forced the…

…. Though they trailed 11-9 eight minutes into the game, the Wolverines proceeded to score 21 of the next 23 points to take a 30-13 lead. Northwestern (9-19, 2-14) fought back withl0 unanswered points to pull…

… Wildcats. Calip scored seventeen points while Riley added two points in 14 minutes of action. Copeland decisi Sweeping Michigan State in hockey is big. So is the Wolverine team qualifying for the NCAA…

… Ohio State Saturday night. In each meet, two closely- matched teams counted on their stronger half of the lineup to bolster their scores, and for the Wolverines, it was the latter half. Ohio State (19- 5…

… Walker last Friday night in East Lansing. Powell chipped in nine points for the 62-56 Wolverine victory. IS 1313 on the game. "When a team can come ina Contiued from page 1 defensively key on one play Char…

… Wolverine squad. In addition, the Wolverines swept Michigan State this season in a home-and- home series for the first time ever. Michigan's career record against the Spartans now stands at 6-26. By securing…

… their ninth Big Ten victory, the Wolverines clinched at least a .500 record in the conference for the first time since 1981-82 when Michigan went 3-3. SULTAN OF SWAT, AGAIN: Frosh phenom Trish Andrew just…

… continues to be a force in the middle for the Wolverines. After coming off a career- and Big Ten-high for blocked shots against Northwestern with five, she tallied four more stuffs in East Lansing, bumping…

… involved with the $sport all his life. He was an All- American for the Wolverines as a player and was a graduate in 1962. Berenson became the first player to step out of college and right into the National…

…. Higgins injury came just as the Wolverines reached its season's nadir. The injury was confirmed the day after the Wolverines were humiliated by Purdue, falling three games out of first place. Since then…

… guars David Holmes in Saturday's 94-69 Wolverine victory. Tolbert finished with one rebound and two assists in nine minutes of action. WILDCATS Continued from page 1 He's big but he's quick," Michigan…

…'re feeling well towards each other again. The overall feeling of the team is very positive." If the Wolverines can win their last four games, they are assured of at least a tie for the conference championship…

…'s plight is obvious on his face and in his tone. "We wanted to control the tempo more," said a solemn Foster after being trounced by the Wolverines, 94-69. "Our turnovers and their (Michigan's) defense…

…, also netted the Wolverines nine team points, most notably a 39-second pin of Buckeye Heath Eddlebutte. His fallgave Michigan its first lead of the evening, 18-17. "Fritz has been superb for Michigan…

…," teammate Phil Tomek said. It was Tomek who preserved the Wolverines' lead with a 3-0 decision over Badger_ heavyweight Lee Krueger. However, the night before, Tomek lost a 3-2 decision to Eric Schultz…

…, the Wolverines were scheduled to battle Michigan State, which coach Peg McCarthy described as "one of the quickest teams around." As it turned out, Saturday's game against the Spartans was post…

… Wolverine feels before a contest with the Fighting Irish, the men's volleyball team took the floor. From that point on, it was a war. The outcome was in question for over two hours until the Michigan spikers…

… served for six straight points to give Michigan the momentum and an eventual 15-8 victory, and more important, a 2-1 lead.. With the momentum on their side, the Wolverines started game four aggressively…

… opening an early 8-4 lead with spikes and good defense. The game appeared all but over, until frosh standout Rico Latham suffered an ankle injury midway through game four. And the Wolverines just seemed to…

…, the down end of the injury in the fourth game seemed to spark a positive reaction in game five. The Wolverines flew right out of the gate with power and consistent defensive play. In addition, Jeffs…

…, and the Windsor Swim Club. Also competing were members of Club Wolverine, a team of Michigan alumni and current students not on the roster. Among those competing was assistant coach Mark Noetzel. The…

…i E r icdig4n uailI take Superior stuns Wolverines, sweeps 2-game series By Alan Goldenbach Daiy Sports Writer SAULT STE. MARIE - A week ago, the Michigan hockey team looked like a world…

…-beater after pasting first-place Michi- gan State, 8-1. This weekend, the Wolverines looked like the world had *ten them. Lake Superior State handed Michigan its first pairofweekend setbacks this season with a…

…. This weekend the Wolverines Notebook flexed their collec- tive muscle and ba- sically put to rest any doubt about theirposition in the --- i national rankings. So how did Michigan achieve this standing…

…? The reason is really simple: while in Minneapolis, the Wolverines re- ceived a boost from two of their top upperclassmen. The return of junior Rachel Gustin and senior Beth Jack- son helped Michigan to…

… through with important perfor- mances for the Wolverine tumblers are juniorJason MacDonald and senior Kris Klinger. They not only performed well in the floor exercise Saturday (9.3 and 9.15 respectively…

… what happened to the Wolverines Saturday, but one thing is for certain - - things did not turn out the way they were sup- posed to.+ This column was supposed to be about how Michigan moved past first…

…-place Michigan State in the conference standings and how the Wolverines were going to be in serious contention to finish the regular season in first place. It was supposed to be about how next Friday's game…

… Wolverine center came into the game shooting 67.5 percent from the field. That's a slight improvement over iAst season, when Baston made 67.4 percent of his shots. .:'+at's the good 1setU 'nes for Michigan…

… been one of Michigan's most reliable players from the moment he put on a Wolverine uniform, has been mired in a slump. Bullock has made just 12 of 48 *ts in the past five games. MUDDLED PICTURE: It is…

…. All of this leaves Michigan (7-7, 17- 10) as the most likely team to earn the Big Ten's fourth bid. The Wolverines need at least two and possibly three wins in their last four games to make it. That is…

… certainly a feasible task. Michigan hosts Michigan State Tues- day, then travels to Illinois and North- western before hosting Wisconsin. The Wolverines will likely be favorites in all but the Illinois game…

….m. It will be televised by CBS. As of last week, CBS was not going to televise it unless the Wolverines won at Penn State last Thursday. When Michi- gan lost, the game was tentatively sched- uled for…

… Wolverines' (1-15 Big Ten, 7- 19 overall) disappointing season. If it weren't for her, the loss total could have jumped even more and Michigan could be sitting here today with no conference wins to talk about…

… can get around the opponent and head to the basket for two points. Johns led the Wolverines to one of their few victories in December against Houston, posting 20 points and pulling down 16 rebounds. She…

… years, the Michigan women's basketball team has finished the regular season with one or fewer conference victories. The Wolverines (1-15 Big Ten, 7-19 overall) fell to No. 11 Wisconsin, 88- 63, yesterday…

… first-halfshoot- ing combined with the Wolverine's 34.5 percent. Poor free-throw shooting by Michi- gan also contributed to Wisconsin's47- 25 halftime lead, as the Wolverines went 5-15 from the line…

…, Anderson, Vgt). Technical Fouls: none. school record-tying six 3-pointers. In the paint, senior center Barb Franke sparked Wisconsin with 22 points. The Badgers stifled the Wolverines' inside game, holding…

… sophomore for- ward Tiffany Gooden helped the Hawkeyes capture their third Big Ten title in five years, at the expense of the visiting Wolverines in front of 7,592 spectators. Gooden shot 6-of-9 (.666) from 3…

… up for its lack of points in the paint with its pe- rimeter game. The Wolverines shot a dismal 2-11 (.182) from 3-point land. Once again, sloppiness hurt the Wol- verines as they turned the ball over…

… from the field, to contrib- ute 12 points for the Wolverines. The Hawkeyes led 40-27 at the half; and kept the Wolverines at bay for the remainder of the game. Brzezinski's final weekend was an emotional…

… thing I did with my knee injury. She taught me how to overcome certain things." Now the Wolverines prepare fornexi weekend's Big Ten Tournament in In- dianapolis. The winner earns an auto matic bid to the…

… heads up until this week's Big Tc Championships in Indianapolis. An<iet's hope the Wolverines hold on the memories of yesterday's 88-63 blowout by Wisconsin over the summer and up until preseason of next…

… -the Wolverines' last game of the season, Anderson dished to her team- mates at the right times. She penetrated down the lane and often had a choice of goingall the way for the layup or pulling up for he…

… it again in the final minutes of the first half. There was a loose ball on the court. Anderson hustled her way back to mid-court and wrestled for the ball in the middle of three Wolverines. Just before…

… race at this weekend's Big Ten Championships in an astounding time of 4:12:18. He was the only Wolverine to win his event at the Championshios Background: Canadian national 1,500-meter champion ... 1995…

… think she probably learned more around the track in Sydney, waving that could turn the Wolverines around. by watching," Roberts said. "I think the crowd as a member of the Jama - "I knew that Michigan was…

…, visits Crisler Arena. A berth in the NCAA tournament, which once seemed a certainty f the 24th-ranked Wolverines, may also be a take. Fisher issued a statement Monday exhort- ing fans to turn out in full…

… long way toward impress- ing the NCAA tournament selection committee. What the Wolverines are looking at now is a bit dreary: a 17-9 record isn't bad, but a 7-7 mark in the conference won't exactly…

… impress anybody. No Big Ten team has been invited to the tournament in place of one that fin- ished higher in the conference stand- ings - more bad news for the seventh- ing streak have put the Wolverines…

… is the last chance for each Wolverine to turn in a performance good enough to qualify them for an individual event in the CAA championship, which take place a ewk from Friday in Indianapolis. Okay…

… make an impact on the team competition at nationals, but that doesp't mean individual Wolverines might not have the chance to win per- sonal glory in a specific event As of now, several Wolverines are…

… So far, no one on Michigan's roster hars slipped in under the automatic qual- ification standards, but some Wolverines do have strong enough pro- visional marks to almost guarantee a spot at the NCAAs…

… team's most critical test) is reflected in next week's sched- ule. The No. 4 Wolverines will face three ranked teams on the road: No. 3 Utah, No. 14 Brigham Young and No. I Georgia. The trip begins…

…." On Friday in Salt Lake City the Wolverines will go in as underdogs. But lately, they have been attaining higher all-around scores than Utah. Even though Michigan fell to UCLA last weekend, it climbed…

…, the Michigan men's swimming and diving team is taking a new approach. Instead of being the hunted, the Wolverines are among the hunters, out to strip Minnesota of its title. Last season the Golden…

… Gophers broke a 10-year Michigan winning streak at the Big Ten meet. While many of the Wolverines were at the U.S. Olympic Trials at this time last year, Michigan is intent on making up for last season and…

… their best." A telltale sign in the swimming com- munity that a big meet is coming up is the practice of shaving and tapering. Predictably, the Wolverines have brought out the razors and lessened their…

… sport,, you can't go week after week at your best, so you save your best for the big meets." To get the best results possible, the Wolverines are looking for a big show- ing on the final day of the three…

…, in which Michigan boasts Malchow, McWha, captain John Piersma and Andy Potts. Derya Buyukuncu also looks strong in the 100 and 200 backstroke events. The Wolverines will probably need strong…

… Wolverines will be in Ann Arbor, hosting the Silverston Invitational on Saturday. The following weekend, some Wolverines will compete in Indianapolis at the NCAA champi- onship on March 7-8. The indoor season…

… attempting to achieve the same goal. "This weekend serves as a 'last- chance meet' for guys to try and qualify for nationals," Harvey said. As for the Wolverines, they will be doing their best to qualify the…

…, Sacramento 94 Ure£Idga Sai Check out the Michigan hockey team at home this weekend. The Wolverines square off against Ferris State tomorrow night and host Lake Superior in the regular season home finale on…

…, he has turned into a deadly penetrator, as well. Penn State learned this lesson all too well yesterday. The junior guard was dominant in the first half, helping the Wolverines claim a 19-point lead at…

… good shot," Lisicky said. "We didn't do that at all." The Lions closed the gap with a 9-0 run, highlighted by two 3-pointers from Crispin and three Wolverine turnovers, that cut the Michigan lead to…

… seven with 5:33 to go in the half. But the Wolverines countered with a 14-2 run to close out the half and take a 40-21 lead. It was more of the same after the break for the Wolverines, who led by as many…

… season-high 17 boards. Distance events key for Wolverines in attempt to drown hometown Gophers And in this corner.. Four Michigan swimmers will defend their own personal Big Ten titles this weekend…

… conference foes. Yet the Wolverines maintain they are just as good as any other team in the Big Ten. Next weekend, they will get the chance to prove it. The Wolverines travel to State College for the Big Ten…

… Championships to be held Mar. 7- 8. The two-day tournament will reveal once and for all whether the Wolverines are as good as they claim. No. 14 Michigan will compete with the country's best teams. The Big Ten…

…- pionships in Bloomington. The fast start was keyed by Michigan's performance in the 500-yard freestyle, where the Wolverines took spots No. 1, 2, 3, 4 ana 6. Friday February 26, 1999 M' track seeks extra…

… automati- cally qualified, the Wolverines will send some members to Notre Dame this weekend for a "last-chance" qualifier at the Alex Wilson Invitational. "The DMR needs to run faster' Michigan distance…

… a goal. Whether it's the desire for a national championship or the desire to wrestle one varsity match, these Wolverines do it all for . By Tracy Sandler * Daily Sports Writer 6:17a.m. - Wrestler…

… the coach- es, "Thanks for pushing us that hard. We needed it." But, the Wolverines were not always thankful for the tough workouts. "It used to be that we had guys on our team that didn't buy into the…

… hand getting raised," Logan said. "When your hand gets raised, that's what you did all that work for. When you lose, it r. . hurts so bad." A True Wolverine by wrestler Dane Tabano It's 3:25 and…

… called A TRUE WOLVERINE. 01 10 10 Michigan coach Dale Bahr's thoughts. Chris Viola, 125 p unds 125 pound Damion Logan, 141 pounds "He's a gewat athlete. He has g9at quIckness .. H. needs to stay…