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…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, April 3, 2015 — 7 Michigan ready for tough Big Ten weekend matchup The Wolverines will play Minnesota for early-season bragging rights…

… By CHRIS CROWDER Daily Sports Writer If a wolverine and a gopher stood side to side, it would be easy to distinguish between the two. The wolverine is around the size of an average…

… dog, possessing menacing teeth and sharp claws. The gopher is much smaller, with furry hide and long, narrow teeth. But in regards to the fourth-ranked Wolverines and the 19th…

… (5-1 Big Ten, 31-5 overall) is first in every category, but Minnesota (5-1, 29-5) isn’t too far behind. The Wolverines are also a little better in regards to pitching, boasting a 0.65 lower…

… Wolverines. “This is a battle of who is mentally toughest, and regardless of what we talk about, you have all these people talking about the implications of this particular series,” Hutchins…

…, as home-field advantage hasn’t lived up to expectations in giving the team a leg up at all. If Michigan is perfect at anything so far, it’s raining on other teams’ parades. The Wolverines are…

… country, trailing only Minnesota. Michigan has three losses on top of the two suffered at Alumni Field, but those losses have only come at neutral sites. This weekend, the Wolverines will play the…

… really well, so it’s going to be fun to rise to the occasion. I’m really excited, and I think we’re going to fight really well out there.” The wolverine may look much more intimidating than a…

… join the professional ranks, but he elected to return to the Wolverines for a final year. The Canucks drafted Lockwood in the third round of the 2016 entry draft with the 64th overall pick. In his…

… 2018. But in his third season, Lockwood worked his way back to full health and was a valuable offensive threat for the Wolverines. He played in all 36 games and tallied 31 points, good for…

… senior guard Siera Thompson with 0.6 seconds left on the clock. Any energy that the Wolverines had was sucked out of the room. Edeferioka went to the charity stripe in what would have decided…

… Wolverine faithful permeated Calihan Hall as Edeferioka stepped to the line for her first attempt. The shot clanked off the back of the rim, flew in the air and hit the ground — the thought…

… struggling to capture momentum, before the Wolverines blew the door wide open in the third and final overtime period, in which they came out with an 89-79 win to become WNIT champions. The…

… thought of Michigan as WNIT champions, and especially the missed free throws, is remarkable considering how the Wolverines fought to tie the game. Georgia Tech appeared poised to win after an…

… disappointment, would come to a close in 83 seconds. The Wolverines were gassed, and sought the hero that they’ve rarely needed this season. And they found one in Katelynn Flaherty. The…

… the net to bring Michigan’s deficit to three with 1:06 remaining. After an errant Georgia Tech layup attempt, the Wolverines called a timeout to draw up what could have been their final play of…

…, but it’s awesome.” Call it luck, or call it hard- fought will, but Michigan finally made it over the hump to hang a banner. For the Wolverines, they needed a flawless final minute of regulation…

… drought, the Wolverines had their hearts ripped out. Sitting at Revel and Roll bowling alley, the players watched, hopefully, as each region was revealed, with confidence that the team would soon hear…

… its name called. How sure did the team seem that it had earned a place in the field? As the final pairing in which the Wolverines would have fit was about to be announced, sophomore center…

…4B — April 3, 2017 SportsMonday The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wolverines finally get to cut down net DETROIT — The Michigan women’s basketball team has been in existence for 44 seasons…

…. Prior to Saturday, the Wolverines — despite several NCAA Tournament and Women’s National Invitation Tournament appearances — did not have a banner in Crisler Center to show for those 44 years. Nor…

… back at Wolverine hoops By GLENN MILLER JR. Daily Sports Writer 2011 was rough for Big Ten baseball. Other than Illinois' auto- matic conference bid to the NCAA tournament, the conference failed for the…

… the Big Ten that has something to prove, it's Rich Maloney's Michigan squad. The Wolverines finished last in the conference a year ago at 7-16. After struggling early in the season, Michigan's losing…

… capturing a Big Ten championship this season. But it will take a lot more than just words and motivation. The Wolverines need improvement in both their lineup and bullpen, looking to improve on a confer- ence…

… to emerge as one of the Wolverines' top performers, along with the consistent bat of sopho- more outfielder Michael O'Neill. Michigan's bullpen still lacks reliable relief pitching, an area the…

… Wolverines must continue to develop in Big Ten play. The start- ing rotation, headlined by junior right-hander Ben Ballantine, has shown glimpses of dominance early this year but has struggled of late with its…

…- sin. So did Gus Johnson, after it was determined that he wouldn't be callingthis year's tournament. Enough of the shock has worn off, and Michigan fans can take solace that the Wolverines beat the only…

… team that beat the nation- al champions. We've regained our composure and are now able to get back on the podium and pass down judgment for the Wolverines' 2011- 12 campaign. How did Michigan do this…

… Championship in 26 years, it'd be an easy answer. The Wolverines met, exceeded and jumped giddily on top of their pre- season expectations. But what people cared about was whether Michigan would improve upon…

… last season's third-round NCAA Tournament appearance. That didn't happen, so it's easy to say the Wolverines fell short of their goals. However, what the team did in one game against an unfamiliar…

… night (on my half-birth- day), and it couldn't have gone any worse. No Wolverine topped 12 points, and Michigan put forth its worst defensive effort of the sea- son, allowing Purdue to shoot 50 percent…

… the “Mission Impossible” theme song. Their song selection foretold the story for the visiting Wildcats (1-5 Big Ten, 13-19 overall). Their mission to even ruffle the feathers of the Wolverines…

…, whipping my pitches, and I thought that got better as the game went on.” The Wolverines’ offense, meanwhile, was better than zero, boosting Betsa with just enough run support to pick up the win…

… the ball off the wall, like he did.” Spurred by Nwogu’s big play, the Wolverines (3-0 Big Ten, 16-11 overall) would go on to take a 4-2 win over Delaware (13-12 overall) and clinch a series…

… of the Wolverines’ biggest weaknesses early on, appears much improved. Through March 14, before the win streak began, Michigan averaged nearly two errors a game. During the streak, though, the…

… answered questions about the 79-62 drubbing they’d just taken from Villanova in the NCAA Championship game. The Wolverines’ answers varied from regret to pride for the tournament run to love for their…

…. “We lost to a team that was better than us tonight,” said Wolverines coach John Beilein. “And we were telling our kids, ‘We’ve just gotta be better than them one night.’ Because they are talented…

…8 - Tuesday, April 3, 2012 B L3 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily com 0 eball: Position by Position Vrter hey ur- is :he Wolverines get deeper eason. There are a few areas ainty and Maloney…

… has been th different possibilities. ey reiterates that the team r against itself, and in com- o last season, Michigan has . The Wolverines hover ddle of the Big Ten pack in 1 statistical rankings; they…

… foul, ensuring the first two points on the board were from Georgia Tech’s forward Zaire O’Neil in a pair of free throws. It was fitting that the Wolverines’ two seniors made the team’s first five…

… the Wolverines ahead of the Yellow Jackets for the first time with a 3-pointer that made the game 15-14 with just over a minute left of play in the first — a scoreline that remained unchanged…

…, Georgia Tech was able to bring it down court for a layup with no Wolverine to defend them. Another foul on Georgia Tech’s O’Neil gave Flaherty a chance to make three free throws. Going 3-for-3…

… with her team trailing by four. The Wolverines were in a hole, but a shallow one. The crowd’s roar overtook the stadium, deafening the arena. The championship victory was still possible…

…. From there, the Wolverines managed to push the game to three overtimes. “We wore the other team down,” Barnes Arico said. And the rest — as Michigan’s future banner will tell — is Crisler…

… the ball home while his teammates cheered him on, and Eso Akunne and Matt Vogrich each took a final 3-pointer. The Wolverines gathered at center court for a talk and then practice was over. Just like…

… Sweet delivered the Wolverines' first run with a double to right-center field en route to a career day at the plate. "We're contagious," Sweet said. Of late, offense for the No. 12 Michigan softball team…

…. There, it looked nearly unbeatable with convincing victories over Michigan State and Purdue. But the Wolverines would soon begin to flirt with death like a bad habit. They were dreadfully…

… and luck — having playing no team seeded higher than sixth until Monday — had carried the Wolverines through their rough shooting performances. “We’ve noticed that our shooting was…

…’s for those three reasons that the Wolverines, led by Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico, battled Kent State, Wright State, St. John’s, Virginia Tech and Villanova to get to Saturday’s contest against…

… another chance to win this game and we never had any doubt in our mind. We kept fighting, we came this far, and we weren’t gonna lose this game.” The Wolverines (28-9 overall) hosted Georgia Tech…

… Wolverines jumped out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the first inning - two of them courtesy of a line-drive double by outfielder Sierra Lawrence. The sophomore has been a force to be reckoned with…

… portedt as the Wolverines topped Detroit, 10-0, Wednesday afternoon. C l/ ! # 7 3 4 4 l 8 4Cll 44841 Email: dailydiapillayC gmaileuom RELEASE DATE- Thursday, April 3, 2014 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword…

…- lantine went down with a grue- some injury in the third inning, Michigan coach Erik Bakich gathered the team around him and offered up three simple words: "Win it for Ben." The Wolverines did, dispatch- ing…

… double play in the eighth inning. By GREG GARNO a blast. Forever a Wolverine." Daily Sports Writer The Rochester, Mich. native ranked second on the team in Nine days after the Michigan goals scored this…

… season with 12 hockey team's season ended, - seven of which came on the Jacob Trouba is planning on power play. Trouba also added leaving to join the Winnipeg Jets 17 assists to lead all Wolverine of the…

… represent the school through CSG. “I am an Afro-Arab American who was born and raised in Ann Arbor to immigrant parents, so I was raised to be a Wolverine,” Elshafei wrote. “Truthfully, it was a…

… try them all enough times to taste all of the staple menu items (and maybe a few more). There are just over 150 Sundays in my four years as a Wolverine (hard to believe I’m almost done with 75 of…