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… on Thursday night. Rayburn had a game-high 15 points and got help from teammates Chantel Poston and Courtney Moses down the stretch to beat the Wolverines, 60-49. The game was close until the final few…

… could really find a rhythm. In the first half, Purdue struggled to make a bas- ket in a stretch of just over four minutes, while the Wolverines had nine turnovers. Neither team shot the ball You're not…

… tough defense. Rayburn ite clear that it put pressure on the Wolverine rs or rebounds guards all night and had three m. steals, all while commanding percentage is Purdue's offense. Purdue coach is about…

…'t. ... Reynolds noted that a player like Rayburn isn't going to be completely shut down. Rather, she said, you have to contain her, something the Wolverines just couldn't seem to do. They struggled to guard her in…

…' registers just half, the bench finished 4-for-19 for the game. Borseth said that five points off a team can't win shooting 37 percent - what the Wolverines bench, 18 points shot on Thursday. They cer- tainly…

… the bench goes, so Michi- tributed to a season-low scoring gan goes. The Wolverines are total for Michigan. And along currently on the NCAA Tourna- with being near absent in the ment bubble, and with…

… MEETING AFTER BREAK IS AT 1 P.M. ON SUNDAY, MARCH 4 AT 420 MAYNARD STREET With conference title within reach, * Wolverines not sleeping on BGSU By MATT SLOVIN Daily Sports Editor Though Bowling Green is…

… to 20-10-4; return as league BGSU9-20-5 champions. When: Friday, But don't Saturday expect the 7:05 p.m. Wolverines to Where: BGSU throw pillows Ice Arena and blankets Liveblog: into their bags…

…' last-place standing in the CCHA is far less impor- tant than the gigantic target that will replace the standard block 'M' on the Wolverines' jerseys. With Bowling Green already hav- ing locked up the…

… natives, whose fortunes at Michigan have been inextrica- bly bound, will take the court at Crisler Center for the last time. It will be the first senior-night ceremony in two years for the Wolverines. They…

…'t attract a lot of Wolverines controlled the affair ng attention. Douglass most of the night, though the Boil- know if he'd get to play ermakers made alate run in vain. n-I basketball after Colora- In that…

… leads offensive charge - three goals and six assists - Moffie's shot. mindset that other Wolverines to add to his team-leading and So how has Moffie racked do. He looks for the assist more career-high 29…

… MICHIGAN 7 Lansing on MICH. STATE 0 Wednesday. The Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 6-3 overall) started and ended strong, dominating Michigan Stace (0-1, 6-2) in both the doubles and singles competitions. "This is…

… Michigan's leader, Thompson, finished tied for 39th place with a six-over-par total. The Wolverines saw a couple of familiar faces in Puerto Rico as well, including former coach Andrew Sapp, now the head…

… coach at North Carolina, and former Wolverine Joey Garber, who transferred to Georgia fol- lowing his freshman season. Sapp's Tar Heels finished in a tie for 13th in the team stand- ings with Michigan…

… Michigan wom- en's basketball schedule. Yes, the Wolverines host the Boilermakers on Thursday for senior night, but the school located in West Lafayette reso- nates in other ways with some- one involved with…

… the Wolverine squad. It's not a player, coach, or train- er. It's the team's graduate assis- tant, Stacey Lovelace. Lovelace was a highly recruit- ed player coming out of Detroit's St. Martin De Porres…

…'s overtime victory over the Wildcats at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Tuesday evening. Wolverines out-claw Wildcats in O to capture series sweep Junior guard Matt Vogrich hit three big 3-pointers against Northwestern…

… bucket." Coming into the game, the Wolverines knew they'd have By BEN ESTES plenty of looks from long range Daily SportsEditor because of Northwestern's sub- par defense. 4STON - Michigan lived But they…

… title contender, Saturday seemed to mark the end of anything negative that's been dogging the team. Questions and doubts have followed the Wolverines since ERIN KIRKLAND/Daily Senior defenseman Greg…

… Wolverines who were hot at the beginning of the year haven't appeared on the box score in months. Others pride themselves on scoring clutch goals but are quiet the rest of the time. Not Treais and Guptill…

… for fourth place in the conference. And the pair combined for 41 points inAnn Arbor on Jan. 11, when the Wild- cats pushed the Wolverines to overtime before falling, 66-64. This time around, the race…

… guard Zack Novak drives agaivst Ohio State on Satorday. Novak and the Wolverines toppled the Buckeyes for the first time is the last seven tries. KKAulay Themicrocosm ofZack Novak From Chesterton, Indi…

… North Campus and bring more students to the area. years that followed - were on their feet, roaring. Zack Novak slowly jogged to the bench, exasperated, and took a seat. With the Wolverines ahead, 29…

…- ting, the Wolverines outscored the Buckeyes, 8-6. It wasn't a run that significantly widened the margin, but it was perhaps a sign of what will happen when Novak leaves. His younger, more naturally…

… 11, there will be no fes- tivities when Michigan's name pops up on a bracket. "Without a doubt," Novak said, he'd remember this as one of the most memorable games as a Wolverine, but he was then quick…

… to quell its magnitude. "It's just another step in the right direction." Zack Novak's climb is com- ing to an end, and there's no tell- ing how many steps remain in his career. The Wolverines are…

…0. 6A - Monday, February 20, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom BASEBALL Michigan wins pair after dropping season opener Wolverines earn revenge against Kentucky in 2012 By STEVEN BRAID…

… route to MICHIGAN 2 a season- opening 9-8 W.VIRGINIA 3 loss to Pitts- MICHIGAN 14 burgh, the Wolverines (2-1 overall) bounced back to defeat Seton Hall and West Virginia in the Big Ten/ Big East Challenge…

…. The Wolverines took a 6-2 lead during that stretch, never relin- quishing it, and went on to defeat Indiana 61-48. Duringthe first half, Michigan looked like the team that easily handled Indiana in Ann…

… possessions - and looked flustered against Indi- ana's defense. The Wolverines' nine turn- overs in the first half matched their entire game total the last WILDCATS From Page 1B trying to do." Added Michigan…

… Wolverine bench struggled, almost every Hoo- sier player struggled. With 9:20 left in the game, Indiana junior Aulani Sinclair knocked down two-straight 3-pointers and cut the Wolverine lead to ten points…

…. Indiana out-rebounded the Wolverines by six and cut Michi- gan's 16-point lead to nine at one point. The Wolverines hadn't won at Assembly Hall in nine years, and even though Indiana is weaker than usual…

… Sunday, but it turned out bit different for the Michiga women's basketball team. The Wolverines hav often had trouble clearin the glass this season, bein outrebounded in 18 of its 2 games. But this weekenc…

… Chap lin. She was able to put up majority of the Wolverine points in the paint and hol the duo to just five points. Michigan coach Kevi Borseth noted how Indian plays a tough, physical gam down low and…

… of the sec- is ond-half offense for the s Wolverines, senior guard a Courtney Boylan was in con- n trol of the game during the first stanza. e Boylan broke into double g digits with 7:36 to go in the…

… dozens of times over got through and grazed the side netting. But that equalizer was hardly on his teammates' minds while they looked for the winner. Instead of blaming Hunwick, the Wolverines sought to…

…- the puck fie was cornered against didn't d the boards in the Wolverine any favo zone. Northern Michigan Michiga freed up the puck, then fired to a one a slapshot past fifth-year the begi senior…

… game wound down. gan's go With the score knotted at 2-2 with "I though one min- ute left in we w ere the final a e frame, careless wi Mi;in the puck." controlled the puck in the Wolverines' zone. Sopho…

… witl The puck went straight to forced t Hunwick's belly. But it was The o a sobering reminder of how gan tor costly errors in the defensive back ha zone can be. Pateryn Though the Wolverines instigato…

…. rnovers weren't as s as Moffie's, but nsistency handling in the neutral zone o the Wolverines ors, especially when n was hanging on -goal lead towards nning of the second Wildcats were no ither. Right…

…-four days before Glendening forced the turnover against No. 20 Northern Michigan and assisted junior for- ward A.J. Treais' overtime goal, a different Michigan captain led the Wolverines to a dramatic senior…

… the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor was riding on this, the ICE agent's eyes shot up from his desk, and he smiled; he was a Michigan Wolverine," Morales said. At the end of Morales's speech when he…

… With just MICHIGAN 57 44 seconds left to play in Thursday's game, Iowa's Kamille Wahlin hit a go- ahead 3-pointer. It was the Hawkeyes' first lead of the game. On the ensuing possession, the Wolverines…

… more possession. Junior guard Jenny Ryan unwisely chose Wahlin, an 87-percent free-throw shooter, to shoot the 1-and-1. The Wolverines got a lucky break. "I wasn't too happy when it didn't go in…

… Jordan Taylor to graduation, the Wolverines looked to their bullpen to find a replacement for the record-set- ting pitcher. Last weekend, they just may have found her. Freshman pitcher Sara Dries- enga…

…-Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, which she shared with Iowa shortstop Megan Blank, as well as a spot on the All-Tournament team with three other Wolverines. Having to fill the large shoes of Taylor - a…

… and greatness. With the first, he recognizes the importance of mastering the basics. "Make the routine play rou- tinely," Maloney said, quoting former Wolverine Barry Larkin. He then elaborated on the…

… Merriman returned to Michigan's coaching staff after spending much of his career in the major leagues. Merriman came to Michigan for single-season appearances in 1995 and 2002. The Wolverines hope that he…

… all 54 games for the Wolverines. More notably, he also led the league with 30 sto- len bases, which broke Biondi's freshman record. Michigan had the one-two punch in that catego- ry, with Biondi…

… Pittsburgh, Seton Hall and West Virginia this weekend. All of those teams rank significantly higher than Michigan. But the Wolverines will take the chip on their shoulders south to Florida with the confidence…

…-ranked Wolverines. In the series opener, fifth-year senior goaltender Shawn Hun- wick was posting a shutout, mak- ing 17 saves through a period and a half. But then a Wildcat forward ran into Hunwick after a shot…

… about the last two months - Michigan is one of the best teams in the country. Hunwick keeping his cool and focusing on goaltending * instead of boxing is a major rea- son the Wolverines are within…

… played the program's first game at the varsity level on Sunday. The Wolverines lost, 13-9, to Detroit in Pontiac, Mich. For full coverage of the game see page 2A and SportsMonday inside. ANN ARBOR PUBLIC…

… Notes? Share them with your followers on Twitter @CrimeNotes ortfind them on their new blog. Wolverines fall to Detroit in inaugural varsity match By EVAN QUINN Michigan athletic lineup, and the For the…

… baptism by fire. Michigan. In their first Division-I game in Dead-even scoring in the first school history, the Wolverines fell half exemplified the two teams' 13-9 to Detroit Mercy on Sunday similarities…

…The Michigan Daily I michigandaily.com I February 13,2012 :2 :3 (OT) Michigan State: 3 ] Y1 j. J7 P Michigan State: 2 Lynch avoids benching, Wolverines salvage . stars as overtime hero split with OT…

… - to clinch the game? Double check. The Wolverines' 3-2 win over the Spartans on Saturday was a mirror image of the Great Lakes Invitational back in December. Luckily for the squad, it didn't replicate…

… to decibel levels that are impossible to achieve in the Wolverines' regular home. Yost Ice Arena might be one of the best places to watch a college hockey game in the country, but it's not Joe Louis…

… about that arena that feeds the psyche of the Wolverines. It could be that SPLIT From Page 1B "Hunwick was bigger than life," Berenson said. "Let's face it, he wasn't very big, but he played like he was…

…-year senior goalie Shawn Hunwick and the Michigan penalty kill had a rocky weekend against the Spartans. ILLINOIS From Page 1B of the way. The Wolverine lead straddled double digits during the second half and…

… also remains unbeaten at home. But the next game should prove to be the most difficult one yet. The Wolverines host the third-ranked team in the country on Saturday. "We got a tough one on Satur- day…

… Wolverines beat Sparty in overtime. Lynch was there in the first round of the NCAA Tourna- ment last year. He put in the game-winner against Nebras- ka-Omaha in overtime to give Michigan the 3-2 win. And…

… conference, seven games on the road - including contests in Columbus, East Lansing and Bloomington - and six games against ranked foes. What ifI told you that's what the Wolverines and their fresh- man point…

… you that the Wolverines inexplicably went 7-5, luck doesn't even cross my mind. Michigan found itself sitting just one game out of first place in the Big Ten heading into Sunday's matchup with Illinois…

…- est with you, we were very con- cerned about him." GO BLUEIs GET BLUE! HEY, WOLVERINE FANS! Before you pack Chrisler this Saturday, stop in to Ulrich's Spirit Shop and gear up for the big game! 0 0…

…-related. There's even a section dedicated to authen- tic vintage University apparel, con- taining years of Wolverine pride you won't be able to buy at The M Den. But Avtomobile is a well-trav- eled shop. You can…

… easy, they're not blowing smoke. that'll be a tough game for us, And Michigan coach John Beilein just trying to match up with not knows his Wolverines have to only the talent level outside, but bring…

… team. "I have nothing bad I can say about Derek. Nothing." WOMENx 5AmKiEht foAhv Examining the next step for Borseth and the Wolverines ive years ago, Kevin Bors- eth came to Ann Arbor to jL become the…

… Crisler Center on Friday. The Wolverines made a late comeback. Sampson lea d By GLENN MILLER JR. the end when we need them," Daily Sports Writer said Michigan head coach Bev Plocki. Friday night must have…

… their best repeat of last week's meet foot forward every weekend." against Illinois, the Wolverines Michigan dominated in its struggled on beam and were first rotation on vault, an event forced to rely on…

… Editor his final regular-season game against the Wolverines, with his T LANSING - The battle Spartans winning handily at the senior captains has official- Breslin Center, 64-54. e Green. The Michigan State…

… his only two field goals and was limited to one assist and no rebounds, the Wolverines weren't overly concerned about Hardaway's ability to charge back with a strong second-half perfor- mance. After all…

… from deep kept the team inthe game on Sunday. But every time the Wolverines nailed a 3-pointer, Michigan State responded with a basket of its own. The Spartans opened up the game on an 01-0 run; starting…

… next half it may be going outside," Boylan said. "That's the nice thing about our offense. You don't have to rely on one thing, necessarily." The Wolverines shot fewer 3-pointers in the second half…

… walked away empty-handed. send the puck through the legs In fact, the Wolverine penalty of Miami's Will Weber. Knapp killers answered the call, not just must've been too busy gaping at by making quick work…

… Shawn Wolverines' struggles against the as frustration after the game got then spent Hunwick on Friday night. I won't RedHawks on Thursday, Beren- out of reach. some of the answer that. son looked like a…

… dominatingsweep, situations created an atmosphere verines outworked, outskated and this weekend. The Wolverines are no less) says quite alot. where retribution was inevitable. outskilled the RedHawks. Players…

… goalie Connor Knapp. Freshman forward Alex Guptill was the first Wolverine in the brawl, but junior forward Chris Brown finished off the job. Miami defenseman Will Weber and Brown - dropping their gloves…

…'s face it, if you want to fight, go out to the parking lot after the game." Because of his disqualifica- tion penalty, Brown will be sus- pended for Friday's game against Michigan State. The Wolverines…

… Rachel Sheffer. Sheffer racked up 13 points and three blocks for the Wolverines. In spite of everything, the Wolverines still found them- selves up by five points with 5:30 left on the clock. The last five…

… started on Friday, when the defense was able to weather a sec- ond period that saw only one shot from the Wolverines. Michigan's offense was a little more productive on Saturday. But the defense still held…

… stable, and the Wolverines have their second line to thank for that. Since the return of sophomore defenseman Jon Merrill, Michi- gan's goals against per game aver- age has decreased dramatically from 2…

…'s partner-in-crime, junior defense- man Lee Moffie. Moffie scored two of the Wolverines' three goals on Saturday, one of which came shorthanded. "We're not planning on our defense scoring goals," Berenson…

… tabs on who wins the shuttle runs during practice. But if he did, senior captain Luke Glendening would have his name showing up on yet another stats sheet. Each week, the Wolverines line up at one end of…

… Wolverine is as disciplined in the weight room as Glendening. Throughout his time at Michigan, Glendening has added muscle to his 5-foot- 11 frame without bulking up too much. In past seasons, it was easy for…

… Glendening's quickness to be overshadowed by that of former Wolverine Carl Hagelin. Hage- lin, who recently won the title of fastestskater at the NHL All-Star Game, was known throughout his Michigan career as…

…/Radio: tant is that this BTN will be Michi- gan's first time battling back from two consecutive losses. The Wolverines, known for their resilience and slump-resis- tance, were served a pair of losses this past…

… Wolverines aren't overly concerned with records, Michigan coach Kevin Borseth understands that winning Thurs- day's game is essential for keep- ing his team's postseason hopes alive. A loss here could really…

… played the Wolverines, Michigan squeaked by with a 58-48 win after a long defensive battle on both sides of the court. Though the Wolverines' defense has seen major improvements as the sea- son has…

… Sheffer will be matched up on Diamant in the game on Thursday. It will be interesting to see how Sheffer, the Wolverines' leading scorer over the last two weeks, will han- die the pressure from a larger and…

… go production, which are all things hard, but they that drive the Wolverines. can't recov- All the coaches had to rely on er," Berenson was a letter of recommendation said. "Luke from Glendening…

… battles for the puck, Glendening serves as an example of what a hard-working shift looks like. Obviously, Berenson likes to see all his players put in effort. for the Wolverin and right now, it' For…

…8A - Thursday, February 2, 2012 r jo k The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 4 Burke comes out on top in battle of Big Ten freshman phenoms Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. and the Wolverines…

… Led by two 3-pointers by Burke, Wednesday night's game.. the Wolverines busted out of the The No. gate, tallying 13 points before the 23 Michi- INDIANA 56 Hoosiers managed to get on the gan basket…

… second-chance points. He was able to out-rebound the entire Wolverine frontcourt. Though Burke made only one field goal in the second half, he salted the game from the free- throw line. He made six free…

… stifled the Wolverines in the 60-49 loss. …