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April 19, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 110) • Page Image 1

… the form of Counseling and Psychological Services, Wolverine Wellness or other more specific services. TMD: With the Graduate Employees’ Organization currently on strike, how do you balance your…

… close to home. In Student Life, our first reaction was to find ways to communicate to students that we were certainly there for them in terms of support — whether it be through CAPS, Wolverine

April 19, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 110) • Page Image 15

… momentum swings like a weather delay, Michi- gan coach Tracy Smith being ejected and 43 combined runs, O’Halloran’s rough start proved to be the beginning of the chaos. This left the Wolverines (19- 16…

… ultimately paid off. While the Wolverines were shut out in a 13-0 loss on Friday night, Smith deliberately put the weaker reliev- ers of his thin pitching staff on the mound to keep the best ones fresh. O…

April 12, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 109) • Page Image 12

…. 2 Michigan hockey team would be back. After a puck jumped over the stick of then-freshman defenseman Luke Hughes, the ensuing year was anything but predictable for the Wolverines. In just 364…

Wolverines (26- 12-3 overall) regressed to issues of old, falling to Quinnipiac (33-4-3), 5-2, after 60 minutes of insufficient defensive effort coupled with bad bounces. “Quinnipiac’s a great team and we…

… Rand Pecknold put it. But early in the final frame, the Bobcats found more puck luck — and with that, the lead. After a Wolverine defensive lapse let up a 2-on-1 opportunity, Quinnipiac forward…

…. “Just a bad bounce,” Naurato lamented. After the Bobcats took the lead, Michigan couldn’t mount a response. While Portillo’s heroics kept the Wolverines in striking distance, the offense couldn…

… the consequences of its offensive stagnation, puck watching and missed assignments made hope for an equalizer a distant possibility as the Wolverines fell onto their backfoot. Offensive lapses…

… of that.” While chance after chance proved insufficient for the Bobcats, Metsa finally delivered the dagger. Floating an unconventional shot, an absent- minded Wolverine defense watched as it…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 15

… Michigan softball team’s bats get hot with runners in scoring positions, it tends to win. On Friday, the Wolverines tallied 14 hits and 10 runs. But on Satur- day, Nebraska extinguished the momentum by…

… double from graduate center fielder Lexie Blair placed runners on base before a sacrificial flyout and a single brought the runners home. The Wolverines tallied two hits and two runs in the frame…

April 05, 2023 (vol. 132, iss. 108) • Page Image 16

… uncharacteristic fall on bars, Wilson, and the Wolverines’ hopes, were already on the ground. And that’s just about where they would stay — no matter how hard the team fought. Although Michigan (26…

… since 2018 with a score of 197.750, while No. 14 Denver and No. 6 LSU advanced. The Wolverines and Tigers ended the meet tied, so it all came down to a tiebreaker. All six gymnasts were counted in…

April 20, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 73) • Page Image 1

…. “Although this truly breaks my heart, I am DETERMINED to bring more awareness to the situation & fight for change for the betterment of future Black wolverines & Black RAs to come.” Lucy also posted the…

April 20, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 73) • Page Image 12

Wolverines, who have rightfully earned high praise all season. They won the Big Ten Championship and the Regional Championship, building momentum and setting themselves up for success Thursday night. But…

… those past successes could not guarantee a return trip to the National Final. A strong start faded into the Wolverines’ (26-5 overall) lowest score of the season at 196.2875 and a last-place finish…

April 13, 2022 (vol. 131, iss. 72) • Page Image 12

… to propel themselves into the championship. Called to send the Wolverines’ stars into the NHL empty- handed in the process. And it was the Pioneers who answered the call. In the…

… Frozen Four, the Wolverines (31-10-1 overall) fell to Denver (30-9-1), 3-2, in a down-to-the-wire overtime bout, ending their Big Ten and NCAA Regional Championship season short of their ultimate…

April 06, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 71) • Page Image 3

… Patil can be reached at cbrech@umich.edu and sejpatil@ umich.edu. Commemorating Women’s History Month: 5 impactful Wolverine female leaders From three-time Olympian to the second longest…

… commemorating the life and legacy of five influential Wolverine women who have made, and continue to make, an impact on the campus com- munity. 1. Susan Collins Provost Susan M. Collins, executive vice…

April 06, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 71) • Page Image 6

Wolverines might not get into their first-choice graduate program or land their top internship, but they usually manage to come out relatively successful. I think this phenomenon of excelling without…

…, because many of us seem to do the opposite. When the typical Wolverine doesn’t land the internship they wanted, they don’t seriously reflect on how much effort they put into their résumé or if the…

April 06, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 71) • Page Image 11

…’s record book for average beam score. Each of these individual levels of excellence compound themselves into a team that can compete at the highest level. The Wolverines are the best floor team in…

… NCAA semifinals. By the end of it, though, the Wolverines forced a nearly half- point swing to comfortably win the regional. Their vault and bar scores — the two weak points of the second round…

… playing in Crisler for almost 50 years, though, and not a single jersey hangs to honor the women that molded the program. Five men. No women. With Naz Hillmon’s career as a Wolverine recently…

… mother, Rachel, is an experi- enced golfer as well who also compet- ed as a Wolverine from 1982 to 1983. Naturally, Schulz went through her childhood with the desire to play golf at Michigan, declaring…

April 06, 2022 (vol. 130, iss. 71) • Page Image 12

… ollowing a second-place finish in its regional second round, the No. 3 Michigan women’s gymnastics team had something to prove. And Saturday night, the Wolverines proved why they were the Raleigh…

… region’s No. 1 seed. A dominant final two rotations propelled the Wolverines (26-2, 9-0 Big Ten) to their 14th NCAA Regional Championship win — and their 26th Nationals appearance — over No. 11…

April 21, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 16) • Page Image 19

… of the game, this one over the fence in deep left field to make the score 14-2, as the Wolverines broke open the game and went on to win 21-5. Thanks in large part to a plethora of home runs…

…, Michigan (18-7 Big Ten) swept Minnesota (4-20) this weekend, winning 4-0 on Saturday and 9-5 on Sunday after its rout to open the series on Friday. Following its weekend performance, the Wolverines sit…

…, would amount to nothing. But the season returned, and with it an ascendant Wolverine squad. After its first loss at the Big Five Meet, Michigan scored 198.025 in a dominant performance that broke…

April 21, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 16) • Page Image 20

… started off Michigan’s next rotation on bars with a stuck dismount. The Wolverines’ top scores of the rotation came from Brooks and junior Abby Brenner in her first competitive routine in…

… the event. This lead, though, was deceptively large. The Wolverines had to move to the beam, a nerve racking event to conclude a meet on, while the Soon- ers ended on floor, whose scores were the…

April 14, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 29) • Page Image 14

…-second 3-point attempt, a heave that carried with it the Wolverines’ fate. The shot fell short. Livers bowed his head. Two-and-a-half weeks earlier, on March 12, Livers’s season had already ended. A…

… primed to make the ride a special one, a national championship certainly within the realm of possibility. If Gonzaga and Baylor were entrenched as 1a and 1b, the Wolverines established themselves…

… hobbled into the tunnel and out of sight, a Wolverine one last time. Just a day before March Madness started, the biggest NCAA event of the year, college basketball players tweeted out “#Not…

… I can.” That is a sentiment that Wolverines’ coach Erik Bakich has emphasized, too. “There’s a lot of people that talk and they don’t do jack squat,” Bakich said. “They just like to complain…

April 14, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 29) • Page Image 15

…. Most games are headlined by star pitchers Alex Storako and Meghan Beaubien. And while the Wolverines often squeak out a win with just enough runs to outscore their opponent, the offense isn…

… in the gap, sacrifice bunts nor standard singles, rather a majority of them came via homeruns. The Wolverines launched seven homers over the course of the series in Columbus, which is half of the…

April 14, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 29) • Page Image 16

… time with an extra inning tacked on. The 2-1 credited win over Nebraska marked her 73rd as a Wolverine, surpassing Kelly Kovach for ninth-most in Michigan history. Beaubien’s work on the diamond was…

… the graduation of legendary infielder Sierra Romero in 2016, though, may not show it. The Wolverines have consistently dominated the Big Ten since then. They have held at least a share of…

… postseasons since their 2016 College World Series run, the Wolverines have failed to advance past the regional stage, including the most recent NCAA tournament in 2019 where they lost to James Madison on…

… softball program. With over 1600 wins, Hutchins entered this season as the winningest D1 softball coach in history. Since leading the Wolverines to their first College World Series appearance in…

… 1995, in only their third trip to the NCAA Tournament, Michigan has not missed the playoffs. These last three years mark the longest super-regional drought the Wolverines have ever endured since…

… consistently good for almost a half-decade, the Wolverines are now at an inflection point. They have what it takes, within their current roster, to take the program back to the College World Series. To be…

… right-hander Alex Storako and senior left-hander Meghan Beaubien. Together, along with three innings of support from senior right-hander Sarah Schaefer, they have propelled the Wolverines to a…

…’ve played.” When it comes to a formula that can return the Wolverines to an elite national program, as opposed to a consistent Big Ten powerhouse, pitching is certainly found in the equation. So is…

… this team’s equation that teams from years past have had? The answer runs deeper than just to hit better, it lies in whether or not the Wolverines actually have an attainable path to providing…

… emphasis on power-hitting, a common argument has been Michigan’s inability to keep up with the changes. However, recently, the Wolverines’ bats have shown serious pop. Over the past weekend at Ohio…

April 07, 2021 (vol. 130, iss. 27) • Page Image 16

… saluted the judges, stepped out on the floor and performed a strong routine that allowed the No. 4 Wolverines (20-2) to tie their program record team score at the NCAA Regionals over the weekend…

…. The Wolverines showed some nerves on the first day of competition in the Regional Semifinals, but the team ultimately placed first and advanced. Michigan’s biggest errors in its first day of…

… 9.975. The high scoring performances kept Michigan in the lead with second place Golden Bears trailing by 0.375 points. Despite the Wolverine’s beam performance in the previous day…

… floor. The Wolverines kept their momentum on floor, with four gymnasts earning scores of 9.900, and Wilson topping the rotation with a 9.950. Wojcik finished the rotation with a 9.900, even…

… the mix.” Although Wojcik’s stellar routine wasn’t necessary in securing Michigan’s win, it pushed the team to tie its program record and give the Wolverines necessary confidence as they…

…. With his family in the stands, he homered to deep right field. It’s a moment Michigan coach Erik Bakich thinks Lawrence will never forget, but one of few things the rest of the Wolverines will…

April 10, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 103) • Page Image 8

… were invited to the USA College National Team tryouts. In the fall, they accounted for a combined 56.8 percent of the Wolverines’ kills, 48.4 percent of their blocks and 44.6 percent of their…

… with 463 kills. Jones’ attack power slotted her as the Wolverines’ top offensive weapon and secured her a unanimous selection to the All- Big Ten First Team. Middle blocker Jess Robinson…

April 09, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 102) • Page Image 3

… with each other anonymously, and hopefully make people feel a little better.” Hilkert said he based his idea off of Wolverine Support Network and their peer-to-peer support system. “I…

… thought (Wolverine Support Network) is a really good resource,” Hilkert said. “But the limitation there is that it’s once a week for an hour rather than being a live resource where you can…

April 06, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 99) • Page Image 3

…It is during times like this, when normalcy escapes us and uncertainty consumes us, that what defines us becomes clear. Our identities as Wolverines no longer hinge on the routines we had…

… are able to feel like a Wolverine during a time where being a Wolverine looks entirely different than before. Engineering junior Bashar Hallak, Baalbek, Lebanon native, described his…

… businesses ranging from the Ozone House, a nonprofit that provides shelter and support to homeless youth, to Rays Red Hots, a popular dining spot for Wolverines, aiming, “to support…

… Clara Munkarah spent a few of her final moments as a Wolverine organizing a charity virtual cup pong tournament in which over 25 Wolverines are participating in. The winner of the virtual cup…

April 03, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 98) • Page Image 8

Wolverines on their winter break training trip to Key Largo, Fla. In her Michigan debut at the Orange Bowl Classic, Carter set the meet record for the 100-meter butterfly. A performance like that…

… appeared par for the course considering the high expectations of the Wolverines’ coaching staff. “She swims a lot of different events, so she will be scoring a lot of points in different places…

…. “... but we’re just better because she’s a great contributing athlete and a great Michigan woman.” Carter recognized the profundity of the ‘Michigan woman’ title. She’s been a Wolverine long enough…

April 23, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 106) • Page Image 7

… dodged down the alley, firing an overhand shot past the head of Rutgers goalkeeper Max Edelman to bring the Wolverines within one goal, 10-9. His second of the day, Curran’s goal brought hope to…

… Charalambides maneuvered past the Wolverines’ defensive unit and snuck a shot past senior goalkeeper Gunner Garner, notching his sixth goal on the day to end those hopes. Despite the efforts of…

April 23, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 106) • Page Image 8

…-hander Jeff Criswell transitioned from the bullpen into a starting role this year with fellow sophomore Ben Dragani’s season- ending injury. In his Sunday- starter role, he has helped carry the Wolverines

… grit at the perfect time Facing the Big Ten’s best offense this weekend, the Michigan softball team showed it could win ugly. On Friday, the Wolverines jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the…

April 22, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 105) • Page Image 7

…-6 Big Ten) was the first of the day, as the Wolverines (27-11, 7-3) established their dominance by taking the second game of the double header, 10-1 to complete a three- game sweep. In both games…

Wolverines a 4-0 lead and they never looked back. It ended up being a career day for Bullock, who found himself behind strong offensive and defensive starters. But with junior outfielder Jordan…

April 22, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 105) • Page Image 9

…’s qualifying session, McCallum again marked a 14.000 after putting his hands down when landing, but he advanced to Saturday’s final because the Wolverines qualified as a team. Michigan ultimately…

… career, McCallum competed alongside his teammates in the final round of competition. Until Friday, the Wolverines had not made it to the second day of the championships as a team since 2015. “It was…

April 22, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 105) • Page Image 10

… that standpoint.” As defensive coordinator Don Brown pointed out just after Gattis finished talking, the Wolverines are a package defense. There’s little trickery going on — they’re going to play…

… in most. Gattis, in his first month practicing against Brown’s defense, said the toughest challenge his offense faces every day in practice is that the Wolverines don’t just run their…

April 19, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 106) • Page Image 7

… season. A winning record in Big Ten play. The Wolverines had never done that either — or even won more than two games. Make the Big Ten Tournament. The last time that happened was 2016, back before…

… values, on and off the field. The mantra upon which Nielsen bases her culture. Now, the Wolverines have done all those things. They’re 14-2, having already clinched an undefeated home record and a…

April 19, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 106) • Page Image 8

… something different. The Wolverines have been through hell and back. Riddled with coaching scandals, injuries, and some less-than-stellar scores throughout the past few months, they have been in the…

… Quad Meet on Feb. 15, a meet they were highly favored to win, the Wolverines bounced back to convincingly win the Big Ten Championship. And then, riding the momentum of their conference title…

April 18, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 105) • Page Image 7

… to give. The season, of course, was great. The Wolverines won over 30 games, set a program record with a 17-0 start and made it to the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend. Simpson, though, isn…

… Detroit papers, he’s not sure which, ran a big, celebratory headline. It had been 19 years since the Wolverines made it that far. In the six years since, they’ve done so four times. And made the…

April 17, 2019 (vol. 127, iss. 105) • Page Image 2

… meetings to Thursday evenings and codifying Wolverine Consulting Group, a free consulting service provided by CSG to student organizations. The Assembly also approved a resolution organizing healthy…

… Fishbowl the evening of April 24 and the Duderstadt Center the evening of April 25. Engineering junior Zeke Majeske, previous Wolverine Consulting Group vice chair for external affairs, then…

April 17, 2019 (vol. 127, iss. 105) • Page Image 7

…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Sports Wednesday, April 17, 2019 — 7A Big game woes T he Michigan baseball team is 24-11 overall and stands third in the Big Ten. The Wolverines have…

… by four or more runs and have a defense that shuts down opposing hitters. That is, if they’re playing lesser teams. Teams like Michigan State, Bing- hamton or West Michigan. The Wolverines

April 16, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 104) • Page Image 7

…-4) just 17 seconds into the game en route to a 12-8 win on Saturday. Coming off their first loss of the season to No. 2 Maryland, the Wolverine players aimed to take an early lead in order to…

… gave the Wolverines an 8-4 advantage at halftime. Michigan began the second half just as strong as it ended the first, with Kane scoring just 1:39 into the half. But the scoring quickly dried up as…

… the Wolverines didn’t score again for more than 20 minutes, with Rutgers goalkeeper Kameron Halsall making five saves in that span. With 10:26 remaining in the game, the Scarlet Knights had…

…’t quite falling our way.” Even though Rutgers appeared to be gaining momentum midway through the second half — scoring three consecutive goals — the Wolverines kept fighting. They put together…

… four minutes, securing the victory for the Wolverines. “We just needed that to keep the momentum going,” Muir said. “We knew we were OK, but we just wanted to keep it going. We were missing a lot of…

….” Since the Wolverines had not lost all season prior to last weekend, this was their first opportunity to prove that they could bounce back from a tough loss. While Rutgers is not a particularly…

… turf, for the final time. As the PA announced each player’s position, name and hometown, the Wolverines were recognized for a historic season that is far from over, and how the 11 women holding…

… bouquets of maize flowers helped shape the program into what it is today. And help shape the program, they did. The eighth-ranked Wolverines put on a show for the crowd, defeating Rutgers, 12-8. This…

… win helped secure Michigan’s first undefeated home season since the program’s inception in 2014. Though they didn’t play a perfect game by any means, the Wolverines defeated the Scarlet Knights…

… who succeeded for the Wolverines. As a team, they won three events and placed in the top five in 11 total events on the day. “(Foster) is a very hard worker,” said Michigan coach James Henry. “We…

April 16, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 104) • Page Image 8

… provides consistency. She appeared in 55 of last season’s 59 contests and has started all 39 of the Wolverines’ games so far this year. Rodriguez’s defensive prowess played a major role in 2018’s…

… among the Wolverines’ starters — Rodriguez spent much of the offseason in the batting cage. Now, as one of the country’s only true switch-hitters, she poses a threat regardless of the situation…

April 15, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 103) • Page Image 9

…. According to Michigan coach, the Wolverines went into the series “fired up” to face an unranked, 18-16 Ohio State team and looking to stay hot. What followed was unexpected. Michigan dropped the…

…. The Wolverines avoided a sweep in the second game of Saturday’s double header, beating the Buckeyes, 6-2. “It was a disappointing weekend,” said Michigan coach Erik Bakich. “We…

April 12, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 102) • Page Image 7

… against Ohio State and Michigan State. The Wolverines’ rivalries with these two colleges are some of the most storied in collegiate athletics, and winning a road game in Columbus or East Lansing…

… in this year’s NCAA Tournament — something the program hasn’t done since 2016. And it’s not just a single matchup away from home. First, the Wolverines will head to Columbus for a weekend series…

April 11, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 101) • Page Image 5

Wolverines’ offensive revival. During its current 15-game win streak, Michigan is averaging nearly nine runs per game — a stark contrast to the 3.59 runs per game it averaged through the first five…

Wolverines sit atop the Big Ten, the pressure of being a senior as the regular season winds down doesn’t faze Peters in the slightest. If anything, it drives her to embrace the stage that these…

… as a Wolverine ended, two questions followed: what is her Michigan legacy and what is next for the program? Now, one year later, those questions are beginning to get answered following another…

… second-round appearance and the emergence of a freshmen class with astronomically high potential. However, with the impending graduation of the Wolverines’ two co-captains, seniors Hallie Thome and…

… always like ‘I’m going to school in Philly.’ ” But, eventually, Munger ended up getting over her early fears and committed to play for the Wolverines. “I knew that Michigan was a place that I could…

….” While the Wolverines weren’t necessarily on Munger’s mind until the recruitment process began, for Thome, it was a completely different story. Thome is from the suburbs of Cleveland, just a three…

Wolverines yet again failed to qualify for the Big Dance and instead again went to the WNIT, despite a 28-9 record and a third-place finish in the Big Ten. This time, though, they helped Michigan win it…

….” That sense of sisterhood became especially important during the team’s early season struggles. After starting out 3-6 in the Big Ten, things were not looking great for the Wolverines. It was left up…

April 11, 2019 (vol. 128, iss. 101) • Page Image 6

… that they couldn’t capitalize on or we stopped,” Bakich said. “Angelo (Smith) pitched us out of some big jams as well.” The Wolverines’ offense picked up in the bottom of the inning. Singles…

… two runs from singles, marking junior right- hander Jack Weisenburger’s first conceded runs of the season. It seemed initially as though the Wolverines would contain the Sycamores’ offense in the…

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