… you never thought you'd hear that.) But for the Wolverines, this feeling comes as they sit square on the NCAA Tournament bubble, hoping they've done enough this season to earn a bid to the Big Dance…
… bid. The Wolverines (10-6 Big Ten, 17-12 overall) capped off their best Big Ten season since the 2000-2001 campaign with a 58-55 win at Illinois, and they secured a first-round bye and the No. 3 seed…
… physical post pres- ence the Wolverines sorely need and have lacked for several years. On Wednesday night, the Detroit native finally validated his coaches' faith. "It kind of just got rolling," Morgan said…
… opponents - put more of an emphasis on locking down the Wolverines' shooters. As a result, Morgan constantly found himself open rolling to the basket or slipping past defenders while cuttingto the hoop…
… Wolverine forward led team to first-ever College Cup berth By BRIAN MECHANICK Daily Sports Writer Two months ago, the Michi- gan men's soccer team reached its greatest heights and the future looked bright…
…. Today, one decision has shaken the team to its core. Soony Saad, the Wolverines' star freshman forward, left the University after the fall term in pursuit of a professional career in Europe. Michigan…
… into flux. Along with senior forward Justin Meram's move to the MLS's Columbus Crew, the Wolverines -are now without ,36 of their 53 goals from last season. Michigan is in the hunt for strikers, but with…
… at by clubs in Germany and Belgium, but top 2011 signee Sean Cunningham, a left back, passed over the Wolverines for Norwegian side Molde FK. Saad enters the pro rank try- ing to beat a miserable Michi…
… national star to come out of Burns's pro- gram or he could go the way his Wolverine predecessors. Either way, his Michigan teammates and club supporters will miss No. 8up top next fall. There's a difference…
… sent the Wolverines into overtime against the Jay- hawks - it was the first time the score was tied since tipoff. "Coach drew up a play and we ran it and they countered it, kind of stopped it for a…
… little bit, coun- tered it," Morris said on Sunday. "And I was blessed enough to hit a shot." Carrying a lot of momentum from the end of the second half, the Wolverines took their first lead all afternoon…
… wanted the Michigan offense. As a sopho- more, Morris has played with the ability of an upperclassman, pacing the Wolverine offense in points and assists along the way. But there's no getting around it…
… overtime victory at home on Fri- Daily Sports Editor day night while the Wolverines bounced back and trounced Michi- A hockey observer looking at gan State, 4-0, at Yost Ice Arena on the CCHA standings might…
… Berenson knew the Wolverines' in- with a 3-1 lead heading down the state rival would be a "better team" stretch, Michigan State looked to in the latter part of conference play. be in control. And the 27-year…
… head coach was That was until the Wolverines' right - at least for the first week- special teams and David Wohlberg end in January - as Michigan and emerged. Michigan State split their weekend After…
… Moffatt tallied the Wolverines' second power play goal, tipping in a wrist shot with just under three minutes left in the game to bring Michigan within one goal. Looking for the equalizer with less than a…
…-4-1-0, CCHA, 13-6-4 over- all) had the opportunity to bounce back and secure a series split. And prior to the second game on Satur- day, the Wolverines had their cus- tomary morning meeting in which Berenson…
… practices evoked a memory, but hockey. It might sound cocky, but probably more telling, induced a I feel that way." realization of the current state of But Michigan coach Red the Wolverines. Berenson didn…
… team." The Wolverines lost 2-1 to The newly constructed line Michigan State in late January, of seniors Caporusso and Carl and last weekend they suffered Hagelin and freshman Chris their first series…
… program record for career singles wins. Former Wolverine Chisako Sugiyama holds the current record with 104 wins; Muresan currently sits at the No. 5 slot with 93. Michigan coach Ronni Ber- nstein explained…
… with making history in the Michigan women's tennis program. During the 2009-10 season, the Illinois native earned All- American honors - the first Wolverine to do so since Marian Kremer in 1981- and was…
… alive for Michi- gan men's basketball when the Wolverines faced off against No. 3 Kansas on Sun- day. It was the NOTEBOOK second time this season Michigan has played in front of a soldout crowd. The first…
… really good." In Beilein's previous three sea- sons, he's brought in a national powerhouse to compete in Ann Arbor. During the 2007-08 sea- son, the Wolverines lost, 69-54, to then-No. 8 UCLA. But in the…
… points scored in a first half for Michi- gan this season. With 3:27 left in the second half and the Wolverine's down by six points, Novak hit a 3-pointer that got the Maize and Blue faithful on their feet…
… defenseman Mac Bennett scored his first goal of the season to put the Wolverines up by four. "Tonight was huge. It was an opportunity to climb back in the standings," Hunwick said on Satur- day. "We knew Notre…
… Michigan scored on three con- Secutive offensive possessions - the Wolverines shot just 33-percent from the field. But down just two points with 53 seconds remaining, the Wolverines knew they couldn…
… Women's Michigan Basketball was under the direction of then-coach Sue Gue- vara. More than 10 years later, there are a lot of new faces in Ann Arbor, but the Wolverines are looking for similar success…
… seasons. Dur- ing his tenure he has recorded three winning seasons and two WNIT appearances, but no NCAA Tournament appear- ances. Two seasons ago he took the Wolverines to the semifinals of the WNIT, which…
…, the Wolverines' 22 pen- alty minutes led to their defeat. "It's always tough to play these guys," senior forward Carl Hagelin said after Friday's game. "They try to get in your head, get in your face…
… Wolverines took seven penal- ties in Detroit, allowing Colorado College to score four times with the man advantage - that's six power play goals allowed in two games. With the penalty kill well off its top-10…
…, finishingwith 27 points. Fueled by Morgan's monster first half, the Wolverines went into halftime leading 34-19. But even with the 15-point cushion, junior captain Zack Novak felt his team was too loose heading…
… the peri- od, which pulled the Wildcats within eight. But it was in the final five minutes of the game when the Wolverines became the most vulnerable. On the coattails of fourstraight 3-point scoring…
…0I 6A - Thursday, November 10, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Shutout ends 'M' season early 84th-minute score By STEVEN BRAID drops Wolverines The Michigan men's soccer team opened…
… the first round of the conference tournament hop- ing to resurrect the magic of 2010. The defending Big Ten Tour- nament champion Wolverines were con- _ fident WISCONSIN 2 they could MICHIGAN 0 repeat…
… ability to surprise every- one but themselves. But this wasn't the same high- octane Wolverine team of 2010, and it showed. Struggling to convert on scor- ing opportunities the whole game - much like they…
… Wolverines nor the Badgers (4-2, 10-7-2) could convert as they entered halftime in a scoreless tie. .As the wind died down at the beginning of the second half, Wisconsin played much more aggressively. It…
…. "For 84 minutes, Grinwis managed the game really, really well," said Michigan coach Steve Burns. "He made things look easy in a couple of very dangerous sit- uations." The Wolverines, though, con- tinued…
… Wolverines' remarkable run through the 2010 Big Ten and NCAA Tournament that ended in a heartbreaking 1-0 loss in the semifinals to Akron. So it knew that Michigan coach Steve Burns coaches his teams to thrive…
… from find- ing nylon. It was clear Wisconsin knew what it was getting from the scrappy Wolverines, and when push came to shove - with about six minutes remaining in the match - the Badgers made sure…
… seemed imminent. And because the first Wolverine letdown took so long, when it finally happened, it was crippling. The wind picked up even stronger and Shaw and the rest of the seniors realized their…
… Michigan careers were ending. The Badgers' preparation over- whelmed the Wolverines down the stretch. But Burns was quick to point out the team's bright future, saying his young guys are "starting to come…
… aftersoon is Nichols Arboretum. CRIME NOTES Cool runnings i$ounce :WHERE: Wolverine Tower WHERE: Intramural WHEN: Thursday at about Sports Building 8:45 a.m. WHEN: Thursday at about WHAT: Staff from the 6…
… say the law most address the needs of atechnological society. 2The Michigan hockey team swept 'Bentley this past weekend, winning two games with a combined score of 9-2. The sixth-ranked Wolverines are…
… third of Michigan's scor- F Asvt ing this season. Morgan has to stay out of foul trouble - some- thing he struggled with for the first half of the season - so the Wolverines will at least have one big…
