… locked up home court advantage for an NCAA Super Regional. Styler didn’t wait to make his mark either. On his first match point, he delivered an ace to win in straight sets, giving the Wolverines…
… confidence and time to focus on my own game.” His feeling was certainly right: five of six Michigan players won their first sets. Even so, the Wolverines didn’t need all five of those wins, anyway…
… against Indiana still up in the air heading into Sunday’s game, the Wolverines expected more of the same. Instead, they received a shock: a near-total collapse from their newfound starter, one that…
… the Wolverines’ weekend starters — an unusual occurrence for a group that as of recent has consistently set the table despite an inconsistent bullpen to back them. On Friday, the…
… lost a conference championship since 2015. Over the past seven years, the Wolverines have gone unmatched against the Collegiate Water Polo Association. With six championships, the only time they…
… something special.” In their match against the Bears, the Wolverines placed relentless pressure on their opponent with an early 4-2 lead at the end of the first. After going back-and-forth for the next…
…, getting past the first step proved fatal. The Wolverines (11-7 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) dropped 23 out of 29 faceoffs against No. 4 Northwestern (15-4, 6-2) in a game that continuously saw Michigan…
… the offensive zone, darting past the Wolverines’ defense and netting Northwestern a 1-0 lead. The Wildcats exploited Michigan’s inability to win draw controls all day, yet never found as much…
… past season, you likely know there is no clear cut storyline for the Wolverines. They started the season slow, streaked and slumped, and finished Big Ten play on fire. And throughout…
… classify the Wolverines’ season is to look at the way they played in Big Ten series because they almost always played out the same way. There was always one game where Michigan was firing on all…
… conference opponents — the last being Ohio State (24-3, 7-0) in a 4-2 victory — en route to retaining its first Big Ten Championship since 1996. It’s a victory that has been on the Wolverines’ mind…
… during Michigan’s opening tournament match. Two Wolverines faltered in their second sets, as senior Patrick Maloney lost his final game in straight points and sophomore Nino Ehrenschneider dropped…
…, the Wolverines took the opportunity to rest most of their typical arms — and struggled in their absence. Of course, that bullpen day was a byproduct of Thursday’s and Friday’s games, in which the…
… Wolverines went all in with their best arms. “We are going to treat every week … from here on out like it’s tournament baseball, double elimination baseball,” Michigan coach Erik Bakich said on…
… — Exactly 50 days ago, the Michigan softball team got punched in the mouth. In the first Big Ten series of the season, Nebraska came into Ann Arbor and swept the Wolverines in a doubleheader, putting…
… them in an early hole in Big Ten play. For the past 50 days, Michigan has grinded itself out of that hole. The Wolverines have battled through injuries, built momentum, and ridden a recent hot…
… Billie Andrews’ head into left-center field for an RBI double. And though the Wolverine bats struggled to string anything else together, the game was knotted up at one. But a controversial call halted…
