…'S BLOWOUT CITY, BABY! Even though the Wolverines defeated Alaska-Fairbanks by those scores last weekend in the first round of the CCHA playoffs, chances are good that Michigan w be involved in much tighter…
… games for the remainder of the postseason - ,'vever far the Wolverines advance. Michigan's first tough test in the play- bffs could come against Bowling Green in this evening's CCHA semifinal at Joe Louis…
… Basketball Writer When Michigan got its bid to the NCAA Tournament, Wolverine fans breathed a sigh of relief. Not only was their squad headed to the 'big dance', Michigan vs. Western Kentucky Thursday, 10 p…
…. Georgetown 19-9 24 23. Missouri 19-8 17 24. Iowa St. 22-10 - 25. Syracuse 19-9 21 MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily The Wolverines will have their hands full with 26-3 Western Kentucky. Women split against Big Ten foes…
… weekend. The Wolverines rebounded, earning a split in two Big Ten matches in Columbus. Michigan shut out Ohio State by the score of 9-0 Friday. The Wolver- ines lost only one set in singles play and three…
…. 12 Indiana, the defending conference champion. The Hoosiers, who. handed the Wolverines their only two losses last year, continued to be a nemesis for them, as Indiana nipped its confer- ence rivals…
… close scores. "It was just a matter of a couple of points here and there that proved to be the difference," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. Afterlosing four of six matches in singles play, the Wolverines…
… Wolverines face Vanderbilt and William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. CCIA Playoffs at the Joe Olympia Arenas, Inc. and the Daily are holding a contest with prizes for the CCHA Playoffs March 18, and 19 at Joe…
…'s ten- nis team destroyed Minnesota by a score of 6-1 ending the Golden Go- phers' 40 match win streak in the Big Ten. The Wolverines played flawless tennis, winning every set in all of their singles…
… matches, with the excep- tion of first singles, en route to their stunning upset in Minneapolis. No. 20 Minnesota, the Big Ten Champions for the last three years, have given the Wolverines a lot of trouble…
… in the past. "I would say that it's an obstacle that we've been trying to get over for a long time," Adam Wager said. The Wolverines began the match by seizing two of three doubles matches and…
… capturing the doubles point. At first doubles, Michigan's John Constanzo and Peter Pusztai defeated Lars Hjarrand and Erik Donley, 8-5. The other doubles vic- tory came at third doubles. The Wolverine's David…
… great moti- vating factor for the Michigan men's volley- ball team, and this weekend the Wolverines will get their chance. The squad will face off against Michigan State this Friday night in East Lansing…
…. The Spar~s trounced the Wolverines Jan. 17 at the CCRB, and the Wolverines are look- ing to show the Spartans how much the team has improved. "This is the big one," Michigan captain Jamie Reynolds said…
… addition to Rodriguez and Reynolds, the team Michigan will field against Michigan State is a cohesiv Pothiraj, Ted Sko out the starters. Stilstra also ac with his coach's on the Wolverine He volunteered for…
… 1994 to be exact -theyUA were all Wolverines. They were fourth-fifths of the simultaneouslyt famous and infamous Fab Five. And they were the team everybody wanted to beat. On this particular night, Texas…
… was the "everybody" with a yen to knock off the third-seeded Wolverines. The No. 6 seed Longhorns had beaten Western Kentucky to earn the right to challenge the two-time defending regional cham- pions…
…, who had snuck by Pepperdine in the first round, 78-74. Beating the tour- ney-tested Wolverines, though, was a task the blazing-fast Longhorns just couldn't master: After an end-to-end battle, they…
… succumbed 84-79. Texas against Michigan ... sounds familiar ... the Wolverines take on the Longhorns again this season. The No. 7 and No. 10 seeds will rumble at ap- proximately 10:30 p.m. tomorrow in the…
… one again tomorrow night. Fife, though, is by far the most expe- rienced ofthe Wolverines. He's dressed for more Michigan tournament games than the rest of the Wolverines com- bined. He played all but a…
… for them. The Wolverines have one of the tallest teams in the nation, with three players over six feet. Oklahoma State's biggest starter is only 6-foot-1, first-year center Shea Jackson. Jackson is also…
… the team's leading rebounder, averaging 6.1 a contest. The Wolverines will counter Jackson with Joan Rieger and Val Hall. Both are known "as tough aggressive players. Rounding out the Michigan front…
… fifth starter in the Wolverine line-up. After a slow start for the senior, she came on like a freight train in the second half of the year. After she started sinking baskets consistently from the corner…
… of the court, her scoring average jumped up from a few points to 10.8. She was the spark that ignited the Wolverines seven game winning streak which ended just over a week ago. All five of the Michigan…
… seniors are in the middle of any successful team." Michigan also has more depth than the Cowboys. Oklahoma State only rotates about seven or eight players, where as the Wolverines utilize nine or ten women…
… the Wolverines, because this is the first time the team has ever won the Big Eight. "This is an exciting time fc r us," Oklahoma State coach Dick Hateralman said. "It is definitely a highlight for the…
… careers of our seniors." Apparently the Cowboys know even less about Michigan. The only item that Hateralman has received on the team is a roster that lists the Wolverines' height. "It is a big concern of…
… Basketball Writer Big Ten title they have earnered d... Let's not say that Michigan is looking past their first round opponent in the NCAA, Illinois State. But the Wolverines are well aware of a very…
… hype around it." But before the Spartans and Wolverines can plan on another date, the Wolverines would have to beat such teams as top seed UNLV, Ari- zona or Ohio State. Michigan State would have to get…
… this national tournament in the biggest event in college basketball." Since the Spartans have won the more media attention within th state than the Wolverines, which suits Terry Mills just fine. "We…
… other seven teams and easing toward a new school record. But then on the horizontal bar, one of their stronger events, the roof caved in. Scoring only 45.65 points, the Wolverines (281.8) not only fell…
… short of the school record, they barely eked out a victory over Illinois-Chi- cago (281.35). The Wolverines needed a 46.1 on the hori- zontal bar to equal the school record which they set last week at…
… last night. The food wasn't bad, either. The evening began and ended with Wolverines on stage at the CCHA Awards Wquet last night at the Crowne Plaza ronchartrain Hotel in downtown Detroit. Awards…
… - Mike Johnson, Curtis Fry and Brett Punchard - each scored three goals on the weekend. If Turco and the Wolverines take care of Bowling Green tonight, they. will face one of the only two teams to beat…
…, the Wolverines shot out to an early lead. And just like those same games, the team could not maintain its lead. Purdue triumphed by a final score of 110-51, the greatest number of points ever given up…
… by a Wolverine squad in Big Ten play. Not that Michigan was expected to maintain the lead, of course. The No. 10 Boilermakers (16-2 Big Ten, 25-4 overall) needed only to beat the young Wolverines (0…
… of business, and that's exactly what we did today." The Boilermakers looked sluggish early, allowing the Wolverines a 10-3 lead after a textbook two-on-one be- tween Michigan captain Shimmy Gray, who…
… calmed down and did what we needed to do, we were fine." "Fine" is exactly what the remain- der of the game was for the Old Gold and Black. Purdue scored the next 13 points and outscored the Wolverines 48…
… coach Trish Roberts said. "They've got strength. They've got quickness. They've got power. They've got shooters. They've got depth. They've got all the things that we lack." The game, and the Wolverines…
… ventures. Saturday was Johnson's day, though, and Michigan had no cure for her. She had game-highs of 23 points and 13 rebounds and was the major force in holding the Wolverines' post players to eight points…
… lot higher. I knew we could not beat them in the post." The Wolverines were led by Gray's 13 points and 10 rebounds, with Kiefer and Johnson each chip- ping in 12 points each. JOE WESTRATE…
… was probably no more appropriate, albeit sadder, way for the Michigan women's basketball team to end its historically bad 1993- 94 season. The Wolverines 110-51 loss to Purdue not only capped Michigan…
…'t linger on the par- ticulars of the game. The Wolverines have lost so many times this season, who really wants to hear about it again in the last column about them this year? Instead, I'd like to focus your…
… at- tention on some other matters of the Wolverines from this year and be- yond. Call it the top-five impressions left on this writer by Michigan's Big Ten season: 1) The best of the Big Ten? With…
… mailcarrier. And no one in wonderland asked if Michigan was good enough to win a national title. Everyone knew they were. But the Wolverines, aren't in wonderland anymore. Some might say that Saturday's 10…
… it all?" The answer, as any good politician would tell you, is an emphatic maybe. The Wolverines' fate in the CCHA finals and NCAA playoffs rests with the defense. "Our efforts are going to be focused…
… spring schedule this weekend. The No. 13-ranked Wolverines travel t Tallahassee. Fla. to take on the streaking Florida State Seminoles. The No. 1-ranked Seminoles (17-3) will be applying the heat during…
… the three-game weekend series at Dick Howiser Stadium. with games Friday and Saturday nights and a Sunday matinee. The Wolverines will have to duplicate their offensive prowess of last weekend in Mobile…
… mound for the Wolv- enes, while Florida State coun- ters with right-handed hurler Roger Bailey (-1) Saturday, Wolverine Russell Brock -1 opposes Jimmy Lewis (-1) and in Sun- days contest, Michigan will…
… team. Out of thesen Wolverine qualifiers, three - Joey Gilbere 13 pounds), Sean Bormet (8and Fritz Lehrke (190 m- all advanced to the quarter final round. Two Michigan wrestlers - James Rawls (142) and…
… games as a Wolverine, he has gar- nered 34 points, a +11 plus/minus ratio, and a kaleidoscope of mem- ories - from his first goal scored at the north end of Yost Ice Arena in his first game four years ago…
… to this season's third straight Great Lakes Invitational Championship. And now an NCAA bid, Michi- gan's first since 1977. Yet in only two quick losses, it could all be over. Most of the Wolverines…
… the present Wolverine team members have been practicing since mid-January at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. But with the resurgence of warmer weather, the squad plans to move practice outside in the next few…
… over 30 members on the roster already, the Wolverines hope to field both a college team (13 undergraduatess and two graduates) and a club team (any combination of undergraduate, graduate, and non…
… finals, 15-5,15-8. After eliminating Purdue in the quarterfinals, the Wolverines notched a three-set semifinal victory over Minnesota, 15-8, 12-15, 15- 10. Michigan defeated the Spartans at the beginning…
… team. The Wolverines find them- selves with an all-too-familiar shape in the win column: 0. While most Michigan students were partying, skiing or just lounging around eating donuts on spring break, the…
… Wolverines were searching for the consistency that has been miss- ing this season. "We are still struggling," said Michigan coach Bob Darden said after the two meets over break. "We are just not showing the…
… like winning de- cisively," Michigan men's tennis coach Brian Eisner said after the Wolverines' 7-0 victory over Eastern Michigan on Friday. Michigan won the six singles matches and two of the three…
… play real well," Eisner said. Although the match was not piv- otal, the Wolverines "came away with a lot of positives." "The point is to get the most out of a match like this and still improve your game…
… BAKER, Page 2 Police report: use of mace justified Michigan's Dan Stiver skates up ice against Lake Superior . Stiver and the rest of the Wolverines begin the NCAA race tonight.against Cornell. lCers w…
… question is the NCAA hockey tournament, and when the curtain goes up on the first round this weekend, the pres- entation will showcase Michigan versus the Cornell Big Red. For Wolverine ..coach .Red…
…. Berenson, the rehearsal has lasted since his inception at the head Michigan position seven years ago. After being overlooked by the national selection committee last year, the Wolverines became de- termined…
… to do really well. So we worked hard this year to get here and now we want to do something when we're here." To achieve this higher goal, the Wolverines must first surpass the See ICERS, Page 9…
… INDIANAPOLIS -For the Michigan women's track and field team, winning the Big Ten title was its mission. Anything beyond that would be an added bonus. This week- end, the Wolverines went to the NCAA Championships…
… sixth. "Itbettered my mentality andmade me more confident only having to race once," Szabo said. The 5000 meters didn't go as well as expected forthe Wolverines. Going intp the race, Molly McClimon and…
… Nelson each had 10. The Cowboys drew Michigan as their second-round matchup. The game will be played Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Crisler Arena. The Wolverines won the last time the two teams met, 75-72 in the…
… 2). Technical Fouls: none. RUMORE Continued from Page 11 of big, bad boosters. The Wolverines won despite playing probably the scrappiest and gutsiest team they have faced all season, a team they…
…. "The Wolverine Party has the elec tion apparatus in their pocket and lu think that's disgusting," said Paul Scublinsky, who filed as the Michigan Party candidate for LSA-SG president. The controversy…
… not trying to sabotage any- thing," said Andy Schor, Wolverine Party candidate forMSApresident. "We didn't break any rules because we read the rules and they didn't. We knew what we had to do and we did…
… Wolverines have made an NCAA tournament ap- pearance. The University, which holds the NCAA record with seven national championships, is rich in hockey tradition, but the program's past achievements are ancient…
… enthusiastic, aggressive brand of hockey, the Wolverines have returned pride to the program. The best-of-three series with the Big Red begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. and continues with games on Saturday and, if…
… a g' JOSE JUAREZJDaily a: Michigan center Mark Ouimet looks for the puck in a Michigan victory over Boston University earlier this season. Despite the Wolverines' accomplishments, teams like k Boston…
… about, the se- lectors of the 12-team field for the Y NCAA hockey tournament have un- ,justly snubbed the Wolverine hockey beam. tee was thinking when it failed to in- clude the Wolverines. The following…
…'s NCAAs and Kimball said that Lesser could do well in nationals. Two other Wolverines,juniorAbel Sanchez and sophomore Alex Bogaerts,just missed qualifying. Both divers needed a fourth place finish on the…
… seed in the Southeast. The Wolverines went on to defeat Seton Hall, 80-79, for the national championship…
… STILLWATER, OK- The magic continued for the Michigan women's basketball team last night, as the Wolverines won their first NCAA tournament game ever, 77- 68, over the hometown Oklahoma St. Cowgirls in front of…
… right over Cowgirl Liz Brown t give the Wolverines an early 4- lead. Brown then countered with he quickness. The junior guard and he backcourt partner, Althea Cox See NCAAS, Page 9 USSR plans election…
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