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… top-10 national finishes in 11 sports. Wolverine teams also compiled eight conference championships throughout the year. The fourth-place finish was the Wol- verines' third-best performance in the 12…

….25. Duke came in fifth with 1021.25 points. 4 Members of the Michigan softball team celebrate after the Wolverines won their first national championship. I 4 4 4 Michigan celebrates its 3-2 win over…

… Iowa for the Big Ten championship (FILE PHOTO). Above: All- s in the Wolverines' match against Ohio State in February (FILE PHOTO). …

… against Michigan State, Michigan freshman forward Ta'Shia Walker brought the ball to the 3-point line with the Wolverines trailing 68-60. After executing a perfect ball fake, she drove down the line for…

… State. The Wolverines created opportunities and for a half, gave the Spartans all they could handle, but ulti- mately were outplayed. "We didn't want to just compete, we wanted to get this one," Burnett…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 13 Junior Christian Vozza has golfed well, but Michigan, as a team this season, has not. Blue struggling with consistency Wolverines excited about…

… Arbor this year. Ideally, the Wolverines should know every bunker, uneven green and narrow fairway of their course like the back of their hand. But because of weather constraints, the team hasn't played…

…I FALLING FAST The Michigan women's basketball team fell to Michigan State on Sunday - the fifth-straight loss for the Wolverines. PAGE 3B BIG TEN, BIG TIMES Daniel Horton is close to returning to…

… celebrate after Dusty Mangum kicked a game-winning field goal with no time left to give the Longhorns a Rose Bowl victory. Above: Sophomore Steve Breaston looks on in disbelief after the Wolverines' loss…

…'s start. So far, so good. The Wolverines (3-1 Big Ten, 35-2 overall) have already established a school-record 32- game winning streak and have taken the No. 1 ranking in both national polls. But what wasn…

… attendance for the Sparty's second-half collapse. This had been the first anti-Wolverine sentiment of the day, but it was quickly followed by apologies and hugs. "But I think I'd rather have my season end like…

… load for the Wolverines. After losing the first game of her college career, 5-2, to Iowa on Friday - which also snapped Michigan's school-record winning streak - Wilson came back and threw a one…

… changed." Wilson's success has also allowed Motycka to move to the designated hitter spot, where she has been a big part of the Wolverines' record-setting offense. In just 37 games, Motycka has contributed…

… stepped into the national spotlight with a 3-0 record and 19 strikeouts in the tournament. With Ritter as the clear No. 1 starter - she is 16-0 this season and carried the Wolverines through much of the…

…, the Wolverines were living up to those expectations. They beat then-No. 8 Georgia and then-No. 10 North Carolina in close games. They strung together 10 straight wins - six of which were on the road…

… team struggles at the plate, the defense is put under an enormous amount of pressure. During the nonconference sched- ule, the Wolverines enjoyed the benefits of a high team batting average (.327) and…

…-than-stellar offen- sive performance. Michigan was also faced with sit- uations it wasn't used to. In its 10-game winning streak, the Wolverines won eight games by more than three runs. This past weekend, the first…

… bounced over junior Mike Schmidt's head in the third game of the series, and Michi- gan had a large mountain to climb. The Wolverines still have a light at the end of the tunnel. With the exception of the…

… Illinois sweeping traditional power- house Ohio State). For the Wolverines to get back on track, they must forget about Min- nesota and take each series one at a time. The hitting must come back, but the…

… win of the weekend. He also swam on the Wolverines' 800- yard freestyle relay squad, which finished first with an NCAA qualifying time of 6:22.76. 'M' SCHEDULE Date Event 12/06 W Basketball vs…

… work on. It was a good report card for the middle of our season." The Wolverines opened up the first day of events by claiming seven top-eight finishes and earning the team 155 points. In typi- cal…

… - a family rich in Wolverine wrestling tradition. Fifth-year senior Ryan Churella and his brother, redshirt sophomore Josh Churella, lived up to their family name by win- ning individual titles Saturday…

…Farland said. "But we can't get full of ourselves as it's still early in the season." The Wolverines return to Ann Arbor to face No. 12 Nebraska on Friday. ,::: ., , t " …

… it away from the Irish forwards. The senior's key defensive rebound set up junior Dion Harris's game-winning shot. From the beginning of the game, Brown start- ed the Wolverines' scoring. He took a…

… Horton pass and finished the lay-up to give Michigan a 2-0 lead. From those first two points, the senior made it clear that the Fighting Irish would have to reckon with him as well as the Wolverines' main…

… Wolverine attempted a free throw in the second half, he had the daunting task of facing Notre Dame's student section - the Leprechaun Legion. Hundreds upon hundreds of students dressed in green packed the two…

… another student section took center stage. Tucked away in rows eight through 12 of section 106 - the upper deck behind the north hoop - were 85 die- hard Wolverine fans. The Maize Rage took two buses to…

… from two to four. "I wasn't scared or nervous about shooting free throws," Abram said. "I just knew I had to go up there and make them." In all, the Wolverines were an impressive 10-for-l1 from the…

…. Abram, R. Coleman, J. Smith, K. Price) (10, 94, 1) I guess that I can't be too dis- appointed with my team. Horton had a solid week, leading the Wolverines to two victories. The senior revealed why he is…

… the leader of this Michigan team on Saturday when he answered Notre Dame's runs and came up big for the Wolverines down the stretch. Unfortunately, the computer for this low-class fantasy league doesn…

… Kaleniecki found himself in a slump to start this season. But the junior forward hit his stride just in time to lead a depleted Wolverine offense in the Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit…

… score goals." It would seem that Kaleniecki took the challenge personally, as he scored the opening goal of the tournament for the Wolverines in their 4-2 semifi- nal win over Michigan Tech last Wednesday…

…. 14 Central Michigan at Cliff Keen Arena on Sunday. The arena was packed with fans and was divided almost equally between Wolverine and Chippewa supporters. The highlight of the match was the showdown…

… behind 18-9 following Hancock's loss, Central Michigan made a charge at Michi- gan with two consecutive victories at 184 and 197 pounds. No. 19 Alex Lammers earned a 4-2 victory over Wolverine Joshua…

… a little bit, but you just keep wrestling," Bertin said. The match was the Wolverines' first since a 40-9 drubbing of Cleveland State at home on Dec. 10, but conditioning did not seem to be a real…

… stopping a running quarterback And this is a problem that reaches much fu ther back than just a few months. Going back to 1998 - when Syracuse Donovan McNabb dominated the Wolverin defense in Michigan…

… Stadium - Herrmann squads have struggled when facing a mobil quarterback. Over the years, the Wolverine have just never found an answer, failing t contain players like Iowa's Brad Banks an Minnesota's Asad…

… combined to rush for 462 yards against the Wolverines. Before Michigan t- State's Drew Stanton dislocated his shoul- k. der in the second quarter, he had rushed for r- 82 yards and a touchdown. Damon Dowdell…

… added 36 ground yards in the second half. 's Ohio State's Troy Smith had a career day e against the Wolverine 'D' - on top of 's throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns, e Smith broke Michigan's back by…

… rushing for s 150 yards and a score. But the, coup de grace o came in the Rose Bowl. d Although Herrmann had almost a month following the Smith debacle to prepare his - defense, the Wolverines looked…

… player of the year in senior goalie Jackie Fu - and a No. 1 ranking, the Wolverines are confident that their goal will soon become a reality, and the only thing standing in their way is simply themselves…

…. After losing in the quarterfinals of the WDIA tournament last year and ending the season ranked No. 3 in the country, the Wolverines all have a bitter taste in their mouths and are more than eager to…

…Tuesday July 5, 2005 sports.michigandaily.com sports@michigandaily.com SPORTS 4 14 Wolverine trio joins professional ranks By Ian Robinson Daily Sports Writer Six NCAA national championships, 24…

… attack. We've sat back in the past and allowed them to (do that), but we're going to try and get that part of the game from them." Even as the Wolverines try to break down the Hoosiers on the field, their…

… of your articles. Gawin Tsai LSA senior Wolverines receive a nod of approval from a Longhom fan To THE DAILY: As a totally biased observer, I watched the Rose Bowl Saturday night. I witnessed two of…