October 04, 2012 (vol. 123, iss. 24) • Page Image 6
…6A - Thursday, October 4, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Bolender out at ITA All- American tournament By ERIN LENNON For theDaily Two Wolverines will rep- resent the Michigan women…
… Bektas will face high caliber competition in the main draw of doubles beginning Thursday afternoon. The duo won its only match Saturday at the Wolverine Invi- tational. "The thing about them is that they…
… match against teams in the top 25. In its third straight road match, the MICHIGAN 1 Wolverines MINNESOTA 3 struggled against No. 10 Minnesota, and Michigan fell in four sets, 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 22…
… kills. Soph- omore setter Lexi Dannemi- ller and junior outside hitter Lexi Erwin, who both recorded double-doubles, also helped the Wolverines. Statistically, Michigan's first set was its worst of the…
… season, with a season low 13 points. The Wolverines earned 11 kills and finished with a.276 kill percent- age in the set, but their defense fell against the Golden Gophers' (4-1, 13-3) game-high .519 kill…
… hit for a .179 kill percentage and 10 kills. The Wolverines' improved play in the second set was led by Dannemiller's nine assists to go along with Erwin's four kills. Michigan finally found its groove…
… in the third set. Running out to a 4-1 lead, Dannemiller's 12 assists and two kills, and the defensive stand all helped the Wolverines steal the third set. At first it looked as though Michigan was…
… Golden Gophers pulled away at 24-20. The Wolverines were able to hold off two match points, but couldn't hold on, fall- ing 25-22. Michigan is now just 1-3 against ranked opponents this year. The…
… Wolverines beat No. 25 Northern Illinois earlier in Sep- tember, but they suffered con- secutive losses to No. 17 Purdue and No. 6 Nebraska before the loss to Minnesota. Junior Brooke Bolender couldn't find…
