March 16, 1994
(vol. 104, iss. 96)
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… are tradition- ally some of the best teams," said Mark Nemec, a graduate student, who is a fly-half on the club team. The conditions didn't suit the Wolverines' game either. Since Michigan is more of a…
… hampered the Wolverine attack, and thus didn't allow them to take advantage of their quickness, club president Tom Warburton said. "The conditions didn't suit us," he said. "We have a lot of speed and…
… quickly, when the Wolverines captured the 1989 national title - the first in school history - his freshman year. "That championship is so dream- like that it's like it's not there," said Pelinka, who is now…
…, he didn't anticipate his dream becoming a reality. In fact, not many people, includ- ing the Wolverines, thought they would get to Seattle for the NCAA Final Four, much less win the cham- pionship. A…
… one quite knew what to expect from these Wolverines. "I remember our last game of the regular season, we played Illinois," Pelinka recalled. "We got spanked by like 30 points at home on senior day. We…
… all the way." That loss, coupled with the ensu- ing resignation of coach Bill Frieder - who took the head job at Arizona State - left the Wolverines in disar- ray just before the tournament began…
… was be- cause it was like a fresh start." Indeed, what at first spelled doom for Michigan eventually spelled relief. The Wolverines drew a No. 3 seed in the Southeast Regional in Atlanta, and climbed…
… and all - into the Final Four, setting up a rematch with the Fighting Illini, who had uprooted their confidence just a few weeks earlier, and who had beaten the Wolverines both times they met in the…
… Seton Hall. Regulation ended in that game with the Wolverines and Pirates tied at 71. Junior Rumeal Robinson stepped to the line with three seconds left in overtime, and Michigan down one. "I was just…