women's basketball
U-M Advances To Second Round
Of The NCAA Tournament
A
fter a 20-win season
in 2011‑12, the Wolverines snuck into the
NCAA Tournament —
their first trip to The Big
Dance in 10 years.
At the time, Michigan
was just happy to make
it. After one game — an
88-67 loss to Oklahoma
— the team travelled
back to Ann Arbor, still
flush with the excitement of having experienced the magic of
March Madness first
hand.
This year, the Wolverines wanted more. For a
program that has struggled to achieve sustained success, Michigan wanted to continue
its ascent toward legitimacy.
"Making it to the
tournament was really great, but we told
ourselves that it wasn't
going to be enough,"
sophomore guard Nicole Elmblad said. "We
really wanted to win.
To win that first game
was really big for us."
The Wolverines did
just that, dispatching
No. 9 seed Villanova
Senior forward Rachel Sheffer scored 16 points and grabbed
13 rebounds to lead the Wolverines past Villanova 60-52 in
the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
photo by per kjeldsen
