The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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50 THE WOLVERINE ❱ APRIL 2025 BASEBALL Junior infielder Mitch Voit continues to get rec- ognition during his star-making turn this season for U-M. He was named the Big Ten's Player of the Week on March 17, batting .667 over five games, which included a 4-hit game against rival Michigan State in an 11-7 win on March 12. The week also included Voit scoring 6 runs with 12 RBI over the five-game stretch and seven extra-base hits with 5 doubles, a triple and a home run. The Player of the Week honor is the first of Voit's career and his fourth overall weekly conference honor. The Wolverines were 11-8 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten through March 17. SOFTBALL U-M wrapped up a 10-game spring break trip on March 8, which included a milestone day for fresh- man right-handed pitcher Kat Meyers, who threw the ninth perfect game in program history in an 8-0 win in five innings over North Carolina Central. Meyers retired 15 straight batters in the win, posting 6 strikeouts over five innings, including two Ks in the second, third and fifth innings, and back-to-back swinging strikeouts to end the game. It was Michigan's first perfect game since Sarah Schaefer pulled it off in 2018. The Wolverines went 10-2 during their two-week spring break trip and were headed into Big Ten play with a 20-8 record on the season as of March 18. MEN'S LACROSSE The Wolverines sat at 4-4 after a 19-7 loss to No. 8 Notre Dame in Ann Arbor on March 15. The game marked the end of nonconference play, which included a handful of milestones and standout efforts from senior Ryan Cohen. He recorded a pair of assists to make it 100 for his career in an 8-7 loss to No. 6 Duke on Feb. 22. Three days later, Cohen recorded 6 points in a 16-2 blowout win over Canisius, giving him 200 points for his career and making him the third player in program history to reach the milestone. WOMEN'S LACROSSE Michigan dropped its Big Ten opener, 14-12, in a tightly contested game at No. 5 Maryland March 16. Grad student Ava Class had a career- best 7 points with 6 goals and an assist. Senior Jill Smith had a hat trick, marking her third straight game with three or more goals. The Wolverines will play eight games down the stretch as they jockey for position in the Big Ten Tournament, April 23-27 in College Park, Md. MEN'S TENNIS U-M is off to a 3-1 start in Big Ten play and has a 9-7 mark on the year, opening league action with wins over new conference members. The Wol- verines took down Oregon, 4-0, on March 7 and Washington, 4-3, on March 9, with both matches taking place in Ann Arbor. The squad hit the road for a tilt at Nebraska on March 14 and dropped a 5-2 decision before bouncing back with a 4-3 win over Wisconsin in Madison on March 16. WOMEN'S TENNIS The sixth-ranked Wolverines (11-3, 4-0 Big Ten) ran their winning streak to five games in a row with a 4-1 victory over Penn State on March 16 at the Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor. Julia Fliegner and Reese Miller took the first match, winning 6-2 in the No. 2 spot. The No. 1 pair of Jessica Bernales and Piper Charney had a 6-3 win that helped U-M grab the doubles point in the match. Charney, Emily Sartz-Lunde and Reese Miller all had singles victories in the win over the Nittany Lions. MEN'S GOLF With Hunter Thomson's 69 (-3) and Ben Hoa- gland's 71 (-1), Michigan tallied a final round 285 (-3) to post a 54-hole total of 878 and fin- ished seventh at the Desert Mountain Colle- giate on the Outlaw Course in Scottsdale, Ariz. The team returns to the Midwest for a pair of tournaments hosted by Indiana and Purdue be- fore the Big Ten Championships April 25-27 in Baltimore. WOMEN'S GOLF Michigan posted a 10th-place finish with a 617 total at the Valspar Augusta (Ga.) Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club. The final round was canceled due to rain and deteriorating course conditions. Sisters Sydney and Lauren Sung paced the Wolverines, tying for 29th and 31st, respectively. The Wolverines will play in invitationals hosted by Chattanooga and Maryland before competing in the Big Ten Championships in Havre de Grace, Md., April 18-20. BY ANTHONY BROOME H ead coach Hannah Nielsen's U-M women's lacrosse squad entered Big Ten play as the No. 11 team in the country and aiming to make the NCAA Tourna- ment for a fourth straight season. Expec- tations continue to rise for the Wolver- ines in Year 8 under Nielsen, who says the team continues to chase more after bow- ing out in the NCAA quarterfinal round a year ago. "It's been a great last couple of years coming off the heels of last season," Nielsen said on U-M's "Conqu'ring He- roes" podcast. "We were happy with where we ended, but I don't think we were fully satisfied. We dropped a couple of close games last year that we wish we ❱ OLYMPIC SPORTS UPDATE Hannah Nielsen, U-M Women's Lacrosse Preaching Accountability, Taking Ownership Nielsen's squad entered Big Ten Conference play ranked as the No. 11 team in the country and is looking to make the NCAA Tournament for a fourth straight season. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETICS Winter/Spring Sports Roundup