The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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AUGUST 2026 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 15 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS FIVE YEARS AGO, 2021 — Michigan men's soccer beat Oakland University in double overtime, 2-1, on Aug. 29, 2021. Marc Ybarra slammed home the game-winner after teammate Declan Gaffney blasted a shot off the goalkeeper's fingers with just two seconds re- maining in the second extra session, giving the Wolverines the win. Despite the extended contrast, Michigan controlled the game throughout. The Wolverines outshot Oakland on its home field, 23-8, getting 8 shots on goal, including the sudden-death game- winner. Oakland actually took a 1-0 lead, scoring in the 16th minute of the first half. Quin Rogers tied it up later in the period, slamming a goal off the goalie's fingertips with three seconds remaining in the period. The teams then battled through a long scoreless stretch before Ybarra suddenly ended it. "It leaves you kind of speechless," noted Oakland coach Eric Pogue. "It's one thing to have it happen to you at the end of the half. To go into that half at 1-0 is a little bit different mentality. And then to have the chance in one overtime to win the game, and to come down and think you've killed the game off — or hope you did — and have it go in at the last second … it's disappointing." 10 YEARS AGO, 2016 — Michigan women's soccer knocked off No. 12 Notre Dame, 2-0, in a contest played at U-M Soccer Stadium. Wolverines goalkeeper Sarah Jackson notched her third career shutout in the win over the Irish on Aug. 25, 2016. The teams played to a scoreless tie through the first half, but Abby Kastroll and Katie Foug scored 2:22 apart in the second half to provide all the offense Jackson required in taking down Notre Dame. Kastroll broke through in the game's 62nd minute, helping lift the Wolverines to a 2-0-1 start to the new season. Michigan's defense proved a relentless force throughout. Notre Dame entered the contest averaging 18.5 shots per game but got off just seven against the Wolverines, three of those on goal. 25 YEARS AGO, 2001 — Michigan prepared for a season without Tom Brady or Drew Henson in the final week of August, heading into the 2001 football season. Head coach Lloyd Carr enjoyed the luxury of having those talented QBs for several years preceding the '01 opener against Miami of Ohio, but that season handed the reins to sophomore John Navarre. Navarre wasn't any stranger to seeing the field. He'd actually started the first four games of the 2000 season, in which the Wolver- ines shared a Big Ten championship. Navarre stepped in for Henson, who suffered an injury during fall camp. The lanky U-M passer wound up throwing for 583 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2000, with just 1 interception, giving way in the starting department after Henson returned. Navarre then beat out challenger Spencer Brinton for the starting job in 2001, Carr leaning on the foundation his third-year quarterback laid the previous season. "You can't buy experience," Carr noted. Navarre's job wasn't made easier by the huge turnover on offense for the Wolverines. Carr's crew lost running back Anthony Thomas, top wideout David Terrell and four starting offensive linemen from the Big Ten champs of the previous season. — John Borton THIS MONTH IN MICHIGAN ATHLETICS HISTORY DID YOU KNOW? • Your address will be automatically changed to the mailing address on file with USPS? ALL addresses are cross-referenced with the USPS National Change of Address database. • It can take up to 7 days for the USPS to update your address in their database? To prevent missed issues, please notify them right away. • Your postal forwarding order expires in 60 days or less? Most forwarding requests expire in 60 days and DO NOT always include periodical mail. Issues are discarded at their discretion. • You should call your local post office to verify your delivery address? Don't assume the post office knows your vaca- tion or moving schedule. Avoid Costly Delays & Replacements! Wolverine Customer Service: 1–800–421–7751 We are happy to assist, but due to privacy laws — postal address changes must be completed by you.