The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Minnesota, 1-0, in double overtime in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals Nov. 5 to end its season. The Maize and Blue did not receive an invite to the NCAA Tournament …. The Wolverines played in four overtime matches over their last five games of the season, losing only to Minne- sota … On Sept. 14, Michigan hosted then-No. 9 and undefeated Wisconsin and sent the Badgers home with their first loss of the season, 2-1. The win marked Michigan's first over a top- 10 opponent since the 2003 season … Sophomore forward Nicky Waldeck led the Wolverines with 12 goals and 29 points … Waldeck was named to the All-Big Ten first team, and junior midfielder/forward Corinne Harris was a second-team pick, while for- ward Ani Sarkisian and defender Taylor Timko were named to the league's All-Freshman squad. MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (6-0 OVERALL, 3-0 BIG TEN) Michigan, ranked second nation- ally as of Nov. 13, has posted dual meet wins over No. 4 Texas, No. 5 Louisville, No. 8 Indiana and No. 18 Penn State to open the season … Senior Richard Funk posted the No. 1 time in the nation in the 100- yard breaststroke (53.22) through Nov. 18 … The freshman class has also shined; three different swim- mers have already been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Aaron Whitaker, Paul Powers, Evan White) … U-M head coach Mike Bottom has been selected as the head men's coach for Team USA at next sum- mer 's World University Games, July 4-11 in Gwangju, South Korea. WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (5-2 OVERALL, 4-0 BIG TEN) The No. 6 Wolverines have dual- meet wins over No. 18 Louisville, No. 8 Indiana and No. 20 Penn State … Freshman backstroker Clara Smiddy is a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week … Smiddy and classmates Gil- lian Ryan and Hannah Moore have already established times that place them among the top-10 fastest Wol- verines in their events in U-M history. WRESTLING (1-1 OVERALL) Ranked No. 8 in the country by FloWrestling, the Wolverines opened their season at the Eastern Michigan Duals on Nov. 15 in Ypsilanti, Mich., beating Ohio, 28-3, and falling to No. 5 Edinboro, 23-16 … True freshman Da- vanote Mahomes made his varsity debut at 174 pounds with a 5-3 de- cision over Ohio's then ninth-ranked Cody Walters, an All-American and two-time MAC champion … Michigan dropped all four matches involving ranked wrestlers from both teams in the loss to Edinboro … Eight Wolver- ines showed up in the Nov. 17 national rankings by Intermat: junior Rossi Bruno was No. 9 at 133 pounds; fifth- year senior Steve Dutton, a returning All-American, No. 4 at 141 pounds; sophomore Brian Murphy, No. 11 at 157; redshirt sophomore Taylor Massa, No. 10 at 165; Mchomes, No. 19 at 174; sophomore Dominic Alexander, No. 11 at 184; fifth-year senior Max Hundley, No. 12 at 197; and sophomore Adam Coon, No. 4 at heavyweight. ❑