The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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OLYMPIC SPORTS named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award watch list, which honors the top closers in college baseball. MEN'S GYMNASTICS (1-2 OVERALL) The defending national champions have had a challenging early schedule, match- ing up with No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Stan- ford and No. 4 Penn State in dual meets this season … Michigan was ranked fifth nationally before falling to the Sooners Feb. 14 … Senior Stacey Ervin ranks sec- ond nationally on the floor exercise and second on vault, and senior Nick Hunter ranks sixth on pommel horse to round out U-M's top-10 performers through Feb. 16 … Ervin, Hunter, freshman Dmitri Belanovski, senior Adrian de los Angeles and undergraduate assistant Sam Mikulak will compete at the Winter Cup Challenge Feb. 19-21 in an effort to win a spot on the U.S. Senior National Team. MEN'S GOLF (3-0 OVERALL) Michigan went 3-1 at the Big Ten Match Play Championships Feb. 15-16, losing 3-2 in the final to Illinois, the No. 1 team in the nation. MEN'S LACROSSE (2-0 OVERALL) Michigan is off to its first 2-0 start in four seasons as a varsity program after beating Bellarmine 16-9 and Detroit 15-6 … Soph- omore Ian King set new program records for goals in a game (six) and points in a game (eight) in the win over the Titans … After its hot start, U-M sat No. 2 nationally in the LaxPower.com power rankings … The Wolverines have one game per week over the next two, hosting Notre Dame Feb. 21 and Canisius Feb. 28. MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING (10-0 OVERALL, 6-0 BIG TEN) The nation's No. 7 team will compete at the Big Ten Championships Feb. 25-28 in Iowa City looking to claim its fifth straight conference crown … The Wolverines have not lost a regular-season dual meet since 2010-11, improving to 36-0 over the last four years … Freshman Patrick Ransford boasts the nation's seventh-fastest time in the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:55.17), with senior Richard Funk posting the fifth-fast- est 100-yard breaststroke time (52.36 sec- onds), and junior Dylan Bosch No. 3 in the 200-yard butterfly (1.41.65) and No. 10 in the 200-yard individual medley (1:44.27). MEN'S TENNIS (1-5 OVERALL) Michigan has lost five dual meets in a row after starting off with a 6-1 win over Western Michigan … U-M is in its first season under coach Adam Steinberg … Senior Michael Zhu has the Wolverines' best dual-meet mark with a 2-2 record in singles matches … Overall, the Maize and Blue are 11-20 in singles play during their six dual meets. MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Michigan has competed in seven meets this winter and will split its squad for two more Feb. 21 in preparation for the Big Ten Indoor Championships Feb. 27-28 in Geneva, Ohio … U-M ranks second in the Great Lakes region and No. 56 nationally … Junior Steven Bastien has the 11th- best heptathlon score nationally this year (5,576 points), while junior Derek Sievers ranks 13th in the shot put (19.5 meters),