The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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OLYMPIC SPORTS also set a school record for conference tournament score, finishing at 1-over 865 to place sixth … The team qualified for its first NCAA Regional bid in four years and placed sixth to advance to the NCAA Championships for the sec- ond time in program history … Peters led the way by tying for fifth, the best showing ever at a regional for a U-M female … The NCAA Championships are May 20-25 in Eugene, Ore. MEN'S GYMNASTICS (5-15 OVERALL, 1-6 BIG TEN) No. 7 Michigan took fifth place out of six teams at the NCAA Champion- ships qualifying session II April 15 in Columbus, Ohio, posting a score of 422.150, but failed to advance in the team competition … Prior to that, the Wolverines had qualified for the Su- per Six every year since 2006 … How- ever, seven of the 11 competing U-M gymnasts qualified for 14 events at the individual finals April 16 … Freshman Anthony McCallum became only the third NCAA vault champion in program history, and the first in 13 years, posting a 15.550 … Sophomore Dmitri Bela- novski placed seventh in the all-around with an 85.700 and tied for fifth on floor (14.700) to earn a pair of All-America honors … Senior Colin Maher also gar- nered All-America accolades by tying for third on still rings with a 15.200. WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS (23-8 OVERALL, 6-3 BIG TEN) The No. 13 Wolverines sent a trio of gymnasts to the NCAA Championships April 15 in Fort Worth, Texas … Junior Nicole Artz finished tied for sixth on floor with a 9.875 to give her second- team All-America honors … … Sopho- more Brianna Brown finished eighth in the all-around with a 39.25 to earn second-team All-America laurels for the second straight year … This marked the seventh straight year Michigan has had multiple All-America honorees. MEN'S LACROSSE (3-10 OVERALL, 0-5 BIG TEN) After opening the season 3-2, Michi- gan dropped their final eight contests of the season and went winless in the Big Ten … Senior attacker Kyle Jack- son led the team with 29 goals and 36 points, while junior attacker Ian King topped U-M in assists with 16 … Senior longstick midfielder Chase Brown was named All-Big Ten honorable mention after leading the team in ground balls with 41, setting the U-M single-season record for a non-faceoff man … Brown, a team captain, also led the Big Ten and ranked No. 17 nationally with 21 caused turnovers. WOMEN'S LACROSSE (6-12 OVERALL, 0-5 BIG TEN) The Wolverines dropped their last three regular-season games and lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tourna- ment to bring their campaign to a close … Junior midfielder Kim Coughlan be- came just the third athlete in program history to reach the 100-point club after tallying a team-leading 36 goals with five assists on the year, bringing her career totals to 88 goals and 12 assists … Junior midfielder Anna Schueler reached the 100-point career plateau earlier this season and led the team