The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Olympic Sports Update Through March 11 on the Big Ten Tournament in 2011, the Michigan baseball team has put together a much stronger performance in the early part of 2012. The Wolverines were 3-13 through 16 games last season, but have put together a respectable 7-9 record in 2012. After suffering through a 1-9 campaign in 2011, redshirt ju- Baseball A year after struggling to a sub-.500 record and missing out nior starting pitcher Bobby Brosnahan is 2-2 with a 2.54 ERA in four starts this season, striking out 15 while walking only four in 281 The Big Ten conference schedule begins March 30-April 1, when the Wolverines travel to Minnesota. ⁄3 innings pitched through March 13. season in February, but has thus far enjoyed a pair of mediocre team finishes (13th and ninth) in two tournaments. Senior Matt Thompson leads the team in scoring average, carding 72.83 strokes per round, and has four top-20 finishes in eight events overall this year. Juniors Miguel Echavarria, Jack Schulz and Matt Alessi have also started every event for the Wolverines, but have just three combined top-20 performances between them. Michigan will compete in the Furman Intercollegiate in Men's Golf Michigan's men's golf team began its spring THOMPSON ford and No. 1 Oklahoma, the Wolverines have improved over the course of the season and achieved their highest team score of the year — a 348.950 — against the Sooners March 10. Michigan has compiled a 6-6 overall record and a 2-1 mark in the Big Ten heading into its final regular-season meet March 17 against Illinois-Chicago. U-M will then prepare for the Big Ten Championships Men's Gymnastics Although they've come up short in meets against No. 4 Stan- April 6-7. going 0-2 against top-25 foes Duke (No. 10) and Texas Tech (No. 21). Junior Evan King leads the Wolverines with a 9-2 mark in dual matches at No. 1 singles, while freshman Alex Petrone at No. 3 (6-4) and sophomore Barrett Franks at No. 5 (7-4) have also put up winning marks. Michigan enters conference play ranked No. 24 in the Men's Tennis Michigan concluded its non-conference slate with a 7-4 mark, ITA rankings, third in the Big Ten behind No. 2 Ohio State and No. 18 Indiana. The conference schedule extends from March 17-April 22. finishing 12th out of 15 teams at the Ladies' Puerto Rico Classic and 14th out of 15 teams at the Central Disctrict Classic, before peaking with a seventh-place showing among 16 teams at the Hurricane Invitational March 5-6. Sophomore Yugene Lee and senior Meagan Bauer are the Women's Golf The Wolverines have completed three spring tournaments, 92 THE WOLVERINE APRIL 2012 team's leaders, averaging 76.29 and 76.46 strokes per round, respectively, while combining for six top-20 individual perfor- mances in the team's eight events. Michigan will travel to the Notre Dame Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz., and the Kings and Pirates Invitational in Melbourne, Fla., before the Big Ten Championships April 27. After a 4-0 start, including a 3-0 mark in early Big Ten meets, the Wolverines have stumbled recently in matchups with No. 1 Utah, No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 5 Georgia, but were still ranked No. 21 nationally. Sophomore Joanna Sampson is the team's all-around leader, Women's Gymnastics Michigan is 8-5 overall on the year and 3-2 in the Big Ten. gan State and travels to Iowa City for the Big Ten Champion- ships March 24. ranked No. 25 nationally with a regional qualifying score of 39.165. Michigan closes the regular season March 16 against Michi- Greenville, S.C., and the LSU Intercollegiate in Baton Rouge, La., before the Big Ten Championships April 27. including victories over ranked LSU, Kentucky, UCLA and Au- burn teams. The win over then-No. 14 UCLA March 2 marked Michigan's hisghest ranked victim on the year. Senior third baseman Amanda Chidester has knocked in a Softball The Wolverines have won 16 games in their first 23 outings, team-leading 19 RBI and hit four home runs on the year to lead the Maize and Blue. She is also second in batting average, hit- ting .304 on the season. The Wolverines travel to Fullerton, Calif., for a five-game week- end in the Judi Garman Classic March 16 before beginning Big Ten play with a home-opening series against Penn State March 24. early this season, but have faced a gauntlet of ranked teams, including No. 15 Clemson, No. 9 Texas, No. 6 Georgia and No. 3 Duke, going 2-4 overall this year against top-20 teams. Freshman Emina Bektas has led the way. She Women's Tennis The Wolverines are just 7-4 in dual matches has put together an 8-1 record at No. 1 singles, and her No. 1 doubles pairing with sophomore Brooke Bo- lender is 9-1 in duals. Freshman Sarah Lee has also impressed, with a perfect 10-0 BETKAS junior class, and Kiki Golden (37 goals), Lauren Colton (22 goals) and Alex Adamson (.391 save percentage) have led Michigan to a 9-9 record, including wins over No. 6 Hawaii and No. 16 Hartwick. Michigan has 11 regular-season games remaining to add Water Polo Michigan's top two scorers and top goalie all hail from the record in singles matches. She has won three times at No. 3 singles and seven times at No. 4. wins before the division tournament April 14-15 and the CWPA Eastern Championships (to determine which team qualifies for the NCAA Championships) April 27-29.