Rarely is a coach encouraged by his team's disappointment after a game. But for Michigan coach Steve Burns, his players' long faces following a 2-2 tie with Wisconsin signified a transformation.

No matter the quality of its opponent, nothing less than a win will satisfy the No. 14 Michigan men's soccer team now.

"I think we're all disappointed, because we know that this is a team with a lot of potential," Burns said. "We're not satisfied with a 2-2 tie, even though it's against a good Wisconsin team that has beaten two top-20 programs."

On Friday, the Wolverines earned a 2-0 victory against a tough Detroit team that played them to a scoreless draw one year ago. Michigan entered its Big Ten opener on Sunday boasting the best start in team history: seven straight wins.

The contest against Wisconsin was immediately different from anything the Wolverines had experienced this season. For the first time all year, a team scored on junior goalkeeper Patrick Sperry at home, and suddenly, the Wolverines were trailing.

But instead of folding, the resilient team bounced back.

After Wisconsin defender B.J. Goodman took down junior forward Steve Bonnell, Michigan received a free kick near the Wisconsin goal. Bonnell corralled sophomore forward Mauro Fuzetti's kick deep in the corner and crossed it into traffic. Redshirt freshman forward Cam Cameron, starting for the first time this season, stepped up to score and tie the game.

Wisconsin's Victor Diaz soon put the Badgers ahead again, his shot zipping just past the outstretched fingers of a diving Sperry.

Once again, the Wolverines responded. Sophomore forward Peri Marosevic got the ball on the edge of a crowd at the goal mouth. After faking out the defender, Marosevic blasted the ball into the back of the net.

"I told myself this morning when I woke up that I was going to get one," Marosevic said.

Following the four-goal first half, neither team could score again. A portion of Michigan's fire seemed to go out when Marosevic was red-carded. To many, it seemed that the Rockford, Ill., native was taken down as he drove on the Wisconsin goal almost by himself. To the referee, however, the play looked like a dive, and Marosevic was sent off. Because of the red card, he also will not play at Oakland on Wednesday.

"We seemed to lose the ability to hold the ball, to get it under control and have possession, and start to put more things together in the front third of the field," Burns said. "One of the things that we always say is we want to be in control of the game even when we don't have the ball. When Peri went out, we lost some of that control."

Michigan still managed to hold off the Badgers throughout the second half and two 10-minute overtime periods, thanks to more sparkling saves from Sperry and his defense, as well as stellar play from the Wolverine substitutes.

One sub, redshirt freshman forward Matt Schmitt, even earned praise as Burns' man of the match.

"(Schmitt) was a handful," Burns said. "He did a great job, and he'd be the man of the match even though on his stat line you're not going to see much there. Deuce Deuce - you know, he's got a fan club. They have signs, it's awesome."

Michigan now looks to Wednesday's game at Oakland. The Golden Grizzlies came to Ann Arbor this weekend to watch the Wolverines and may prove to be a handful themselves after studying Michigan.