Stories by Alex Taylor
Position by Position Baseball Preview
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
For a Michigan baseball team with freshmen positioned at important infield spots, the key will be how fast they develop and how they complement the experienced players sprinkled throughout the lineup.
Michigan baseball falls in home opener
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
Michigan’s baseball team seemed to take a trip to the past Wednesday. The Wolverines displayed old-school techniques: using steals, bunts and situational hitting to score runs. But so did Western Michigan. Despite being accustomed to this style of play, Michigan (10-12) fell to the Broncos, 7-3, in the Wolverines’ home opener at Ray Fisher Stadium.
Michigan home opener set for Wednesday
- Patrick Barron/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
On Wednesday, the Wolverines (10-11 overall) will finally play hosts, this time to Western Michigan (7-16) at Ray Fisher Stadium in their first home game.
Men's Gymnastics
Michigan drops its second straight meet
BY ALEX TAYLOR
Facing the No. 1 team at the Recreation Building in State College, the site of this year’s National Championship, the Michigan’s men’s gymnastics team was unable to finish the Big Ten season undefeated.
Men's Gymnastics
Michigan narrowly loses its undefeated season
BY ALEX TAYLOR
The combination of facing the No. 3 team in the country, missing two of its best gymnasts and dealing with a new scoring system led to the Michigan men’s gymnastic team’s first loss of the season.
Michigan set to begin extended road trip
- Patrick Barron/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
Michigan (2-4 overall) will travel to Florida to play five games in the Snowbird Invitational before heading to California for the USD Tournament to finish the trip. In total, the team will play a total of nine games over a 10-day stretch.
De los Angeles joins Mikulak on U.S. National Team
- Allison Farrand/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
Several members of the Michigan men’s gymnastics went to Las Vegas this past weekend, with hopes of making the U.S senior national team. Sophomore Adrian de los Angeles earned a spot, while sophomore Stacey Ervin just missed out.
Wolverines turn in dominating performance
- Allison Farrand/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
One of the nation’s best teams was on display Saturday night at Cliff Keen Arena—and it was dominating.
Playing host to the visitors from California, the No. 2 Michigan men’s gymnastics team defeated No. 10 California 439.350-413.400. The Wolverines (3-0) took home all six of the individual event titles and won five of the six team events.
Syque Caesar, NCAA record holder months in the making
- Allison Farrand/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
When fifth-year senior Syque Caesar walked onto the mat for his parallel bars routine for the Michigan men’s gymnastics team Saturday, he did so as a captain, an Olympian and a national champion. After sticking his dismount, Caesar jumped off the mat as a NCAA record holder.
De los Angeles collects second all-around win
- Allison Farrand/Daily
BY ALEX TAYLOR
What a difference two hours make.
Shortly before the men’s gymnastics meet was about to begin, sophomore Adrian de los Angeles huddled with Michigan coach Kurt Golder to decide if he was going to compete in all the events after sustaining an ankle injury earlier in the week.
