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Michigan Volleyball

December 13, 2012

Stephen J. Nesbitt/Daily

Texas-sized block ends Wolverines’ season

BY ERIN LENNON

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Off, over, around and through. It was the way the Michigan volleyball team was able to juice five sets from No. 3 Texas, and the same way the Longhorns earned themselves a spot in the NCAA Championship.

December 13, 2012

Stephen J. Nesbitt/Daily

Confident Longhorns end Michigan's Cinderella run

BY ALEJANDRO ZúñIGA

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Playing in its first-ever Final Four at a packed KFC Yum! Center, the Michigan volleyball team’s Cinderella run ended with a five-set defeat to No. 3 Texas.

December 13, 2012

Stephen J. Nesbitt/Daily

Michigan falls to No. 3 Texas in five sets at first-ever Final Four

BY GREG GARNO

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For a team that wasn’t supposed to compete with a No.3 Texas lineup that was taller, faster and stronger, the Michigan volleyball team sure made it close.

December 10, 2012

Austen Hufford/Daily

Volleyball to be tested by Texas in Final Four

BY ERIN LENNON

Amid the season of term papers and final exams, 16 Michigan students have a different kind of final on the brain: the Final Four. Having made history Saturday against No. 2 Stanford in the Elite Eight in four sets, the Michigan volleyball team will be back in Louisville, studying up for its next big test in No. 3 Texas.

December 07, 2012

Volleyball eliminates Michigan State, advances to second-ever Elite Eight

BY GREG GARNO

The Wolverines took down the Spartans in three sets, 25-16, 26-24, 26-24, to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school history and the first time since 2009. It was Michigan’s second-straight win over its in-state rival after losing in October. The Wolverines advance to play No. 2 Stanford, a team they knocked off in last year’s NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16, on Saturday.

December 05, 2012

Addition of Maryland, Rutgers strengthens powerhouse volleyball conference

BY GREG GARNO

For the Big Ten, a conference that has six teams in the Sweet 16 of this year’s NCAA Tournament, boasts the No. 1 team in the country and is considered the strongest conference in volleyball across the country, adding two more schools is the last thing the rest of the country wants to see.

December 04, 2012

Patrick Barron/Daily

Thousands of miles away, volleyball will meet in-state rival in Sweet 16

BY GREG GARNO

The Michigan volleyball team has harped on its strong conference schedule all year, explaining that it would pay off in December. Now that it’s December, that strength couldn’t be more evident after six of seven Big Ten teams that made the NCAA Tournament advanced to the Sweet 16.

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