The runs came early and often.
Junior centerfielder Jonathan Engelmann opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with an RBI double. Later that inning, Michigan gained a 3-0 lead off freshman slugger Jesse Franklin’s two-run shot, his team-leading fifth of the year. An at-bat later, sophomore outfielder Dominic Clementi lined his first career home run over the center field wall.
Brock Keener has secured the starting catcher position after a revolving door to start the season.
Michigan has decreased its team ERA to 2.20 over its 15-game win streak.
Freshmen helped spark Michigan's offensive outbreak late in its win over Central Michigan.
The Wolverines have used the double suicide squeeze twice to perfection this season.
Down by one. Two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and second. It was the stuff of legend.
Redshirt junior outfielder Miles Lewis stepped up to the plate. After taking two balls and fouling one off, Lewis swung at a strike, popping it up into shallow centerfield. To onlookers in the stands, it might have appeared like the game was over.
Jordan Nwogu had a breakout performance this weekend against Bowling Green.
At the end of last season, Michigan lost 11 players to the MLB Draft — pitcher Oliver Jaskie, infielder Drew Lugbauer, catcher Harrison Wenson and infielder Michael Brdar. Jaskie was the team’s ace and was drafted in the sixth round. Lugbauer led the team in slugging percentage, home runs and runs batted in. With such significant roster turnover heading into this season, some minor growing pains were to be expected. Whether a current 4-11 record can be called “minor,” though, really depends on how well Michigan fares in conference play going forward.
A spring break tour that was so promising two weeks ago finally came to an end Sunday as the Wolverines (3-8 overall) lost to No. 8 Stanford (11-1) by a score of 7-4.
Things began to fall apart for the Michigan men’s lacrosse team just three minutes into the second half of its game against No. 11 Yale.
Junior midfielder Decker Curran had just scored his second goal of the game, giving the Wolverines (2-2 overall) a 9-6 lead over the Bulldogs (1-1). From there though, Yale asserted itself offensively, outscoring Michigan, 9-2, the rest of the way to earn a 15-11 win. The Bulldogs’ onslaught seemed to indicate just how far the Wolverines are from becoming an elite college lacrosse team.