“Hustle,” yelled Michigan coach Sean Bormet, as freshman Cole Mattin battled for position with Central Michigan junior Dresden Simon.
“Hustle. Hustle. Hustle,” the entire team chanted.
Sunday, November 24, 2019 - 10:01pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 11:11pm
With about three minutes left to play, freshman goalkeeper Owen Finnerty dove out from his near post to cut off a low cross into the box. The crowd roared. The radio announcer’s voice grew excited as he finally got to commend the keeper on his first collegiate save.
In fact, Finnerty’s effort was not a save at all.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 8:50pm
Taking as many shots as your opponent’s goals scored is hardly a winning formula.
Penn State found that out the hard way against the No. 9 Michigan field hockey team on Sunday, a situation representative of the recent efforts from coach Marcia Pankratz and her Wolverines.
“We’re trying to take each play,” Pankratz said, her voice taking on an unusually emphatic and instructionary tone, “Take each play and win it.”
Sunday, September 29, 2019 - 9:40pm
Hillary Beall came to Ann Arbor typifying what it means to be a highly-touted prospect. The No. 1 goalkeeper in the class of 2017 according to Top Drawer Soccer, Beall was expected to become an elite keeper for the Wolverines. After all, the shot-stopper was a five-star prospect and had already accumulated an impressive junior international resume as an 18-year-old.
Sunday, September 22, 2019 - 8:43pm
If the Wolverines were seeking a challenge, they had to look no further than the first five games of the season. Four of those matches came against ranked opponents, three of which were in the top ten: No. 10 Wake Forest, No. 3 Connecticut and No. 1 North Carolina. With No. 21 Stanford rounding out the quartet of top-tier opponents, the Wolverines’ opening schedule was anything but easy.
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 9:04pm
Shortly after her team snapped a 327 minute scoreless streak en route to a 2-0 victory, Michigan coach Jennifer Klein stood on the pitch explaining what it took for the team to finally find the back of the net.
It wasn’t that the link-up play was sloppy or that the team couldn’t march their way towards their opponent’s 18-yard box. The offense’s lack of production boiled down to the failure to adhere to one simple phrase.
“If you wanna score goals,” Klein said “you gotta shoot the ball.”
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 3:53am
After an illustrious but injury-ridden career, Erin Finn is grateful to just get to finish one last season as a Wolverine.
A graduate student who grew up running 45 minutes north of Ann Arbor in West Bloomfield has experienced some of her highest and lowest moments while at Michigan.
She holds four school records and is a ten-time Big Ten Champion as well as a nine-time All-American. But her career has been full of challenges as a recurrent stress fracture in her foot plagued her time at Michigan.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 2:35am
The Wolverines had what they consider to be a very successful trip down to Jacksonville for the NCAA East Preliminary Championships.
Under the tutelage of co-head coaches Jerry Clayton and James Henry, the Michigan men’s and women’s track and field teams combined to send seven entrants to nationals –– six male and one female.
Sunday, April 7, 2019 - 10:05pm
When he was sitting on a hospital bed 18 months ago, Jack Lint would have never predicted that he would be the second-highest decathlete performer in Michigan’s history upon return.
Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 9:32pm
Each senior has found success separately, with countless accolades, from All-Big Ten Honors to NCAA Championships, split between the two. But it is only right that the pair shone most brightly on their senior night as just that — a pair.