Goin' to Gainesville: Michigan wins region, beats 'Bama
We are the champions, my friend - and we'll keep on fighting till the end.
Those magnificent words of Queen were finally heard over the loud speaker late Saturday evening in Crisler Arena after the Michigan women's gymnastics team rocked the Central Regional championships en route to an overwhelming 197.7-196.25 victory over second-place Alabama.
Sweet thing: Candy Cain likes her licorice, gymnastics
Wherever Sarah Cain goes, a bag of licorice goes with her. As she walks on the beam or sits on the vault, she is always seen munching on candy. And again after practice, like a little kid, Cain prances around the floor, all smiles, Twizzlers in hand.
Griffin breaks arm, future uncertain: Pitcher has surgery after bunting incident
It was supposed to be a sacrifice bunt, nothing more. But when the ball came off Brandi Macias' bat Saturday, the Iowa right fielder delivered what could be the most damaging blow to the Michigan softball team this season.
Schock, Sloan score for U.S.: Defensemen trade maize and blue for red, white and blue
DETROIT - Friday night, a pair of Michigan hockey players ... er, former Michigan hockey players - seniors Harold Schock and Blake Sloan - found themselves in an unfamiliar situation.
Never mind that their temporary team, Team USA, was on the disappointing end of a 5-4, overtime loss to Team Canada in the inaugural World University Hockey Championship at Joe Louis Arena.
Forget the beauty shops: 23 years worth of Wolverines have gone to Stolberg
Snip, snip, snip. It's what Bill Stolberg, owner of State St. Barber Shop, has been doing for 23 years. "It's fun," he said. "I look at it as a hobby. You make people look good and feel good, and when they leave, you feel good."
Olympic atmosphere is golden for Michigan: Wolverines vault into NCAA championships with support from energized Crisler Arena crowd
It almost felt like someone was going to come out with the Olympic torch at Crisler Arena Saturday night for the women's gymnastics NCAA Central Regional competition. You could feel the intensity of the crowd as the gymnasts marched through the tunnel into the arena wearing their school colors and waving proudly to their respective fans.
'M' hits peak despite ailing Peters' absence
Rising to the occasion has been the underlying motif that the Michigan women's gymnastics team has established throughout its season. The Wolverines peaked their performances in the NCAA Central Regional championship this weekend.
DeGraw, Haro advance to NCAA championships meet
It's hard to be an individual.
To compete as an individual is even harder. But gymnasts Tim Degraw and Jose "La Lo" Haro had what it took to be and compete as individuals in Saturday's NCAA East Regional.
Golder, Wolverines head to Iowa to root on competing teammates
The key to every victory is practice, patience and a lack of teammates.
A lack of teammates?
Shift of power places 'M' atop mighty Tide, gymnastics world
Every recess, the boys in the park play King of the Mountain for the rights to the title of toughest, most respected kid in school.
In women's gymnastics there is one real tough team which stood on the top of the hill for 10 years, resisting push after push, shove after shove.
Weather dampens Michigan-Minnesota series; teams split
It's a good thing for the Michigan baseball team that the Big Ten schedule now includes single games on Fridays. Otherwise the Wolverines may have traveled all the way to Minnesota last weekend and only played a single game.
Michigan (7-3 Big Ten, 17-12 overall) defeated Minnesota (5-1, 16-11), 10-5, Saturday after falling to the Golden Gophers, 7-5, Friday, in an abbreviated weekend series.
Griffin-less, Blue softball struggles
To say the least, the Michigan softball team had a difficult weekend. First of all, the Wolverines were in Iowa. Period.
In addition, No. 8 Michigan (3-2 Big Ten, 30-10-1 overall) was swept by the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes (5-0, 29-5), losing by scores of 8-2 and 15-4. Yesterday's second game was canceled due to the weather. Finally, injury was added to insult as the Wolverines lost star pitcher/third baseman Sara Griffin for possibly the remainder of the season.
'M' netters split two Big Ten matches
It was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde kind of weekend for the Michigan men's tennis team.
After crushing conference foe Iowa, 6-1, Friday, the Wolverines (3-3 Big Ten, 5-10 overall), in turn, became the crushee, losing by the same count to Minnesota on Sunday. The two matches were very similar, except for the fact that Michigan was on opposite ends.
'M' women close in on 1st league title, pick up 3 victories on road
Unlike the Michigan students who were walking a few steps slower after Hash Bash, the Michigan women's tennis team picked up speed this weekend as it blew past Ohio State, Indiana and William & Mary.
The last stop on No. 19 Michigan's (12-4) weekend tour was South Bend, where the Wolverines took on the seventh-ranked Tribe.
Texas Relays' field beefy: Gardner, Mortimer pick up wins, glimpse legend of Lewis
This weekend's meet for the Michigan men's track team contained tough competition and a memorable moment.
As for the competition, the Texas Relays was the toughest meet in which the Wolverines have run thus far.
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