As the Washington crew crossed the finish line in the National Rowing Championships at Lake Lanier, Ga., yesterday, Michigan's hopes for the first women's national title in school history vanished for the second time in as many weeks.
No glory for blue: Blue finishes fifth at rowing nationals
Michigan men's basketball coach Brian Ellerbe completed the overhaul of his coaching staff Friday with the hiring of Kurtis Townsend as an assistant.
Townsend's hiring completes a month in which the Wolverines saw 10-year assistant Brian Dutcher resign, and Ellerbe hire two other assistants, Lorenzo Neely and Tom Sorboro. While Neely will be an assistant coach, Sorboro will serve as an administrative associate.
Townsend final piece of puzzle
Some people mistake her for an intense competitor. Some people think winning makes her engine go. Some people think she pursues winning on and off the track, that everything she does is a fight to come out on top.
Big Red
Even if they don't win any titles, they still might get to see some gorillas.
It's happened before. Like at Big Tens, when a large chunk of the Michigan track team was sitting in a restaurant in Columbus. On the TV above them was a nature show - possibly. They couldn't tell without the sound on. All they could tell was that it was some show involving several gorillas whose main purpose was to jump around and be, well, gorillas.No monkey business for 'M' track at nationals
Throughout the season, the Michigan softball team was looked upon as the best chance for the Michigan women's sports program to get its first-ever national crown.
While the Wolverines didn't bring home a national title this season, they earned many other noteworthy honors. Michigan finished tied for fifth in the nation with a 56-7 record. The final NFCA poll placed them at sixth. The Wolverines finished 22-1 in Big Ten play, 7.
Softball excels, leaves hope for the future
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