For the first time in seven seasons, the Michigan hockey team was a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament.
But after waiting patiently since Friday night after losing, 4-2, to Ohio State in the CCHA semifinals, the Wolverines can relax.
Despite loss, icers gain No. 3 at Yost: NCAA West Regional host Michigan opens Friday against Princeton at 8:30 p.m.
The Big Time: Blue rocks to tune of three All-Americans
CLEVELAND - For the eighth straight year, the Michigan wrestling team returned from the NCAA tournament with at least one All-American. And for the third straight year, one of those honorees was 167-pounder Jeff Catrabone. He, along with teammates Bill Lacure and Airron Richardson, closed out his Michigan career with All-American honors as the team finished 12th at the tournament with 39.
MINNEAPOLIS - Throughout this season, Michigan women's swimming coach Jim Richardson has been saying that he is not concerned about where his team places, just how hard it works and how it fights.
According to the placement and the effort put out by the Wolverines at the NCAA Championships this weekend, one can assume that Richardson's request has been granted.
'M' swimmers place seventh
Toman, Roulston soar at Big Tens
It wasn't the heaviest trophy. Not yet, anyway. But the Michigan men's gymnastics team did walk home from Crisler Arena with a good share of hardware this past weekend.
While hosting the Big Ten Championships this past weekend at Crisler Arena, the Wolverines scored 226.625 points to finish sixth in a field of seven at the conclusion of the team competition on Friday.
Cause or effect of Michigan's season, Ellerbe fits Goss' plan
Way back in October, Tom Goss stood up and said he was steering the Michigan basketball program in a new direction. After months of allegations and investigations, enough was enough, Goss said. Time to head in a new direction. Steve Fisher was out as coach, and Brian Ellerbe was in - for a while, anyway.
Despite attention paid to Michigan's Big Three wrestlers, Warren emerges: With 30 victories this season, 126-pounder has dominated competition all year
CLEVELAND - With its three seniors obtaining All-America status at the NCAA Championships this past weekend, it's easy to forget that the Michigan wrestling team sent four wrestlers to the tournament.
Jeff Catrabone, Bill Lacure and Airron Richardson grabbed most of the attention, but sophomore Joe Warren contributed to the Wolverines' success as well.
Catrabone plays indirect role in figuring champ
CLEVELAND - Oklahoma State's wrestling team finished in third place at the NCAA Tournament by a scant 2.5-point margin, behind Iowa and Minnesota. And the rivalry between these top schools was apparent.
A key match that may have cost the Cowboys the title was Michigan wrestler Jeff Catrabone's victory over Mark Smith of Oklahoma State. Catrabone claimed third place at 167 pounds, and at the end of regulation the wrestlers were tied at four. After a scoreless overtime period, the match went to a sudden-death tiebreaker, which Catrabone won on a controversial call.
National championship to be settled at White House
You remember all the talk of a mythical national championship, I'm sure. Settle the score once and for all. Pit team vs. team, moxie vs. determination, brains vs. brawn, Heisman trophy winner vs. convicted felon.
DETROIT - Michigan hockey center Bobby Hayes spoke slowly and in a low voice outside the Joe Louis Arena lockerroom in Detoit on Friday night.
Although he was quiet, his message was clear and resounding.Wolverines give away game, chance at title: Buckeyes score two goals on Michigan miscues in the third period to advance to final game
DETROIT - When Michigan coach Red Berenson came out to speak with members of the media following his team's 4-2 loss against Ohio State, he was disgusted.
But while his Wolverines failed to put their best game on display, Berenson knew it was the Buckeyes' night from start to finish.Ohio State hockey program proves itself in victory over 'M'
"I would do all sorts of stupid and funny things," Berenzweig recalled. "Like, I jumped into a pool not knowing how to swim. And people had to save me. Things like that."
And so when he visited his relatives in Texas, his uncle came up with a nickname for Andrew - Bubba.Who's Andrew?: The Michigan Hockey team might not even know, but it's Bubba Berenzweig, the standout defensemen who does things a little differently
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan State's double-overtime victory over Ohio State in the CCHA playoff championship game put Spartan coach Ron Mason in a reminiscing mood.
''Games like this are what memories are made of,'' Mason said after Shawn Horcoff's goal at 2:30 of the second overtime gave the regular-season champion Spartans a 3-2 victory Saturday over the Buckeyes in the longest playoff game in CCHA history.Spartans capture CCHA title: Two overtime periods needed to put away Buckeyes, 4-2
No room for error in Blue postseason
It would be so easy. The mistakes the Wolverines made against Ohio State were so glaring, so blatant, that I could easily go on and on about what Michigan did wrong. About what could've been or should've been if just a few key errors hadn't happened.
MINNEAPOLIS - The swimming world will remember this past weekend for a long time. Many races were the fastest of all time. The question is: Why? There were a variety of opinions on the subject as experts weighed in ...
Michigan sophomore and former Canadian Olympian Shannon Shakespeare: "I think the great thing about the NCAAs is the depth of the competitors. At an event like the Olympic games, there are only two of the top competitors from any one country. An environment like this raises the caliber of the competition.Experts discuss fast times
MINNEAPOLIS - Last weekend's NCAA women's swimming and diving championships was arguably the fastest women's meet ever. It was a weekend when records came and went like the rising and setting sun.
But that was expected from a meet featuring former Olympians. With at least seven of the fastest races in history, how could it not have been? While the races were great, they weren't the most memorable aspect. The grace of championship swimming brings respect
Golder is key to renaissance of men's gymnastics program
About face!
There is a buzz around the Big Ten - and it's not about undefeated Iowa. It's about a team, believe it or not, that won zero meets in 1996. It's about a team that did not beat a single conference opponent in 1997.
Women's gymnastics humbled by Gophers at Big Ten Championships
Soaring virtually atop the nation with a No. 2 ranking, the Michigan women's gymnastics team was brought back to the ground this weekend when it finished second in its own conference.
The Wolverines scored a road-record 194.9 on Saturday, but it was not enough for the team to bring its seventh consecutive Big Ten title back to Ann Arbor.
For the second straight year, the Michigan softball team left the Boilermaker Classic undefeated in the tournament and looking to carry momentum into the Big Ten season. Last year, the Wolverines (21-3) swept through the Classic and proceeded to win their next five games.
Softball red hot, but boys of summer still await warmth
Just as the temperatures were rising and the Michigan baseball team was getting ready for an important homestand with Iowa, a snowstorm hit the Detroit area.
This past weekend, the Wolverines' series with Iowa was canceled due to snow. 
Weather halts games
Fans hope that this isn't turning into a trend - but it certainly seems like one. The Michigan women's tennis team is becoming famous for streaky play.
The trend started with four of five victories to open the year. These were followed by three straight losses. 
Blue netters split weekend conference matches
03-23-98
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