It was one of those smiles that can't be stopped. Michigan's Kellyn Tate wasn't about to stop hers, as she stepped on home plate yesterday after hitting her first home run of the year.
The timing couldn't have been better for her. The Kellyn tater turned out to be the tournament winner as Michigan advanced to the Women's College World Series by beating DePaul for the second time this weekend, 3-0. 
Okla-homer!: Softball advances to World Series
Purdue has been the Michigan men's tennis team's nemesis for the last part of its season. Now, after losing two matches in a row to the feared Boilermakers, the Wolverines' season has ended.
The venue was different, but the match played out pretty much the same. At the NCAA Regionals in Notre Dame last weekend, the Wolverines fell just short once again. The Boilermakers, the No. 4 seed, were able to send the fifth-seeded Wolverines home after the first round, defeating them 4-2.
Purdue eliminates men's tennis
After a season of ups and downs, the Michigan women's tennis team headed into the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Champaign this past weekend on an apparent upswing.
Although the Wolverines had lost to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament finals, it was quite an accomplishment for the Wolverines to even get that far. To get there, they had to go through top-seed and host Wisconsin, a team which beat Michigan 7-0 during the regular season.Badgers down Michigan, 5-2
One thing missing from Oklahoma City might be the huge hometown crowd that cheered the Wolverines on at the NCAA Regionals this past weekend.
But that might be OK with them.Oklahoma lookin' OK for 'M'
The Michigan softball team has encountered 35 different teams in making its run to the College World Series, which will start Thursday in Oklahoma City. With a 55-5 record and a No.2 national ranking, the Wolverines have had their way more times than not.Wolverines set to face Longhorns
In all sports, the difference between the skill levels and abilities of the teams involved becomes less and less as you go further in the playoffs. Due to this, the gap between the winner and loser isn't as much a difference in skill. Instead, it's usually a difference in approach.Aggressive play keys victory
In the year of the national championship, one team is going by virtually unnoticed.
Football and hockey? Check.
'M' rows toward national title shot
He leaned against one of the buildings surrounding the track at Ferry Field with his head hanging. The exhausted pose could have been mistaken for one of disgust - the runner said little after the race, hiding behind his blue Wolverine cap. But he was far from disgusted.
Sullivan leads Blue at Paddock Invite
Chest heaving, she bent at the waist and put her hands on her knees. Then she peeled off her sweaty maroon top and slumped against the fence in this shadowy corner of Ferry Field.
Eight minutes earlier, she passed Michigan's Katie McGregor in the final hundred meters. Eastern Kentucky's Jamie King was queen of the 1,500 at the Len Paddock invitational. She finished in 4:17.76, just .60 seconds ahead of McGregor.King queen for a day
The front cover of the 1998 Michigan baseball media guide presented this year's Wolverines with a daunting task from the very beginning.
It shows a group of celebrating, upstart victors who had just clinched Michigan's first regular-season Big Ten championship in eight year.
What happened?
Golf is a tranquil sport, relaxing and serene.
Michael Harris doesn't like tranquil, relaxing or serene sports. Harris is a competitor. He works hard, plays hard and is one of the best in the Big Ten. Rules are not his thing. Harris is a golf rebel without a cause, breaking putters and opponents like none other.
Harris ignites Blue golfers
05-18-98
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