The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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OLYMPIC SPORTS BASEBALL (31-11 OVERALL, 11-3 BIG TEN) Junior left-handed pitcher Tommy Henry is a midseason candidate for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country … As of April 29, he had a 7-3 record with a 2.61 ERA and 75 strikeouts … U-M was on an eight- game winning streak through April 29 and stood first in the conference … The Wolverines were listed No. 22 nationally by Collegiate Baseball, No. 24 by Perfect Game and No. 26 by the NCBWA. WOMEN'S GOLF Freshman Ashley Lau received a bid to the 2019 NCAA East Lansing Regional, becoming the fourth U-M golfer to earn an NCAA individual selection and the first since Ashley Bauer in 2010 … Se- nior Elodie Van Dievoet tied for fifth at the Big Ten Championship, helping the Wolverines finish seventh at the event. WOMEN'S LACROSSE (15-2 OVERALL, 4-2 BIG TEN) Senior goalie Mira Shane is a nominee for the Tewaaraton Award, which goes to the top player in the country … Se- nior attack Adriana Pendino set U-M's single-season record for goals scored with 36 … As of April 29, Michigan was the No. 7 team in the nation according to Inside Lacrosse. ROWING U-M's first varsity four has won Big Ten Boat of the Week three times this season … The Wolverines have victo- ries over seven ranked programs … As of April 30, U-M was the No. 5 team in the nation according to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/US Row- ing Coaches poll. SOFTBALL (37-11 OVERALL, 19-1 BIG TEN) Senior second baseman Faith Canfield is a finalist for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award … She was the only Big Ten representative among the finalists … Rookie outfielder Lexie Blair is a finalist for the 2019 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Freshman of the Year award … She earned her third Big Ten Fresh- man of the Week award April 22 … As of April 30, Michigan was second in the Big Ten behind Northwestern with the conference tournament taking place May 10-11 … The Wolverines were ranked No. 22 in the country in the USA Today/NFCA poll as of April 29. MEN'S TENNIS (17-8 OVERALL, 7-4 BIG TEN) Freshman Andrew Fenty was named first-team All-Big Ten and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the fourth Wolverine to earn the award … He defeated No. 1-ranked JJ Wolf of Ohio State, giving Wolf his first loss of the season in the Big Ten semifinals … However, Michigan fell to No. 1 Ohio State 4-2 … U-M received an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament … The Wolverines have gone to four straight NCAA Tournaments … As of April 29, Michigan was ranked No. 22 nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Associa- tion (ITA). WOMEN'S TENNIS (18-5 OVERALL, 11-0 BIG TEN) The Wolverines won their second straight Big Ten Tournament title April 28, defeating Illinois 4-1 … U-M's title earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament … Senior Kate Fa- hey has tied Emina Bektas for first on Michigan's all-time victories list with 129 … Michigan also won the regular- season Big Ten championship with an 11-0 conference record … That marked U-M's eighth regular-season conference championship in the last 10 years … The Wolverines were ranked No. 17 na- tionally by the ITA as of April 29, and will host first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament May 3-4 … U-M is also sending three athletes to the NCAA Singles Championship for the first time ever. MEN'S TRACK & FIELD Fifth-year senior Jack Lint was named the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week April 10 after winning the Arizona Jim Click Shootout decathlon with a career- best score of 7,596 points … His score ranked No. 1 in the Big Ten, No. 4 in the NCAA and No. 7 in the world for the 2019 outdoor season at the time it occurred. WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD Sophomore distance runner Alice Hill was named Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week April 24 after finishing fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Cardinal Classic … Her time of 10:04.58 was the best of any Big Ten women in the event this year, and ranked No. 6 in the NCAA East Region and No. 9 nationally as of April 20 … Sophomore Chloe Foster was Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week April 17 after she won the 400-meter hurdles at the Louisville Invitational. WATER POLO (23-8 OVERALL, 6-0 CWPA) Michigan won its fourth straight Col- legiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) championship by defeating No. 15 Princeton 10-6 April 28 … The senior class became U-M's first to win straight titles … Senior attacker Julia Sellers earned CWPA Tournament MVP honors after scoring three goals in two straight games … Freshman Abby Andrews was the CWPA Rookie of the Tournament … Sellers and Andrews were both named first-team CWPA All-Tournament along with junior goalie Heidi Ritner and ju- nior Maddy Steere … The Wolverines earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament … U-M was set to face No. 3 UCLA in the quarterfinals May 10 … The Wolverines were ranked No. 6 in the nation by CWPA as of April 29 … Steere was named CWPA Player of the Year, while Andrews was named the league's top rookie. Senior attacker Julia Sellers was tabbed as the CWPA Tournament MVP after lead- ing the Wolverines to their fourth straight title by scoring six goals in wins over Harvard and Princeton. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY Updates On Olympic Sports In Progress 60 THE WOLVERINE MAY 2019