The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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56 THE WOLVERINE DECEMBER 2019 OLYMPIC SPORTS places ahead of the next-best first-year runner, earning her first-team All-Big Ten honors and unanimous selection as the top rookie in the conference. VanderLende's time of 20:26.3 helped lead Michigan to a third-place team finish, behind Michigan State and Wis- consin, respectively. Redshirt junior Kathryn House finished just four spots behind VanderLende in 10th (20:33.9). Senior Anna West (19th, 20:53.5), red- shirt sophomore Camille Davre (26th, 21:03.6) and fifth-year senior Emma Sloan (27th, 21:08.8) comprised the rest of the Michigan scoring runners. The Wolverines will take part the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Nov. 15 at Madison, Wis., with hopes of earn- ing a bid to the NCAA Championships Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind. Men's Soccer (10-4-4, 4-1-3 Big Ten) Michigan notched a come-from-be- hind 2-1 victory over Michigan State at U-M Soccer Stadium in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament Nov. 10. Awakened by an early goal in the 22nd minute, the Wolverines collec- tively gathered themselves and took over control of the game, particularly dominating the second half. Sopho- more forward Derick Broche and se- nior forward Jack Hallahan, both hav- ing posted double-digit season point totals, did the scoring damage against the Spartans. In the game's 60th minute, Broche was set up all alone on the Michigan State goalkeeper on touches by junior forward Umar Farouk Osman and ju- nior defender Jackson Ragen. Broche made no mistake and knotted the score at 1-1. Hallahan's game-winner came in the 71st minute on a free kick from the right sideline. Hallahan lifted a shot into the box and, on one hop, the ball bounced over the reach of the stunned Spartan goalkeeper. The victory over Michigan State ex- tended U-M's streak of games either won or tied to five straight, starting with a win over Notre Dame Oct. 22, followed by the first of two wins over Michigan State Oct. 29, a victory over No. 17 Maryland Nov. 3 and the quarter- final victory over the Spartans. Only a tie with Wisconsin Oct. 25 slightly blem- ished the five-game stretch. The Wolverines were set to face No. 13 Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Nov. 15 College Park, Md. Women's Soccer (15-5-1, 8-2-1 Big Ten) National Ranking: No. 19 in the Nov. 4 coaches' poll In just her second season as Michi- gan's head coach, Jennifer Klein took her team right to the edge of winning the Big Ten Tournament championship, but ultimately fell to Penn State 2-1 in overtime. It was U-M's first champion- ship game appearance since 2005. Following a scoreless first half in the tournament final, Michigan struck first on a late Penn State own goal in the 82nd minute. The Wolverines couldn't hold that lead for long, and Penn State struck right back with on a penalty kick one minute later. The Nittany Lions' Payton Linnehan spoiled U-M's title hopes with a goal just 2:42 into the first overtime period. Michigan's road to the conference tournament final was set up by a 2-1 overtime victory of their own against No. 15 Rutgers in the semifinals and a quarterfinal win against Maryland. The Wolverines did, however, qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 and will open its cham- pionship quest at home against Bowl- ing Green at a date to be determined (sometime between Nov. 15-17). Men's Swimming & Diving (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) National Ranking: No. 6 in the Oct. 23 coaches' poll Michigan opened Big Ten competi- tion, travelling to Bloomington, Ind., for dual meets with No. 5 Indiana and No. 23 Iowa Nov. 2. The Wolverines bested Iowa 218-82, but came up short against Indiana in a 165-135 defeat. "Our team showed a lot of tough- ness today," head coach Mike Bot- tom told MGoBlue.com of the Indiana loss. " They swam well and raced well. We were beaten by a better team to- day. This [Indiana] is a tough place to compete. "… Even though it's still early on in the season, we still executed well, though it could be better. All the little things in races — breakouts, turns, finishes, overall race strategy — they all could be better. But the desire was there and we'll get back to work on all of those things before Minnesota next month." Senior Miles Smachlo (butterfly), ju- nior Ricardo Vargas (freestyle) and junior diver Ross Todd were top per- formers for Michigan in the dual meet against the Hoosiers and Hawkeyes. Women's Swimming & Diving (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) National Ranking: No. 11 in the Oct. 23 coaches' poll The Wolverines hit the road to open Big Ten competition with a 173-127 win over host Iowa Nov. 1. The win over the Hawkeyes was keyed by senior Miranda Tucker (breaststroke), sophomore Maggie MacNeil (back- stroke/freestyle) and freshman Kaitlyn Sims (freestyle), who each won a pair of events. MacNeil bested her previous pool record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.43. Junior Camryn McPherson, sopho- more Allie Klein and junior Nikki Canale provided depth to the Michigan scoring in diving. "Our diving was awesome today," Michigan head coach Mike Bottom told MGoBlue.com. "We broke up the swim- ming events so that our teams could watch and cheer on our divers. It's early for them, too, with a lot of them learn- ing new dives. "For some of them, it was the first time performing those dives in a competitive setting. They're making great progress." In her second year at the helm, women's soccer head coach Jennifer Klein guided Michigan to the Big Ten Tournament final and the program's first bid to the NCAA Tournament since 2016. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY