M Swim closing in on B1G title highlights busy day in Michigan Athletics
Very busy day for Michigan Athletics today. Might as well just recap it in one big thread.
#2 Men's Swimming & Diving leads after Day 3 at the B1G Championships by 193 points. The final day of the B1G Championships are tomorrow night at Canham Natatorium.
Standings after day 3-
| Michigan | 599 |
| Indiana | 406 |
| Ohio | 354 |
| Penn State | 265 |
| Purdue | 219.5 |
| minnesota | 208 |
| Wisconsin | 207 |
| Iowa | 130 |
| Northwestern | 107 |
| Michigan State | 84.5 |
Softball, unfortunately, had both of their games today cancelled due to rain. Not known when or if they will be made up. They were supposed to play a highly ranked UCLA team.
- #13 Hockey tied ohio tonight, 2-2
- #20 Water Polo who has been struggling mightly thus far in 2014 got two huge wins today to bring their record to 5-10. They upset #15 UC Santa Barbara, 11-10 in OT and easily beat Azusa Pacific, 14-8.
- Women's Lacrosse played their first-ever home game in program history tonight at Oosterbaan, losing a close one 12-10 to Marquette. Still looking for that big first win for the program.
- Just finishing up minutes ago, #26 Men's Tennis beats state, 4-3 in a thriller final match.
- Baseball lost to #6 NC State today, 3-0 out in Cary, NC. They play a double-header tomorrow against notre dame at Noon and appalachian state at 4pm.
- #8 Women's Gymnastics picked up two wins tonight, beating #23 Kent State and BYU. Their score of 197.200 was runaway.
- Men's Track & Field is in 8th place at the B1G Indoor Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, OH
- Women's Track & Field is in FIRST place at the B1G Champiosnhips, also SPIRE Institute.
February 28th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
Awesome. #GoBlue
Also, I got a letter asking me to apply for more positions with M athletics. A form letter, but I'm taking that as a personal invitation.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
Positions? Kama Sutra or just plain bend over and grab your ankles???
February 28th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^
That's my current job. ReachLocal, why must you lie to my clients about their results?! "I used to have 10% CTR and 80% conversion rate! Why can't ou do that?" "Because I respect you?"
February 28th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^
February 28th, 2014 at 11:17 PM ^
The softball games were listed as cancelled, not postponed, which means that they will not be made up.
Softball does have 1 more game on the schedule against UCLA, Wednesday night at 7 pm PST in Westwood. I suppose it's possible that they turn that into a doubleheader, but it seems unlikely. Michigan plays the Utah Valley Wolverines and the Long Beach State 49ers on Saturday in Lakewood, California, weather permitting, with a game against Oregon State on Sunday morning.
February 28th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
I've been rooting for UM with all my might since I began grad school two years ago, but am upest to hear they beat my Santa Barbara Gauchos in water polo!
Looking at the poll and at Michigan's schedule, it's not entirely unreasonable.
Michigan's 10 losses are to #2, #4, #7, #10, #11, #14 (twice), #16, #18 and #19. Michigan has a win against #15. So Michigan is 1-10 against the top 19 teams and 4-0 against everybody else (including 2 wins against teams also receiving votes, so presumably in the top 30). You can certainly make a case for a #20 ranking, even with that record.
There are only 30-35 Women's Varsity Water Polo teams in the country. It's not a stretch to imagine that some of them are hot garbage.