Amy Biolchini
AnnArbor.com
For C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, money raised from the three-day Champions for Children’s Hearts charity event that drew a slew of University of Michigan football alumni and other former athletes back to Ann Arbor this weekend fills a critical void.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Through slow hitting, wild pitching and snowflakes, the streak endured.
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Pete Cunningham
AnnArbor.com
Michigan senior Katie Zurales stretches during the gymnastics team's final home practice of the year on Tuesday, April 16.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
It may not be showing up in the final scores just yet, but players and coaches say this Michigan lacrosse team is showing improvement.
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John Counts
AnnArbor.com
Ann Arbor firefighters put out a couch blaze on Hoover Street in Ann Arbor after the Wolverines' loss to Louisville.
Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com
Despite several fires set in Ann Arbor following the University of Michigan's loss to Louisville in the title NCAA men's basketball game Monday night in Atlanta, police said it was a fairly quiet night overall.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
The Michigan hockey team celebrates a goal at Joe Louis Arena during its semifinal game Saturday against Miami.
Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com
The Michigan hockey team may not have qualified for the NCAA tournament this year for the first time in more than two decades. But it was unbeaten in nine straight games to make the CCHA tournament finals, and ended the season playing its best hockey of the year.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Red Berenson has spent 29 years as Michigan's hockey coach.
AnnArbor.com file photo
The Michigan hockey team’s late nine-game win streak restored some respectability to an otherwise dismal season.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Jon Merrill, pictured above, has reportedly signed a pro contract.
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com file photo
On Tuesday, Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson said he thought it was time for defenseman Jon Merrill to move on to professional hockey.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Michigan freshman defenseman Jacob Trouba takes a shot against Michigan State earlier this season.
Two of Michigan’s best defenseman could both have played their final games in a Wolverines uniform Sunday.
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Daniel Brenner
AnnArbor.com
Michigan scored four goals in an eight-minute span in the second period to beat Miami, 6-2 and advance to the CCHA final Sunday against Notre Dame
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Michigan forward Kevin Lynch celebrates a Wolverines goal in the second period Saturday at Joe Louis Arena.
Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com
Updated at 8:15 p.m.
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Kyle Austin
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Steve Racine makes a save in Michigan's first-round series against Northern Michigan.
Andrew Kuhn | AnnArbor.com file photo
For the 24th time in 24 years, Michigan is headed to Joe Louis Arena for the CCHA tournament semifinals.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Michigan forward Luke Moffatt takes a shot against Miami earlier this season.
Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com file
With a two-game weekend sweep over Western Michigan, the Michigan hockey team advanced to the CCHA semifinals at Joe Louis Arena for the 24th consecutive year.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
Michigan forward Phil DiGiuseppe skates away from Western Michigan players during the two teams’ Friday night game.
Matt Gade | Mlive Media Group
Updated at 10:30 p.m.
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Kyle Austin
Contributor
The awards keep piling in: after being named one of the top rookies in the CCHA, Michigan freshman defenseman Jacob Trouba was named to the All-CCHA first team, the league announced on Wednesday.
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Matt Durr
AnnArbor.com
What a difference a day makes.
One night after barely escaping with a win over Northern Michigan, the Michigan hockey team dominated the Wildcats Saturday night, earning a 6-2 victory and a two-game sweep in the opening round of the CCHA playoffs.
“I think that was the best game we’ve played all year,” said defenseman Mac Bennett. “We started hot, we finished hot, we were just great all around. I thought our special teams were great. We dominated the game.”
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Michigan State's Courtney Schiffauer drives against Michigan's Rachel Sheffer during the second of the Spartans' 62-46 win in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal Friday.
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The Michigan women's basketball team snapped a losing streak to its rival earlier this season, but Michigan State wouldn't allow two in a row.
Klarissa Bell's 20 points led the Spartans to a 62-48 win over the Wolverines in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal Friday night in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Michigan State (23-7) pulled away in the second half while Michigan (21-10) made just 7 of 25 shots (.280) over the final 20 minutes.
While Bell was having an 8-for-15 shooting night, she helped limit Michigan's leading scorer, Kate Thompson, to eight points on 3-for-14 shooting, including 1-for-10 from the 3-point line.
It was Thompson who scored 20 points in Michigan's 70-69 win over the Spartans on Feb. 16, which ended Michigan State's 12-game winning streak in the rivalry.
"I just had a lot of redemption, let's say that," Bell said after the game. "Definitely just wanted to D up Kate Thompson the way I knew that I could. I just didn't do it as well as I could the last time, so this time I definitely wanted to do that. I think that showed."
Michigan State never trailed, leading by as many as 10 in the first half. When the Wolverines cut the deficit to two early in the second half, the Spartans responded with a 16-1 run to put the game out of reach.
Seniors Nya Jordan (12 points) and Rachel Scheffer (10 points) led the Wolverines.
Michigan State has now won 21 of its last 23 games against Michigan and has a 62-16 all-time record against the Wolverines.
"Obviously, when I came to Michigan, I knew that would be our in-state rival and a big rivalry for our kids as well as our universities," said first-year Michigan coach Kim Barnes-Arico. "They have a great program, a program that we aspire to be. This year, our seniors were able to come away with a victory at home. We played really well against them. And hopefully, my goal is obviously to get our program to be a national contender year in, year out. So that would be on the level of a Michigan State program."
With the win, the No. 4-seeded Spartans earned their eighth trip to the semifinals in the past 10 seasons. All four of the top tournament seeds advanced after two days of games. No. 2 Nebraska plays No. 3 Purdue and MSU will play top seed Penn State.
Matt Durr
AnnArbor.com
It was clear to everyone inside of Yost Ice Arena who the better team was Friday night. Luckily for the Michigan hockey team, looks can be deceiving.
The Wolverines survived a disastrous second period and held on to a 3-2 victory over Northern Michigan in Game 1 of a first-round CCHA playoffs series.
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Melanie Maxwell
AnnArbor.com
Trey Burke saved the day for the MIchigan basketball team on Sunday, with a dunk with 22 seconds on the clock and a steal at the buzzer to give the Wolverines a 58-57 win over rival Michigan State.
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Daniel Brenner
AnnArbor.com
The Michigan men's basketball team will play Michigan State on Sunday and the Crisler Center will no doubt be packed.
But what does the Crisler Center look like before, during and after a rivalry game? By the time you're in the building, it's usually already filled, and if you're out of the building, by nature you can't see what's going on inside.
In the above time-lapse video, we see Crisler go from empty, dark and peaceful to full, bright and chaotic during February's game against Michigan's other chief rival, Ohio State.
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