February 13, 2004

Wolverines Hold Their Own vs. Division III Foes

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan Wolverines faced off against two Division III North Coast Athletic Conference opponents in Kenyon and Wooster Friday evening in two half-long scrimmages in front of roughly 200 fans at the Oosterbaan Fieldhouse.  Michigan faired well in both scrimmages scoring seven unofficial goals in their first contest vs. Wooster while playing Kenyon to a friendly overtime period. 

Head Coach John Paul was pleased with his squad’s effort.  “The most important thing in scrimmages like this are the ground balls and hustle.  Everyone is going to look a little sloppy this early in the season so I wanted to make sure the guys brought their intensity.  I was pleased with their effort” Paul said.

Coach Paul also found highs in junior goaltender Dan Webber (Weston, Mass./Weston) and junior attack/midfield Ryan Clark’s (Summit, N.J./Summit) games tonight.  Paul commented, “Dan Webber played very well in goal.  I was impressed with his play, especially early on.  Ryan Clark was also surprisingly good tonight.  I know he was a little banged up and coming off the bad knee it was good to see him play like that.”

Michigan will play again in two weeks as they head south to Florida to play Central Florida (Feb. 23), Florida (Feb. 25) and Brigham Young (Feb. 28).  Visit mgoblue.com for all of your Men’s Lacrosse information.

Contact: Joe Hennessy (734) 276-8493, jjhennes@umich.edu