Michigan Lacrosse Scavenger Hunt

To close out the fall season, Michigan Lacrosse took a different approach to its final scheduled practice. Instead of running laps in Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, the team got their cardio in while participating in a scavenger hunt that required groups to complete tasks while running to various locations around campus...CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE TO READ FULL STORY

Michigan finishes fall season at MSU playday

10/11/2009
East Lansing, MI -- Michigan concluded its fall schedule participating in a playday at Michigan State University. The Wolverines played three games, finishing 1-2 on the day and 3-3-1 for the fall exhibition season.
Michigan began the day against Miami University, falling to the Redhawks 11-7 in a dense morning fog. Junior Amanda Schutte (San Diego, CA/La Costa Canyon) and sophomore Ani Shekerjian (Bloomfield Hills, MI/Detroit Country Day) led the offensive charge for Michigan with two goals each in the game...

Michigan travels to Wittenberg for playday

10/5/2009
Springfield, OH -- Michigan kicked off its 2009-10 Fall Season traveling to Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. The Wolverines played four shortened games, compiling a 2-1-1 record on the day with victories over Kenyon and Wittenberg. The team played to a 2-2 tie against Ohio Wesleyan and fell 7-4 to Dennison. 

Michigan Women's Lacrosse holds tryouts

Day One - Monday 9/28:
36 girls made their way through the cold and rain for Michigan Lacrosse's first of four scheduled tryouts Monday night at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. 19 Wolverines return from last year's squad which completed a 20-5 season with a strong fifth place finish at Nationals.

Michigan's coaching staff returns on the heels of their third consecutive MHSAA State Championship at the helm of Birmingham United. Key players back for the Wolverines include sophomore goalie Emmy Scheidt (Birmingham, MI/Seaholm) along with senior Amy Johnson (Washington, D.C./Holton-Arms) who lead the team with 59 goals last year.

To kick off the tryout, players pushed through twenty 100-yard sprints before moving on to a range of drills and concluding with a full-field scrimmage. Two hours, two fewer players, and thirteen bags of ice later, the girls had dragged themselves off the field turf, sure to sleep soundly before returning for more of the same on Tuesday.

NOTES: Sophomores Jenna Weinberg, Delaney Kempner, and Ifat Ribon sat out practice in observance of Yom Kippur...Senior Ame Maturo was forced to the sidelines after aggravating tendinitis in her Achilles during the initial sprints.

Day Two - Tuesday 9/29:
The second day of tryouts began with a long series of gassers which turned into forty-five minutes of conditioning testing the endurance of the 35 girls in attendance before going into drills.

After running through shuttle drills, the squad split into three stations working on eight-meter shots, transition play, and one-on-one drills. While the coaches led the tryout, Senior tri-captain Arielle Dyner (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) could be heard above the rest of the team shouting encouragement at her teammates, new and old. "I just take more of a leadership role which is what I like to do because I like to motivate the team," said Dyner regarding her new role as a captain.

Dyner is joined by senior Amy Santoriello (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) along with junior Britt Boehm (Rocky River, OH/Magnificant) as the three captains who were elected at the conclusion of last season.
The three have ambitious goals for the season as they hope to pick up right where the team left off in Scottsdale last season. "We finished really well last year, entering (the National Tournament) as the ninth seed and finishing in fifth place," said Dyner. "Our expectations are no longer game-by-game. Our goal is to be National Champions and we're going to do it by winning every game."

NOTES: Three players who tried out yesterday did not return Tuesday night...Maturo sat out practice for the second day with tendinitis...Tomorrow's tryouts will be 9-11pm instead of 7-9 as previously posted on the website.

Tryout schedule set
Michigan Women's Lacrosse will be holding tryouts for the 2009-10 team at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse as follows:

Mon. 9/28: 7-9pm
Tue. 9/29: 7-10pm
Wed. 9/30: 9-11pm

Michigan's coaching staff wins third consecutive Michigan Division I State Title

Birmingham United completed the three-peat on Sunday, defeating Marian HS in the State Finals 13-11. Michigan's lacrosse team had several ties to this game in addition to its coaching staff. Junior Jess Stanley played for Marian HS while Sophomore Emmy Scheidt and Quinn Golinske were teammates and won two straight state championships with Birmingham United.