Wolverines to Kick Off Postseason at Big Ten Tournament

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan subject hockey workforce (9-6) will start the postseason portion of its 2025 schedule because the No. 4 seed on the Big Ten Conference Tournament. The Wolverines will face No. 17-ranked and No. 5-seeded Rutgers (9-8) within the quarterfinals at 11 a.m. on Thursday (Nov. 6) at Indiana’s Deborah Tobias Field in Bloomington, Ind.

The winner will face top-seeded and No. 2-ranked Northwestern within the semifinals at 1 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 7). Thursday’s matchup shall be streamed dwell on B1G+, whereas the semifinals and remaining shall be broadcast dwell on Big Ten Network.

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• Michigan owns essentially the most Big Ten Tournament titles in convention historical past with 9 and has gained two of the final three titles, together with final season in College Park, Md. The Wolverines gained back-to-back crowns in 1999 and 2000, once more in 2004 and 2005 and claimed titles in 2010, 2017, spring 2021, 2022 and 2024. U-M additionally has superior to the Big Ten Tournament championship recreation in 4 of the final 5 years — and 17 occasions in 27 seasons.

• The Wolverines captured the 2024 Big Ten Tournament title after beating all three groups that defeated them in regular-season convention play — Indiana (1-0 OT), Maryland (4-3, SO) and Northwestern (1-0). Lora Clarke earned Tournament MVP with a aim and two assists, in addition to a aim within the shootout win over Maryland, whereas Erin Reilly additionally earned All-Tournament honors.

• Michigan will open the Big Ten Tournament towards Rutgers and appears for its second win this season over the Scarlet Knights after incomes a 2-1 comeback victory on Oct. 5 at Ocker Field. U-M scored twice off its penalty nook within the second half. Junior Juliette Manzur netted the equalizer with time expired within the third earlier than graduate pupil Abby Tamer posted the game-winner with simply 2:07 remaining within the fourth. Michigan outshot RU 15-9 and outcornered them 8-5.

• Rutgers enters the postseason with a 9-8 report and, like Michigan, went 4-4 in Big Ten play. The Scarlett Knights ended the common season with a 4-2 win on the street towards Penn State final Friday (Oct. 31). Olivia Fraticelli leads Rutgers with 10 targets and two assists, whereas goalkeeper Emily Nicholls owns a 1.61 goals-against common and .784 save proportion. Michigan leads 14-4 all-time towards Rutgers and has gained the final two conferences.

• Michigan completed the common season tied for fourth place — with each Indiana and Rutgers — within the Big Ten standings with a 4-4 report towards league opponents. The Wolverines gained all 4 of their convention dwelling video games and dropped their 4 street video games and registered a mixed 17-11 aim differential.

• Tamer leads the Wolverines in scoring with eight targets, two assists and 18 factors. Tamer, a 2024 first workforce All-American, additionally led U-M in scoring final season with 12 targets, 14 assists and 38 factors. Tamer has 9 game-winning targets over her Michigan profession; along with the three this season — all scored throughout the remaining three minutes of the fourth quarter, together with two within the remaining 30 seconds. She additionally tallied the game-winner within the Wolverines’ comeback win towards Wake Forest final season.

• Tamer boasts profession totals of 33 targets, 27 assists and 91 factors and stands inside hanging distance of cracking the Wolverines’ prime 10 leaderboard in all three classes. Notably, she is simply two assists away from the eighth spot — shared by Lori Hillman (2002-05), Sharon Cantor (1986-89) and Paige Laytos (2006-10) with 27 — and 6 factors shy of the tenth spot, at the moment held by Molly Powers (97, 1999-2002).

• Junior Manzur suffered a season-ending damage within the Wolverines’ recreation at Ohio State (Oct. 12). She tied her profession highs in targets (5) and assists (5) and nonetheless ranks second on the workforce with a career-best 15 factors. Of her targets this season, she scored U-M’s game-tying marker with time expired within the third quarter towards Rutgers and the game-tying aim within the fourth quarter towards Wake Forest — and contributed the Wolverines’ first aim of their 3-2 comeback win at Stanford.

• Thirteen Wolverines have scored this yr, only one shy of final season’s complete of 14. Junior Abby Burnett tallied her first aim of the season — and simply her second collegiate aim, first since 2023 — within the first quarter towards Indiana final Friday (Oct. 31).

• Michigan has outscored opponents 26-12 within the second half this season and 14-4 within the fourth quarter. Last season, U-M outscored its opposition 15-4 within the fourth quarter.

• Junior/sophomore goalkeeper Hala Silverstein ranks seventh nationally and third within the Big Ten along with her .784 save proportion and twelfth nationally and third within the Big Ten with a 1.06 goals-against common. Overall, Michigan carries a 1.29 GAA, whereas its defensive corps has allowed simply 9.1 photographs and 4.3 corners per recreation this season.

• Michigan scored two of its three targets towards Indiana on its assault penalty nook — and equally scored two nook targets apiece in Big Ten video games towards Penn State and Rutgers. Michigan owns 19 nook targets this season, precisely half of its total aim complete (38). Michigan’s nook conversion on the season is 17.8 p.c (19-for-107).

• Michigan has held opponents to simply six complete targets off penalty corners this season — one apiece towards North Carolina, Stanford, Ohio State, Northwestern, Iowa and Indiana — and a scant conversion charge of 9.2 p.c (6-for-65).