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Day 1 notes: 'That energy a crowd can give ... can really turn the tide'

CHAMPAIGN — Michigan won back-to-back NCAA titles in 2013 and 2014. The Wolverines followed that up with a fourth-place finish in 2015. Since? Michigan hasn't even made it to the Super Six team finals.

Michigan snapped that streak Friday afternoon, posting a score of 408.389 to win Session I at State Farm Center and advance to the Super Six. Stanford and Nebraska also advanced.

"I think Stanford is a little better team than us, so for us to come in and pull the upset I'm very happy about that," Michigan coach Kurt Golder said. "Having won this session will give them a lot of confidence they maybe didn't have.