01 Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, April 12, 1988 MICHIGAN FINISHES FIFTH AT NCAAS M' tankers continue to impress By TAYLOR LINCOLN The men's swimming team continued its rise to prominence in the national swimming scene by finishing fifth in last weekend's NCAA meet. As was the case at last month's Big Ten meet, the story of the weekend was Brent Lang. The sophomore finished first in the 100-yard freestyle, and third in both the 50 and 200 freestyles - en route to a third-place national individual finish for total points accumulated. By winning the 100 freestyle, Lang became the first Michigan national champion since 1971. MICHIGAN head coach Jon Urbanchek was pleased, though not surprised by his team's per- formance and Lang's effort. "As a team we per- formed as well as we had anticipated," Urbanchek said. "This was a very good meet, but not a per- fect meet. "Lang was a favorite going in, and he per- formed like a favorite. He was in control the whole way." "Winning NCAAs has been a long-term goal," Lang said. It's really amazing. (But) it hasn't really set in yet." OTHER highlights included backstroker Alex Alvizuri, who finished fourth in the 200 backstroke. His time of one minute, 46.89 sec- onds eclipsed the previous Big Ten marks. Senior breaststroker Jan-Erick Olsen suffered a severe sprained ankle, which relegated him to wearing a cast for 10 days prior to the meet. He still managed to finish fifth in the 100 breast- stroke and seventh in the 200 breaststroke. First- year swimmer Mike Barrowman also placed in the 200 breaststroke with a fourth-place finish. The 400 medley relay team consisting of Lang, Olsen, Alvizuri, and Marty Moran finished fifth. The 400 freestyle finished eighth. Junior diver Lee Michaud finished fifth in the one-meter competition. DURING Urbanchek's six-year tenure as head coach, Michigan has risen from being an upper division Big Ten team, to being the domi- nant team in the Big Ten and one of the preemi- nent teams in America. Last year's sixth-place national finish was Michigan's best in 15 years. This year's fifth- place finish denotes continued improvement by a team which will only lose three of its top swimmers (Olsen, backstroker Mike Creaser, and Dave Goch) to graduation. Though Urbanchek is generally cautious about making predictions he did say, "I think we're go- ing to continue to make a steady improvement - - probably a spot or two every year." Lang is less guarded in his optimism: "This team is definitely on the rise. We have the potential to eventually win the national champi- onship." 'Winning NCAAs has been a long-term goal. It's really amazing. (But) it hasn't really set in yet.' -Michigan swimmer Brent Lang Limnsters climb linto top hatf By DAVID HYMAN The Michigan men's golf team finished seventh out of 18 teams last weekend at the Marshall Invitational in Huntington, W. Va. Ohio State won the 54-hole tourney, followed by Kentucky, Kent State and Miami of Ohio. "We did achieve our first objective of finishing in the top half of the field for the first third of the season," said Michigan coach Jim Carras of the win. "We are now looking to finish in the top six, hopefully in either one of the top three spots." No. 1 player, Scott Chipokas, once again led the Wolverines (77- 72-77-226), but played below his potential. No. 2 player Bob Papp did not shoot well either (78-77-78-233)* Despite the poor performances by Chipokas and Papp, the less-heralded golfers played better than expected, thus holding up the team score. Bob Paton placed second on the team (77- 81-72-230), followed by Hersh Patel (76-80-75-231) and Erich Kuhlman (80-78-83-241). By LORY KNAPP cruised to a 4-1 victory. Strong hit- rors in game two of the four-game She could be out for the season. Good pitching and Iowa errors ting by rookies Bonnie Tholl (two- series. The errors, combined with "Losing Mary Ann hurts a lot," H a w K ey e enabled the Michigan softball team for-three) and Julie Cooper (one-for- seven Michigan hits made for an- said Hutchins. Cooper will have to to run away from the Hawkeyes, four, two runs scored) combined other Wolverine win. Rookie pitcher pick up the slack at catcher. three games to one, last weekend in with four Hawkeye errors gave the Andrea Nelson gave up just five hits It took Iowa 12 innings to beat errors gI e Iowa City. Having won seven of Wolverines an easy win. in the 7-2 Michigan victory. Michigan in the third game, 3-2. their last eight, the Wolverines have "They (the Hawkeyes) just fell Unfortunately for the Wolverines, Bolster received the loss even though upped their record to 12-9. apart," said Michigan coach Carol catcher and infielder Mary Ann she only gave up seven hits in the Senior pitcher Michelle Bolster Hutchins. "And we capitalized on Daviera injured her knee in the game marathon. took control in the first game. She some key plays." when a Hawkeye player slid into her Michigan held off the Hawkeyes allowed only one run as Michigan Iowa committed another four er- while breaking up a double play. in the finale, 5-4. .......... * ~: ....... ........... .......... ..........--.-.--.-.- ...---- --.-..-- -. . . ~ - i i _' lIZ G 0 0 J l O 0 0C QLQ ©, o - Bath ; -1] LiZLJ j8 Citchen Ab 1988 YEARBOOK PICK-UP The 1988 Michigan Ensian will be distributed starting Wednesday, April 13. 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"5-4 matches like this can go ei- ther way," said No.1 singles player Tina Basle. "We have to pull out these close matches if we want to be seeded in the top six of the Big Ten tournament." BASLE continued her individual dominance as she won every match in which she participated. In singles, she defeated Penny Wohlford of the Hawkeyes, 6-3, 6-2, and Anne Gordie of the Golden Gophers, 6-2, 7-6. Another bright spot for Michigan was Cathy Schmidt. Playing at the No. 6 singles position, she beat Iowa's Robin Gerstein, 2-6, 7-6, 7- 5, and Minnesota's Jennifer Huston, 6-2, 6-2. Going into Friday's match at Iowa, the Wolverines knew they were in for a battle. "Last year Iowa finished fifth in the Big Ten," said Furnished Apartments Furnished 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments For Rent by the Week: $175.00 or Month: $555.00 Available May 1988 to August 1988 only For Information Call: (313) 761-2680 Michigan head coach Bitsy Ritt. "We were expecting a tough match." ALONG with Basle and Schmidt's victories, No. 5 Leslie Mackey also notched a singles win at Iowa. Mackey defeated Pat Leary, 6-4, 7-5, as Michigan captured three out of the six singles games. The match wasn't decided until the third set of No. 3 doubles when first-year players Wendy Stross and Kristie Miner squeaked out a 7-5 win over Leary and Pat DeSimone to seal the victory for the Wolverines. Against Minnesota, it almost looked like a repeat of the Iowa match. Michigan again split the singles matches with No. 2 Stacy Berg winning in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2, over Karin Eneberg. in addition to. Basle and Schmidt's wins. HOWEVER, in the doubles round, only the No. 1 team of Basle and Berg came out on top as they nipped Gordie and Tanya Breitag, 7- 6, in the third set of the match. Still, after their weekend perfor- mance, Ritt was happy. "It was a great win in a long match against Iowa," she said. "Unfortunately we came up a little short at Minnesota." 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