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The Michigan Daily
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Michigan
icers stay
BY MIKE GILL
Although eight collegiate teams
remain in the NCAA's college
hockey tournament, the Michigan
hockey team is scattering itself
around the world.
Last night, when the the Utica
Devils faced off against the Adiron-
dack Red Wings, former Michigan
defenseman and co-captain Myles
O'Connor was dressed to play.
O'Connor has been given an amateur
tryout with Utica, the New Jersey
Devils affiliate in the American
Hockey League.
With the agreement, O'Connor
can still retain his amateur status and
keep his scholarship. Utica has
seven games left in its season.
Michigan assistant coach Mel Pear-
son doubts that O'Connor would
move to the NHL before the end of
this season.
"I don't think New Jersey would
want to bring him up," Pearson said.
"They would want to keep him away
from a bad situation. When the team
is not going to make the playoffs, it
is not a good situation to bring a
young player in. This will get him
accustomed to their organization.
He'll get a taste of what it is like."
Meanwhile, the other captain of
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O'Connor
the Wolverines, Todd Brost, left last
Friday to play three or four games
with Team Canada while it is on a
tour of Ontario and Quebec. Mich-
igan coach Red Berenson said that if
the team liked his play it might
provide Brost with an opportunity to
play on the team next year.
Junior defenseman Todd Copeland
and first-year sensation Denny Fels-
ner have been invited to the Pravda
Cup for a series of games in Lenin-
grad, leaving the States March 29.
"Going to Russia is a great exper-
ience for them, but before they can
go they must organize their schedule
so they do not fall behind in their
academic work or miss-any tests,"
Berenson said.
Berenson will be the featured
speaker at a coaching clinic in Min-
nesota during the NCAA cham-
pionships.
BENCue s ks
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STEVEN COHEN
The Michigan baseball team
opened its home season yesterday
with 10-1 and 9-2 victories over
Grand Valley State University. The
wins found the Wolverines back in
the cold after a 10-game spring trip
to Florida, and left them with an 8-4
record.
"This was good for a home
opener," first basemen Greg Haeger
said. "It's tough to come back from
85 degree weather to play in 35
degree weather, but for a home
opener you want to make sure that
everybody gets a chance to play and
the pitchers stay sharp. The pitchers
threw well and we played pretty good
defense."
Against the Lakers, of the Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Con-
ference, 25 of the 28 Wolverines on
the spring trip roster played,
including nine of 11 pitchers.
SOPHOMORE lefthander Kirt
Ojala extended his record to 2-0 with
two scoreless innings in the first
game. First-year righthander Russell
Brock is now 2-1 after pitching 1
2/3 innings in the second game.
The nine pitchers combined for
14 strikeouts and yielded only six
hits in 14 innings of work. Of the
three runs, only one was earned. DAVID LUB /y
After a home run by Dave Everly First-year player Mike Matheny, a Michigan catcher, tries to get back to first on a pickoff attempt by
made the score 1-0, the Wolverines Grand Valley State. Matheny's first appearance before the home crowd was a successful one as Michigan
blew the first game wide open with swept a pair from the Lakers.
a six-run third inning. Rightfielder
Phil Price knocked in two runs and "OUR PITCHERS threw well out. Price began his streak last raise his average to .318. "He's a
designated hitter Andy Fairman's and everybody combined for a good Saturday against Portland State with very good hitter. It almost comes
sacrifice bunt scored second baseman effort, " Everly said. "It's a big dif- a home run in the ninth inning. In natural to him to hit a baseball. On
Matt Morse on Laker catcher's Tim ference (from Florida). It's much the Wolverines' next game against the spring trip he struck out more
Smith's throwing error. Leftfielder tougher to stay loose." Ithaca, he went 4-for-4 with a walk. than he normally does and he still
Doug Kaiser drove in two runs and "I was pleased with the team, YESTERDAY, Price had two was hitting .405. The numbers
catcher Mike Matheny drove in one especially because of the condi- hits and two walks in the first game speak for themselves. I wish I could
during the rally. tions," Michigan coach Bud Mid- and reached base with three walks in be as consistent as he is because he
The scoring in the second game daugh said. "As cold as it was, I the second game to raise his average just hits.
mainly occurred in the second and thought we had a lot of good per- to .432. In the first inning of the
fourth innings when the Wolverines formances. "There were a lot of good second game, Price showed his Greg McMurtry was also
scored four runs in each. In the things (about the doubleheader)." hustle as he scored from first base on impressive, getting his first three
second game, centerfielder Jim (Bull) One good thing was rightfielder a misplayed ball off the bat of hits of the year in four at bats. He
Durham and Morse drove in two Phil Price, who reached base seven Haeger. raised his average to .300. McMurtry
runs each. Morse, who is hitting consecutive times in the double- "Price is an exceptional player," saw his first action since leaving the
.370, walloped his second homer of header to extend his streak to 13 said designated hitter Kourtney Florida trip early to play spring
the season. straight at bats without making an Thompson, who went 2-for-4 to football.
Five senior wrestlers
bid 'M' fond farewell
BY DAVID HYMAN
The 1988-89 Michigan wrestling season came to an end with a fifth-place
finish at the NCAA championships last weekend in Oklahoma City. The
weekend also marked the end of five collegiate careers.
Seniors John Moore (126 pounds), John Fisher (134), Joe Pantaleo
(158), Mike Amine (167) and James Dye (177) finished their four years of
wrestling here at Michigan, helping the Wolverines set a school record with
their first ever 20-win season (20-2).
The first of the seniors who qualified for the NCAA's was Moore. Moore
finished the season 24-18-2 (12-6-1 in Big Ten) with a 1-2 showing last
weekend in Oklahoma.
"We're really pleased with his performance this season," Michigan
assistant coach Joe Wells said. "He has demonstrated steady improvement
and it's all you can ask of a guy - to qualify for the NCAA's and earn
some points for the team."
Another senior and NCAA qualifier was fifth-ranked Amine, seeded ninth
at the NCAA's. In Oklahoma, Amine lost to eventual champion Dave Lee
of Wisconsin in the third round, 9-6, and then lost his next match to eighth-
ranked Marty Morgan of Minnesota, eliminating him from competition. He
finished in ninth place, one notch shy of being a two-time All-American.
AMINE WAS disappointed he did not do as well as last season. "I think
last year I accomplished something that many people don't do," Amine said,
referring to his second place finish in 1988 when he was unseeded.
"It hurt for a while (not repeating upon last year's success), but I don't
feel that bad. I'm looking forward to 1992 ( the Olympics) and now that my
college career is over, it doesn't mean my wrestling career is over."
Pantaleo ended his college career as an NCAA runner-up for the second
straight year with somewhat of a disappointment. He lost to Rick St. John
of Arizona State in overtime, 1-1, 3-1, in the finals, capping off a 43-3
season.
Pantaleo, along with Fisher, broke the school record of 18 dual-meet
wins in a season with 21. He also led the Wolverines to their biggest win of
the season, ending Iowa's 98-dual-meet win streak with a pin at :33 against
Mark Reiland.
"(Pantaleo) came in here with some high goals," Bahr said. "He wanted
to be a national champion, but he also wanted to be on a national
championship team."
Despite the tough defeat in the NCAA's, Pantaleo tried to remain upbeat
and is looking to compete in the 1992 Olympics.
The final senior, Fisher, entered the NCAA's ranked No. 1 nationally,
with a perfect 41-0 record. Fisher, however, fell short of his pursuit of a
national championship, losing to Oklahoma's T.J. Sewell in overtime, 6-6,
8-1, in the semifinals.
FISHER FINISHED fourth when he was pinned by Iowa's Joe
Melchiore at 1:19 in the consolation round. He is a four-time All-American
and has posted a career record of 176-20, with three Big Ten Championships
and one third-place and three fourth-place finishes in the NCAA's.
"I wish I wouldn't keep thinking about it (not winning the NCAA's) but
it'keeps coming into my mind," Fisher said. "But I've really enjoyed being
here at Michigan and if I had to do it all over again, I would."
"We feel bad for both Joe (Pantaleo) and John (Fisher)," Bahr said. "They
both really wanted to be national champions and deserved it too. They fell a
little short, but that doesn't take anything away from the outstanding careers
they had at Michigan."
Though James Dye was one of two Michigan wrestlers who did not
qualify for the NCAA's, he finished the season 25-18, including a sixth
place finish in the Big Tens. The five who finished ahead of him qualified
for the NCAA's and Dye was upset about that.
Dye had beaten Matt Mynster and Larry Kaifesh, from Ohio State and
Indiana, respectively, two times each earlier this season, but they both
finished ahead of Dye in the Big Tens to qualify for the nationals.
"I'M AS GOOD as these guys if not better," Dye said, referring to the
five who finished ahead of him in the Big Tens. But Dye knows he had a
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Gymnasts' season ends
with letdown at Big Tens
BY MARK KATZ
A Michigan women's gymnastics
season characterized by a plethora of
new individual and team records,
came to a sour end this past weekend
when the Wolverines placed seventh
at the Big Ten Championships in
Iowa City. The performance elimin-
ated the team from post-season com-
petition at the NCAA Regionals.
Falls on the balance beam held
Michigan to an overall team score of
183.2, placing the squad a half-point
behind sixth-placed Wisconsin and
over four points behind top-finisher
Minnesota. The Golden Gophers
tallied a 187.45. Before the meet,
Kempthorn was hoping to get a
fourth or fifth-place finish.
"We started out great, but the
beam was our downfall," Michigan
coach Dana Kempthorn said. "Our
scores were close, but the meet just
came down to beam in the end."
Five Michigan gymnasts in-
dividually offset the team's mediocre
performance by qualifying for the
individual finals on the last day
(Monday) of the Big Tens. Four
Wolverines entered the finals in the
vault, the sole event in which
Michigan took first place in the
team competition.
In the all-around competition, the
team had one impressive perfor-
mance and one disappointment.
Sophomore Christine Furlong took
12th place and was selected as a
member of the All-Big Ten team.
Janne Klepek, however, failed to
place. Nevertheless, Klepek still has
a "95 percent chance" of qualifying
for the individual NCAA Regionals.
She will find out her fate Sunday.
Looking back at the team's
performance this season, Kempthorn
has mixed but positive feelings. "We
broke a lot of individual records, and
we broke every team record, in-
cluding team score. In that respect, it
was a really good season," she said.
"We didn't get as many wins as
we wanted, and the Big Ten didn't
fall our way, but I know that the
kids went out and did their best."
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