Page 10-The Michigan Daily -Thursday, March 15, 1990 Baseball team emerges victorious but injured BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK Fisher fearful of foul trouble for M' by Matt Rennie Daily Baseball Writer The Wolverines baseball team played eight games last week on their annual spring trip, touring cities such as St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando. Michigan won five of the eight games to improve their season record to 7-6. In their first action since they opened the season at the Las Vegas Classic, the Wolverines began their Florida swing with a four-game winning streak, collecting wins over St. Leo, Florida Tech, Eckerd, and Western Michigan. After rocking St. Leo 15-5, Michigan challenged Florida Tech, which is ranked second in Division II and held a 14-1 record entering the game. Sophomore righthander Jason Pfaff shut down Florida Tech, and the Wolverines came away 7-1 winners. Pfaff suffered a knee injury after the game and could not pitch the rest of the trip. "Our pitchers have done an excellent job," Michigan coach Bill Freehan said. "Our team ERA for the trip, except for the last inning against Central Florida, was 2.20." South Florida snapped the four- game string by defeating the Wolverines in a 2-0 pitching duel. Senior right-hander Rick Leonard's complete-game effort was in vain, -s South Florida's Whitney Floren held Michigan to three hits over his seven innings. The Maize and Blue bounced back from the loss with a victory over Florida Southern, before a crowd of1,200 at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland. Central Florida then swept the Wolverines in the final two games of the trip, winning the first game in fourteen innings and the second in a blowout. "I'm disappointed we didn't win one of the last two," Freehan said. "Todd Marion pitched just extremely well in relief to keep us in the first game. We just didn't get the hit when we needed it. "I'll take the blame for the second game. I used everybody in that game, just to get them in." Michigan is idle until they take on Ball State March 24 and 25. Freehan is pleased with where his team is at now. "I saw substantial defensive improvement on the trip," Freehan said. "There were a lot of positives. I don't think there's been a time when I've asked for a hit and run or a sacrifice when it hasn't been executed. That's great for this time of year." The only significant negatives on the trip were the injuries suffered ty Pfaff and starting first baseman Andy 'I don't think there's been a .time when I've asked for a hit and run or a sacrifice when it hasn't been executed.' -Bill Freehan Michigan coach Fairman. Fairman, Michigan's leading hitter this season, jammed his wrist against Florida Souther: and missed both games against Central Florida. While Pfaff and Fairman are expected to return soon, last year's starting first baseman Greg Haeger has yet to play a game this season because of ligament damage in his left wrist. "I was hoping we'd have him back for Ball State," Freehan said. "If I thought that right now, I'd be dreaming." by Taylor Lincein Daily Basketball Writer Coach Steve Fisher's biggest worry concerning his team's pros- pects for surviving its opening round games is foul trouble. "We can ill-afford to have, number one, Terry Mills get in foul trouble," Fisher said. "And if he does, we have to find a way to use his savvy and smarts. If he gets three fouls in the first half, don't say we're making a mistake by playing him. Because we may just say, 'be smart, don't get a fourth foul.' " According to Terry Mills, Fisher has made frequent mention that Illinois State's game plan may be to force the Wolverines into com- mitting fouls. "He's telling players like Tony Tolbert 'step in, take a charge,' even if it's not a charge, just to simulate what Illinois State is going to do," Mills said. Offensive fouls are especially relevant to Michigan's game because point guard Rumeal Robinson has been prone to them in the past, especially in last year's tournament. "I remember last year when Ru- meal went down there three times in a row and we were calling block and they're calling charge," Fisher said. "It was the official calling charge." Nobody has more cause for concern about foul trouble than Loy Vaught. He is hoping for better communication with the tournament referees than he had with the Big Ten's. "Before the game the refs are pretty specific about what they'll let go and what they're going to call. And I'll just communicate with them and make adjustments in the way I play," Vaught said. "I've had some pretty unfortunate nights with the refs in the Big .Ten season so I don't see how it could get too much worse.', "It feels good when I can play a game without worrying about get- ting that third or fourth foul," he added Mills has had good experiences in the past with tournament refs and hopes the trend continues. "I think we'll be able to adjust," he said. "In the past the officials have let us play. They talk to us and say, 'no pushing, no shoving' I really respect that." -Is the West bracket suited to Michigan? With the likes of Loyola- Marymount, UNLV, and Louisville, the tenor of Michigan's regional is definitely more towards the up- tempo than a the half-court, slow down orientation. This season, Michigan has had trouble with highly disciplined teams - most significantly Purdue. Fisher is happy to be away from that. "I'm glad we're not playing Princeton in the first game like Arkansas is," he said, referring to the meticulous Tigers who used a ball control offense to nearly shock Georgetown in last year's first. round. "I suppose it suits our style a little better to play an up-tempo team," he added. "With the 45 second shot clock you have to shoot it eventually. To play a team is not going to intentionally make 20 passes a possession -I think suits our style. "But Illinois State may do that," he added Mills is more philosophical, fig- uring that the Wolverines will sim- ply have to adapt and gradually turn the tempo of the game their way. "Everyone has the game plan where they try to spread the floor on Michigan," Mills said. "We have t have the attitude where we play tough defense for 45 seconds and 'let's go down and get a great bucket out of it.' And then you get a 10 point lead and they have to play your game." -Is Michigan peaking? "Our last two games we were," Fisher said. "I temper that by saying that it was. Wisconsin and Iowa, the eighth an* ninth place teams in our league. So I don't know if you can do that against Purdue and Michigan State - we couldn't. But hopefully we'll be able to do that against first Illinois State and then others." -Vaught on winning the conference rebound title: "Before the, season began I wanted to be the Big, Ten's leading rebounder. Usuall you fall short when you make a goal. This is.something I said, and I accomplished it. I really feel good about myself." -Vaught on the rest of the field: "There's a lot of teams out there that we respect, but there's no dynamos out there that we fear." Middaugh embezzlement hearing postponed by Matt Rennie Daily Baseball Writer The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of former Michigan baseball coach Bud Middaugh was a brief one. The preliminary hearing into the embezzlement charges against Middaugh was cut short yesterday when Judge Pieter Thomassen accepted Middaugh's request for an adjournment. Thomassen set April 11 as the new date for Middaugh's case to be heard. The investigation will take place at 9 a.m. It is standard in felony cases for the initial hearing to take place within twelve days of the arraignment, but Middaugh's attorney Michael Moran asked for a later date at the time of the arraignment. Moran would not comment as to the specific reasons he requested an adjournment. He only stated that there were "a number of factors" which required still more time. Middaugh is accused of embezzling money from the Michigan athletic department between September and November of 1987. The charges involve the misuse of the funds generated from the sale of football game programs. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Middaugh also directed the sale of the football programs and consequently accepted the responsibility for the money generated from their sales. While the charges do not specify the quantity of money allegedly taken, a Big Ten conference report estimated the amount at more than $50,000. The former coach allegedly kept none of the money for himself, instead giving it to his players who were not on full scholarship. An in- house investigation of the baseball program revealed checks from Middaugh's account made out to players. This discovery resulted ii: the criminal charges. Middaugh resigned his position on July12, 1989, in the wake of the Big Ten investigation. The baseball program has since been placed on two years probation by the Big Ten. If convicted on all accounts of the embezzlement charges, Middaugh faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $5,000. 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