Men's Tennis vs. Northwestern Saturday, 1:00 p.m. Track and Tennis Building SPORTS Women's Tennis vs. Wisconsin Saturday, 11:00 a.m. Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily_ F HAWKEYES BRING THEIR HITTING CLINIC TO MICHIGAN riday, April 6, 1990 Page 10 by Matt Rennie Daily Baseball Write pitchers face test r After a week in which rain and cold weather have wreaked havoc on the playing conditions, Michigan baseball coach Bill Freehan is hoping that the Iowa Hawkeyes can bring him a Field of Dreams - a dry field. The Hawkeyes could prove to be a nightmare for Wolverine pitching as they bring their hitting clinic to Ann Arbor for doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday. Iowa returns 22 letterwinners, the most in the Big Ten, from the squad that led the conference with a .328 batting average last year. The Hawkeyes also rocked opposing pitchers for 66 home runs in 1989. Those numbers are not likely to decrease this season, as all of last year's key starters return, including shortstop Tim Costo. Costo, a junior, led.the conference last season with with 21 home runs and 77 RBIs, which was good enough to earn him pre-season all-American honors. The hitting does not stop there. Costo is joined by third baseman Keith Noreen, a two-time all-Big Ten selection and Chris Hatcher, the team's leading hitter with a .404 average. Iowa coach Duane Banks hopes his team's experience can put the Hawkeyes in contention for the Big Ten title. "We have a lot of experience back and that is always nice to have," Banks said. "We could have an ex- ceptional season if our pitching comes through." Banks' pitching is anchored by three returning starters. Among these is senior righthander John DeJarld, who won 1989 team MVP honors. The starters will find relief in the bullpen, where Brian Kennedy, an- other senior righthander, brings back his 2.51 ERA of a year ago. These starters will try to put an end to Michigan third baseman Tim Flannelly's 22-game hitting streak, which he extended with an eighth- inning single against Central Michi- gan Wednesday. Despite the streak, Flannelly's goals are team-oriented. "We're going to come back strong this weekend," he said. "We've got a lot to prove. We had an off first weekend at Indiana." Freehan should have his entire pitching staff at his disposal for the four-game series, after using no one for more than two innings against Central. 0 , 0 Michigan infielder Andy Fairman slides hard into home in Wednesday's game against Central Michigan. The Wolverines will host Iowa Saturday and Sunday at Fisher Stadium. Gymnasts hope to prolong season Pair of key games on tap for Lacrosse Club by Albert Lin Daily Sports Writer A season that started off with two low scores and not much fanfare ended with the highest point-total in recent history as the men's gymnastics team catapulted into NCAA competition with a 275.80 at last weekend's Michigan Invita- ational. The team will compete in the East Regional meet tomorrow evening at Penn State. The goal will be to advance to the NCAA Championships, April 19-21 at Houston-Baptist University. The team's performance last weekend included season-high scores on four events, plus a season-best all-around score. Because their scores were so much higher than usual, one has to wonder whether the judges failed to deduct all possible points, in order to give Michigan every possible benefit so that they could qualify for NCAAs. Michigan coach Bob Darden said that Michigan State coach Rick Atkinson, who was at the Invitational, questioned the judges on this very subject, and was told by two of them that the Wolverines hit on all but one of their counting routines, so "the performances backed the scores," Darden said. The top ten teams in an East and West region advance to their respective regional meets. The teams are selected based on a three-score average, only one score of which can be from a home meet. The Wolverines finished tenth in the East, with a three-meet average of 271.68. Going into the weekend, Michigan was eleventh in the region, and they knew that they needed at least a 274 to pass Temple and gain the last spot in the region. After posting their score, the team members were still unsure whether they had made the competition because Temple had a meet that night and could have taken back the spot with a high score. As it turned out, the Owls posted a very good score, but the score that was replaced in their average was also a high score, so their meet did not help them as much as Wolverines' helped themselves. Other teams represented in the East Regional include Illinois- Chicago, the Naval Academy and Syracuse. The rest of the field has a distinctly Big Ten flavor with Minnesota and Ohio State - ranked second and third, respectively, in the country - as well as Iowa, Michigan State, and Illinois all participating. "Penn State, that other Big Ten school, will also be on hand," Darden said. In addition to qualifying teams, the top six.individuals in each event and in the all-around, also selected based on a three-score average, will get a chance to advance to the championships on their own. Darden sees a big advantage going as a team. "You have a team there supporting your performance," he said. "It's very hard competing as an individual. You might know other guys, but you don't have that team spirit." The meet will have all six events running at once, with two teams per event. The last two groups will be made up of the all-arounders and the individual event competitors. Darden feels that his squad "can keep pace with a lot of those teams." EUr rPEr CA]R: In order to qualify for the NCAA Championships they would have to finish in the top four on Saturday. "I think we need to score around a 278 at Regionals to assure ourselves of a spot at the NCAAs," he said. "However, you never know what kind of scores will be posted when all ten teams are in the same arena being scored by the same judges." The top twelve individual finishers in each event will also advance to the Championships. Michigan's individual hopes lie primarily in pommel horse performer Glenn Hill. Darden also looks for Jim Round and Ruben Ceballos to possibly come up big on multiple events, and Tony Angelotti to score well on the floor exercise, where he posted a career- high 9.85 last week. Although Darden is confident that his team's last performance was no fluke, he is also being realistic. "All we can do is finish higher than tenth," he said. However, he thinks that a repeat of that score is possible. "If our workouts this week are any indication, we should do well." In the dark? We've got Hylights Daily Sports by Andrew Brown Daily Sports Writer In its push to win the Big Ten Championship, the Michigan La- crosse Club goes to Evanston, Illinois this weekend for two big games. On Saturday the squad will face Northwestern, a club the Wol- verines really do not expect much competition from. However, Sunday they face Wisconsin - a team which coach Bob DiGiovanni perceives as the toughest compe- tition in the conference, and the only Big Ten club to beat Michigan in the last three years. "This game will make or break the Big Ten season," DiGiovanni said. Presently, the lacrosse club holds a 6-2 record with wins over Illinois, Iowa, and LSU. The two losses came at the hands of varsity squads, one being Michigan State, which is very well known for its solid lacrosse program. The impressive start has given Michael Kennedy, the club pres- ident, reason to feel enthusiastic about his team. "We are having an excellent season. We have a lot of talent with a real good freshman group. We have cleaned up on the lesser teams and played MSU tough, our toughest opponent of the year," Kennedy said. The Wolverines, members of the Big Ten Lacrosse League, will find themselves in the thick of the conference schedule with this weekend's games. The other mem- bers include Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Indiana and North- western. The season winds down with the Big Ten Champ-ionships, April 21 and 22 at Northwestern. While the team's obvious goal is to win the league title, coach- DiGiovanni sees other obstacles to. hurdle. "I just want our team to play excellent lacrosse and to promote the sport," DiGiovanni said. "Our- record over the last three years is 43-9. Fan support and enthusiasm' in the area is really building. I just want it to continue." Many club teams eventually hope to gain varsity status. While. the Lacrosse Club is no different,' this is certainly not of primary importance. "We are a model of club" lacrosse," DiGiovanni said."We are a first class organization that gets, better and better. 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