0 Page 10-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, April 17, 199 Softball team drops three Irish next up for men's tennis by Sarah Osburn Daily Sports Writer Dropping three of four games to Ohio State over thetweekend, the Michigan softball team is in jeopardy of reaching itsagoal - winning the Big Ten title. "We're all disappointed that we lost three games," team captain Jenny Allard said. "I feel that we improved as the games went on, but the breaks didn't go our way." The Wolverines (15-19 overall, 3-5 in the Big Ten) pulled out their only win of the series in the 12th inning of game three. Mich- igan took an early, 3-0, lead, which it soon lost when Ohio State (21-14, 5-1) scored four runs to take the lead, 5-3. Michigan tied the game in the sixth when Bridget Fritzpatrick and Kari Kunnen both knocked in runs. First-year pitcher Kelly Forbis earned the win when Kun- nen batted in Heather Lyke in the top of the 12th to give Michigan a 7-6 win. Two of the Wolverines' three losses also went into extra in- nings. They lost the second game, 1-0, in 11 and the fourth, 1-0, in nine. Forbis picked up the loss in the second game while Allard earned the loss in the fourth game. "We are leaving too many run- ners on base," Allard said. "Our pitching and hitting have been okay, but we just aren't coming through when we really need to." The Wolverines left a total of 32 runners stranded in the four by Dan Zoch Daily Sports Writer games. The Buckeyes won the first game, 2-1, and Andrea Nelson collected the loss. Michigan will take on Central Michigan today at 3:00 at Varsity Diamond. The Wolverines have not fared well against the Chip- pewas this season, losing all three games. "They always play us well, Allard said. "They really gun for Michigan. They are also always at the top of their region. "We are just concentrating on playing better ball. We are playing well, but we just need the extra push to get the wins." After plowing through Michigan State last weekend, the Wolverine men's tennis team is looking for a greater challenge. Notre Dame is answering the call, and will face Michigan today at the Track & Tennis Building. Notre Dame took first place in the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championship this past weekend and, as an independent, is considered the biggest threat to the reigning Big Ten teams. Michigan coach Brian Eisner con- siders the Fighting Irish the second best team in the Midwest. "This year Notre Dame is very, very good. Northwestern beat them, but it was very close. They are prob- ably the No. 2 team in our section." Last Thursday, the Wolverines beat Michigan State, 6-2 - a sur- prising victory considering the loss of David Kass, Michigan's top sin- gles player and ranked 16th in the country. Kass has been hampered by a groin injury leaving him unable to compete in singles competition. He, however, competed in his doubles match with partner Scott Cuppett. With the absence of Kass, each singles player has moved up a notch, allowing Peter Kim to enter the roster at sixth singles. Kim proved valuable defeating Spartan Jason Stanislaw, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. Cuppett jumped to the top sin- gles spot while Mitch Rubenstein moved to No. 2 singles. Both Cup- pett and Rubenstein adjusted to their new positions quickly, posting early victories to propel Michigan to a 4-2 singles victory. With a solid victory over Mich- igan State without Kass in the sin- gles lineup, Michigan has found a confidence booster for its rookie sin- gles players. The Wolverines started the season with Kass being the only returning singles player. "Everything has been extremely positive considering all of this. I'm not saying we're a great team, but1 I'm not saying we're a bad team either," Eisner said. First-year pitcher Kelly Forbis winds up for a pitch earlier this season against Minnesota. She earned the lone Wolverine win in the four games Michigan played this weekend. 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