Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday - March 2, 1992 'M' softball begins year with 6-4 mark by Meg Beison The Michigan softball team opened its season by finishing with a 6-4 record over spring break. The first stop was Albuquerque, N.M., where they played two dou- bleheaders against New Mexico. The Wolverines then traveled to Tempe, Ariz., where they competed in the ASU Diamond Devil Classic. The Wolverines got off to an im- pressive start to their season, sweep- ing a doubleheader against New Mexico, 6-3, 5-1. Junior Patti Benedict had a strong offensive performance, going 4-for-8 with an RBI and four runs scored. Senior right fielder Stacey Heams tallied three hits and five RBI, while junior catcher Karla Kunnen went 4- for-6 with an RBI and three runs scored. Senior Heather Lyke went 3- for-4 in the second game, with an RBI and one run scored. The Wolverines did not fare as well when they met New Mexico the second time losing both games of this doubleheader, 5-2, 4-3. One bright spot was senior infielder Sue Sieler who had a triple, a home run and two RBI in the second game. The Wolverines fell to 2-4 Thursday as they dropped their first two games in Tempe. They lost a twin-bill to No. 12 Arizona State, 6- 1, 4-2. ASU tallied 17 hits, while Michigan committed eight errors. Following the two losses to ASU, the Wolverines went on a four-game winning streak, including victories over !owa State, 4-0, and San Diego State, 3-2. Michigan scored all four of its runs against Iowa State in the fifth inning, with help from a three- run double by Heams. Michigan recorded the victory in the nightcap in 12 innings. Forbis re- TIE MICHIGAN DAILY GET THE FACTS GET TI-IE DAILY Cl GETTHE FACTS 764- 552 GET THE DAILYf+ GET THE FACTS more GET THE DAILY GET THE FACTS GET THE DAILY NEWS eSPORTS* ARTS OPINION & PHOTO lieved sophomore pitcher Julie Clarkson in the sixth inning to cap- ture the win and improve her record to 2-1. Saturday also resulted in two wins for the Wolverines as they downed Iowa State a second time, 3- 1. Sophomore Mary Campana put the Wolverines on top in the second inning as she knocked in two runs. Sophomore Tina Martin had two hits and Benedict collected three, in- cluding a home run, as Michigan beat San Diego State, 3-0. Kelly Kovach improved her record to 2-1 with the victory. WALL Continued from page 6 equal, a swimmer would record a different time at a pool in Butte, Mont. than at this point in Indy. Some pools are fast. Some pools are slow. IUPUI might have the fastest in the nation. However, the pool doesn't make this meet, the competition does. While swimmers say that swimming is a team sport, those same swimmers will say that at this meet, it is not. Unlike most meets, team points are not totaled; relays are not swum; and consolation heats are not swum. In this meet, the top eight swimmers from each preliminary go head-to-head at night, each vying for one of two things:. first or second place. Times don't matter, records don't matter. Getting your name on an event isn't immune to the "the Wall"matters. selection process. Just ask Pablo The Wall stands at the far end of Morales. The Stanford graduate set the natatorium and features the the world record in the 100m The distance between first and eighth place can be narrow - between second and third infinitesimal - yet that may be the distinction between being on the Wall and falling just short. Wolverine junior was unproven and virtually unknown in '88 when he surprised everyone, including himself, by touching the wall second in the 200m backstroke. In doing so, Bigelow found his name on the Wall and secured himself a trip to Seoul later that summer. In short, this meet is a pressure cooker. Names, reputations, and past performances do not count here. Now, berths on the Olympic team are on the line in every race, to be decided by hundredths of seconds. Regarding the intensity at this meet, all the clich6s apply. It's as thick as pea soup. You can cut it with a knife. It's suffocating. Those who don't suffocate on it will be on the Wall. They will have achieved the dream that has kept them motivated for years. They will be Olympians. 1 names of the Olympic team's members as they qualify. Two at a time. The distance between first and eighth place can be narrow - between second and third infinitesimal - yet that may be the distinction between being on the Wall and falling just short. Even a swimmer who dominates butterfly in 1986. His time of :52.84 still stands today, the oldest men's world record. But at the 1988 Olympic Trials held here in Indy, Morales faltered and failed to make the team. Or, for example, consider Michigan's own Steve Bigelow. 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