Page 12-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, April 14, 1992 Women's lacrosse finishes at 10-2 by Joshua Marlow Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's lacrosse club traveled to the state of Indiana Saturday for the second straight week. Last weekend, they visited Bloomington for the Indiana Tour- nament, where the Wolverines beat Purdue and Miami, Ohio in their first two games before defeating Ohio State in the finals. This weekend, their destination was West Lafayette for the Purdue Tournament. But the optimism that usually surrounds the team was lack- ing, despite their 8-1 record. Rookie Karen Ross, who was the leading scorer after their home tour- nament, would be out for the second consecutive week with a sprained ankle. Another potent attacker, Lia Emanuel was unable to travel with the team. In fact, the team brought only 12 players, just enough to play. The Wolverines won their first game, against St. Mary's of Notre Dame, 7-5. The score was certainly an indicator of their player handicap, because the last time the two teams met, Michigan won handily, 12-2. The opponent in the second game was the University of Dayton. The Wolverines stayed close the whole game, but were knocked out of the tournament with a 7-6 loss. "It was really tough because we didn't have any subs at all;" said Ross, who kept the stats for the team. "We were missing a lot of our offense. We played the best defense I've seen all year." This weekend, the leader of that defense was Jackie Sokolow. "Jackie was the mainstay of our defense," first-year goalie Nika Skvir said. "She really helped us keep our intensity when we got tired. I think she deserves a lot of credit." Though they did not win the tournament, they did end the season on a winning note, beating the University of Chicago in the runner- up game, 8-5. They finished at 10-2, a record not quite as good as last year's 9-0- 3, but the team played a much tougher schedule this year. Men's volleyball finishes 17th by Dan Lnne Daily Sports Writer I Yanks and Jays are hot; Mets, KC an( Associated Press The baseball season is only a1 week old and already the Detroit Tigers are in danger of falling out of the race. The first week of the season was a tale of hot and cold for teams and players. Bill Gullickson is 0-2 for the Tigers (0-6). He's given up nine runs on 15 hits in 10 2-3 innings. Detroit starters have a 9.24 ERA. In 1959, the Tigers also started 0- 6, en route to a 2-15 record that saw manager Bill Norman fired and re- placed by Jimmy Dykes. "The fact that we are 0-6 is no big deal," center fielder Milt Cuyler said. "We're not pressing any more than we would if we had a win. We always want to win." Kansas City, revamped after trad- ing Bret Saberhagen to the New York Mets for Kevin McReynolds, Gregg Jefferies and Keith Miller, is also 0-6. The New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays entered Monday night's game in the SkyDome as baseball's only unde- feated teams. New York improved to 5-0 with di Tigers not a 5-1 victory at Detroit, the Yan- kees' best start since 1988. The Yan- kees' best start ever was 7-0 in 1933, when Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri and Bill Dickey were on the team. "We've got to be happy about this, but we can't dwell on it," Yankees outfielder Mel Hall said. "We are just doing what we knew we could do, and we're having fun." The Blue Jays' 6-0 start is the best in team history. "We've got to keep our heads on straight and keep on playing smart ball," Toronto center fielder Devon White said. "As soon as you start looking too far ahead, you lose sight of what you're trying to do, which is win the next game." While the Yankees are a big sur- prise in New York, the New York Mets have been a big disappoint- ment. New York dropped to 2-5 Sunday after being swept at Shea Stadium by the Montreal Expos. Not since their first-ever season at the Polo Grounds had the Mets dropped their first three at home. Fifty-four teams traveled to Buffalo last weekend looking to capture the Michigan Collegiate Club Volleyball Championship. Fifty-three teams would go home disappointed. Unfortunately, the Michigan men's volleyball team was one of them as the No. 19 seed Wolverines fell to three different California teams and finished in 17th place. "We played well at times and matched up well with most teams," Michigan co-captain Rico Latham said. "We have the same potential as these other teams we just broke down at inconvenient times." Michigan began pool play by downing Cincinnati in two games, 15-11, and 15-10. Binghamton posed little threat to the Wolverines and was also done away with in two games, 15-7, and 15-8. Michigan's problems began when it faced No. 2 seed California-Berkeley in its final pool play match-up. The Bears left little doubt why they were the No. 2 seed as they ousted the Wolverines in two games, 15-11, and 15-10. The top finishers in each of the twelve pools ad- vanced to the championship round of 24. Michigan's 4- 2 pool play record placed the Wolverines 2nd in their pool. The tournament's format called for the 2nd and 3rd place teams to cross pools, and battle for the other twelve slots in the championship round. Michigan took two quick games from challenge round opponent Appalachian State to advance to the championship round, 15-7, and 15-3. The Wolverines No. 19 seed cost them in the cham- pionship round as they were put in a 3-team pool with No. 1 seed Cal. State Sacramento and No. 7 seed UC- Davis. Cal State need only two games to rid themselves of Michigan, 15-7, and 15-9. The Wolverines were eliminated from the tourna- ment when UC Davis took two games, 15-11, 15-12. Michigan finished the season with a 15-5 record in head to head play. 0 0 MOLLY I lVEN&SaIdy The Michigan volleyball club placed 17th at the Michigan Collegiate Club Championships. I _AT&T. N k ." . N N Carnesecca retires after 24th season at St. John's. NEW YORK (AP) - Lou Carnesecca retired as coach of St. John's yesterday, a month before his enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame. The 67-year-old Carnesecca stepped down after 24 seasons at St. John's, a school he took to postsea- son play each of those years and the only college he ever worked at. "It's going to be very difficult to put the ball down, but the time has come," he said at a packed news conference. "There are two reasons, really. I still have half of my marbles and I still have a wonderful taste in my mouth about basketball. It's a difficult decision, but it's all mine." Carnesecca jumped into the na- tional spotlight with the creation of the Big East Conference. His teams led by Chris Mullin and Walter Berry may not have earned him as much notice as did his * penchant for sweaters and his ability to run and jump on the sidelines like a man 20 years his junior. Carnesecca retired with a career record of 526-200. His teams pro- duced 20-win seasons 18 times. St. John's reached the Final Four in 1985 when three Big East teams ad- vanced to the national semifinals at Lexington, Ky. "I thought hard about it the last couple of weeks. I had to give it se- rious consideration," he said. "Hey, I'll still be here. I'm just going across the street." Carnesecca will stay on as an as- sistant to the President for commu- nity relations. "We hope Lou will serve as our ambassador to New York City," said Rev. Donald J. Harrington, the school president. "Things can't last forever," Carnesecca said. "The league will go on and prosper. Why? Because of the players and the special relation- shil, the schools have with each other."Harrington said the topic of a successor would be dealt with today. "This is his day and we don't want to detract from it in any way," Harrington said. "We will have something to say (today) because we want him to totally enjoy this day." One of the leading contenders is Brian Mahoney, Carnesecca's assis- tant since 1973 except for a three- year stint as coach at Manhattan College. Carnesecca gave Mahoney his support to follow him just as he had followed Joe Lapchick in 1965 after eight years as his assistant. "I hope my able assistant will get the fullest consideration," Carne- ii LL Your AT&T Student Campus Manager has all the answers. AT&T. Helping make college life a little easier. USA QQQ _1