Men's Tennis vs. Michigan State Tomorrow, 2:30 p.m. Liberty Sports Complex SPORTS Softball at Indiana Tomorrow, 3 p.m. (ED Bloomington IT) Pa The Michigan Daily Thursday, April 16, 1992 Broncos trample Blue hitters ge 8 .= 19 runs are most allowed since 1989 season by Ryan Herrington Daily Baseball Writer The best thing about yesterday's baseball game between Michigan and Western Michigan was it wasn't a doubleheader. The Broncos scored two or more runs in six of the nine innings, thrashing the Wolverines, 19-3, at Fisher Stadium. "We didn't pitch very well. We didn't hit very well. We didn't play very well," Michigan coach Bill Freehan said. The Broncos (6-4 Mid American Conference, 16-13 overall) scored early against Michigan starter Eric Heintschel (3-5). Western's Steve Sallee led off the game with a walk and advanced to third on Jeff Dahley's double to left. Scott Conant, the MAC player of the year in 1991, proceded to hit a 1- 0 pitch to right center for a single, scoring Sallee and Dahley. Later in the inning, with runners on second and third and two out, Bronco Brian Louis tripled off the center field fence, scoring two more runs in the process. Louis was thrown out at home trying to extend the triple to a home run. "Hitting is really funny," Western coach Fred Decker said. "A couple guys started off hitting the ball well early in the game. It seems like hit- ting is like a fire, somebody starts it and then it keeps going. If you start off real slow, and they strike a cou- ple guys out, sometimes you don't get any hits. We had a great day with the bats today." Western continued its offensive outburst in the third and fourth in- nings. Dahley led off the top of the third with a home run, his third of the year, against Michigan's Heath Murray. Bronco Matt Terrill doubled down the right field line scoring Brian Hostetler for the second run of the inning. Michigan wcnt to its third pitcher, Terry Woods, in the fourth, who proceeded to give up two more runs in his inning of work. Throughout the contest, the Wolverines (17-18 overall) had dif- ficulty driving in runners. Michigan left a total of 16 runners on base for the game. "I thought we had good concen- tration (Tuesday) when we were playing," Freehan said. "Today (Wednesday), we didn't seem to have it, offensively or defensively." Michigan broke into the scoring column in the fifth inning when des- ignated hitter Nate Holdren belted a 1-0 fastball over the left field wall for his fourth home run of the sea- son. The rally continued when Toby Brzoznowski singled to right, ad- vanced to second on a walk and scored on Matt Copp's bloop hit to shallow right. The Broncos bounced back for; five runs in the sixth, thanks to a two-run dinger from Hostetler, his fifth on the year. Western sent 11 batters to the plate against two Wolverine hurlers, scoring four of the five runs with two outs. In the seventh inning, the Broncos sent eight more batters to the plate and scored four more runs on only two hits to take a 17- 2 lead. Michigan's last run came in the bottom of the seventh, when pinch hitter Ron Hollis hit a long fly to center which was dropped for a two- base error. Catcher Bubba Wyn- garden singled, moving Hollis to third. After a Copp strikeout, Wes tern's Steve Loomas walked Rodney* Goble and Todd Fracassi in succession, forcing in Hollis. Western ended the scoring in the ninth with two more runs off Todd' Marion, Michigan's eighth and final pitcher. In total, Michigan used 26 people in the game, with only Copp- and Goble playing all nine innings. "We got an opportunity to get some guys into the ballgame that re- ally haven't had a chance to do some things from about the fourth inning on," Freehan said. "That's the only real positive (from the game)." The 19-run outburst was the most runs scored against Michigan since 1989 when the Wolverines allowed the same total against Ferris State. Yet, Freehan tried to be optimistic about the defeat. "One run losses are tougher than situations like this," Freehan said. KEN~NMIM IEWea The Michigan baseball team fell victim to Western Michigan yesterday, 19- 3. The Wolverines dropped to 17-18 overall. 'M' softball trades shutouts with Broncos V Former 'M' diver Lenzi garners first , , ,.. , fi, - by Meg Beison Daily Sports Writer Western Michigan hurler Heather Crowl kept the Michigan bats silent in the first game of a doubleheader yesterday, as she threw a no-hitter to down the Wolverines, 6-0. Mich- igan (6-2 Big Ten, 22-16 overall) rebounded to tally seven hits in the nightcap and won, 4-0, to finish the day with a split. The loss halted the Wolverines winning streak at seven, and coach ning. "I was disappointed with the group offensively and defensively in the first game and I let them know it," Hutchins said. After the talk from Hutchins, Michigan went another three score- less innings in the nightcap before getting on the board twice in the fourth. It was an all-rookie inning as centerfielder Lisa Arvia drew a walk to start the inning. Classmate Kim Clark, who saw action behind the plate, drove in the run with a double. Michelle Silver then hit a single to bring home pinch runner Kerry Sayers to put the Wolverines up by two. Michigan scored their final two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Hitting at the top of the order, sophomore Mary Campana singled and then scored on senior Stacey Heam's triple. Heams went on to score the final run of the game on a passed ball. Junior Kelly Forbis (5-4) went the distance to record the shutout victory. She allowed four hits and no walks, while striking out three. "Kelly was outstanding," Hutch- ins said. "She pitched her best game of the year." Michigan resumes Big Ten play Friday and Saturday, with double- headers both days at Indiana. The two teams have had similar results against Big Ten opponents so far this season. Indiana (10-6, 19-20) has beaten Penn State three times, swept Michigan State, split with North- western, and dropped three to Iowa. Last year, the two teams split the four-game series. Michigan won the first two, 2-0, 5-1, but lost the next pair by identical 2-1 scores. by Kimberly DeSempelaere Daily Sports Writer Diver Mike Lenzi, a Michigan graduate and Kimball diver, captured first place last night in the men's one-meter finals competition with 611.94 pts. at the 1992 Phillips 66 National Diving Championships held at Ann Arbor's Canham Auditorium. "My grandmother passed away two months ago," Lenzi said. "I wanted to win it for her. I knew I could." Although winning this event wasn't Lenzi's personal goal, he seemed happy with the results. "I've been practicing the three- meter to gear up for the (Olympic) trials," Lenzi said. "So to come out and win without a lot of practice feels good." Lenzi was not the only Kimball winner last night, as Chuck Wade (589.23), captured a distant second. Scott Donie (573.69) and Mark Bradshaw (564.87) placed third and fourth, respectively and rounded off the U.S. National Team in this event. Over 100 top American divers compete in the 1992 Phillips 66 Diving Championships this week at Canham Natatorium. Forbis Carol Hutchins saidtshe was disap- pointed with the team's perfor- mance. "We didn't come to play the first game," Hutchins said. "We've been riding high, but we need to be ready for each game." Sophomore Julie Clarkson (7-7) got the start and went 4 1/3 innings allowing six runs on seven hits, while walking two. Rookie Kelly Kovach (10-5) relieved her in the fourth and allowed two hits and struck out three. Bronco senior leftfielder Kelly Thayer led Western (10-18) with two stolen bases, while going 3-for-4 with an RBI triple in the fourth in- Spurs reel in Shark to replace Bass SAN ANTONIO (AP) - It took former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian only a month to return to the bench. He'll coach the San Antonio Spurs, his first job in the pros after 32 years at the college level. The Spurs named Tarkanian as coach on Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation over who would fill the job created by the firing of Larry Brown. Spurs owner Red McCombs said Tarkanian would take over after this season. The announcement comes less than a week before the injury- plagued Spurs enter the NBA play- offs. "We hope to come in here and get the running game going and maybe make the Spurs the Runnin' Spurs," Tarkanian said at a news conference. "We're going to be a running team." Tarkanian will take the job held on an interim basis by Bob Bass, the team's vice president of basketball operations. Bass took over when Brown, who later became coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, was fired on Jan. 21. Terms of Tarkanian's contract were not disclosed. Tarkanian said he is familiar with key Spurs players, having coached in college against Sean Elliott and David Robinson. Sidney Green played under Tarkanian for four years. "There's tremendous potential here, and I hope we can put every- thing together," he said. "I know these players and I like these players.' Tarkanian announced last June he Another Kimball diver, Lee . Michaud (557.01), just missed quali- fying for the National Team with a fifth-place showing. In semi-final competition, the Michigan divers are off to a fairly slow start, while other Kimball divers, have had an incredible be- ginning. Tuesday afternoon, five of Kimball's women divers captured a top-12 spot in the women's 3-metet semi-finals. Julie Farrell-Ovenhouse, s took the first spot with 492.75, fol- lowed by Wendy Lucero-Schayes , with 463.75 in a distant second. Two-.a other Kimball divers, A. Jill ,. Schlabach and Cokey Smith, fin-sr ished tenth and eleventh, respec- _ tively. The Kimball men also faired well, with two Kimball divers plac-;%° 4 ing in the top twelve in the men's platform semi-finals. Matt Scoggin, representing the" 'h Texas diving club, placed first in the event (576.18), just outdistancing *', second-place Patrick Jeffrey , (575.34), current U.S. 3-meter'." champion from Ft. Lauderdale, by o : less than one point. Wade (507.48), placed seventh, and the Wolverines' Silverman (468.87) took tenth. Yesterday's competition began with the men's 1-meter semifinals, Three Kimball divers qualified for the final's taking the top two posir., tions as well as the eleventh. Wade, a qualifier in all three , events, took first with 574.92 pts.,c ,,,, followed closely by Mark Lenz,; b (573.78). Capturing eleventh was Michaud (498.12), a former Mich- igan student. Veteran diver, 32-year old Thomas Mulhern (483.54), just ,; missed qualifying for the finals earning a thirteenth place finish. W. Later Wednesday, the women' participated in the platform semi-fi- nals, with five of Kimball's divers4 placing in the top 30. Wolverine divers Julie Greyer and Cinnamon : Woods swept the 26th and 27th post tions, respectively. The real heroes of the event were Smith (367.86), a former Wolverine in fifth place and Schlabach(366.33) in sixth. Ellen Oven (393.60), cur- rent U.S. platform champion sank first, with Linda Pesek(390.45) in second. St. Video Documentary - Cult w* eM.: Meet Your Friends for Dinner or theIClub~ I Enree Plus Occepled I gI e I-0- I3 Tarkanian would resign after a final season coaching UNLV following publica- tion of photos showing former Rebel basketball players in a hot tub with convicted sports fixer Richard Perry. 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