Women's Swimming Wrestling at NCAA Championships at NCAA Championships Tomorrow, Friday and Saturday, all day Tomorrow, Friday and Saturday, all day Minneapolis Ames, Iowa The Michigan Wednesday, Page 8 0 Women netters take fifth in Texas tourney Shields and Neaton lead CCHA honors by Tim Spolar Daily Sports Writer At a time of the year when everyone is talking about seeds, the Michigan women's tennis team might have been victims of a low spot in last weekend's Rice/Donnay Tennis Classic. Perhaps underestimated by the seeding committee coming into the tournament, the Wolverines were slotted against eventual champion South Alabama in the first round of the seven-team event. While Michigan fell, it was not without a fight. In succumbing, 5-4, Friday, Michigan turned in one of its better performances of the season. "It was a great match," Wol- verine coach Bitsy Ritt said. "We actually had match points in two different matches we lost. Even though we lost, the team played and competed well." While the Jaguars went on to the winner's bracket, turning away host Rice in the finals, Michigan was relegated to the consolation bracket with the two other first-round losers. The Wolverines showed their mettle in their Saturday and Sunday matches, breezing past last-place finisher Northeast Louisiana, 5-2, and then taking the consolation title from Colorado, 5-4. "(The first-round seed) did matter in that we would have had a great chance of winning if we had gotten past (South Alabama)," junior co- captain Jaimie Fielding said. "But we came back and had two great matches against Northeast Louisiana and Colorado." Coming off her team's disap- pointing performance in Florida over spring break, Ritt decided to shake up the lineup, especially in the doubles pairings. While the Wol- verines went winless in doubles competition against Florida State and South Florida, Ritt's move brought home four wins out of seven doubles matches in the Texas event, including a decisive two wins in three matches resulting in the victory over Colorado. Michigan will try to take this momentum into today's home meet against Western Michigan at the Indoor Track and Tennis Building. The 3 p.m. match is the Wolverines' only home appearance until April 7, and the Wolverines said they hope to capitalize on the home court advantage. "Western always wants to beat Michigan ... that's a given," Fielding said. "No one has a facility quite like ours, so we're definitely at an advantage there. They're not as strong as they were last year, so we're going to look to dominate every match, control every point." by Chad A. Safran Daily Hockey Writer DETROIT - Good things al- ways seem to come in pairs - mac- aroni and cheese, Batman and Robin, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. For the Michigan hockey team, a twosome of its own made school hockey history when goalie Steve Shields and defenseman Pat Neaton were selected for 1992-93 All- CCHA First Team, the first time two Wolverines have been selected for the league's first team. Joining Shields and Neaton are defenseman Joe Cook and forward Brian Savage, both of Miami, forward Brian Smo- linski of Michigan State and Lake Superior forward Brian Rolston. It was the third consecutive year Neaton has garnered some sort of CCHA post-season recognition. Fol- lowing his sophomore season, Neat- on was selected to the league's se- cond team, and last year he was dis- tuinguished with honorable men-tion status. For Shields, who led the CCHA in goals against average (2.08), it was the first time he has received any postseason league honors. Two Wolverines, forwards David Oliver and David Roberts earned second-team status. Roberts made the second team for the second time in three seasons. He qualified for the second team the same season as Neaton. Defenseman Chris Tamer re- ceived his first post-season honor from the league's coaches as he garnered honorable mention status. Michigan coach Red, Berenson expressed varied emotions concern- ing the selections. "I was disappointed Shields only got five first-place votes," Berenson said. "I was happy to see that we had three of the top eight vote getters on defense. As a coach, you always feel your players could get more recogni- tion. There is no question that Ouimet and Stewart (both of whom have over 50 points) deserved some recognition, but players carry a bit of a reputation." TICKET INFORMATION: Tick- ets are still available for this week- end's CCHA playoffs at Joe Louis Arena. Prices are $16, $12 and $10 with students receiving a $5 discount when a student ID is presented. The university is offering round-trip bus transportation for Saturday's semif- inals as well as the finals on Sunday at a cost of $6. Michigan will play the winner of the Lake Superior- Bowling Green game at 8 p.m. Saturday. The finals will begin at 2 p.m. the following day. I DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily Wolverine center Brian Wiseman skates up the ice in Saturday's 8-1 victory over Notre Dame. Many of his teammates earned All-CCHA honors. 01 I BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK Webber makes All- America, All-Big Ten by Adam Miller Daily Basketball Writer Like a high-powered electromagnet near iron, Michigan forward Chris Webber has attracted attention and awards throughout his playing ca- reer. The tradition continued Monday night as Webber was named a First Team Associated Press All-America and First Team All-Big Ten. "It's great to be named with the others who have made the (All-America) team," Webber told reporters. "People do not realize how much this means to me." Joining Webber on the All-America team are Indiana forward Calbert Cheaney; Kentucky forward Jamal Mashburn, who has announced that he will enter the NBA draft after this, his sophomore, season; Duke guard Bobby Hurley; and Memphis State swingman Anfernee Hard- away, another probable early NBA draft-entrant. The All-Big Ten team consists of Webber, Cheaney, Purdue forward Glenn Robinson, In- diana guard Greg Graham, and Wisconsin swingman Michael Finley. Cheaney was named Big Ten Player of the Year, while Illinois coach Lou Henson grabbed Coach of the Year honors. Ohio State guard Greg Simpson was named Freshman of the Year in the Big Ten. Other Wolverines receiving honors include: Juwan Howard - All-America honorable men- tion and All-Big Ten second team; Jalen Rose - All-America honorable mention and All-Big Ten third team; Jimmy King - All-Big Ten honorable mention. DRAINING THE TREYS: Rose's three- pointer against Northwestern Saturday gave him 26 on the season and 62 in his career. That's good for seventh on the Michigan all-time list. Rose needs 13 more to tie Garde Thompson, a Wolverine swingman from 1984 to 1987, for sixth. NO, NOT KEVIN MCHALE: In many ways, fans traveling to Tucson, Ariz., this weekend for Michigan's first round games can expect to feel at home in the McKale Center. U of A's home arena seats 13,813, only 204 more than Crisler Arena's 13,609. All seats are of the padded vari- ety - just like Crisler. And a large scoreboard with multi-color graphics - similar to Crisler's - hangs above midcourt. But there are some differences. The McKale Center has four levels, as opposed to Crisler's two. The largest of the levels is the third, holding 5,570 spectators. Additionally,'the arena advertises the "specialty" for its nine concession stands to be "Pre-game Barbecue." 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