Men's Basketball vs. Coastal Carolina Tonight, 8:10 p.m. (CBS) Tucson, Ariz. SPORTS Hockey at CCHA Championships Tomorrow and Sunday Detroit a 4 Tankers off to good start Place seventh afterfirst day; 400 medley relay excels ' by Charlie Breitrose Daily Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS - Heads or tails. Just like flipping a coin, that was the way the Michigan women's swimming and diving team per- formed the first day of the NCAA * championships. "We're about 50 percent," Mich- igan coach Jim Richardson said. "I think 50 percent of our swims were good and 50 percent of our swims were a little disappointing." The first day ended with Stanford on top with a score of 213 followed by Florida (134) and Texas (108). The Wolverines placed seventh with 54 points. A key to the success at the NCAAs is swimming well in the morning preliminaries. Richardson said he had mixed feelings about his team's morning races. "I think our SOOs (yard freestyle) -I could have been better. Our IM's aily (200-yard individual medley) were s very good. That was the first time we finaled two people in the 200 IM." In the races in which the Wolverines produced finalists, the 200 IM and the 400 medley relay, the times were close or faster than the seed times. However, in the events where Michigan didn't pro- duce, the swims were seconds off the times entering the meet. Senior freestyler Kirsten Silvester reflected the disappointment in the 500 freestyle. "It was a little slower than my best time," Silvester said. "It was a good race. I just got touched out for a place in the consolation final." Diver Carrie Zarse put the first points on the board for Michigan, finishing 14th in the 1-meter spring- board. Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball said Zarse had an off day. "She didn't dive as well as she can," Kimball said. "She missed one dive, and that kept her out of the fi- nals." The Wolverines cashed in on more points in the final of the 200 IM. Mindy Gehrs and Alecia Humphrey finished seventh and eighth, respectively. Humphrey led off the final fait and was fifth after the backstroleO portion of the race. But the back- stroke specialist could not keep up with the field in the breaststroke and freestyle, eventually dropping to eighth. "I'm not upset with it" Humphrey said. "I'm putting it be- hind me and getting ready to swim the rest of the races. I'm concentrat- ing on the backstrokes because I0 think those are going to be really good." At the same time that Humphrey was dropping back, Gehrs was gaining ground in the breaststroke, improving to fifth. However, she was not able to hold on during the freestyle and dropped back to sev- enth. The greatest success of the meet for Michigan was the 400 medley re- lay. The Wolverines finished fifth after qualifying in eighth. : r DOUGLAS KANTER/Da Beth Jackson swims the backstroke at the Big Ten Championships. The Wolverines finished seventh in yesterday' competition, the first day of the meet. Michigan is far behind runaway leader Stanford with two days to go. Wrestlers in fifth after strong showin at irst da of Ns by Michael Rosenberg Daily Sports Writer AMES, Iowa - In a day which featured more shocks than a psychology experiment, the Michigan wrestling team managed to steer clear of upsets and found itself in fifth place after the first day of the NCAA wrestling championships. In his opening match, Wolverine Sean Bormet (158 pounds) came back from a 4-3 deficit and pinned Terry Watts of Fresno State. Bormet also handily defeated Iowa State's Earl Harrison, 9-0. But the most important matches for Bormet were the losses suffered y other top 158-pounders. Ne- braska's Matt Lindland, the top seed, lost to Boston University's Earl Walker, 13-4, in the first round. Michigan coach Dale Bahr felt confident about Bormet's chances of winning the title. "Sean can wrestle with anyone in the country," he said. "There isn't anyone he can't wrestle with. He's in real good shape right now." Walker was later beaten by West Virginia's Doug Taylor, 12-9, in the second round. Overall, four of the top nine seeds at 158 lost yesterday. Bormet will face Michigan State's Dan Wirnsberger today. Michigan's 12th-seeded Jason Cluff (126), who fell behind early in his match with John Ritchey of Pittsburgh, went on to win, 13-5. "I wasn't nervous when he took me down, because I knew I'd win the match," Cluff said. "I was real confident the whole time." Cluff then wrestled Cornell's David Hirsch, the fifth seed, and came from behind to win, 4-2. To- day, Cluff will take on Ohio State's Adam DiSabato, the fourth seed, who is undefeated against Cluff. Wolverine heavyweight Steve King avenged a regular-season loss to Jeremy Lay of Missouri in the first round, pinning Lay in the third period. "I was ahead when I pinned him, so I'd have probably won anyway," King said. "But it's good to get those team points." King defeated Chris Maynor of George Mason, 4-1, in the second round. Next up for King is North' Carolina State's Sylvester Terkay, the top seed. Lanny Green (177) won his two matches yesterday as well. First, he recorded a 15-3 win over Tennessee- Chatanooga's Chad Dennis. He then snuck past West Virginia's Dean Morrison, 6-5. Green will face Iowa's Ray Brinzer, who defeated Green two~veeks ago at the Big Ten championships, today. Michigan's Brian Harper de- feated Steve Woods of Maryland, 8- 2, in the first round, but fell in a last- minute heartbreaker, 5-3, to Lehigh's Steve Cassidy in the second round. James Rawls (142), who made the tournament as an alternate when Ohio State's Jim Scavuzzo pulled out, was forced to wrestle third- seeded Tom Shifflet of Edinboro. Shifflet scored a takedown in sudden death and escaped with an 8-6 victory. "I knew Rawls would be real tough," Shifflet said. "I've wrestled him before, and he's given me trouble." CAGERS Continued from page 1 and his monk-like vow before the 1989 championship run. To onlookers, all the talk might signal that Michigan does not intend to have any fun in the Tuscon sun. On the contrary, they said they plan to have all of their fun at the McKale Center. Unfortunately for the Chan- ticleers, the Wolverines' first-round fun would come at their expense. Despite the fact Michigan is ranked third and seeded first, Coastal coach Russ Bergman said he is not dis- mayed. "We don't feel intimidated," Bergman said. "We've tried to make our players understand that Mich- igan is not that different from Ar- kansas, Missouri, Boston College, or a lot of other teams we have played." Bergman will place most of his hopes on big man Tony "Slam" Dunkin. The senior finished the reg- ular season averaging 23.9 points per game, 6.4 assists per game and 45- percent shooting from three-point range. Backed by such impressive num- bers, Dunkin feels no fear. "I'm not intimidated by any- body," Dunkin said. "I'm laid-back off the court, but when I'm on the court, I like to make as much noise Sas possible." Earlier this month, Dunkin earned his fourth consecutive Player of the Year honor in the Big South conference. The previous collegiate record was three such awards, held by 14 players, including Ralph Sampson, Chris Mullin, Pete Mar- avich and Danny Manning. "Tony 'Dunkin" Dunkin is for real," Fisher said. "He could play for anybody. They're talking like a team that gets no respect ... so they're going to play like they have a great deal to prove." Sophomore Marquis "Keke" Tulane holds off Kansas State at buzzer Jalen Rose and Ray Jackson discuss their first round opponent Coastal Carolina. Michigan faces off with the Chanticleers tonight at 8:10 p.m. 0 Associated Press Last-second heroics in the NCAA tournament usually involve a player sinking a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Tulane's Pointer Williams made his mark a little differently. Williams reached in and stripped the ball from Anthony Beane as he attemped a 3-pointer with less than two seconds left. A scramble ensued and time ran out before Kansas State could attempt another shot. The 55-53 win for the Green Wave (22-8) in the first round of the Southeast Regional moved them into the second round against Florida State, an 82-70 winner over Evansville. "Normally, we don't like a player to go for the ball like that because you don't know what the referee is going to call," Tulane coach Perry Clark said. The Green Wave's win was the first "upset" of the tournament. Tulane, the 11th seed, was a one- point underdog to the sixth-seeded Wildcats (19-11). St. John's beat Texas Tech 85-67 and Arkansas crushed Holy Cross 94-64 in the East Regional; Kansas topped Ball State 94-72 and Brigham Young got past Southern Methodist 80-71 in the Midwest Regional; Illinois edged Long Beach State 75-72 and Vanderbilt ousted Boise State 92-72 in the West Regional. Hicks (18.7 points per game) and ju- nior Mohammed Acha (15.1 ppg) join Dunkin to lead the "Kickin' Chickens." The threesome combined for better than 73 percent of Coastal's scoring and over half of its rebounds. A lack of depth is certain to hurt the Chanticleers - only six players averaged better than 10 minutes per game this year. Size - the tallest Coastal player is the 6-foot-7 Dunkin - also will pose a problem. "They are huge," Bergman said. "They look like an NBA team. When you have seven-foot Eric Ri- ley coming off the bench, who's pro- bably going to be a first-round draft choice, there aren't a lot of ways to stop them." - . Coastal Carolina vs. Michigan Time: Tonight, 8:10 p.m. Place: McKale Center TV: CBS Stiurdaty Probable starting lineups Ni g~xt LIIVE Goi ' 1 .I Michigan (22-9) Tony Dunkin, 6-7, Sr. Mohammed Acha, 6-6,, Marcus Key, 6-7, Jr. Marquis Hicks, 6i-1, So. Joey Hart, 6i-4, Jr. F Jr. F C G G Michigan (26-4) Chris Webber, 6-9, So. Ray Jackson, 6-6, So. Juwan Howard, 6-9, So. Jalen Rose, 6-8, So. Jimmy King, 6i-5, So. s w . ' 5 7 #+ 5+ ' t S S iI 5 I J'/C' f _Y '71['X f11fdY f + Dr ...cals Passover Meals Deadline March 22 ia-. as SO'Sullivan s Eatery & Pub 1122 S. University 313-665-9009 x u- --- "- _ _ " _ _ _ A i