Women's Swimming NCAA Championships Thursday, all day Indianapolis S Is Men's Basketball vs. Pepperdine Thursday, 8:08 p.m. (CBS) Wichita, Kan. Baseball team drops doubleheader after winning opemng game By BARRY SOLLENBERGER DAILY BASEBALL WRITER Lately, close games have become the norm for the Michigan baseball team. After playing only one single-run game in their first five, the Wolver- ines have now played in one-run ballgames in four of their past six appearances. The trouble is, Michigan (4-7, overall) has lost three of those four close games, including both ends of a doubleheader to Central Florida, 4-3, and, 8-7, Saturday in 11 innings. The Wolverines escaped from Florida, however, with one win in the three game series by defeating the Golden Knights, 5-2, in 10 innings Friday. "We've started to play well, but to come away from the weekend 1-2 is disappointing,"junior left fielder Sean Coston said. "We were in position to win a couple of games ... but it didn't happen." In the opener, junior Heath Murray struck out a career-high 14 and walked none in nine innings to even his record at 1-1. Murray's strikeout total is the most at Michi- gan since individual game totals started to be recorded in 1980. "He pitched an outstanding game," said Coston, who had the game-win- ning hit. "He kept us in the game and deserved to win the ballgame." Michigan won the game by scoring three runs on two hits in the top of the 10th. Coston's two-run triple was the big blow. He later scored on Kelly Dransfeldt's grounder to close out the scoring. The Wolverines dropped a 4-3 decision in the opener of Saturday's day/night doubleheader, despite Ray Ricken's second complete game per- formance of the season. Ricken al- lowed 10 hits and four runs (three earned) in losing his second game of the year. Michigan took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the third, thanks to Matt Ferullo's RBI single in the first and Scott Weaver's RBI double in the top of the third. Central Florida tied the game in the bottom half of the inning and took the lead for good with single runs in the fifth and sixth. Trailing 4-2 in the ninth, the Wol- verines rallied. Dransfeldt doubled in a run to cut the deficit to 4-3, but was later thrown out at the plate in a run- down. With the tying run on second, Rodney Goble grounded out to end the game. In the rubber game of the three game series, Michigan grabbed a quick 4-0 lead with four runs on three hits and an error in the top of the first. Wolverine starting pitcher Chris New- ton, however, could not hold the early advantage. The Golden Knights scored a single run in their hall' of the first to cut the Michigan lead to 4-1. The Wolverines got the run back in the top of the third, but Central Florida chased Newton with three in the fourth and one in the fifth to tie the game. Ron Hollis relieved Newton and was touched for two more runs in the sixth to make the Golden Knight lead 7-5. Michigan tied the game with two runs in its half of the seventh, but Central Florida scored an unearned run off Hollis in the 11 th to win, 8- 7. 'M' dominates CCHA first team By PAUL BARGER DAILY HOCKEY WRITER DETROIT - Three Michigan hockey players are ending their careers in style. Seniors David Oliver, Steve Shields and Brian Wiseman capped stellar careers by being named to the All-Central Collegiate Hockey Asso- ciation (CCHA) first team yesterday. This was the first time Wiseman and Oliver received the honor and the second time for Shields. Oliver was the s only unanimous choice. Othermembers of the team are John Gruden from Ferris State, Jeff Wells of Bowling Green, and Michigan State's Anson Carter. Michigan's Mike Knuble was named to the sec- ond team. Alan Sinclair is the lone Wolverine representative on the CCHA All-Aca- demic team; he received honorable mention. Yesterday's gathering in Detroit previewed this weekend's CCHA championships. The talk of the confer- ence was the outstanding goaltending that the league has produced this sea- son. Shields leads the way, but Michi- gan State's Mike Buzak (All-CCHA second team) is close behind. Lake Superior's Blaine Lacher, Miami's Richard Shulmistra and Bowling Green's Bob Petrie have been the backbone of their team's late season turnarounds. "The league has dictated how you play on offense," Bowling Green coach Jerry York said. "We have a string of fine goaltenders. Petrie has given us durability. His three-pointgoals against average is outstanding and he's only the sixth rated goalie in the league." The field for this weekend is wide open. Lake State and Michigan have byes Friday night and await the win- ners of the Michigan State-Bowling Green and Western Michigan-Miami games, respectively. However, the Lakers took the title last year after Michigan and Miami had a free ride through the quarterfinals. "You don't want to have to do it, but it's not as taxing physically and men- tally on the players," Miami coach George Gwozdecky said. "Against (Alaska-) Fairbanks our third game was our best game. We played with more energy, enthusiasm, creativity and determination than in the other two games. The staff was exhausted, but not the players. It's not impos- sible; everyone saw Lake Superior do it last year." All eyes are on the Lakers and their quest for a fourth consecutive title. Lake State is the hottest team in the league, recording five shutouts in its last six outings and posting a 12- game unbeaten streak. "The team that everyone has to beat is Lake Superior," Michigan State coach Ron Mason said. "Everyone else has still got to prove they can do it. They have great depth, goaltending and ex- perience." The winner of the CCHA gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tourna- See CCHA, Page 10 JONATHAN LURIEIDaily Goaltender Steve Shields made the All-CCHA first team for the second consecutive year. Rose, Howard named among Big Ten's best By TIM RARDIN DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER After two years of coming up short when it came time for the Big Ten to hand out its postseason honors, Michigan's Jalen Rose finally broke into the elite of the conference's best players. Rose, who earned second-team honors his freshman year, and a disappoint- ing third-team selection a year ago, is joined on the All-Big Ten First Team by teammate Juwan Howard, Purdue's Glenn Robinson, Indiana's Damon Bailey and Michigan State's Shawn Respert. The 6-foot-8 junior leads Michigan in scoring with 20.1 points per game, and is fifth in the Big Ten. He was also among the conference's top 10 in assists and three-point field goals per contest. "He's become a much more consistent player this year," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said of Rose. "He used to be up and down, all around. He's more like Juwan in that now you know what you're going to get." Speaking of Howard, the 6-foot-9 center is making his inaugural appear- ance on the league's first team as well. He poured in 19.5 points, and collected a team-high 8.3 rebounds a game, after earning second-team honors last season. He was also fifth in the Big Ten in rebounding and field goal percentage. "They've both had the kind of seasons that merit that selection," Fisher said of his two stars. "They've been very consistent." Fab Four mates Jimmy King and Ray Jackson both garnered honorable- mention accolades as well. King, who received the same honor a year ago, averaged a career-high 12.1 ppg in league play this season. Jackson earned his first post-season recognition since coming to Michigan. After two seasons where defense was the name of his game, Jackson made his presence felt on the offensive end this year for the Wolverines. Playing inside more, Jackson scored 11 points, and grabbed 6.4 boards per contest in the Big Ten. Purdue's Robinson, in as unanimous a vote as there could likely ever be, was named the conference's Player of the Year by both the media and coaches. He led the conference (31.1 ppg) and the nation (29.7) in scoring, and was among the top 10 in six offensive categories in the Big Ten. Iowa's Jess Settles (16.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg) earned Freshman-of-the-Year honors, and Purdue's Gene Keady, who guided.his Boilermakers to the Big Ten title, was honored as Coach of the Year. U I Summer Housing in New York Citq 1, !ill c. r p rfrrrrr r rrrr rrrrrrr IL\.:n rrrrrr rrr rr rrrr. rr rr- First there was Major League. A movie about a baseball player - and his hair. Now they're back in Major League I. And Supercuts is celebrating with a very special offer! 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