Softball Cal-State Sacramento Invite. Thursday, all day Sacramento, Calif. S 'TS Men's Swimming and Diving NCAA Championships Thursday, all day Minneapolis Wolverines swept by Arizona State Golfers struggle in first tournament afterb a By SCOTT BURTON DAILY BASEBALL WRITER Going into its three-game series with Arizona State, Michigan's base- ball team was concerned first and foremost with one thing - the Sun Devils' formidable offense. However, it was not only Arizona State's hitting thatproved to bedeadly, but also its pitching. The often erratic staff held the Wolverines to 14 hits, earning a three-game sweep - 8-0 Friday, 8-1 Saturday and 12-4 Sun- day. "We didn'tplay wellat all," Michi- gan coach Bill Freehan said. "Defen- sively and offensively we were poor. We had been swinging the bats well, but we didn't this weekend." Michigan had its best effort in Sunday's loss, chasing ASU starter Mike Corominas in the fifth inning after cutting the Sun Devils' lead to 4- 3. Michigan sophomore leftfielder Scott Weaver provided two of those RBIs, and the Wolverines took ad- vantage of three Arizona State errors to score an unearned run. However, reliever Kaipo Spencer (4-0) snuffed out the Wolverines' fifth-inning rally and held Michigan to only one more run the rest of the way to pick up the win. Despite 10 hits, the Wolverines could not pro- duce any more runs. For the Wolver- ines, Brian Simmons and Andy Wade knocked in the other Michigan runs. "He's a fastball, change-up kind of guy," Arizona State pitching coach Bill Kinneberg said. "He throws pretty hard, and for a freshman, he's going to be a talent by the time he's done here." The Sun Devils cleaned up on Michigan starter Ron Hollis (0-3), scoring seven runs in five innings off the junior. They scored three more off Chris Newton in the eighth and two more off senior Aaron Toth in the ninth. Designated hitter Todd Cady smacked a double and a home run to knock in three of the runs. In Saturday's game, the Michigan bats were rendered impotent by Ari- zona State starter Billy Neal. Neal (3- 2) allowed five walks, a hit to Matt Ferullo and one unearned run in seven innings to pick up a win. Noah Perry closed the game out with two perfect innings. "Billy was able to throw strikes with three of his pitches, and his best pitch is a changeup, so we had the Michigan hitters a little off-balanced at times," Kinneberg said. "Anytime that you are in a college baseball game - I don't care who you are playing - if you get a shutout, or allow very few hits against you, you are surprised." Freshman Jason Bond (3-1) equaled Neal's mastery of Michigan's bats in Friday's game, tossing no-hit ball through seven before Weaver stroked a hit. Bond finished with six strikeouts and two hits allowed in eight innings for the win. He also picked up the shutout. Weaver and Ryan Van Oeveren claimed the other two hits Friday night. "He's basically our number one guy," Kinneberg said. "For a fresh- man, he is really a poised and talented kid. He was able to get ahead of hit- ters with his fastball and mix in his curveball, and he was effective with both pitches." Michigan must now regroup as it heads into its first conference con- tests. The Wolverines head to Bloomington this weekend for four tough games against Indiana. The Hoosiers finished fourth in the Big Ten last season and return a solid pitching staff. By REBECCA MOATZ FOR THE DAILY A 12th-place finish was not in the Michigan women's golf team's plans as the Wolverines participated in their first tournament after spring break training. "We are going to write it off, like we didn't play in the tournament," said Michigan coach Cathy Teichert in reaction to the team's finish in the Northern Illinois University Snow- bird Intercollegiate Tournament. The two-day tournament at Pebblecreek Country Club in Tampa, Fla. did not result in the confidence builder that the team was looking for. Lead by Tiffany McCorkel, in the first round, the Wolverines ranked sixth after 18 holes of play, with a score of 331. McCorkel was named one of the top-10 individual golfers after the first day of play, tying for 12th with 79 strokes. However, the second round of the tournament proved to be fateful for the Wolverines. Michigan dropped to 12th place in the final standings after shooting a 361 its second time around the course. The team finished with a com- bined score of 692, a whopping 68 shots behind tournament winner Iowa State's 624 strokes. Indiana followed closely behind the Cyclones with a 633. "There are no excuses," a disap- pointed Teichert said. "It was a bad day. We didn'tkeep(the ball)inplay." After the first round of play, Teichert felt that the team could have improved upon its sixth place rank- ing, -but luck was not on the Wolverine's side. "We tried to put too much pres- sure on ourselves," said freshman Wendy Westfall, who lead the team with a score of 168. "The last three or four holes ... we let them slip away." Westfall ended the first day with M an 83 and followed with an 85 in the second round. McCorkel ranked sec- ond on the team with an overall 172, while Tegan McCorkel and Jenny Zimmerman tied for third with a 176. One factor in the Wolverines' loss may have been the team's adjustment to real grass. After practicing on mats since spring break, the team had to adapt to the natural grass. Other fac- tors, such as the windy weather, the team's poor play and the quality of the opponents, especially from Big Ten foe Indiana, can not be over- looked. "You can practice all you want, but you don't know how you will hold up until you get on the course," Westfall said. With increased practice on put- ting and chipping, as well as a confi- dence boost, the Wolverines expect better results in their next outing at the Indiana Women's Invitational April 2-3. "You get better as time goes on," Teichert said. 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