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When was the last time a
*conference placed two teams in
the championship game of the
Division I men's basketball
tournament?
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By RYAN WHITE
DAILY BASEBALL WRITER
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to do with Ann Arbor this pas
end?
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at Hash Bash on Saturday? N(
It is actually the number
allowed by Michigan pitch
Hollis yesterday against Mv
State at Fisher Stadium.
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no-hitter since Russell Broc
tossed five innings of no-]
against Detroit-Mercy, April 1
That game was called because
ness.
The Wolverines (5{-3 Big1
13 overall) beat the Spartans(
12), 4-0, before going on to
series finale, 4-3. Saturday
Field in East Lansing, Michiga
both games of a doubleheadi
ning the first, 9-6, and blowin,
Spartans in the nightcap, 21.
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SMichigan State's Chad Marshall watches ball four go by in yesterday's game against Michigan at Fisher Stadium.
WThe Wolverines took three out of four in the weekend series, pushing their overall record to 10413.
Football
practice
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this t ti me
By RYAN HERRINGTON
DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER
It is an annual right of passage. As
Shistoric as Michigan Stadium, as leg-
endary as Fielding Yost and Bo
Schembechler.
Spring football practice in Ann
Arbor.
Okay, so maybe "springs" are not
really, ripe with- tradition, but their
significance has increased greatly this
year for the Michigan football team.
For the first time in the Gary Moeller
*era, the Wolverines are not the de-
fending Big Ten champions and while
the "losing" streak only rests at one,
that is long enough according to se-
nior outside linebacker Matt Dyson.
"It's a really different situation
this year," Dyson said. "I feel we're a
lot closer as a team after going through
last season. We don't want to go
through that again."
It's on Dyson's side of the ball that
the Wolverines have concentrated the
most during the past three weeks of
practices. Losing 10 players to gradu-
ation - including six who started at
least four games last season -Moeller
and the rest of the coaching staff have
concerns about how the defense is
shaping up.
"I want to build a good front, and
we're really shallow as far as depth
goes (on the defensive line)," said
Moeller, who is looking for seniors
Jason Horn, Tony Henderson and
Trent Zenkewicz, along with Damon
Denson, to start in Michigan's 3-4
defensive set. "We've just got to keep
banging away."
The problems with depth continue
with the linebacker corp. While Dyson
is healthy and having a good spring,
*injury-plagued Steve Morrison has
not practiced and Trevor Pryce is sit-
ting out for academic reasons.
Moeller has been pleased with the
play of junior Kerwin Waldroup and
sophomore Rob Swett on the outside
but admits - to his dismay - that
he'll have to rely on several freshman
to fill out the depth chart.
"I think we've got some decent.
* players coming for that position out
of the freshman class," Moeller said.
"Never have I ever spoken like this
before, referring all the time back to
some freshman who shouldn't even
come out for football until after school
starts. But you're forced into that po-
sition.
Wolverines op(
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By MARC DILLER
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
This weekend marked many firsts
for 1994. Not only did spring emerge,
but also the hollow boom of metal
bats echoed throughout town. Yes,
that's right, the Michigan softball sea-
son resurfaced in Ann Arbor this
weekend.
To open its home and Big Ten
schedules, the Michigan softball team
(2-2 Big Ten, 14-16 overall) split its
season series with No. 22 Ohio State
(2-2, 15-11) at Alumni Field.
After suffering their fifth straight
loss and dropping both games of
Friday's doubleheader,, the Wolver-
ines regrouped Saturday and topped
the Buckeyes in the final two games,
2-1 and 4-1.
Youthful pitching and veteran hit-
ting led Michigan to the victories.
Unexpectedly, Michigan coach
Carol Hutchins opted to start sopho-
more third baseman Tracy Can at
pitcher instead of her customary spot
at the corner. Michigan's 2-1 victory
in the contest marked Can's starting
debut and her first career win with the
Wolverines.
The outcome pleasantly surprised
Hutchins.
"Sometimes you've got to change
things up to get things turned around,"
Hutchins said. "Tracy Carr did an
excellent job on the mound."
Can looked to be in jeopardy of
losing her mound debut after Michi-
gan squandered its early scoring op-
portunities.
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the first inni
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Michigan. Chris Newton (0- my glove."
e only loss. Crociata and right fielder Rodney
the Wolverines managed Goble supplied all the offense Michi-
Sthe weekend, it was clear gan needed in the bottom of the third
ghlight was Hollis' perfor- inning. The pair deposited back-to-
back shots over the fence. Crociata's
unbelievable to see Ronnie brought home two runs, and Goble's
ethat," infielder Kevin one.
id. "He pitched like that at First baseman Chad Chapman
t weekend, and he got all drove in the other run on a single in
today." the second.
who also threw his second Though pitching was the big story
utout, gave due credit to his Sunday, there was little of it to be
;especially Crociata. found Saturday, at least for Michigan
k it was just an excellent State.
round, defensively too," he In the first game, the Wolverines
pecially the play that scored four runs in the first inning,
made." and two in the second to open up a 6-
.ay occurred with two out in 0 lead.
the fifth inning. Michigan The Spartans chipped away at the
ad Marshall lined a shot lead, and, with the help of two Dave
red to be headed for a hit Veres' home runs, cut the margin to
ld. Crociata, however, leapt 6-5 going into the top of the seventh.
the backhanded snag. That is when Michigan began to
is just a reaction play," take advantage of the stiff winds blow-
aid. "I got up as high as I ing out of Kobs Field. Catcher Matt
ked up, and the ball was in Fleury hit the first homer of his career
and then, following a walk to second
basemen Kirk Beermann, Chapman
drilled a two-run shot over the
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VS " (O T T In game two Michigan picked up
~T5 ~ ftJ right where it left off. The Wolverines
0 scored six in the second, highlighted
~ Maryby another homer by Chapman, this
a MaryCampana led off time a three-run shot.
ling with a double off Buck- The Spartans answered with three
Genice Turley (10-5). Les runs of their own in the second, and
rificed Campana to third the Wolverines took a 6-3 lead into
gan had a runner in scoring the third.
ith only one out. But after That was as close as Michigan
infielder Michelle Silver State would get.
knock Campana home, it Every player in the Michigan
if the Wolverines inability lineup scored in the third inning, and
runs would persist. four scored twice as the Wolverines
er, Campana broke the exploded for 13 runs.
e in the third inning when Left fielder Scott Weaver .had a
in Sheryl Pearcy with an three-run triple, and catcher Scott
eld double. Campana ad- Niemic, shortstop Ryan Van Oeveren
hird on an Ohio State error, and Chapman all hit solo homers.
elped her own cause when Chapman's and Van Oeveren's came
the ball deep to center for a back-to-back.
ly. The Wolverines scored only two
ckeyes threatened to erase more runs the rest of the game, both
s 2-0 lead in the top of the fittingly on round-trippers. Chapman
hen Wolverine second hit his third of the game - and his
.athryn Gleason misjudged fourth on the afternoon - in the fifth
nder's groundball. Turley inning, and Van Oeveren nailed his
he error and the Buckeyes second of the contest in the seventh.
In one. Goble, who had a home run and
vo runners on and two outs three RBI in the second game, wasn't
nig, Carr forced CeCe An- surprised by the offensive production.
-ound out, killing the Buck- "Our lineup is very talented from
. Canr settled down for the the leadoff all the way to the nine
of the game and retired 10 spot," he said after Saturday's games.
rate's final 11 batters. "Once we all start hitting, runs are
k she screwed up our bat- going to go on the board.".
ms of timing," Ohio State Defensively, Michigan commit-
[Davenport sad. ted only two errors Saturday, which
rformance established Car pleased coach Bill Freehan.
In's third quality starter. "Defensive concentration has been
important for us," he said. "In close
See SOFTBALL, Page 4 See BASEBALL, Page 4
SARAH WHITING/Daily
Michigan junior pitcher Kelly Kovach prepares to throw against Ohio State
Friday. The Wolverines split four games with the Buckeyes this weekend.
No. 6 men
gymnasts
edge State
By JOSH KARP
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
Placing fifth at the Big Ten Cham-
pionships was not exactly what the
No. 6 Michigan men's gymnastics
coach Bob Darden had in mind.
With one more chance to shape up
before regionals, the Wolverines had
to respond. That they did, in defeating
No. 17 Michigan State, 279.7-276.9.
Darden fiddled with his lineup,
hoping to come up with the nine men
who will represent Michigan at the
NCAA Eastern Regional Saturday.
"It was a real good opportunity to
give people competitive experience,"
Darden said.
One of those who benefited from
the added experience was freshman
Flavio Martins. Martins competed in
five of six events, and Darden liked
The Rlip Side
By MELANIE SCHUMAN
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
A fter spending four years
14with the Michigan
football team,
Oosterbaan Fieldhouse is probably
the last place you would want to
spend your free evenings.
Oosterbaan is a home away from
home for senior defensive lineman
Gannon Dudlar, who has endured
seven-hour practices in this venue.
His daily reminders are hardly
comforting - a shoulder injury,
tendonitis in his elbow and an
unknown ailment in his back. Yet
now, as his football career has come
to an end, he just can't seem to stay
away.
Maybe it's a recurring
nightmare, maybe it's a magnetic
attraction. Or maybe Dudlar simply
can't resist doing one of the things
he loves most - playing lacrosse.
Athletics has always been a
Li fe after football finds
Dudlar back on the field
not seeing the immediate rewards for
your effort, but that comes in time."
So Gannon is driven by the thrill
of competition. Equally, it's a matter
of keeping in shape and having fun.
"It's a combination of all those
factors," he said. 'I really enjoy the
competition of the games. In that
regard, when we're in a close game in
lacrosse, there's no difference than
the feeling there is in football. It's just
that there's not 100,000 fans out
there."
Not to worry Gannon, Oosterbaan
can't accommodate that many.
Still, though, whether it's the 12
sideline cheerleaders at the lacrosse
game or the 100,000 screaming
students and diehard Michigan fans,
there's no denying that everything
from the equipment to the
competition represents a radical
change.
"The thing that struck me was
whether (Gannon) would make the
M