16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 11, 1994 hl WHO: Tracy Carr TEAM: Softball HOMETOwN: Columbiaville YEAR: Sophomore EUGIBLTY: Sophomore WHY: In this weekend's four-game series against Northwestern, Carr, the Wolverines' third baseman, went 5-for-15 (.333) with six RBIs, two walks and one double. She also pitched the Wolverines to a 5-4 victory in game three. Carr is the squad's starting third baseman and the newest addition to the Wolver- ines' pitching rotation. She is the team's leading batter with a .291 average. BACKGROUND: Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Michigan Rookie of the Year last season. Carr was also a two-time All-State player in high school. i... _.. _. . ................. ......................:: .......i .! Laxers defeat illinois, MCATs do in Notre Dame By WILL McCAHILL DAILY SPORTS WRITER Finally, the Michigan's men's la- crosse team thought they were going to get a little competition. Instead, they got the MCAT. Actually, it was the members of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame who had to take the big test, and it forced them to return to South Bend with a loss by virtue of their forfeit to Michigan. But it was the Wolverines who got the short end of the stick-so to speak - from this weekend's Michigan Invitiational Tournament. Instead of using the tourney as a tune-up for next weekend's Big Ten tournament, the Wolverines got a blowout win over Illinois Saturday and a forfeit victory over Notre Dame Sunday. "They had a very decent team," coach Robert DiGiovanni said of the Irish. "We're pretty disappointed." DiGiovanni said the Notre Dame coach only told him after the Irish game against Michigan State Satur- day that the team wouldn't be stick- ing around for Sunday's contest. "They basically just drove in, played (Michigan State) and left," DiGiovanni said. On the positive side of the week- end, the team had a little fun against Illinois, scouted its next opponent (Michigan State) and got in some playing time outdoors, something the Wolverines desperately needed. "The guys did well with the field," DiGiovanni said. "They worked by themselves on ground balls during the _ __ 'M' crew nearly By TIM SMITH DAILY SPORTS WRITER Who says winning is the only thing? The Michigan crew team finished second in the Merrill Lynch Regatta this past weekend, but considering the competition, that's really not too bad. The Wolverines competed in the first ever Big Ten Championships and fills role of giant went up against the clear favorite, Wisconsin. The Badgers are the only Big Ten team funded by its university as a varsity sport, so it was expected that the only real race of the day would be for second place. Michigan showed the Badgers that they had to do more than just show up, as the Wolverines and Badgers fought killer in Merrill Lynch Regatta week, and it helped." Difficulty with ground balls has been, by all accounts, an Achilles heel for the Wolverines this season, both in and out of doors. The coach attributed some of this success to the field itself, which was not the soggy mess it could have been because of last week's inclement weather. The field was dry and hard, giving the ball a more regular bounce, closer to the true bounce off the artificial turf the team is used to. The weekend also witnessed the return from injury of midfielder and co-captain Ivan Frank. Frank made his presence felt im- mediately, tallying seven assists in Saturday's 23-2 rout of the Illini. The MEN Continued from page 15 "Both qualified on the same events last year," Darden said. "Rich really had to work hard to get over the sprained ankle he suffered last week. Other individuals who placed for the Wolverines included Winkler (13th place vault), sophomore Bob Young (13th place all-around) and Verrall (15th place parallel bar). "We showed we do have a very fine program with talented athletes," Darden said. "We would like to con- tinue at the same level, but with pro- gram problems over the last two years, our recruiting has been limited. "Its nice to have this moment in the sun. We had a good effort across the board." senior suffered a knee injury during the club's spring break trip to Florida. Graduate attackman Doug Henke tied Frank for game-high point total, piling up six goals and an assist for seven total points. All 27 players on hand for Saturday's game were able to get play- ing time, including the third- ana fourth-string goaltenders. However, the forfeit by the Fight- ing Irish was enough to put a damper0 on the Wolverines' weekend, despite Saturday's romp. This was only the third forfeit that DiGiovanni has had to put up with in his two decades of coaching. And none of those, the coach is quick to add, have been forfeited by the Wol- verines. WOMEN '! toe to toe throughout the day. In the biggest upset of the day, the Michigan women's varsity eight beat the heavily favored Badgers. The Wol- verines pulled ahead from the begin- ning and defeated Wisconsin by nearly ten seconds with a time of 8:07.4. "They executed the racing strategy perfectly," Michigan men's varsity t coach Gregg Hartsuff said. "We have a way we want to race, and the team really carried through with a big clutch performance when they needed it." Going into the final race - the men's varsity eight -- a Michigan win would have given them the victory over mighty Wisconsin. A Wolverines' comeback in the waning momentscame a little too late, however, as they lost to the Badgers by 1.3 seconds. Although he was not happy about coming so close and not achieving vic- tory, junior Matt Beelan realized how much the Wolverines accomplished. "I was disappointed at first," Beelan said. "But after thinking about what we actually did, I was pretty happy about how well we did." All things considered, winning is definitely not everything. Continued from page 15 and Meredith Willard (39.475) of Alabama. Other top all-around finishers frorn Michigan were Wendy Marshall (7th with a score of 38,85) and Kelly Carfora (11th with a 38.5). Marshall's performance was highlighted bya 10.00 on the vault, which was the only one of the meet. "I was really excited," said Wymer in reference to her all-around victory. "I didn't have my best performance of the year, but I stayed consistent and did what I had to do to help my team out." Even with the shaky start, Plocki was pleased with the team's perfor- mance, and feels that they are hitting* their stride at just the right time. 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