6- The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 30, 1995 Unlucky loss wasn't right for Blue A By Ravi Gopal Daily Basketball Writer When Indiana's Quacy Barnes made a chippie at the buzzer last night at Crisler Arena to give her team a one-point win, the Wolverines were in disbelief. Coach Trish Roberts, hands on hips, couldn't believe that Barnes had beaten the clock. Michigan's Tiffany Willard, after a mammoth effort, stared at the floor. -- The 720 fans at Crisler were silent, in shock RT1 at what had happened. And the opposing Hoosiers were celebrating in the middle of the court, atop Barnes in a heap of glory. It wasn't right. Michigan had nothing to be ashamed of. Judging by the score, they are the weaker team. But, truth be known, they are the more unlucky team. "Our kids played very well, and they deserved to win tonight," Roberts said. For 36 minutes, the Wolverines did everything right. They made the extra pass, hit the open jumper, and it seemed as if luck was on their side. The final score didn't make sense. Not after seeing freshman Molly Murray hit a running one-handed scoop in the lane. Not after hearing the crowd explode as Tiffany Willard laid it in with 5.7 seconds to play, giving her team the lead, 77-76. And definitely not after watching Shellman and Willard knock the ball out of bounds as Indiana tried to pull off a final play. Their hustle knocked valuable time off the clock. But unlucky moments existed as well. Watching two of Michigan's premier players, Akisha Franklin and Shellman, earn their third fouls with minutes left in the first half. Eyeing Barnes, as she towered over everybody to grab the inbounds pass from behind the backboard, and watching her hit the gimmie shot. Maybe it was right for the Hoosiers to win, sending the Wolverines hurtling toward oblivion with their fifth straight loss. Maybe it was right for Michigan, which came out with so much energy to begin the game, to end a weekend discouragingly. Maybe it was right for this Wolverine team, decimated by injury, to suffer another setback in a season of losses. No, it wasn't. C MOLLY STEVENS/Daily The Michigan women's swimming team rebounded from a loss to defeat Auburn last Saturday. Women tankers dump Auburn By Marc Diller Daily Sports Writer Finally, after a two-month road stint, the No. 2 Michigan women's swimming and diving team returned home Saturday for its final official dual meet at Canham Natatorium. The Wolverines (8-1) rebounded from its disappointing two point loss at No. I Stanford with a 140-101 manhandling of No. 4 Auburn Sat- urday. The meet marked the Wol- verines' fourth victory over a top- six team. "I think we're confused about where we're supposed to be," co- captain Alecia Humphrey said. "We've never been ranked this high before." Saturday's performance defi- nitely abated any confusion Auburn may have had. "We played this meet up as our biggest of the year," Tigers coach David Marsh said. "Michigan really showed that it's a national champi- onship team." Co-captains Jennifer Almeida and Humphrey led the Michigan seniors in their final home meet. Humphrey (1:59.85) edged Auburn co-captain Rachel Pchola in the 200 yard backstroke and Almeida (1:51.80) finished second behind freshman teammate Talor Bendel (1:50.57) in the 200 yard freestyle. Humphrey and Almeida also con- tributed to separate relay victories in the 400 yard medley and the 400 yard freestyle relay respectively. "It's real sad to think that this is my last (official) home meet as part of the team," Humphrey said. Michigan freshman Kim Johnson placed first in the 100-yard free (51.61) and contributed to victories in the 400 free medley and the 400 free relhys. Junior Megan Gillam, sopho- more Rachel Gustin and Bendel each notched two victories despite a rig- orous week of training. Junior diver Carrie Zarse re- corded two victories in the one- meter and three-meter dives. "We did an excellent job fa- tigued," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. "I'm real pleased with the way we swam." Even though the Wolverines were tired, they were just too deep for the Tigers. "Michigan is real strong in depth, which we're weak in," Marsh said. "As far as NCAAs, the champion- ship team will be able to go two to three-deep in each event." Only seven Wolverine swimmers have qualified for the NCAAs in Austin, Tex. In lieu of the Big Ten championship meet being only three weeks away, all the swimmers who have not qualified for NCAAs will start tapering and shaving this week. Richardson hopes at least seven or eight more swimmers will race at Austin in March. "We're into tapering for those that don't have NCAA cuts yet," Richardson said. "Hopefully we'll be ready to swim fast at Big Tens." 0 DAVID VALAZZI/Daily Michigan came away with nothing to show for its effort against Indiana. WOMEN ~ ~ICKIGA (58) F TRi W M NhlManIN WA MAR o-T A F S, ontne fro pe 1 helma 16 2-5 s- . Cnnudfo pae1illard 21 2-6 1-2 2-6 0 4 5 were out, and 16-5 when Shellman was rzezinski 40 8-16 5-8 5-13 0 4 22 ranklin 40 3-17 4-6 4-8 8 2 10 out. Michigan led at the intermission, ohnson 23 1-6 .0-0 0.1 2 1 2 35-34. urray 33 3-17 12 2-3 3 8 ikorski 8 1-4 0-0 4-4 2 0 2 The Wolverines started the game in otals 200 22.77 12-20 22-46 1621 58 uncharacteristic intense fashion, open- F .286. FT%: .600. Three-point goals: 2-25, unchracerisic ntene fshio, oen- 080 (Brzezinski 1-4, Murray 1-9, Shellman 0-1, ing up a 12-point lead, 30-18, on a ohnson 03 ranklin 8 Blocks: 10 (Brzeski 4 Shellman three from the left side. But Franklin 7, Willard 4, Murray 3, Shellman 2, iGiacinto). Steals: 12 (Brzezinski 5, DiGiacinto 2, as Indiana brought the ball up, she ranklin 2, Murray 2, Johnson). Technical Fouls: committed her third foul. one. Along with Willard andBrzezinski, INNESOTA (76) FG FT RED Shellman helped limit Hoosier star awler M22 410 4-4 1 4 2 3 12t Bryant to just nine points on three-of- ecarsn 2 4-8 4~ - 6 3 12 10 shooting. Bryant entered the game oe bein 23 3-7 4-5 1-6 2 0 12 Mesn 16 1-1 1-2 0-0 1 0 4 hitting 16.9 points per game. chmidt 10 1-4 0.0 0-1 0 1 2 tafford 18 6-8 0-0 4-9 1 1 12 But Indiana adjusted to Michigan's Ilis 15 0-0 0 0-2 4 1 0 defense, as freshman guard Jamie Gar- oell 8 1-2 2-2 a2 1 1 4 9 2-5 0-0 0- 0 1 3 4 ner lit up the Wolverines for 30 points. min 6 0-2 22 12 4 1 2 Hersixthree-pointersmadetiedaMichi- h 9 0-2 0-0 0-a 0 1 0 gan record for Wolverine opponents. vcNulty 8 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 74 * foals 00 7-5518-3 1029±3±0 77 Friday's game was a horror show FG%: .444. FT%: .773. Three-point goals: 3-7, 429 (Loeblein 2-3, Nelson 1-1, Lawler 0-1, Roell 0- for Michigan. The Wolverines shot , Taylor 0-1). Blocks: 5 (cecka 2, Loeblein, earson, Shudlick). Turnovers: 23 (Loeblein 5, Ellis an anemic 29 percent from the floor , Klun 4, Lawler 2, Cecka, Iverson, Nelson, earson, Roell, Schmidt, Stafford, Taylor). Steals: (22-of-77). Jennifer Brzezinski posted 1(Cecka 2, Loeblein 2, Pearson 2, Iverson, Lawler a double-double, leading Michigan elson, Roell, Taylor). Technical Fouls: none. with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Visitors ......... 42 35 - 77 Home............ 36 35 - 71 2750 Jackson Ave. eHours: 7an-11pm Daily I COIN ?61-1889 I U ICOIN LAUNDRY U 1 Come lean up your act withust! 1 . . . . HURON. . I JACKSON AVE.- NDIANA (78) FO FT REB MIN WA MA 0-T A F PTS ames 13 2-3 1-1 1-2 0 4 5 rzua 40 1-4 5-9 1-3 6 2 7 rter 11 1-2 3-4 1-3 0 1 5 arner 40 10-18 4-4 0.4 6 2 30 esel 23 7-16 1-2 3-3 0 4 16 ray 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 03 0 ryant 40 3-10 3-3 7-22 1 5 9 edenbaugh 6 0-1 2-2 0-2 0 0 2 ittfach 20 2-4 0-0 2-3 0 1 4 otals 200 2659 19-25 17-45 1322 78 FG%: .441. FT%: .760. Three-point goals: 7-15, 467 (Garner 6-10, Vesel 1-4, Redenbaugh 0-1). locks: 7 (Bryant 3, Barnes 2, Dittfach, Urzua). urnovers: 27 (Urzua 8, Bryant 5, Garner 5, Barnes , Dittfach 2, Vesel 2, Gray, Porter). Steals: 10 Garner 3, Urzua 3, Bryant 2, Dittfach, Vesel). echnical Fouls: none. ICHIGAN (77) FG FT REB MIN W-A M-A O-T A F PFS urray 8 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 4 5 ranklin 35 5-8 0-1 0-1 3 3 11 ikorski 18 0-0 2-2 1-1 3 1 2 Johnson 37 5-11 0-0 0-1 4 2 10 rzezinski 33 5-10 4-7 1-6 1 3 14 hellman 22 3-3 2-2 1-6 6 4 9 illard 34 7-15 6-10 0-3 1 4 21 iGiacinto 13 2-4 1-3 0-6 0 3 5 otals 200 29-54 15-25 4-25 ±824 77 FG%: .537. FT%: .600. Three-point goals: 4-5, 800 (Franklin 1-1, Murray 1-1, Shellman 1-1, illard 1-1, Johnson 0-1). Blocks: 2 (Brzezinski, ohnson). Turnovers: 20 (Brzeziski 6, Willard 5, hellman 3, Franklin 2, DiGiacinto, Johnson, Murray, Sikorski). Steals: 11 (Brzezinski 3, Franklin Willard 2, DiGiacinto, Johnson, Murray). echnical Fouls: none. Indiana.........34 44 - 78 Michigan...... 35 42 - 77 BIG TEN STANDINGS$v Records through 'Jan, 28. ** Team Wisconsin Penn State Purdue Ohio State' SMinnesota N 'western Iowa Indiana M,h1gan Illinois W L 2 6 2 5 2 0 5 3 .5 3 5 3 5 3 5 . 2 t 2 6. DAVID VALAZZI/Daily The Michigan women's tennis team won both matches last weekend. Ww Michigan SI L _ TEST TOMORROW? BLUE NOTES TODAY. 668-7172 Benefits o Air Force Clinical Nursing We offer: *Management opportunities early on *Rapid advancement -Advanced education *"Opportunity to be selected for specialty training *Comprehensive medical and dental care *30 days of vacation with pay By Jennifer ivanelli For the Daily After back-to-back wins this week-, end the Michigan women's tennis team still feels there is room for im- provement. The No. 23 Wolverines defeated Western Michigan Frday, 8-1, and Miami (Ohio) Saturday, 7-2. The match was Michigan's first competiton in two months. As a re- sult, the Wolverines made many mis- takes even though they came away with a victory. Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt be- lieved the reason behind all of the Wolverines' unforced errors was due T-SHIRT PRINTING "H11 QULI LMW MME to the team's immense layoff. "I'm happy we won, it's a good starting point, but we still have a lot of work to do." Ritt said. Strong showings for the team against Miami came from No. 1 single Sarah Cyganiak (6-2,6-4), No.3 Angie Popek (6-3,6-1) and No.4 Jaimie Field- ing (6-2, 6-4). The No. 2 doubles team of Popek and freshman Sora Moon crushed their opponents (6-0, 6-0). "This match let us get back into the swing of things, it was a good warm- up for the rest of the season," senior Liz Cyganiak commented. Each players' individual style is different. But one can also see the unity between them as they support each other, Bitt said. This unity is what has led to their past success. Last year the Wolverines finished second in the Big Ten and this year they are hoping to improve to first. This could be very likely since they did not lose any major players from last year's squad. "Right now it is clear what we have to work on," Bitt remarked. They will be working on consis- tency by having more practice Fts in game-like situations. The results of Michigan's wok in the next couple of weeks will be shown when the Wolverines take on Iowa for their first Big Ten meet Feb. 11. Michigan Union Board of Representatives is accepting membership applications from interested students. UNION r°: . y.3 w 3 ReQ Y.. } ? { T x C). Z.- 2 £ ( " ' C, daecs Applications are available January 27 at the Campus Information Center in the Union and at the North Campus Information Center in the North Campus Commons. Applications due February 10 at 5pm. Return to Dana Measel, Roam 1310 Michigan Union. a