The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 1995 - 11

,Michigan needs you
Fan support a must for Wolverines to win

Women's track
tested for NCAAs

t was a simple request from
Michigan basketball coach Steve
Fisher.
Three weeks ago at the
Michigan League, Fisher asked
students who weren't using their
season basketball tickets to make
sure someone did. All he really
wanted was to see people instead of
empty seats in the upper corners of
Crisler Arena.
The result of Fisher's request?
About 2,000
empty seats in
the student
section against
Northwestern
on March 1.
Maybe the
message got
RYAN crossed up
WHITE somewhere.
White on Now
Target granted,
Northwestern is
far from
anything to get excited about, and
the game did fall at the beginning of
midterms. But what is the excuse
for the rest of the season?
Against Wisconsin Feb. 1?
Empty seats. Iowa Jan. 11? Empty
seats. And against Michigan State
Jan. 22, a game that was for first
place in the Big Ten? Empty seats.
Stop me if I'm getting repetitive
here, but I think you can see my
point.
Many students have not been
showing up. The Northwestern and
Ohio State games were emptier than
an 8 a.m. Communications lecture.
And don't think for a second
that the team hasn't noticed.
"Sometimes it is (discouraging)

because we try to play as hard as we
can," freshman Maurice Taylor said.
"I think it should be a better turnout.
"I'm not knocking anyone
because they can do what they want
to do, but it isn't the turnout I
expected when I came here."
Some students have been there
all season and have at least
attempted to give some life to a
building that is generally deader
than Vanilla Ice's career - and
they should be commended.
"The students that are there give
us all the support in the world and
we love them," Taylor said.
For those who haven't made it
out, there is one more chance.
The Wolverines face Penn State
Wednesday night.
It's a must-win game for
Michigan, which is fighting to get
into the NCAA Tournament for the
fourth straight year.
Earlier this season the
Wolverines were man-handled by
the Nittany Lions in a very loud and
hostile Recreation Hall.
The thing is, I don't think Penn
State is worried about getting the
same rude welcome here in Ann
Arbor.
And if anyone needed any more
incentive to support the Wolverines
than that, Wednesday will also be
the last home game for the final two
members of the Fab Five - Ray
Jackson and Jimmy King.
This team is still full of
surprises, and when the Wolverines
show up to play they are capable of
beating nearly anyone.
Now it's up to the students to
show if they are capable of showing
up.

By Dan Stillnman
Daily Sports Writer
For most of the Michigan women's
track and field team, the Silverston
Invitational held at the Track and
Tennis building Saturday served as a
final opportunity to better their times
in hopes of competing in this
weekend's NCAAs. The NCAA will
announce qualifiers today.
For senior distance runner Karen
Harvey - who says she will most
likely qualify forsthe 3000-meter -
the meet provided her one last chance
to better her time. She may also auto-
matically qualify for NCAAs in the
one-mile run and put a cherry on top
of an already outstanding season.
Despite finishing second in the
race, Harvey's time of 4:50.16 only
merited her a provisional qualifica-
tion. Last year's NCAA runner up,
Rice'sCandiceLessmeister(4:4 1.71),
took first place and automatically
qualified for the NCAAs with just
under 10 seconds to spare.
"I stayed with her for half of the
race, and then my body went 'No
thanks'," Harvey said, "I was so hyped
about how well I did at Big Tens that it
was hard to come down from them, and
then come up again for Silverston."
Junior high jumper Monika Black
is the only Wolverine that has auto-
matically qualified for NCAAs.
Junior sprinter Tearza Johnson
(7.09) won the 55-meter dash and
freshman multi-purpose athlete Tania
Longe (19-6 1/4) took first place in
front of teammate Beth Gould in the
long jump. However, both failed to
improve their scores and will wait
with other Wolverines to find out if
they will compete this weekend.

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Women's track team
TheSilverston Invitational also gave
two freshmen a chance to shine while
others rested. Those taking the day off
included Deanna and Pauline Arnill
who suffer from nagging injuries.
Freshman distance runner
Michelle S later (9:46.30) grabbed first
in the 3000-meter while freshman
sprinter Brandy Taylor won the 600-
meter with a time of 1:41.99, just
under seven tenths of a'second faster
then California's Kathy Haddox.
"For those that weren't going to
NCAAs, it was a chance to show what
you have left," Taylor said. "It was
the first time I had ever run the 600, so
I was going in blind."

MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily
Michigan returns to action tomorrow when Penn State visits Crisler Arena.

Men gymnasts break four-meet losing skid


By Chris Murphy
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's gymnastics
team was on the road this weekend,
once again in search of a strong away-
meet score.
Facing Michigan State Friday and
Western Michigan on Sunday, the
Wolverines went 1-1.
Although Michigan was able to
r break its four-meet losing streak, it
was unable to pull down the scores it
really wanted.
Friday's meet featured the return
of captain Raul Molina, but his pres-
ence was not enough to beat the Spar-
tans. The Wolverines fell to Michi-
gan State, 225.75 to 225.50.
Michigan started the meet on a
high note as Brian Winkler turned in


a strong performance on the pommel
horse, scoring a 9.3.
"Brian did a great job on pommel
horse," Michigan coach Bob Darden
said. "He had a tremendous set."
As the meet progressed, the Wol-
verines suffered from a lack of con-
sistency. While they were able to score
well on some events, they just weren't
up to the task on others.
"We just did not have the consis-
tency in the performance to generate
the 227 or 228 that we needed for an
away-meet score," Darden said.
Michigan benefited from another
strong performance by senior Bob
Young, who has performed well while
the team has been saddled with injury
problems. Young had an all-around
score of 56.10 on Friday.


After Michigan State, the Wol-
verines had a day to rest before they
hit the road again. Against the Bron-
cos Sunday, they looked to improve
on their score from their previous
meet, while gaining some much
needed consistency.
Michigan won the meet, 223.95-
223.20, but the victory did not mean
much to the team. Their score of 223.95
was not the kind of score the Wolver-
ines were looking for, especially after
scoring 225.50 two days before.
Young, Winkler and senior Rich
Dopp provided strong performances
for Michigan. Dopp scored a 9.9 in
the floor exercises.
But again, the team lacked consis-
tency. The Wolverines started with
strong performances on the floor ex-


ercises; however, the teamjust wasn't
able to keep it up for the whole meet.
"This weekend, we showed signs
of excellence, but there were too many
slip-ups," Molina said.
With the post-season tournaments
fast approaching, a strong away-meet
score was a top priority for the Wol-
verines.
With only a 225.50 as a high for
road meets, Michigan will be looking
towards the Michigan Invitational this
weekend, and the Big Tens in three
weeks, to consolidate its national rank-
ing and a spot in the Regionals.
"We're going to do everything we
can to heal up everybody these next
three days, and then get into a real
good training regime for the Big
Tens," Darden said.

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'llA Duke coach recovers

-DURHAM, N.C. (AP) --Mike
Krzyzewski was back in Cameron
Indoor Stadium on Monday and there
was no way to wipe the smile from his
s face.
Sitting on a stage at one end of the
court that has seen so many exciting
games in his 15 seasons at Duke,
' t Krzyzewski held a news conference
to let everybody know he's OK as he
*.continues to recover from back sur-
X gery and that he'll be back on the
t.i sidelines next season.
"I missed coaching and it's really
good to be back in this building," he
told a group of 80 reporters and 30 or
AP PHOTO so fans and students. "I am very im-
pressed with how many people are
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski announced that he will return to here.
the sidelines next season. Krzyzewski continues to recover from back "I'm embarrassed alittle to do this
surgery that has kept him out of action for most of this season.

news conference because I don't have
any earth-shaking news. I don't want
to be a hot ticket. I just want to coach
basketball."
Krzyzewski, 48, won't do that this
week at the Atlantic Coast Conference
tournament because he won't even be
in Greensboro for it. He will meet with
the team Monday and plans to take part
in practice Tuesday, but that's it.
The last time Krzyzewski coached
the Blue Devils was Jan. 4. He had
undergone surgery for a ruptured disc
in his back on Oct.21 and rushed back
to work. That led to exhaustion and
finally forced him from the coaching
the rest of the season at the school he
had led to seven Final Fours in the last
nine years and national champion-
ships in 1991 and 1992.



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