i T'4.. Jdi t..1..:. ...., 7A..,: i.r Looking ahead to tomorrow... The Michigan-Maine matchup is the third lifetime meeting between the two schools. The Wolverines defeated the Black Bears, 3-1, in the championship of the 1990 Great Lakes Invitational. Maine, however, gained revenge with a 4-3 victory over Michigan in the 1993 NCAA semifinals. The Black Bears went on to grab the National Championship. Page 10 Wednesday, March 29. 1995 I SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: Wet field rorces cancellation Bly Danielle Rumore Daily Softball Writer The No. 5 Michigan softball team (4-0 Big Ten, 21-3 overall) is fresh off a four-game sweep of Purdue (0-4, 8- 14) in West Lafayette last weekend. Riding the wave of their hot streak, the Wolverines were set to fight No.23 Notre Dame (15-7 overall) yesterday at Alumni Field. Instead, thedoubleheader was canceled due to inclement weather and rescheduled for April 11. The rescheduled game will be the fourth meeting between the Fighting Irish and Michigan. Notre Dame leads the season series, 3-0. The Wolverines lost to the Irish in a 4-3 extra-inning affair Feb. 24 at the Arizona State Classic. Elizabeth Perkins scored the winning run for Notre Dame on a passed ball. Terri Kobata is one of the hottest pitchers in the nation. She is 7-1 on the mound with a 0.62 ERA for the Irish. She struck out 12 and allowed two hits inNotreDame's 2-1 winoverBall State last Saturday. A LEAGUE O HER OWN: Wolverine freshman pitcher/shortstop Sara Grif- fin was named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week March 22 for her play at the Florida State Lady Seminole Invitational. Griffin hit .458 with two homers, threw three complete game shutouts and struck out 17 in helping Michigan win the invitational. "I was very surprised to be named player of the week," Griffin said. "I had heard of it, but a lot of people I know haven't gotten it. I was very honored." The Wolverines went 8-0 in the 24 team round robin in Tallahassee, scor- ing 25 runs on the weekend. Michigan dismantled the No. 9 Lady Seminoles, 5-0, on their home field. HoTHITERs: Lastseason,Michigan mustered a mere three home runs, com- pared to 12 by its opponents. This sea- son, however, has been a different story. The Wolverines havealready doubled last year's total and have held their oppo- nents to just two homers on the season. Griffin leads Michigan with three homers. Griffin is three dingers short of break- ing the team season home run record set by Alicia Seegert in 1986. If Griffin averages three homers per season, she will also breakthecareerhomerunrecord of 11 set by Seegert from 1984-87. Different paths to meet in Providence By Darren Everson Daily Hockey Writer There certainly wasn't any one road to the hockey final four this season. Of course, Michigan's fel- low participants - Boston University, Maine and Minne- sota-allhadProvidence,R.I., 1 in mind when the season began KCAM in October, and each team N reached itsdestination. No two paths, however, were alike. Sen Preseason expectations MI suggest the Black Bears (30- WoI 5-6) are the biggest surprise of {( the group. Maine won the NCAA title in 1993, but onlyM defenseman Chris Imes re- Bla mains from thatteam. Soat the( start of the season, no one ex- Ton pected too much of the Black cE Bears -not even their coach. "We werejust trying to see if we could (finish) in the top four in our league and get home ice for the play- offs," said Maine coach Shawn Walsh, whose team ended up winning Hockey East. "Things started to jell early. "Before we knew it, we were be- coming a team that was ranked in the OCKEY APION INIP ational mifinal chigan lverines 30-7-1) vs. Maine ck Bears 30-5-6) morrow ESPN) top 10 and later on moved to No. 1." The Black Bears are cur- rently either the top- or sec- ond-ranked team in the coun- try,depending upon which poll you choose to believe. But as impressive as that ranking is, this Maine team has hardly dominated its opponents. "We're just a team that's been in aton ofclose games," Walsh said. "26 ofourgames have been decided by one or twogoals; we certainly don't blow teams out very often, if at all. "We've had to play it; very close to the vest, and DOUGLAS KANTER/Daily The Michigan hockey team is reaching for its first national title since 1964 this weekend in Providence, R.I. The Wolverines face Maine tomorrow in the NCAA semifinals. If Michigan gets by the Black Bears, it will face the Boston University-Minnesota winner Saturday afternoon for the National Championship. that's the only way we can play." See ICERS, Page 11 Moelier ponders spring game as 'M'injury list grows By Ryan White Daily Sports Editor Michigan football coach Gary Moeller has a decision to make, and it has nothing to do with who is going to be his quarterback next season. Thanks to a number of injuries, especially at the tailback position, Moeller isn't sure what to do about the Wolverines' scheduled April 8 spring game. "There's speculation on whether or not :> rr we'll have aspring game," Moeller said. "We'll have a spring game ... or something. Biakabutuka "We might have a scrimmage or we might have a game." TshimangaBiakabutuka is the lat- est Wolverine to go down with an injury. The junior tailback twisted his left knee in practice Monday and is hav- ing arthroscopic surgery today to search for a slight cartilage tear. Biakabutuka is not alone on the injured list, though. Fellow tailback Ed Davis injured his left shoulder while trying to run through a tackle and will sit out the rest of the spring. According to Moeller, however, neither injury should be serious enough to prevent either player from beginning the season on time. Along with the two backs, there are also problems on the offensive line. Center Rod Payne is still recovering from shoulder surgery and tackle Jon Runyan has yet to practice because of a foot injury suffered last season. Senior widereceiver Todd Richards is the only Wolverine that Moeller is not expecting to be ready for the season opener Aug. 26 against Virginia. Richards injured his knee and was forced to have surgery just before the beginning of two-a-day practices. Another receiver, Seth Smith, is suspended indefinitely. The lack of healthy bodies may cause Moeller to simply put his team through a scrimmage as opposed to the traditional spring game. "The only thing missing (in a scrimmage) is the competition to win or lose," Moeller said. "There would also be more throwing than normal, which wouldn't be a bad thing." Moeller could use the extra tosses from his quarterbacks to help him de- G GThere's speculation on whether or not we'll have a spring game. - Gary Moeller Michigan football coach cide who will replace the departed Todd Collins. Freshman Scott Dreisbach, jun- ior Brian Griese and senior Jason Carr are all competing for the posi- tion. And while Moelleris hoping to find his starter by the end of the spring, he's not going to make a hasty decision. "To say anyone is ahead of another at this point would be unfair," Moeller said. "I'm delaying because I want to make sure I'm making the right deci- sion." Like he did last season with Jay Riemersma- moving the quarterback to tight end - Moeller has reposi- tioned another player. He has moved linebacker George Howell to fullback to help fill the void left by Ch6 Foster who made himself eligible for the National Football League draft. The Wolverines have also been working more with a four-man defen- sive front than they have in the past. "We're going to use that (scheme) a little more because of our personnel," Moeller said. "I don't know if we've got super speed, but we're quick." Overall, Moeller has been extremely happy with the practices thus far. "I don't like to have anyone banged up, but there's a good attitude on this team," he said. "Right now this is the best attitude we've had in a couple three years.".A McDonald wins Saluki Invitational ATTENTION POLITICAL SCIENC ESTUDENTS Pi Sigma Alpha and Sigma Iota Rho present The 2nd Annual ;.: :::_::::.:: ::.__::"::::_ .E ldersveld P aper C on test This contest is open to first and second year students ________ :";:.::::.:;__ ::::: ;:"::::::::.:": ..;.:"with a strong interest in Political Science. Papers will .............._ _......_.._be judged in the following categories: By James Goldstein Daily Sports Writer Granted, it is hard to win a golf tournament. But having to watch the leaderboard to see how other golfers finish can be even tougher. These circumstances faced Shan- non McDonald of the Michigan women's golf team Monday in Carbondale, Ill. McDonald captured theSaluki Invitational forher first-ever tournament victory. "I was so nervous and I didn't think that I had a chance to win the tourna- ment," McDonald said. "I was really surprised when I heard that I had won." The Wolverines placed fourth in the 13-team field, 10 strokes behind winner Michigan State. But it was McDonald who stole the show. She beat Kerry Zebick of Cin- cinnati by a stroke. "We all stuck around to see how she'd do," Michigan coach Kathy Teichert said. "It was exciting and an excellent win for Shannon. She's always been a great competitor and we're all very happy and excited for her to start off the spring season so well." McDonald shot a 75 Sunday and was tied for thirdplace,justthree strokes behind Zebick. McDonald fired a 78 Monday to finish the tournament at 153. She completed her play around 1 p.m so the Michigan junior could only wait and hope that Zibek would blow the lead. "I decided to stay by the leader- board because I thought I would jinx myself," McDonald said. "Since I fin- ished so early, I thought I would be very rusty (in a playoff)." Zibek needed an 80 to win the tour- nament. An 81 would have assured her a tie with McDonald and a sudden- death playoff. However, Zibek double- bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes, put- ting McDonald a stroke up with a hole to play. Zibek needed a birdie to send the match into a playoff. It didn't happen as Zibek parred the final hole, giving the title to McDonald. Itwasn'teasy forMcDonald, how- ever. There were other factors that made it even tougher for the junior to grab her first tournament triumph. Aside from having to overcome Zibek, inclement American Politics Political Methods World Politics Comparative Politics Political Theory A $75 cash prize will be awarded for the best paper submitted in each category. ***$300 will be awarded for the overall best paper' DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION IS FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1995 - Submit papen in room 5619 Haven Hall. weather affected the tournament field. It rained Sunday night and was windy Monday, resulting in higher scores for practically all of the teams. The course that played short Sunday; played 300-400 yards longer Monday, y according to McDonald. "It's amazing that on the first hole, I hit a seven iron onto the green the first day," McDonald said. "The next day (on the same hole) I hit a seven wood. (Due to the wind) you really needed to be able to hit longer clubs and hit the driver really long, too." McDonald's solid driving proved to be her biggest strength. She hit 11- of-14 fairways Sunday and 12-of-14 Monday. On theotherhand, it was Michigan's short game that probably cost the Wol- verines in team competition. Michigan finishedjust four strokes out of second place. Rounding out the rest of the Wol- verines were Wendy Westfall (78-86- 164), tied for 15th, Molly Vandenbark (81-84-165), tied for 20th, Nicole Green (86-83-169),Jenny Zimmerman (83-88-171) and Laura Tzakis (83- 90-173). et because We d's parents .ng in your ship? - L £ canrrtY r+ 4 a e Are you ups( your boyfrien keep interferi relation Please return by March 31 to the Daily at 420 Maynard, 48109. 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