2 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, April 3, 1995 'M' Sports Calendar Monday, April3- No events scheduled. Tuesday, April 4- Softball at Western Michigan (DH), 3 p.m., Kalamazoo. Wednesday, April 5- Baseball vs. Toledo, 3 p.m., Fisher Stadium. Softball vs. Toledo, 3 p.m. (DH), Alumni Field. Men's Tennis at Michigan State, TBA, East Lansing. Thd A iursday, Apr 6- No events scheduled. Friday, April 7 - Women's Water Polo at Michigan State, TBA, East Lansing. Men's Volleyball vs. Michigan State, 7 p.m., Cliff Keen Saturday, April 8- Football, Spring Game, 12:30 p.m., Michigan Stadium. Baseball vs. Penn State (DH), 1 p.m., Fisher Stadium. Softball at Iowa (DH), 1 p.m., Iowa City. Women's Gymnastics hosts NCAA Central Regional, 6 p.m., Crisler Arena. Men's Gymnastics at NCAA Regional, 7 p.m., State College, Women's Water Polo at Michigan State, TBA, East Lansing. Men's Rugby vs. Sciota Valley, 1 p.m., Mitchell Field. Men's Tennis at Penn State, TBA, University Park. Women's Tennis at Northwestern, TBA, Evanston. Men's Lacrosse vs. Wheaton, 10 p.m., Oosterbaan Fieldhouse Sunday, April 9 - Baseball vs. Penn State (DH), 1 p.m., Fisher Stadium. Softball at Iowa (DH), 1 p.m., Iowa City. Women's Tennis at Wisconsin, TBA, Madison. Women's Water Polo at Michigan State, TBA, East Lansing. Men's Lacrosse at Western Michigan, 3 p.m., Kalamazoo AAthleeh Week */ WHO: Kelly Kovach TEAM: Softball HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, Pa. YEAR: Senior EUGIBIUTn: Senior WHY: Kovach went 2-0 with four strikeouts and gave up two runs in helping the Wolverines to a four-game weekend sweep of Indiana. Kovach notched a 7-0 complete game shutout win on Saturday and added a 12-2 two-hitter on Sunday. At the plate, Kovach went 7-for-13 with 10 RBI and six runs scored. A grand slam in Saturday's 11-1 win over the Hoosiers was the first in her career and helped Kovach set a career- high with six RBI on the day. BACKGROUND: Kovach, the co-captain, is hitting .316 on the year with a team-leading 26 RBI. Kovach was a GTE Academic All-American First Team in 1994, while garnering Second Team honors in 1993. 1995 NCAA Basketball Championship Midwest Kansas Virginia Virginia Kemper Arena na Kansas City, Mo. .mhsMarch 24 & 26 Memphis Arkansass , 7, East Wake Forest Oklahoma St. Oklahoma St: Meadowlands Arena Oklahoma St. East Rutherford, N.J. March 24 & 26 Tulsa CUUMass UMass ~. ~. 191 National Semifinal Saturday, April 1, 1995 Kingdome Southeast Seattle, Washington Kentucky Kentucky Arizona St. Civic Center Birmingham, Ala. North Carolina Georetown March 23 & 25 -0 ~4 TV Arkansas vs. UCLA National Championship Game Monday, April 3, 1995 8 p.m. Kingdome Seattle, Washington ___I National Semifinal Saturday, April 1, 1995 Kingdome Seattle, Washington West UCLA UCLA Miss. St. Oakland Coliseum UCLA Oakland, Calif March 23 & 25 Maryland UU~onn If any club would like to add its schedule to the 'M' Sports North Carolina Calendar, please drop off a copy at The Michigan Daily, 420 North Caroina Maynard. UConn takes national crown over Lady Vols Huskies finish perfect season with 70-64 victory; Lobo hits for 17 MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-With its final victory in a magical season, Connecticut achieved something rare in NCAA women's basketball-per- fection. Top-ranked Connecticut capped an unbeaten season by defeating No. 3 Tennessee 70-64 Sunday to win the national championship. The Huskies (35-0) pulled it off despite the foul problems of their top three players and despite trailing by nine points early in the second half. Only one other team has gotten through a season without losing in the :14 years of NCAA women's basket- ball. Texas won the 1986 title with a 34-0 record. Defense also was critical to the Huskies, who held Tennessee (34-3) without a field goal after Tiffani Johnson's three-point play put the Lady Vols ahead 61-59 with 4:09 left. Jamelle Elliott hit a double-pump layup to tie the score at 61 with 2:20 to play and Jennifer Rizzotti's layup with 1:53 to play put Connecticut ahead 63-61. The Huskies then wrapped up their first national title at the free throw line, with player of the year Rebecca Lobo making four and Rizzotti and Carla Berube sinking two apiece. For the longest time, it appeared that Tennessee would fullfill the prom- ise of a season that began with the Lady Vols ranked No. 1, a position they held until losing to UConn 77-66 in mid-January. Lobo, 6-foot-7 Kara Wolters and Rizzotti all got into foul trouble in the first half and spent long stretches on the bench. But Connecticut played through its problems and sent Tennessee, a three-time national champion, back home as a frustrated loser. After Berube made the first of her two free throws with 9.9 seconds left, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt slammed her hand down on the scorer's table and groaned, "I really hate this." Moments later, the Connecticut players were hugging each other and crying at midcourt and Tennessee was walking dejectedly to its dressing room. Lobo led all scorers with 17 points afterplaying only eight minutes in the first half and was named the Final Four's outstanding player. Rizzotti scored 15 points, Elliott 13 and Wolters 10. LatinaDavis was Tennessee's only double-figure scorer with 11 points. Dana Johnson had nine and All- American Nikki McCray scored only seven. Tennessee led 38-32 at halftime andquickly wentup41-32 on Michelle Marciniak's 3-pointer 13 seconds into the second half. But Connecticut would see to it that Tennessee never got comfortable. A key was Tennessee being un- able to take control in the first half when Connecticut got into foul prob- lems. Lobo sat out the final 11:58 of the half after getting her third foul, Wolters spent 3:50 on the bench after getting her second and Rizzotti spent the final 4:51 on the sidelines with three fouls. But the Lady Vols never got up by more than six. Down by seven points early, Ten- nessee got its first lead of the game after Lobo left, going up 21-20 on Marciniak's backdoor layup with 9:51 left. Davis hit a 3-pointer from the right corner to put the Lady Vols up 26-23 and they led 36-30 after Abby Conklin's 3-pointer with a minute to play. After Wolters scored on an offen- sive rebound, reserve Laurie Mulligan answered for Tennessee with a lean- ing jump shot justbefore the buzzer to restore the six-point lead. 0 0 Trivia Answer: Rick Leonard and Todd Marion combined for a one-hit shutout of Michigan State on April 18, 1990. Leonard allowed a hit in the third inning, as the Wolverines won the contest, 3-2. Marion took the win in relief. Rebecca Lobo, the women's national player of the year, led her Huskies to a national title with a victory over Pat Summitt and her Lady Volunteers. Lobo was named the Final Four's most outstanding player. Going Home this Summer? MSU is Close To You... At Home and Work! Dualnes. move faste.. Fortunately, we move faster! ® 1 1 t " aS