2B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, March 25, 1996 Softball AJ7U victorious m Invite By Mark Snyder Daily Sports Writer With a tournament about to go along normally, the Wolverines took over and made milestones. In the inaugural Tennessee Tourna- ment of Champions, the Michigan women's softball team (21-8) has stood out from the rest of the field, winning the tournament. The 10th-ranked Wolver- ines entered the field having climbed in the rankings during the week, and the games allowed them to demonstrate the reason for their ascent. Michigan's dominance in the tourna- ment showed when the all-tournament team was announced. Catcher Jennifer Smith was the Most Valuable Player, as she led the team with a .615 average, a home run and five runs batted in. Defensively, Smith caught a no-hitter and two one-hitters during the touma- ment. Holmes and third baseman Tracy Carr were also named to the team. The first day ofcompetition was one of stark contrasts. The Wolverines started offthe tournament with a whimper, man- aging only one extra base hit against unranked Southwest Missouri State, be- fore falling in the eighth inning, 2-1. Starter Kelly Holmes held the game close through the regulation seven in- nings, before being relieved by Sara Grif- fin in the eighth. Griffin took the loss, as she allowed a single which scored the winningrun forSouthwestMissouri State. Michigan came out with a bang in the second game on Friday, looking to re- deem themselves for the earlier defeat. The Wolverines smacked aschool-record 25 runs in a shutout of Morehead State. While the first contest was marked by errors and stranded runners, the game against Morehead State was more of an explosion. The mercy rule was instituted after the fifth inning, when the Wolver- ines capped off their pounding with a nine-run surge. The game was marked by a whopping eight Michigan players who had two or more hits, led by home runs from Kellyn Tate and Carr. The defense, which had committed three errors in the loss earlier in the day, was nearly flawless behind starter Griffin, who posted her ninth win. The contest was one for the Michigan record books, as the Wolverines bettered the old record of23 runs scored in a game. The previous mark was held by the 1979 and 1986 squads. Saturday brought more drama as the Wolverines played three additional games in the tournament. Michigan continued with a barrage of seven runs, knocking off Indiana State, 7-0, in the first game. The contest was highlighted by yet another no-hitter from Michigan's dynamic duo of pitchers, this one com- ing from Holmes. It was her second no-hitter in a week and the squad's third of the year. Smith aided Holmes' cause by hitting the first home run of her career. A tight battle ensued in the following game against Cleveland State. The Wol- verines pulled out a 3-1 victory behind a fifth-inningoutburst, during which Michi- gan scored all of its runs. The win brought Griffin's record to 10-4 for the season. All-American Griffin continued her climb throughthe Michigan recordbook, hitting her seventh career homerun against Tennessee, which moved her into second place on the school's all-time list. The Lady Vols were overwhelmed by Holmes as she threw yet another blank, moving into a fifth-place tie for career shutouts at Michigan, with 16. After defeating the hosts on Saturday night, the Wolverines wrapped up'their . impressive showing down south against : Austin Peay yesterday, trouncing them, 7-0, in only six innings. Baseball sweeps f weekend contests By James Goldstein All in all, seven of the ni Daily Sports Writer ines in the starting lineup I New Michigan baseball coach Geoff one hit. Zahn couldn't have asked for anything In the second half of more. , twinbill, starter Mark Te After Zahn and the Wolverines got Michigan six solid innings off to a horrible 1-13 start, Michigan two runs on five hits while, made a complete turnaround this week- four. Pete Martay pitched end, displaying its best baseball of the ning for the Wolverines. season. Once again, Michigan se In the new skipper's first Big Ten ing pitcher to the showersf action, the Wolverines demolished game. Purdue in every facet of the game over This time it was Brian the weekend in West Lafayette. was responsible for five r Michigan swept Purdue in four games hits in two innings. Jeros 10-5 and 2-1 Saturday and 12-0 and 9- walked five. 3 Sunday. Michigan's Kelly Drans In the opening game of yesterday's the way for the Wolverines doubleheader, Michigan freshman J.J. shortstop had two hits, tw Putz hurled a one-hit complete game RBI and a stolen base. shutout in Michigan's blanking of the Robb Ramaken led the B( Boilermakers. Putz had 11 strikeouts with two RBI. and walked just one batter. Saturday Michigan pit The Wolverines completed the Steinbach threw a gem o twinbill sweep with a nine-run out- Steinbach (1-2) held Purdue burst, breaking the game open with a a leadoff single in the sixth five-run third inning. tied it later in the inning Saturday Michigan swept Purdue in single. two extra inning affairs. The Wolver- In the top of the eighth, E ines scored five runs in the top of the with a single and was sacrif ninth inning in their 10-5 win in the first ond by Chuck Winters. Af game and completed the sweep with a was hit by a pitch, Dransfe 2-1 win in a pitching duel. him home in what prove The two sweeps give the Wolverines game winning RBI. a four-game winning streak heading Mike Hedman suffered into its home openers this week against Purdue, going the distancei Toledo and Oakland. It also broke the ing duel. Hedman (3-2) Wolverines' four-game losing streak strikeouts and walked only against the Boilermakers, dating back The opener of Saturday to the 1992 season. header was a completely difi Michigan (4-0Big Ten,5-13 overall) Michigan came back fr could do no wrong in yesterday's open- three-run deficit and tied t ing game. the fifth inning. Putz (1-2) picked up his first Michi- Purdue scored twice in th gan win with his mastering of Purdue the sixth and Michigan sco (0-4, 7-15-1). the top of the seventh to ti The WolverinesgavePutzabigcush- But the Wolverines ble% ion from the get-go, scoring in each of open in the ninth, with a fiv their first four innings. Michigan en- Mike Muir walked to lI joyed an early 11-run lead. inning. Bobby Scales reach The Wolverines knocked Purdue rifice that turned into an starter Jeff Reder out of the game in the Alcaraz singled to load the third inning. Reder (2-4) was rocked for Then, Dransfeldt got hit six runs on five hits and five walks in Howard pitch for his sec his short appearance. winning RBI ofthe day. Mil Michigan's table-setters accounted added an RBI groundout. for most of its offense. had a sacrifice fly and Ryan Rightfielder Brian Bush belted his singled in the inning. first home-run of the season and had Closer John Avrai (1-1 three hits and four RBI. Second- the win in relief of st basemen Kirk Beermann went three- Hribernik, allowing no run( for-four with two RBI. Left fielder Ja- in the final three and two-ti son Alcaraz rapped out two hits, includ- Howard (0-1) picked up ing a solo home-run. his two innings of relief. ne Wolver had at leas yesterd mple gav , giving u striking ou the last in nt the start early in th Jeros, wh uns on fiv (0-2) feldt pave The junio o runs, on oilermaker cher Bria f his ow hitless unt . Rama on an Bush led o ficed to se fter Alcara ldt double d to be th the loss f in the pite had -seve one. y's double ferentgam om a earl he gaime i e bottom o red twicei e it at five. w the gam t-run bi ead of4 ted on a sac error, an bases. tby a Jaso cond game ke Cervena John Pap Kelleyals ) picked u arter sand noiit ird inning p the loss i NOPPORN KICHANANTHA/Daily Sybil Smith gets in position for a forehand return against Notre Dame Saturday at the Uberty Sports Complex. Women'sto Wolverines downed by Irish, Badgers; Popek injured By Jiten Ghelani Daily Sports Writer In the two matches the Michigan women's tennis team played this weekend, the better team claimed vic- tories. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, they were the lesser team Saturday and again Sunday. Notre Dame and Wisconsin both visited Ann Arbor and handed Michi- gan two losses at the Liberty Sports Complex. The Fighting Irish won, 6- 1, and the Badgers swept their match, 7-0. In both matches, Michigan came out surprisingly strong. The Wolver- ines continued solid doubles play and stole an early point from Notre Dame by winning two out of the three doubles matches. The No. 3 doubles team of Tumeka Harris and Sibyl Smith pulled out an upset in their 8-4 win. "It was abig win for No. 3 doubles," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. "They beat a strong Notre Dame team that had beaten many other teams." Smith and Harris rebounded after a mediocre performance last week against Michigan State, when they struggled against the weaker Spar- tans. Michigan's top doubles tandem of Sarah Cyganiak and Sora Moon played their best match of the year against Wisconsin's Melissa Zimpfer and Col- leen Lucey. Cyganiak and Moon smoked Zimpfer and Lucey, 8-0. Cyganiak and Moon could not miss, placing each of their shots accurately. Moon dominated points on service returns, and Cyganiak served strong, even holding a love game. Zimpfer and Lucey had only three losses be- fore yesterday. After the strong starts, Michigan was unable to maintain its early suc- cess. Notre Dame cleaned up in all of the singles matches in straight sets, showing why it is No. 6 in the nation. Cyganiak could not come up on top, as her singles winning streak was snapped at seven. Jennifer Hall of the Irish, who is No. 21 in the nation, ended Cyganiak's streak, 6-2, 6-1. Playing No. 3 singles, Angie Popek was pitted against Wendy Crabtree. Popek injured her knee when she fell during the match. Popek, a senior, did find a way to finish her match. She lost to Crabtree, 6-2, 6-4. A doctor examined her knee after the Saturday match, but the status of the injury remained unclear. Popek sat out Sunday's match and will have her knee checked today. Michigan headed into the Wiscon- sin match shorthanded. Popek was unavailable, along with freshman Jen- nifer Boylan, who is out for the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruci- ate ligament. The two injuries caused the Wol- verines to forfeit a singles and doubles match. The magnitude of the injuries was visible in the lineup changes Ritt made. Ritt bumped No. 4 through No. 6 singles up one slot, forfeiting the No. 6 singles match. Harris and Smith played No. 2 doubles instead of No. 3, which was also forfeited. "We were playing out of position and that hurt us," Ritt said. Michigan managed to play a few long singles matches, but didn't pull through in any of them. The singles losses weren't much of a surprise, considering Wisconsin has three play- ers ranked in the top 50 and is No. 11 as a team. Cyganiak was up against an even tougher player in Wisconsin's Mel- issa Zimpfer. Zimpfer, No. 11 in the country, dropped the first set, 6-3. Cyganiak continued her solid play in the singles match. Zimpfer overcame the deficit, though, winning the next two sets, 6-2, 6-2. Freshman Tumeka Harris lost a long, grueling match to Barbara Urbanska, who is No. 49 in the coun- try, 7-5, 6-3. Overall, the Wolverines were outmatched this weekend. Michigan did show positive signs, especially in, doubles play. The Wolverines dropped to 2-2 in the Big Ten, and 3-6 overall. "Even though we were shut out in singles, we performed well in certain positions," Ritt said. "We showed good improvement against good com- petition, and feel good about it." Read Public Access, Roses are Read and Sound and Fury Thursdays in RapRitorsstpBl; Spurs ad Bulet P TORONTO (AP) - The Toronto David Robinson top Raptors pulled off one of the most un- with 22 points and 13 likely upsets of the NBA season yester- 50th double-double of t day, beating Chicago 109-108 when Person missed his f the Bulls couldn't free Michael Jordan againsthis former teamb for the final shot. ing for the first of two s Steve Kerr took it instead, from about 10:03 to play, giving the two feet behind the 3-point arc, and it lead. His second made t hit the front of the rim and bounced with 9:36 remaining, at away. The Raptors hugged and high- the Spurs ahead 91-77 w fived,sending the NBA's biggest crowd The Pacers, who had of the season, 36,131, home happy. Reggie Miller ejected v Alvin Robertson, who came off the technical in the third peri disabled list Saturday, was covering making just one of theirf Jordan on the play. It wasjustthe eighth in the final period. loss of the season for the Bulls, who are still on pace to win an NBA-record 70 BULLETS 92, NUGGET games. Brent Price hit a dri vin It also was Chicago's closest game of bank shot with 0.7 secon the year. Their other losses were by at the Washington Bulletsa least four points, and they haven't won over the Denver Nugget a one-point game. Gheorghe Muresan sf Damon Stoudamire scored a career- game-high 22 points in t high 30 points, and his six 3-pointers by ter and pulled down 10 r the rookie record of 125 set by Dennis Bullets snapped a tw Scott in 1989-90. streak. Juwan Howard1 and Calbert Cheaney ad SPURs 100, PACERS 88 Bullets beat the Nugge Chuck Person hit three 3-pointers in time in their last five ma a 15-2 fourth-quarter run as San Anto- Dale Ellis led the Nu. nio defeated Indiana 100-88 yesterday points off the bench. 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