12A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 11, 1996 Linkers to take on Legends 40 By John Friedberg Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's golf team hopes to have a weekend that will be talked about for generations atthe Legends of Indiana Tournament in Franklin, Ind., tomorrow and Saturday. To accomplish this, the Wolverines will need to play their best golf of the season. The Legends of Indiana Tournament features nine Big Ten teams, including the powerful Ohio State squad that won the Marshall Invitational last weekend. In addition to the Buckeyes, the field features the second-place team from last weekend, Miami (Ohio). "As a team we still need to do better," Michi- gan coach Jim Carras said. "Now we're testing our strengths against other Big Ten teams as we're starting to eye the Big Ten tournament. Hopefully we can have a strong finish this week- end." Michigan State, Indiana, Northwestern and Minnesota, along with Ohio State, have all fin- ishedin front of Michigan in various tournaments this spring. Michigan will benefit greatly from the return of junior David Jasper. Jasper, who missed the last tournament with an illness, has been the Wolverines' most consistent golfer this season. "We really missed David last weekend," Carras said. "We hope that his return will get us going." Thejunior from Louisville, Ky., will be back to his familiar No. 1 position. Jasper's return to the lineup is not the only change that Carras has made for the weekend Keith Hinton earned his promotion to the No. 2 slot with a career-best 220 in last weekend's Marshall Invitational. Hinton's score was the lowest score for any Wolverine in a competition this year. His efforts could be the key for Michigan this weekend. "Keith Hinton was certainly a breath of fresh air for us," Carras said. "He had shown signs that he could play as well as he did at Marshall." Kyle Dobbs will play this weekend at No. 3, and is hoping to improve on his 228 at the Marshall. Dobbs has been the most consistent of the Wolverines through the course of the year. His 76.59 average has provided Michigan with some much needed consistency in an otherwise erratic year. At No. 4 for the Wolverines will be freshman Isaac Hinkle. Hinkle has been plagued by a lack of consistency this year. He has played in the No.1 spot at times but finds himself in the No. 4 spot this weekend. His 232 at the Marshall Invite was not a good indication of how well he can play. His 226 at the Reliastar Collegiate in the fall more accu- rately reflected his potential. Competing for the first time this spring will be freshman Mike Emanuel. Emanuel is coming back from a strong case of mononucleosis that limited him to one tournament during the fall season. Emanuel will be shooting out of the No. 5 spot for Michigan this weekend. The freshman from Ottumwa, Iowa, will attempt to better his 79.25 average from the fall tournament. "Mike has been progressing slowly, but he ap- pears ready to play this weekend," Carras said. "This tournament should provide some valuable experience for him." In a break from tradition, warm weather is pre- dicted for this weekend. This would be quite a change for the Wolverines, who have battled the weather as well as their consistency all spring. JONATHAN LURIE/Daly is this what they mean by 'the blue line'? The Michigan hockey team, 1996 NCAA champions, were honored by the Detroit Red Wings last night at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings then defeated Winnipeg, 5.2, to earn their record-tying 60th victory. They have two games left in which to claim the record as their own. BASEBALL Continued from Page 10A most of its leaders are sophomores or fresh- men. Witness freshman pitcher J.J. Putz. His three victories are second on the team, and his earned-run average is only a fraction out of first. Witness freshman Jason Alcaraz, who leads the team in at-bats and has hit .370 while playing in all 29 games. Although theplayingtime players like fresh- man Brian Berryman--who pitched two score- less innings for the Wolverines - got yester- day isn't much, it's certainly a start. Experi- ence today is. the key that unlocks the door to tomorrow's win column. If the progress of Michigan's regulars is any indication, the Big Ten had better not take its eye off this Wolverine squad anytime soon. SOFTBALL Continued from Page 10A The Wolverines received another break in the sixth inning. After a Griffin single, Carr reached first on an error by third baseman Tammie Gallis. Cathy Davie then advanced Griffin on a sacrifice fly to right field, followed by a Lang grounder to second that was slow enough to bring Griffin home. Whatever it was plaguing the teams' gloves, they worked it out of their system in the first game and played an errorless nightcap. Replacing the Wolverine errors was an ag- gressiveness absent in the opener. "We weren't real aggressive in the first game," Hutchins said. "We sat back; we were taking a lot of pitches." A team that doesn't hit a lot of home runs like Michigan - has to manufacture runs And that's exactly how they opened the see ond game. "I was just trying to get us to bust out a lise bit," Hutchins said. "We steal a base, or we get a good hit and run going - it gets the team lifted up." Conrad reached on a fielder's, choice by Gallis and stole second. Griffin singled to left field but Conrad had to hold at third. She was sent home on Carr's sacrifice fly, which tied the score. Griffin then stole second and scored on Davie's single to right field. The Wolverines dropped a sloppy g and won when they were aggressive and error-free. It's not a complex equation, but one that Hutchins is sure to drill into their heads. II Women golfers set sights on Boilermaker Invite win $10 CASH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDY (Student I.D. Required) Date: April 15-16 1-3 p.m. at the Michigan Union -Kuenzel Room Please call Demand Research at 747-9945 for an appointment (ask for Mildred). . By Jennifer Hodulik Daily Sports Writer In previous years, the Michigan women's golf team might have settled for a less-than-perfect result. However, in the midst of one of their best seasons ever, the Wolverines are looking fora top finish at this weekend's Purdue Boilermaker Invitational. "Our goal is to win the tournament," Michigan coach Kathy Teichert said. "We have a lot of talent in five players that have really shown that they can compete." The festivities at the Purdue Univer- sity South Golf Course will include Big Ten foes Purdue, Wisconsin, North- western and Michigan State; the Spar- tans edged Michigan by five points in last weekend's competition. Also among the 23-team field are Kansas, Illinois State and Notre Dame. Michigan is coming off a fifth-place showingat ablustery Ohio State Course, where they played only 36 of the in- tended 54 holes due to poor conditions. "Our team has been playing against a lot of adversity," Teichert said. "We just didn't play very well last week." The weather will apparently be more hospitable in West Lafayette, where six Wolverines will play 36 holes on Satur- day and, 18 holes Sunday on the par-72, 5,826-yard South Course. Michigan will bring the five competi- tors that have propelled the team all sea- son, who are led by senior captain and strokeaverage leaderShannon McDonald. McDonald notched first-and second-place finishes this fall but has yet to lead the team in scoring this spring. Three freshmen also have had standout seasons. Sharon Park, K v Loy and Sarah Lindholm provide cornerstone to the Wolverines' success. Loy or Park has led the team in scoring in five of Michigan's nine tournaments this season, while all three are among the top four in stroke average. Junior Wendy Westfall has been a solid performer for the Wolverines this season, appearing in all of the team's tournaments. Michigan's sixth representative 1 be determined before the team dep a for Purdue on Friday morning, througl qualifying rounds being held Wednes- day and Thursday. For the first time this spring, the Michigan course will bc fully functional for these qualifiers. While the prospect of qualifying foi NCAA regionals is on the horizon, it will remain there as the Wolverines concentrate on the tournament at hand "Instead of focusing in on the f1 goal," Teichert said, "we have to things one step at a time and concen- trate on (this meet) and Big Tens." As the weekend's event will b Michigan's final regular-season tourna- ment, the Wolverines will prepare for th Big Ten championships, where they wil have a chance to improve on their high est-ever finish of seventh place. H jA 11 I..FR a " 0 " " " 0 0 w Financial Aid Applicants The deadline for applications for Fall/Winter 1996-97 Financial Aid is: t t, a " " " " " s " " " " s 0 " " " " " +r " Monday, April 15, 1996 Office of Financial Aid The office of Financial Aid will be open 8:Oo a. m. to 5:00 p.m. on April 15. LONDON 249* PARIS 299* FRANKFURT 299* MADRID 359* ROME - 399* E~ A*E QP FIr, Q ..BC. E' i51 4.. 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