10B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - November 11, 1996 M' golfers take 7th at Stanford By John Friedberg Daily Sports Writer Going into its toughest tournament of the year, the Michigan men's golf team was well-rested. N Facing their first action in a month, the Wolverines placed an impressive seventh place at the Nelson, hosted by Stanford. The strong field in the Nelson fea- tured I1 of the top 50 teams in the country. The surprise winner of the tourna- ment was No. 50 Alabama. The Crimson Tide placed three golfers in the top 15. The Crimson Tide's consistency enabled it to edge No. 10 Tulsa and Indiana by five strokes. Michigan was 1 shots off the pace but just five shots out of fifth place. Individual honors went to Tennessee's Tim Turpen, who was the only golfer under par for the tournament. Turpen's two-under 211 for the three rounds was two strokes better than Indiana's Randy Leen. Leading the way for a very consis- tent Michigan squad - its top four golfers were separated by three strokes - was senior Brent Idalski. Idalski's three-round 222 placed him in a 19th-place tie. Idalski's performance featured a one-under par 70 yesterday. One stroke behind Idalski was senior Kyle Dobbs. Dobbs shot the best round of the tournament Saturday with his three-. under par 68. Only three other golfers were able to match Dobbs' second-round performance. Unfortunately for Dobbs, his other two rounds were 78 and 77. His 223 placed him in a tie for 25th. Redshirt freshman Michael Harris was right behind his two teammates, one shot behind Dobbs. Harris saved his best play for Sunday. He followed two rounds of 77 with an impressive 70 yesterday. Sunday's round was good enough to place Harris in a tie for 31st for the tournament. Isaac Hinkle sandwiched rounds of 75 and 79 around an even-par 71 on Saturday. Hinkle was just one shot back of Harris with a 225. Hinkle was the fourth Wolverine in the top 40 finishers placing in a 38th-place tie. Senior David Jasper struggled this weekend, shooting a 230. The senior did, however, have Michigan's lowest score in the first round with a two- over 73. Jasper has been the most consis- tent golfer this season, but this tour- nament was definitely his toughest. Due to the late arrival of players and coaches, none could be reached for comment. I PARADISE Continued from Page 38 over the past two seasons, the Big Ten could use more experience in tourna- ment situations. Perhaps with this in mind, the confer- ence's coaches finally voted to commis- sion a study on the feasibility of a post- season tournament last spring. The study's findings will be present- ed to university presidents next month. If the study recommends the implemen- tation of a postseason tournament, the presidents would likely vote in favor of it, and a Big Ten tournament could begin as early as March 1998. I don't have a phone book's space of room to list the reasons for why the presidents should vote yes, but here's a few. It would, as mentioned, better prepare the conference for the rigors of the NCAA tournament. It would, of course, bring added excitement to the Big Ten. It would generate more money for the conference through TV and added exposure. It would put the Big Ten at or near an equal level with the other great college basketball conferences. It would, from my point of view, probably allow me to view the end of my dream. And you know what? I real- ly don't care if Traylor makes the win- ning shot or not, or even if he's ever in that position. The important thing is that some Big Ten team will be crowned on that Sunday in mid-March, 1998. That somebody, anybody, will win the first-ever Big Ten tournament. - Barry Sollenberger can be reached over e-mail at jsol@umich.edu. JONATHAN SUMNER/Daily Setter Unnea Mendoza, an important part of the Michigan volleyball team, injured her shoulder over the weekend against Wisconsin. She should return to the lineup by Friday in time to face No. 6 Penn State and No. 15 Ohio State. Blue spikerzsavenge loss to Mi~nnesotafall to Wisconsin By Sharat Raju Daily Sports Writer If the Michigan women's volleyball team had a "to do" list, it would look something like this: No. 1: win at least one match this past weekend over Minnesota and/or Wisconsin. No. 2: have strong perfor- mances against top-ranked Penn State and Ohio State. No. 3: finish the season with four straight victories over Purdue, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. So far, the Wolverines can scratch No. I off their list, having split over the weekend. Michigan defeated Minnesota and lost to Wisconsin on its trip to the colder regions of the Big Tenthis past weekend. When Minnesota (10-4 Big Ten, 19-8 overall) visited Ann Arbor in October, it swept Michigan in three games. On Friday, however, the Wolverines (5-9, 10-1) used a ferocious hitting attack in the first two games of the match to pro- duce a three-game sweep over the Gophers, 15-12, 15-7, 15-10. "Linsey (Ebert) and Jeanine (Szczesniak) put together a flawless attacking game," Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi said. The usually powerful-hitting Gophers received a taste of their own medicine, falling victim to Michigan's 57 kills and .259 hitting percentage. Szczesniak was the most brutal attacker for the Wolverines, hitting a team season-high .630 hitting percentage with 13 kills and zero hitting errors. Ebert's 11 kills and .350 hitting per- centage along with Kristen Ruschiensky's 13 kills proved to be too much for Minnesota to handle. The Michigan offense, lead by Linnea Mendoza, kept the Gophers off-guard. "Linnea (Mendoza) made things hap- pen tonight," Giovanazzi said. "She did an excellent job of distributing the ball to all the hitters and keeping the Minnesota blockers guessing." The 44 assists contributed by the set- ter Mendoza, along with the hitting and service game of Michigan, gave the Gophers fits all match long. "We served Minnesota off the court, putting pressure on them," Giovanazzi said. "They had trouble passing and get- ting their offense going." Due to the strength of Michigan's passing and serving, Minnesota's All- American, Katrien DeDecker, was unable to get into a rhythm. She finished with only 13 kills and just a .024 hitting percentage - far below her nation-lead- ing season average of over 17 and .315. Just as the Wolverines avenged their earlier loss to Minnesota, the Badgers did the same unto Michigan. The No. 13 Badgers (10-4, 20-4) defeated Michigan 15-7, 15-13, 12-15 and 15-2. "We battled in the first three games, coming back time and time again," Giovanazzi said. "Game three really took (the energy) out of us - there was- n't much left for the fourth game." The road-weary Wolverines had trou ble keeping up with the Badgers offense, led by setter Laura Abbinante's 69 assists. In the fourth game, Wisconsin's service game was too much for Michigan. Ruschiensky. led the Wolverines with a personal season-best 22 kills, while Sarah Jackson recorded 13 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. In her first match since Oct. 26 due to injury, Kare Chase scored 14 kills. Michigan suffered an early set back when Mendoza went down with an injury in the first game. She crashed into the boards and bruised her shoulder but is expected to return to the lineup by Friday. The Wolverines have their work cut out for them if they want to stay on task with their "to do" list. They host No. 6 Penn State and No. 15 Ohio State in the up-coming weekend. The Ohio State match will be tele- vised nationally over ESPN2. 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