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be on Bono to beat Bill one more time."
Catrabone's match was equally nip-
and-tuck. After a Branch takedown and a
Catrabone reversal in the first period, the
match was tied, 2-2. A Branch escape in
the Second gave him a 3-2 advantage,
leading him to victory.
After Sunday's 31-6 demolition of
Ohio State, Catrabone and Lacure may
have been feeling the effects of fatigue.
"We left Ohio State at about 9:30 p.m.
... and didn't get in (to Clarion) until
about, 1:30 a.m." Bahr said. "We prac-
tice so fatigue won't be a problem, (but)
when you're traveling, you get tired.'
Serving as an honorary coach in the
Classic, Bahr was basking in the glory of
his 200th win in 19 years of coaching at
Michigan. That victory came against
Ohio State.
"I enjoyed it, Bahr said. "One hun-
dred ninety-nine came against our
archrival, Michigan State, and 200 came
against another archrival, Ohio State."
As far as Catrabone's and Lacure's
losses, Bahr knows that the wrestlers the
pair faced last night are of the caliber
they will have to beat if they want to be
crowned national champions March 22.
Bahr said he hopes the experience at
Clarion will help motivate Lacure and
Catrabone toward national titles.
"I hoped they liked being there and
feeling the atmosphere. I hope they liked
it so much that they want to be there on
Saturday night, March 22."
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Sophomore Jake Rafton and the Michigan men's tennis team began the dual-match portion of their season by finishing third at
the O'Chariey's Tennis Classic. The Wolverines beat Big Ten rival indiana to capture third place at the tournament.
Men's tennis ousts nval Indiana
to takwe tierd at O'Charley's
Bullock
Ten honor
From staff reports
For the second time this season
Michigan guard Louis Bullock h
been named the Big Ten men's bas-
ketball Player of the Week.
The sophomore averaged 22.5
points per game in two contests last
week, leading the Wolverines to vic-
tories at Penn State and at home over
archrival Michigan State.
In last Tuesday's game at the Bryce
Jordan Center, Bullock led all scorers
with 23 points - eight of which
came on crucial free throws - whip
grabbing four rebounds, dishing out
pair of assists and picking up a
career-high four steals.
In the course of the 67-59
Michigan victory, Bullock nailed
three of six 3-pointers, which moved
him into second place on the
Wolverines' all-time trey list, past
Jalen Rose.
Bullock moved even closer to first
place last Saturday, connecting on s
of eight threes on his way to netting
22 points in Michigan's 85-65 trounc-
ing of the Spartans at Crisler Arena.
In that game, Bullock again led all
scorers, and his 3-point barrage -
which included hitting all five of his
first-half attempts from beyond the
arc - pulled his career total to 131,
just four behind Michigan career
leader Glen Rice.
Bullock leads the No. l'
Wolverines in scoring, averaging ju
more than 16 points per game. He is
also tops on the team in 3-pointers, 3-
point field goal percentage and free-
throw percentage. He has been the
team's leading scorer in six of the
Wolverines' last nine games, and in
12 of 21 contests this year.
This week's award marks the sec-
ond time this season Bullock has won
the honor. He was named the confe
ence's top player on Dec. 2 after
career-best 28-point performance in
the season opener against Ball State,
keying an 87-63 Michigan victory.
That same week, he poured in a
game-high 19 points to lead the
Wolverines to an 80-74 clipping of
Cleveland State in Michigan's first
road contest of the season.
Bullock is the only Wolverine to
have garnered the award since Jalen
Rose was named Player of the Wee*
on Feb. 14, 1994. Michigan's Juwan
Howard had won the award the previ-
ous week.
Bullock is the first Wolverine since
Gary Grant in 1988 to earn the honor
twice in one season.
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By Andy Latack
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's tennis squad
received a crash course in teamwork this
weekend and passed with flying colors.
Playing in their first team match of the
season, the Wolverines posted a third-place
finish in the O'Charley's Tennis Classic in
Knoxville, Tenn. The Wolverines defeated
one ranked opponent and put quite a scare
into another while beginning the regular
season at 2-1.
The team faced No. 26 Alabama-
Birmingham in the opening round and
started out as if somebody had poisoned
their pregame grits. Michigan dropped
all three doubles matches, giving UAB
an early 1-0 lead.
The Wolverines were able to recover
from the shaky start, however. In a con-
vincing turnaround, the team took five of
the six singles matches to win, 5-2.
"We came out very tight and tentative
in doubles and did not play particularly
well," Michigan coach Brian Eisner said.
"Eventually, the nervousness wore off,
and I was impressed with our ability to
come back the way we did.'
The Wolverine's jump into the win-
ner's bracket pitted them against No.
20 Middle Tennessee State, the tourna-
ment's No. 2 seed. The team dronned
their No.1 doubles match and won No.
3, leaving the deciding third contest up
to Michigan duo Arvid Swan and Miki
Pusztai, the No. 2 entry. The pair
locked with its
opponents at 8-
8, forcing a
ti e breaker.19We're
After fighting
through three nOW, b 1
match points, th c a
the two eventu- X
ally fell, 10-12,
setting the tone O S
for the close
competition
that would fol- Michigan men
low.
The Wolverines tested the Blue
Raiders in every singles match before
eventually losing, 2-5. The Blue
Raiders would eventually defeat
Virginia to win the tournament.
Eisner praised the team's effort after
the match.
"They were a much, much better
team (than UAB)," he said. "We were
in a position to win the match, which
was encouraging. I was talking with
their coach after the match, and we
both agreed that if these teams played
10 matches, we would probably split
5-5."
The Wolverines faced Indiana in the
cH
third-place
Ten team
Tennessee
game, another upstart Big
that had defeated host
in its first-round match.
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s tennis coach
Hoosiers in the
abbreviated match,
winning 4-0
behind convincing
Travel plans were a concern for the
team, and the two
schools agreed to
play to four points
food to allow the
Wolverines to
e ha ve catch their flight
home.
Michigan made
,,, ,," short work of the
singles victories by
juniors David Paradzik and Brook
Blain. Blain finished the tournament a
perfect 3-0 in singles matches, tying
Paradzik for the team lead with 14
wins on the season.
Eisner and the rest of the team were
very satisfied with the progress made
over the weekend.
"For our first team competition, we
did a very solid job," he said. "It's dis-
appointing in the sense that we felt we
could've won the tournament, but
we've established that this team is
ready to compete every match.
"We're good now, but we have the
chance to be outstanding."
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