68 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - March 17, 1997 Michigan's win streak' snapedb Kansas State 'ay Sports Writer With an eight-game wining streak on the line, the No. 9O"Mishigan baseball team headed down to Tulsa for the - M Bank Classic this weekend. Although the Wolverines (9-5) knocked off Oral Roberts (14-6) to extend the streak to nine Friday, Kansas State put a halt to their winning ways with a 9-6 victory. Saturday. Pepperdine forced Michigan's new streak, a los- ing one, to two with an 8-7 victory over the Wolverines on Sunday. Kriday, Michigan used its familiar blueprint for suc- eess, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning and. "I ing well for the rest of the game, to earn a 14-6 vic- . Junior shortstop Brian Kalczynski keyed the offen- attack for the Wolverines with five singles and six, . Junior Brian Steinbach picked up the victory for the - Welverines,, allowing four earned runs in six innings to extend his record to 3-1. Steinbach struck out eight while bowing only five hits. tMichigan pounded out 21 hits and put the game out of rich with 10 runs in the last three innings. Junior right- -Ider Derek Besco went 2-for-2 with four walks and ftft runs scored.. Saturday, Michigan looked to push the winning streak to. 10. Kansas State had different plans, however, as the -AWdcats gave Michigan its first defeat since March 2, beating the Wolverines, 9-6. The Classic ended for the Wolverines on Sunday as they lost to Pepperdine by a score of 8-7. Luke Bonner wept all the way for Michigan, allowing six earned runs. The Wolverines were hurt by two costly errors, leading to two unearned runs in the first inning. Michigan scored four runs in the eighth inning and another in the ninth to make the game close, but Popperdine brought in Will Ohman to strike out Brian B ico with a runner on second and two outs in the bottom ofthe ninth. Michigan's second baseman Kirk Beermann llhis first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fourth inning. Beermann knocked in another run in the ci,th with an RBI groundout. Derek Besco continued his strong showing from the plate with a 3-for-5 performance. Designated hitter Dan Sanborn went 3-for-4. ; Despite losing two of three games over the weekend, 'several Wolverines were recognized for their efforts. Derek Besco and Brian Steinbach were chosen to the all- tournament team while Kalczynski was named tourna- Iment MVP. -Michigan will try to get back on track when Detroit visits Ann Arbor tomorrow. Old Dominion holds off Purdue . NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Distraught over missing a layup that would have won the games Mer~y Andrade was determined to make amends. She did. Andrade scored five points in over- Women's time and second- tournament ranked Old escaped with a 69-65 victory over Purdue yesterday in the NCAA Mideast Regional. "I tried to give an example," Andrade said. "If I refuse to lose, then everyone refuses to lose because we are a team." The victory in the second-round game sends Old Dominion (31-1), the No. 1 seed, to the regional semi- finals next Saturday on Purdue's home floor, Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. Eighth-seeded Purdue (17-11) lost an eight-point lead in the final 6 1/2 minutes before tying the score 61-61 on Stephanie White's jumper with 12 seconds remaining.Andrade then beat her defender driving in from the left side, only to blow the layup just before the buzzer. After sitting on the bench briefly, Andrade returned to the game and hit a 3-pointer and a 2-point shot to put Old Dominion up 66-63, and the Monarchs held on. Old Dominion. coach Wendy Larry said it was important for Andrade to collect her- self before going back in. "I just have to see somebody look me in the eyes and know they're not looking like deer eyes with head- lights in them, and then we'll get them back out there," Larry said. Clarisse Machanguana led Old Dominion with 23 points, while White scored 18 to lead Purdue, one of the Big Ten's tri-champions. In the other Mideast game, Louisiana Tech destroyed Auburn, 72-48. West In the West Regional, sixth-ranked Georgia turned back Arizona, 80-74, in Athens, Ga., and 12th-ranked Virginia beat Utah 65-46 in Charlottesville, Va. Kedra Holland-Corn made one free throw and Signe Antvorskov added two more in the closing seconds to preserve the victory for Georgia, which blew most of an 18-point lead. A 25-10 run had drawn Arizona to 77-74 with 35 seconds left. Holland-Corn led second-seeded Georgia (24-5) with 20 points and Pam Irwin added 17. Adia Barnes'24 points led seventh-seeded Arizona (23-8), which made the NCAA to r- nament for the first time. Virginia, leading the nation in field goal defense, held Utah to 29.8 per- cent shooting in advancing to the round of 16 for the 1ith straight year. Lisa Hosac led the fourth-seeded Cavaliers (23-7) with 13 points, DeMya Walker scored 12 and Monick Foote 11. Julie Krommenhoek scored 14 to lead fifth-seeded Utah (25-6), which reached the second round for the #t time in eight NCAA appearances. East In the East, fourth-ranked North Carolina had to go into overtime to beat Michigan State 81-71Jn Chapel Hill, N.C. Chanel Wright hit a 25-foot shot to force overtime and Tracy Red scored nine points in the extra period for the top-seeded Tar Heels (29-2), who&- lied from a 52-42 deficit midway through the second half. North Carolina's Marion Jones led all scorers with 27 points and Reid finished with 25. Cheryl Euler scored 22 for eighth-seeded Michigan State (22-8). Alabama defeated St. Joseph's in the other East game, 61-52. The con+ test was played in Tuscaloosa; Ala., in the other East game. Midwest Behind Big Ten Player of the Year Asley Berggren's 18 points, Illinois defeated Duke, 85-67, in Champaign. The fourth-seeded Illini defeated the fifth-seeded Blue Devils to pro- pel themselves into the Sweet .Yifor the first time ever. In the other Midwest game, secs ond-seed Colorado defeated SteFi' F. Austin, 66-57. Tonight's games The remaining second-round games are tonight. Tulane plays at George Washington and Notre Dame plays at Texas in' fhe East. Connecticut entertains lowa and Tennessee plays host to Oregon in the Midwest. Marquette plays at LSU d Florida is at home against Soukthrn Cal in the Mideast. Kansas entertains Vanderbilt aPd Stanford plays host to Texas Tech in the West. MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily The Michigan baseball team took a trip to sunny Florida over the weekend. The Wolverines had their nine-game winning streak snapped, dropping their last two games in the Sunshine State. ::: . ....::::.::.. _ $7.00 AN HOUR AT New U of M Hospital Location - Now Hiring Closers Enjoy all of the usual benefits. of working at Wendy's as well as premium pay for a premium position! 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