10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 8, 1997 BEERMAN N Continued from Page 9 year, treating games just like practice. Itry to treat each day the same." As captain, Beermann often leads by example. He does speak up, but he picks his spots. "There are certain times in a game when a player might not be hustling, or there are certain situations when the defense or the pitchers need to pick it up," Beermann said. "Those are times when I'll get on them and try to get everybody focused." Aside from turning a perfect dou- ble play or bunting a runner to third, Beermann also enjoys the more personal side of the game. "The team cama- raderie is always ' special," Beermann said. "We have a' great group of guys this year." That same group of guys will be Beermann looking for their 18th win today against the Chippewas. M' to play 2 today Passover 1S coming!. Sign up for the Hillel Seder and Passover meals by April 14th. 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As the team collects itself and settles down for its 2 p.m. doubleheader at Purdue today, it sees what it has left - only two pitchers. Holmes has been in this situation before. Last year, the senior shared the pitching duties with Griffin, as she did with Kelly Kovach her freshman year. But this is a new experience for fresh- man Jamie Gillies, who has been the third pitcher in the rotation all season and has seen predominantly relief work. "I'm just going to do my part, pitch my game, and do what I can to help the team," Gillies said. "There is not added pressure. It's just time for me to step it up." Holmes and Gillies will have to shoulder the bulk of the burden, splitting the starts and having to pitch complete games most of the time. "Me and Jamie will have to make sure we're both ready to go all the time, because if one of us gets in trouble, the other one has to come in," Holmes said. "Even if I've just pitched a whole game, if Jamie gets in trouble, I have to be ready to go." Griffin's loss affects more than just Holmes and Gillies. Griffin's 15-2 record and 0.99 ERA made her the ace of the staff, and the whole team will have to compensate for her loss. Crew steers off course By Fred Link Daily Sports Writer At this weekend's San Diego Classic, the Michigan women's crew team want- ed to prove that it could compete with the top crews in the country. The Wolverines needed to finish in the top three to make the grand final. With 250 meters remaining, Michigan was trailing only Washington and Massachusetts when an oar became caught under the boat, sending it off of the course and ending any hope of mak- ing the grand final. "We were having the race of our lives," rower Jeannette Stawski said. "We were up on Yale (for third place) when we went outside of our lane and hit a buoy and stopped dead in the water" The Wolverines recovered from their earlier miscue to finish second in the petit final, trailing Stanford by less than a second and finishing ahead of arch rival Wisconsin. Despite not making the grand final, Michigan's performance was an encour- aging sign going into next weekend's Big Ten championships. "It was a stroke of bad luck," Labadie said. "We know that we're right there, so we know that we have the potential to be fast." 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