Postgame
*talk helps
baseball
team focus
%l Tracy Sandler
Daily Sports Writer
Yesterday will not be remembered
as one of the best times of the
Michigan baseball team's season. On
the way to a 16-3 loss to Bowling
Green, the Wolverines gave up 17
hits, managing only three runs on
four hits of their own.
While the score indicates that part
of the problem was pitching, coach
3eoff Zahn said that part of the
problem was also a lack of focus.
This mental lapse was the main topic
of his post-game speech to his team.
"Our team attitude today wasn't
very good," team captain and second
baseman Kirk
Beermann said.
"People weren't
very sharp. I.think
coach took care of
*t with our little
speech after the
game.
The purpose of
Zahn's talk was not
to bash his team but
rather to get it back on track.
"He's still confident in us,"
Beermann said. "He basically just
told us that people didn't want it
(yesterday). People weren't sharp
qd they weren't doing what they
were supposed to do. He also said
that we're still a good team, and
we've got (today) to look forward to
and this weekend."
Since Michigan is currently No. I
in the conference, it is important for
the Wolverines to maintain a high
level of intensity throughout the sea-
son.
"1'm up on this team," Zahn said.
I don't want us to lose our focus. I
want us to be more intense, because
we're coming into the tough part of
the schedule. This is the time that
Hitters lack non-
conference focus
Freshman Kevin Quinn filled in at shortstop yesterday for Brian Kaiczynskl, who filled in for Mike Cervenak at third base.
Yesterday's game
you should enjoy, when you're in
first place, and you've got three
weekends to go, and you can control
your own destiny.
"This is the time that they're going
to remember after they're out of
here.
These next three weeks are tough
weeks, and people are going to come
after them. They've got to be ready
for that."
DOUBLE-DUTY?: In the fifth
inning, pitcher/catcher Mike Haskell
allowed seven runs on four hits. He
also gave up four free passes. It was
his second shaky outing of the sea-
son, which could cause him to
resume his duties behind the plate.
"I don't know exactly what's going
to happen with Mike Haskell," Zahn
said. "He's struggling, and we can't
afford to play him in a tight situation
right now. But we've got other guys
in that situation. We just have to help
them work things out, hope for some
improvement, put them in in a non-
pressure situation, and hope that they
find a way.
"Mike hasn't pitched in a while,
and we've asked him to come in and
throw. He's got a decent arm, and
he's got to get his arm in shape."
THE BEGINNING AND THE END:
During Bowling Green's fifth inning
against Michigan yesterday, center
fielder Matt Mlynarek accounted for
the Falcons' first and third outs of
the inning. Meanwhile, the rest of
the Falcons' line up was busy scoring
nine runs on five hits.
THE SAVIOR: Pitcher Tyler
Steketee is leading the Big Ten with
six saves. He recorded three of those
saves over the weekend, during the
Wolverines' sweep over
Northwestern.
BOWLING GREEN
Player AS R H BI
Morarf 5233
Blankenshipif 0 0 0 0
Long ss 3 31 0
Niles ss 1 0 0 0
Cannon3b 4 3 2 3
CalvinIf 2 2 2 3
Craig ph/rf 2 0 0 0
Mlynarek cf 6 1 3 2
Niemet dh 3 1 2 1
Best pr/dh 2 1 1 0
Harngton 2b 3 0 0 0
Gilhousen 2b 2 0 0 0
Smiley 1b 5 2 2 2
Candertc 2 1 0 0
Schopp c 2 0 1 0
Simonc 0 0 0 0
Totals 42161714
Bowling Green
Michigan
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Bowling Green
Cheney W, 1-3 5
Askins 3
Hundley 1
Michigan
Wright L, 1-1 4+
Haskell 2/3
Scheiner 2 1/
Garza 2
MICHIGAN
Player AS RI
Scales dh 3 0
Beerman 2b 5 0
Alcarez If 4 0
D. Besco rf 3 1
B.Besco lb 1 1
Van Sickle lb 1 0
Kalczynski 3b 3 0
Murphy ph/3b 1 0
Bobeda cf 2 1
Bush ph/cf 1 0
Miller c 2 0
Seestedt ph/c 1 0
Quinn ss 2 0
H BI
0 0
00
10
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
2 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
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2 02 0 92 100-1&
020 100 000-3
H R ER B SO
3
1
0
3
0
0
6
7
3
0
2
0
0
5
3
1
1
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1
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6
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1/36
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2 0
0 2
M' men's tennis bounced by Irish, 6-1
"y Andy Latack
Daily Sports Writer
A year ago today, the Michigan
men's tennis team took a break from
its rigorous conference schedule to
welcome Notre Dame to Ann Arbor.
The future Big Ten champs trounced
the Irish, 7-0, in the midst of an 11-
game winning streak that lasted until
a semifinal loss in the NCAA tourna-
ment.
Yesterday, the Irish got their
*evenge, handily defeating a short-
handed Michigan squad, 6-1. Notre
Dame, ranked No. 11 in the nation,
hahded Michigan (5-3 Big Ten, 7-11
overall) its first loss in three dual
matches.
Michigan was without the services
of junior co-captain David Paradzik
and sophomore Jake Raiton. Both had
been playing well of late for the
Wolverines, especially Raiton, who
had won his last four singles matches.
Their absence forced Michigan
coach Brian Eisner to insert junior
Miki Pusztai and freshman John
Long into the singles rotation.
Freshman Matt Wright also jumped
up to the No. 1 spot to take Paradzik's
place.
Long's induction into the lineup
proved beneficial to Michigan, as the
Ann Arbor native pulled out the
Wolverines' only victory, 3-6, 6-1, 6-
4, over Eric Enloe. Long improved
his dual match record to 3-2 with the
win and is 10-5 overall.
Notre Dame, which is an impres-
sive 17-4 this season, easily dis-
pensed of Michigan in the remaining
matches. The Wolverines' doubles
entries, altered because of the lineup
changes, failed to challenge the
Irish.
Arvid Swan and Brad McFarlane,
OMichigan's regular No. 1 entry, fell,
8-2, to Notre Dame's Brian Patterson
and Jakub Pietrowski. The Irish duo is
22-5 on the season. Pusztai and
Wright joined to form the No. 2 entry
and were defeated, 8-4, by Ryan
Junior co-captain Arvid Swan and the Wolverines were stymied at Notre Dame yesterday. The Irish served the Wolverines a 6-1
loss. The Wolverines will close out their season with a homestand this weekend.
Sachire and Trent Miller. Long and
sophomore William Farah played at
the third spot and were beaten, 8-3, by
Danny Rothschild and Ryan Simme.
Michigan would not fare much bet-
ter in singles play. Wright played
tough but lost, 7-5, 6-4, to his fresh-
man counterpart Sachire, who raised
his overall record to a dominant 35-7.
Fellow freshman Brad McFarlane
was the only other Wolverine to
extend his match to three sets before
losing, dropping a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 deci-
sion to Patterson at the No. 4 spot.
Luckily for Michigan, the loss did
not hurt its, conference record. The
Wolverines have won five of their last
six in the Big Ten, including a con-
vincing 5-2 victory over Penn State
on Saturday.
They have the chance to continue
their winning-ways this weekend, as
they host No. 22 Northwestern and
Wisconsin at Tisch Tennis Center. The
homestand closes out the regular sea-
son for the Wolverines, who will start
preparing for the Big Ten champi-
onships, which will be held April 24.
What: The men's tennis team will
host No 22 Northwestern and
Wisconsin. The matches will con
clude Michigan's regular season
schedule.
Where: Tisch Tennis Center.
When: Northwestern on Saturday
and Wisconsin on Sunday. Both
matches start at 1 p.m.
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