24 The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 21, 1998
M-Schedule
Women's golf at Big Ten Championships, State College, all day
Tuesday, April 21
Softball vs. Purdue, Alumni Field, 2 p.m. (DH)
Baseball vs. Notre Dame, Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Friday, April 24
Men's Track at Penn. Relays, Philadelphia, all day
Women's Track at Drake Relays, Des Moines, Iowa, all day
Saturday, Apr. 25
Softball vs. Iowa, Alumni Field, 1 p.m. (DH)
Men's tennis vs. Illinois, Varsity Tennis Center, 1
p.m.
Women's tennis vs Wisconsin, Varsity Tennis
Center, 10 a.m.
Rowing at Midwest Sprints, Madison, all day
Men's Track at Penn. Relays, Philadelphia, all
day
Women's Track at Drake Relays, Des Moines, Griffin
Iowa, all day
Thursday, Apr. 30
Baseball vs. Central Michigan, Fisher Stadium, 3 p.m.
Women's tennis at Big Ten Championships, Madison, all day
Friday, May 1
Baseball vs. Penn State, Fisher Stadium, 3 p.m.
Women's tennis at Big Ten Championships, Madison, all day
Saturday, May 2
Baseball vs. Penn State, Fisher Stadium, 1 p.m.
(DH)
Softball at Wisconsin, Madison, 2 p.m. (DH)
Men's golf at Wolverine Invitational, Michigan
Golf Course, all day
Women's tennis at Big Ten Championships,
Madison, all day
Women's golf at Big Ten Championships, State
College, all day
Sunday, May 3
Baseball vs. Penn State, Fisher Stadium, 1 p.m.
Softball at Wisconsin, Madison, 2 p.m.
Men's golf at Wolverine Invitational, Michigan Golf Course, all day
Rowing vs. Ohio State, Belleville Lake, TBA
Women's tennis at Big Ten Championships, Madison, Wisc., all
day
Women's golf at Big Ten Championships, State College, all day
Men's track at Jesse Owens Invitational, Columbus, all day
Monday, May 4
Women's tennis at Big Ten Championships, Madison, Wisc., all day
Tuesday, May 5
Baseball at Toledo, 3 p.m.
Softball vs. Eastern Michigan, Alumni Field, 2 p.m. (DH)
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The Michigan rowing team will be in Madison next weekend, as part of its season
long quest to qualify for nationals.
Rowing team 'Spnts'
to Madison for tourney
By Josh Kleinbaum
Daily Sports Writer
While most students are either study-
ing or summer-dreaming, the Michigan
rowing team has bigger things on its
mind.
And 'big' just might be an under-
statement. 'Mammoth' is probably a
better word for this weekend's regatta,
which features more than 20 teams,
including all seven varsity Big Ten
squads. The Midwest Sprints in
Madison, Wisc., will be one of the
Wolverines' last shots to secure a spot
in next month's National Collegiate
Rowing Championship.
Michigan, a fledgling second-year
program, is ranked first in the region
and seems a lock for a trip to nationals,
but "there's a lot of racing before they
make the selection, Michigan coach
Mark Rothstein said.
And that racing starts Saturday
against a field including Michigan
State, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Purdue, Minnesota, Kansas, Kansas
State, Colorado, Texas and Tennessee,
to name a few.
The host Badgers have never lost the
Midwest Sprints, but Rothstein doesn't
expect to see a repeat performance.
"Wisconsin has never lost, but we're
planning on reversing that this year,"
Rothstein said. "But they're the team to
look out for."
The Wolverines already defeated
Wisconsin in both the varsity eight and
the second varsity-eight race at the San
Diego Crew Classic on April 5, drop-
ping only the varsity-four race.
"We've beaten many of the crews
we're going to see in the first varsity,'
Rothstein said. "Our goal is to win the
race. In the second varsity, Wisconsin
will give us a good challenge, but
again, our goal is to win the race."
The varsity-four event is the one th
concerns Rothstein the most. While
Michigan's varsity four-shell is the
Wolverines' third-best - behind the
first and second varsity-eight shells -
many schools realize that they can't
compete in the varsity-eight races.
Instead, "a lot of programs are putting
their top people in that boat," hoping to
qualify just the varsity four for nation-
als, Rothstein said. So Michigan's
ninth- to 12th-best rowers are facing th#
top four from other schools.
But even more of a concern for
Rothstein is final exams. While most
schools are still in the middle of their
semesters, the race is smack-dab in the
middle of finals for the Wolverines.
"It's definitely a concern, but it's not
something that should affect our row-
ing'" Rothstein said. "Obviously, we've
backed off a little on training this week
but we've had some quality practic
even better than before."
Michigan's final meet before the
Central Regional Championships in
mid-May is a home double-dual meet
against Ohio State and Michigan State
at Belleville Lake on May 5.
Both the Buckeyes and the Spartans
will be at the Midwest Sprints this
weekend, so there really should be no
surprises at Belleville. Both teams are
strong, and should bring competitiN
races, but they don't have the speed o.
Michigan or Wisconsin.
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