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) LOUIS 8ROWN/Dajly 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. 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