EN'S r NcAA 3)UT6 NHLracking 'M' teams MS KEBALL (10)s WNHnia 62 The Michigan hockey team survived the first round of East Region PHILADELPHIA 3, the CCHA playoffs and will face Ohio State tonight in (1N NO. CAROLINA 73, BA Anaheim 3 the second round at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. (4) Mhigan St. 68AL BASKETBALL BOSTON 4, Faceoff is at 8:30 p.m. (2) CONNECTICUT 75, Indiana 95, Toronto 0 (11) Washington 74 WASHINGTON 91 BUFFALO 6, ATLANTA 4, Foria 1SOT0Fia Wes Region Maukee 81 Friday l 7( AR ZONA 87, CHICAGO 1, March 20, 1998 (4) Mrland 79 Montreal 0 M' wrestlers advance to quarterfinals y Evan Braunstein y Sports Writer CLEVELAND - The Michigan wrestling team 'dvanced three wrestlers into Friday's quarterfinal round, winning seven out of eight matches in the first day of the NCAA Championships. Seniors Bill Lacure, Jeff Catrabone and Airron Richardson each won both of their matches in today's ses- sion Sophomore Joe Warren won his first match of the day before succumbing to Oregon State's Issac Bruce in a :lose 7-5 decision. All four wrestlers remain in the tournament. t 150 pounds, fourth-seeded Lacure gained a 7-1 deci- ion over Virginia's Jim Harshaw in the first round and defeated Heath Eslinger of Chattanooga, 4-3, in the sec- nd round. Catrabone, the fifth seed at 167 pounds, defeated Todd See WRESTLING, Page 13 Eberwein takes fourth at NCAAs By Uma Sur...... Daiy Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS - Michigan women's swimming coach Jim Richardson said the 1998 NCAA cham- pionships would be fast - faster than the Olympics. He was right. After one day Michigan is in ninth place. Stanford, led by two-time Olympic gold medalist Catherine Fox, is the current leader with a total of 129 points. In a meet like this, it's hard not to believe that records will be set orbroken. But it is also fair to say that no one expected to see some of the fastest women's swimming races of all time. Yesterday's 50-yard freestyle champi- onship heat featured the fastest field of sprinters in history. To qualify for the event, swimmers had to best a time of 22.69 In years past swimmers could be swimming in the final heat qualifying with a time of 22.9 seconds. Richardson was almost speechless as he tried to dis- cuss the competition. "The 50 free was so fast, just so fast," Richardson said. "This year there are 16 people who qualified with times in; between last year's seventh- and eighth- place times. That's so fast'" Michigan junior Jennie Eberwein had her lifetime best swim in the 50 free. With a time of 22.43, she took fourh in the finals. At this year's Big Ten. Championships, Eberwein broke the Big Ten record in the 50 free in the morning qualifying rounds. She reset the record in the evening. The results yesterday, were strikingly similar. See SWIMMING, Page 13 Brady to start in w Michigan women's swimmer Shannon Shakespeare competes In the 200 medley relay at ti Championships in Minnesota, yesterday. The relay team placed second In the finals. av p s. p.m., Joe Louis Arena, Fox Sports Hey Joe vs. 5 p.m., Joe Louis Arena, Fox Sports Four teams remain in hunt for CCHA title at Joe Louis fy Sharat Raju Daily Sports Editor Don't worry. No need to panic. It's just playoff hockey. That's the sentiment that most of the Michigan hockey team shared in justi- fying this past weekend's nail-biting three-game debacle against Notre Dame in the first round of the playoffs. The fifth-ranked Wolverines (22-7-1 CCHA, 30-10-1 overall) squeaked away with two one-goal victories to stay alive in the CCHA playoffs. "The games have been close," ihigan senior captain Matt Herr said. "But that's playoff hockey." If playoff hockey means near-defeats and emotional distress for Michigan fans, then be advised: This weekend should be just as dangerous for the faint of heart. The second-seeded Wolverines square off against No. 3 Ohio State (19- 10-1, 24-11-2) tonight at Joe Louis. *rena in Detroit at 8:30 The winner will play in the championship bout tomorrow at the Joe at 7:30 Michigan State, who won the regular season CCHA title, looks like the favorite in the other semifinal game against Northern Michigan. "Playoff hockey is different than hockey in October or November," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "There's more intensity, more at stake, ore pressure on every play, on every ass, and every shot, and every penalty and so on." The Buckeyes find themselves in a situation resembling that of the Fighting Irish last week. Both teams were swept by the Wolverines during the regular season. The Buckeyes, how- ever. have been the hottest team in the country with a .912 winning percent- age since Jan. 9. That's a surprise, considering in the preseason coaches pi-:ked Ohio State to finish eighth. The Buckeyes finished third in the conference. "They'll be a different team than we faced earlier," Berenson said. "They're playing with a lot of confidence. They're a hot team right now." While Ohio State may be the hot team right now, it's hard to judge the status of the Wolverines. The Wolverines struggled offensively against Notre Dame, falling behind early in each game. "You can't coach offense;' Berenson said. "You can coach defense, you can preach defense - but offense has to flow. You never know where you're going to get it from" And with many teams keying on Bill Muckalt, Michigan's primary offensive threat, other players have had to try their hand at scoring. "Muckalt may not lead our team in scoring in the playoffs;" Berenson said. "It could be Andrew Merrick or Josh Langfeld or Mark Kosick." An interesting plot that could devel- op - should all the seeds hold - will be a fifth Michigan-Michigan State confrontation this season. Although the Spartans swept the season series between the two teams, the Wolverines most likely would like another go at it. "A lot of our guys -10 freshmen - have not played at Joe Louis in the final four," Herr said. "We have half of the team who've been there and won it. We lost the league this year by one point. "We get another shot here in the playoffs" spnng practice By Mark Snyder Daily Sports Editor Just two months after Michigan's Rose Bowl victory - in which senior quarterhack Brian Griese was named MVP - Lloyd Carr is looking to the future. And, for the time being, that future begins with 6-foot-3 junior quarterback r Tom Brady as spring practice opensd tomorrow for the defending nationaf champion Wolverines. "Tom Brady, who made significant' progress in the fall, will go in as the No. I quarterback," Carr said. Last season, with former starter Scott Dreisbach injured and watching from the sidelines, Brady took most of the snaps in the backup position, and that; role has helped elevate him ahead of fifth-year senior Dreisbach and sopho- more Jason Kapsner. As Carr elaborated on Brady's progress, he reiterated that the blueprint for a quarterback's success is ball con- trol and passing. "If he throws the ball to the other team, the bench is waiting for him," Carr, said, "Brian Griese, as a sophomore, didn't take care of the football. I wasn't confident he was going to change. But he did and we won a national champi- onship." But as excited as Carr is about, Brady's advancement and his command of the offense, he remained cautious when discussing the permanence of his decision. "He's got to solidify that position,"2 Carr said. "They're always competing.R. 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