DALLAS 105, BKETBAU. DENVER 94 TROIT 103, Minnesota 99, n'Antonio 94 PHOENIX 97 ami 105, Sacramento at STON 91 LA. LAKERS, Inc ieago 85, LANDO 70 Aton 86. DIANA 81 NHL HOCKEY Ottawa 3, NEW YORK RANGERS 2 Montreal 2, TAMPA BAY 1 Anaheim at CHICAGO, Inc. Washington at, EDMONTON, Inc. SPeORTSlju II~ Check out the Michigan rowing team this weekend. The women formerly known as "The crew team" host national power Virginia at Belleville Lake at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Thursday March 26, 1998 11A raylor calls ess conference Mark Snyder ly Sports Editor st spring, the Detroit media swarmed Murray-Wright h School, anticipating a "big announcement" But the only thing at the Detroit high school on that day was a void, as pected guest of honor - Robert Traylor - cancelled the ring just hours before it was to begin. e anticipation from that day will be realized tomorrow as Robert Traylor -- probably Michigan's best player and definitely its biggest - :_. will speak to the media at a 2 p.m. press conference, possibly to announce his eligi- bility for the NBA Draft. While school officials refused to discuss the motivation for the conference, they were eager to speak about their most famous alum. "We're hoping one of our graduates will be here," said Murray-Wright principal aylor Sally Polk, who later identified Traylor as graduate in question. "He wants to come home." ile the impending press conference hints at Traylor's arture, Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe said last Friday at a ss conference that Traylor was "50/50" with regard to his ision. If the junior center does depart, his 6-foot-9, 300- nd presence in the middle will be sorely missed. Traylor, the 4I'en Tournament's most valuable player, has served as igan's co-captain for two seasons. err, Halpern 0 meet agamn ranay Reddy ily Sports Writer en Matt Herr gets to Yost Ice Arena tomorrow afternoon e his game against Princeton, the senior will be reminded iy he chose to come to Michigan. When the puck drops at 8:30 p.m., and Herr hears the crowd rs the Tigers, the Alpine, N.J.,-native will know why he is the maize and blue with such pride. And when Herr gets ine and talks to his friend back home studying at Princeton, 'I1 know exactly why he decided against the Ivy League. "A buddy of mine is a Rhodes Scholar from Princeton," Herr d "He was my real good friend from (prep school) and he's t' student hockey manager. e called me the other day and was like, 'The Tigers are g to Ann Arbor, and if I didn't have a 90-page thesis due be there.' So that's his life, and I'm playing in the NCAA's ht now." Considering his past three years at Michigan, it's obvious to ir that he made the right decision. Pressured to attend an Ivy agne school upon graduation from the Hotchkiss School, blazed his own trail to Michigan, while the majority of his nds stayed out East. 4'Coming out of prep school, you're pushed to go Ivy gue Herr said. "But I came out on my visit and it was thing special. I needed something different, and I was tired e.Ivy, prep school-type scene. This program's something cial. I'm so glad I came here." No*, Herr's life has come full circle, as he prepares to square against some familiar faces tomorrow night. "There's a friend of mind on Princeton I grew up playing pee " hockey with," Herr said. "I played squirts, bantams, all the tup through with Jeff Halpern" Herr also shared the ice with Princeton defenseman Steven oieffs while at Hotchkiss. "I have mutual respect for them, and they have respect for ," Herr added. "It's nice to play against those guys' lpern, like Herr, is a star on his team, yet the two have trav- J completely different roads in order to get to tomorrow's me. While Herr has feasted on success, being a part of victo- ass Michigan teams over the past three years, Halpern is final- atrig what it's like to be a winner. i has had the opportunity to be an integral part of the s successful hockey program in the 90s, while Halpern has away in anonymity at Princeton. .ttill that changed for Halpern a week ago when the Tigers 6arkson in the ECAC championship. The junior center but against the Golden Knights, scoring two breakaway end helping Princeton to a 5-4 double-overtime victory. 7hvictory guaranteed Princeton a spot in the NCAA tour- , yet did in little for college hockey in New Jersey. ll9 dad looked in the paper and said, 'Yeah, there's nothing ie paper,"' Herr said. "There's a little blurb saying they're yng Michigan. *,'s kind of funny how hockey differs out East, or at least in gJersey. Unless it's the Devils, Rangers or the Islanders, no Iegily cares. There isn't really a college hockey following." Pctiily for Herr, there hasn't been a shortage of the latter in lArbor. Women netters run out of luck By Drew Beaver Daily Sports Writer The record will show that the Michigan women's tennis team lost to Notre Dame last night. It will list the score as 5-4 in favor of the Irish. The score will lead one to believe that the match was close. How close, however, cannot be reflect- ed by the record. Michigan hosted the Fighting Irish at the Varsity Tennis Center last night. And if you weren't there, and judging by the attendance you weren't, you missed an incredible match. Things didn't start out so well, though. Michigan dropped two matches right away, with Michigan senior Sora Moon and junior Tumeka Harris falling at No. 5 and No. 3 singles, respectively. At No. 1 singles, Brooke Hart put Michigan on the board with a straight- set win over Notre Dame's Jennifer Hall, who is ranked 18th nationally. "I was pleased for Brooke, that's a huge win," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. The Wolverines then dropped two more matches. Danielle Lund and Erryn Weggenman fell in straight sets at No. 2 and No. 4 singles. These two wins gave Notre Dame a 4- 1 lead, and they needed just one more victory to take the match. Boylan lost the first set at No.6 singles in a tiebreak. She fought back, however, and took the second set 6-3. She then dominated the third set, winning six games to love. "I've played her before and I knew I could win,' Boylan said. The Irish had a 4-2 advantage after the singles matches, and needed to win one doubles match to seal the victory. That match was a little more elusive than the Irish expected it to be. Michigan came out on fire in doubles play. At No. 3, Harris and Weggenman rolled over their opponents 8-1. Hart and Lund cruised as well, winning 8-2. The Wolverines had tied the team score at four points apiece. And things looked even better as the No. 2 doubles team of Moon and Boylan took a 3-0 lead in their match. But the luck of the Irish could not be- denied. Notre Dame's Michelle Dasso and Marisa Velasco came back to tie the score at 4 games apiece, and went on to take an 8-5 victory over Moon and Boylan. The win gave the Irish a 5-4 vic- tory in the match. Michigan will look to rebound this" weekend. Big Ten power Indiana comes to town on Saturday, followed by Ohio State on Sunday. Both matches are at II a.m. "Indiana is always a big rivalry," Lund said. "They were the powerhouse in the past." Ohio State comes to town looking for its first conference win. The match not only features the traditional rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State, but between two members of the Harris fam- ily. Michigan junior Tumeka Harris plays No. 3 singles for the Wolverines, and her sister plays No. 2 singles for the Buckeyes. EMILY NATHAN/Daily Michigan's top singles player, Brooke Hart, won in straight sets over Notre Dame's 18th-ranked Jennifer Hall. On t~o uburn Wolverines ready for 'cocky' Stanford By Jacob R. Wheeler Daily Sports Writer This time of year, some things aren't as inevitable as they normally would seem. Spring doesn't always bring warm weather. Billy Crystal won't always host the Oscars. But as long as the men's swimming NCAA Championships are on the horizon, you can bet Stanford is in the hunt. Stanford won the Championships last year and appears on the threshold of yet another one. The Cardinal carries the No. I national ranking into the season's final meet, which begins today in Auburn, Ala. "Right now Stanford is the Mecca for good swimming," Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek said. "They have a fab-five every year - usually the top five recruits end up at Stanford.' As if that's not enough, agents in the national capital are probably calling Stanford the "First Team" - as in the favorite hangout of the "First Lady's" daughter. According to Michigan junior Tom Malchow, Stanford's most popular freshman, Chelsea Clinton, is dating Cardinal swimmer Anthony Robinson. So it's no wonder other top-notch swimming teams bris- tle at the mention of Stanford. They're sick and tired of hear- ing about the Cardinal legacy - especially from the Cardinal swimmers themselves. "Stanford's cocky, we can't stand them," Michigan junior Tom Malchow said. "No one else has a real fondness for them either?' Urbanchek isn't a Cardinal fan either, especially since his seventh-ranked Wolverines will be trying to make waves in Auburn as well. But the 15-year coach recently took advantage of his swimmers' disgust for Stanford's arrogance. A week ago he printed out a sign from Stanford's swimming home page and taped it up next to the pool for every Wolverine to see. The sign read "We won Pac I Os, now on to NCAAs ... see schedule/result for the results" - as if to say Stanford already has the title wrapped up. After finishing his warm-down laps, captain Owen von Richter walked by the display and shook his head. "You got to do it in the pool," he said. "Not just on paper. Anybody can do it on paper." But in all likelihood, the Wolverines won't keep up with Stanford this weekend. And they already know it. "The top three spots are pretty much taken, based on how they qualified people for the meet,' Urbanchek said, refer- See NCAAs, Page 14A Ten Michigan men's swimmers, including junior Tom Maichow, and one diver start competition In Auburn, Ala., today. Competition starts at 11 this moming and continues through Saturday. Lime and coconut? Don't ask Michigan By Rick Freeman Daily Sports Writer It's NCAA time. And yes, Stanford has a good chance at winning it all. But the Stanford swimmers at the NCAA Championships will probably try to steal a glimpse of their classmates' bas- ketball game between races. And even better, Michigan is still in the hunt for this one, though you wouldn't know it by watching them practice. Unlike many teams on the cusp of their biggest meet of the year, they're just as loose in practice as they were the week before they dismantled Michigan State on Feb. 6. The swimmers popped out of the pool after one of their final workouts and fished around in coolers of ice for the thick protein shakes they gulp after workouts. "Look out" This from Derya Buyukuncu, who will be swimming in the 100 and 200 back, and the 100 fly. His crumpled drink box almost hits me in the head. He laughs. "So how do you get the lime in the coconut?" coach Jon Urbanchek asks, but no one seems to hear. He singles out Tom Malchow and asks him. See LIME, Page :2A Michigan's All-Americans Derya Buyukuncu 100-200 back, 200-400 free relay, 200-400 medley relay Tom Malchow 200 fly, 800 free relay Mike McWha 1,650 free Andy Potts. 400 individual medley, 1,650 free Owen von Richter 500-1,650 free, 400 individual medley, 800 free relay -W-4w Michigan baseball is on Page 2 6 **- Ph.D.'s and Candidates Interested in Management Consulting are invited to attend a presentation/discussion LAW DAY sponsored by the Undergraduate Law Club Nationall renowned legal expert and MSNBC correspondent Dr. Paul Lisnek will hold a FREE one-day program featuring: " Law School CLASSROOM SIMULATION """e..*."....ef"".f"""s""""..e"ee sI eec " " " s " " " +s " " " " e " s. i " a Want to keep your G e e-maiL address @umich.edu? e resume current in your IFS space? * information accurate in your X.500 online directory listing? 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