: 10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 27, 1998 _ a Inexperience characterized Michigan women's golf's season. By Michael Kern For the Daily With a team of eight freshmen, four sophomores and just one senior, the Michigan women's golf team's season has been characterized by youth and inexperience. Throughout the season, inconsistency and a lack of a reg- ular lineup plagued the Wolverines in their pursuit to become a one of the top teams in the Big Ten. The Wolverines' season began in East Lansing for the Mary Fossum/Spartan Invitational. Michigan finished the tournament tied for fifth, and third out of four Big Ten teams. Michigan coach Kathy Teichert called it neither a great nor a terrible performance, but it was something to build upon. Teichert said, the tournament was a chance to find out who would play in future tournaments. "At that particular point, I wasn't sure if we had our best lineup in there or not," Teichert said. "We were a very young team looking to see who would play." The Wolverines' second tournament of the year was the Lady Northern Invitational in West Lafayette. The Lady Northern could be called nothing short of a disaster, as the Wolverines finished 10th of I1 teams in their most inconsis- tent performance of the season. Michigan posted its worst scores of the season, shooting 324-352-327. Teichert said the second day of the tournament saw some of the highest scores the team has ever recorded. "It was a day in which not one single player was able to come through with anything," Teichert said. "It was very dis- appointing." The next tournament of the season for the Wolverines was at home, in the Wolverine Invitational. The inconsistency con- tinued, as Michigan posted scores of 330-329. Although they finished fourth overall in the tournament, the Wolverines were inconsistent in their short game and did not post the scores they were capable of shooting. The Wolverine Invitational did produce the best individual performance of the season for the Wolverines, as senior Sharon Park finished second, shooting 76-80. Freshman Misia Lemanski also stepped it up for the Wolverines, finishing 15th with scores of 83-82. "Each tournament we added someone new," Teichert said. "We added either one or two new players and substituted try- ing to find the combination that would best work for our team and that would provide the best scores. In their final tournament of the fall, at the Notre Dame Invitational in Bonita Springs, Fla., the Wolverines turned in their best performance of the season. They shot their two lowest scores of the season, 315-316, and finished seventh in the tournament. Lemanski also turned in her best performance of the year, finishing tied for sixth with scores of 76-76. "I was very happy with" our consistency, Teichert said. "I wish we had another day to play again." The time off between tournaments caused the turnaround in Michigan's performance, Teichert said. After the Lady Northern Invitational, the Wolverines had three weeks to practice and work on their game before the next tournament. Teichert said Michigan's greatest weakness in their first few tournaments was the short game, and they spent those three weeks concentrating on chipping and putting. The practice paid dividends in the Notre Dame Invitational. The Wolverines were able to use their improved short games to post lower scores. "Misia only hit six greens in regulation and on six out of eight opportunities to get up and down, she did," Teichert said. "Working and striving on her short game really helped her and helped all of the girls' games." Michigan used the fall season to develop young players and to find a lineup that can consistently post low scores and give the team a chance to win. The progress of Lemanski and fellow freshmen Stephanie MacAdams was the most visible. At the beginning of the sea- son, neither of the two players was posting good enough scores to even travel with the team. But in the Notre Dame Invitational, the two freshman notched the best scores for the Wolverines, finishing sixth and 15th, respectively. Teichert had good things to say about the development of all of the players on the team, but wanted to keep things in perspective. "They can be better than they are," Teichert said. "I think there is still a lot of golf in them and there are still a lot of good shots to be made and low scores to post." The Wolennes used this season not only to develop individual skills, but to develop as a team as well. With so many new players, the Wolverines had to develop team chemistry. "As a team we have gotten a lot closer,' freshman Bess Bowers said. "At the beginning of the season, we didn't know each other very well. We've gotten to know each other a lot better through team bonding." Michigan plans to take the next couple of days off to allow the players to finish their midterms before it begins its winter workouts. In the offseason, they plan to lift weights three times a week and do cardiovascular work. They also will do individ- ual skill instruction with Teichert. Once the weather begins to warm up again in the spring, the Wolverines will start hitting balls and preparing for the spring season. "There are a few tournaments where we start off against Big Ten teams," Teichert said, "The Indiana and Iowa tourna- ments will show us how much we have improved before the Big Ten Tournament" Michigan has high hopes that its hard work in the offsea- son will pay off "We are a really young team and we are learning a lot;' MacAdams said. "I think that whenever we go back in the spring we will learn a lot from our coach, and we will do real- ly well next season." Wolverines finish seventh in Bonita Springs NOTRE DAME Continued from Page 9 by 28 strokes this weekend over their home tournament just two weekends ago, the Wolverine Invitational. Among the many things that Teichert was expecting the Wolverines to improve on was their short game. Getting the ball on the green from 40- 60 yards out is a strength the team has enhanced. In addition, there has been a greater emphasis on getting the ball up and down, and also a consistent putting game, which would lead to lower stroke averages. After a dazzling performance on Friday, the Wolverines' fifth-place score of 315 was good enough to keep them in contention heading into the final round on Saturday. But the team strug- gled getting the ball on the green in early shots, creating problems for potential birdies. One of the underlying themes of this season for the Wolverines has been the outstanding play of a few freshmen golfers. "This is a young team with a ton of talent. I am very optimistic about this spring," Park said. Freshman Misha Lemanski had a remarkable finish, tying for sixth place in the field of 84. Her consecutive- round scores of 76 provided the best individual performance for any Wolverine this season. "My putting game proved to be my strong point this weekend," Lemanski said. "I am happy that my performance was able to contribute to my teams final result. Luckily, I was able to withstand constant pressure in hitting key shots in crucial times" The Michigan freshman onslaught didn't stop there. Making her Wolverine debut was yet another freshman, Stephanie MacAdams. Her first- and second- round scores of 79 and 78 put her in a tie for 15th, and have Teichert looking forward to many encore performances. Despite the performances of the freshman duo, it was Park who couldn't find success on the course this week- end. She played well on the front nine, but couldn't seem to find her 'swing' on the back nine. Park said it was her most dismal and weakest outing on a golf course in her four years with the team. Park shot a combined score of 169. "Sharon is a tough competitor. I am not worried about her," Teichert said. "She will be back and ready to play come springtime" The entire winter will be used to work on weaknesses, and prepare for the spring season. The team will need to work on getting stronger, both mentally and physically, Teichert said, Emp "ymentTEMPORARY ppr' tisPOSITIONS at Parke-DavisEARN HOLIDAY DOLLARS/ BUILD Pharmaceutical Research YOUR RESUME " The Worldwide Drug Safety Surveillance department at Parke-Davis is currently hiring students/externs to perform data entry of adverse event information. * Typing and computer skills as well as familiarity with database concepts are essential. These positions will cover the aftermoon/ evening shifts Monday through Thursday (5pm-11pm), and run 4-6 months. 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MORTIMER Continued from Page 9 Mortimer finished out his junior year by improving to IIth at the NCAA cross country Championships, once again earning All-America status. But when asked what his biggest highlights have been thus far in his young running career, Mortimer didn't mention any of his numerous individ- ual collegiate honors. Instead, he noted how he felt lucky to have represented his country in this summer's Goodwill Games, and his University in '96's World University Games in Sicily, That's the type of person Mortimer is. He's obviously proud of his individ- ual accomplishments, but he's more The Michigan women's golf team concluded its fall season In Bonita Springs, Fla. at the Notre Dame invitational this past weekend. DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily concerned with his role as a leader and member of a winning program. And although he would like to go on to have a good running career, and mayb* compete in the Olympics, he knows that he could snap an ankle at any time. "I'm here to get my degree first and foremost,' he said. "But I'm gonna make the best of the running while I can." With the little free time he does have, Mortimer, along with the rest of his teammates, goes down to Matt Children's Hospital to do volunteer work. He also became a "Big Brothe' to an area youth this year. "That's what is so great about John," Warhurst said. "He's a wonderful run- ner, but he's a better person." IBC Oppenheimer A CIBC WORLD MARKETS COMPANY Investment Banking Opportunities High Yield Debt Public and Private Equity Mezzanine Finance Mergers and Acquisitions Merchant Banking Restructuring and Advisory You are cordially invited to attend our information session: TODAY Tuesday, October 27, 1998 4:30 p.m. Azfi' 1, an is Pnn iii 9 e