2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 8, 1999 .. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Major conference finals YESTERDlAY Atlantic Coast Duke 96, North Carolina 73 , Ten lichigan State 67, Illinois 50 Southeastern Kentuckey 76, Arkansas 63 SAIRDAY Ariedca East DeJaware 86, Drexl 67 Atlantic 10 Rhode Island 62, Temple 59 Big East Connecticut 82, St. John's 63 Big Sky Weber State 82, Northern Arizona 75 Big West New Mexico State 79, Boise State 69 Mid-Eastern Athletic Florida A&M 64, South Carolina State 61 Southland Texas-San Antonio 71, Southwest Texas 63 Southwestern Athletic Alcorn State 89, Southern University 83 USA N.C. Charlotte 68, Louisville 59 Western Athletic Utah 60, New Mexico 45 Other major weekend results FAR WEST Arizona 87, UCLA 70 Oregon 93, California 82 Oregon State 59, Stanford 45 Southern Cal 84, Arizona State 73 Washington 76, Washington State 59 COLLEGE HOCKEY Saturday's major results WCHA Wisconsin 2, Minnesota 2 Denver 3, Michigan Tech 1 North Dakota 5, St. Cloud 2 Colorado College 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2 Clarkson 4, Cornell 1 Harvard 4, Dartmouth 2 Rensselaer 1, Yale 1 Colgate 2, St. Lawrence 1 Princenton 5, Union 0 Brown 5, Vermont 0 HOCKEY EASI Boston College 7, Merrimack 2 New Hampshire 4, Maine 1 'M' CLUB SPORTS (Call 647-3336 with club sports results.) 'M' SCHEDULE Thursday. Mar. 11 Men's Golf at Miami Ohio Invitational, All Day Men's Diving at NCAA Zone Meet (Bloomington), TBA Women's Diving at NCAA Zone Meet (Bloomington), TBA Friday, Mar. 12 Baseball vs. C.W. Post (Homestead, Fla.), 7 p.m. Hockey vs. Bowling Green in CCHA First Round, 7 p.m. Men's Golf at Miami, Ohio Invitational (Orlando, Fla.), All Day Men's Diving at NCAA Zone Meet (Bloomington), TBA Women's Diving at NCAA Zone Meet (Bloomington), TBA Saturday. Mar. 13 Baseball vs. Connecticut (Homestead, Fla.), 7 p.m. Men's Diving at NCAA Zone Meet (Bloomington), TBA Women's Diving at NCAA Zone Meet (Bloomington), TBA Hockey vs. Bowling Green in CCHA First Round, TBA Men's Tennis vs. Louisville, 1 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 14 Hockey vs. Bowling Green in CCHA First Round (if necessary), TBA Baseball vs. Southern Illinois (Homestead, Fla.), 2 p.m. Men's Gymnastics vs. Michigan State, 1 p.m. NBA STANDINGS Records as of March 6 EASTERNCONFERENCE Pacific Division Portland LA Lakers Seattle Phoenix Sacramento Golden State LA Clippers -1 w 12 12 9 9 8 7 0 L 3 6 6, 8 9 10 15 Pct .800 .667 .600 .529 .471 .415 .000 able IWO't*guu awdli ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Bill Trainor Hometown: Canton High School: Divine Child, Dearborn Sport: Hockey Position: Forward Year: Sophomore Yesterday's results Indiana 85, Miami 72 New York 97, New Jersey 86 Toronto 105, Boston 92 Washington at Philadelphia, Inc. L.A. Lakers at Utah, inc. Dallas at Sacramento, Inc. Houston at Portland, inc. Minnesota at Seattle, inc. San Antonio at Denver, Inc. NHL STANDINGS Records as of March 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Why: Trainor scored his first career goal Saturday against Northern Michigan. He also had an assist and was named the game's first star by press box officials after helping the Wolverines defeat the Wildcats, 5-2, and put an end to their road winless streak. Background: Played for Des Moines Buccaneers junior hockey pro- gram before coming to Michigan ... graduated with honors form Divine Child High School in Dearborn ... birthday April 23, 1976. Trainer i,;; I @ Are You Leaving: * DO YOU NEED TO SUBLET YOUR e APARTMENT OR HOUSE? * 0 e- " SADVERTISE IN THE MARCH "' ° CLASSIFIE DS SSUMME R SUBLET SE CTION " Deadline is Wednesday, March I at04:OOPM J New Jersey Philadelphia Pittsburgh NY Rangers NY Islanders Northeast Division Ottawa Toronto Buffalo Boston Montreal Southeast Division Carolina Florida Washington Tampa Bay W 35 30 32 27 19 36 35 29 27 25 28 22 27 15 L 21 19 21 28 38 18 23 21 26 30 23 23 31 42 Pts 78 74 73 62 46 80 75 70 64 59 69 61 59 35 Pts 70 62 50 44 72 60 56 47 90 70 67 58 51 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division' Atlantic Division Orlando Miami Philadelphia New York Boston Washington New Jersey Central Division Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Atlanta Cleveland Toronto Charlotte Chicago w 14 12 10 7 7 3 12 9 10 8 7 6 4 4 L 4 5 7 7 8 9 13 5 5 7 8 8 10 11 12 L 3 6 7 8 12 12 13 Pct .778 .706 .588 .588 .467 .438 .188 .706 .643 .588 .500 .467 .375 .267 .250 Pct .813 .625 .588 .529 .333 .294 .235 Detroit St. Louis Nashville Chicago Northwest Colorado Edmonton Calgary Vancouver W 32 26 22 18 32 25 23 19 40 30 29 22 23 L 25 26 35 37 24 29 30 35 12 22 25 28 36 Pacific Division Dallas Phoenix Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Brandi Bentley was 17th for the Wolverines in the long jump with a dis- tance of 18 feet, 9 inches. The distance medley relay team of Lisa Ouellet, Hunter, Sarah Hamilton and McGregor placed seventh at the competition. The outdoor track season will kickoff March 19 for the women, and March 26 for the men. Men's gymnastics wins invitational The No. 2 Michigan men's gymnas- tics team travelled to California over spring break to compete in the Santa Barbara Invitational. The Wolverines placed first out of six teams with a score of 226.400. The victory comes after Michigan fell to No. 4 Iowa on Feb. 27. The Wolverines actually had a higher team score of 228.45 against the Hawkeyes, but were toppled by Iowa's score of 229.95. Sophomore Justin Toman won both the floor and high bar in Iowa City, while Kenny Keener won the rings and freshman Brad Kenna was victorious on the vault. Women notch high score in victory The No. 6 Michigan women's gym- nastics team recorded its highest score of the season Saturday en route to defeating Arizona, 197.025-193.750. Michigan's Sarah Cain won the all- around with a season-high score of her own at 39.625. Senior Lisa Simes won the vault with a score of 9.950. Softball wins Speedline Invite The No. 14 Michigan softball team beat No. 13 South Carolina yesterday, 8-0, to capture the South Florida Speedline Invitational championship. Michigan catcher Karmen Lappo drilled the Gamecocks for a two-out grand slam, while Marie Bards held South Carolina to two hits in her fifth win of the year. Michigan defeated Mississippi State, 4-3, in the semifinal round yesterday and Saturday downed No. 17 Illinois- Chicago in quarterfinal action by a score of 2-1. The Wolverines move to 15-5 on the season, and have yet to lose in the month of March. Duke back-hands women's tennis, 9.0 The Michigan women's tennis team fell to Duke on Saturday, 9-0. Brooke Hart lost the No. 1 singles slot to Vanessa Webb, 6-0, 6-2. The closest match came at No. 2 sin- gles, where Michigan's Danielle Lund was defeated by Kristin Sanderson, 7-6, 6-4. Culhane will coach Western hockey 1 From Staff and Wire Reports Western Michigan announced before this past weekend's gatns that Jim Culhane will be the new' head coach of the hockey program. Culhane was coaching the Broncos on an interim basis since Fcbruaryj 3, when 17-season coach Biell Wilkinson was relieved of his p4 tion. At 33, Culhane becomes the youngest head coach in the CCH4A. Before his appointment, he had spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Western. "This is a dream come true, I can, t think of any other coaching job 'I would rather have," said Culhane, according to a statement released by the Western athletic departmth.t "This is a tremendous oppertun* and I look forward to taking this pro- gram to new heights." Culhane is only the fourth coach In the program's 26-year history. ,i1 He also played college hockey .at Western, earning four varsity letters and helping the 1985-86 Broncos-'to a CCHA playoff title and an NCAA bid. Culhane went on to play with Hartford Whalers in the 1989. National Hockey League season before joining the Western coaching staff on a volunteer basis in 1992..-' Men's NIT pairings announced The 1999iNational Invitati nal Tournament first round pairings were. announced yesterday after the NCAA field of 64 had been selected. * Michigan failed to qualify. for either tournament. The first round NIT matchupi are as follows: COLLEGE BRIEFS WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Utah Minnesota Houston San Antonio Dallas Denver Vancouver W 13 10 10 9 6 5 4 I I Yesterday's results New Jersey 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Colorado 3, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Boston 1 Dallas 4, St. Louis 3 Philadelphia at Buffalo, inc. Detroit at Anaheim, inc. Nashville at Phoenix, inc. Chicago at Vancouver, inc. M' BRIEFS Track and field concludes indoor season at NCAAs From Staff Reports The Michigan men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up the indoor season this past weekend at the NCAA Championships. The only finisher for the men's team in Indianapolis was Jay Cantin, who placed seventh in the mile run with a time of 4:00.45. The top finisher for the women was Nicole Forrester, who took the bronze in the high jump with a height of 6 feet, 1 1/4 inches. Katie McGregor finished 10th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:30.50, while Adrienne Hunter fin- ished sixth in the third heat of the 800- meter run with a 2:12.39. . Hofstra (22-9) at Rutgers (18.12) Georgia ;15-14) at Clemson (24-8) Seton Hall (15-14) at Old Dominion (24-8) Butler (20-9) at Bradley (17-11) Xavier (21-10) at Toledo (19-7) Alabama (17-14) at Wake Forest (16-3) Providence (16-3)>at North Carolina St. (18-3) Georgetown (15-15) at Princeton (20-7) Fresno State (21-11) at California (17-11) Northwestern (15-13) at DePau! (17.12) Pepperdine (19-12) at Colorado (17-14) Mississippi St. (20-12) at Colorado St. (17-10) Southern Cal. (15-12) at Wyoming (17-9) Georgia Tech (15-5) at Oregon (16-11) UNLV (16-12) at Nebraska (19-12) Texas Christian (19-10) at Kansas State (20-12) (If you think you know us . ..think again) CIGNA wants to dispel some myths about working in insurance. like the one that says "insurance is boring and predictable." The truth is, careers at CIGNA offer so many opportunities for fun, challenging work, you won't have time to be bored. Our business is globalbenefits. From health care and investments to protecting lives and businesses, we touch people in more ways than anyone in the industry. And we are among the best at it, too. Then there are our employees. People who distinguish themselves through talent and dedication. We nurture them with unique professional development programs that allow individuals to grow according to their strengths and interests. Many of our top managers came up through these programs to become key contributors to our success. We've also been honored by publications such as The Black Collegian, Hispanic Magazine, and Careers & the disABLED as among the top companies for promoting workplace diversity. Finally, though, we do have one thing in common: To make a difference every day in the lives of the people we serve. If this sounds to youlike a good place to work, we'd like to meet. To find out more, visit us on the Web or speak to one of our on-campus representatives. If you know eZaLt1y what the next year of your life will be like DON'T READ THISI If, on the other hand, you might be interested in doing something * incredibIy diff *totally Israel .0deeply pero~ NOW is the time to decide if you want to apend a year in Israel PROJECT OTZMA the ultimat Enjoy Your Spring Break! I I