10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 16, 1999 Van Ryn only 'M' honoree CCHA Continued from Page 9 The final outcome of Comrie's candidacy for CCHA rookie of the year will be determined on Thursday at the league awards ban- quet. The lack of individual recognition is a sign of a Michigan team that has done without superstar goal-scorers this season, and have been able to pull together and take second place in the CCHA. "We've got a lot of guys playing well that just don't have the numbers or the publicity," Berenson said. Both All-Conference teams are selected by a coaches' vote, with coaches unable to vote for their own players. Last week, Comrie, Jeff Jillson, and Josh Blackburn were named to the CCHA All-rookie Team. ~ .._. , e_ All-CCHA teams Softball moves up in standings CCHA All-Conference first team Position Player. School, Year Goal Jeff Maund, OSU, SO Defense Mike Weaver, MSU, JR Defense Benoit Cotnoir, ND, SR Forward Hugo Boisvert, OSU, JR Forward Mike York, MSU, SR Forward Adam Edinger, BG, JR Points; 42 36 35 48, 38. 38'. CCHA All-Conference second team Position Goal Defense Defense Forward Forward Forward Player. School, Year Points Joe Blackburn, MSU, SO 26. Mike Jones, BG, JR 30O Andre Signoretti, OSU, SO 27;. Dan Price, BG, SR 34 Ben Simon, ND,JR 28 J.RP.Vigier,NMUJR 26' . ________________________________ I ______________________________________________________________ By Jon Zemke Daily Sports Writer The Michigan softball team is look- ing up, and not at its own high expec- tations. The Wolverines will enter the Capitol City Classic Invitational Thursday tied with South Carolina for the No. 9 ranking in the nation. At 15-5 so far this season, with the Speedline Invitational championship trophy in their case, the Wolverines climbed five places in the polls this week from their previous ranking of 14. "We don't talk much of rankings," freshman second baseman Kelsey Kollen said. "We have a saying that it's not where you start, it's where you finish." When Michigan travels to Sacramento to participate in the Classic this Thursday through Sunday, they will have a chance to climb even further. The Wolverines take on Baylor in the first game, then Southern Illinois and Portland State to finish out the scheduled play. But the bracketed play in the latter half of the Invitational will give Michigan their greatest chance to move up in the rankings. Among the 20 teams that will be participating, No. 20 Nebraska and Oklahoma State could provide chal- lenging matchups for the Wolverines. The Cowgirls knocked the Wolverines out of last season's Women's College World Series. "We're just looking at it by the way we play," Kollen said. "We haven't gotten much playing time because of the snow, but we are going to take it one game at a time." Big Ten powers Minnesota and Iowa could also face Michigan in the bracket play of the invitational. If that happens the games will present an interesting preview of the Big Ten season title race because the teams are ranked 18th and 23rd, respectively. But a championship run in this invitational might not be as easy to come by -for the Wolverines as their JOSH KLEINBAUM/Dadiy Melissa Taylor and the Michigan softball team broke into the top 10 of the nation- al rankings with a championship in the Speedline invitational. last win in tournament play at the Speedline. Michigan will have had the last two weeks off and will not have the advantage of coming off a fresh victory. The break will have the given the Wolverines the chance to overcome the flu bug that was starting to infect the team at the end of spring break. A few of the pitchers, freshman Kate Eiland and junior Jaime Gillies, and few of the role players were affected by the virus, but the team expects to be at full strength for this week's action. "Everybody is back on their feet and everybody is back to full strength," Kollen said. If the team is healthy, Michigan might be able to continue the 10- game winning streak it is on. Several players have been on a hot streak as of late. Sophomore pitcher Marie Barda and senior left fielder Catherine Davie were both named to the all- tournament team of the Speedline classic. Davie currently leads the team in hitting with a .373 average. She also leads the team with 19 runs batted in and two homers. Leading the team in clutch hitting has been junior catcher Karmen Lappo. Lappo was named to the, Speedline all-tournament team and also named the tournament's most valuable player after hitting her first home run of the season - a grand slam against South Carolina. "Our coaches have a philosophy that hitting is contagious," Kollen said. "And with Kate's and Catherine's hot bats, that allows us to gain confidence." 1999 Michigan Softball schedule Mar. 18-21 Capital City Class. Sacramento Mar. 27-28 Boilemiaker Inv. W. Lafayette 00, 9 The Michigan Union Program Board and Mortar Board proudly present: Faculty Wednesdays with Keith Harrison Division of Kinesiology Wednesday, March 17 12noon- 1pm in the Pendleton Room, 2nd floor program board of the Michigan Union Free lunch buffet and admission. Seating begins at 11:30 am. First come, first serve. 4 e a Come Celebrate St. Patricks' Day March 31 April 3 April 4 April 7 April 10 April 11 April 13 April 14 April 17 April 18. April 21 April 24 April 25 May 1 May 2 May 8 May 9 L Michigan Ohio State Ohio State Purdue Minnesota Minnesota Penn State C. Michigan Northwestern Northwestern Michigan State Iowa Iowa Wisconsin Wisconsin Indiana Indiana' Ypsilanti Columbus Columbus W. 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