kVEST REGION ;SEMIFINALS (1) Connecticut (5) Iowa (10) Gonzaga 73, (5) Florida 72 SOUTH REGION SEMIFINALS (4) Ohio State 72. (1) Auburn 64 (3) St. John's 76, (2) Maryland 62 ;Ue iIPOn &IgT Tracking 'M' teams The Michigan softball team notched a 1-0 victory over Baylor last night in Sacramento. The victory imprOves the Wolverines' record to 16-5 overall. Michigan bat- tIes Southern Illinois and Portland State today. Friday March 19, 1999 9 Championships Four swimmers earn 41-America honors y Mike Kern and Ryan C. Maloney Daily Sports Writers ATHENS, Ga. - Despite a few minor disappointments, the Michigan women's swimming team finished with four swimmers garnering All-America honors last night. The Wolverines are in g.ghth-place after the first night of mpetition in the NCAA Championships. The Wolverines opened the evening with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay, with a time of 1:30.55, earning All-America honors for senior Jennie Eberwein, junior Shannon Shakespeare and sophomores Jen Crisman and Missy Sugar. Southern Methodist won the race with a time of 1:28.94, shattering the abriel Sen Pool record by 2.34 sec- Wds with second-fastest 200 free relay time in NCAA history. Stanford finished second, a whole 1.35 seconds behind the Mustangs. Southern Methodist also took first in the 200 IM, as senior Martina Martina Marovcova won the event for the third year in a row, setting a new pool record with a time of 1:56:91: "I'm really pleased with it because it s my personal best," Marovcova said. F used up a lot of stamina on the 200 .free relay, so that made it even better." In a bit of disappointment for the Wolverines, Shakespeare finished sixth in the event after placing third last year. Though she did not finish as well as she had hoped, Shakespeare's top-eight finish was enough for her second All- America award of the evening, increas- ing the Winnipeg, Manitoba native's career total to 14. "I was a little bit disappointed," Shakespeare said. "I would have liked to have been faster, I gave it everything I had this morning to get into the top eight tonight, and I guess I was just a little tired. Crisman and Eberwein also earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 50 free for the Wolverines, taking 1Ith and 13th place respectively. In the evening's final race, Stanford set U.S. Open, American and pool records by winning the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:33.75. After the first night of competition, Georgia leads the pack with 143.5 points, even though the Bulldogs did not win a single race. Following them is Southern Methodist, with 137.5 points and three national titles in six events. In addition to the 200 free relay, the Mustangs won the 200 IM and one-meter springboard diving event. Stanford, at 129; Southern Cal, at 93; Arizona at 90; California with 89; Northwestern, with 68; Michigan, with 54; Virginia, with 50; and Auburn, with 48 round out the top 10. I Freshman fantastic Comrie takes home Rookie of y the Year award By T.J. Berka Daily Sports Editor DETROIT - In Michigan's first hockey game of the season on Oct. I1, freshman center Mike Comrie opened the scoring with his first collegiate goal. Last night at the CCHA Banquet, Comrie closed the scoring on his first year with vet another goal, as he won the CCHA's Rookie of the Year award. "I feel really proud," Michigan coach Red Berenson, said. "I'm so happy for the kid. It's really good for him and the program." Comrie, who was joined on the CCHA all-Rookie Team by goaltender Josh Blackburn and defenseman Jeff Jillson, led the Wolverines in scoring with 43. points. He has netted 18 goals and 25 assists in 38 games so far this season. Comrie deflected the praise that came with the award" from himself and to his Michigan teammates. "Obviously it's an honor to receive the award, espe- cially with all the great freshmen in the CCHA, but it's r really not that important," Comrie said. "Hockey is a team game, so these individual awards do not mean, ~- f that much:' The thing that means the most to Comrie is the camaraderie that exists among the Michigan team. 4'That togetherness was one of the things which Comrie cited as a guide to his award-winning season. "Being part of the Michigan hockey program is such a great thing," Comrie said. "The upperclassmen and coaches helped us out tremendously - any of the freshmen will tell you that." DANA LINNANE/Daily BeieCoresaadthretftengt s e Comrie earned the CCHA Rookie of the Year Award thanks to a consistent performance Besides Comries award, the resetCOMRIE, Page1 center finished sixth in league scoring and led Michigan in scoring with 43 points. Freshman Mike all season. The . .. .... . .. .....®.. v . _.. ... .. a^ . a _ r .. . . I - -Ilp- Wrestlers have shot at redemption i. Today's NCAA Tourney preview ByPranay Reddy GAME OF THE DAY: A slew of psets in the second round of both of tonight's brackets really leave me thinking about the games that could have been. Cincinnati against sec- And-seeded Miami (Fla.) in the East? Nope ... try sixth-seeded Temple against No. 10 Purdue. How about e point guard matchup in the 'lidwest, when Michigan State's Mateen Cleaves* and Arizona's Jason Terry face each other? Uh-uh ... try Cleaves against Oklahoma. But wait, no way that Xentucky and Utah won't be the game of the tournament, right? Well, maybe last year's tourna- ,nent, as the Utes are back at school ile the Wildcats prepare for Wally orld a.k.a. Miami (Ohio). O.K., so they're not exactly the nmatchups we expected, but nonethe- less, it's still March Madness, and the games are always fun. -So I guess the game to make a night out of would be the matchup between No. 3 Kentucky and the 14th-seeded Redhawks. The Wildcats are looking to make it: to their fourth straight champi- ship game, but Miami's Wally zczerbiak has been playing like a rnan possessed so far, averaging 33.5 points per tournament game, includ- ing a 43-point performance in the first round against Washington. ~Kentucky is also coming off the game of the tournament, outlasting sixth-seeded Kansas in overtime, 92- 88. UPSET SPECIAL: Undoubtedly, ick Freeman is confused. He'll be the first to tell you that, too. In fact, just look at yesterday's 'Upset Special' box and you'll see he seemed to have thought that-in pick- ing Miami (Ohio) over Kentucky, he was picking games to be played last By Michael Shafrir Daily Sports Writer STATE COLLEGE - Damion Logan has been on a mission ever since he lost in the finals of the Big Ten Tournament two weeks ago - a mission to redeem himself for losing a match he knows he should have won. At the NCAA Championships last night Logan took one step closer to his goal. Logan defeated Delaware State's Francky Francois and Bloomsburg's Brett Tullo to advance to today's quarter- final round against fourth seeded Michael Lightner of Oklahoma. Logan said he's looking forward to the rest of the challenges that face him during this grueling tournament. "I get to wrestle the best guys in the country," said Logan, the No. 5 seed in the 141-pound weight class. Also looking to exact revenge after a third-place finish at Big Tens is 174 pound fifth seed, Otto Olson. Olson said he was nervous coming in, especially with the large crowds in atten- dance. But if his wrestling was any indi- cation, he couldn't have been more con- fident. Olson pinned Boise State's Kyle Klonizos at 4:27, and outlasted No. 12 seed Ryan Cunningham of Central Michigan, 13-9, to set up a rematch with Northwestern's Mark Bybee - the wrestler who pinned him at Big Tens. But Bybee lost last night in the quar- terfinals. "Beating Cunningham was a big win for me," Olson said. "Getting some pay- back against (Bybee) would've been nice though." Also losing in the 174-pound weight class was Oklahoma State's Mark Smith, who was undefeated this season and a two-time national champion. Smith lost for the first time to unseed- ed Kevin Boross of North Carolina State. This leaves Olson's half of the bracket wide open. "I just need to be careful not to get caught early on and I should be able to win these matches," Olson said. Michigan's biggest surprise so far ,is freshman Andy Hrovat. 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