68 - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 6, 2000 Wrestling settles or 5th at Big ens CFPEH PLAC Continued from Page 18 All three liked their chances going into the semifinals and aill three were forced to accept the con- solation bracket. 2NI ost importantly, all three responded with third-place finishes. "The last thing (Michigan coach Joe) McFarland said was let's get as many' thirds as possible,"' Logan said of his coach's reaction to the disappointing first day. "And we got a kot of thirds." But Michigan took plenty of posi- tives from the meet -- evidenced by the fact that, despite not having a single wrestler in the championship bracket on the last day, the Wolverines are still sending seven wrestlers to the NCAA (Cham pio nsh ips, "I was happy with the way that we camne back and wrestled," McFarland said. " think that's a tribute to the guys realizing what the hell they're capable of performing out there." A.J. Grant, Michigan's 125-pound true freshman, finally found his confidence again and was able to finish with a fifth-place showing. Grant, who had struggled K1 throughout the seaon an~vo h Big Ten's toughest weight lasses lost to third-place in sr Lero Vega of Minnesota the seas to I e terda&n-, ~ 7~ ua eti February at lf But onth shl.(nt dha hfebctoday's figatta)hehsI all sea- son, "I'm really happy for A A Warren said. "A.J. wrestled as hard as he could. Now he's going o nutionals with a fifth-place finish Also notable was Matt Brink. Though the heavyweight suffered a disappointing loss to Miehitan State's Mutt Lamb. he recoveredI to place fifth and punch his ticket to NCA As. "Mlv firsmahpaauns a K,-id that I beatCfour ou;lsxtms B k said. " " di"a"ited because I thought I' uvet a win thcrc." But by the end. the Wolverines had turned around a devastating day and come out with one that everyone could be happy about. While 'fifth-place was not what the Wolverines were hoping for, it was a sign of perseeiance. "For us to not have anyone ii the finals is bad," Warren sad "Fifth with no one in the inalis is good." 60 y/ Joe Warren and y *i the Michigan wrestling team struggled in the Big Ten Championships IO .k this weekend. The Wolverines fin- ;'" N ished fifth overall. Courtesy Cliff Kej s AtNie Surplisling sopomore Martelli shines Receive instruction in: Cardio-Kickboxing Tae-Bo Taekwondo Judo Hapkido Feel better about yourself 4 Lose Weight # Reduce Stress 0 Learn Self-Defense 0 Increase Confidence .< Kim's Black Belt USA (734) 994-0400 By Jon Schwartz >aily Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE Charles Martelli wants to fulfill his season-long mrission - living up to the words of one of his favorite songs. Michigan wrestlers are welcomed to the mat at each home meet as a song of their choosing plays in the background over the Cliff Keen Arena speaker sys- tem. Martelli uses a popular Metallica tune. And like the song states, he'd love to be the "Hero of the Dav." In West Lafayette this past weekend, Martelli had a chance to play hero for two days. Unseeded and unexpected to make noise in this past weekend's Big Ten Championships, the sophomore from Naperville. Ill., turned some heads -including that of his coach, Joe McFarland. "I'm real happy for him," McFarland said. " Chuck beat some guys that beat him during the regular season." For Martelli, the regular season was anything but regular. Listed at 157 pounds, Martelli was expected to redshirt entering the sea- son. But when a team captain and nation- al champion contender like 174-pound Otto Olson goes down with a season- ending injury, everybody has to nake adjustments. Martelli did just that, struggling through the final ten meets of the sea- son while sporting a 2-8 record in a weight class that was, at the beginning of the season, considered a guaranteed win for the Wolverines. 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The first glimpse of opportun$ came on Saturday, when Martelli lost in the preliminary round to No. 7 Joel Walker of Ohio State- a match that he was very upset about. But despite some feelings of failure, Martelli used the loss as a springboard, realizing that he wrestled well enough in the recent past, and that it was time for something to go his way. "Something had to click," Martelli said. "Is it the end of your season not? What do you want to do?" Something clicked. Martelli followed his loss with two wins to end the first day of the event. Suddenly, an unseeded wrestler was in the semifinals. hunting for a third-place finish. That wrestler, as excited -as evr, embraced his teary-eyed parents alld displayed a new sense of confidence not often seen in similar situations. Olson and his knee were no longer so clearly tattooed on the foreheads of each member of the team. "This is awesome," Martelli screamed. "It feels great!. Unfortunately, memories of the Michigan captain could not stay away for long. En route to losing to No.2 Ben King of Illinois, Martelli's previ- ously injured hamstring was pulled again. In his later preparation for t fifth-place match, Martelli realized tlw he could not possibly go on and he hod to forfeit to Minnesota's Delaney Berger. 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