14A -- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 14, 2000


Golfers looking good as Little Rock looms

By Ryan C. Moloney
Daily Sports Writer
In the golf-crazed state of Michigan,
chafiging leaf colors and dropping tem-
peratures signal the end of a summer-
longlove affair.
Within a couple of months, the
carth-shattering "ping" of a driver
teeting Titleist will be replaced by the
diluted, deceiving "scrape" of driver
meeting carpet, then Titleist, in random

golf domes.
But for the Michigan women's golf
team, fall means competition. A young
and inexperienced team last year, the
Wolverines return an intact nucleus
with the intention of challenging for
the title at the Big Ten championships.
The Wolverines take their first step
towards that goal at the Wolverine
Invitational this weekend at the
University Golf Course.
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point in ten years," coach Kathy
Teichert said. "We're expecting to do
well"
As is the case with their golf course
training partners - the Michigan cross
country teams - the success of the
season hinges on the depth factor.
"A couple of freshman have come
into the fold and could challenge for
spots," Teichert said. "If everyone stays
on top of their game we could go nine
or ten deep.
"We can only take five or six come
travel time."
Among the returnees, junior Bess
Bowers has staked an early claim to the
first spot on the team. Sophomore Kim
Benedict and junior Cortney Reno have
also looked good in the early going.
Teichert also mentioned the
improved play of sophomore Sarah
Rector, calling her "a big surprise."
"She's added length and maturity,"
Teichert said, "she's more confident
than last year."
When asked about the change in
preparation at this point in the season

as opposed to past seasons, Teichert
cited the team's collective maturation
as well as a talk she had with the team
at the end of the winter semester.
"I told them that they needed to con-
tinue to be competitive," Teichert said.
"I thought our team chemistry was
great but the expectations are rising.
"When you get older you need to
step it up a notch and we've got lots of
leadership - they play with confi-
dence.
Michigan's main competition at the
invitational are Arkansas-Little Rock.
The Trojans are perennial powers in the
Sun Belt conference and return three
All-Sun Belt golfers, led by Patricia
Mejia. The senior holds a career-low 72
to her credit.
Senior Tamy Saran also sports a
career-low 72 as well as a stroke aver-
age in the high 70s. Junior Laurie
Vescovo also could be a factor.
"It's very early, but it's a good oppor-
tunity for the teams to se where they
are in terms of their lineups," Teichert
said.

Bess Bowers and
the rest of the
women's golf
team start tItfe
season this-
weekend with the
Wolverine
Invitational at the
University Golf'
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