The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 8, 2001- 13A

'M' hopes to get healthy by tournent

tournament for the second-consecu-
tive year and third time in four years is
no guarantee, but it is not too bold of
a prediction either. With a record of
10-6 in the Big Ten and 18-l1 overall,
www.womenscollegehoops.com has
projected Michigan to be an eight-
seed and even says it has a 100-per-
cent chance of being given a bid.
But Michigan coach Sue Guevara
warned, "Nobody can predict what the
committee is going to do."
No matter if the Wolverines are
going to the NCAA tournament or the
WNIT, they need to overcome the dis-
appointment of the loss to the
Boilermakers in the Big Ten tourna-
ment.
"It's going to hurt for a couple of
days but we're just going to have to
get over it," Stephanie Gandy said.

The Wolverines have more than just
a couple of days to put the loss behind
them.
The team's first practice after the
Big Tens was today, and the tourna-
ment's earliest games are next
Thursday. Guevara welcomes the long
pause.
"I think it's very helpful," she said.
"The kids didn't get spring break last
week. I think they need the time to
heal, to rest, to get mentally ready, to
get rejuvenated. I think they're pretty
hungry to get back and I'll see that"
today at practice.
Michigan has had to bounce back
from a couple of crushing losses this
season.
It dropped two in a row to
Wisconsin and Iowa by margins of 33
and 21, respectively, in early January,

and then a 22-point loss to Indiana in
its second to last game. Both times,
the Wolverines took their anger out on
nationally-ranked Penn State to get
back into the win column.
"We kept talking about how big
each of those games were and the first
(game of the tournament) we play will
be a big game," Guevara said.
The first games have proved trou='
blesome in the recent past for
Michigan. The Wolverines' dancing in
the tournament has been a sort of
hokey-pokey: Put your left foot in,
take your left foot out. The two times
Guevara has taken Michigan to the
tournament in 1998 and 2000, it has"
finished in first-round losses.
"We've done the two-step in the
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Netters desperate for
better doubles play

five matches (all losses), the
Wolverines have gone 1-4 in doubles
play.
In addition, the Wolverines have
been unable to get the big points when
needed, losing numerous third-set

URISLER ARENA
Who: Michigan (0-3 Big
Ten, 5-5 overall) vs. No. 26
Notre Dame (7-3 overall)
When: Today, 3:30
Latest: The Wolverines are
in the middle of a five-meet
losing streak and aching
for better doubles play.

tiebreakers. For the most
part, the mental tough-
ness needed to pull out
matches has not been
there during thestreak.
But this can be corrected.
"We've just got to keep
playing hard," sopho-
more Chris Rolf said. "It
will snap us out of this
rut.'

The Office of New Student Programs
is now recruiting
Fall and International
Orientation Leaders
ONSP is looking for motivated undergraduate
students to help facilitate the Fall and
International Orientation Programs. Leader duties
will include running check-in and registration,
facilitating an informational meeting, leading a
walking tour, participating in social activities, and
assisting in class registration.
Pay: $65/day, $32.50/half-day (shifts vary).
International Orientation
Training: Thursday, August 23rd
Program: August 24th - August 28th
Fall Orientation
Training: Monday, August 27th
Program: August 28th - August 30th
Application Process
Applications are available at 3511 Student Activities
Building and are due back by Friday, March 23rd.
Final decision letters will be available on Friday,
March 30th. All selected leaders must attend an
informational meeting on Friday, April 6th from 3pm
5pm.
For further information call 764-6413
or e-mail onsp@umich.edu.


The five-match losing
streak is the longest of coach Mark
Mees' two- year tenure at Michigan,
and it hasn't been a pleasant ride. It
started with a close loss to
Northwestern in Evanston, and quickly
snowballed with two losses at home
and two more losses on the road.
* After the most recent loss against
Clemson - in which Michigan played
without Beam, its No. I singles player
- it was a frustrated team that
returned to Ann Arbor.
The young Wolverines, without a
senior on the team, are still looking for
their niche, so to speak. The season has
been a study of contrasts thus far, but
consistency is around the corner.
"We're still confident," Rolf said.

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