68 - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 9, 2001 Women's crew leaves Michigan Si By Jim Weber Daily Sports Writer Michigan State lost all six races and one varsity eight rower during its regatta with No. 4 Michigan this past weekend. Approximately halfway through the first varsity eight race, the oar of Michigan State's third seat got stuck in the water - -also known as catch- ing a crab -- and knocked her out of the boat. After falling into the water, the Spartan was then hit in the head by two other Michigan State oars. As1 a result, the Spartan was sent to the hospital and Michigan won the race by default.1 "I was a little bit disappointed in our race," Michigan junior Jenny Bryant said because of the incomplete+ competition. The defaulted victory redeemed the Wolverines after losing to the Spar- tans by .51 seconds last season. . Michigan was in the lead when the+ accident occurred, leaving Bryant happy with how the Wolverines raced.+ "I think we had a pretty strong start," she said.a The boat did not receive an official time for the race because the officials were busy helping the hurt Spartan. In the second varsity eight, the women won by a substantial nine sec-1 onds with a time of 6:40.6. ate reeling "It (the race) was pretty good," freshman Heather Mandoli said. "The conditions were rough." Michigan's varsity four boats were even more dominating. The first varsi- ty four and second varsity four "A" both won by almost 15 seconds finish- ing with times of 7:22.6 and 7:39.5, respectively. "We were pretty consistently up," said first varsity four coxswain Caris- sa Bragg. Bragg, who steers the boat, said that the weather conditions were bad for her race as well. "It was really windy," she said. "It made the water really rough." Adding to the hectic weather, the wind blew from multiple directions. "It was a tail-wind but it was also a cross-wind." In other words, the wind blew at the rowers from behind and the side. The Wolverines' "B" second varsi- ty four, a squad that doesn't always compete, also did well. They defeated Michigan State's "B" boat with a time of 8:06.1. The novice races were the closest races of the day. Michigan's first novice eight won by three seconds. The second novice eight won by five. Michigan has now won II of the 12 races it has competed in this year as it took 5 of 6 races at the ACC/Big Ten Double Dual on March 24. e gains and losses- Men's tennis clips No. 24 Ohio State a By Albert Kim Daily Sports Writer It was an epic battle at the Varsity Tennis Center yesterday - one that neither Michigan nor Ohio State will forget for a long time. With the opportunity to turn the season around riding on one shot, Michigan junior Danny McCain stood tall, forcing No. 24 Ohio State's Adrian Bohane to hit wide on match point to give the Wolverines their biggest vic- tory of the year, 4-3. The Wolverines (3-3 Big Ten, 9-7 overall) jumped out to an early lead in the match, win- ning the doubles point by displaying a mental toughness that has not been seen this season. Michigan coach Mark Mees shook up the line- up a little to try to get some life in the dou- bles, and it paid off. "In the five matches we won starting off the season, we played good doubles," Mees said. "Chris Rolf playing in doubles gave us a huge boost." With the point on the line at 1-1, the No. 2 doubles team of Henry Beam and McCain won in a tiebreak thriller, 9-8 (4). But it was the singles play that had the crowd buzzing yesterday. In matches that could only be described as nerve racking, the Wolverines rose, fell and then rose again in "Gladiator" fashion. Junior Ben Cox and freshman Anthony Jackson both played some of their best tennis of the year, and Michigan jumped out to a 3-1 lead. But Ohio State fought back, as Greg Novak, Chris Shaya, and Beam fell for Michi- gan, and the match came down to the battle between McCain and Bohane at No. 3 singles. With the crowd looking on, court five at the Varsity Tennis Center took on the likeness of Centre court at Wimbledon. After winning the hard fought first set 7-5, McCain was serving for the match at 5-2 in the second set but let Bohane get back in it to eventually lose in a tiebreaker, 6-7 (2). After two breaks by McCain in the third set, he found himself up 5-2 again. But in the blink of an eye, it was 5- 4, and it looked like it'd be djn vu for McCain. But in the decisive 10th game, McCain came up with a huge inside-out forehand and followed with a long volley to get within one point of winning it all. Bohane hit the next shot long, and Michigan ended the Buckeyes perfect Big Ten record, capping their own two-win weekend. "He's a great fighter, plays with a lot of enthusiasm, and a lot of pride," Mees said. "I felt good about it coming down to McCain." In Saturday's match, the Wolverines beat Penn State 4-3, by winning four of the six sin- gles matches. But the sweeter victory was undoubtedly Ohio State. With four matches to go, Michi- gan is starting to build momentum for the stretch run. But no matter who it plays, it will come down to preparation. "It's being ready to play every time you step on the court," Mees said. "That's when the good things are going to happen." crt Michigan Men'sSoccer... ALYSSA WOOD Daily Henry Beam helped the Michigan men's tennis team upset No. 24 Ohio State yesterday. Women fall to Ohio State, Penn State- Is looking for a few good people to join Do opportunitwes for travel and personal growth excite you? If so, this is the job fnr Uf 1 By Seth Klempner Daily Sports Writer After winning two of its previous three Big Ten matches, the Michigan women's tennis team's momentum was brought to an abrupt hault this weekend with losses to Penn State and Ohio State. Michigan played Penn State yesterday at State College where it lost a close 5-2 match, getting its only points from Fuzesi and Jen iDuprez, who won her 10th match of the season. "It came down to us staying in there, making them play a little longer and forcing them to make mistakes," Penn State senior Pilar Montgomery said. Michigan came into the Penn State match after coming off solid play. as the Wolverines were just short of defeating Ohio State, 4-3, in a match where Michigan split the singles matches but lost the always important doubles point. Ranked No. 27 in the nation and having lost just three matches in the Big Ten, Ohio State is competing for first place ir, the conference. Michigan, on the other hand, has recently fallen out of the ITA rankings and is struggling for as bye in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. "We have nothing to lose but a lot to win," senior Szandra [uzesi said prior to the match. The team refuses to be written off towards the bottom of the Big Ten standings. There is st*y lot of tennis left to be played and the Wolverines gave Ohio State everything they had. The Buckeyes got things started off by winning the No. 2 doubles spot 8-4. But the Wolverines tied it up when freshman pair Kavitha Tipirneni and Chrissi Nolan won the No. 3 doubles match, 8-5. After also winning their doubles match the fol- lowing day against Penn State, the two-some is on a seven-match winning streak at the No. 3 spot. Ohio State broke the tie by winning the Nl doubles match 9-8 (5) leaving Michigan just t e points shy of winning the lon2 doubles point. The Buckeyes went on to win the next three singles matches and the competition. But Michi- gan refused to quit, winning the remaining three; matches. Next weekend the Wolverines will finish up their home schedule with No. 28 Iowa our program! ____ Tl'eams manager positions are If interested, now available for the upcoming please contact 2001/2002 season. Ernie Yarborough By email, diVC InsideX![CV ci1t ftoil eyarboro@umich.edu, or by phone, 615-9502. TOM FELDKAMP/Daily The Michigan women's tennis team lost to Ohio State and Penn State this past weekend. I t , r.. F w I Deferring taxes with TIAA-CREF can be so rewarding, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner. Our spring and summer class sessions let you complete a course -w. .:n., ,> <.: - . 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