The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 16, 2001-- 78, Tripped by Buckeyes, men take third By Chris Burke Daily Sports Writer Heading into the second day of the Kepler Intercollegiate Tournament in Columbus, the Michigan men's golf team sat all alone in first place. But on the second and final day of the tournament, the weather turned ugly, and the Ohio State golf team stormed back to take the title. Posting a team score of 893, the Buckeyes' efforts were good enough to hold off third-place Michigan by two shots. Yet Michigan head coach Jim Carras was not discouraged by the finish. "To start with, I thought we were going to have a good tournament," Car- ras said. "The guys have been playing well, they've been pretty loose - there was just something that told me we were going to play well. "It's not a total disappointment, we were playing with some very good teams and Ohio State had the round of the day." The Wolverines came out on fire in the first 18 holes on Saturday morning, shooting a tournament best round of 292. Freshman David Nichols led the Wolverines in the first round, notching a career-best round of 70 en route to a personal record 54-hole total of 223 -- five strokes better than his previous low mark. "Dave's a talent," Carras said. "He can hit the ball well, he's a pretty good irons player, and he putts very well --1 have a lot of faith that Dave is going to be one of my key players while he's here." Nichols finished ninth in the tourney. Also shooting well on this weekend was Andy Matthews. With a consistent round of 74-71-75 on the par-71 course, Matthews was able to charge to a third- place individual score of 220. Andrew Chapman pitched in a 229, while Scott Carlton added a 230 and Scott Hayes scored a 235. In addition to falling behind Ohio State on the last day, the Wolverines also succumbed to Northwestern, a team that has been nationally ranked for most of the year by just one shot. The performance at the tournament was a crucial one for a Wolverine team that is desperate to qualify for nationals. Every tournament at this point in the year is important, especially one like the Kepler where several teams from Michigan's district took part. "It was one of the stronger fields that we're going to play in the district," Car- ras said. "Toledo's a good team, Wis- consin's been playing well and Kent State's ranked high in our district - we took care of them." Michigan will now take two weeks off before its final regular season meet of the year - the Fossum Invitational in East Lansing. That tournament will be followed by the Big Ten Champi- onships, and the Wolverines know that if they plan on playing on past Big Tens, it's now or never to get the job done. "We're just going to try to continue what we did this weekend and hopeful- ly we'll be able to do that," said Carras of the outlook for the rest of the year. "We gained a little bit in this tourna- ment and we're on the upward swing. "We just didn't quite shoot the num- bers we needed, but it was still a heck of a nice tournament for these kids." I r- I CALLING FUTURE p ysician Assistants re invited to attend an information session on Central Michigan University's 'HYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM. Friday, February 23, 2001 Peace Corps career opportunities await you! JOYCE LEE/Daily Freshman Christine Nolan sports a colored headband in honor of her senior leaders, who played their final match at the Varsity Tennis Center yesterday. Dressed for departure, 'M' seniors bid farewell Business Advisor English Teacher Health Educator Agro-Forester V.- Friday, March 23, 2001 Friday, April 20,2001 Friday, May 18, 2001 yill be held at 4:00 p.m. in Foust 133. Michigan loses to Iowa By Seth Klempner Daily Sports WXriter During the 1980s, Magic Johnson and his Showtime style of basket- ball made the headband all the rage in Southern California. Then Jamal *wford reinvigora, d the trend here in Ann Arbor witi his stylish headwear. Now, as a tribute to the the entire Michigan women's t team sported maize headbands th. read, "We love our seniors" for yesterday's showdown against Iowa. As if the team didn't already know how important the match 4, with them sitting in eighth place right behind Iowa in the Big Ten standings with just two more matches to play, the headbands were to remind the team not to let the seniors out on a loss. "We wanted to win this for the seniors," junior Jen Vaughn said. "After the doubles point, (coach) Bitsy told us to 'Get one for the sjrs.' We just want to give them a win in their last home match." The departing seniors - Sandra Fuzesi, Alison Sinclair and Marya Farah - were honored with the posters, flowers, water bottles, headbands and a cake that read "sensational seniors." Posters containing favorite pic- tures of past memories lined a wall in the Varsity Tennis Center, re nding each player of the times th shared together. The posters showed the places they had been and what they had done. Not surprisingly, few of the pictures contained tennis scenes. Instead, they depicted times the team spent together bonding, grow- ing closer and making memories. "I was about to cry when I saw th osters," Sinclair said as she stated to laugh. "I loved them, they were so cute and thoughtful. I remember every memory and pic- ture. Vaughn did a great job mak- ing them." The positive and up-beat attitude of the team played a large part in Michigan's getting off to a strong start in the doubles matches. The team knew it was the seniors last match at home and seemed deter- mia to get them their win. It is often difficult to anticipate the final moments of a significant portion of one's life. It is easy to not think about the approaching end, which only adds to the rush of emotion when it does hit them. "I tried not to think about it too much," Sinclair said. "But I began to Ank about it this mornine and wh I came in and saw the bal- loons and flyers on my locker, I realized 'Oh my god. I am playing in my last match here."' Senior day for the Michigan women's tennis team is not just a chance for closure on their college despite energetic start But once the match got started it was business as usual, and the match became like any other. "I can't believe it has gone by so quickly," Farah said of her time spent at Michigan. "It doesn't feel like I have been here four years." 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