8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - April 16, 2001
Emotional banquet caps off icers' 200
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by Je Smith
Daily Sports Editor
YPSILANTI - It was the least heralded
presentation at this year's Michigan hockey
,t.am banquet, but perhaps the most important.
Michigan senior defenseman Bob Gassoff,
regarded as one of the grittiest and toughest
players in college hockey, received a standing
ovation after graciously accepting an award
from the "From the Heart" program at Mott
Children's Hospital for all the Thursday
nights he spent with the sick children.
"Going there every week to see their faces,
,their smiling faces when we show up, is a
verymutually rewarding experience as much
for me as it is for them," said a choked up
Gassoff. "When things aren't going well,
they really help me put things into perspec-
tiVe Some of the toughest most craziest kids
I've met ever in my life are at that hospital,
dealing with battles every day of their life."
One of the young patients Gassoff spent his
time with, Brad Rutzel, presented the award to
Gassoff, with a message that touched the
hearts of those in attendance at the Ypsilanti
Marriot on Saturday.
"You will be missed by all the kids, but,
Bobby, I'll miss you the most because you're
one of my best friends," Rutzel said.
Also recognized by Mott Children's Hospi-
tal was senior assistant captain Dave Huntz-
icker - a native of Ann Arbor - who spent
time with the kids in an act that epitomizes
what Michigan hockey is all about.
Huntzicker also received the Joseph E.
Barss Award, which is the coach's choice for
the consummate team player.
But Gassoff and .Huntzicker were not the
only ones going home with hardware frorm the
three-and-a-half hour banquet, which was
held to honor the nine graduating seniors and
the rest of the 2001 team.
While there were some repeat and expected
winners, there were some surprises as well.
Senior Bill Trainor, who anchored the
penalty kill unit and centered the fourth line in
his tenure, accepted the Howard Colby Award
for sportsmanship for the third-straight year.
"This is a really big surprise," Trainor said
with a grin. "I wasn't expecting this at all -
just kidding."
After the laughing from the crowd sub-
sided, freshman Mike Komisarek received the
Deker Club Award for the "most colorful
rookie."
As expected, sophomore Andy Hilbert won
the Hazel M. "Doc" Losh Award for being the
Wolverines leading scorer. Hilbert, a Hobey
Baker Finalist, tallied 64 points this season.
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Hilbert also pacified some of the concerns
of the Michigan faithful in the audience that
he may sign with the Boston Bruins in the off-
season by stating he was a "soon-to-be junior"
in his introductions.
Junior Jeff Jillson received two honors -
the Carl Issacson Award for best academic
athlete and the Vic Heyliger Award for the
most outstanding defenseman. Joe Kautz won
the Alton D. Simms Award for most
improved player.
Instead of the seniors giving their farewell
speeches, the nine created a colorful, 40-
minute video, showing their lives as a hockey
player and what they'll miss the most.
All nine received the coveted "senior ring"
from Michigan coach Red Berenson at the
end of the banquet, followed by singing a cho-
rus of "The Victors" one last time together to
conclude the festivities.
And the awards go to....
...Andy Hilbert (pictured) and several other W olver-
ines in the annual postseason banquet.
Academic Athlete
Jeff Jillson
Sportsmanship
Bill Trainor
Most Colorful Rookie
Mike Komisarek
Most Improved Player
Joe Kautz
Outstanding
Defenseman
Jeff Jillson
Most Valuable Player
Josh Blackburn
Team Player Scoring Leader
Dave Huntzicker ,AndHb
Road struggles continue for 'M'
Loss a major shot to the Wolverines' Big Ten Tournament hopes
By Albert Kim
Daily Sports Writer
The road woes that have plagued
the Michigan men's tennis team this
season continued yesterday as the;
Wolverines snapped their four-
match winning streak by falling to;
Iowa at the Klotz Tennis Courts in
Iowa City.
A Big Ten road match is never
easy, as Michigan found out two
months ago at Northwestern.;
"They (the crowd) were swearingI
at us during points, from five feet
away," sophomore Chris Shaya said.
But that's no excuse for yester-
day's loss to Iowa, or for any of the
three losses since that Northwestern3
match.;
The Wolverines have won just
one match this season on the road,
going 1-6 overall - with their only
win coming against lowly Michigan
State last week. The formula for dis-
aster has been eerily similar for the
Wolverines, and it was no different
against the Hawkeyes.
Michigan fell into an early hole,
surrendering the doubles point in
three-straight matches. In the five
road losses that the Wolverines have
suffered, they have lost the doubles
point four times.
"It's just a matter of putting it all
together," Shaya said.
The singles fared no better. Team
wins leader Anthony Jackson had to
retire just one game into his match,
and it was downhill for the.Wolver-
ines from there. Ben Cox dropped a
straight set decision to Stuart
Waters at the No. 2 singles position
to give the Hawkeyes an early 3
lead.
But the Wolverines fought back.
Danny McCain dominated Peter
Mandie, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles,
and Greg Novak also won in straight.
sets. With the score at 3-2, the focus
turned to the No. 1 and No. 6 sin-
gles matches.
Unfortunately, neither Henry
Beam nor Jeremy Edelson could
prevail, although both went to thre@
sets.
The Wolverines suffered a blow
to their postseason hopes by drop-
ping this must win match.
"The Big Ten is very good,"
Shaya said. "It's showing that we're
young."
With two matches remaining on
their Big Ten schedule, the Wolver-
ines are on the bubble for th4
NCAA Tournament, with a 4-4$
record in the Big Ten.
Last year, Michigan was able to
get in with a 6-4 Big Ten record.
But with tough opponents remaining
in Purdue and Indiana, Michigan
will have to pull off two big wins to
have a shot at the tourney.
The good news is that both
matches are at home. And for the
Wolverines, that may make all th@
difference.
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but were unable to pick up the
points needed to win the match.
"You have four three-setters and:
you win one of those and you art
not going to win the dual match>
coach Bitsy Ritt said. "Chrissie did'
[win her three set match] and she
had a great day. You have to find'
way to win the close ones. Whe
the match is right there you have
step up at the end of the match-a
win the match."
Nolan was able to dome backa
win after losing the first set. She
played with her normal high intensi-
ty and at times seemed frustrated.
At one point she slammed her rack