Page 22 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 4, 1984
VAN DEWEGE BECOMES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
Hoop coach Soluk calls
alumni representative on Michigan's inside the athletic department is con
By DOUGLAS B. LEVY Board in Control of Intercollegiate ducive to a winning women's program
With Wednesday's announcement Athletics, Soluk and Director of "I feel I have the support I need to ge
that women's basketball coach Gloria Athletics Don Canham had agreed at things going. Winning big immediatell
Soluk had resigned after seven un- the conclusion of the women's abysmal isn't realistic, but it is the ultimate goa
distinguished years at the helm, April 1982-83 season that if the team suffered down the line. I am very optimistic tha
"house cleaning month" by the another losing year, Soluk would offer we can be successful."
Michigan Athletic Department. John her resignation. The Wolverines suf- WINNING GAMES, a benchmark fo
Giordano was fired on Monday as stepped down. determining success, never came eas
Michigan's hockey coach. for Soluk during her tenure a
According to William Mazer, Jr.,. an FILLING THE void is Bud Van De Michigan. Soluk, 43, compiled a seve
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Wege, Jr., 26, who graduated from
Michigan in 1980 and has served under
men's basketball coach Bill Frieder for
the last four year s, one as the graduate
assistant and the last three as a part-
time assistant coach.
"I'm thrilled," exclaimed Van De
Wege, who is officially listed as the "in-
terim" head coach. "It's a great oppor-
tunity at this stage of my life. Just to be
a head coach at Michigan, with the kind
of athletic program there is, the poten-
tial to do great things is here. We have
a lot of good (women's basketball)
players. I think the prospects for the
future are very bright."
Van De Wege believes the philosophy
year mark of 66-120, with only one win-
ning campaign and just eight victories
over the past two seasons.
"I'm very proud of how far the
Michigan program has come," said
Soluk. "I'm proud of my accomplish-
ments, of who I am and of what I am,
but after seven year's of coaching at
Michigan I have to do what's best for
me and my family.
"The recruiting process has become
a grind. The days go from 8:15 a.m. un-
til nine at night. Spending time with my
husband and family is very important
to me."
SOLUK'S DEFENDERS point out
that the Michigan athletic department
it quits
never gave Soluk adequate support. But
Soluk refused to criticize the athletic
department. "I have really good
feelings about the university. I'm not
going to say anything negative because
that would sound like I am making ex-
cuses," she said.
Soluk has been Michigan's only
women's basketball coach since the
sport achieved varsity status seven
years ago. She arrived in Ann Arbor
having won two state championships
with St. Ladislaus High in Hamtramck
and having "turned the program
around at Wayne St." But her reign at
Michigan has been frought with con-
troversy.
Parents and players alike have
voiced numerous complaints about
Soluk's strategy and treatement.
Several key players have transferred
away, citing Soluk as a reason. Accor-
ding to Mazer and Soluk, Athletic
Director Canham was very supportive
of Soluk and tried to give her every op-
portunity to build a winning program.
After seven years of coming up empty,
Van De Wege represents a renewed ef-
fort.
Bosox,
Ojeda stum
Tigers
DETROIT (AP) - Boston left-hander Bob Ojeda saved his
best for the best.
Ojeda, outdueling Detroit ace Jack Morris, pitched his first
complete came shutout yesterday afternoon as the Boston
Red Sox earned a 1-0 victory over the Tigers.
AN EIGHTH-inning home run by Dwight Evans proved to
be all the offense Ojeda needed. "You can't explain this
stuff," Ojeda said. "You just go with it. Everybody was
pumped up when we came into Detroit and we all wanted to
win. This is fun. We needed this kind of series."
It was the second successive defeat for the Tigers, now 19-4
and marked the first time this season Detroit has lost two
games in a row. It was the first loss for Morris, who had won
five straight.
"It's guys like Ojeda who can mess us up," said Morris,
who pitched despite a severe cold. "I've seen it over the
years, guys like him - and Chicago's LaMarr Hoyt - who
have good off-speed stuff and can get it over the black like he
did today."
OJEDA, 2-2, allowed six hits and struck out a career-high
10 batters while walking three. Morris allowed only five hits,
struck out eight and walked three.
Evans, who had belted a two-run homer in Wednesday
night's 5-4 Boston triumph, led off the eighth inning by lining
Morris' first pitch into the lower left field seats for his third
homer of the season.
'M' Baseball Statistics
'M' batsmen to face
SUin two key DH's
Name, Pos.
Casey Close, OF-P .....
Barry Larkin, SS......
Jeff Minick, OF . ..
KenHayward, iB-P....
Mike Waters, CF ......
Rich Bair, C ...........
Dan Disher, OF-P .....
Chock Froning, OF-P ..
RobHuffman, OF.
Hal Morris, 5B.........
Danny Teresa.2B......
C. J. Beshke, 2B .......
Matl Siuda, 3B5....
Kurt Zimmerman, OF.
Chris GustOF ........
G
40
25
42
41
29
27
20
30
24
AB
109
75
1 1
115
107
32
52
31
40
58
29
Hitting
H R
42 33
26 25
28 18
35 31
36 38
31 17
8 9
,2 16
7 3
9 12 -
13 14
5 6
SB
4
6
10
3
2
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2
2
1
BB
17
16
32
19
3
1
8
16
19
5
2B-3B-1R1 RBI AVG
7-2-6 29 .385
5-0-2 12 .347
6-1-4 37 .315
8-5-1 17 .313
4-0-3 24 .290
1-3-2 7 .250
4-0-0 8 .231
2-0-0 2 .226
4-0-0 3 .225
2-2-0 7 .224
1-0-0 2 .172
63-16-24 224 .284
55-11-20 185 .251
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MICHIGAN ........... 42
Opponents........... 42
1097 311 266 48 204
1126 283 200 41 203
By ROB POLLARD
There will be more at stake than just
the state bragging rights when the
Michigan baseball team plays a pair of
doubleheaders this weekend against
arch-rival Michigan State. First place
in the Big Ten East is also on the line.
The Wolverines are currently per-
ched atop the division with a 6-2 mark.
The Spartans are second with a record
of 6-5. Michigan has this weekend's
games with the Spartans and four with
Purdue remaining in its path to a
fourth consecutive Big Ten East title.
IF MICHIGAN hopes to repeat as Big
Ten East champs they must handle the
pesky Spartans. This may be no easy
task. But Michigan shortstop .Barry
Larkin feels that the Wolverines will be
prepared for MSU.
"There's been talk that they're going
to sweep us," said Larkin. "All I can
say is we're going to be ready for
them."
Just like Michigan, the Spartans got
Na me
Jeff Minick............
John Grettenberger....
Ken Hayward .........
Scott Kamieniecki ..
JerryWolf.....k ..
Chuck Froning ........
Gary Wayne ...........
DaveKarasinski.......
Bill Shuta ..............
Casey Close ...........
Jon Wood ..............
Dan Disher ............
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11
11
10
10
12
4
7
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Pitching
SAV W-I. IP
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:3 6-1 27.7
0 20 1.
0 1-0 8.7
2 4-2 .51
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0_ 5-0 41.7
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1.62
4.14
4,24
5.14
5.83
7.02
7.20
2'3.68
off to a slow start, winning four and
losing seven on their spring trip. Since
then they have won 19 of 29 games, up-
ping their record to 23-17 going into
yesterday's doubleheader at Grand
Valley State.
The Spartan's strength lies in their
hitting. MSU has a team batting
average of .337, compared to
Michigan's combined mark of .284.
Leading the attack is junior third
baseman Dave Corey. Corey is batting
.417 with 48 hits. Junior left-fielder
Steve Marod is hitting at a .402 clip with
31 RBI. Shortstop Cordell Ross is right
at the .400 mark. Designated hitter
Mike Eddington boasts a .385 average
with a team leading 12 home runs and
38 RBI.
Game time on Saturday is 1:00 p.m.
at Ray Fisher Stadium. The teams do
battle again at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at
Kobs Field in East Lansing.
BIG TEN EAST GAMES
Saturday
Michigan State at MICHIGAN (2)
Sunday
MICHIGAN at Michigan State (2)
PurdueatIndiana (2)
Monday
Indiana at Purdue (2)
BIG TEN WEST
Saturday
Minnesota at Wisconsin (2)
NorthwesternatIowa (2)
Sunday
Minnesota at Wisconsin (2)
Northwestern at Iowa (2)
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MICHIGAN ........... 42
Opponents ............. 42
April
14 MICHIGAN 16 Indiana 10
Indiana 16MICHIGAN0
15 MICHIGAN 4 Indiana 1
16 MICHIGAN 3 Indiana 2
18 MICHIGAN 7 ClevelandState3
MICHIGAN13ClevelandState 3
19 MICHIGAN10ClevelandState6
28 MICHIGAN3OhioState2
42 11 30-12 292.3 283
42 . 4 12-30 283.3 311
203 208 5.11
204 171 7.12
BIG TEN BASEBALL
EAST
W L Pet.
MICHIGAN . . ........6 2 .750
Michigan State . ,.6 5 .545
Ohio State ................. 6 6 .500
Purdue .................... 4 4 .500
Indiana ................... 1 6 .167
Baseball Scores
MICHIGAN 2 Ohio State 0
29 MICHIGAN 3 Ohio State 0
Ohio State 8 MICHIGAN 4
May
i MICHIGAN 9Adrian 0
MICHIGAN12 Adrian1
2 Toledo5MICHIGAN4(10Innings)
MICHIGAN8Toledo7
GO
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2
2
GB
12
12
4
4
WEST
W L
Minnesota ............. 5 3
Northwestern ......... 4 :3
Wisconsin .............5 4
Ilowa............. 3 4
Illinois ................ 3 6
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.625
.563
.550
.429
.333