Wednesday, May 26, 1993 - The Michigan Daily S erWeeky-10 P sawiW M Q: Who made the last out in the 1969 World Series? 4 iefeuej sPGy .OeuIuOLq .y Michigan season meets conclusion Shortstop Mary Campana and the Wolverines failed to advance to t Fisher starts early o By KEN DAVIDOFF season, Conlan averaged 14.5 points MLY BASKETBALL WITER and 9.8 assists per game and gamered Having just completedalackluster all-state honors as a junior. He led his recruiting class for this upcoming sea- squadto an undefeated regular season son,Michiganmen'sbasketballcoach and an appearance in the semifinal Steve Fisher got a head start on the roundof the Class B state tournament. 1994-5 season by receiving his first "Ichose Michigan becauselknow verbal commitment this past week. it's a real fine academic institution as Travis Conlan, a 6-foot4 point well as athletic, and I didn't want to guardfromSt.ClairShoresLakeShore, have very many pressures going into said he would attend Michigan after my senior year," Conlan said. "I fig- hissenioryearofhighschool.Thispast ured I'd getit outof the way.I was real by Ragin' By RACHEL BACHMAN and JAESON ROSENFELD DALY SPORTS WRITERS As the saying goes, quitters never winandwinnersneverquit.Lastweek- end at the NCAA regional, the Michi- gan softball team did neither. "I thought our team played their guts out all weekend. We (just) didn't get that timely hit when we needed it," Michigan coach Carol Hutchins said. After defeatingBowlingGreen8-2 in its first game, the team dropped its next two, 6-5 and 2-1, to No.8 South- western Louisiana. TheWolverinesputtogetheratwo- out rally against the Ragin' Cajuns on Saturday, and again with a runner on third and no outs in the top of the seventh on Sunday. Both tries, and in he College World Series, bothgae Michigan came up shot. Sunday's game featured masterful pitching Performances fromnboth sides, nrecruitsespeiall owle ru i s esecillyCajun pitcher Kyla Hall, who improved to 27-1 on the season. impressed with Michigan and whatit Hall allowed only three hits heading had to offer in both aspects." into the top half of the seventh, where Conlan said that Fisher first at- the Wolverines saw their chances of tended one of Conlan's games his evening up the contest slip away. freshmanyear.SeveralotherBig Ten TheinningstartedoffforMichigan schools, Stanford,USCandMissouri with Big Ten Player of the Year Patti hadalsoexpressedinterestinConlan. Benedict lining Hall's first pitch to "I think he's the best point guard straight away center. Centerfielder inthestateofMichigan," LakeShore Jenni Thomas got a late break on the coachGreg Eslersaid."He'sgotgreat balland tried to shorthopit,only to see size and he has very long arms, and the ball bounce between her legs and he's a tremendous defensive player." roll all the way to the wall. Benedict took twoextrabasesontheerror,man- Edating merely a sacrifice fly to tie up "t*hi .'*o.t the game. *u*u *,d*c*n Wolverine catcher Karla Kunnen *sgroundedouttoshortstop,andMichelle Silver followed with a grounder to "6 stylists--No Waiting! third that turned into an infield single DASCOLA STYLISTS when Cajun Lynn Britton threw late after looking Benedict back to third. LIBERTY OFF STATE 668-9329 Cajuns Tracy Carr follwed her by grounding to third, setting up the game's finalat- bat by hurler Kelly Kovach with run- ners on second and third. Kovach worked the count to two- and-two, then fouled off the next two pitches from Hall. The Wolverines' rally ended when Kovach struck out swinging on the next pitch. "Ijusthatelosing.Period," Kovach said. Indeed, the weekend was arough one for her, as she lost both games to the Cajuns. The pair of defeats moved her season record to 25-4. Michigan drew first blood in the game, manufacturing a run on one hit inthe topof the third. Lisa Arvialifted a sacrifice fly to left, driving in the Wolverines' lone run. SouthwesternLouisianathenstrung together three hits in the fifth - in- cluding twodoubles-toestablsh the final victory margin. The Wolverines' first taste of the Cajuns was also a bitter one, but was not without its sweet spots. In the fourth inning,Karla Kunnen hit a fly ball to deep center, which was bobbled, then dropped, by the centerfielderallowing Kunnentoreach first. The next play, Silver crushed anotherone-this time toleftfield- which was also mishandled. After Kovach reached first on a fielder's choice, freshman Kathryn Gleasonhitaflytocenter,againbobbled by the centerfielder. Herhitscored one and sent Kovach to third. Arvia capped off Michigan's of- fensive explosion and inning of good fortune with ascore-tying base hit that got by the centerfielder once again. "It was not a good day for the outfielders for the Lady Cajuns,"Cajun coach Yvette Girouard said. Despite the Cajuns' four errors on the day, they held on for the victory. Michigan shortstop Mary a 6 I T T f1/TA C (T T R Ar R Ar T--.N Tl ci T, Tt i-i T A T a f I lt'mnana rntnnrM the. fae~nlnfhie.~ -. U EU N IU* I LV M Er El lQ- WAU mu i 'i"'~UIG1 iG Gll ' i iU 'w1 11l L3 V 1 a u wa 1\0 1 L' NAwa1umu WRYU M tin the face of disappointment. L Sce166MI3® "Wejustsaidweweregoingtowin and never give up, and we didn't give up," Campana said. LEARN TO -FLY- Classes starting now at the Ann Arbor Airport. Call the Aviation Center 9 662-6806 o