Pageth 11ch9tt Wdesayay11 1 *SPORTS Conference crown eludes 'M' netters in Minnesota Q: When was the last time a Michigan golfer hit a hole-in-one during tournament play? V66L 'L AeVY 'OSAUI wflsso j on5flJle uopuoo 3 :b By Josh Kaplan DAILY SPORTS WRITER MINNEAPOLIS - The Michigan men's tennisteamcametolast weekend's Big Ten Tennis Championships hoping to end heavily favored Minnesota's two- year reign as the conference's top team. In the end, the Gophers proved O much for the Wolverines, netting their 39th straight Big Ten victory, 4- 0, and their third straight title. "After a season of going through every match playing to keep the streak alive, it's a big relief to have won," Minnesota coach David Geatz said. "Our guys played great today." After surviving a scare by Penn State Friday inthe openinground,the Wolver- Wscruisedpastthird-seededNorthwest- ern Saturday, 5-0, setting up Sunday's showdown against the Gophers. The Wolverines achieved a five- point win as Adam Wager and Dan Brakus completed their matches on simultaneous points, almost racing each other to victory. Michigan had a chance to jump to an early lead over Minnesota in the doubles matches, but let the opportu- nity pass them by. "I thought we should have had the doubles point,"Michigancoach Brian Eisner said. "We had five match points and couldn't get it done." In singles play, Minnesota's Paul Pridmore sank Brakus, the Big Ten Player of the Year, in straight sets, 6- 3, 6-2. Brakus, playing with an in- jured finger, lacked his usual power and could not contend with Pridmore's accurate shot placement. After fighting off several match points, Wolverine sophomore John Costanzo fell to Big Ten Freshman of the Year Lars Hjarrand, 6-4, 6-2. Wager, Peter Pusztai and Geoff Prentice had each earned a one-set lead in their matches, but the meet was stopped before they had a chance to close out their victories. "This is not a 4-0 match," Eisner said. "It was much closer. We didn't get a chance to finish the matches we were ahead in." The season will continue for the Wolverines Friday when they com- pete in the Region IV Qualifying Tournament at Notre Dame. Michi- gan is seeded third and will face the host Fighting Irish. Mississippi's Ward picks 4Vichigan FROM STAFF REPORTS A highly rated recruiting class be- came the nation's best last Thursday, whenClinton,Miss.'sJerodWardcom- mitted to play in Steve Fisher's Michi- gan basketball program. The high school senior - winner of the 1994 Naismith Award, annually given to the country's top boy's prep player - is a 6-foot-8- inch swingman who averaged nearly 30 points per game this sea- Ward son. Ward played in the yearly McDonald's All-American game, *igh school basketball's de facto all- star game. WardandFelipeLopez,whoisheaded to St. Johns, are widely regarded as the best this year's class has to offer. At his press conference, the man who has been called "a guard in a forward's body" told reporters he went to bed headed to Cal, but woke up a Michigan man. AWard joins Willie Mitchell of Detroit 'g, Maurice Taylorof DetroitHenry Ford,DallasSpruce's MaceoBaston and Travis Conlan of St. Clair Shores in Fisher's highly touted fivesome. Golf 10th at Big Ten's Wisconsin runs away with women's title Michigan's loss this weekend cost it the Big Ten Championship. L1 By Darren Everson DAILY SPORTS WRITER The Michigan women's golf team arrived at the Big Ten Championships on fire, having just won their first tournament in two years. The Wolver- ines' flame flickered out, though, dur- ing a disastrous second round, which sent Michigan on its way to a 10th- place finish. WisconsinovertookIndianain the finalroundtowintheconferencetitle. The Badgers' combination of Rachel Wiese,LauraBleyhland Alissa Herron, all of whomplaced among the top six, was enough to offset the play of Hoo- sier Erika Wicoff, who finished first. Freshman Wendy Westfall was Michigan's top individual golfer, fin- ishing34th with atotalof 336. She and junior Tegan McCorkel had team- low scores of 80 in the first round. After that opening round, Michi- gan was well within shouting distance of the top five. Westfall felt that the Wolverines' undoing was the 18 holes of golf that followed. "We really let ourselves down in the secondround,"shesaid."Itcould've been fatigue, since that was the day we had to play 36 holes." For Michigan coach Kathy Teichert, who had modest hopes of a seventh-place finish, the performance wasn't too disappointing, consider- ing how difficult the course is. "(Ohio State's)course is very long and demanding," she said. 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