16-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, May 3, 1995
Tumblers tie for 2nd at
NCAAs; Wymer wins title
Women
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By Brian F. Gorman
For the Daily
The Michigan women's gymnastics
team missed the national title by less
than 114 of a point last Friday at the
NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga.
The top five teams finished within 3/5 of
a point r in a very tight championship
meet.
Utah successfully defended its na-
tional title, finishing with 196.65 points.
The Wolverines and Alabama tied for
second with 196.425 points. UCLA was
fourth (196.15), favored Georgia settled
for fifth (196.075) and Oregon State
came in sixth (195.85).
The actual excitement and suspense
was even greater than the final scores in-
dicate. After Utah and Alabama had fin-
ished all four events on the final day,
UCLA, Georgia and Michigan all still
had one event left in the final rotation. k_
Going into the final round, each team
had a good shot at winning the meet.
The Bruins came up short on the
floor exercise with a49.175 and the Bull-
dogs did the same on the balance beam.
"Everyone self-destructed," Georgia
coach Suzanne Yoculan said, referring to
her team's performance in its final event.
Michigan needed a score of 49.5 in k
the vault to grab the national crown. But,
the Wolverines came up short with a
49.25, despite a 9.95 individual effort by
Wendy Marshall.
Beth Wymer claimed an NCAAv
Championship in the uneven bars with a}
score of 9.95. Wymer scored a perfect 10<
on the bars three times this year.
Even though Michigan had the op-
portunity to be the champions, Wolver-
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By Russ Ordonia
For the Daily
In sports an upset can lead to the mo'
incredible joy if you win, and itcan be hoi
rible if you lose. The Michigan women'
tennis team suffered a tremendous setbac
at the hands of Wisconsin in th
quarterfinals of the Big Ten Champior
ships. The No. 3 Wolverines ( 10-3 Bi
Ten, 16-7 overall) were defeated, 5-3, b
the sixth-seeded Badgers.
"We were all disappointed," sai
sophomore SarahCyganiak. "But Wisc
sin really played a lot better than they
during the regular season."
Michigan then rebounded to captor
fifth place in the tournament. After thei
loss, Friday, the Wolverines returned t
defeatsNo. 7Iowa, 5-1, Saturday, and No.
Illinois, 5-0, Sunday. Wisconsin finishe
the tournament in third place. Indiana rc
peated its performance from last year b
claiming the Big Ten crown.
Cyganiakeamed Big Ten Player of
Year honors. She was named Freshma
the Year in 1994.
For the second year in a row a Wolvei
ine has beenpicked as the conference's to
newcomer. This year, Sora Moon wa:
named the Freshman of the Year. Moot
finished the season with a 13-3 record ii
Big Ten competition. Her 25-11 overal
record ties her for second in team wins be
hind Cyganiak.
Both Cfganiak and Moon were nan'
to the all-conference team. It is the sec
season thatsCyganiak was chosen.
The other Wolverine to be honore
was Jaimie Fielding. The senior shared th
Sportsmanship of the Year award wil
Ohio State's Michelle Busch.
Men's Tennis:
The Michigan men's tennis team had
repeat of their 1994 performance at thi
year's Big Ten Championships. For t
second straight season the Wolverin
were defeated in the final round and had t
settle for second place finish behind Min
nesota.
In 1994 Michigan (11-2 Big Ten, 16-
overall) lost 4-0. This year the top-seede
Wolverines were upset by the Gophers, 4
2, in the championship match.
Michigan had an easy time advancing
to the final. They defeated Penn State, th
No. 8 seed, Friday, 4-1, and No. 5 Michi
gan State, Saturday,4-0, in the semi-fin4
In the finals, No. I John Costanzo an
No. 3 David Paradzik won their single
matches. The only other match that Michi
gan won was at No. I doubles, wher
Costanzo and Peter Pusztai combined fo
the victory.
Costanzo and Pusztai, both juniors
were named to the all-conference team. I
is the second year in a row that Costanz
has been chosen All-Big Ten.
Coach Brian Eisner was named the
Ten Cach of the Year. This is the fourt
time Eisner has been picked as th
conference's top coach. He was also se
lected from 1987-89.
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