BASEBAL Continued from page 20 runs in the seventh for a 15-2 final. Chris Hesse (3-1), who relieved Michigan starter Mark Temple in the sixth inning, suffered his first loss. First baseman Chad Chapman was 3- for-5 with two doubles and four RBI. Coston also had three hits for Michigan. Bob Spears (6-3) took the mound in the second inning to earn the win for Ohio State. In the nightcap, the Wolverines again jumped out to an early lead, only to be blown away, 18-7, by the Buck- eyes. Michigan scored two runs in the first inning and one more in the second for a 3-0 lead. But Ohio State scored in each of the next five innings, including a seven-run fifth, for an 18-3 lead. Weaver hit two homers, his ninth and 10th of the season, to lead Michi- gan. Van Oeveren added his fifth home run of the year. Weaver finished his junior season with a .500 Big Ten batting average. The leftfielder has hit safely in 30 of his last 32 games. He finished second in the conference in batting to Michi- gan State rightfielder Scott Ayote, who went 9-for-16 this weekend against Il- linois Redshirt freshman Brian Steinbach (2-3) took the loss for Michigan. Andy Nofke (3-1) picked up the win. Saturday, the Wolverines came out cold, falling 7-1 to the Buckeyes. Centerfielder Brian Simmons hit his team-leading 13th homerun of the sea- son in the fourth inning for Michigan's only run. Weaver also had two hits. Wolverine starter Matt Ferullo (3- 8) took the loss while Kevan Cannon (8-4) went the distance for Ohio State. In game two, Michigan squandered 1-0, 3-1, and 7-5 leads in an 18-8 set- back. The Buckeyes scored eight runs in the fourth inning off reliever Chuck Winters (2-1). Van Oeveren had three doubles and Chapman cranked his fourth homer and a double to lead the Wolverines. Ron Nelson (5-0) earned the vic- tory in relief. Thursday, the Wolverines collected two wins in one day for only the sec- ond time all season, beating Detroit Mercy, 4-3, and Dayton, 10-0, to win the first annual Great Lakes Invita- tional Baseball Tournamnet held in Detroit's Tiger Stadium. Simmons reached base six times in seven plate appearances and was named Most Valuable Player. Simmons was 3-for-4 with a triple, a homerun, three RBI, three runs and three walks. Van Oeveren was 2-for-4, with two RBI and two runs scored in the cham- pionship game against Dayton. All three of Simmons RBI came in the sec- ond game. Hesse pitched four hitless innings allowing just one walk to pick up the win. Dayton defeated Michigan State 4- 3 in 11-innings earlier in the day to ad- vance to the final game. In game one, Coston's sacrifice fly in the seventh snapped a 3-3 tie. Coston was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI in the game. Winters allowed two runs on two hits in just one inning of action, but got the win for the Wolverines. Wednesday, May 17, 1995 -The Michigan Daily - I7 SOFBALL Continued from page 20 Earlier in the game, the Hawkeyes opened up the scoring when sopho- more Kari Knopf sent the ball sailing over the leftfield foul pole for a solo home run. But Michigan responded in the third inning when Michelle Silver, having been advanced to second off Cheryl Pearcy's slap bunt, scored on Sara Griffin's RBI single. In the next inning, sophomore Jes- sica Lang hit a home run of her own with nobody on base to up the score to 2-1. Finally, Iowa capitalized on two Wolverine errors in the fifth to score one run, but Michigan promptly re- covered and ended any further scoring. Griffin picked up the win and Tate hit 2-for-4 with the game winning RBI. Tate also had the best batting av- erage of any player in the tournament. Friday the Wolverines defeated Minnesota in a game that blazed with the fire of Kovach's bat. The senior hit her way to four RBI with a three-run home run over the left-center fence. She also knocked in the game-winning run in the sixth in- ning. After Pearcy was safe at first, when the Golden Gopher infield failed to field her bunt, Kellyn Tate sacri- ficed her to second. Grifffin followed with a groundout before Kovach singled up the middle to score Pearcy. Tracy Taylor, pinchrunning for Kovach, then scored on Kathryn Gleason's single. As the Golden Gophers triedt rally from their 5-3 deficit in the last inning, a Minnesota pinchrunner walked off first base and took her hel- met off after a teammate popped out in the seventh inning - but there was only one out. That set the stage for the Wolverine defense to make the double play and complete the inning, shutting down Minnesota's offensive surge. Griffin pitched in the victory, recordings strikeouts and surrendering just two walks. Saturday morning Michigan easily beat Iowa. The Wolverines terrorized starting pitcher Jennifer McMahon. scoring for runs in the first inning. Griffin's double scored Pearcy and Griffin then crossed the plate on a double steal. Kovach singled and moved to sec- ond, and Lang hit a two-run double to score Kovach and Tate. Kathryn Gleason also hit a solo in the second inning and Iowa coach Gayle Blevins removed McMahon af- ter the pitcher had faced only nine bat- ters. Many Wolverines picked up Big Ten awards for the season. Kovach was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, and Griffen was given the hon- ors of both Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year. The Wolverines celebrate their Big Ten title with commemorative hats. REGIONALS Continued from page 20 verines, 4-3, at the Arizona State Classic in Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 24. No one, including the Wolverines, know much about their soon-to-be opponets. "When I read the other teams off to my players," Michigan coach Carol Hutchins said. "Sara Griffin is looking at me like, 'Who are these people?"' After trouncing Minnesota and Iowa twice to win the Big Ten conference tournament at Alumni Field this week- end, the Wolverines will enter the NCAA Regional tourney as the No. 1 seed. Michigan also won the conference regular season title. The Wolverines and Notre Dame, who won the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, are the only two of the four teams to earn automatic berths into the NCAA's 32-team field. Depaul, who plays in the Mid-Con- tinent conference, defeated Tennesse Tech (Ohio Valley Conference) in a play-in game, where the winner got the chance to come to Ann Arbor. Illinois-Chicago received an at-large bid. Michigan faces Depaul at 4:30 Fri- day afternoon. And the Blue Demons may just suprise the Wolverines. "To be honest, I know nothing about Depaul," Hutchins said of her furst- round opponet. "I know they are usually a good hitting team." Illinois-Chicago may be a bit of a suprise as well. The Flames went to the World Series last year after defeating Big Ten champion Indianain the NCAA Regional finals. They also beat Michigan in both the 1992 and 1993 seasons. "We don't take Illinois-Chicago for granted," Hutchins said. "We lost the last two games against them. I don't dwell on losing, but I don't forget it ei- ther." The Regional Tournament is a double-elimantion format that pits Friday's losers aginst each other Satur- day as well as Friday's winners. The winner of the loser's bracket and the winner's bracket will play in Sunday's championship game at 1 p.m. If one two teams are left with one loss, a seventh game is scheduled for approxi- mately 3:30 p.m., Sunday. The Wolverines are making their third Regional appearance in the last four years. Southwestern Louisiana beat Michigan, 2-1, in the 1993 Regional Championship, which was also held in STOP LOOKING!. 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