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Michigan baseball
team signs seven
players for 2000
If you build it, they will come. Or
in the case of the Michigan baseball
am, if you rebuild it, they will
come.
In 1999 Michigan enjoyed its
most successful season since allega-
tions at the beginning of the decade
sent them spiraling into mediocrity.
Now with the program on the rise
again the Wolverines have secured
seven new players for the next mil-
lennium.
In the spring signing period
Michigan signed infielders Jordan
antalamessa (Englewood, Colo.)
nd Gino Lollio (Cape Coral, Fla.) as
well as outfielder Blake Rutkowski
(Glenview, Ill.) and catcher Jason
Wuerfel (Cedar, Mich.).
They join lefthanded pitcher Rich
Hill (Milton, Mass.), righthanded
pitcher Tim Leveque (Northridge,
Calif.) and infielder Brock Komsan
(Pueblo, Colo.).
Leveque and Hill were recently
&lected in the Major League
Baseball Draft by the Detroit Tigers
(29th round) and the Cincinnati Reds
(36th round) respectively.
Leveque was 3-2 during his senior
and posted an impressive 1.16 ERA
with 49 strikeouts, but only pitched
36 innings because of an injury. Hill
was 6-1 with a 2.30 ERA and 95
strikeouts in 55 innings of work.
Coach Geoff Zahn and his staff
will need some of the class of 2004 to
Op in and contribute immediately
with the departure of six starters in
the field and three starting pitchers
from last year's team.
Spartan fullback
caught gambling
Michigan State tailback Little John
owers will be arraigned this week on
~arges of gambling and interfering
with police, Kalamazoo District Court
officials said Friday.
The charges stem from a June 5
encounter with police at a Kalamazoo
park. University athletic officials say
Flowers, 19, was caught shooting dice
with friends and resisted arrest. He was
later released on bond.
Flowers was also named in a warrant
issued Thursday, a court administator
said. His arraignment is scheduled for
Ole 18.
The 6-0, 200 pound sophomore was
expected to battle for Michigan State's
starting tailback position this fall. Coach
Nick Saban has suspended Flowers
from the team indefinitely, Michigan
State sports information director John
Lewandowski said Friday.
Flowems pleaded guilty isn February to
a misdemeanor charge of disorderly
PawlGatling in connection with a 1998
<wl. Gambling and interfering with a
police officer are also misdemeanor
charges.
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The Michigan softball team
' racks up postseason honors.
AWARDS
Continued from Page 14
trio of junior Jaime Gillies and freshman Kate
Eiland. Her performance also earned her the
conference's pitcher of the year distinction,
largely from her flawless Big Ten record.
Kollen took over the second baseman's posi-
tion after Taylor had collected all-Big Ten hon-
ors the year before. Switching Taylor to right
field worked out well as the compact hitter bat-
ted .350 and stole six bases to make the all-Big
Ten first team yet again.
Volpe came in at the catcher spot from the
designated player position for injured All-
American Mellisa Gentile. The freshman Volpe
was a all-Big Ten selection at catcher. She hit
in 43 RBI's and batted .345 in her first season
of college softball.
Michigan took first-team selections at all of
the positions with the exception of centerfield
and shortstop. Conrad, Davie, Barda and third
baseman Pam Kosanke were unanimous first-
team selections.
The Wolverines finished the Big Ten season
losing the championship game to Minnesota
while hosting the tournament at Alumni Field.
Michigan won the regular season Big Ten title.
Hosting an NCAA Regional a week later, the
top-seeded Wolverines lost two straight games
to the two lowest-seeded teams, No. 6 Florida
Atlantic and No. 5 Notre Dame. The three
game losing streak ended a season that includ
ed a new Michigan record 33-game unbeaten
streak that stretched through the non-confer-
ence and conference season.
The unbeaten streak was sparked the week-
end of the Speedline Classic after the
Wolverines struggled to a 5-5 record in
February. Michigan went on to remain unbeat-
en in March and most of April before returning
to the slump it started in.
The season ended the way it started, with a
three-game losing streak. As post-season
awards indicate, beginnings and ends don't
determine a season.
MICHELLESWELIS/Dai
Former Michigan leftfielder Cathy Davie chose to bypass pro-
softball for a season and complete her degree.
Sportsfor summerfans
B ERKAthe summer, but I won't go into them.
Continued from Page 13 Instead, I plan on observing a Michigan
summer tradition that best suits my ath-
but the white ball in softball is a lot big- letic skills.
ger and a lot easier to knock the hell out Taking a nap after a cold beer and a
of, which always helps one's athletic few games of PlayStation.
self-esteem. - TJ Berka can be reached via e-mail
Putt-Putt Golf and Games can also at berkatiwnussich.edu.
help refine your softball skills, as they
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FRISBEE: Usually played on the same
field as the IM softball games - often
simultaneously - frisbee is another way
to warm up the athletic skills.
You get to run around chasing a flat
disc and get to try to throw it as far as
possible. And animals can play this
game, which is always a plus.
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