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'laims Big Ten title
Blue netters bounced
out of NCAA tourney
By Jon Schwartz
Dal Sports Writer
record against the Nittany Lions to 4-0
on the season, with all four wins coming
by shutout.
IOWA CITY - On the last day of Waiting in the wings in the champi-
softball's regular season, Iowa broke onship game were the Hawkeyes and
Michigan's heart. The Hawkeyes beat ace Kristi Hanks, a pitcher who had
Northwestetn and won the Big Ten title, allowed only one hit to the Wolverines
c reward for which was the right to earlier in the season and who had come
Wst the conference tournament. in late in Fridav's Pame and erased any
Not wanting to miss out on the fun, hope for a Michigan comeback.
the Wolverines returned the favor to This time, Michigan owned Iowa's
Iowa and its fans, beating the host star pitcher, collecting six hits off of her,
Hawkeves in dramatic fashion in the including Stephanie Volpe's two-run
title game to give Michigan its'fifth Big home run.
Ten Tournament championship since "I felt right on her," Volpe said. "I
the event's inception six years ago. think the wind helped it out a bit."
"I'm just really proud of my team," After the tournament win, the team
Michigan coach Carol Hutchins said. found itself in the bowels of Crisler
*e had to work awfully hard to win." Arena last night, awaiting news of Stefanie Volpe was one of a
Doing their best to make the job as whether or not Alumni Field would be in Michigan's BTT championship.
hard as possible for the Wolverines, chosen as a regional site for the NCAA
Iowa defeated Michigan by a score of 3- tournament. lower than the Cardinal, Michigan did
I ott Friday, which sent the Wolverines When the news was announced that beat Stanford in its first game of the
into an elimination game against Penn Michigan would host, cheers erupted season, behind an excellent perfor-
State in the semifinals on Saturday throughout the room. mance by junior pitcher Marie Barda.
morning. Despite the fact that Stanford Michigan will face Depaul in the first
But Michigan continued its season- received the No. I seed in the region, round on Thursday, with the tournament
long dominance of the Nittany Lions, the need for a regional site in the running through Sunday.
beating Penn State 2-0 for the second Midwest brought the event to Ann "I'm very excited for the fans,"
time in the tournament. Arbor. Hutchins said. "It can be a real advan-
The win upped the Wolverines' And although Michigan is seeded tage to have the crowd on our side."
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By Jeff Phillips
Daily Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, TX - When the
Michigan men's tennis team walked
off the court after a 4-0 loss to No. I1
Texas Christian University, fans of
both teams could be heard murmuring
the same thing - the score did not
show how close the match was played.
The final tally could have been 4-3
for TCU, or perhaps 4-3 in Michigan's
favor. When TCU clinched the victory,
two of the remaining three singles
matches were in the third set and one
was about to be pushed into the third.
"We had some chances, but we just
let them slip away," Michigan coach
Mark Mees said.
After Danny McCain and Zach Held
each lost in straight sets, the
Wolverines needed to the win all four
of the remaining matches. Michigan
lost the doubles point earlier in the day
after Matt Wright and Henry Beam fell
in a tiebreaker at the No. I position.
At No. 3 and No. 5 singles, Beam
and Ben Cox each won the first set and
were leading in the second, while at
No. I and No. 2 singles, Wright and
John Long each lost the first set 7-5.
As the teams played on, each match
began to swing in the other team's
favor. Beam and Cox struggled to fin-
ish their matches while Wright and
Long were poised for their comebacks.
But TCU's star Esteban Carril was
not about to let that happen. Carril, a
Spaniard who is ranked No. 7 in the
country, used the overwhelming crowd
support to break Wright's serve ip the
second game of the second set. After
every big point, Carril would join the
crowd in yelling "Vamos!," which in
English means 'Let's go!"
Despite the great play of Wright,
who defeated a top 10 opponent in his
previous match, Carril proved to be up
to the challenge. He defeated Wright
6-3 in the final set to end the match.
Meanwhile, Beam, Cox and Long
each pushed themselves to the limit.
Long was on the brink of forcing a
third set, while Beam and Cox each
had lost their second set. But,
Michigan did not have a char -e lo.
redeem itself as the remaining match-
es were abandoned once Carril defeat-
ed Wright.
"I am happy with the effort we gave
today," Mees said. "We competed very
well."
On Saturday, Michigan proved it
could play in the Texas heat by defeat-
ing Georgia State 4-1Ito advance to the
second round of the NCAA tourna-
ment against TCU.
The Wolverines dominated all facets
of the match against the Panthers.
Michigan won the doubles point easily,
then finished the day by getting the
remaining three points in straight set
victories from Long, McCain, and
Cox.
The final remaining competition for
Michigan will be the NCAA singles
championships, held May 20-23 in
Athens, Ga. Matt Wright was the lone
Wolverine selected to compete in the
64-player field.
By Albert Kim
Daly Sports Wuiter
In 1878, yellow fever almost wiped
out the entire population of Memphis,
nn. This weekend, the Michigan
women's crew team finished the job by
annihilating the field at' the NCAA
Central Regional in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The defending regional champion
Wolverines took care of business by
winning the first and second varsity
eight races by substantial margins, and
taking third in the varsity four race.
"We knew anything could happen, we
just had to make sure it would happen
for us," second coxswain Helen Dalis
*ld.
Both the first and second varsity eight
jumped out to early leads in the first
1,000 meters, and both held on for the
win. Although the varsity four didn't
win, it finished ahead of both Ohio State
and Michigan State.
"The team definitely responded this
weekend, and we just performed our
jobs really well," first coxswain Belinda
j.Loo said.
he Wolverines were the favorites
going in, and knew that they had a target
on their backs. Big Ten rivals Ohio State
and Michigan State were out to avenge
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The Michigan crew team was jubilant after it won the NCAA Central Regional
championship in Oak Ridge, Tenrn. this weekend.
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