The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 15, 2000 - 15
SPORTs BRIEFS MiCiGANe NOTEStin D\ ed fo Wolve
Izzo turns down Golfers attain goal asD 1 Snal seSn ends for Wole n
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'Aawks' job offer NCAA selects Blue By Ryan C. Moloney
EAST LANSING (AP) The
Atlanta Hawks w ill have to look
elsewhere for a coach. Tom ceo
will remain at Michi'ran State.
Izzo, who led Michigan State to
the NCAA basketball title last
month, said Satnrdav he turned
* wn a S15 million ol'fr to replace
enny Wilkens, wsho resigned as the
Hawks' coach after a disappointing
season.
It wasn't that the NBA wasn't
attractive. Izzo, his voice some-
times cracking with emotion, said
the bottom line was that he felt a
bond with the university, and espe-
cially with his players.
Driver Pet dies
4practicin or race
LOUDON N H (AP) Adam Petty tho
earlier this year became the first fturth- ener-
ation stock car driver, died Fridt during prae-
tice for the Busch 200 at New [latmpshire
International Speedways
Petty, who wxas 19, died wiithi a
month of his great-grandfather Lee, who
as one of the pioneers of NASCAR.
Petty brushed the wall in Turn 3 at
130 mph and spun out, smashing side-
ways itnto the cotctste. Psety as
trapped itside his car Itti 2( itt S
before rescue workers Cut through the
roof to free him.
At Concord Hospital, lie was pro-
nounced dead of head trauma.
-fim staffrtsi
The Michigan men's golf tear was
one of 27 learns selected to paiticipate
in the NCAA entral Regional
Championship, iVictona, t I
The 54-hole tournaei nt will irun
May 18-20, ith il cmpttors playitg
18 holes each dayt
This is Mtthi's second NCAA
appsearance in tO vs ths llast titmle
beinc in 1997 wre the Wolserines
placed eighth in the regional tourna-
ment and 25th i ln the NCAA
Championship.
Current senior standout Mike Harris
is the only player returning from the
97 squad, where ie hopes to improe
fiom his 86h place NCANA finish-
I/rom staff reits
Football inks blue-
chip linebacker
hlie Michigan football team received
its third verbal commitment from the
class of 2005 front All-American full-
back and linebacker Scott McClintock.
McClintock enters Iis senior year in
Belle Vernon, PA, rated a top 100 junior
bv G&W Recruiting and a top 101 play-
er by Prep Football Report.
lie boasts a 6-3. 240 pound fratte,
can bench press 345 pounds, and runs
te 41-yard dashinii458 secondirs.
heclintock is tie first out-of-state
player to conirt to tie Wolverines. Ie
joins Michigan natsves Leo Hflenige, an
outside linebacker from Chesaning, and
Ernest Shazor, a safety from Detroit.
:fior sir/freprts
Daily Sports Editor
For most observers of the Michigan
baseball team, the struggle revolved
around triving to successfully crack the
mvsterv of the team's season-long
funk.
Iow to su i up a 20-32-I record?
After the Wohlveries were swept at
horey is Minnesota, vOthi was viewed
as the reast for tire itepriiitUde in the
field. The emergence of pitchers
Bobby Korecky and Nick Alexander
gently teased the Michigan faithful into
helieviIng in the possibility ofa BigTen
TOUrnarnerit berth.
Iosses to MAC doormats Toledo
and Eastern Michigan were cause for
hiead-scratching of "Colombo" propor-
tions. Perhaps intensity was the prob-
len.
But today. there is only one sure way
to describe the Michigan Nine's season
- over.
The Wolverines split this weekend's
series with Iowa 2-2, with the losses
spanning the season's final two games,
including an 8-5 defeat yesterday.
II actuality, the season's meter tad
all but expired last wveekend when the
Wolverines emerged from their series
ivith Michigan State with a 2-2 split. In
order to qUalify for the last spot in the
BT', Michigan
needed to sweep its
four-gare set with 44 caliber le end
Iowa and hope for a Ray Fisher, Michigan's baseball
Penn State sweep manager from 1921-58, was orig
over sixth-place inally honored when the
Northwestern. Wolverines' named their stadium
Northwestern held after him in 1967. This past
an I1-6 lead in Saturday. the Wolverines again MARJORIE MARSHAL L/Dtt
Friday's oame, but its paid tribute to his memory,
totponient due to unveiling his No. 44 in right field, next to Don Lund's
rain injected a hope No. 33, Moby Benedict's No. 1 and Bill Freehan's No.
serurm into the 11. Here are Fisher's career highlights:
Wolerines for a 637 career wins -'
Saturday, and it n15 Big Ten titles
showed. a 1953 national championship
Korecks care
within one out of a
no-hitter in the first game of Sattirday's
twiribill, accepting the one-hit Shutout,
3-0.
But when Northwestern's win was
assured, the wind appeared to leave the
sails for the Wolverines.
"The last few weekends we played
well, but we came up short in too many
ganies," Michigan coach Geoff Zahn
said. "We were just a hTtle short this
year with so many new guys and inex-
perienced players.
"Everybody made improvements
through the year, that's what we need to
do going into next year."
In Sunday's contest, Rich Hi1 started
Frosh phenom Young
By Jon Schwartz
Dalvy Sports Writer
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MLB Stmdings
ALCENTRAL W L PCT GB ROME AWAY STK
Cleveland 1915.559 - 78 127 Won 3
Chicago 2016.556 - 116 910 Won 3
Minnet n720.ss as 11-11 a st
Detroit 11 21324 8 69 514 Won 2
ALEAST W L PT GB HOME AWAY STK
NY Yankees 22 12647 - 12-5 17 Lost 3
Boston 2112636 .5 115 10-7 won 4
*ronto 20 1&526 4 12-9 89 won I
Baitimore 1620.444 7 107 6-13 Lost 6
Tampa Bay 1322.371 9.5 5-9 813 Lost 1
AL.WEST W L PCT GO HOME AWAY STW
Srattie 18 165.529 - 50-5 8it onr 1
Oakland 1 t1.514 .5 11 12t 7 ost
Anaheim 1820.474 2 1111 7-9 Lost 2
Texas 1719.472 2 1012 07 Won 2
NL-CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME AWAY STK
Cincinnati 2015,571 - 108 107 Won 6
St. Louis 2016.556 .5 12-8 &S Lost 3
Pittsburgh 1619.457 4 911 7-8 Won 1
Houston '1421400 6 512 9 Lost 2
Chicago 1524.385 7 912 612 Won
Silwaukee 1423.378 7 6-10 8-13 Lost 1
NLEAST - W L PCT GB HOME AWAY STK
Atlanta 24 12.667 -- 14 4 1&-8 Won 2
Floida 2117.553 4 14-9 7-8 Won 4
Montreal 1816.529 5 128 6.8 Lost 1
NY Mets 1919.500 6 1"8 9-11 Lost 2
Philadelphia 1322.371 10.5 610 7-12 Lost 2
N WEST W L PCT GB HOME AWAY SW9
urizona 2610.722 - sax5 sat Wo
.o nios 1916.543 6.5 11-10 Won 2
San Frootntiste.1529 0 9-8 9-8st 2
Coin'ano 1015.8 s t-4 6-t4 Wo 2
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After months and months (and
months and months) of regular-
season games, the postseason is
finally underway for both the NHL
and the NBA.
Here's how all of the playoff
series are shaping up through
yesterday.
NHL Conference Finals
Western Conference:
(3) Colorado leads (2) Dallas, 1-0
Eastern Conference:
(4) New Jersey leads
(1) Philadelphia, 1-0
NBA Conference Semifinals
Western Conference:
(1) L.A. Lakens leads
(5) Phoenix, 3-1
(3) Portland leads (2) Utah, 3-1
Eastern Conference:
Ill Indiana leadn
(5) Philadelphia, 3-1
(2) Miami tied with
131 New York, 2-2
Today's Schedule (all times
Eastern):
NHL: Colorado at Dallas, 7 p.m.
NBA: Philadelphia at Indiana,
8 p.m.
IOWA CITY - Saturday, in the final
afternoon of the 2000 Big Ten
Tournament at lowa's Pearl Field,
Michigan freshman pitcher Marissa
Young had quite a line - three hits, no
runs, two RBI and 18 strikeouts.
Most irnpressisely: 14 innings pitched.
Young carne through for the
Wolverines, pitching two complete game
shutouts, first against third-seeded Penn
State in the semifinals and then against
top-seed Iowa in the title game.
And when catcher Kim Bugel caught
the final pitch of the day, a called third
strike to the Hawkeyes' Kelly Zeilstra,
the Wolverines attacked the freshman
star, who was the hero in making
Michigan the tournament champion.
"In the first game I threw her, she
started a little slow," Michigan coach
Carol Hutchins said. "But she kept get-
ting better and better and in about the
sixth inning I thought, 'Wow, she's just
warming up."'
But more impressive than Young's
numbers was the way that she went about
getting them. After surrendering a hit to
the first batter on the day, Young held the
next 33 batters hitless.
In the title game against Iowa, with
junior Marie Barda warmed up, Young
kept on fining. Stephanie Volpe's two-run
home run in the fifth was all of the sup-
port that she needed.
But against Penn State, she didn't
need any offensive support from her
teammates. Young knocked in the
game's only two runs to go along with
her seven innings of one-hit ball.
"We weren't able to put any tits
together and that was the difference,"
Penn State coach Robin Petrini said.
and took the loss, allowing 7 earned
runs over 1.2 innings. His replacement,
senior Bryan Cranson, picked up the
slack admirably in his last outing.
going 6.1 innings and allowing only
one earned run. The goateed Cranson
smiled as he walked off the mound into
a maze of congratulatory hugs and pats
on the back, from his teammates.
"I'm tickled to death for Bryan
because he's been a real worklfors For
us and he's had his ups and downs,"
Zahn said. "He finished on a good
note."
David Parrish went 3-4 with two
homteruns in the losing effort.
dominates
Marissa
Young
mowed
downothe
op Osition
at the Big
Ten
Tournamet
this
weekend.
Qunn/Dail
Young's performance yesterday might
not have been her best when compared
to her season stats which include a no-
hitter against South Florida on Feb. 29.
But she established herself for the
future, which looks brighter than ever
after such an overpowering display..
"I think she'll dominate the Big Ten"
senior co-captain Melissa Gentl'said.
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