14 - ite Micrigan Daily - Monday, May 14, 2001 'M' tennis bounced early Football fix GAMEDAY 2001: The Big Ten announced the preliminary television schedule for the 2001 football season. Michigan was guaranteed four television spots for the By Steve Jackson Daily Sports Editor Hopes were high for the Michigan tennis team on Thursday, when the Wolverines were selected for their fourth straight trip to the NCAA Tour- nament after winning six of their last eight Big Ten dual matches. But after a sluggish start in its first round match against Kentucky (15-14), Michigan found itself with its third first-round exit in four seasons (4-1). "We didn't really play very well," Michigan coach Mark Mees said. "We dug some holes for ourselves early, but I think we started to play a little better later in the match." The Wolverines dropped the doubles point to the Wildcats, losing at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. That momentum carried over into the singles play, where junior Greg Novak finished with the lone victory for Michigan at the No. 6 spot, 6-2, 7-6 (3). "Kentucky's a good team and you just can't afford to fall that far behind," Mees said. After an inconsistent and disappoint- ing season, the Wolverines (12-10) will use summer workouts and amateur tournaments to improve for next sea- son. "Nobody on this team is satisfied or happy at all, with where we finished in the Big Ten or nationally," Mees said. "This isn't what we aspire to at the Uni- versity of Michigan. We want to be in the top 20 and competing for the con- ference title." The Wolverines will return their entire roster for next season. upcoming season. OPPONENT DATE TimE STATION Miami (Ohio) Sept. 1 3:30 p.m. ESPN Regional at Washington Sept. 8 3:30 p.m. ABC Purdue Oct. 13 12:10 p.m. TBA Ohio State Nov. 24 1 p.M. ABC WOOD$ON: According to the State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson accepted in excess of $13,000 in cash and gifts from Summit Manage- ment during his final season with Michigan. Accepting such gifts while competing violates NCAA rules, but it is unlikely there will be a punishment for the Wolverines. Charles Woodson FILE PHOTO Lax upset i*n St. Louis Casual dining at its best! REWARD YOURSELF! Corner of 1st and Huron St. Downtown AA (734) 623-7400 "Exceptionaf" www.damatos.com Ann Arbor Observer ****Det#Wt Free Press Piano Bar Thurs- Sat 9 out of 10 Ann Arbor News By Seth Klempner Daily Sports Editor For coaches of top ranked teams, there is no greater fear than the lack of motivation of one's team. That inner demon allows for upsets and strikes when teams least expect it. The Michigan men's lacrosse team fell victim to those same demons earlier this week. After grabbing the No. 1 ranking in the USLIA at the end of the regular season, the Wolverines were upset by No. 9 California-Santa Bar- bara 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the 16- team tournament. "For whatever reason, we have been a little flat since our big win against BYU a few weeks ago," coach John Paul said. "We haven't been able to recapture that energy and haven't been able to put together a 60 minute game" Santa Barbara jumped out to an early two-goal lead while holding Michigan scoreless until late in the second quarter with a defensive offense and Michi- gan's poor early shooting. Michigan got back on track with a goal by Kevin Chan at 3:44 in the sec- ond quarter. Michigan then followed up with two goals in less than two minutes to tie the game 3-3. "After we scored those goals we went back to that mentality of we're the bet- ter team we should win this," senior defender Greg Deutch said. After falling behind in the third quar- ter, Santa Barbara scored two goals to give them the lead. Michigan had one more chance to tie the game, but Santa Barbara won a groundball and cleared the ball to hold on to the victory. Michigan bounced back from the loss with wins over Sonoma State and California in the consolation round to finish fifth overall in the tournament. Recruits' grades havw Amaker 'concerned' By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Editor Michigan basketball inked fo recruits in the early-signing perio but currently just one, 6-foot- guard Dommanic Ingerson of San Barbara, Calif., is academically el gible. The other three - Flint Nort ern's 6-foot-6 guard JaQuan Har Detroit King's 6-foot-7 forwa Chuck Bailey and 6-foot-8 forwa Kelly Whitney of Chicago - yet to meet the required test scot-. "We are concerned. We're hop ful, but we're concerned," Michig coach Tommy Amaker said. "It getting late. We're already into Ma There aren't that many more oppo tunities to gain the necessary qual fying test score." If all four eventually reach t required score and play at Mich' next year, Amaker can sign just more scholarship athlete this ye as a new rule states a team cann hand out more than five a year. B Amaker may just hold on to th fifth scholarship for now. "What we're probably going to is just use it for the next class Amaker said. "We're going to li and die right now with who we a and looking for the younger ki looking to complete their juni year in high school. That will us the full cycle to really recr them this summer going into th senior years, have a chance to g some kids to want to come on boa here." Amaker had been pursuing footer Chris Charles who had giv an oral commitment to Seton H before Amaker's departure. Charles has now orally comn to Villanova, another Big Ea school, after considering Michiga EDDIE'S READY: Standout fres man Eddie Griffin, who was recru ed to Seton Hall by Amak discussed his decisionwith coach while Amaker was still charge of the Pirates. "We talked about it. I think he h a phenomenal freshman yea Amaker said. Amaker said events suc falling hard on his knee in e December and his brother passi away weighed on his mind an pushed him toward deciding t make the jump to the NBA. "I think he made a very goo decision because I think he's goin to be drafted anywhere from one t five," Amaker said. "If you're pr jected to be that high of a draft p it's kind of hard not to encour him to make that move. I thoug that's what he was leaning towar anyway." - 1rf University of Michigan Tae Kwon Do Club New members welcome! All experience levels Contact bpmartin@umich.edu _ , ,: , ,. .. t . , . _ , _ M r