At rhigan Jaui1 SPORTS 0 michigandaily.com sportsdesk@umich.edu MONDAY MAY 13, 2002 Wolverines, Tar Heels scrap home-and-home By J. Brady McCollough Daily Sports Editor And the wacky world of college foot- ball scheduling strikes again. In the mid-1990s, Michigan and North Carolina officials agreed to play a home-and-home series that would begin on Sept. 19, 2009 in Chapel Hill, N.C. and close on Sept. 18, 2010 in Michigan Stadium. But in the years since the plan was made, both schools have made numer- ous personnel changes, including new athletic directors, and the agreement was pushed under the books and almost forgotten. That is, until North Carolina Assis- tant Athletic Director Larry Gallo wrote Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin a letter trying to confirm the unwritten agreement. Michigan responded by telling Gallo that it wasn't interested in scheduling the home-and-home series any longer. "I was trying to solidify (the agree- ment), and we were told we weren't going to play," Gallo said. "That's basi- cally it. That's fine. We're all disap- pointed. We understand." But Gallo's understanding tone was not conveyed in a story published in the Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun last week, which reported that Gallo said Michi- gan only schedules home-and-home series with Notre Dame. Officials from both schools agree the story has been blown out of proportion. "That's what I had heard," Gallo said. "I thought I remembered that. I think (the Herald-Sun) took it out of context. I told them, 'I know they play Notre Dame home and home.' I said, 'Why is this a story?'" Said Michigan Associate Athletic Director Warde Manuel: "We took it off the books for consideration a few years ago. I'm not sure where the mix up occurred, but this was never anything we had agreed upon. There was some mix up with the people at North Caroli- na, and why it came up now, and why it's a story, I don't know." The Wolverines have home-and- home series scheduled with Washing- ton (2001-02), Notre Dame (2002-03) and Oregon (2003-04). Michigan origi- nally scheduled Oregon for 2002-03 but rescheduled to lighten its already daunt- ing nonconference slate this season. A clean sweep Home, sweet home Michigan will open its post- season play Thursday at Alumni Field against Canisius. The Wolverines are the No. 2 seed in the sixth region of the NCAA Tournament - there are eight regions overall. The winner of region six will advance to the Womens' Col- lege World Series. No.1seed: Washington 43-16, No. 4 in Pacific region No. 2 seed: Michigan 46-9, Big Ten champion No. 3 seed: Ohio State 53-12, No. 2 in Mideast region No. 4 seed: Central Michigan 38-14, MAC champion No. 5 seed: Canisius 33-14, MAAC champion No. 6 seed: Oakland 24-35-1, Mid-Continental DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily champion Marissa Young embraces Mary Conner (15) after winning the Big Ten Tournament. Blue wins BTT to complement season title Headaches? Michigan Head*Pain & Neurological Institute is conducting a research study evaluating a potential treatment for migraine. Participants must be 18 to 65 years old and experience at least 4 headaches per month. Study-related medical care and compensation for time and travel are provided. Please call our Research Staff for more information. Michigan Head*Pain & Neurological Institute Joel R. Saper, M.D., FEA.C.P., Director 3120 Professional Drive Ann Arbor, Ml 48104 www.MHNI.com For more information, contact Jane Mayer, R.N., at (734) 677-6000, ext. 4 By Kyle O'Neill Daily Sports Writer No. 1 seed against the No. 2 seed. Big Ten Pitcher of the Year against the Big Ten Player of the Year. 2001 Big Ten Coach of the Year against the 2002 Big Ten Coach of the Year. Michigan against Ohio State. For the fourth time this season the Maize and Blue faced the Scar- let and Gray at Alumni Field. And for a fourth time, the Wolverines sent the Buckeyes packing with a loss. This time with the scoreboard reading 2-1. But Saturday was much different from the teams' revious meetin.e With the Big Ten Tournament title on the line, there were no sloppy errors costing a team the game like the mis- takes did the Buckeyes in their first meeting this year. There were no offen- sive surges like the Wolverines saw in their other two victories -including a 5-0 win on Friday. In the final game of what was "the toughest (Big Ten) Tournament to date," according to Michigan coach Carol Hutchins, it was fitting that the only three runs were scored in the beginning of the game, as both teams relied on their defenses to win the title. Michigan - which played the role of the visiting team Saturday - began its offensive attack in the first inning with a Meghan Doe single. Catcher Monica Schock added another single to advance Doe to third and Schock proceeded to steal second to give Michigan runners in scoring position with two outs. Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Marissa Young walked, bringing up Melinda Moulden, who already had a game- winning hit in Thursday's 4-3 victory over Penn State. Moulden did not disappoint when given the same opportunity in the title game. Her two-RBI single to left field provided all the runs Michigan would need to clinch the conference title. "If it wasn't for my teammates to get on base I would have never gotten See BUCKEYES, Page 11 -- - RECORDS & USED CDS 617 Packard Upstairs from Subway Paying $4 to $6 for top CD's in top condition. Also buying premium LP's and cassettes. Open 7 days 663-3441 Ihe selection is ENDLESS x