Women's Basketball vs. Michigan State Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena TSPORTS Tuesday, March 5, 1991 Ice Hockey vs. Ferris State Friday, 5 p.m. Joe Louis Arena, Detroit The Michigan Daily Paae 8 .. _. ..y... Michigan takes 4th in track at Big Tens by Kevin Sundman Daily Sports Writer With eventual champion In- diana and Illinois literally running- away with the Big Ten Men's; Indoor Track and Field Champ- ionships, the only battle that, remained was for third. Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State all ascertained hopes of finishing their. seasons on a high note. When the final scores were tabulated, the three squads were within seven points, with the Buckeyes edging the Wolverines by a single point for the coveted third spot. "We scored what we thought we would coming into the meet," Michigan coach Jack Harvey said. "Our only disappointment was not getting third and beating Ohio State, a team we thought we should have beat." Michigan's effort was led by se- nior Brad Barquist who coupled a first-place finish in the 5000 meters with a strong second-place performance in the 3000 meters. His times in each event qualified him for the nationals this week, but he will compete in the 5000 meter event only. Sophomore high jumper Dan Redden followed up his third place finish at the Big Ten meet with a NCAA-qualifying jump on his final attempt this past weekend in the Silverston Invitational held in Ann Arbor. His jump of 7' 3" allows him to join senior teammate Brad Holwerda - who cleared 7' 2 1/4" to place second at the Big Ten meet - at the nationals. Other team members headed to the NCAA meet in Indianapolis are junior Jerry Douglas in the 55 meter high hurdles, senior Neal Newman in the 800 meter run, and senior Brad Darr in the pole vault. "They all have a chance at being an All-American (top 6 places)," Harvey said. "Once you get to this level, it's just a matter of who's hot on that particular, day. Douglas finished a distant sixthI in the Big Ten meet in 7.51 Maturing squad may dethrone Iowa by '93 by Josh Dubow Daily Sports Writer After an impressive second-place finish in this weekend's Big Ten Wrestling Championships, the Michigan wrestling team should look ahead to the 1993 Big Tens, when they will have a chance to finally end the Iowa Hawkeyes' 18-year reign over Big Ten wrestling. Like this season's championship, next year's has virtually been decided. The Hawkeyes will return all 10 wrestlers from a squad that outdistanced second-place Michigan by more points than the margin by which the Wolverines beat last-place Indiana. Big Ten teams have been satisfied with second place for much of the past 18 years. Even next season, taking the runner-up trophy will be a gratifying accomplishment. But not in 1993. Because seniors Fritz Lehrke (190) and Salem Yaffai (118) will be the Wolverines' only losses to graduation in the next two years, Michigan will soon field a more experienced squad than Iowa. Next year the Hawkeyes graduate six starters, including three of its five current Big Ten champions. Michigan had the opportunity to dethrone the Hawkeyes at the 1989 Championships. Earlier that season, an experienced Wolverine squad ended Iowa's 99-match Big Ten dual meet win streak. Entering the final session of wrestling at the Big Tens, Michigan led the Hawk- eyes by six points, before Iowa pulled away to its 16th straight title. 1990 proved to be a disappointment for the Wolverines, as they finished 31st at NCAAs. But the development of 1989's No. 2 recruiting class will help enable the Wolverines to break the Hawkeyes' run of Big Ten titles. From that class, Joey Gilbert and Sean Bormet were finalists this year; Lanny Green placed third; and Phil Tomek and James Rawls finished fourth. Gilbert and Bormet both showed they could already wrestle with Iowa's best. With two years more experience, and inexperienced Hawkeye competition, Gilbert and Bormet should walk away with championship trophies. Rawls showed he can be one of the top 142- pounders already this season, but only when he wrestles aggressively. Green has proven he can beat anyone in his weight class outside of Minnesota's No. 1 ranked, senior Marty Morgan. Tomek and Harper also made their marks on their respective weight classes and should only improve upon this year's finish. Last year Michigan also landed another heralded recruit in Jehad Hamdan of New Lenox, Ill. Hamdan, who was redshirted this year, should replace Fritz Lehrke at 190 pounds next year. Hamdan placed third in the nation at 190 in a tournament this past summer. But the Wolverines must regard next season as preparation for 1993 instead of as a season in its own. Michigan coach Dale Bahr must set a goal of first place in the 1993 Big Tens - not another second place finish. That '93 Wolverine squad should be disappointed with anything short of a Big Ten championship. 'M' stakes claim in West* Gymnasts tumble to by Caryn Seidman Daily Sports Writer No. 1 Stanford, beat Cal The Michigan men's gymnast- ics team pitted itself against the best in the country last week. And, according to coach Bob Darden, his team did "surprisingly well." The Wolverines went to Cali- fornia to compete in three compe- titions in four days. They competed twice against No.1-ranked Stanford and San Jose State, and once against Cal. In their first meet against Stan- ford and San Jose St., the Wolver- ines finished second with a score of 274.45 points, only a few points behind Stanford's total of 276.3. Michigan was able to defeat San Jose, which finished with 271.55. "We were ahead of Stanford after four events, but they reorgan- ized themselves and were able to get ahead in the last two events," Darden said. "At this point in our season it's not the physical effort. It's all mental focus and we showed our competitive tenacity in this meet." Rookie Ben Verrall demon- strated his "competitive tenacity" in his performance on the floor. Verrall scored a 9.8 to grab second place in the floor exercises, a performance his coach called "exceptional." Mike Mott, another first-year member, had a "huge responsibility" on the pommel horse, as NCAA qualifier Glenn Hill was out with a wrist injury. "Mike had to assume the lead on pommel horse," Darden said. He assumed the position quite well with a score of 9.6, a total which was strong enough for him to finish second in the event. The Wolverines maintained their strong performances in the second meet at Stanford, where they also competed against San Jose State. Michigan scored a 278.4, shattering the old school Spikers sign first wave of solid recruits by Matthew Dodge Daily Sports Writer The Michigan volleyball pro- gram whipped into a U-turn last week by signing its strongest recruiting class in years. The Wolverines, who hope to turn- around from a 2-34 Big Ten record over the last two seasons, desper- ately need a transfusion of talent. "The group of outstanding signees certainly add a new di- mension to our program," coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes said. "They bring a lot of enthusiasm and experience to Michigan." Signing National Letters of Intent for the Wolverines are La- shawnda Crowe (Adrian, Mich.), Robyn Read (Hoopeston, Ill.), Julie Scherer (Los Altos, Calif.), and Aimee Smith (Escondido, Calif.). Crowe will give Bradley- Doppes help in receiving the ball, and in her play at the net. She is also a track and field star at Adrian High School, where she holds four school records. Michigan continues to blaze re- cruiting trails in California, which gave the program rookie star Andrea Lucadam in 1990. This year the west coast sent Scherer, who competed in the 1990 national Junior Olympics, and Smith, who earned First-Team All-California honors in 1989. A Michigan gymnast competes on the high bar against Ohio State earlier this season. The squad beat both San Jose State and Cal this past week while falling to top-ranked Stanford. record by more than two points. Although the score was not enough to beat Stanford, which totaled 286.8 points, the Wolverines did defeat San Jose State again. "At home, in front of their home crowd, Stanford took off like a rocket and we just tried to keep pace with them," Darden said. "They threw out their best team at us and we tried to respond." Next stop for the West Coast Wolverines was Cal, where they soundly defeated the Bears, 276.45 to 271.75. Michigan scored higheD than Cal in four of the six events, dropping only the parallel and the high bars. seconds, well ei his qualifying time of 7.30 seconds. Newman placed second in the meet, good enough to earn him All-Big Ten At-Large honors. This award was established to recog- nize the most deserving of the second-place finishers in the meet. Darr led a trio of vaulters pla- cing third in the meet with a vault of 17' 4 1/2", which was well below his season best of 17' 10 1/4". Frosh Toby Van Pelt and senior Matt Scharl placed fifth and sixth, respectively. U U WORK IN JAPAI Enhance your career by experiencing the business side of a successful Japanese company in action! Join forces with Recruit Co., Ltd., Japan's largest publishing and information services company, and learn about the different components of a business organization. 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With the bottom five teams in the CCHA carefully done away with until next season, the top four teams are on a collision course, eagerly headed down The Road to the Joe. Michigan, the second seed, will face No. 3 seed Ferris State Friday at 5:10 p.m., while the regular season champs, Lake Superior State, ranked first in the nation, will face the No. 4 seed, Western Michigan at 8:10 p.m. The semifinal winners will face off in the championship game Saturday at 7:40 p.m., preceded by a consolation matchup at 4 p.m. The weekend games will be televised live on the PASS network. And with all four of the top seeds winning their quarterfinal matchups to advance to Joe Louis Arena, Michigan coach Red Beren- son expects some excitement - a welcome change after a somewhat lackluster effort his Wolverines have put forth the past few weeks. "Every one of the teams - all four that are left now - is shooting for something," Berenson said. "I just want our team to put together three solid periods of hockey. I'm hopeful that we will. " Ferris State, the CCHA's surprise team this year making its first trip to the CCHA Final Four, is vying for a chance to get into the NCAA Tournament. Probably, both Ferris State and Western Michigan need to win at least one more game to move into contention for one of the 12 bids. Michigan's runner-up finish in the CCHA was not a surprise, however. A spot in the NCAAs is virtually a lock for the Wolverines, but the team set a league championship as one of its preseason goals. Now Joe Louis Arena will become their proving grounds. "This is a big challenge for us," Berenson said. "We've sort of been number two all year (behind Lake Superior). So we want to go in there and win two games." 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