… for the Big Ten Chain- Ohio State. The Wolverines expect a Gardner looks to place in the top three ionships, May 20-21 in Minneapolis. strong performance from their top dis- in the 110 and 400 hurdles…
… and feels he is a The Wolverines look to place some- tance runners Kevin Sullivan and Scott definite contender forfirstplace.This week where in the top five. MacDonald. he is mentally preparing for the…
… ! . / ..' . j£ . t . . __ .. wk. Diamond Gem Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins leads the Wolverines into the NCAA Tournament. See page 16. SPORTS Wednesday e May 17, 1995 4 .: ,.;x…
…, :sanac vr rr%,o:.aas ::+ sh. -;. ;. w, -*. w;«;:-a . _uw ... ,+ .:: sic-- : 3: ,., ,; i .,Y.«. , q .: a :. - _ . , _ .. Wolverines shoot dowr Hawkeyes to win title By Sarah DeMar Daily Softball Writer…
… outcome of the game could have been reversed had it not been for one call by the home-plate umpire. In the fifth inning, Wolverine Kelly Kovach was allotted first base on an il- legal pitch by Hawkeye…
… Leroi Daily Spbrts Editor For the second time in three years the Michigan softball team will be one of eight NCAA Regional hosts. Thai means any games the Wolverines play before the College World Series…
… ir Oklahoma City, Okla., May 25-28 will be in the friendly confines o Alumni Field. But Michigan won't exactly have an easy time fetting to Oklahoma City The Wolverines will have to win ti tough…
… weekend at Alumni Field. The Wolverines took the Big Ten title with a 3-2 win over Iowa Saturday. Cyganiak to RI..Ten la in NCAA Standings Tourney at 1. Ohio State 1810 -643 2, Mlnnesota 16 12 .571…
… State just made official what most had known all season - the Wolverines aren't very good. ;yk The Buckeyes whipped Michigan (10-16 Big Ten, 24-29 overall) 15-12 t i and 18-7, Sunday, after equally offen…
…' includes Minnesota, Northwestern and Purdue, beginning tomorrow. MARK ersEVA/Dassy .iThe Wolverines and Buckeyes com- indiana and the rest of the Big Ten snuck behind Michigan this season. bined for 17…
… Wolverines again jumped out to an early lead, only to be blown away, 18-7, by the Buck- eyes. Michigan scored two runs in the first inning and one more in the second for a 3-0 lead. But Ohio State scored in…
… rightfielder Scott Ayote, who went 9-for-16 this weekend against Il- linois Redshirt freshman Brian Steinbach (2-3) took the loss for Michigan. Andy Nofke (3-1) picked up the win. Saturday, the Wolverines came…
… out cold, falling 7-1 to the Buckeyes. Centerfielder Brian Simmons hit his team-leading 13th homerun of the sea- son in the fourth inning for Michigan's only run. Weaver also had two hits. Wolverine…
… runs in the fourth inning off reliever Chuck Winters (2-1). Van Oeveren had three doubles and Chapman cranked his fourth homer and a double to lead the Wolverines. Ron Nelson (5-0) earned the vic- tory…
… in relief. Thursday, the Wolverines collected two wins in one day for only the sec- ond time all season, beating Detroit Mercy, 4-3, and Dayton, 10-0, to win the first annual Great Lakes Invita- tional…
… seventh snapped a 3-3 tie. Coston was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI in the game. Winters allowed two runs on two hits in just one inning of action, but got the win for the Wolverines. Wednesday, May 17, 1995 -The…
…- sica Lang hit a home run of her own with nobody on base to up the score to 2-1. Finally, Iowa capitalized on two Wolverine errors in the fifth to score one run, but Michigan promptly re- covered and…
… ended any further scoring. Griffin picked up the win and Tate hit 2-for-4 with the game winning RBI. Tate also had the best batting av- erage of any player in the tournament. Friday the Wolverines…
… appeared CCHA cellar-bound rather than NCAA title-bound. But that was then - and this is March. Since losing to the Wolverines Jan. 14, Lake State is 13-2-2. This late- season surge earned the Lakers (20…
… was last year. Lake State ended the season with a 12-1 run and captured its third NCAA Championship in seven years. An over- time victory over the Wolverines in the quarterfinals of the NCAAs was part…
… a row and finally got that mon- key off our backs," Wolverine coach RedBerenson said. "Now wehaveother monkeys on our back." Michigan still carries the frustration of 29 straight seasons without an…
…NCAA* title. Vietnam wasjust agleam in LBJ's eyes when the Wolverines last won the NCAA Championship - 1964. The Lakers reached tomorrow's contest by knocking off Miami (Ohio) Wednesday in a play-in game…
… anybody," Berenson said. "But they're probably a team that needs to win (the CCHA title) to have a shot of getting into the NCAAs." MARK FRIEDMAI John Madden and the Wolverines take on Lake Superior State…
… seconds in the morning session and then improved upon it further in the evening - bring- ing it down to 1:59.19 and earning a fourth-place finish. The Wolverines also set a Big Ten and team record in the…
… 200 free relay while Melisa Stone broke a team record in the 50-yard freestyle. This year's early success brightens the Wolverines' title hopes, but Richardson is not looking that far ahead. "We…
… will face this season. But Michigan (6-8) is not unfamil- iar with the Seminoles. The Wolverines were whipped by Florida State, 17-6, March 5 at the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic in Minneapolis. Michigan…
… Wolverines are coming off a 27-5 drubbing of Georgia Tech, last year's national runner-up. After afairly tepid start, Michigan's hitters caught fire. The Wolverine outfielders batted 12 for 17 at the plate…
… are supposed to last 40 minutes. Sunday, the Michigan women's basketball team learned that the game doesn't have ogo that long. The Wolverines (2-3 Big Ten, 7- 8 overall) survived only nine min- utes of…
… 25-point bulge. Amy Johnson's running jumper at 11:00 was the first drop of water in an otherwise parched Wolverine of- fense. But by then, the damage was done. By halftime, the lead widened f47…
… Wolverines fizzled on offense, the Lions sizzled. Playing with- out senior Naismith Award candidate Katina Mack, Penn State relied on Longworth for offensive punch. Longworth replied by connecting on 5 of 8 3…
…'t only affect Franklin. Sophomore Catherine DiGiacinto accounted for eight of Michigan's 30 turnovers. Even Penn State's reserves gave the Wolverines problems. At the end of the first half, the Lady Lions…
…' reserves led the entire Michigan team, 24-19. By the end of the game, Penn State's reserves only trailed the Wolverines by one point. The Lady Lions took the Wolverines out of their game immediately…
… toahuge48- 18 point differential in inside scoring. "We're going to use it as a learning experience," Roberts said. The Wolverines next host Illinois Friday and Ohio State Sunday. TV V=57' '0 co -AL lid…
… LO J 3:$ : t J4ew 9e (en Iesr I le Lack of leadership adds to Wolverines' poor play By RAVI GOPAL Daily Basketball Writer UNIVERSITY PARK - In the midst of Penn State's 25-0 first-half run Sunday…
…, the Wolverines were desperately looking for someone to take charge. Someone who could get everyone to play together, who could lead them out from the deepest of holes. *They found no one. What was…
…, meanwhile, had totals of 13 points (on 5-of-17 shooting), and four turnovers. As a result, the Wolverines didn't score until nearly aquarterofthe game had passed. A quarter of the game. Correct me if I…
…...oops...statistics lon't lie. Nineteen-of-67 shooting, for a 28.4 percent field goal percentage. Thirty turnovers. Seven assists. Can it get any worse? Points in the paint: Lady Lions, 48, Wolverines, 18. Points off…
… a center and left wing on the Michigan hockey team, Herr saw action in this year's NCAA Tournament and helped the Wolverines to a CCHA regular season championship. He tallied 11 goals and eight…
… for a team that was picked to finish as high as second in the conference, the Wolverines have been an utter disappointment. Heading into the weekend, Michi- gan was alone in the Big Ten cellar. But…
…, Michigan knocked back-to-back homeruns at Fisher Stadium was against Michi- gan State. A-NIEMIEC: Wolverine catcher Scott Niemiec is known for his defen- sive prowess behind the plate. How- ever, the senior…
… the team. But, to deepen the wound, Niemiec went 1-for-12 at the plate in four games with Michigan State to drop his batting average to .095 -- the absolute worst of any Wolverine with more than one at…
…-bat. BASEBALL Continued from page 12 feet further than Chapman's. Mark Temple (3-4) went the dis- tance for the Wolverines, scattering six hits over seven innings. Temple surrendered only two earned runs, one in…
… the sixth, Weaver nailed a two-run homer, his second of the weekend, to rightfield to put the Wolverines on top for good. Weeks took the loss to fall to 2-1 on the year.. Goble led with Michigan with…
…-versus-two matchup. WMEB radio ranked the Wolverines and Lakers first and second, respectively, in the nation. With its first-ever sweep of Lake State in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines ended the Lakers' hopes of a…
… conference title while inching towards clinching it for themselves. Yet once again, a playoff upset ended the Maize and Blue fairy tale. Until last season, the Lakers had eliminated the Wolverines from three…
… weekend sweep of matches against Ohio State and In- diana. , The Wolverines (9-1 Big Ten, 14- 7 overall) defeated the Buckeyes Sat- urday, 4-3. Indiana was their next victim - the Hoosiers fell 5…
…-2. Michigan was coming off a 5-2 to Notre Dame going into Saturday's match. The Wolverines were looking for a strong weekend performance to rebound from Wednesday's loss and to set themselves as one of the…
…6 - The Michigan Daily --Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Golfers take 3rd at Big Tens 0 Wolverines nab best finish since '88; Dobbs comes in 3rd drm Staff Reports The Michigan men's golf team has…
… accomplished its goal. The Wolverines placed third in this weekend's Big Ten Championship, their best finish since 1988. Michigan's Kyle Dobbs, a graduate of Saline High School, finished in a three-way tie for…
… 100 percent,"Carr said. "I want what is best for Michigan" Carr plans to name offensive and de- fensive coordinators soon and said that they will come from current Wolverine coaches. An additional coach…
… Kevin Garnett is reportedly still interested in the Wolverines. Garnett, said if he scores well on his SAT or ACT tests, he will attend either Michigan, North Carolina or South Carolina. Garnett has…
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… Michigan and Michigan State combined for 34 runs Satur- day in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines split a doubleheader with the Spar- tans at Kobs Field yesterday. "I don't know," Michigan coach Bill Freehan said…
…-4, powered by a five-run fifth inning. In the nightcap, the Wolverines blew a 4-2 lead and ended up suc- cumbing to the Spartans (9-7 Big Ten, 17-15 overall), 9-6. Sunday, Michigan lost the first game, 5…
… Wolverine starter collected at least one hit and all nine crossed the plate except for designated hit- ter Scott Weaver. Third baseman Kelly Dransfeldt led the attack with a 3-for-4 perfor- mance, two RBI and…
… three runs scored. Shortstop Ryan Van "It just shows you the caliber of play in the Big - Bill Freehan Michigan baseball coach Oeveren also racked up three hits and three runs for the Wolverines. With a…
… Dransfeldt. But Dransfeldt cranked Weeks' 1-2 pitch over the wall in left, 15 See BASEBALL, Page 15 After splitting four games with the Spartans this weekend, the Wolverines remain two games under .500 in…
…Kenzie Daily Softball Writer The Michigan softball team is roll- ing once again. After Toledo broke the Wolverines' 19-game win streak April 5, Michigan ran its current streak to six by sweeping four games from…
… Minnesota this weekend. Michigan beat the Gophers, 5-0, 11-5, 2-1 and 6-4. The Wolverines began the week- end with a hitting explosion. After first baseman Michelle Silver grounded out to lead off the opening…
…. The second game produced more of the same results. Griffin drove in Silver to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead after the first inning. In the top of the third, Michigan padded its lead when Griffin and…
… beaned the second batter up, desig- nated player Jennifer Fox. Kovach then allowed a walk and three singles before regaining control. The Wolverines produced a four- run rally of their own in the fifth…
…'EUGENE BOWEN Daily Sports Writer In its dual meet with Indiana, the Michigan women's indoor track and field team got what it wanted - a victory. The Wolverines defeated the Hoosiers, 80-60, Saturday. However…
… at the Wolverines' intrasquad meet, and Stuck was similarly disappointed. "One of these days I'm going to have a good day," Stuck said. Freshmen Wolverines shone brightly during the meet. Deanna…
… accidentally shoved someone. But, better to have happened itow than at the Big Tens." The Wolverine most angered with her performance was Lamika Harper, who came in third in the 400 (58.51). "I did really rotten…
…," Wolverine coach James Henry said. "This is her first time competing in two-and-a-half years, and it's only January. In a couple of months, she'll be giving us many", points." Indiana head coach Sam Bell rec…
…, they were not realized. The Wolverines pulled away with a surprisingly large 82.5-62.5 victory over the Hoosiers. "I was a little concerned after our intrasquad meets that we weren't as sharp as we…
… time of 4:01.8. He was followed by teammates Ian Forsyth (4:10.5) and Kevin Louma (4:32.2). In otherevents, the Wolverines were equally successful. Sophomore Neil Gardner even surprised himself with…
… whose time of 47:62 gave Michigan a first-place fin- ish in the 400-meter run, still feels thatf the Wolverines have a long way to go, "This was a good team, but basis cally this only served as a tune…
… the Big Ten. They have- excellent runners and overall a ni e team." TO NYA ROUIMualIy Shotputter Brian Wildfong helped Michigan to a 20-point victory over Indiana Saturday in the Wolverines' season…
… ELIGIBILITY: Freshman WHY: The first-year goalie stopped 76 shots, including 42 Friday as Michigan swept Lake Superior, 5-1 and 5-4. Turco was in net for the Wolverines in all three of their victories over the…
… only major scare of the match which he lost by decision, enabling a"'y the Wolverines to win the meet, 17- 15. Michigan would not even have had the chance to get the win if it weren't for the…
… performances of Chad Biggert and Jesse Rawls, Jr. earlier in the meet at 167 and 177 pounds, re- spectively. The Wolverine pair each man- handled their own opponents and reg- istered major decisions to give the…
… Wolverines a 14-12 lead instead of a 12-12 tie. "We knew we needed (the major decisions)," Rawls said. "I was trying for the pin and I think Chad was too. We were trying to put the match away early before it…
… got to the heavyweight." Rawls and Biggert helped get the Wolverines back on track after the lower weights lost four of the first six matches to put the Lions, who were wrestling in their third match in…
… 24 hours, up, 12-6. After Michigan's Matt Stout started the day off with a narrow 7-6 victory at 118, Brandon Howe, Brian Aparo and Mike Ellsworth dropped the next three matches to put the Wolverines…
… behind, 9-3. Howe nearly upset No. 1 Sanshiro Abe at 126 before falling, 6-5, while Ellsworth fell, 3-1, to No. 2 John Hughes at 142. Jake Young put the Wolverines on track again with a 12-9 decision over…
…, and 190-pounder Jehad Hamdan won, 6-3, to give the Wolverines the comfortable, albeit not clinching, 17-12 lead heading into the heavyweight showdown. "Our kids hive done a lot," said Bahr of a week…
… for doing real well in February." - a Michigan wrestler Chad Biggert (top) helped the Wolverines upset No. 4 Penn State with a majority decision over Matt Hardy. His victory along with that of Jesse…
… Rawls, Jr. gave the Wolverines a 1442 lead. BLUE MATTERS: Top weights ,Can't do it all for Blue By DANIELLE RUMORE Daily Sports Writer Tfe Penn State wrestling team should have beaten Michigan at…
… Cliff Keen Arena Sunday. After all, the Nittany Lions are the No. 4 team in ge country and boast national cham- pion heavyweight Kerry McCoy, who holds a 68-game winning streak. The No. 20 Wolverines did…
…- y, I think we have more talent than trouble if'M' continues it did against Guelph anybody and we'll just win." The Wolverines controlled the puck in the first stanza, but couldn't seem to con- vert…
…'s defense greatly frustrated Michigan early -the Wolverines were held without a goal despite 34 shots in the opening period. Gryphons goalie Matt Mullin saved 12 while the rest of the defense blocked 14…
… name to this list. When last year's Wolverines fin- ished at No. 3, most people associated with swimming expected them to be even stronger this year. Michigan would be returning one of the best groups of…
… Wolverines opened up with an easy victory over Southern Illi- nois, Kansas and Nebraska before at- taining similar results against Wiscon- sin a week later. Michigan was sup- posed to face their first big test…
… strange twist. After dominat- ing Texas, a split Wolverine squad placed third in the Harvard Invita- tional, behind Harvard and Florida. However, this "upset" is explained by the fact that head coach Jon…
… Urbanchek decided to emphasize academics, pull- ing his team out of the meet before it ended in order to get the swimmers home in time for classes. The invitational had no baring on the Wolverine's dual meet…
… record, leav- ing them at 5-0 going into winter break. While most students use the break as a chance to rest in preparation for a new semester, the Wolverines used the extra time to put in one of their…
… it would face all season. Friday, the Wolver- ines took on No, 2 Stanford. The Cardinal beat the Wolverines for the fourth year in a row by a score of 134- 109. However, because the results of the…
… Stanford, Michigan then traveled south to take on No.5 California, who it beat, 141-102. The Wolverines rounded out the weekend with the Berkeley Invita- tional, where they placed first. The three straight…
… days of swim- ming that the Wolverines encountered on their trip to California were sched- uled by Urbanchek to give team mem- bers a taste of what they would be up against in the postseason championship…
… the Wolverines are past what will probably be the toughest com- petition of their regular season, none of the rest of the opponents on their sched- ule appear to pose much of a threat to them. They will…
… were nothing like the two that played the first. Despite a horrendous second half, the Wolverines managed to hang on for a 71-69 victory. Michigan shot out of the gates, roll- ingtoa45-27 halftime lead…
…. The swarm- ing Wolverine defense led to eleven Waikato turnovers. Combine the turn- overs with a 27-16 rebounding advan- tage, and Michigan was cruising. "I thought we played almost a perfect firsthalf…
…," Wolverine coach Trish Rob- erts said. "We came out like I expected us to. It was a fun first half." Sophomore Pollyanna Johns played herfirst game since injuring her knee nine games into last season. The…
… said. "The biggest thing we let up was our defensive pres- sure." Waikato took advantage, scoring 22 points in the first eight minutes of the half. Five minutes and several Wolverine turnovers later…
… back on track, scoring six points in less than a minute. After her second basket, Lemire stole the inbounds pass and sank another short jumper, putting the Wolverines ahead by six. The flurry gave…
… Michigan fans have come to expect from their team. The shooting had been horrendous and the intensity even worse. Onlookers began to speculate that the Wolverines and their heralded recruiting class just…
…." Northwestern is not a good basketball team by any extent of the imagination, but that should not take away from Michigan's performance. The Wolverines blew the Wildcats out relatively early, but they played hard…
… over a Michi- gan school tonight when they face the Wolverines (1-0) at Crisler Arena in second-round Preseason NIT action. ESPN2 will televise the game starting at 7:30 p.m. Both teams advanced to…
… Tarkanian, a.k.a. the Shark, leading his Bulldogs past the Wildcats and into Ann Arbor for a date with the Wolverines. But that turned out to be a bigger joke than Milli Vanilli as the Shark's boys - even at…
… the game, the Wolverines were the betting line favor- ites. Why? Perhaps because Western Kentucky comes from the Sun Belt conference, which sports such humble teams as Texas Pan-American, Lamar and…
… Arkansas State. Yet after the Hilltoppers' 82-76 overtime victory over the Wolverines last night, it sure seemed like they had played in the ACC, SEC or Big Eight all season long. Western Kentucky played…
… Vicki Morrow's eight-year marks by winning her 66th game and pitching 701 innings. Her record now stands at 12-2. BACKGROUND: Kovach began her Wolverine career three'years ago by capturing the Big Ten…
… two such marks which had stood for nearly eight years. With Kovach's seven innings of work in the Wolverines' 11-5 victory over Minnesota, she eclipsed Vicky Morrow's school record of wins and innings…
… performances of her team- mates. In the win over Minnesota, the Wolverine hitters scored 11 runs on 15 hits. In addition, the team commit- ted only one error. These kinds of numbers are very similar to those of…
… victory. "She really came through towards the end," Smith said. "I think we had to pick it up a lot more in the second game." The Wolverines are in first place in the Big Ten with 10 conference games left…
….2 innings pitched. She captured the mark in style shutting down the top of Minnesota's lineup in order in the first inning. The Wolverine all-time record now stands at 707 innings and is bound to rise…
… Hilitopper come- back that began with the Wolverines (17-14) up by 14. The Hilltoppers then took control in the extra session. Darius Hall hit a layup and Chris Robinson, who fin- ished with 22 pbints, made…
… game. The-Wolverines' 82-76 overtime defeat ended the team's season with a 17-14 record. points, pulling down 17 rebounds and dishing out eight assists in his final game as a Wolverine. It seemed for…
…. "What they did tonight was fitting for what they've done for four years." With 8:24 to go in regulation. the Wolverines held a 59-45 lead, but be- hind Robinson and Hall, the Hilltoppers fought back. An…
… for students The Wolverine Party - - ! 1 , I The Michigan Student Assembly. This name has grabbed the headlines in recent weeks and accosted students through the flier-papered walls of Angell Hall…
… Mark Bier- sack, the party's presidential can- didate. In an attempt to keep safety at the forefront of the MSA agenda, the Wolverine Party plans to propose an amendment to the MSA constitution to make…
… apply: contact UM Human Resources and Affirmative Action at 764-6580, G250 Wolverine Tower, for the position Staff Trainer, PA 04 Career Plannin P'la st Formore /nformatlon: contact Judy Michael at CP…
….) Besides your Winter Term Grades, you may receive other important University mail during the Summer. Be sure that your permanent address is correct. Wolverine Access offers an easy way to confirm or change…
… election turnout reached about 7 or 8 percent, or 3,000 students. Wolverine Party LSA Rep. Andy Schor said the showing was relatively strong. "It seems the turnout has been bigger than in other fall…
… tune 'Spartan Blues', but he later changed it on advice from his friend King Oliver. It is now known simply as 'Wolverine Blues."' Along with attributes of musical discipline-Faddis and company never…
