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… wanted to play in the Big Dance more. men's basketball team's game what this game meant. We weren't The Wolverines were off their game. this season has been its defense. That intense enough on defense…

…." Granted, Michigan will have a chance was, until the Wolverines ran into Michigan was able to hold off to all but secure a tournament spot on Iowa yesterday at Carver-Hawkeye Iowa's 3-point shooters in the…

… and Michigan trying to force the ball inside re- sulted in 22 Wolverine turnovers and a number of easy baskets for the Hawkeyes.- "We had too many turnovers, and I'd say that it is our fault," Fisher…

… Baseball 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 9 9 T7 Blue crushed by Hawkeyes Wolverines' NCAA tournament hopes still in doubt By Ryan White Daily Basketball Writer IOWA CITY-It's not a sure thing yet. Coming into yesterday…

… digets again. Iowa's win was keyed by both its outside shooting, the Hawkeyes hit 12 of 24 three point shots, and Michigan's lack of defensive intensity. The Wolverines had been holding opponents to 38…

… power play, in the opening period. "I think that it's a mistake to play like that against Michigan," Wolverine coach Red Berenson said. "If you're going to take a lot of penalties against Michigan, then…

…, scoring a goal and notching five assists. His 22nd goal of the season was a nifty backhanded shot on a breakaway that gave the Wolverines a 5-1 lead early in the second period. "I got the puck from the…

… this weekend with games against Michigan State and Penn State. As Michigan State (7-8 Big Ten, 13-12 overall) heads to Crisler Arena tonight, the Wolverines are finally able to boast a more success- ful…

… independent while waiting to join the Big Ten next year. Despite the theatrics of the final weekend - which include a raffle of a new car at halftime of tonight's contest - the Wolverines will need to maintain…

… the Wolverine players are growing tired of waiting. Sunday provides the opportunity for Mich igan to progress to that next level. A victory also goes a long way in securing a tournament bid. At 17…

… doubt, and the stronga: finish could give the Wolverines a top-four seed when the NCAA pair- ings are announced Mar. 15. Meanwhile, Indiana has loftier goals. "We should win the Big Ten, that's all there…

… heads to Wisconsin this weekend for the Big Ten Championships. However, the Wolverines will not be at full strength because Sean Bormet, ranked seventh in the nation at 158 pounds, is out for the remain…

… addition, Brian Harper is No. 11 at 150, James Rawls is 13th at 142, and Jason Cluff is 20th at 126. Michigan guard Jimmy King looks to pound the ball in to his teammates in the post. The Wolverines host…

… Wolverines enter the tour- Upon their expected 8:30 p.m. ar- nament with a 9-4 record. Mich- rival, Michigan will take the floor igan's only losses in the Big Ten for their allotted practice time. have been to…

… Minnesota, Purdue, and Latham feels that this grueling l Michigan State (with whom the schedule may be the biggest chal- Wolverines split). lenge of the weekend for the "Minnesota is definitely very…

… goals. The last time Ohio State met the Wolverines at the State Fairgrounds was Dec. 9, and Knuble burned the Buckeyes with four goals. "I seem to get a lot of room on the ice out here," Knuble said. "Too…

… check the next three, and we didn't do that." The Wolverines have won 20 straight over Ohio State and lead the all-time series, 35-18-5. Friday night, Michigan goalie Marty Turco got his first career shut…

… down within six minutes of tip-off. The Spartans had given the ball up nine times, the Wolverines, four. An upsethad already occurred ear- lier that day. Ninth-seeded Iowa knocked off No. 8 Minnesota, 57…

…-44. Just prior to Michigan's game, No. 10 Illinois gave No. 7 Ohio State all it could handle before collapsing at the end, 87-73. Everything pointed to a Wolverine victory and a Saturday night date with…

…. Where were the post players coach Trish Roberts could insert? Where were the bench players Roberts could put in when her starters became weary? Last year, the Wolverines only played seven players the…

…. A 22-point loss to its intrastate rival - a team Michigan has matched up with well before? No, that wasn't the way it was supposed to happen. ... Jennifer Brzezinski, who led the Wolverines this…

…...we're small in the post," Roberts said. Losing players left and right due to injuries left the Wolverines very thin; just having warm bodies on the bench could have gotten Michigan a couple more victories. As…

… will be back after injuries. Recruits will arrive, mak- ing the Wolverines greater in num- ber. None of the current players will graduate. Come next year, will there be losses? Yes. Will there be…

…, thoroughly fatigued by the end of the season? No. And will that be better for Michi- gan? Yes. JOE WESTRATE/Daily The efforts of Tiffany Willard, Jennifer Brzezinski and the Wolverines have gone largely…

… 1928 than it was during Michigan's 81-59 loss. In the game that preceded the Wolverines',which pitted Ohio State against Illinois, the Fieldhouse was rocking. Swarms of people in red and orange…

… State guard Christine Pow- ers knocked down two treys and fresh- man forward Bella Engen muscled her way in the lane for two putbacks. The Wolverines whittled the defi- cit to nine with seven minutes to…

… Jennifer Brzezinski had 10 rebounds and seven points. Powers led Michigan State with 19 points, while Kelley scored 16 points in only 16 minutes. For the contest, the Wolverines shot 36 percent to the…

… have been singing the children's, and Harry Caray's, famous rhyme 'Rain, rain go away.' The Wolverines were unable to play their final game against No. 15 .'outh Carolina yesterday at the UCLA aston…

… tourna- ment," Wolverine coach Carol Hutchins said. "Every team in the tournament we faced was ranked (be- Ore the tournament began)." Michigan (9-3) lost to No.5 UNLV, 4-0, Friday evening. They were…

… loaded the bases in the fourth inning, but could not capitalize because of hot pitching by Amie ,Stewart, who registered five K's. The Wolverines played a double- header Saturday againstUtah and No.2 UCLA…

… scored on a pop fly to right by Bono. Utah scored in the third inning, but then the Wolverines went on fire. Senior Michelle Silver and sopho- more Jessica Lang scored on junior Cheryl Pearcy's double in…

… to score the winning run after a base hit by Lang. The Wolverines returned to old form, registering 11 hits against the Utes. Griffin collected the win, in- creasing her record to 3-2, while Andrus…

… dropped to 4-6. Michigan faced the Bruins later in the afternoon. The Wolverines won, 5-4, late in the eighth, handing UCLA its first loss of the season. UCLA went up 3-0 after the first five innings before…

… appeared to rejuvenate the Wolverines, who scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth. With the bases loaded, Pearcy scored after Grif- fin walked and then Tracy Carr scored after Lang walked. Kovach scored…

… after scoring at the top of the seventh, but could not score in the eighth. Kovach, the game's winning pitcher (4-0), once again scored the winning run for the Wolverines from third after Arvia singled…

… Series, to be held this year in Oklahoma City. The three seniors are part of the most successful Wolverine softball class ever. They won the Big Ten Conference championship in 1992 and 1993, reached the…

… NCAA Region 2 Tournament in 1992, reached the NCAA Region 8 in 1993 and col- lected a slew of individual honors. Kovach was a 1994 GTE Academic All-American and led the Wolverines in hitting(.306…

…, Minnesota atNo.6, Illinois atNo.8 and the Wolverines at No. 13. PRESIDENT LINCOLN: Onereason the awkeyes have been so dominant this WRESTLING Continued from page 1. After a bye in the first round, Catrabone…

… ride him out," Catrabone said of his thoughts preceding the overtime. "That's all it as, 30 seconds to be the Big Ten ampion. I just couldn't pull it out." The Wolverines as a team, how- ever, were not…

… weekend. Both teams were ranked among the top 15 in the na- 4Friday, the No. 15 Fighting Irish used their strong play in singles action to take five of six matches. The lone Wolverine who emerged victorious…

… Fielding with imone Lacher both won by counts of 8-4. Angie Popek and Liz Cyganiak won their match 8-6. Saturday the Wolverines re- mained in South Bend to take on No. 14 Wake Forest and definitely saw…

… lot better than we did. They all just added up," Liz Cyganiak said. These two losses now leave the the Wolverines at 5-3 and losers of three of their last four meets. This is a far cry from the team…

… the team has just reached the part of its schedule where the Wolverines will consistently be going up against top teams. ok more like NCAAs year has been the performance of 150- pound junior, Lincoln…

… eighth-grader. FAN-TAsTic: Indiana's Assembly Hall wasn't filled up, but half the fans were cheering for the Hawkeyes. While the Wolverines didn't have nearly as big a fan section, it was loud and sup…

…- portive. KNEE-DEEP: Wolverine junior 177- pounder Jesse Rawls Jr., who was an All-American in 1994, suffered a knee injury against Rohan Gardner of North- western in the second round of the behind Iowa (185…

… sports as the month when teams scramble to earn NCAA Championship berths, hence the term "March Madness." This craze has certainly afflicted the Michigan men's track and field team. Saturday the Wolverines…

… alive a 12-game hitting streak while starting in every game. Lake Shore lacrosse too much for Wolverines By Chris Carr For the Daily Spring is finally here and, after a long wait, the Michigan men…

… disappoint- ing. But it is good to play games like this early to help prepare us for the Big Ten season." The Wolverine attack was led by midfielder Lyle Shirley who had three goals. Dreyer scored two goals…

… field were being re-painted. So that hurt us, too." Although there were a few bright spots, the Wolverines were very disap- pointed in their play. "Our defense was horrendous," Dreyer said. "It was slow…

… dropped to 1-2 after losing a hard-fought battle to the Charleston Lacrosse Club, 17-16, with the game-winning goal Dom- ing with 18 seconds left in the game. The Wolverines defeated Tennes- see, 21-11. "If…

… women gym- nastics team was ranked No. 20 when they left for the sunbelt to face No. 5 Florida, No. 2 Georgia, and West Virginia. Although the Wolverines could only manage a 1-2 record on the road trip…

… meet in Athens against No. 2 Georgia and * West Virginia. The Wolverines could not keep pace with the Bulldogs, as Georgia tallied an astounding 196.00 to dwarf Michigan's 189.30 and the Mountaineers…

…' 185.60. "We weren't going in there ex- pecting to beat those teams," Wolverine junior Ali Winski said. "Our goal was to score 190." Helping the Wolverines achieve beyond their goals against Florida were…

… her first floor routine since returning from injury. As the nation's top 12 teams *qualify for the national champi- onships, the Wolverines are looking to improve on their season's com- posite score and…

… nationals will run in Ames, Iowa. The Wolverine 3200 meter relay of Kristine Westerby, Carrie Yates, Bannister, and Jessica Kluge is tied forlOth nationally. Meanwhile, several Wolverines hope to be selected…

… record-setting performance, the Michigan men's gymnastics team travels to Colum- bus to face arch rival Ohio State tomorrow night. Last Saturday in San Jose, Calif., the Wolverines placed first in a tri…

… Page 9 ~\\\~ . ~\b FROM ANN ARBOR To NEW YORK: Andrea Joyce hits the big time I Sophomore Debbie Geiger posted her best score ever against LSU, helping the Wolverines topple their team record set one…

… tornado touched down on the university's athletic campus. It was not the only tornado the team would have to face that day. The third-ranked Tigers also blew by the Wolverines Mar. 1, defeating them, 193…

…The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, March 6, 1995 -3 Q&A: FORMER WOLVERINE CAZZIE RUSSELL -I Russell . Michigan basketball legend discusses prestigious career If you look up to the…

… basketballhistory. From 1963-66, Russell dazzled the Wolverine fans, attracting crowds so large the Univer- sity built Crisler Arena to hold the crowds Yost Fieldhouse could no longer contain. Russell led Michigan to…

… little was expected from that team. This year, though, many looked for Michigan to grow into a position of dominance as the year progressed. But the Wolverines will do well to even grab a spot in the 64…

… to the lowest shooting percentage in the Big Ten. Little in the defensive scheme is new this season. The team just executes it better than in past years. The Wolverines unleash a fierce double…

… for the Wolverines in the early-going as players searched for their identities on a team filled with top-caliber athletes. It has taken time, but Fisher has defined those roles, plugging players into an…

… was a good skater," says Vince of his son, who played left wing up to that point., "He did and he liked it, and he's been there ever since." With the success the Wolverines have had with Turco in net…

…, and the Wolverines' title woes would startt seem Ranger-esque. "Things are going to go the way they do for simple reasons," he says. "You've just got to accept that." DOUGLAS KA had to compete with…

… generous quantity for the Wolverines. Michigan lost seven of its eight games in Florida, with the lone vic- tory coming against St. Leo, 11-7. The good side of this 1-7 record lies in the fact that five of…

… losses, we actually had op- portunities to win in the last inning." The Wolverines must now re- group as they head to Vegas to play a pair of doubleheaders against Nevada-Las Vegas and San Diego State…

…, Wolverine Rm, noon. Current Events Study Group, "From the Anti-War Movement to weekly mtg. East Quad, 52 Greene, Social Change," Howard Hawkins. 7:30. League, rm D, 7 p.m. Students Against U.S. Intervention…

… stop by 102 cer, mtg. Union, Wolverine Rm, 7:30 UGLi. (officers at 7). Northwalk, North Campus nighttime U of M Students of Objectivism. safety walking service. Functions 8- Discussion of "What is…

… received. Be sure to travel to the Joe Louis Arena to watch our Wolverines in the CCHA playoffs. The NIKE Hummer will also be there, and you may even get a chance to play NIKE street hockey. A…

… candidate on the Wolverine Party ticket, endorsed the effort to boost voter turnout. "I think any get-out-the-vote ef- fort is a good idea, but if you have to donate your own fliers to the project then you…

…-leading Hoosier squad tip off with Michigan Sunday. The Wolverines must prove they can play with nationally-ranked opponents. Today Wndy, possible showers; High: 56, Low: 41 Tomorrow Cloudy, rain; High 56, Low 43…