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Gopher Sports _News 220 Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

(for immediate release) March 4, 1991

SCHEDULE MARCH 7-IO

Thu. March 7 BASKETBALL vs. Wisconsin (Williams Arena) Sat. March 9 BASKETBALL vs. Northwestern (Williams Arena)

7 p.m. 7:30p.m.

***Girl Scout Night/Senior Night***

THIS WEEK IN GOPHER BASKETBALL-- The Minnesota women's basketball team plays its final two games of the 1990-91 season at Williams Arena Thursday and Saturday. The Gophers take on Wisconsin Thursday at 7 p.m. and Northwestern visits Saturday at 7:30p.m. Saturday is Girl Scout Night with all area girl scouts invited to attend the game. The scouts will be admitted free if they are wearing Girl Scout attire. Saturday night is also Senior Night. Gopher senior Ellen Kramer will be honored before the tipoff.

PROBABLE STARTERS: WISCONSIN (13-13, 7-9 Big Ten) F: #34 Lisa Lawrence (5-11, Sr., Milwaukee, WI) F: #54 Michele Kozelka (6-1, Jr., Prairie du Chien, WI) G: #20 Peggy Shreve (5-8, So., Monroe, WI) G: #22 Mynette Clark (5-9, Jr., Racine, wn G: #11 Robin Threatt (5-7, So., Cedar Rapids, IA)

MINNESOTA (5-21, 1-15 Big Ten) F: #40 Ellen Kramer (6-0, Sr., Roseville, MN) F: #42 Carol Ann Shudlick (6-0, Fr., Apple Valley, MN) OR#35 Stacy Carver (6-1, So., Montrose, MN) C: #24 Dana Joubert (6-1, Jr., Detroit, MI) G: #14 Holly Thompson (5-4, Jr., East Cleveland, OH) G: #23 Jenny Zeller (5-10, Jr., Faribault, MN)

NORTHWESTERN (19-7, 11-5 Big Ten) F: #35 Donna Groh (6-1, Jr., Hanover Park, IL) F: #52 Mya Whitmore (6-3, Sr., Mahtomedi, MN) C: #40 Heather Ertel (6-4, Jr., Des Plaines, IL) G: #10 Kelly Cole (5-6, Sr., Portland, OR) G: #24 Nancy Kennelly (5-7, Jr., Des Plaines, IL)

10.8 ppg 13.1 ppg 3.5 ppg

14.9 ppg 16.8 ppg

16.3 ppg 12.1 ppg 9.2 ppg

11.8 ppg 3.7 ppg 5.2 ppg

4.7 ppg 8.5 ppg 3.9 ppg

10.1 ppg 11.9 ppg

6.0 rpg 9.4 rpg 2.1 rpg 5.5 rpg 4.5 rpg

7.6 rpg 5.1 rpg 3.7 rpg 9.5 rpg 2.4 rpg 2.2 rpg

2.3 rpg 3.5 rpg 2.5 rpg 3.8 rpg 5.8 rpg

3.2 apg

3.1 apg

3.4 apg 2.7 apg

3.0 apg 8.4 apg

TEAM STATISTICS RECORDS FG% 3PT% FT% PTS/AVG REB/AVG TO/AVG WISCONSIN 13-13, 7-9 .427 .326 .719 2150/82.7 1155/44.4 606/23.3 OPPONENTS .422 .332 .703 2178/83.8 1190/45.8 544/20.9

MINNESOTA 5-21, 1-15 .401 .237 .632 1654/63.6 1000/38.5 592/22.8 OPPONENTS .455 .376 .658 19s9n6.5 1153/44.3 553/21.3

NORTHWESTERN 19-7, 11-5 .497 .404 .701 2083/80.1 1001/38.5 470/18.1 OPPONENTS .425 .333 .639 1800/69.2 1003/38.6 516/19.8

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BIG TEN STANDINGS

1. Purdue 2. Michigan State 3. Northwestern

Iowa 5. Indiana

Wisconsin Ohio State

8. Illinois 9. Michigan 10.Minnesota

BIG TEN 15-1 .938 12-5 .706 11-5 .688 11-5 .688 7-9 .438 7-9 .438 7-9 .438 6-10 .375 4-13 .235" 1-15 .063

OVERALL 24-2 .923 20-7 .741 19-7 .731 18-8 .692 15-11 .577 13-13 .500 10-16 .385 9-17 .346

11-16 .407 5-21 .192

TillS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN Wednesday, March 6 Purdue at Indiana, 7:30p.m. EST Thursday, March 7 Wisconsin at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Northwestern at Iowa, 7:30p.m.

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Illinois at Ohio State, 7:30p.m. EST Michigan State at Michigan, 7:30p.m. EST Saturday, March 9 Wisconsin at Iowa, 1:30 p.m. Northwestern at Minnesota, 7:30p.m. Illinois at Indiana, 7:30p.m. EST Purdue at Ohio State, 2 p.m. EST

A LOOK AT WISCONSIN -- The Badgers (13-13, 7-9 Big Ten) moved into a three-way tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with victories over Ohio State and Indiana at the UW Fieldhouse over the weekend. Wisconsin is now tied for fifth with those two teams after going into the weekend in eighth place in the league. The Badgers used 45 percent shooting from the floor and an 87 percent accuracy mark from the line for a 92-77 win over the Buckeyes. Down by three at halftime against the Hoosiers, Wisconsin outscored Indiana 46-38 in the second half on 56 percent shooting from the field to post an 80-75 victory. The Badgers broke a three-game losing streak with their pair of wins over the weekend.

WATCH FOR -- Junior guard Mynette Clark had a spectacular weekend for the Badgers, scoring a career-high 28 points in the Indiana game and adding 13 against Ohio State. The long-range shooter, who leads the Big Ten in three-point goals per game, shot 50 percent from the three-point line, connecting on 5-of-1 0 three pointers for the weekend. Clark also contributed 10 assists in the two games. Sophomore guard Robin Threatt, Wisconsin's leading scorer with a 16.9 points/game average, led the Badgers against Ohio State with 21 points. She ranks fifth among the Big Ten scoring leaders. Junior forward Michele Kozelka e tallied 17 points and 13 rebounds against Ohio State and ranks second in the conference with a 9.4 rebounds/ game average.

THE SERIES •• Minnesota leads the all-time series 15-9, although the Badgers have won four of the last five meetings, including a 102-77 victory in Madison Jan. 6.

THE COACH-- Fifth-year head coach Mary Murphy (Northwestern '80) is 47-90 (.343) at Wisconsin.

A LOOK AT NORTHWESTERN·· The 20th-ranked Wildcats (19-7, 11-5 Big Ten) also defeated Ohio State and Indiana over the weekend to move into a third-place tie in the Big Ten standings with Iowa. Junior forward Michele Savage, the Big Ten's leading scorer and the key to the Northwestern offense, racked up 30 points and nine rebounds against Indiana, but was forced to sit out the Ohio State contest. Unfortunately for Northwestern, Savage is suffering from chicken pox and may be out of commission this weekend. Northwestern has posted wins in seven of its last eight games and looks to be heading for another NCAA tournament bid. The Wildcats will play at Iowa Thursday before making the trip to Minneapolis.

WATCH FOR ··With Savage out of the lineup, junior guard Nancy Kennelly will be looked at to take on additional scoring responsibilities. Kennelly posted 11 points against Indiana, but came back with a game-high 19 against Ohio State. Kennelly leads the Big Ten in assists with a phenomenal8.4 assists/game average. She has racked up 219 assists on the season and recorded 14 over the weekend. It was Kennelly's younger sister, freshman Moira Kennelly who stepped up to help out against the Buckeyes. She tallied 18 points and matched her sister's assist total of six. She also contributed five steals and five rebounds in 30 minutes of playing time. Senior guard Kelly Cole, averaging 10.1 points/game, is also a Wildcat threat. She scored 25 points and snared 12 rebounds in weekend play.

THE SERIES·· Northwestern leads the series 17-6 and has won the last six meetings, including a 90-49 win in Evanston, lll. Jan. 4.

THE COACH-· Don Perrelli (Southern Connecticut '61) is 120-76 (612) in his seventh season at e Northwestern and 295-147 (.667) in 15 years of collegiate coaching.

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MINNESOTA RECENTLY •• The Gophers just about snapped their Big Ten road losing streak at Michigan, but came up just short in a 74-70 loss to the Wolverines, their seventh straight. Minnesota has now lost 15 of its last 16contests with its lone Big Ten victory over Michigan State 58-55, Feb. 3 at Williams Arena. The Gophers were down by just two points, 72-70, with 20 seconds remaining in the game after rallying with four straight makes at the free throw line. However, Minnesota was forced to foul as the clock ran down, allowing the Wolverines to capture their fourth conference win of the season. The Gophers dropped a 68-52 decision at Michigan State Friday. The weekend losses put Minnesota's conference road losing streak at 28 straight games, dating back to a March 7, 1988 win at Wisconsin.

IMPROVED STATS --Minnesota shot 47.5 percent against the Wolverines, its best performance since a Feb. 8 game at Illinois. The Gophers outrebounded their opponents in both games, 44-37 over the Spartans and 43-37 over the Wolverines. That marked the first time since the Gophers' Feb. 3 win over Michigan State that Minnesota has outrebounded an opponent by more than two rebounds. Free throw shooting was also given a boost as Minnesota sank 75 percent (24-32) of its shots against Michigan and MSU (6-8).

SHUDLICK POURS IT ON-- Freshman forward CAROL ANN SHUDLICK (APPLE VALLEY, MN) caught fire over the weekend, scoring 51 points in two games. She came off the bench against Michigan State and hit four-of-six first-half shots, before ending the game with 20 points on an 8-of-14 shooting performance, 4-of-6 at the line. Shudlick also ripped down 10 rebounds and contributed two assists, two steals and a blocked shot against the Spartans. Shudlick started Sunday's contest against Michigan and racked up a career-high 31 points, also a team-season high. Shudlick scored 11 of the Gophers' 14 points during a second-half rally that pulled Minnesota to within two points with 4:20 remaining. Shudlick scored on 10 of 17 attempts from the field and 11-of-12 at the line, another team-season high. She added five rebounds, three assists and two steals in just 29 minutes.

THE NUMBERS ON KRAMER·· Senior forward ELLEN KRAMER (ROSEVll..LE, MN/ ALEXANDER RAMSEY) will move into the sixth-place slot, past Marty Dahlen (1978-82), on the all-time career scoring chart this weekend as she needs just two points to reach that spot. After scoring 29 points in the two weekend games, she has now scored a career total of 1,343 points. The fifth position, occupied by Debbie Hunter ( 1979-83), is within definite reach as Kramer needs just 18 points to get there. She averages 16.3 points/game and has two games remaining in her career. She will probably go no further than fifth though, as the fourthplace spot is 98 points away and is held by Carol Peterka (1982-86).

Kramer reached the fifth spot on the career rebounding chart over the weekend, surpassing Marty Dahlen ( 1978-82), and now has a total of 714 rebounds to her credit. Kramer would need 30 rebounds in her final two games to reach the fourth position. She averages 7.6 rebounds/game.

KRAMER TO BE HONORED ON SENIOR NIGHT·· Ellen Kramer, the lone senior and captain of the 1990-91 Gopher basketball team, will be honored before the start of Saturday's game against Northwestern, which tips off at Williams Arena at 7:30p.m. As mentioned above, Kramer will likely end up fifth on both the all-time scoring and all-time rebounding charts. She should also finish in a tie for fifth on the career list for games played, seventh in field goals made, sixth in field goals attempted, second or third in free throws made, and second in free throws attempted.

JOUBERT DOMINATES THE BOARDS •• Junior center DANA JOUBERT (DETROIT, MI/ST. MARTIN DePORRES) upped her rebounding average to 9.5 rebounds/game over the weekend with a gamehigh 12 rebounds against Michigan State and another game-high 11 boards against Michigan. Joubert also scored 24 points in the two contests.

THE COACH •• Minnesota first-year head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald is 171-151 (.531) in her 11th season as a collegiate head coach.

1990-91 MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OVERALL STATISTICS- Record Overall: 5-21 Big Ten: 1-15 (3-9 Home, 1-11 Away "INNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS BASKETBALL 1990-91 SEASON lEAn ~TIUES 1-1 Neutral)

3-POIHT REBOUNDS e NO PLAYER GP-GS FGIHGA m FGH-FGA FG% FTft-fTA FT% OFF DEF TDT/AVG PF-DQ PTS/AVG AST BlK TO STl "IN/AUG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------40 Ellen Kramer 26-26 171-375 0.456 0-0 0.000 82-118 0.695 67 130 197/ 7.6 74-3 42V 16.3 eo 6 70 48 92:1/36 24 Dana Joubert 26-22 125-325 0.385 0-0 0.000 59-128 0.453 102 144 246/ 9.5 84-4 308/ 11.8 15 10 92 38 815131 42 Carol Ann Shudlic 22-10 99-207 0.478 0-0 0.000 69-93 0.742 47 65 112/ 5.1 68-1 2671 12.1 18 12 38 27 472121 35 Stacy Carver 23-12 86-225 0.382 1H7 0.234 29-38 0.763 25 61 86/ 3.7 50-0 2121 9.2 35 8 14 15 554124 23 Jenny Zeller 26-23 59-180 0.328 1-3 0.333 15-20 0.750 23 33 56/ 2.2 29-0 134/ 5.2 71 4 91 15 630124 14 Holly Tha•pson 26-25 40-99 0.404 0-2 0.000 15-26 0.577 16 46 621 2.4 75-2 951 3.7 89 4 97 41 769130 32 Nikki Coates 25-12 33-134 0.246 10-41 O.ZH 13-19 0.684 11 31 42/ 1. 7 50-1 89/ 3.6 42 1 58 29 455118 20 N.3ncy Alexander 23-0 34-72 0.472 0-0 0.000 6-9 0.667 19 12 311 1.3 22-0 74/ 3.2 16 2 31 8 267112 IS Mary Klotzbeecher 21-0 6-16 0.375 0-0 0.000 9-17 0.529 10 12 221 1.0 22-0 211 1.0 22 0 27 18 18119 34 Jenny Dillon 13-0 B-17 0.471 0-0 0.000 2-4 o.soo 4 B 12/ 0.9 9-0 18/ 1.4 1 0 4 0 75/6 22 Crystal Flint 3-0 4-5 0.800 0-0 0.000 2-3 0.667 0 3 3/ 1.0 0-0 101 3.3 2 0 5 2 30/10 43 Yolanda Murphy 6-0 1-7 0.143 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 3 2 5/ O.B o-o 2/ 0.3 0 1 1 0 20/ 3 OS Kara Larson 2-0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 1 0 11 0.5 H 0/ o.o 0 0 1 0 9/5 Tea• 57 68 125 3 ---~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Minne5ota Golden Gophers 666-1662 0. 401 22-93 0.237 300-475 0.632 395 615 1000/38.5 494-11 1654/ 63.6 391 48 592 241 ----~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Teat 51 71 122 3 OPPONEtiTS 772-1696 0.455 79-210 0.376 366-556 0.658 425 728 1153/44.3 450-9 1989/ 76.5 404 71 553 300 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~------------------------------------------Oeadball Pebounds <Minnesota Golden Gophers-63 , 0pponents·69)

1991 MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BIG TEN CONFERENCE STATISTICS - Record: 1-15 "INNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHER.S BASKEIBALL 1990-91 SEASON TEAK CUI1ULATIVES FOR CDHFERENCE GAllES

3-POINT REBOUNDS HO PLAYER GP-GS FGHGA m FGHGA m FTHTA m OFF DEF TOT/AIJG PF-DQ PTS/AVG AST BlK TO BTl "IN/AUG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~0 Ell en Kramer 16-16 95-222 0.428 0·-0 0.000 46-69 0.667 37 76 113/ 7.1 49-1 2361 14.8 56 3 55 30 588137 24 Dana Joubert 16-15 74-215 0.344 0-0 0.000 35-84 o.m 57 96 153/ 9.6 53-3 183/ 11.4 9 2 55 27 5211133 42 Carol Ann Shudlic 16-6 62-140 0.443 0-0 0.000 50-66 0.758 36 39 75/ 4.7 50-0 m; 10.9 12 B 30 19 310/19 35 Stacy Carver 16-9 53-145 0.366 9-36 D.250 18-24 0.750 12 38 SO/ 3.1 37-o 133/ 8.3 25 3 51 10 394125 23 Jenny Zeller 16-15 32-103 0.311 1-3 0.333 7-10 0.700 13 20 33/ 2.1 16-0 121 4.5 34 2 54 11 391/24 32 Nikki Coates 15-3 19-62 0.306 5-16 0.313 5-8 0.625 3 9 11/ 0.7 25-1 48/ 3.2 10 1 20 11 182/12 20 !laney Alexander 14-0 17-36 0.472 0-0 0.000 2-2 1.000 11 4 15/ 1.1 12-0 36/ 2.6 12 1 20 6 146/10 14 Holly Thomp5on 16-16 1H9 0.265 0-1 0.000 7-14 0.500 9 31 40/ 2.5 46-1 33/ 2.1 42 2 53 23 481130 15 Mary Klotzbeecher 14-0 6-14 o.m o-o 0.000 9-14 0.643 6 8 HI 1.0 15-0 21/ 1.5 11 0 19 10 133/10 34 Jenny Dillon 7-0 H 0.250 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000 0 0 01 0.0 s-o 2/ 0.3 0 0 1 0 211 3 43 Yolanda Murphy s-o 1-7 0.143 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 3 2 5/ 0.8 0-0 21 0.3 0 1 1 0 20/ 3 05 Kara Larscm 0-0 o-o 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 01 0.0 o-o 0/ o.o 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 22 Crystal Flint o-o 0-0 0.000 o-o 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/ 0.0 0-0 0/ 0.0 0 0 0 0 01 0 Tee111 35 41 76 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~---------------------------------------.._____ "innesota Golden Gophers 373-997 0.374 15-56 0.268 179-292 0.613 222 363 SBS/36.6 307-6 940/ 58.8 211 23 362 147 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tea• 31 45 7S 3 e OPPONENTS ~71-1008 0.467 -53-125 0.~24 25&-363 0.705'241" 47! 720/45.0 284-7 l2S11 71JiT 235 46 321174

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1990-91 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS-- Individual Performances

Overall Record: 5-21 Big Ten Record: 1-15 Home: 3-9 Away: 1-11 Neutral: 1-1 (Points-Rebounds)

Date WIL Opponent Score ALEX CARV COAT DILL FLINT JOUB KLOT KRAM MURP SHUD THOM ZEL 11/26 w vs. Marquette 80-65 0-0 10-6* 7-1 0-0 4-2 9-14* 0-1 19-10* DNP 20-6 6-2* 5-2* 11/28 L vs. Kansas 63-71 DNP 15-2* 0-2* DNP 4-0 2-9* DNP 15-9* DNP 17-7* 0-2 10-1 11/30 w $vs. 111.-Chicago 79-59 4-1 16-9 5-2* 2-1 2-1 0-3 0-0 22-5* DNP 17-9* 9-3* 2-2* 12/1 L $ vs. Georgia Tech 69-84 0-0 12-7* 5-3* DNP DNP 10-9 DNP 10-4* DNP 20-9* 8-1* 4-2 12/15 L at Connecticut 60-85 6-4 DNP 2-1* 3-2 DNP 12-13* 0-1 26-6* DNP DNP 5-1* 6-3* 12/17 w at Dartmouth 74-61 9-2 DNP 8-2* 2-1 DNP 28-11* 0-2 21-7* DNP DNP 4-1* 2-2* 12/20 L at Bradley 76-84 4-0 DNP 0-2* DNP DNP 22-8* DNP 25-11* DNP 7-3 8-1* 10-3* 12/22 L vs. Oklahoma 75-85 2-2 7-3 3-9* DNP DNP 20-9 0-1 8-1* DNP 12-3* 8-3* 15-4* 12/29 L # vs. Stephen F. Austin66-84 5-4 5-4 5-5* 3-6 DNP 15-6* 0-2 25-18* DNP DNP 6-3* 2-0* 12/30 w # vs. Western Carolina 72-60 8-3 14-7 6-4* 6-2 DNP 7-11* 0-1 17-13* DNP DNP 8-5* 6-4* 1/4 L at Northwestern 49-90 4-2 6-1 1-1 * 0-0 DNP 13-11* 2-1 19-3* DNP 2-1 0-0* 2-0* 1/6 L at Wisconsin 77-102 8-2 7-3 5-0* 0-0 DNP 14-6* 3-2 16-9* DNP 9-3 0-3* 15-2* 1/11 L vs. Purdue 60-106 12-5 15-4* 0-0 0-0 DNP 7-6* 0-2 12-7* 0-0 8-10 2-2* 4-0* 1/13 L vs. Illinois 60-78 6-3 7-4 0-0 DNP DNP 8-5* DNP 19-10* DNP 10-1* 6-2* 4-0* 1/18 L at Ohio State 64-78 4-0 19-2* 0-0 0-0 DNP 5-9* 1-1 18-11* DNP 15-7 0-2* 2-2* 1/20 L at Indiana 63-92 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 DNP 8-10* 0-1 21-4* 0-1 20-6* 2-3* 8-5* 1/25 L at Iowa 51-70 2-2 10-6* DNP DNP DNP 11-8* 3-2 14-7* 0-0 7-7 0-0* 4-3* 2/1 L vs. Michigan 51-65 0-0 9-6 2-0 DNP DNP 22-15* 0-0 4-6* 0-1 8-3* 6-3* 0-1 * 2/3 w vs. Michigan St. 58-55 0-1 12-8 0-1 DNP DNP 4-7* 0-1 20-8* DNP 8-9* 4-0* 10-1 * 2/8 L at lllinois 63-71 0-0 7-5 9-1 DNP DNP 12-7* 0-0 19-5* 2-3 7-1* 0-3* 7-2* 2/10 L at Purdue 57-85 DNP 8-5* 8-3 DNP DNP 13-9* DNP 10-5* 0-0 7-2 1-5* 4-3* 2/15 L vs. Indiana 67-83 0-0 12-3* 3-0 DNP DNP 20-13* 4-1 8-6* DNP 16-4 0-2* 4-4* 2/17 L vs. Ohio State 52-64 DNP 2-0* 12-2 DNP DNP 10-9* 8-2 16-6* DNP 4-6 0-0* 0-2* 2/22 L vs. Iowa 46-70 0-0 ll-1 * 4-0 DNP DNP 12-15* 0-0 11-9* DNP 2-0 2-5* 4-3* 3/1 L at Michigan State 52-68 0-0 2-0* 4-2 0-0 DNP 8-12* 0-1 12-6* DNP 20-10 4-5* 2-4* 3/3 L at Michigan 70-74 0-0 4-1* 0-1* 0-0 DNP 16-11 0-0 17-11* DNP 31-5* 0-5* 2-1 3n vs. Wisconsin 3/9 vs. Northwestern

Home games in BOLD at Williams Arena Top scorer/top rebounderin BOLD *Indicates staners $Dial Soap Classic (Minneapolis, MN), runnerup #Western Kentucky Tournament (Bowling Green, KY), 3rd place

1990-91 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • Individual Highs

Most Points Overall 31 Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Michigan (2) Big Ten 31 Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Michigan (2)

MostFGM Overall 13 Dana Jouben vs. Danmouth Big Ten 10 Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Michigan (2)

MostFGA Overall 21 Ellen Kramer vs. Wisconsin ( 1) Big Ten 21 Ellen Kramer vs. Wisconsin ( 1)

BestFG% Overall .800 Carol Ann Shudlick (8-10) vs. Marquette (min. 10 att.) Big Ten .727 Ellen Kramer (8-11) vs. Ohio State ( 1)

Most 3-point FGM Overall 3 Stacy Carvervs. Ohio State (1) Big Ten 3 Stacy Carver vs. Ohio State (1)

Most 3-point FGA Overall 5 Nikki Coates vs. Marquette, Stacy Carver vs. Ohio State (1) Big Ten 5 Stacy Carver vs. Ohio State (1)

Best 3-point FG% Overall .667 Nikki Coates (2-3) vs. Ohio State (2) (min. 3 att.) Big Ten .667 Nikki Coates (2-3) vs. Ohio State (2)

MostFrM Overall 11 Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Michigan (2) Big Ten 11 Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Michigan (2)

MostFfA Overall 15 Dana Jouben vs. Michigan (1) Big Ten 15 Dana Jouben vs. Michigan (1)

BestFT% Overall .917 Carol Ann Shudlick (11-12) vs. Michigan (2) (min. 9 att.) Big Ten .917 Carol Ann Shudlick ( 11-12) vs. Michigan (2)

Most Rebounds Overall 18 Ellen Kramer vs. Stephen F. Austin Big Ten 15 Dana Jouben vs. Michigan (1), vs. Iowa (2)

Most Assists Overall 11 Jenny Zeller vs. Danmouth Big Ten 7 Ellen Kramervs. Wisconsin (1), Michigan (2)

Jenny Zeller vs. Wisconsin (1)

Most Steals Overall 6 Holly Thompson vs. Georgia Tech Ellen Kramer vs. Ohio State (1) Mary Klotzbeecher vs. Ohio State (2)

Big Ten 6 Ellen Kramer vs. Ohio State (1) Mary Klotzbeecher vs. Ohio State (2)

Most Blocks Overall 3 Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Oklahoma Big Ten 2· Carol Ann Shudlick vs. Michigan (1)

Stacy Carver vs. Iowa (2)


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Fri. March 15

Sat. March 16

Sun. March 17

SCHEDULE MARCH 15-24 DIVING at NCAA Zone Qualifying (Columbus, OH)

DIVING at NCAA Zone Qualifying (Columbus, OH)

GYMNASTICS vs. Iowa State (Williams Arena) SOFTBALL vs. Rutgers (Fullerton, CA)

2 p.m. 4p.m.

Tues. March 19 SOFTBALL vs. Cal. State-Northridge (Northridge, CA) 1:30p.m.

Wed. March 20

Thurs. March 21

SOFTBALL at Cal. State-Fullerton Pony Tournament (Fullerton, CA)

SOFTBALL at Cal. State-Fullerton Pony Tournament (Fullerton, CA) SWIMMING & DIVING at NCAA championships (Indianapolis, IN) TENNIS vs. Princeton (San Diego, CA) 1:30 p.m.

Fri. March 22 GYMNASTICS at Big Ten championships (Champaign, IT..) SOFTBALL at Cal. State-Fullerton Pony Tournament (Fullerton, CA) SWIMMING & DIVING at NCAA championships (Indianapolis, IN) TENNIS vs. San Diego (San Diego, CA) 1:30 p.m.

Sat. March 23 GOLF at Hawkeye/Rio Rico Invitational (Rio Rico, AZ) GYMNASTICS at Big Ten championships (Champaign, IT..) SOFTBALL at Cal. State-Fullerton Pony Tournament (Fullerton, CA) SWIMMING & DIVING at NCAA championships (Indianapolis, IN) TRACK & FIELD at Arizona State Invitational (Tempe, AZ)

Sun. March 24 GOLF at Hawkeye/Rio Rico Invitational (Rio Rico, AZ) SOFTBALL at Cal. State-Fullerton Pony Tournament (Fullerton, CA)

BREAK TIME-- Four University of Minnesota women's athletic teams will travel west in the next two weeks as spring trips take them to Arizona and California. The golf and track and field teams will compete in Arizona while softball and tennis face competition in California. Meanwhile, the swimming and diving team competes March 21-23 at the NCAA championships in Indianapolis, Ind. while the gymnastics team will see action at the Big Ten championships March 22-23 at Champaign, Ill.

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GYMNASTICS

GOPHERSTOFACECYCLONESINBIGTENCHAMPIONSHIPTUNEUP-TheMinnesotawomen gymnasts will take on Iowa State at 2 p.m. Sunday at Williams Arena in the regular season finale. The meet will be the Gophers' last chance to sharpen routines and raise individual as well as team regional qualifying scores prior to the March 22 Big Ten championship. Minnesota, currently ranked eighth in the NCAA Central Region, needs a good performance Sunday and at the Big Ten championship if is to qualify for NCAA postseason competition for the fifth straight year. The top seven teams in each of the NCAA's five regions qualify for postseason regional championships. This will be the second time Iowa State and Minnesota have met this season. The Gophers won a close meet in Ames, Iowa on Jan. 21, edging the Cyclones 182.45-182.35. Minnesota has been steadily raising its team scores since then, scoring 186.00 and above in the team's last five meets. Friday the Gophers scored a team-season high 188.15 at Florida.

IOWA STATE COMING OFF SEASON-BEST ROAD OUTING- Not only will Iowa State be the Gophers' opponent Sunday, but the Cyclones figure to be one of the Gophers' stiffest competitors for one of the Central Region's final two postseason slots. Iowa State has a 186.16 regional qualifying score, just slightly behind Minnesota (186.34), Wisconsin (186.32) and Iowa (186.31). The Cyclones scored 187.05 in Iowa City Thursday, defeating the Haw keyes ( 184.40) and Central Michigan ( 185.55) in a triangular meet. The Cyclones have three other scores above 187.00 this season, all of which were reached at home. Sunday's meet is Iowa State's last regular season competition prior to the March 23 Big Eight championship meet at the University of Missouri.

WATCH FOR - Junior Kathie Jo Kindler has a season-best all-around score of 38.30 and an allaround average of 37.29. She scored 38.05 Thursday at Iowa. Kindler has highs of 9. 70 on the bars, beam

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and floor exercise. Senior Janelle Emerson has an all-around high of 37.35. Last year's top all-arounder, A sophomore Kristin Moore, has missed most of this season because of an elbow injury but has recently • returned to compete in the vault and balance beam. She has highs of 9.40 in the vault and 9.45 in the beam. Two native Minnesotans compete for the Cyclones, sophomore Carrie Haupert of Apple Valley and freshman Jenny Olson of Mahtomedi. Haupert has a 9.70 high in the floor exercise and a 9.60 season best in the uneven bars while Olson has highs of9.60 in the vault, 9.55 in the beam and 9.65 in the floor exercise. SERIES -The Gophers lead 17-5 and have won 15 of the last 16 meetings between the schools. Iowa State had not defeated the Gophers since 1979 until beating Minnesota 190.50-187.65 in Ames, Iowa late last season.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW- Because of spring break next week, there will be no press release issued by the women's athletic department's sports information office. Therefore, a capsule look at each of the seven Big Ten's women's gymnastics teams is included in this week's release. A look at the season results of the Big Ten teams does not reveal a clear-cut favorite, although based on rankings over the course of the season, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio State appear to be the Gophers' prime competition for the championship.

MINNESOTA scored 187.45 at last year's championship and finished third. The Gophers lost seventime Big Ten champion Marie Roethlisberger from last year's squad but return defending Big Ten floor exercise tri-champion Cathy Zolkowski and a strong supporting cast. Minnesota has what is probably the Big Ten's best vaulting team with four individuals who have scored 9.60 or better in the event this year. They includeZolkowski, freshman Jessica Wolf, and sophmores MonikaJuhasz-Nagy and Dawn Ketcher. Wolfs all-around high (38.20) is tied for the Big Ten's best and she is a strong candi...;. _ ...,nference freshman of the year honors. Head coach Katalin Deli, in her 18th season, is the dean of Big Ten women's gymnastics coaches. The Gophers currently have the second-highest team score in the Big Ten this season at 188.15. Minnesota closes the regular season Sundayt at Iowa State. a

lllinois scored a conference-record 188.7 5 to win last season's title. This year, lllinois lost two of its top • · all-arounders, Peggy Pullman and Jennifer Durdil, to season-ending injuries. The Fighting lllini' s top season score thus far is 186.40. Freshman Kim Bathke has Illinois' top all-around score (37 .50), while

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Illinois' top event scores have been sophomore Kara Corso's 9.75 in the vault (best in the Big Ten) and a 9.75 in the floor exercise by Bathke, Corso and freshman Sarah Wasserman. Illinois, coached by Bev Mackes (14th year), will play host to Missouri Saturday in its last regular season meet.

An improved Iowa team scored a Big Ten-season high 188.95 Saturday in a win over Michigan. The Hawke yes scored 184.10 at last season's championships and finished seventh, a spot they have occupied in six of the last seven years. The exception was 1989, when the Iowans finished fifth. The Haw keyes return one of the Big Ten floor exercise tri-champions from last season, junior Lori Cole, who holds the Iowa allaround high this season (38.05). Senior Michelle Cahal has an all-around high of 38.00 this season. Freshman Sandy Stengel is tied for the Big Ten's top balance beam score (9. 7 5) of the season and Cole ranks first in the floor exercise (9.80). Iowa, coached by Diane DeMarco (12th year), closes its regular season Saturday at Oklahoma.

Michigan finished sixth at last season's championship with a 184.85 score following a last-place finish in 1989. The Wolverines are improved this season under second-year coach Bev Fry. Michigan scored a school-record 187.00 in a dual meet loss to LSU in Baton Rouge, La. on March 1 and followed up with a 184.90 in a road loss to Iowa on Saturday. The top Wolverine scorers this season have been sophomore Ali Winski and freshman Wendy Wilkinson. Wilkinson has an all-around high of 37.90 (as of 3/4) and Winski ranks among the Big Ten's top ten in all four events. Her best mark is a 9.75 on the floor exercise. Junior Kim Crocker's high balance beam score (9. 7 5) is tied for the Big Ten's best on that event. Michigan closes out the regular season Saturday at home against Michigan State and Central Michigan.

Michigan State scored 187.50 and finished second at last year's Big Ten championships after finishing third the previous four years. First-year head coach Kathy Klages has assembled another strong Spartan team that could make a bid for the title. Michigan State has a team high score of 187.95 but had a shaky outing Saturday at Arizona, scoringjust 17 4.55. The top Spartan all-arounders are sophomore Ruth Aguayo (37 .90 high) and freshman Jennifer Dube (37.70 high). Aguayo's top bars score (9.75) ranks second in the Big Ten as does junior Laura Makowski's top beam score (9.75). The Spartans close their regular season Saturday at Michigan.

Ohio State slipped to fifth in the Big Ten last season with a 185.60 score at the conference championship. The Buckeyes finished second in 1989 after winning the Big Ten title for five straight years from 1984-88. Although Ohio State did not have a strong conference meet last season, the Buckeyes came back and won the NCAA Northeast Region championship, earning a team berth in the NCAA championships, where they finished 12th. Twelfth-year head coach Larry Cox has helped the team carry last season's momentum into this year, as Ohio State appears ready to challenge for another title. The Buckeyes scored a season-high 187.55 in a home win over Indiana (Pa.) on Saturday. The leading Ohio State all-arounderisjunior Claire Wilson, who tied a Big Ten season high with her 38.20 all-around score Saturday. Wilson has the Big Ten's best uneven bars score (9.80). Ohio State will conclude its regular season Friday at Kent State.

Wisconsin has been at the top of the Big Ten rankings nearly all season after upsetting both Arizona and Minnesota in the Badgers' season-opening meet. Last year Wisconsin scored 186.05 and finished fourth at the Big Ten championship for the Badgers' best-ever finish. Seventh-year head coach Terry Bryson's team has a 1991 season high of 187.60 and several individuals who rank in the Big Ten's top ten. Defending Big Ten all-around champion and 1990 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Elizabeth Mahaney has a season-high all-around score of 37 .80, while sophomore Holly Bremer has an all-around high of 38.05. Senior Michele Hernandez's top floor exercise score (9.75) is tied for second-best in the Big Ten. Wisconsin finishes its regular season Saturday at home against Winona State.

GOPHERS SCORE SEASON-BEST 188.15, FINISH THIRD AT FLORIDA-Minnesotaequaled the second-best mark in school history with the 188.15 score achieved Friday at Florida's quadrangular meet in Gainesville, Fla. The Gophers finished third in the meet behind Florida (193.70) and future Big Ten foe Penn State (190.80). William & Mary was fourth with a 186.65 team score. Minnesota had season highs on the vault (47.75) and uneven bars (47.00). Individually, the Gophers tied or set seven new career bests and set six new season bests. Minnesota's regional qualifying score jumped from 185.20 to 186.34.


GYMNASTICS CONTINUED --ALLST ADT, WOLF REACH CAREER BESTS IN ALL-AROUND - Sophomore KRISTIN ALLSTADT (APPLE VALLEY, MN) scored a career-best 37.40 Friday and freshman JESSICA WOLF (OSHKOSH, WI/WESn became the first Gopher to top 38.00 this season as she rang up a career-best 38.20 to finish fourth all-around in the meet. Allstadt's scores included a 9.30 in the vault, 9.20 in the uneven bars, 9.35 in the balance beam and 9.55 in the floor exercise. Wolf, meanwhile, scored a career-best 9.60 in the bars and tied a career best with a 9.70 in the floor exercise while also scoring 9.60 in the vault and 9.30 in the beam competition. Her all-around score is tied for the best in the Big Ten this season. Ohio State's Claire Wilson scored 38.20 Saturday against Indiana (Pa.).

LINDHOLM HITS SEASON HIGHS IN VAULT, BARS- The Gophers will need everyone to contribute if they hope to win the Big Ten title and sophomore IKA LINDHOLM (WINNETKA, IL/YORK COMMUNITY) showed she is ready to do her part by scoring a season-best 9.20 in the vault and a careerbest 9.40 in the uneven bars. Other event specialists who played a big role in Friday's meet were freshmen JENNIFER KRALING (PLYMOUTH, MN/HOPKINS) and KELLY McCONNELL (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL/ST.THOMAS AQUINAS) and sophomore DAWN KETCHER (BROOKLYN PARK, MN/P ARK CENTER). Kraling scored a career-best 9.50 in the balance beam, McConnell scored a careerbest 9.50 in the uneven bars and Ketcher notched season bests in the vault (9.60) and floor exercise (9.30).

MOREINDIVIDUALNOTES-SophomoreMONIKAJUHASZ-NAGY(BUDAPEST,HUNGARY/ VOROSMARTY) scored a season best in the vault (9.65), as did senior co-captain CATHY ZOLKOWSKI (NEENAH, WI/ARMSTRONG-NEENAH), whotallieda9.60inthevault. Seniorco-captainKATHYNESS (COON RAPIDS, MN) did an exhibition on the bars and scored a 9.05 with a simple dismount and without the giant swing-full twist she usually performs. Ness has been working out on the balance beam and may be inserted in either the bars or beam lineups or both for this weekend's meet at Iowa State. e DIVING

THREE DIVERS TO NCAA ZONE COMPETITION - Three Minnesota divers will be among the competitors this weekend at the NCAA Zone 'C' Qualifying Meet in Columbus, Ohio. The top five finishers in 1-meter diving and the top three competitors on the 3-meter board will advance to the NCAA championships March 21-23 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Senior LISA DAVIS (AUSTIN, MN) will compete only in the 1-meter spring board competiton as she has already qualified for the national championships in 3-meter diving. Davis received the automatic bid after finishing second at the Big Ten championships. The top two divers on the high board at the conference meet automatically qualified for the national championships. Sophomore JENNIFER YASIS (LAKE ELMO, MN/JOHNSON) and freshman LAURIE NELSON (ETOBICOKE, ONTAF~'1, CANADA/ SIVERTHORN) will compete in 1- and 3-meter diving at the zone competition.

SWIMMING & DIVING

STACEY NIEDENFUER NAMED BIG TEN SWIMMER OF THE MONTH -- Minnesota ju NIEDENFUER (ALEXANDRIA, MN/JEFFERSON) has been named the February Big women's athlete of the month for swimming and diving. A sprint freestyler, ~~: ·· ·1':' ~ fuer paced the G<.' ·rs to their second-place finish at the conference championships Feb. 21-23 in Minneapolis. The Big Te the 50 free (:23.18), Niedenfuer also placed second in the 100 free and third in the 200 free. She of Minnesota's winning 200 free relay team, as well as the second-place 400 free relay and 40G teams. Niedenfuer also swam on the Minnesota's fifth-place 800 free relay team.

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During February, she qualified for the NCAA championships in the 50 free and three separate relays, while surpassing the optional entry standard in the 100 and 200 freestyle events. Niedenfuer also set three varsity records and eclipsed the all-time Big Ten and championship records in the 200 free relay. In regular season meets with Harvard, Purdue and lllinois (double-dual meet) and Northern Michigan, Niedenfuer garnered two frrst-place finishes, four second-place finishes and swam on three champion relay squads.

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Minnesota Women's Sports News -5-5-5-5- 3/11/91 SWIMMING & DIVING CONTINUED--EIGHT SWIMMERS AND A DIVER QUALIFY FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS-- Nineteenth-ranked Minnesota has qualified to compete in 12 events at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships March 21-23 in Indianapolis, Ind. All of the qualifications came at the Big Ten championships at the University Aquatic Center this past weekend. The Gophers made the entry standards in the 200 and 400 free relay events, the 200 and 400 medley relays, the 50 free, the 100 free, the 400 individual medley and 3-meter diving. Minnesota also made the optional entry standards in the 200 individual medley, the 200 backstroke and the 100 and 200 freestyle events.

THE RELAYS- Minnesota's 200 free relay team of sophomore LAURA HERMAN (HALES CORNERS, WI/WHITNALL), junior STACEY NIEDENFUER (ALEXANDRIA, MN/JEFFERSON), sophomore JENNY EASTER (SHOREVIEW, MN/MOUNDS VIEW) and sophomore TRINA THAMES (EAU CLAIRE, WI/NORTH) made the NCAA time standard (1:34.04) with a time of 1:32.77. Thames, freshman KRIS ZELLER (FARIDAULT, MN), freshman ANDREA RUDSER (MINOT, ND/MINOT) and Herman combined their individual specialties to make the cuts (1 :45.19) in the 200 medley relay after they clocked a combined time of 1 :44.77. Rudser, Thames, and Zeller were joined by Niedenfuer in the 400 medley relay (3:48.64) as they qualified for the NCAA championships with a time of 3:47.37. The Gophers also made the 400 free relay time standard (3:24.51) with the relay team ofNiedenfuer, Herman, junior DEANNE HOP (ST. LOUIS PARK, MN/ST. LOUIS PARK) and Thames.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS-- The Gophers also qualified to compete in eight individual events, four by meeting the qualifying time standard and four by the optional entry standard. The optional entry standard allows swimmers to compete in an event if they have made the qualifying time standard in another event.

Trina Thames made the standard cut time in the 100 backstroke (:57.60) with a time of :56.00 and the optional standard in the 200 backstroke (2:04. 7 4) after recording a time of2:04.51. Stacey Niedenfuer made the standard in the 50 free (:23.37) with a time of :23.18 and the optional standard in the 100 free (:51.36) with a timeof:50.55 and the200free (1:51.12) after clocking atimeof1:49.71. Junior LINDA OEGEMA (DEDEMSV AART, THE NETHERLANDS) qualified for the 400 individual medley ( 4:22.56) with a time of 4:22.00 and made the optional entry standard in the 200 individual medley (2:05.31) with a time of2:04.06.

Senior LISA DAVIS (AUSTIN, MN/AUSTIN) became an automatic qualifier for the NCAA championships in 3-meter diving after taking second in the event at the Big Ten championships. The top two conference divers in three-meter diving automatically qualify for NCAA championships.

COACHES COMMENTS-- "We qualified more relay teams and individuals for the NCAA championships than we did last year," said head coach Jean Freeman. "My pre-season goal for the team of finishing no lower than 18th at the championships has not changed." Last year, the Gophers qualified one relay team (400 medley relay) and three individuals in seven events.

ADAMS RESETS OWN RECORD --Freshman KAREN ADAMS (WALNUT CREEK, CAl NOR THGA TE) broke her own Minnesota varsity record in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:04.59 at the USS State Championships this past weekend. Adams held the previous record of2:04.82 in the event, which she set at the Big Ten championships.

GOLF

GOLF SEASON UNDERWAY -- With snow still on the ground and more to come, the 27th-ranked Minnesota women's golf team has already seen action this spring. The Gophers started their spring season March 1 at the Auburn Country Club of Alabama Intercollegiate tournament where they finished fifth in the rain-shortened outing.

Minnesota will compete in four more tournaments this spring before teeing off at the Big Ten championships at Wisconsin in May. The next outing is the Desert Challenge in Tempe, Ariz., March 21-22. Minnesota and Iowa are co-hosting the 36-hole tournament which will field teams from Michigan State, Missouri, Pepperdine, Iowa and Minnesota. Coach Nancy Harris is taking nine golfers to the Desert Challenge and will name the competition team once they are in Arizona.

The Gophers will also compete this spring at the South Carolina Invitational (March 29-31), the Ohio State Invitational (April13-14) and the South Alabama Invitational (April19-21).

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Minnesota Women's Sports News -6-6-6-6- 3/11/91 GOLF CONTINUED •• BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS-· The 1991 Big Ten Women's Golf Championships will be held in Madison, Wis. on May 3-5 at the Cherokee Country Club, which was the sight of last fall's Lady Northern A Golf Invitational. The Gophers won that tournament, defeating eighth-ranked Indiana by nine strokes. W

"Our goal is to win the conference title," says Harris. "We'll have to play well to beat Indiana, whose top players didn't play well at the Lady Northern. It'll be tough, but that's our goal."

GOPHERS TO WATCH -- This spring's traveling team promises to carry three familiar faces. Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) and sophomores KRIS LEIGHTON (AUSTIN, MN) and SARA EVENS (GRAFfON, ND) competed in all five of the fall tournaments. Ross had a fall stroke average 77 .00, with Evens close behind with a 77.40 stroke average. Leighton was third in stroke averages last fall with an 80.26.

The faces are expected to change throughout the spring for the fourth through sixth traveling team slots. Redshirt freshman CHRIS WOLLACK (DULUTH, MN/HERMANTOWN), senior TRACI JOHNSON (MARSHALL, MN), junior KRIST A REUTERFELDT (COON RAPIDS, MN) and freshman JANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) are the leading candidates for those slots.

SOFTBALL

GOPHERS RETURN TO FULLERTON-The Minnesota softball team ( 11-15) will spend spring break in Fullerton, Calif. for the fifth consecutive season. The Gophers will play Rutgers (0-0) in a non-conference doubleheader March 17 at 4 p.m. in Fullerton and at Cal. State-Northridge March 19 at 1:30 p.m. The Gophers open play in the 15-team Pony Tournament Wednesday against Rutgers at 5 p.m., followed by games against lOth-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas (19-4) and Cal Poly-Pomona Thursday. Championship play in the tournament begins Friday night.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT- The 11th-annual Pony Tournament has changed very little since its e inception, but there will be one minor change this year. With U.S. International declaring bankruptcy, Pool D was left with only Minnesota, Rutgers and Nevada-Las Vegas. To fill the void, each of those three teams will play a game outside of Pool D. That game will not count in the pool standings to determine where each of the teams is seeded in the championship bracket. Minnesota's schedule:

Wednesday, March 20 5 p.m. - vs. Rutgers Thursday, March 21 3 p.m.- vs. Nevada-Las Vegas 7 p.m. - vs. Cal Poly-Pomona

Friday, March 22 5 p.m. - Championship bracket play begins

THE LINEUP-Minnesota's lineup was different during the Texas tournament due to the injuries of senior ANNE WEISBECKER (LACROSSE, WI/AQUINAS) andsophomoreLEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN). Junior SANDY SCOTT (EUGENE, OR/CHURCHILL) moved into Weisbecker's spot and freshman MARIANNDUKART(OAKGROVE,OR!REXPUTNAM)subbedforWeiss,withseniorDIANEFIELD (MORTON GROVE, IL/NILES WEST) moving from first base to third base. The changes did not hurt the Gophers defensively, as they only committed one error in five games at the Aggie Invitational. Minnesota's tentative lineup:

NAME POS AVG R RBI Notes Diane Field 1B .225 6 6 Hit by pitch twice in one game in Texas Kari Blank 2B .295 7 12 Has hits in 11 of last 13 games Stacey Funderburg ss .164 6 6 Did not commit error in 19 chances in Texas Lezlie Weiss 3B .273 9 8 DNP in Texas (sprained left ankle) Tabbetha Woody LF .274 7 3 Hitting .333 in last eight games (8-for-24) Mischel Doerr CF .263 4 7 #2 all-time in stolen bases (33) Sandy Scott RF .278 8 4 Hitting .407 in last nine games (11-for-27) Kerby Norman c .205 0 1 Has one of Minnesota's two three-hit games Anne Weisbecker DP .250 6 0 DNP in Texas (bruised rieht arm)

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SOFTBALL CONTINUED--PITCHERS W-L ERA Robin Bumpus 3-5 0.88 Brenda Bixby 3-5 1.34 Sarah Maschka 5-5 1.42

IP SO 40.0 21 73.3 36 69.0 32

Notes Allowed two hits in 1-0 loss to CS-Fullerton #6 all-time with 32 wins Has two of three Minnesota shutouts

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OPPONENTS AT A GLANCE- Rutgers will open its 1991 season with the doubleheader against Minnesota. The Lady Knights were 27-21-1 in 1990, including an impressive 11-1 in the Atlantic 10 regular season. Rutgers had a 12-game winning streak during the 1990 season. The Lady Knights return their top four hitters and all three pitchers from last year's team, including senior catcher Laurie McMahon (.296, 29 runs scored) and sophomore pitcher Nikki Ambruso (14-12, 1.13 ERA). Last year, Minnesota rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the seventh inning to defeat the Lady Knights 3-2 in eight innings. Three Lady Knight errors led to two Minnesota runs and the Gopher victory. The meeting was the first-ever between the two schools.

Cal. State-Northridge has been a tough opponent already for Minnesota this season, as the Lady Matadors have defeated the Gophers twice this season in two February tournaments. At the Arizona Softball Classic, Minnesota outhit Northridge 9-7 but lost the game 5-3. At the San Diego State Spring Classic, Minnesota committed a season-high seven errors and lost 2-1. KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN!fARTAN) and Diane Field have three hits each against Northridge, while Northridge's Kim Oakes has four hits against Minnesota. Northridge leads the all-time series 3-1. Minnesota is 0-7 this season against Cal. State schools and 2-19 lifetime.

Nevada-Las Vegas was ranked lOth in the NCAA preseason poll and participated in the 1990 NCAA Women's College World Series. The Lady Rebels defeated Cal. State-Northridge and Santa Clara twice in Northridge last weekend. The Gophers have lost the only lifetime meeting between the two schools.

Cal Poly-Pomona was an entrant in the 1989 NCAA Women's College World Series and is an annual participant in the Pony Tournament Coach Carol Spanks is one of the veterans of the college softball scene. The Broncos lead the all-time series 9-5.

MILESTONES- With one more hit, junior Kari Blank will become the 18th Gopher in history to accumulate 100 hits in her Minnesota career. Blank hit the eighth triple of her career against Sam Houston State, tying her for sixth on Minnesota's all-time list. Both of her triples in 1991 have been game-winning hits.

Senior Diane Field has appeared in 146 games in her Minnesota career, more than any current Gopher. Field needs four more games to become the 16th Gopher in history to play in 150 games. Field has 938 career putouts, 53 short of Patricia Johnson (1987-88) and first place on the all-time Gopher list. Her fielding percentage of .9838 is also a close second behind Johnson's .9842.

THIS YEAR VS. LAST- Minnesota's 26th game in 1990 was after the Pony Tournament and in 1991 the 26th game was before the trip to Fullerton. The records between the 1990 and 1991 seasons seem similar until you stumble upon this fact: In 1990, Minnesota lost only three of its first 16 games by one run and had been blanked eight times in the process. This season, the Gophers have lost 10 of their 15 games by one run and have been shut out only four times. The comparison:

1990 1991 Record 10-16 11-15 Record vs. NCAA Top 20 3-9 2-8 Batting Average .236 .240 Runs Scored 82 65 Earned Run Average 2.25 1.33 Opponent Batting Average .265 .220 Fielding Percentage .932 .943

COACH TERESA WILSON - Gopher second-year head coach Teresa Wilson is 42-47 (.472) at Minnesota and 168-151 (.527) in six years as a collegiate head coach.


TENNIS

GOPHERS OPEN SPRING SEASON ON WEST COAST -The Minnesota women's tennis team, off this weekend because of final exams, will be starting a new term in the classroom on March 25. Before the Gophers open the books, however, they will be looking for a fresh start on the tennis courts.

Minnesota (0-9 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) opens its spring season March 21 in San Diego against defending Ivy League champion Princeton. The Gophers will then face San Diego on March 22 before returning home. An originally scheduled match against U.S. International was canceled when USIU terminated most of its athletic programs because of financial difficulties.

OPPONENT NOTES- Princeton (2-1 overall) has not competed in a dual match since October, when the Tigers lost to William & Mary 6-3 and defeated Brown (6-3) and Penn State (5-1). The Tigers' top doubles team, Lauren Fortgang and Aila Winkler, has a 17-2 season record and is ranked 14th in the current ITCA/ Volvo Tennis rankings. Fortgang is 1: -6 at No. 1 singles and Winkler is 12-5 at No.2 singles. This will be the first meeting between Minnesota and Princeton.

Fourteenth-ranked San Diego has lost four straight matches and has a season record of 6-5. Prior to playing Minnesota, San Diego will take on No.6 Texas (March 14), No.5 Cal-Berkeley (March 16), Miami (March 17) and Iowa (March 21). The Toreras lost to No. 11 Pepperdine 5-4 in their most recent match. Senior Tonya Fuller, ranked 11th nationally, plays No. 1 singles for San Diego and has a season record of 23-6. At No. 2 singles is Tuck Kacharoen from Bangkok, Thailand. She is ranked 24th and has a season mark of 12-7 at No.2. Fuller and freshman Julie McKeon have a 7-4 record at No. 1 doubles. SERIESSan Diego defeated Minnesota 5-1 last season and leads the series 2-1.

MINNESOTA LOSING STREAK HITS DOUBLE DIGITS -The Gophers lost two more matches over the weekend, extending the team's school-record losing streak to 10. Minnesota lost 6-0 to Kentucky on e Saturday, dropping all six of its singles matches. No doubles matches were played. On Sunday, the Gophers lost 8-1 to Wisconsin, with junior JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN) getting Minnesota's only win. Moe defeated the Badgers' Elaine Demetroulis 3-6, 6-4,6-4 at No. 1 singles to up her season singles record to 14-12.

INDOOR and OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

SPRING TRIP- The Minnesota women's track and field team will travel to Arizona for its annual spring break trip, culminating in the Arizona State Multi-Events Invitational March 21-23 at Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. The Gophers will compete with Arizona State, Brigham Young, Dartmouth, Princeton, Texas-El Paso and Utah in the meet.

OUTDOOR OPENER- Minnesota returns both of its Big Ten outdoor champions from a year ago and hopes to crack into the top five at the Big Ten meet this season. Senior RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, lA) won the Big Ten shot put and discus titles last season. Lewis is the school record-holder in the shot put and is second on the all-time discus list. Senior co-captain DECIA AGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) is a two-time Big Ten titlist in the javelin and the second best all-time in Minnesota history. The Gophers also expect fast times from their distance corps, led by sophomore MONIKA BALINT (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY) and junior CHRIS ROWE (SIOUX FALLS, SD/O'GORMAN).

NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS- The Gophers scored one point at the NCAA indoor championship this past weekend in Indianapolis. Senior Rachel Lewis gained all-American status with her A sixth-place finish in the shot put. Her throw of 51-0 was well short of her personal best of 52-10 set last month. • UCLA's Tracie Millett won her second consecutive title with a heave of 54-3. Sophomore Monika Balint did not qualify for the fmals of the 800 meters, finishing sixth in her heat in 2:09.23. The time was Balint's second fastest of the indoor season.

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GOPHERS GO OUT IN STYLE·· Talk about saving the best for last. The Minnesota women's basketball team went out with a bang over the weekend, defeating Wisconsin 76-62 to gain its second conference win of the season. The Gophers gave 20th-ranked and NCAA tournament-bound Northwestern all it could handle Saturday before succumbing to an 87-78 defeat in a game that was closer than the final margin indicates. Minnesota wraps up the 1990-91 season with a 6-22 overall record, 2-16 in the Big Ten, marking the third straight season it has finished at the bottom of the league standings.

KRAMER NAMED TO ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM •• Senior forward ELLEN KRAMER (ROSEVILLE, MN/ ALEXANDER RAMSEY) played her last game as a Gopher Saturday. Kramer closes out her career as the fifth-leading scorer and rebounder in Minnesota women's basketball history. Kramer scored a career total of 1,371 points and recorded 728 career rebounds. She is the seventh Gopher to score over 1,000 points and record over 500 rebounds in a career. Kramer scored 28 points in her final weekend to go along with 14 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and a blocked shot. For her effons, Kramer was selected by the Big Ten coaches as a member of the all-Big Ten second team after being named to the honorable mention list the last two seasons.

THE STATS ON KRAMER-3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1987-88 27/4 52/113 .460 0-0/.000 41/65 1988-89 27/23 130/290 .448 0-0/.000 107/153 1989-90 28/28 144/311 .463 0-0/.000 119/166 1990-91 28/28 181/407 .445 0-1/.000 90/128 Totals 110/83 507/1121 .452 0-1/.000 357/512

Career highs: Points: 29 vs. North Carolina (12/21188) Field Goals Made: 11 vs. lllinois-Chicago ( 11/30!90)

11 vs. North Carolina (12/21/88) Field Goals Attempted: 21 vs. Wisconsin {1/6/91) Free Throws Made: 11 vs. Michigan (3/10/90)

11 vs. Wisconsin (3{2./90) Free Throws Attempted: 16 vs. Michigan (1/8/89) Rebounds: 18 vs. Stephen F. Austin (12/29!90)

.631 145 5.4 119 4.4 23 20 54/ 2

.699 367 13.6 225 83 51 34 69/ 3

.717 407 14.5 173 6.2 50 25 83/4

.703 452 16.1 211 7.5 85 49 75/ 3

.6971371 12.5 728 6.6 209 128 281/12

Assists: 7 vs. Sam Houston State (12/16189) 7 vs. Wisconsin {1/6/91) 7 vs. Michigan (3/3/91)

Steals: 9 vs. Northwestern (12/1/89) Minutes: 43 vs. Indiana (1/29/89)

40 1 443 86 6 784 92 4 783 75 7 992

293 18 3002

Played 40 minutes in nine games this season. Finished fifth in games played (110), seventh in field goals made (507), third in free throws made (357), sixth in field

goals attempted (1121), and second in free throws attempted (512)

THE NEW NIKKI COATES·· Minnesota freshman guard NIKKI COATES (LEAVENWORTH, KS) was the epitome of" saving the best for last" over the weekend. Coates exploded for a career-high 28 points in the Gophers' win over the Badgers, canning 6-of-10 from three-point land. The six three-pointers marked a Williams Arena and Minnesota school record. She led Minnesota with nine first-half points and then exploded for 19 in the second half, hitting 5-of-8 three-pointers. Coates nailed two of those three-pointers in succession in the second half at 13:45 and 13:25 to take Minnesota from a close four-point lead at 44-40 to a 10-point advantage, 50-40. Coates also hit all four of her free throw attempts and was 9-of-15 overall from the field.

Coates showed that she was not just a flash in the pan when she cranked out 16 points in the Gophers' finale against Northwestern Saturday. There were a few less opportunities from the three-point line, but Coates managed to capitalize on 2-of-5 attempts. She ended the game with 16 points, her second-highest scoring total ever, and also contributed four assists and two steals in 30 minutes of playing time.

For the weekend, Coates racked up 44 points on 16-of-28 (.571) shooting from the field. She was 8-of-15 (.533) at three-point range and 4-of-4 (1.000) at the line.

NIKKI COATES -CAREER ST ATS 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCf 1989-90 4/0 2/2 1.000 0-0/.000 1990-91 27/14 49/162 302 18-56/321 Totals 31/14 51/164 .311 18-56/321

FTIFT A FT% PTS A VG REB A VG AST STL PF/ D TO BLK MIN 1/ 3 333 5 13 1 3 3 3 2/ 0 5 0 24

17/23 .739 133 4.9 46 1.7 46 32 54/ 1 63 1 514 18/26 .692 138 4.5 47 1.5 49 35 56/ 1 68 1 538


JOUBERT DOMINATES THE BOARDS -- Junior center DANA JOUBERT (DETROIT, MI/ST. MARTIN DePORRES) ended the season as the Big Ten's leading rebounder with a 9.5 rebounds/game e average. Joubert led the Gophers with 11 rebounds Thursday and nine Saturday. She tallied 266 rebounds on the season. Joubert also scored at a 12.0 points/game clip, second-best for Minnesota.

DANAJOUBERT--CAREERSTATS 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1988-89 27/0 20/50 .400 0-0/.000 7/28 .250 47 1.7 86 3.2 9 5 31/ 0 26 3 229 1989-90 28/0 31/85 .365 0-0/.000 6{19 .316 68 2.4 81 2.9 9 12 52/ 2 30 12 318 1990-91 28/23 136!348 .391 0-0/.000 65/142 .458 337 12.0 266 9.5 18 41 91/ 4 97 12 880 Totals 83/23 187/483 .387 0-0/.000 78/189 .413 452 5.4 433 5.2 36 58 174/ 6 153 27 1427

CARVER LEADS IN FINAL CONTEST-- Sophomore forwardST ACY CARVER (MONTROSE, MN/ BUFFALO) quietly scored a team-high 17 points to lead Minnesota Saturday. Carver, who had not reached the double-figure mark in scoring in six of the last eight games, hit 3-of-6 three-point field goal attempts and was 7-of-13 overall from the floor in just 20 minutes of playing time. Carver finished the season as the Gophers' fourth-leading scorer at 9.4 points/game.

STACY CARVER-- CAREER ST ATS

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% 3-POINT

M-AIPCT 2-9/.222

15-57/.263 17-66/.258

FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1989-90 28/ 0 26/69 .377 8{12 .667 62 2.2 28 1.0 11 8 12/ 0 15 0 179 1990-91 25/14 94!245 .384 31/40 .775 234 9.4 93 3.7 36 16 56/ 0 76 8 600 Totals 53/14 120/314 .382 39/52 .750 296 5.6 121 2.3 47 24 68/ 0 91 8 779

SHUDLICK CLOSES FINE FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN -- Freshman forward CAROL ANN SHUDLICK (APPLE VALLEY, MN) closed out her freshman season in fine style, contributing nine points in each weekend game and 14 rebounds over the two contests. Shudlick led the Gophers in scoring five times A in 1990-91 and scored 20 points or more four times. Shudlick owns the Gopher season scoring high of 31 w points, which she scored at Michigan March 3.

CAROL ANN SHUDLICK -- CAREER ST ATS 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 24/11 107/230 .465 0-0/.000 71/97 .732 285 11.9 126 53 25 30 73/ 1 45 12 523

THE REST OF THE ST A TS --HOLLY THOMPSON -- CAREER ST ATS ··JUNIOR -- EAST CLEVELAND, OH

3-POINT YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFT A FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1988-89 19/0 4{10 .400 0-0/.000 6/10 .600 14 .7 13 .7 14 5 20/ 0 12 8 224 1989-90 28/28 30/82 .366 0-0/.000 42/67 .627 102 3.6 64 2.3 112 42 62/ 0 152 0 924 1990-91 28/27 43/105 .410 0-3/.000 17/28 .607 103 3.7 69 2.5 100 42 79/ 2 102 4 821 Totals 75/55 77/197 .391 0-3/.000 65/105 .619 219 2.9 146 1.9 226 89 161/ 2 266 12 1969

JENNY ZELLER-- CAREER STATS --JUNIOR- FARIBAULT, MN 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFT A FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1988-89 23/0 11/28 .393 0-0/.000 5/12 .417 27 1.2 10 .4 3 6 9/ 0 12 2 111 1989-90 20/0 14/33 .424 0-0/.000 8/12 .667 36 1.8 9 .4 11 3 9/ 0 23 1 115 1990-91 28/23 60/183 .328 1-3/.333 15/20 .750 136 4.9 57 2.0 73 16 30/ 0 92 4 651 Totals 71/23 85/244 .348 1-3/.333 28/44 .636 199 2.8 76 1.1 87 25 48/ 0 127 7 877

JENNY DILLON -CAREER ST ATS - SOPHOMORE - GREENFIELD, IN 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1989-90 7/0 2/3 .667 0-0/.000 2/3 .667 6 .9 3 .4 0 0 1/ 0 1 0 11 1990-91 13/0 8/17 .471 0-0/.000 2/4 .500 18 1.4 12 .9 1 0 9/ 0 5 0 75 Totals 20/0 10/20 .500 0-0/.000 4/7 .571 24 1.2 15 .8 1 0 10/ 0 6 0 86

NANCY ALEXANDER •• CAREER ST ATS -FRESHMAN·· BROCKPORT , NY 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FT/FTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1990-91 24/0 35173 .479 0-0/.000 7/10 .700 77 3.2 32 1.3 16 8 22/ 0 31 2 276


BASKETBALL CONTINUED --MARY KLOTZBEECHER --CAREER STATS --FRESHMAN-- HARRISBURG, PA

3-POINT YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 23/0 6116 .375 0-0/.000 9/17 .529 21 .9 25 1.1 24 22 26/ 0 31 0 209

CRYSTAL FLINT·· CAREER STATS --FRESHMAN·· ROXBURY, MA 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 3/0 4/5 .800 0-0/.000 2{3 .667 10 33 3 1.0 2 2 0/ 0 5 0 30

YOLANDA MURPHY·· CAREER ST ATS - FRESHMAN •• ST. PAUL, MN 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 6/0 1/7 .143 0-0/.000 0/0 .000 2 3 5 .8 0 0 0/ 0 1 1 20

THE COACH-- Minnesota first-year head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald wraps up her 11th season as a collegiate head coach with a 172-152 (.531) record.

AWARDS PRESENTED SUNDAY -- Minnesota held its annual awards banquet Sunday with the following honors being presented --

FastBreak Club sportsmanship award-- Holly Thompson Academic award -- Jenny Dillon Hustle award -- Mary Klotzbeecher Defensive award -- Jenny Zeller Coaches award -- Ellen Kramer Most improved award -- Dana Joubert Most valuable player -- Ellen Kramer

BIG TEN STANDINGS

1. Purdue 2. Michigan State

Iowa 4. Northwestern 5. Indiana

Ohio State 7. Wisconsin 8. Illinois 9. Michigan

10.Minnesota

BIG TEN 17-1 .944 13-5 .722 13-5 .722 12-6 .667 8-10 .444 8-10 .444 7-11 .389 6-12 .333 4-14 .222 2-16 .111

OVERALL 26-2 .929 21-7 .750 20-8 .714 20-8 .714 16-12 .571 11-17 .393 13-15 .464 9-19 .321

11-17 .393 6-22 .214

FOUR BIG TEN TEAMS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT-- Purdue, Michigan State, Iowa and Northwestern will all make return trips to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Iowa travels to Montana in first round action in the West region while Northwestern plays host to Washington State in the Midwest. Michigan State has a first round bye in the Midwest and will play on the road at the winner of the DePauV Oklahoma State game. Purdue also received a first round bye in the Mideast region and will host the winner of the South Carolina/Vanderbilt matchup.

1991 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS SUMMARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e W/L Overall 6-13-1 Dual 4-1-1 Invitationals 2-12 Home 3-1-1 Away 3-12 Big Ten 1-2

·---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TEAM SCORE VAULT BARS · BEAM FLOOR

DATE OPPONENT MINN OPP MINN OPP MINN OPP MINN OPP MINN OPP 1/12 at Wisconsin Inv. 179.25 45.70 43.35 44.90 45.30

Wisconsin 184.80 46.35 46.55 45.30 46.60 Arizona 184.60 46.80 45.75 45.05 47.00 Michigan 179.90 43.95 45.30 43.95 45.10

1/20 WINONA STATE 181.75 168.45 45.60 43.70 44.75 39.75 46.00 41.35 45.40 43.65 1/21 at Iowa State 182.45 182.35 45.90 46.20 45.70 44.70 46.55 44.65 44.30 46.80 l/25 at Washington Inv. 179.35 46.05 44.55 44.15 44.60

UCLA 187.95 47.30 46.20 47.35 47.10 Washington 184.15 45.50 45.95 46.70 46.00 Seattle Pacific 182.10 46.25 46.45 43.95 45.45

2/2 at UCLA Inv. 179.30 46.10 43.50 44.75 44.95 UCLA 189.70 46.85 47.55 47.50 47.00 Cal-Santa Barbara 174.25 45.05 44.60 40.25 44.35

2/9 at Alabama lnv. 183.75 46.70 45.45 45.40 46.20 Alabama 192.00 47.25 48.25 48.25 48.25 Arizona St. 188.85 46.25 47.15 48.00 47.45 Auburn 186.75 47.35 46.65 45.60 47.15

2/11 NEBRASKA 186.00 186.25 46.75 46.45 45.70 46.35 46.85 46.75 46.70 46.70 2/16 WASHINGTON 186.05 185.65 47.10 45.85 46.50 46.45 46.10 46.00 46.35 47.35 2/24 OHIO STATE 186.90 186.80 47.30 45.70 46.30 46.85 46.15 47.20 47.15 47.05 3/3 MISSOURI 186.85 186.85 47.20 46.90 46.00 45.95 45.75 46.50 47.90 47.50 3/8 at Florida Inv. 188.15 47.75 47.00 46.15 47.25

Florida 193.70 47.75 48.50 48.90 48.55 Penn State 190.80 47.80 47.10 47.60 48.30 William & Mary 186.65 47.10 46.85 45.50 47.20

3/17 IOWA STATE 3{22- at Big Tens 23 Illinois

Michigan State Wisconsin Ohio State Michigan Iowa

4/6 at NCAA regional

Raw Average 183.62 185.15 46.56 46.32 45.18 46.15 45.70 45.82 46.01 46.73

Regional Qualifying Score*: 186.34 National Qualifying Score&:

*The regional qualifying score (RQS) equals the average of the best five team scores of the season, and must include two home and two away scores. Seven teams qualify for the regional.

&The national qualifying score (NQS) is computed by doubling the actual team score achieved at regionals, add'ng the RQS, and dividing by three. Twelve teams qualify for nationals with the five regional winners receiving automatic bids anL. rhe other seven teams making it based on RQS.

1991 Minnesota Women's Gymnastics Summary 2-2-2-2 through 3/8/91

ALLS CSIS JUHA KETC KRAL LIND McCO NESS WOLF ZOLK **VAULT** Season best Raw average Career best

9.30 9.10 9.35

9.50 9.65 9.60 9.38 9.26 9.45 9.50 9.775* 9.70

9.25 9.60 9.65 8.86 9.57 9.09

8.55 8.52 8.55

9.20 8.99 9.25

8.95 8.87 8.95

9.40 9.50 8.82 9.11

9.70 9.50

9.10 9.70

9.60 9.39 9.775*

9.60 9.25 8.94 8.88

**BARS•• Season best Raw average Career best 9.25 9.60 9.70 9.20 9.40 9.50 9.65 9.60 9.40

**BEAM** Season best Raw average Career best

**FLOOR** Season best Raw average Career best

•• ALL-AROUND** Season best Raw average

9.50 9.70 9.55 9.08 9.57 9.05 9.50 9.70 9.55

9.60 9.50 9.45 9.22 9.25 9.05 9.60 9.50 9.45

37.40 37.95 37.95 36.30 37.77 36.45

9.50 8.96

9.35 9.50

9.30 9.40 9.03 8.82 9.60 9.40

9.55 9.18

9.00 9.55

9.10 8.70

9.15 9.10

35.95 35.65

9.50 8.73

9.80 9.50

9.70 9.45

9.40 9.70

9.40 8.92 9.60

9.75 9.27 9.75

Career best 37.40 37.95 37.95 37.40 35.85 35.95 37.45

38.20 37.50 36.62 36.58 38.20 37.95

Regional average National average

36.86 37.25

1991 INDIVIDUAL & TEAM HIGHS BY EVENT ••

VAULT -------------UNEVEN BARS --------BALANCE BEAM ---------

FLOOR EXERCISE ------ALL-AROUND -----------

VAULT-----------UNEVEN BARS - --BALANCE BEAM -------FLOOR EXERCISE -----ALL-AROUND·----------

*tie for school record

Jessica Wolf 9.70 9.65 9.70 9.70 9.75

Monika Juhasz-Nagy Zsuzsa Csisztu Zsuzsa Csisztu Cathy Zolkowski Jessica Wolf 38.20

47.75 47.00 46.85 47.90

188.15

at Aorida 3/8/91 at Aorida 3/8/91 vs. Nebraska 2/11/91 vs. Missouri 3/3/91 at Aorida 318/91

37.55 36.99

vs. Ohio State 2/24/91 vs. Missouri 3/3/91 vs. Winona State 1/20/91 at Wisconsin Invite 1/12/91 vs. Missouri 3/3/91 at Aorida 3/8/91

1990-91 MINNESOTA TENNIS STATISTICS (through 3/10/91)

Overall Record: 0-9 Big Ten Record: 0-4 Home: 0-2 Away: 0-7

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE 9/28-29 at Nebraska Invitational no team scores 10/12-14 MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL no team scores 10/19-21 at Indiana Hoosier Classic no team scores 10/23-24 at ITCA All-American qualifying no team scores 11/8-11 at ITCA Rolex regionals no team scores

1/18-20 GOPHER DOUBLES INVITATIONAL no team scores 1/27 INDIANA L 3-6 2/1 at Brigham Young L 1-8 2/2 vs. Utah (Provo, UT) L 0-9 2n-1o ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS no team scores 2/22 at Northwestern L 0-9 2/23 vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) L 2-7 2/24 at Notre Dame L 2-7 3/3 ILLINOIS L 1-8 3/9 vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. L 0-6 3/10 at Wisconsin L 1-8 3/21 vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. 3/22 at San Diego 3/29 PURDUE 3/30 IOWA STATE 4/3 at Iowa 4/5 OHIO STATE 4n GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4/13 vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) 4/14 at Auburn 4/20 at Michigan 4/21 at Michigan State 4/26-28 at Big Ten championships

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Open Big Ten Total PCT.

Jennie Moe 8-8 6-4 2-2 14-12 .538 Sofie Olsson 0-4 3-9 3-1 0-4 6-14 .300 Libby Nelson 3-9 3-0 1-3 6-9 .400 Vicky Cordova 1-3 2-10 2-1 0-4 5-14 .263 Vicky Kolaric 1-2 1-8 0-2 2-1 0-3 4-13 .235 Anna Eyring 0-4 1-3 1-1 0-1 2-8 .200 Jennifer Marques 0-3 0-6 0-4 0-0 .000 Totals 8-12 5-14 3-13 2-10 1-11 1-7 17-8 3-27 37- .319

1990-91 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #l #2 #3 Open Big Ten Total PCT. Moe/Olsson 8-6 10-4 1-3 18-10 .643 Nelson/Kolaric 1-5 2-1 0-2 3-6 .333 Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 3-8 .273 Marques/Kolaric 1-2 3-1 1-1 4-3 --,

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Marques/Cordova 0-2 0-2 0-2 .000 Cordova/Eyring 2-4 1-1 3-5 .375 Kolaric/G. Tech 0-1 0-1 .000 Kolaric/Eyring 0-2 0-2 .000 Cordova/Eyring 0-1 0-1 .000 Totals 8-6 1-9 3-10 19-10 2-10 31-38 .449

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CUMULATIVE Softball Statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 26 Games)

*** BATTING Statistics ***

PLAYER Kari Blank Sandy Scott Tabbetha Woody Mariann Dukart Mischel Doerr Kelly Norman Lezlie \Ieiss Anne Weisbecker Diane Field Kerby Norman Stacey Funderburg Lisa Sojka Lia Johnson Brenda Bixby Angie Gebhard Robin Bumpus

~arah Maschka

Minnesota Opponent Totals

BA G/ GS .295 26/ 26 .278 22/ 17 .274 25/ 24 .273 15/ 6 .263 26/ 26 .258 17/ 13

.258 21/ 21

.250 18/ 18

.225 26/ 26

.205 17/ 11

.164 26/ 26

. 143 19/ 18

.000 4/ 0

.000 17/ 14

.000 2/ 0

.000 12/ 6

.000 17/ 8

AB 88 54 73 22

95 31 66

60 80 39 73 42

0

8

0

R H RBI 7 26 12 8 15 4

7 20 3 1 6

4 25 7

4 8

9 17 6 15 6 18 0 8 6 12 6 6 0 0

0

0 0 0 0 0 0

2

8

0

6

6

7

0

0

0

0 0

28 3B 2 2

0 0

1 0

0 0

1

3 0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0 0

0

0

1

0

0

0

2 0

0

0

0

0

0

.240 26/ 26 733 65 176 57 11 5

.220 26/ 26 682 67 150 50 6 3

*** PITCHING Statistics ***

PITCHER Robin Bumpus Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschka Angie Gebhard

ERA G/ GS II L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT 0.88 11/ 6 3 5 .375 0 1 0 1.34 17/ 12 3 5 .375 5 1 1.42 16/ 8 5 5 .500 1 6 2 7.00 2( 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0

HR SB/SBA SB% BB SO HBP S/SF 0 2/ 3 .667 4 6 0 4/ 0 0 2/ 3 .667 6 5 3/ 0 0 1/ 2 .500 4 9 1/ 0 0 1/ 1 1.000 3 3 1/ 0 0 71 9 .778 3 9 0 2/ 0 0

0 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1/ 2 .500 4/ 4 1.000 1/ 3 .333 0/ 0 .000 1/ 1 1. 000 2/ 3 .667 1/ 2 . 500 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0( 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000

5 7 0 0( 0

9 6 0 1/ 0 3 5 0 3/ 0 7 6 3 2( 2 0 8 0 2! 0

5 10 2 1/ 0 1 7 2 1/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0( 0 0 0 0 0( 0 0 1 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0( 0

TB/SLUG% 32/ .364 15/ .278 21/ .288 6/ .273

26/ .274 9( .290

22( .333 15/ .250 20/ .250 8/ .205

16/ .219 71 .167 0/ .000 0/ .000 0( .000 0( .000 0( .000

0 23/ 33 .697 50 83 10 21/ 2 197/ .269 22/ 37 .595 38 89 11 39/ 3 165/ .242

!P H R ER BB SO IBB HB liP BK 28 3B HR 40.0 31 13 5 7 21 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 73.3 54 26 14 11 36 6 1 0 4 0 0 69.0 60 21 14 20 32 1 2 0 0 3 1

2.0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PO A E DP FLO% 63 54 9 0

14 0 70 3 11 0

4 2

2 0 0

1 1

.967

.818

.933

.986

.846 2 0 7 2 8 72 8

12 6 0 231 30 4 25 6 3 26 98 20 74 14 4 0 0 0 2 41 2 0 0

17 2 0 30 2

0 .900 0 .909 0 1. 000 2 .985 0 .912 1 .861 0 .957 0 .000 0 .956 0 1.000

.900 0 .938

553 374 56 3 567 272 39 9

.943

.956

T8/SLUG% AB/BAVG. 31/ .223 139/ .223 58/ .212 273/ . 198 701 .270 259/ .232 6/ .545 11/ .455

MiMesota Opponent Totals

1.33 26/ 26 11 15 .423 2 12 1 . 52 26/ 26 15 11 . 577 2 17

4 184.3 150 67 35 38 89 4 189.0 176 65 41 50 83

2 11 4 0 6 3 1 165/ .242 682/ .220 2 10 11 0 11 5 0 197/ .269 733/ .240

*** CATCHER'S Corner ***

CATCHER Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka MiMesota

~pponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 17/ 11 1 19/ 18 5 26/ 26 26/ 26

6 7

I

1991 University of Minnesota Softball Metrodome Softball Classic

Minneapolis, Minnesota (3rd) 2/9 vs. UM-Duluth W, 3-2 2/9 vs. Nebraska L, 0-3 2/10 vs. Missouri L, 2-3 (9T) 2/10 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-1

Anzona Softball Classic Tucson, Arizona (9th)

2/14 vs. CS-Northridge L, 3-5 2/14 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 2/15 vs. Oregon L, 4-10 2/15 vs. Ohio State W, 6-0 2/15 vs. Arizona State L, 4-5 (8T) 2/16 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 3-4 2/16 vs. Texas-Arlington L, 0-4

2/20 at San Diego State L, 1-3 at San Diego State W, 1-0 (9)

S.D.S.U. Spring Classic San Diego, California (3rd)

2/21 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 2/21 vs. Northwestern W, 8-5 2/22 vs. CS-Northridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 2/23 vs. S. Diego St. W, 3-2(10T) 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)

Aggie Spring Tournament College Station, Texas

3/1 vs. Penn State W, 2-1 (8) 3/1 vs. NE Louisiana W, 7-0 3/1 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 0-1 3/2 vs. Sam Houston St. W, 3-2 3/3 vs. Cent. Michigan*L, 0-1 (8)

3/17 vs. Rutgers at CSUF 4 p.m. vs. Rutgers

3/19 at CS-Northridge 1:30 p.m. at CS-Northridge

Pony Tournament Fullerton, California

3/20 vs. Rutgers 5 p.m. 3/21 vs. Nevada-Las Vegas 3 p.m. 3/21 vs. Cal. Poly-Pomona 7 p.m. 3/22 Championship and 3/23 Consolation Brackets 3/24 (beginning 3/22, 5 p.m.)

Mizzou Invitational Columbia, Missouri

3/30 vs. DePaul 10 a.m. 3/30 vs. Wis.-Green Bay 12 p.m. 3/30 at Missouri 6 p.m. 3/31 vs. Drake 9 a.m. 3/31 vs. Northern Iowa 11 a.m.

4/4 at Iowa State 3p.m. at Iowa State

4/5 at Iowa 3p.m. at Iowa

4/6 at Iowa 1 p.m. at Iowa

4/12 NORTHWESTERN 6 p.m. NORTHWESTERN


4!17 MANKA TO STATE 6 p.m. MANKATO STATE

4/19 OHIO STATE OHIO STATE


4/22 CREIGHTON CREIGHTON

4/24 IOWA STATE IOWA STATE

4/26 at Michigan State at Michigan State


6p.m.

1 p.m.

3p.m.

3p.m.

2p.m.

1 p.m.

4/30 NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN lOW A

5/3 at Indiana at Indiana


5/10 MICHIGAN MICHIGAN


5/17- NCAA Regionals 5/19

6p.m.

e 2p.m.

1 p.m.

6p.m.

1 p.m.

5/22 NCAA Women's College 5/26 World Series, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma

HOME GAMES at the Bierman Softball Complex. Game times are local. ()=extra innings T=international tie-breaker e *=at Brenham, Texas

Record: 11-15 vs. Div. 1: 10-15 Big Ten: . ··.·.· ...... 0-0 Home: · < 2-2 Road: 1;.1

. Neutral: .. · ....... ·•·.·.·••·.· .8-12 \'s. NCAATop20.2~8 Streak: · ·...... Lost 1

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Head Coach: Tere8aWilson ...•.•. · -t2;.47. (2nd y~ar alMinnesota) >168-151 (6th y~~r :>~eraU) ASsistant Coach: Johlt Rittman

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· Finall991 University of Minnesota Women's Indoor Track and Field Bests 55 meters (:06.86, :06.98)

a Gily Dishon (e) • Sascha Ramsey (a)

Angie Mauldin (f)

200 meters (:24.00, :24.60) Angie Mauldin (f)

400 meters (:53.25, :55.10) Shelly Wall (e) Monika Balint (f) Sascha Ramsey (b)

600 meters Shelly Wall (g) Monika Balint (a) Julie Paynter (c)

800 meters (2:07.50, 2:10.00) Monika Balint (h) Shelly Wall (c) e Chris Rowe (f)

e

1500 meters Chris Rowe (b) Shelly Ast (f) Lynn Mishuk (b)

Mile (4:44.00, 4:50.00) Chris Rowe (a) Julia McGough (e) Ricki Van Amber (e)

3000 meters (9:24.00, 9:38.00) Chris Rowe (e) Julia McGough (f) Kara Parker (f)

5000 meters (16:18.00, 16:48.00) Kara Parker (e) Laura Duffy (b) Lori Nesvold (b)

:07.20 :07.40 :07.58 :07.58

:25.05 :26.8

:56.87 :58.98 :59.6

1:00.0

1:30.41 1:35.48 1:35.82 1:40.82

2:08.56 2:08.56 2:15.09 2:17.8

4:24.03 4:41.8 4:51.38 4:57.6

4:41.12 4:59.82 5:03.54 5:19.54

9:32.0 9:39.14

10:10.5 10:19.7

16:39.65 17:39.14 17:55.53 18:06.39

55-meter hurdles (:07.74, :07.96) :08.01 Sarah Redman (g) Karl Mower (f) Tracee Wolf (f)

High Jump (1.83m, 1.78m) Tracee Wolf (f) Lisa Larson (a) Karl Mower (f)

Long Jump (6.31m, 6.10m) Val Owen (b) Lisa Larson (c)* Tracee Wolf (e)

Triple Jump (12.82m, 12.40m) Val Owen (f) Tracee Wolf (f) Stacy Klos (b)

Shot Put (15.20m, 14.50m) Rachel Lewis (f) Steph Scholtes (g) Decia Agnew (a)

Pentathlon Tracee Wolf (g) Karl Mower (c) Lisa Larson (c)

:08.37 :08.71 :08.79

1.77m/5- 9 3/4 1.69m/5- 6 1/2 1.54m/5- 0 1/2 1.49m/4-10 1/2

5.70m/18- 8112 5.54m/18- 2 1/4 5.20m/17- 0 1/2 5.19m/17- 0 1/4

12.26m/40- 2 3/4 11.24m/36-10 1/2 10.75m/35 3 1/4. 10.63m/34-10 1/2

16.10m/52-10 16.10m/52-10 13.70m/44-11 1/2 13.65m/44- 9 1/2

3,675 3,170 3,067 2,889

4x400-meter relay (3:39.25, 3:47.00) 3:49.98 Wall, Balint, Redman, Ramsay (f)

4x800-meter relay (8:45.00, 8:57.00)

(a) INTRASQUAD/ALUMNAE (1/12) (b) NORTHWEST OPEN (1/19)

3:56.02

9:08.10

(c) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (1/25-26) (d) Iowa State Invitational, Ames, lA (2/9) (e) Nebraska Invitational, Lincoln, NE (2/9) (f) MINNESOTA OPEN (2/16) (g) Big Ten Championship, Iowa City, lA (2/22-23) (h) Iowa State Last Chance, Ames, lA (311) (i) NCAA Championship, Indianapolis, IN (3/8-9) *Mark achieved during pentathlon competition HOME MEETS at University Fieldhouse (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) followed by school indoor records in bold

1990-91 MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OVERALL STATISTICS: 6-22 Overall, 2-16 Big Ten (4-10 Home, 1-11 Away,

~INNESOTA GOLDEN GOFHERS BASKETBALL 1990-91 SEASON TEAn C~lATIUES 1-1 Neutral)

3-POIHT REBOUNDS llO PLAYER GP-GS FP!-FG~ rGt Fr.H-FG~ m FTHTA FTt OFF DIT TOT/AIJG PF-DQ PTSIAVG ASl BLK TO STL HIN/AVG . ·--------·--·----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.---------------------------------~0 Ellen r.ramer 23··28 18H07 o.m 0-1 0.000 90-JZB 0.703 73 138 211/ 7.5 75-3 452/ 16.1 85 7 75 49 992/35 ='+ o~nc kubert 28-Z3 136-3~8 0.391 0-n 0.000 SS-142 0.458 109 157 265/ 9.5 9H 337/ 12.0 18 12 97 41 880/31 ,z C~rol Ann Shudlic 2~-11 JOH30 0.465 0-0 0.000 71-97 0.732 Si+ 72 126/ 5.3 73-1 205/ 11.9 25 12 ~5 30 mnz J~ Sracy Carvr.r ZS-14 94-m 0.384 !S-57 0.263 31-~0 0.775 '27 66 93/ 3. 7 56-0 2W 3.4 36 8 7S 16 600124 Z3 Jenny Zeller 28-23 60-183 0.328 1--3 0.333 !5-20 0.750 23 3•l 57/ 2.0 30-0 136/ 4.9 73 4 ez 16 651123 32 Hikki !;Jates 27-14 49-162 0.302 18-55 0.321 17-23 0.739 12 34 46/ 1.7 5H 133/ 4.9 ~6 1 63 32 514119 14 Holly Thompson 28-27 43-105 0.410 0-3 0.000 17--28 0.607 17 r.? .... 69/ 2.5 79-2 103/ 3.7 100 4 102 42 821/29 ~0 Haney li1evunrler :'H ~5-iJ 0.479 0-0 0.000 7-10 0.700 20 1Z 32/ 1.3 22-0 771 3.2 16 2 31 B 276/12 1 S M~ry K 1 e<t~b~~cher 23-0 6-16 0.375 0-0 0.000 9-17 0.529 12 13 25/ 1.1 26·0 21/ 0.~ 24 0 31 22 209/ 9 J~ ,lenny Dillon 13-0 8-17 U71 0-0 :l.OOO :-4 0.500 4 8 121 0.9 9-0 !8/ 1.4 1 0 5 0 75/ 6 22 Crystal Flint 3-0 4-5 o.eoo 0-0 0.000 2-:1 0.667 0 3 3/ 1.0 0-0 10/ 3.3 2 0 5 2 30/10 4] 'lobnd<l Murnh7' 5·-0 J-j' O.H3 0-0 0.000 0··0 0.000 3 ~ 5/ 0.8 0-0 2/ 0.3 0 I 0 20/ 3 .. ')S Kar~ Larson Z·O 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 1 0 11 0.5 1-0 01 0.0 0 0 I 0 9/ s T ~~~~ 53 75 139 3 -----··-------··-----·---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------111. nne~o:ta .,;alden Gophers 724-1799 0. 403 3~·120 0.283 326-512 0.637 •IB 667 1085/38.9 516-11 1808/ 64.6 426 51 627 259 -----··---··------·-------------------··----------------·------------------------------------------------------ ... ------------------------Teal 53 74 127 3 OPPONENTS B30-18ZS 0.455 90-242 0.372 388-588 0.660 449 779 1227/43.8 402-9 2138/ 76.4 ·~I 11 585 321 ~------------···---··-----·-----------------·--- .... -----··---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Oeadball Rebounds \Minne~ota Golden Gopher5-71 , Opponents-72)

1991 MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BIG TEN CONFERENCE STATISTICS: 2-16 Record 11ltlllESOTA GULOHI GOPHERS BnSKETBALL 1990-91 SEASON TEAI'1 CUMULAT!IJES FOR CONFERENCE GmS

HOI NT REBOUNDS N!J PLI)'ifR GHS FGM-FGH rr,x Fr,M-Fr,A FS% FTn-FTA Frt OFF DEF TOT/ALtG PF-OQ PTS/AUG AST BLK TO STL ~IH/AVG

----------------··------------------------------------~------------------------------------------------------------------------------ItO Ellen Y.ramer 19-IB 105-ZS~ o.m 0-1 0.000 5H9 0.684 43 94 127/ 1.1 ~9-l 264/ 14.7 Gl 4 60 31 657/37 24 Dana ,Joubert IS-16 85-23a 0.357 0-0 o.noo 42-98 0.429 64 109 173/ 9.6 60-3 212/ ll .8 12 4 60 30 593133 42 Corel ~nn Shud1ic 18-7 70-163 0.429 0-0 0.000 52-70 0.743 43 ~6 89/ 4.9 55-0 192/ 10.7 19 8 37 22 361/20 35 Stacy Carver 18-11 51-165 0.370 13-46 0.283 20-26 0.769 14 43 51/ 3.2 43-0 155/ 9.6 26 3 53 11 440/24 3'2 Nikki Coates !7-5 35-90 0.399 13-31 0.419 9-12 0.750 4 11 15/ 0.9 29-1 921 5.4 14 I 25 a 2H/14 73 •. lenny Zeller 18-15 33-106 0.311 1-3 0.333 7-10 0.700 13 21 34/ 1.9 17-0 i4/ u 36 2 55 12 412123 1~ Holly Thomp~on 18-IB 16-55 0.291 0-2 0.000 9-16 0.563 10 37 HI 2.6 50-I 411 2.3 53 2 58 2~ 539130 20 Nancy Alexander 15-0 18-37 0.496 c-o 0.000 3-3 1.000 12 4 16/ 1.1 12-0 39/ 2.6 12 1 20 6 155/10 !S Mar}' Klotzbeecher 16-0 6-1~ 0.~29 0-0 0.000 9-H 0.643 B 9 171 1.1 19-0 21/ !.3 '3 0 23 14 161110 34 Jenny Dillon 7-0 H 0.250 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000 0 0 0/ 0.0 s-o 21 0.3 0 0 2 0 21/ 3 43 '(al.:snda Murphy 6-0 1-7 0.143 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 3 2 5/ 0.8 o-o 2/ 0.3 0 I I 0 20/ 3 OS Kar~ Lar~on 0-0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/ 0.0 o-o 01 0.0 0 0 0 0 01 0 22 Crystal Flint 0-0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/ 0.0 u-0 01 1),\1 0 0 0 0 01 0 Tee• 41 49 90 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Minnesota Golden Gophers 431-1133 0.380 27-83 0.325 205-329 0.623 255 415 670137.2 339-6 1094/ 60.8 246 26 397 16~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tt~a• 33 \8 81 3 OPPONENTS 529-1137 0. 465 64-157 0.408 279-395 0.70~ 265 529 794/44.1 316-7 mot 77.8 272 52 359 195

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1990-91 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS-- Individual Performances

Overall Record: 6-22 Big Ten Record: 2-16 Home: 4-10 Away: 1-11 Neutral: 1-1 (Points-Rebounds)

Date WIL Opponent Score ALEX CARV COAT DILL FLINT JOUB KLOT KRAM MURP SHUD THOM ZEL 11/26 w vs. Marquette 80-65 0-0 10-6* 7-1 0-0 4-2 9-14* 0-1 19-10* DNP 20-6 6-2* 5-2* 11/28 L vs. Kansas 63-71 DNP 15-2* 0-2* DNP 4-0 2-9* DNP 15-9* DNP 17-7* 0-2 10-1 11/30 w $vs. 111.-Chicago 79-59 4-1 16-9 5-2* 2-1 2-1 0-3 0-0 22-5* DNP 17-9* 9-3* 2-2* 12/1 L $ vs. Georgia Tech 69-84 0-0 12-7* 5-3* DNP DNP 10-9 DNP 10-4* DNP 20-9* 8-1* 4-2 12/15 L at Connecticut 60-85 6-4 DNP 2-1* 3-2 DNP 12-13* 0-1 26-6* DNP DNP 5-1* 6-3* 12/17 w at Dartmouth 74-61 9-2 DNP 8-2* 2-1 DNP 28-11 * 0-2 21-7* DNP DNP 4-1* 2-2* 12/20 L at Bradley 76-84 4-0 DNP 0-2* DNP DNP 22-8* DNP 25-11* DNP 7-3 8-1* 10-3* 12/22 L vs. Oklahoma 75-85 2-2 7-3 3-9* DNP DNP 20-9 0-1 8-1* DNP 12-3* 8-3* 15-4* 12/29 L # vs. Stephen F. Austin66-84 5-4 5-4 5-5* 3-6 DNP 15-6* 0-2 25-18* DNP DNP 6-3* 2-0* 12130 w # vs. Western Carolina 72-60 8-3 14-7 6-4* 6-2 DNP 7-11* 0-1 17-13* DNP DNP 8-5* 6-4* 1/4 L at Northwestern 49-90 4-2 6-1 1-1 * 0-0 DNP 13-11* 2-1 19-3* DNP 2-1 0-0* 2-0* 1/6 L at Wisconsin 77-102 8-2 7-3 5-0* 0-0 DNP 14-6* 3-2 16-9* DNP 9-3 0-3* 15-2* 1/11 L vs. Purdue 60-106 12-5 15-4* 0-0 0-0 DNP 7-6* 0-2 12-7* 0-0 8-10 2-2* 4-0* 1/13 L vs. Illinois 60-78 6-3 7-4 0-0 DNP DNP 8-5* DNP 19-10* DNP 10-1 * 6-2* 4-0* 1/18 L at Ohio State 64-78 4-0 19-2* 0-0 0-0 DNP 5-9* 1-1 18-11* DNP 15-7 0-2* 2-2* 1/20 L at Indiana 63-92 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 DNP 8-10* 0-1 21-4* 0-1 20-6* 2-3* 8-5* 1/25 L at Iowa 51-70 2-2 10-6* DNP DNP DNP 11-8* 3-2 14-7* 0-0 7-7 0-0* 4-3* 2/1 L vs. Michigan 51-65 0-0 9-6 2-0 DNP DNP 22-15* 0-0 4-6* 0-1 8-3* 6-3* 0-1 * 2/3 w vs. Michigan St. 58-55 0-1 12-8 0-1 DNP DNP 4-7* 0-1 20-8* DNP 8-9* 4-0* 10-1 * 2/8 L at lllinois 63-71 0-0 7-5 9-1 DNP DNP 12-7* 0-0 19-5* 2-3 7-1* 0-3* 7-2* 2/10 L at Purdue 57-85 DNP 8-5* 8-3 DNP DNP 13-9* DNP 10-5* 0-0 7-2 7-5* 4-3* 2/15 L vs. Indiana 67-83 0-0 12-3* 3-0 DNP DNP 20-13* 4-1 8-6* DNP 16-4 0-2* 4-4* 2/17 L vs. Ohio State 52-64 DNP 2-0* 12-2 DNP DNP 10-9* 8-2 16-6* DNP 4-6 0-0* 0-2* 2/22 L vs. Iowa 46-70 0-0 11-1 * 4-0 DNP DNP 12-15* 0-0 11-9* DNP 2-0 2-5* 4-3* 3/1 L at Michigan State 52-68 0-0 2-0* 4-2 0-0 DNP 8-12* 0-1 12-6* DNP 20-10 4-5* 2-4* 3/3 L at Michigan 70-74 0-0 4-1* 0-1* 0-0 DNP 16-11 0-0 17-11* DNP 31-5* 0-5* 2-1 3n w vs. Wisconsin 76-62 DNP 5-7* 28-2* DNP DNP 17-11* 0-3 13-9* DNP 9-6* 2-3* 2-0 3/9 L vs. Northwestern 78-87 3-1 17-1 16-2* DNP DNP 12-9* 0-0 15-5* DNP 9-8* 6-4* 0-1

Home games in BOLD at Williams Arena Top scorer/top rebounderin BOLD *Indicates starters $Dial Soap Classic (Minneapolis, MN), runnerup #Western Kentucky Tournament (Bowling Green, KY), 3rd place



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Gopher Sports News 220 Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455


GOPHERS GO OUT IN STYLE --Talk about saving the best for last. The Minnesota women's basketball team went out with a bang over the weekend, defeating Wisconsin 76-62 to gain its second conference win of the season. The Gophers gave 20th-ranked and NCAA tournament-bound Northwestern all it could handle Saturday before succumbing to an 87-78 defeat in a game that was closer than the final margin indicates. Minnesota wraps up the 1990-91 season with a 6-22 overall record, 2-16 in the Big Ten, marking the third straight season it has finished at the bottom of the league standings.

KRAMER NAMED TO ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM -- Senior forward ELLEN KRAMER (ROSEVll..LE, MN/ ALEXANDER RAMSEY) played her last game as a Gopher Saturday. Kramer closes out her career as the fifth-leading scorer and rebounder in Minnesota women's basketball history. Kramer scored a career total of 1 ,371 points and recorded 728 career rebounds. She is the seventh Gopher to score over 1,000 points and record over 500 rebounds in a career. Kramer scored 28 points in her fmal weekend to go along with 14 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and a blocked shot. For her efforts, Kramer was selected by the Big Ten coaches as a member of the all-Big Ten second team after being named to the honorable mention list the last two seasons.

THE STATS ON KRAMER-3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCI' Fr!FTA Fr% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1987-88 27/4 52/113 .460 0-0/.000 41/65 1988-89 27/23 130!290 .448 0-0/.000 107/153 1989-90 28/28 144/311 .463 0-0/.000 119/166 1990-91 28!28 181/407 .445 0-1/.000 90/128 Totals 110/83 507/1121 .452 0-1/.000 357/512

Career highs: Points: 29 vs. North Carolina (12/21/88} Field Goals Made: 11 vs. lllinois-Chicago (H/30~0)

11 vs. North Carolina (12/21/88) Field Goals Attempted: 21 vs. Wisconsin (1/6/91} Free Throws Made: 11 vs. Michigan (3/10/90)

11 vs. Wisconsin (312/90} Free Throws Attempted: 16 vs. Michigan (1/8/89} Rebounds: 18 vs. Stephen F. Austin (12129~0)

.631 145 5.4 119 4.4 23 20 54/ 2 40

.699 367 13.6 225 8.3 51 34 69/ 3 86

.717 407 14.5 173 6.2 50 25 83/ 4 92

.703 452 16.1 211 7.5 85 49 75/ 3 75

.6971371 12.5 728 6.6 209 128 281/12 293

Assists: 7 vs. Sam Houston State (12/16/89) 7 vs. Wisconsin (1/6191) 7 vs. Michigan (313/91}

Steals: 9 vs. Northwestern (1211/89) Minutes: 43 vs. Indiana (1129/89)

1 443 6 784 4 783 7 992

18 3002

Played 40 minutes in nine games this season. Finished ftfth in games played (110}, seventh in field goals made (507}, third in free throws made (357), sixth in field

goals attempted (1121), and second in free throws attempted (512)

THE NEW NIKKI COATES --Minnesota freshman guard NIKKI COATES (LEAVENWORTH, KS) was the epitome of "saving the best for last" over the weekend. Coates exploded for a career-high 28 points in the Gophers' win over the Badgers, canning 6-of-1 0 from three-point land. The six three-pointers marked a Williams Arena and Minnesota school record. She led Minnesota with nine first-half points and then exploded for 19 in the second half, hitting 5-of-8 three-pointers. Coates nailed two of those three-pointers in succession in the second half at 13:45 and 13:25 to take Minnesota from a close four-point lead at 44-40 to a 10-point advantage, 50-40. Coates also hit all four of her free throw attempts and was 9-of-15 overall from the field.

Coates showed that she was not just a flash in the pan when she cranked out 16 points in the Gophers' fmale against Northwestern Saturday. There were a few less opportunities from the three-point line, but Coates managed to capitalize on 2-of-5 attempts. She ended the game with 16 points, her second-highest scoring total ever, and also contributed four assists and two steals in 30 minutes of playing time.

For the weekend, Coates racked up 44 points on 16-of-28 (.571) shooting from the field. She was 8-of-15 (.533) at three-point range and 4-of-4 (1.000) at the line.

Minnesota Women's Spons News -2-2-2-2- 3/11/91

NIKKI COATES •• CAREER ST A TS 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT 1989-90 410 2/2 1.000 0-0/.000 1990-91 27/14 49/162 .302 18-56/.321 Totals 31/14 51/ 164 .311 18-56/321

FT/Ff A FT% PTS AVG REB A VG AST STL PFI D TO BLK MIN 1/ 3 .333 5 1.3 1 .3 3 3 2/ 0 5 0 24

17/23 .739 133 4.9 46 1.7 46 32 54/ 1 63 1 514 18/26 .692 138 4.5 47 1.5 49 35 56/ 1 68 1 538

JOUBERT DOMINATES THE BOARDS -- Junior center DANA JOUBERT (DETROIT, MI/ST. MARTIN DePORRES) ended the season as the Big Ten's leading rebounder with a 9.5 rebounds/game average. Jouben led the Gophers with 11 rebounds Thursday and nine Saturday. She tallied 266 rebounds on the season. Jouben also scored at a 12.0 points/game clip, second-best for Minnesota.

DANAJOUBERT--CAREERSTATS 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FT/Ff A FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1988-89 27/0 20/50 .400 0-0/.000 7/28 .250 47 1.7 86 3.2 9 5 31/ 0 26 3 229 1989-90 28/0 31/85 .365 0-0/.000 6/19 .316 68 2.4 81 2.9 9 12 52/ 2 30 12 318 1990-91 28/23 136/348 .391 0-0/.000 65/142 .458 337 12.0 266 9.5 18 41 91/ 4 97 12 880 Totals 83/23 187/483 .387 0-0/.000 78!189 .413 452 5.4 433 5.2 36 58 174/ 6 153 27 1427

CARVERLEADSINFINALCONTEST--SophomoreforwardSTACYCARVER(MONTROSE,MN/ BUFFALO) quietly scored a team-high 17 points to lead Minnesota Saturday. Carver, who had not reached the double-figure mark in scoring in six of the last eight games, hit 3-of-6 three-point field goal attempts and was 7 -of-13 overall from the floor in just 20 minutes of playing time. Carver finished the season as the Gophers' founh-leading scorer at 9.4 points/game.

STACY CARVER·· CAREER STATS

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% 1989-90 28/0 26/69 .377 1990-91 25!14 94/245 .384 Totals 53/14 120/314 382

3-POINT M-AIPCT

2-9/.222 15-57/.263 17-66/.258

FT/FfA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/ D TO BLK MIN 8/12 .667 62 2.2 28 1.0 11 8 12/ 0 15 0 179

31/40 .775 234 9.4 93 3.7 36 16 56/ 0 76 8 600 39/52 .750 296 5.6 121 2.3 47 24 68/ 0 91 8 779

SHUDLICK CLOSES FINE FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN -- Freshman forward CAROL ANN SHUDLICK (APPLE VALLEY, MN) closed out her freshman season in fine style, contributing nine points in each weekend game and 14 rebounds over the two contests. Shudlick led the Gophers in scoring five times in 1990-91 and scored 20 points or more four times. Shudlick owns the Gopher season scoring high of 31 points, which she scored at Michigan March 3.

CAROL ANN SHUDUCK- CAREER STATS 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FT/FTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 24/11 107/230 .465 0-0/.000 71/97 .732 285 11.9 126 5.3 25 30 73/ 1 45 12 523

THE REST OF THE ST ATS --HOLLY THOMPSON- CAREER ST ATS --JUNIOR -EAST CLEVELAND, OH

3-POINT YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FT/FTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1988-89 19/0 4/10 .400 0-0/.000 6/10 .600 14 .7 13 .7 14 5 20/ 0 12 8 224 1989-90 28!28 30/82 .366 0-0/.000 42/67 .627 102 3.6 64 "3 112 42 62/ 0 152 0 924 1990-91 28!27 43/105 .410 0-3/.000 17/28 .607 103 3.7 69 -.5 100 42 79/ 2 102 4 821 Totals 75!55 77/197 .391 0-3/.000 65/105 .619 219 2.9 146 1.9 226 89 161/ 2 266 12 1969

JENNY ZELLER- CAREER STATS --JUNIOR- FARIBAULT,MN 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FT/FTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1988-89 23/0 11/28 .393 0-0/.000 5/12 .417 27 1.2 10 .4 3 6 9/ 0 12 2 111 1989-90 20/0 14/33 .424 0-0/.000 8/12 .667 36 1.8 9 .4 11 3 9/ 0 23 1 115 1990-91 28/23 60/183 .328 1-3/.333 15!20 .750 136 4.9 57 2.0 73 16 30/ 0 92 4 651 Totals 71123 85/244 .348 1-3/.333 28/44 .636 199 2.8 76 1.1 87 25 48/ 0 127 7 877

JENNY DILLON- CAREER STATS- SOPHOMORE- GREENF1ELD, IN 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FGCJII M-AIPCT FT/FTA FTCJII PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1989-90 7/0 2/3 .667 0-0/.000 2/3 .667 6 .9 3 .4 0 0 1/ 0 1 0 11 1990-91 13/0 8/17 .471 0-0/.000 2/4 .500 18 1.4 12 .9 1 0 9/ 0 5 0 75 Totals 20/0 10/20 .500 0-0/.000 417 .571 24 1.2 15 .8 1 0 10/ 0 6 0 86

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BASKETBALL CONTINUED --NANCY ALEXANDER - CAREER ST ATS - FRESHMAN-· BROCKPORT , NY

3-POINT YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 24/0 35(73 .479 0-0/.000 7/10 .700 77 3.2 32 13 16 8 22/ 0 31 2 276

MARY KLOTZBEECHER -·CAREER ST ATS -- FRESHMAN -· HARRISBURG, PA 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FG/FGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFT A FT% PTS A VG REB A VG AST STL PF/ D TO BLK MIN 1990-91 23/0 6/16 .375 0-0/.000 9/17 529 21 .9 25 1.1 24 22 26/ 0 31 0 209

CRYSTAL FLINT·· CAREER STATS- FRESHMAN-- ROXBURY, MA 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PF/D TO BLK MIN 1990-91 3/0 4/5 .800 0-0/.000 2/3 .667 10 33 3 1.0 2 2 0/ 0 5 0 30

YOLANDA MURPHY-- CAREER ST ATS --FRESHMAN -ST. PAUL, MN 3-POINT

YEAR GIGS FGIFGA FG% M-AIPCT FTIFTA FT% PTS AVG REB AVG AST STL PFID TO BLK MIN 1990-91 6/0 1(7 .143 0-0/.000 0/0 .000 2 .3 5 .8 0 0 0/ 0 1 1 20

THE COACH-- Minnesota first-year head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald wraps up her 11th season as a collegiate head coach with a 172-152 (.531) record.

A WARDS PRESENTED SUNDAY -- Minnesota held its annual awards banquet Sunday with the following honors being presented --

FastBreak Club sportsmanship award -- Holly Thompson Academic award -- Jenny Dillon Hustle award -- Mary Klotzbeecher Defensive award -- Jenny Zeller Coaches award -- Ellen Kramer Most improved award-- Dana Joubert Most valuable player -- Ellen Kramer

BIG TEN STANDINGS

1. Purdue 2. Michigan State

Iowa 4. Northwestern 5. Indiana

Ohio State 7. Wisconsin 8. Illinois 9. Michigan

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BIG TEN 17-1 .944 13-5 .722 13-5 .722 12-6 .667 8-10 .444 8-10 .444 7-11 .389 6-12 .333 4-14 .222 2-16 .111

OVERALL 26-2 .929 21-7 .750 20-8 .714 20-8 .714 16-12 .571 11-17 .393 13-15 .464 9-19 .321

11-17 .393 6-22 .214

FOUR BIG TEN TEAMS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT-- Purdue, Michigan State, Iowa and Northwestern will all make return trips to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Iowa travels to Montana in first round action in the West region while Northwestern plays host to Washington State in the Midwest. Michigan State has a f'rrst round bye in the Midwest and will play on the road at the winner of the DePauV Oklahoma State game. Purdue also received a first round bye in the Mideast region and will host the winner of the South Carolina/Vanderbilt match up .

1990-91 MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OVERALL STATISTICS: 6-22 Overall, 2-16 Big Ten (4-10 Home, l-11 Away,

~IHNESOTA GDLDEH GOPHERS SASKETBALL 1990-91 SEASON lEAn CUKULATIUES 1-1 Neutral)

3-POIHT REBOUNDS tlO PLAYER GP-GS FGHGA F~% F~-F~A m FTHTA m OFF DEF TOT/AUG PF-OQ PTSIAVG AST BLK TO STL KIN/AVG -. ·-------·· ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~0 Ellen ~.ramer 29-ZB 1BH07 o.m 0-1 0.000 90-129 0 '703 73 138 211/ 7 .s 75-3 452/ 16.1 85 7 75 49 992135 2'+ Dana JmJbert 28-23 136-m U91 0-0 0.000 ss-m o.m 109 157 266/ 9.5 9H 337/ 12.0 18 12 97 H 880/31 •2 Carol Ano Shudlic 2~-11 107-230 0.465 0-0 0.000 71-97 0.732 54 72 176/ 5.3 73-1 205/ 11.9 25 12 45 30 523122 Jr. Stacy Carvr.r 25-14 94-245 0.384 !S-57 0.263 3HO 0.775 27 66 93/ 3. 7 56-0 234/ 9.4 36 8 76 16 600/24 23 Jenny Zeller 28-23 60-18'3 0.328 1-3 0.333 15-20 0.750 23 34 57/ 2.0 30-0 136/ 4.9 73 4 92 16 651/23 32 ~likki Coatr)S 27-14 49-162 0.302 18-56 0.321 17-23 0.739 12 34 46/ 1.7 SH 133/ 4.9 46 1 63 32 5W19 14 Holly Thompson 28-27 43-105 0.410 0-3 0.000 17-28 0.607 17 52 69/ 2.5 79-2 103/ 3.7 100 4 102 ~2 821/29 20 Nancy ltlmmrler 24-0 JS-i3 0.479 e-o 0.000 7-10 0.700 20 12 32/ 1.3 22-0 77/ 3.2 16 2 31 B 276/12 15 1'13ry K1ot;b!lecher 23·0 6-16 0.375 0-0 0.000 9-11 0.529 12 13 251 1.1 26-0 21/ 0.~ 24 0 31 22 2091 9 J~ ,tenn~· Dillon 13-0 e-11 n.m 0-0 0.000 :-4 0.500 4 8 121 0.9 9-0 18/ 1.4 1 0 5 0 75/ 6 22 Crystal Flint 3-0 4-5 o.eoo 0-0 0.000 2-3 0.667 0 3 3/ 1.0 0-0 10/ 3.3 2 0 5 2 30/10 4 3 'I o L~ndiJ Murph~ 5-0 1-i' 0.143 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 3

, 5/ 0.8 0-0 21 O.J 0 1 0 ZOI 3 .. 05 Kar~ Lar 5on 2··0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 1 0 11 0.5 1-0 01 0.0 0 0 1 0 9/ 5 re~~ 53 75 139 3 -----··------------··------------------~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

M i nr.r.~-dc1 Go 1 den Gophers 7ZH798 0.403 3i-120 0.283 326-512 0.637 ~18 667 1085/38.8 516-11 1808/ 64.6 426 51 6Z7 ZSB ----------··-----··------------------------------------·.----------------------------------------------------------------------------Teal 53 74 127 3 OPPONENTS B30-18ZS n.m 90-242 0.372 388-588 0.660 449 778 1227/43.8 402-9 2138/ 76.4 441 77 585 321 -~- ---- ------ .... -- -··----- ··----------------·--- ....... _ ---··--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deadball Rebounds \Minr.e~ota Selden Gophers-71 , Opponents· 72)

1991 MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BIG TEN CONFERENCE STATISTICS: 2-16 Record t1HnlESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS enSKETBALL 1990-91 SEASON TEAl'! CUMULAJIIJES FOR CONFERENCE GAKES

HOI NT REBOUNDS NO PL!W£R GHS FGIHGA FG% Fr.M-FGA m FTI'I-FTA Fn OFF DEF TOT/At1G PF-DQ PTS/AUG AST BLK TO STL KIN/AUG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If() tllen Y.ramer 18-18 tos-m 0.413 0-1 0.000 SH9 0.68\ 43 II\ 127/ 7.1 ~9-1 26\/ 14.7 61 4 60 31 657137 24 Dana Joubert 18-16 85-239 0.357 0-0 0.000 4?·98 0.429 64 109 173/ 9.6 60-3 2121 ll.B 12 4 60 30 593133 42 c~rol I~On Shudlic !8-7 70-163 0.429 0-0 0.000 52-70 0.743 43 46 89/ 4.9 55-0 192/ 10.7 19 B 37 22 361120 35 Stacy Carver 18-11 61-165 0.370 13-46 0.283 20-26 0.769 14 43 57/ 3.2 43-0 155/ 8.6 26 3 53 11 440124 32 Hikki Coates !7-5 35-90 0.389 13-31 0.419 9-12 0.750 4 11 15/ 0.9 29-1 921 5.4 14 1 25 H 241114 ~3 ,lenny Zeller 18-15 33-106 0.311 1-J 0.333 7-10 0.700 13 21 34/ 1.9 17-0 74/ u 36 2 55 12 412123 !4 Holly Thomp~on 18-18 16-55 0.291 0-2 0.000 9-16 0.563 10 37 HI 2.6 50-1 41/ 2.3 53 2 58 24 S39no 20 lhncy Alexander IS-O 18-37 0.486 0-0 0.000 3-3 1.000 12 4 16/ 1.1 lZ-0 39/ Z.6 12 1 20 6 155/10 !5 Mary Klotzbeecher 16-0 6-14 0.429 0-0 0.000 9-H 0.643 8 9 17/ 1.1 19-0 21/ !.3 13 0 23 14 161110 34 Jenny Dillon 7-0 H 0.250 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000 0 0 01 o.o s-o 21 0.3 0 0 2 0 211 3 43 YolJnda Murphy 6-0 1-7 0.143 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 3 2 51 o.8 o-o 21 0.3 0 1 1 0 20/ 3 05 Kara lar5on 0-0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 01 0.0 o-o 01 o.o 0 0 0 0 01 0 22 Crystal Flint 0-0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/ 0.0 o-o .JI u.l) u 0 0 0 01 0 Teal H 49 90 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------·--------------------------~inne5ota Golden Gophers m-1133 o.38o 27-83 0.325 205-329 0.623 255 us 670137.2 339-6 1094/ 60.8 246 26 397 164 -----------·------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • l!!al :r.J 49 81 3 OPPONENTS 529-1137 0.~65 64-157 0.~08 278-395 0.704 265 529 734/44.1 316-7 1.00/ 77.8 272 52 359 195 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deadball Rebounds OHnnesota Golden Gophers-45 , Opponents-42)

• .. e e 1990-91 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS-- Individual Performances

. • Overall Record: 6-22 Big Ten Record: 2-16 Home: 4-10 Away: 1-11 Neutral: 1-1

(Points-Rebounds) Date WIL Opponent Score ALEX CARV COAT DILL FLINT JOUB KLOT KRAM MURP SHUD THOM ZEL 11/26 w vs. Marquette 80-65 0-0 10-6* 7-1 0-0 4-2 9-14* 0-1 19-10* DNP 20-6 6-2* 5-2* 11/28 L vs. Kansas 63-71 DNP 15-2* 0-2* DNP 4-0 2-9* DNP 15-9* DNP 17-7* 0-2 10-1 11/30 w $vs. Dl.-Chicago 79-59 4-1 16-9 5-2* 2-1 2-1 0-3 0-0 22-5* DNP 17-9* 9-3* 2-2* 12/1 L $vs. Georgia Tech 69-84 0-0 12-7* 5-3* DNP DNP 10-9 DNP 10-4* DNP 20-9* 8-1* 4-2 12/15 L at Connecticut 60-85 6-4 DNP 2-1* 3-2 DNP 12-13* 0-1 26-6* DNP DNP 5-1* 6-3* 12!17 w at Dartmouth 74-61 9-2 DNP 8-2* 2-1 DNP 28-11 * 0-2 21-7* DNP DNP 4-1* 2-2* 12/20 L at Bradley 76-84 4-0 DNP 0-2* DNP DNP 22-8* DNP 25-11* DNP 7-3 8-1* 10-3* 12/22 L vs. Oklahoma 75-85 2-2 7-3 3-9* DNP DNP 20-9 0-1 8-1* DNP 12-3* 8-3* 15-4* 12/29 L # vs. Stephen F. Austin66-84 5-4 5-4 5-5* 3-6 DNP 15-6* 0-2 25-18* DNP DNP 6-3* 2-0* 12/30 w # vs. Western Carolina 72-60 8-3 14-7 6-4* 6-2 DNP 7-11* 0-1 17-13* DNP DNP 8-5* 6-4* 1/4 L at Northwestern 49-90 4-2 6-1 1-1 * 0-0 DNP 13-11* 2-1 19-3* DNP 2-1 0-0* 2-0* 1/6 L at Wisconsin 77-102 8-2 7-3 5-0* 0-0 DNP 14-6* 3-2 16-9* DNP 9-3 0-3* 15-2* 1/11 L vs. Purdue 60-106 12-5 15-4* 0-0 0-0 DNP 7-6* 0-2 12-7* 0-0 8-10 2-2* 4-0* 1/13 L vs. Illinois 60-78 6-3 7-4 0-0 DNP DNP 8-5* DNP 19-10* DNP 10-1* 6-2* 4-0* 1/18 L at Ohio State 64-78 4-0 19-2* 0-0 0-0 DNP 5-9* 1-1 18-11* DNP 15-7 0-2* 2-2* 1/20 L at Indiana 63-92 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 DNP 8-10* 0-1 21-4* 0-1 20-6* 2-3* 8-5* 1/25 L at Iowa 51-70 2-2 10-6* DNP DNP DNP 11-8* 3-2 14-7* 0-0 7-7 0-0* 4-3* 2/1 L vs. Michigan 51-65 0-0 9-6 2-0 DNP DNP 22-15* 0-0 4-6* 0-1 8-3* 6-3* 0-1 * 213 w vs. Michigan St. 58-55 0-1 12-8 0-1 DNP DNP 4-7* 0-1 20-8* DNP 8-9* 4-0* 10-1* 2/8 L at lllinois 63-71 0-0 7-5 9-1 DNP DNP 12-7* 0-0 19-5* 2-3 7-1* 0-3* 7-2* 2/10 L at Purdue 57-85 DNP 8-5* 8-3 DNP DNP 13-9* DNP 10-5* 0-0 7-2 7-5* 4-3* 2/15 L vs. Indiana 67-83 0-0 12-3* 3-0 DNP DNP 20-13* 4-1 8-6* DNP 16-4 0-2* 4-4* 2/17 L vs. Ohio State 52-64 DNP 2-0* 12-2 DNP DNP 10-9* 8-2 16-6* DNP 4-6 0-0* 0-2* 2/22 L vs. Iowa 46-70 0-0 ll-1* 4-0 DNP DNP 12-15* 0-0 11-9* DNP 2-0 2-5* 4-3* 3/1 L at Michigan State 52-68 0-0 2-0* 4-2 0-0 DNP 8-12* 0-1 12-6* DNP 20-10 4-5* 2-4* 3/3 L at Michigan 70-74 0-0 4-1* 0-1* 0-0 DNP 16-11 0-0 17-11* DNP 31-5* 0-5* 2-1 3fl w vs. Wisconsin 76-62 DNP 5-7* 28-2* DNP DNP 17-11* 0-3 13-9* DNP 9-6* 2-3* 2-0 3/9 L vs. Northwestern 78-87 3-1 17-1 16-2* DNP DNP 12-9* 0-0 15-5* DNP 9-8* 6-4* 0-1

Home games in BOLD at Williams Arena Top scorer/top rebounderin BOLD *Indicates starters $Dial Soap Classic (Minneapolis, MN), runnerup #Western Kentucky Tournament (Bowling Green, KY), 3rd place

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SCHEDULE MARCH 29-APRIL 3

Fri. March 29 TENNIS vs. Purdue (98th Street Racquet Club) GOLF at South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, SC)

Sat. March 30 TENNIS vs. Iowa State (98th Street Racquet Club) GOLF at South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, SC) SOFTBALL at Missouri Tournament (Columbia, MO)

Sun. March 31 GOLF at South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, SC) SOFTBALL at Missouri Tournament (Columbia, MO)

Wed. April3 TENNIS at Iowa (Iowa City, lA)

LISTEN UP-- The Women's Athletics Closeup program airs each Tuesday evening at 5:45 p.m. on the Ray Scott Show. Tune in to KJJO 950 AM to keep up to date on all University of Minnesota women's athletics events.

SPRING QUARTER RADIO SERIES -- Minnesota women's athletic director Chris Voelz will be part of a KUOM spring quarter radio series entitled, University Women: The Mentoring Relationship. Voelz and Lisa Lissimore, representative of the Black Student Athlete Mentor Program, will be the featured guests when the program airs Monday, April1 from 12 noon-1 p.m. The topic will be "Women Helping Each Other Through Athletics." Listen and call in with your questions or comments at 625-5800.

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GYMNASTICS

TEAMFALLSSHORTOFREGIONALSDESPITEBIGTENTITLE-DespitewinningitsthirdBig Ten title in four years, the Gopher women's gymnastics team did not qualify for the NCAA Central Region meet for the first time in five years. Minnesota had a school-record regional qualifying score (RQS) of 187.62 but finished eighth, .1 0 shy of earning the seventh and final spot. Iowa, which finished just ahead of the Gophers with a 187.71 score, will be going to regionals as a team for the first time. Individual all-around berths will be announced today. One or more Gophers may qualify.

GOPHERS WIN THffiD BIG TEN TITLE IN FOUR YEARS- Going into this year's Big Ten championship meet in Champaign, Ill., Minnesota was not listed among the favorites. Early-season injuries kept the Gophers' average score down, and with three newcomers competing, Minnesota was considered an unknown by many Big Ten women's gymnastics observers.

But after winning the Big Ten title on Friday with a championship-meet record 189.00 score, the Gophers made sure they will no longer go unnoticed. To top off the weekend on Saturday, three Minnesota gymnasts won event titles, four Gophers were named all-Big Ten and head coach Katalin Deli was named Big Ten coach of the year. The title was Minnesota's third in four years Deli earned her second coach of the year recognition in the last three years. Iowa finished second with a 188.25 score and Michigan was third with a 188.00. Illinois and Ohio State tied for fourth with 187.10 scores, Wisconsin was sixth with a 186.95 in its last-ever team competition and Michigan State was seventh (last) with a 186.10.

The Gophers scored a season-best 47.95 in the vault, just .05 away from the school record. Minnesota scored 46.85 in the uneven bars, 46.50 in the balance beam and 47.70 in the floor exercise.

NESS, WOLF, ZOLKOWSKI WIN BIG TEN TITLES- Senior co-captain KATHY NESS (COON

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RAPIDS, MN) came into the season as the team's top returner on the uneven bars and balance beam but A- -suffered a fracture in her right knee in December and did not compete on the balance beam until the Friday W night's team competition. On Friday, she scored 9.55 on the beam to qualify for the finals on Saturday. The last of 10 beam finalists to perform her routine, Ness closed out her gymnastics career by scoring a meet-record 9.70 to tie for the title. She earned all-Big Ten honors for the first time in her career.

Freshman JESSICA WOLF (OSHKOSH, WI) won the Big Ten vault title with a 9.70 score and finished second in the floor exercise with a 9. 70. Wolf finished seventh all-around with a 37.70 score on Friday. Also an all-Big Ten selection, she scored 9.65 in the vault, 9.00 in the bars, 9.35 in the beam and 9.70 in the floor.

Last year, senior co-captain CATHY ZOLKOWSKI (NEENAH, WI/ARMSTRONG-NEENAH) finished in a three-way tie for the floor exercise title with a 9.70 score. This season Zolkowski was alone at the top, scoring a meet-record and career-best 9.80 to win the title. She was named all-Big Ten for the third straight year after finishing in a third-place tie in the all-around competition on Friday. She scored 37.85 all-around, with scores of9.70 in the vault, 9.30 in the bars, 9.20 in the beam and 9.65 in the floor exercise.

JUHASZ-NAGY NAMED ALL-BIG TEN- Sophomore MONIKA JUHASZ-NAGY (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY NOROSMARTY) successfully executed all of her routines on Friday and scored 37.80 to finish fifth all-around, earning all-Big Ten honors for the first time. She tied for second in the vault with a 9.65 in event finals and scored a 9.50 to tie for sixth in the uneven bars. Sophomore KRISTIN ALLSTADT (APPLE VALLEY, MN) scored 37.10 all-around, the fourth straight meet she has scored 37.00 or better allaround. Included were scores of 9.20 in the vault, 9.30 in the bars, 9.20 in the beam and 9.40 in the floor exercise.

Freshman KELLY McCONNELL (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL/ST. THOMAS AQUINAS) scored a 9.55 in the bars and 8.85 in the balance beam on Friday. In event finals, she scored 9.45 in the uneven bars and finished ninth. Freshman JENNY KRALING (PLYMOUTH, MN/HOPKINS) scored a career-best 9.55 in the floor exercise Friday and senior IKA LINDHOLM (WINNETKA, IL/YORK COMMUNITY) scored a career-best 9.30 in the vault on Friday. Sophomore DAWN KETCHER (BROOKLYN PARK MN/PARK CENTER) equaled a personal-season best with a 9.60 in the vault on Friday and set a nev personal season best with a 9.40 in the floor exercise on Friday.


e SWIMMING & DIVING

HIGHEST NCAA FINISH EVER·· The women's swimming and diving team tied for 18th place at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday, giving the Gophers their highest fmish ever at the national meet. The Gophers and Big Ten opponent Northwestern each scored 45 points for the tie. Minnesota's previous best finished was 20th in 1989 with 47 points. Texas won its seventh team title in the last eight years with 746 points, followed by Stanford with 653.

TWO ALL-AMERICANS •• Freshman diver LAURIE NELSON (ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO, CANADNSILVERTIIORN) and sophomore backstroke specialist TRINA THAMES (EAU CLAIRE, WI/NORTII) each earned all-American honors for their top eight finishes. Nelson was fifth in platform diving with 479.85 points, becoming Minnesota's first-ever NCAA all-American in diving. The only other Gopher diver to receive all-American honors was Chris Curry when she won the 3-meter diving competition at the 1982 AlA W national championships. Thames, who joined the Gophers in December after transferring to Minnesota from Pittsburgh, earned all-American status in the 100-yard backstroke with a seventh-place time of :56.61.

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICANS·· Eight Minnesota swimmers and divers earned 14 honorable mention all-American accolades in two individual and three relay team events. Individually, senior LISA DAVIS (AUSTIN, MN) received honorable mention honors in 1-meter diving with her 13thplace fmish, as did LINDA OEGEMA (DEDEMSV AART, TilE NETIIERLANDS) with her 16th-place finish in the 200 individual medley. Thames garnered three honorable mention all-American honors as a member of 14th-place 400 medley relay team and the 15th-place 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams. Oegema also received honorable mention status as member of the 400 medley relay team. Sophomore LAURA HERMAN (HALES CORNERS, WI/WHITNALL) was a double recipient of honorable mention all-American honors as member of the 400 free and 200 medley relay teams. Also receiving double honors were junior STACEY NIEDENFUER (ALEXANDRIA, MN/JEFFERSON) in the 400 free and medley relay team events, and freshman ANDREA RUDSER (MINOT, ND) in the 200 and 400 medley relay events. Junior DEANNE HOP (ST. LOUIS PARK, MN) received honorable mention all-American honors as member of the 400 free relay team as did freshman KRIS ZELLER (FARIBAULT, MN) as a member of the 200 medley relay team.

MINNESOTA NCAA RECAP Platform diving 5th Laurie Nelson 479.85 pts. all-American, varsity record

100-yard backstroke 7th Trina Thames :56.61 all-American

200 individual medley 16th Linda Oegema 2:04.24 honorable mention all-American

1-meter diving 13th Lisa Davis 372.15 pts. honorable mention all-American

400 medley relay 14th 3:52.52 honorable mention all-American Trina Thames, Linda Oegema, Andrea Rudser, Stacey Niedenfuer

400 free relay 15th 3:26.04 honorable mention all-American Trina Thames, Laura Herman, Deanne Hop, Stacey Niedenfuer

200 medley relay 15th 1:46.99 honorable mention all-American Trina Thames, Kris Zeller, Andrea Rudser, Laura Herman

Team Standings: 1. Texas 7 46, 2. Stanford 653, 3. Florida 353, 4. California 27 5, 5. UCLA 192, 6. Southern Methodist 190, 7. Arizona 163, 8. Georgia 137, 9. Southern California 135, 10. Miami 127, 11. Brigham Young 99, 12. Ohio State 90, 13. Arizona State 89, 14. Louisiana State 63, 15. Michigan 55, 16. Ohio 53, 17. Tennessee 52.5, 18. (tie) Minnesota 45, Northwestern 45, 20. North Carolina 44.


SOFTBALL

THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL CONTINUES- The Minnesota softball team (18-17) travels to Columbia, Mo. for the Mizzou Invitational beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. The Gophers will play five games in two days at the University of Missouri, including rematches with Missouri and Northern Iowa. The Mizzou Invitational is a six-team, round robin tournament. The placings in the tournament will be determined by the best overall record. Minnesota's weekend schedule:

Saturday, March 30 10 a.m. - vs. DePaul 12 p.m. - vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay

6 p.m. - at Missouri

Sunday, March 31 9 a.m. - vs. Drake 11 a.m. - vs. Northern Iowa

MINNESOTA LINEUP - The Gopher lineup found some stability in California with seven players starting all nine games. The pitching rotation also became more established with the three Gopher starters each starting three games on the trip. Minnesota's tentative starting lineup for Missouri: Name Pos A vg. Runs RBI Notes Diane Field lB .257 9 9 Team-leading 12 walks for season Karl Blank 2B .282 11 15 Had lOOth career hit against Rutgers (3/17) Stacey Funderburg SS .194 8 9 Had .407 on-base percentage in California Lezlie Weiss 3B .289 9 11 Has current four-game hitting streak Tabbetha Woody LF .296 9 6 Team-leading .352 on-base percentage for season Mischel Doerr CF .236 9 9 Scored team-high five runs on trip Sandy Scott RF .259 13 7 Only Gopher with more walks than strikeouts Lisa Sojka C .193 8 10 Hit first career triple against Kent (3/22) Anne Weisbecker DP .272 9 0 Season batting avg. is 81 points higher than career avg.

Name Robin Bumpus Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschka

Pos RHP RHP LHP

W-L 6-5 6-6 6-6

ERA SO 0.56 38 1.16 46 1.28 38

Notes Has not given up an earned run in 27 innings pitched Opponents hitting .189 against her Allowed one earned run in 13 innings pitched in Calif.

OPPONENT NOTES -DePaul (9-5) will have a busy week, playing in games every day but Thursday before the Missouri Tournament. After 10 games, the Blue Demons are led by Rita Small (.423 BA, 4 RBI) and Suzy Wiegner (4-0, 1.73 ERA). Wisconsin-Green Bay (0-6) will try to get into the win column for the first time this season. It will be the first career meeting between the Gophers and the Fighting Phoenix. Minnesota and Missouri will be playing for the second time this season. The first meeting went nine innings and two tiebreakers at the Metrodome in February with the Tigers coming away with the 3-2 victory. The Gophers will be playing Drake for the first time in school history Sunday. Northern Iowa (4-10) will be looking to avenge a 3-1loss earlier this season to Minnesota. The Gophers won that game at the Metrodome Softball Classic for third place. The Panthers will also play Minnesota in a non-conference doubleheader at the Bierman Softball Complex April 30.

CALIFORNIA REVIEW- Minnesota's 7-2 road trip to southern California is the best road trip of the 1991 season, as far as overall record is concerned. The Gophers have won 13 of their last 18 games and at 18-17, are over the .500 mark after 35 games for only the third time in thl" last seven vears. Minnesota opened the week with a sweep of Rutgers, their first non-conference doubleheaac .. ~weep of the season. The Gophers split a doubleheader with Cal State Northridge, winning the opener 6-0 and losing the nightcap 1-0. The Gophers had lost two previous games to the Lady Matadors this season before the victory at Northridge.

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Minnesota opened play in the Pony Tournament by defeating Rutgers 3-2 and then scored its biggest e victory of the season the next day, a 4-0 shutout of fifth-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas. The Gophers finished the pool play section of the tournament with their third straight win, a 5-1 victory over Cal Poly Pomona. The streak continued into the first round of bracket play with a 2-1 victory over Kent, a 1990 NCAA Women's College World Series participant. That four-game winning streak was the longest of the season. It also came to an abrupt end in the quarterfinals with a 4-0 loss to ninth-ranked Texas A&M.


SOFTBALL CONTINUED--STAT NOTES - As a team, Minnesota hit .282 during the nine-game California road swing, improving its season batting average to .251. The Gophers had six starters over the .300 mark on the trip, led by senior DIANE FIELD (MORTON GROVE, ILINILES WEST), senior TABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK) and sophomore LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN). Field and Woody each had .360 batting averages in California. Field had her first career home run in 383 career at bats in the first game against Cal State Northridge, a solo blast over the right-field fence. Woody had two doubles and a triple to lead the Gophers with a .520 slugging percentage on the road trip. Weiss had a team-high 11 hits and a .355 average in California.

The Gopher pitching staff had a team ERA of 0.35 in California, lowering the season mark to 1.08. Junior ROBIN BUMPUS (MUNNSVILLE, NY/STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY) did not allow an earned run in California, posting a 3-0 record and allowing only 12 hits and two walks in 22 innings while striking out 17 batters. Junior BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, lA) pitched a two-hit shutout against Nevada-Las Vegas, her second of the season and 15th of her career. Sophomore SARAH MASCHKA (MANKA TO, MN/EAST) pitched four innings to defeat Kent for her sixth victory of the season, five more than her total after the Pony Tournament last season.

WHAT'S NEXT- Minnesota makes a six-game road trip next weekend which includes the opener of the Big Ten season. The Gophers play a non-conference doubleheader at Iowa State April4 (3 p.m.), followed by two Big Ten doubleheaders at Iowa April5 (3 p.m.) and April6 (1 p.m.). The Hawkeyes are currently eighth in the NCAA poll and are the defending Big Ten co-champions.

TRACK & FIELD

ARIZONASTATEREVIEW-TheGophersfinishedthirdattheArizonaStateMulti-Eventsinvitational last weekend in Tempe, Ariz. Minnesota finished with 85 points, trailing Brigham Young (205) and Arizona State (147). The Gophers finished ahead of Princeton (53), Texas-El Paso (28) and Dartmouth (16).

DOUBLEWINNER,DOUBLEQUALIFIER-SeniorRACHELLEWIS(SIOUXCITY,IA/NORTH) guaranteed her trip to Eugene, Ore. and the NCAA outdoor meet by throwing qualifying marks in both the shot put and the discus at Arizona State. The defending Big Ten champion in both events, Lewis threw 51-6 1/4 in the shot and 174-6 in the discus to win both events. Both marks· are automatic qualifying marks, although Lewis has a better indoor shot put mark this year (52-10).

AGNEW, BROWN HAVE SUCCESSFUL STARTS- Senior javelin thrower DECIA AGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) finished second in the javelin this weekend with a toss of 159-5. The defending Big Ten champion now has a provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA meet, but will need to throw 173-11 to guarantee the trip to Eugene. Freshman high jumper CORALEA BROWN (ANDROS SAN, ALBERTA, CANADA) made an impressive debut in a Gopher uniform, leaping 5-8 to claim second place in the high jump. Brown is only two inches off the Minnesota school record of 5-10, which is also the provisional standard for the NCAA outdoor meet.

WHAT'S NEXT - The Gophers will not compete in any meets this weekend. Minnesota will next see action April 6 when they travel to Austin, Texas to compete in the Texas Relays.


GOLF

GOLFERS TO SOUTH CAROLINA- The South Carolina Invitational in Columbia, S.C. is the next stop on the schedule for the women's golf team. Twelve teams are expected to be in the field at the Woodlands Country Club. Joining Minnesota and South Carolina are Auburn, Duke, Furman, Indiana, James Madison, Kentucky, Memphis State, Michigan, Nebraska and North Carolina-Wilmington. Minnesota head golf coach Nancy Harris will name the Gopher starters later this week.

GOPHERS FOURTH IN TEMPE- Minnesota placed fourth in the field of five teams at the Desert Challenge, March 20-21 in Tempe, Ariz. The Gophers, who co-hosted the tournament with Iowa, carded rounds of 340 and 326 strokes for a 36-hole total of 666 strokes. Iowa was first with a team total of 644 strokes. Sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFTON, ND) led the way for Minnesota with a tie for third place after carding rounds of 82 and 81 strokes for total of 163 strokes. Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVilLE, MN) and sophomore KRIS LEIGHTON (AUSTIN, MN) carded identical rounds of 85 and 82 for 36-hole totald of 167. Freshman JANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) shot a score of 169 after rounds of 88 and 81. Junior KRIST A REUTERFELDT (COON RAPIDS, MN) had rounds of 89 and 85 for a two-day total of 17 4, and redshirt freshman CHRIS WOLLACK (DULUTH, MN/HERMANTOWN) carded a 176 after recording rounds of91 and 85.

TENNIS

GOPHERS RETURN HOME; STILL LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN -The Minnesota women's tennis team is hoping to break a school-record 12-match losing skid this weekend. The Gophers will play host to Purdue Friday at 6:30p.m. and non-conference foe Iowa State Saturday at 12 noon, with both matches at the A 98th Street Racquet Club. Minnesota resumes Big Ten action in Iowa City, Iowa against the Haw keyes April • 3.

OPPONENT NOTES- Purdue (5-7 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) lost 6-3 to Ohio State on Saturday and 8-1 to 11th-ranked Indiana on Sunday. The Boilermakers' only win against the Hoosiers was at No. 6 singles, where junior Dana Pearson defeated Indiana's Brenna Bodnar 6-1, 6-1. Purdue is led by senior Erica Adams, who has a 7-4 spring record at No. 1 singles. Adams and junior Eve Slowinski are 9-1 this spring at No. 1 doubles. SERIES- The Gophers lead 11-3 and have won three straight over Purdue. Last year Minnesota won 6-0 and 8-1.

Iowa State (3-7) is led by No. 1 singles player Susanne Pollman. Pollman is 5-4 in spring competition and 12-7 overall. Pollman teams with Kim Dempsey at No. 1 doubles for the Cyclones. The duo is 5-3 on the year. SERIES-- Minnesota leads 15-1 and defeated Iowa State 9-0 last year.

Iowa (5-7, 0-4) has lost six straight matches. The Haw keyes lost 9-0 to Wisconsin on March 9 and 8-1 to 14th-ranked San Diego on Thursday. Sophomore Andrea Calvert leads Iowa with a 12-9 singles record at No.3 and junior Tracey Donnelly is 10-5 at No.4. Junior Lori Hash and junior Catherine Wilson have a 15-9 record at No. 1 doubles. The Hawkeyes play host to Purdue March 31 before meeting Minnesota. SERIES- The Gophers lead 23-5 and have won three straight over Iowa. Last year Minnesota won 6-3.

PRINCETON, 14TH-RANKED SAN DIEGO DOWN GOPHERS- Minnesota lost its 12th ;traight match dating back to last year when 14th-ranked San Diego shut out the Gophers 9-0 on Friday. Pr.nceton beat Minnesota 8-1 on Thursday. The lone Gopher win against the ugers was by freshman JENNY MARQUES (LAGUNA HILLS, CA), who defeated Kristin Green 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4 singles. It was Marques' first collegiate singles victory. She is now 1-10 on the season. The match was Minnesota's first without senior SOFIE OLSSON (ASMUNDTORP, SWEDEN/GULLSTRANDSKOLAN), who will e undergo shoulder surgery this spring and miss the remainder of the season.

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------W/L Overall 13-13-1 Dual 5-1-1 Invites 2-12 Home 4-1-1 Away 9-12 Big Ten 7-2

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TEAM SCORE VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR DATE OPPONENT MINN OPP MINN OPP MINN OPP MINN OPP MINN OPP 1/12 at Wisconsin Inv. 179.25 45.70 43.35 44.90 45.30

Wisconsin 184.80 46.35 46.55 45.30 46.60 Arizona 184.60 46.80 45.75 45.05 47.00 Michigan 179.90 43.95 45.30 43.95 45.10

1/20 WINONA STAlE 181.75 168.45 45.60 43.70 44.75 39.75 46.00 41.35 45.40 43.65 1/21 at Iowa State 182.45 182.35 45.90 46.20 45.70 44.70 46.55 44.65 44.30 46.80 1/25 at Washington Inv. 179.35 46.05 44.55 44.15 44.60

UCLA 187.95 47.30 46.20 47.35 47.10 Washington 184.15 45.50 45.95 46.70 46.00 Seattle Pacific 182.10 46.25 46.45 43.95 45.45

2/2 at UCLA Inv. 179.30 46.10 43.50 44.75 44.95 UCLA 189.70 46.85 47.55 47.50 47.00 Cal-Santa Barbara 174.25 45.05 44.60 40.25 44.35

2/9 at Alabama Inv. 183.75 46.70 45.45 45.40 46.20 Alabama 192.00 47.25 48.25 48.25 48.25 Arizona St. 188.85 46.25 47.15 48.00 47.45 Auburn 186.75 47.35 46.65 45.60 47.15

2/11 NEBRASKA 186.00 186.25 46.75 46.45 45.70 46.35 46.85 46.75 46.70 46.70 2/16 WASinNGTON 186.05 185.65 47.10 45.85 46.50 46.45 46.10 46.00 46.35 47.35 2/24 OHIO STAlE 186.90 186.80 47.30 45.70 46.30 46.85 46.15 47.20 47.15 47.05 3/3 MISSOURI 186.85 186.85 47.20 46.90 46.00 45.95 45.75 46.50 47.90 47.50 3/8 at Florida lnv. 188.15 47.75 47.00 46.15 47.25

Florida 193.70 47.75 48.50 48.90 48.55 Penn State 190.80 47.80 47.10 47.60 48.30 William & Mary 186.65 47.10 46.85 45.50 47.20

3/17 IOWA STAlE 187.20 185.70 47.45 46.30 46.05 46.30 47.10 46.00 46.60 47.10 3(2.2- at Big Tens 189.00 47.95 46.85 46.50 47.70 23 Iowa 188.25 47.85 47.35 46.25 46.80

Michigan 188.00 47.35 47.15 45.80 47.70 Illinois 187.10 47.25 46.70 46.15 47.00 Ohio State 187.10 46.30 46.95 46.55 47.30 Wisconsin 186.95 47.35 47.15 45.75 46.70 Michigan State 186.10 47.35 47.20 44.35 47.20

Raw Average 184.31 46.73 45.52 45.87 46.18

Regional Qualifying Score*: 187.62 National Qualifying Score&:---

*The regional qualifying score (RQS) equals the average of the best five team scores of the season, and must include two home and two away scores. Seven teams qualify for the regional.

&The national qualifying score (NQS) is computed by doubling the actual team score achieved at regionals, adding the RQS, and dividing by three. Twelve teams qualify for nationals with the five regional winners receiving automatic bids and the other seven teams making it based on RQS.

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1991 Minnesota Women's Gymnastics Summruy 2-2-2-2 through 3/23/91

ALLS CSIS JUHA KETC KRAL LIND McCO NESS WOLF ZOLK **VAULT** Season best 9.30 9.50 9.70 9.60 8.55 9.30 8.95 9.70 9.70 Raw average 9.12 9.38 9.33 9.47 8.52 9.01 8.87 9.54 9.46 Career best 9.35 9.50 9.775* 9.70 8.55 9.30 8.95 9.10 9.70 9.775*

**BARS** Season best 9.35 9.60 9.65 9.40 9.55 9.30 9.60 9.30 Raw average 8.97 9.57 9.05 8.82 9.17 9.22 8.94 8.96 Career best 9.35 9.60 9.70 9.20 9.40 9.55 9.65 9.60 9.40

**BEAM** Season best 9.50 9.70 9.55 9.50 9.55 9.70 9.50 9.60 Raw average 9.12 9.57 9.00 8.96 9.21 9.62 8.79 8.98 Career best 9.50 9.70 9.55 9.35 9.50 9.00 9.55 9.80 9.50 9.60

**FLOOR** Season best 9.60 9.50 9.45 9.40 9.55 9.10 9.70 9.80 Raw average 9.24 9.25 9.07 9.16 8.90 8.70 9.50 9.36 Career best 9.60 9.50 9.45 9.60 9.55 9.15 9.10 9.40 9.70 9.80

**ALL-AROUND** Season best 37.40 37.95 37.95 35.95 38.20 37.95 Raw average 36.46 37.77 36.41 35.65 36.78 36.87 Career best 37.40 37.95 37.95 37.40 35.85 35.95 37.45 38.20 37.95

Regional average 37.20 37.42 37.75 37.48 National average

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1991 INDIVIDUAL & TEAM HIGHS BY EVENT ••

VAULT------------------ Jessica Wolf

UNEVEN BARS ----------- Monilca Juhasz-Nagy BALANCE BEAM ---------- Kathy Ness

Zsuzsa Csisztu Zsuzsa Csisztu

FLOOR EXERCISE ---------- Cathy Zolkowski ALL-AROUND ------------- Jessica Wolf

9.70 9.70 9.65 9.70# 9.70 9.70 9.80&

38.20

at Big Ten finals 3/23/91 vs. Ohio State 2/24/91 vs. Missouri 3/3/91 at Big Ten finals 3/23/91 vs. Winona State 1/20/91 at Wisconsin Invite 1/12/91 at Big Ten finals 3/23/91 at Florida 3/8/91

VAULT------------------UNEVEN BARS -----------BALANCE BEAM --------FLOOR EXERCISE --------ALL-AROUND -------------

47.95 47.00 47.10 47.90

at Big Ten championship 3/22/91 at Florida 3/8/91

@school record *tie for school record &Big Ten championship record #tie for Big Ten championship record

189.00@&

vs. Iowa State 3/17/91 vs. Missouri ~ '" '91 at Big Ten championship 3/22/91

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(Includes 35 Games)


PLAYER Kelly Norman Tabbetha \oloody Lezlie \.Ieiss Kari Blank Anne Weisbecker Sandy Scott Diane Field Mischel Doerr Mariann Dukart Stacey Funderburg Lisa Sojka Kerby Norman Sarah Maschka Angie Gebhard Lia Johnson Robin Bl.lllpUS

-renda Bixby


BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB/SBA SB% BB SO HBP S/SF TB/SLUG% PO A E DP FLO% .314 22/ 13 35 6 11 5 3 0 0 1/ 2 .500 5 7 1 0/ 0 14/ .400

34/ .347 34/ .351 42/ .359 22/ .272 23/ .284 32/ .305 30/ .244

7 2 1 0 .900 .296 34/ 33 98 9 29 6 .289 30/ 30 97 9 28 11 .282 35/ 35 117 11 33 15 .272 26/ 23 81 9 22 0 .259 31/ 26 81 13 21 7 .257 35/ 35 105 .236 35/ 35 123 .222 21/ 10 36 . 194 35/ 35 93 . 193 25/ 24 57 . 188 20/ 14 48 .000 20/ 11 1 .000 4/ 0 0 .000 9/ 0 0 .000 16/ 9 1 .000 23/ 17 8

9 27 9 9 29 9

8 2 8 18 9 8 11 10

9 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

3

4

3 0

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

3 0

0

0

0 0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.251 35/ 35 981 98 246 86 20 8

.206 35/ 35 894 79 184 56 8 4

0 2/ 3 .667 0 4/ 4 1.000 0 21 3 .667 0 3/ 6 .500 0 21 3 .667

7 13 2 1/ 0 9 9 1 1/ 0

5 7 1 4/ 0

3 5 0 3/ 0 8 6 5/ 1

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0/ 1 .000 12 13 3 3/ 2 9/ 12 .750 4 14 0 2/ 1 1/ 1 1.000 3 5 1 1/ 0 2/ 3 .667 9 15 3 2/ 1 1/ 3 .333 2 9 2 1/ 0 1/ 1 1.000 10 0 2/ 0 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000

0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

9/ .250 22/ .237 14/ .246 9! .188 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

16 0 1 0 . 941 9 83 8 0 .920

77 78 8 2 .951 12 6 0 15 2

298 43 5 12 1 2

110 3 2 37 120 26

100 21 5 36 8 3 0 39 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 36 2 3 56 2

0 1.000 0 .889 3 .986 0 .867 1 .983 3 .858 1 .960 0 .936 0 .951 0 1.000 0 .000 1 .949

.967

28/ 42 .667 68 115 15 25/ 5 285/ .291 733 500 69 5 .947 28/ 48 .583 45 123 12 45/ 3 203/ .227 : 749 350 54 12 .953


PITCHER Robin Bl.lllpUS Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschka Angie Gebhard


ERA G/ GS \.1 L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO IBB HB \.IP BK 2B 3B HR 0.56 15/ 9 6 5 .545 0 2 0 62.0 43 17 5 9 38 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.16 23/ 15 6 6 .500 3 6 2 96.3 67 31 16 13 46 6 1 0 6 0

TB/SLUG% AB/BAVG. 43/ .199 216/ .199 75/ .212 i54/ .189

1.28 19/ 11 6 6 .500 7 3.50 4/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0

2 82.0 69 24 15 23 38 1 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0

3 1 79/ .257 307/ .225 0 0 6/ .353 17/ .294\

1.09 35/ 35 18 17 .514 4 15 1.88 35/ 35 17 18 .486 2 22

7 244.3 184 79 38 45 123 2 12 5 0 8 4 6 249.7 246 98 67 68 115 2 15 13 0 20 8

203/ .227 894/ .206 285/ .291 981/ .251


CATCHER Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka

Atimesota ~pponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 20/ 14 1 25/ 24 35/ 35 35/ 35

6

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Anzona Softball l:lassac Tucson, Arizona (9th)







3/17 vs. Rutgers at CSUF W, 4-3 vs. Rutgers W, 9-0

3/19 at CS-Northridge at CS-Northridge

W,6-0 L, 0-1

Pony Tournament Fullerton, California (5th)

3/20 vs. Rutgers W, 3-2 3/21 vs. Nevada-Las Vegas W, 4-0 3/21 vs. Cal. Poly-Pomona W, 5-1 3/22 vs. Kent W, 2-1 3/23 vs. Texas A&M L, 0-4

Mizzou Invitational Columbia, Missouri

3/30 vs. DePaul 10 a.m. 3/30 vs. Wis.-Green Bay 12 p.m. 3/30 at Missouri 6 p.m. 3/31 vs. Drake 9 a.m. 3/31 vs. Northern Iowa 11 a.m.

4/4 at Iowa State 3p.m. at Iowa State

4/5 at Iowa 3p.m. at Iowa

4/6 at Iowa 1 p.m. at Iowa



4/17 MANKA TO STATE 6 p.m. MANKATO STATE







6p.m.

1 p.m.

3p.m.

3p.m.

2p.m.

1 p.m.

4/30 NORTIIERN IOWA NORTIIERN IOWA






6p.m.

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1 p.m.

6p.m.

1 p.m.


City, Oklahoma


Record: 18-17 vs~ Div. 1: 17-17 Big Ten: o~o

1-Iome: 2-2 Roacl: 2;.2 Neutral: 14~13

vs.NCAATop20 3-9 Streak: Losfl

·Head Coach: Teresa Wilson 49;;49 (2nd ye~l"at Minnesota)

175;.153(6thyeaf olerall) Assistant Coach: John Rittman

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1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests 100 meters (:11.43, :11.75)

e 200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Angie Mauldin (a)

400 meters (:52.80, :54.50)

800 meters {2:05.502 2:08.00} Shelly Wall (a)

1500 meters {4:18.002 4:23.00} Heather Doyle (a) Shelly Ast (a)

3000 meters (9:19.00, 9:35.00) Laura Duffy (a) e Ricki Van Amber (a) Kristen Bubolz (a) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Rowe (a)

10,000 meters (34:20.00, 35:15.00)

100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (a) Karl Mower (a) Tracee Wolf (a) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Monika Balint (a) Karl Mower (a)

4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Ramsey, Mauldin, Redman (a)

4x400 meter relay (3:35.48, 3:39.80)

:11.79

:23.44 :27.02

:54.4

2:07.71 2:21.29

4:15.59 4:49.14 4:53.0

9:07.46 10:20.25 10:30.18 10:46.16 16:10.50 17:14.49

33:31.96

:14.34 :15.11 :15.46 :15.79 :57.99

1:08.54 1:08.65

:46.72 :49.34

3:46.29

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) 1.78m/5-10 Coralea Brown (a) 1.73m/5- 8 Sue Peterson (a) 1.58m/5- 2 1/2 Tracee Wolf (a) 1.58m/5- 2 l/2 Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) 6.16m/20- 2 1/2 Stacy Klos (a) 5.14m/16-10 1/4 Lisa Larson (a) 4.92m/16- 1 3/4

Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) 12.38m/40- 7 3/4 Val Owen (a) 10.74m/35- 2 3/4 Stacy Klos (a) 10.47m/34- 4 1/4

Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) 16.08m/52- 9 1/4 Rachel Lewis (a) 15.70m/51- 6 1/4 Steph Scholtes (a) 12.50m/41- 0 1/4

Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) 55.32m/181- 6 Rachel Lewis (a) 53.18m/174- 6

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) 53.14m/174- 4 Decia Agnew (a) 48.60m/159- 5 Sharon Geisler (a) 39.06m/128- 2

Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100) 4,990

(a) Arizona State Multi-Events Invitational, Tempe, AZ (3/21-23)

(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX (4/6) (c) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (d) Drake Invitational, Des Moines, lA (4/13) (e) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (f) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (g) Drake Relays, Des Moines, lA (4/26-27) (h) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (i) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (j) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (k) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (1) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (m) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadium (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) followed by school indoor records in bold

1991 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SPRING GOLF SEASON

DATE 2/22 3/1-3 3/21-22 3/29-31 4/13-14 4/19-21 513-5 5/22-25

Jana Erdmann Sara Evens Lisa Hanson Julie Johnson Sara Johnson Traci Johnson Jennifer Kaiser KaiyaLund

TOURNAMENT Texas-El Paso Auburn Desert Challenge South Carolina Invite Ohio State Invitational South Alabama Big Ten Championships NCAA Championships

Texas-EI Paso 98 (t-9th) 81 (1st) DNC DNC DNC 85 (3rd) DNC DNC

Kris Leighton Krista Reuterfeldt Kelli Ross

86 (4th) 96 (8th) 82 (2nd)

Chris Wollack

Jana Erdmann Sara Evens Lisa Hanson Julie Johnson Sara Johnson Traci Johnson Jennifer Kaiser KaiyaLund Kris Leighton Krista Reuterfeldt Kelli Ross Chris Wollack

DNC

Suuth Ata ·ama

DNC- Did .ompete

TEAM SCORES 334 327-322-649 340-326-666

PLACE lst/2 teams Sth/8 teams 4th/5 teams

SPRING STR RDS AVG 334 1 334.00 983 3 327.67

1649 5 329.80

SEASON STR RDS AVG 5057 16 315.44 5696 18 316.44 6362 20 318.10

99

Auburn 86-84-170 (t-29th) 75-79-154 (t-3rd) DNC

Desert Challenge 88-81-169 (t-15th) 82-81-163 (t-3rd) DNC

South Carolina Ohio State

DNC DNC 85-84-169 (t-27th) DNC DNC 81-79-160 (t-17th) DNC 86-80-166 (t-25th) DNC

DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 85-82-167 (t-11th) 89-85-174 (22nd) 85-82-167 (-11th) 91-85-176 (25th)

Big Ten Champ. NCAA Championship

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DNC 269 3 89.67

1005 12 83.75 DNC DNC 1617 20 1244 15 1570 20 685 8

80.85 92.94 78.50 85.63

SPRING STR RDS AVG

437 5 87.40 398 5 79.60

DNC DNC DNC

254 3 84.67 DNC DNC

413 5 82.60 270 3 90.00 415 5 83.00 176 2 88.00

FALL STR RDS AVG 1030 12 85.83 1161 15 77.40 259 3 86.33

DNC 269 3 89.67 751 9 83.44

DNC DNC 1204 15 80.26 974 12 81.17

1155 15 77.00 509 6 84.83

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Overall Record: 0-11 Big Ten Record: 0-4 Home: 0-2 Away:

DATE 9/28-29 10/12-14 10/19-21 10/23-24 11/8-11

1/18-20 1/27 2/1 2/2 2n-1o 2/22 2/23 2/24 3/3 3/9 3/10 3/21 3/22 3/29 3/30 4/3 4/5 4n 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/26-28

OPPONENT at Nebraska Invitational MINNESOTA ~VITATIONAL at Indiana Hoosier Classic at ITCA All-American qualifying at ITCA Rolex regionals GOPHERDOUBLESINVITATIONAL INDIANA at Brigham Young vs. Utah (Provo, UT) ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS at Northwestern vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) at Notre Dame ILLINOIS vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. at Wisconsin vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. at San Diego PURDUE IOWA STAlE at Iowa OHIO STAlE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) at Auburn at Michigan at Michigan State at Big Ten championships

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

Jennie Moe 8-10 Sofie Olsson 0-4 3-9 Libby Nelson 0-2 3-9 Vicky Cordova 1-3 0-2 2-10 Vicky Kolaric 1-2 1-8 0-2 Anna Eyring 0-4 1-5 JenniferMarques 1-1 0-5 0-6 Totals 8-14 5-16 3-15 3-11 1-13 1-13

more--

WIL SCORE no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores

L 3-6 L 1-8 L 0-9

no team scores L 0-9 L 2-7 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 0-6 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 0-9

Open BigTen 6-4 2-2 3-1 0-4 3-0 1-3 2-1 0-4 2-1 0-3 1-1 0-1

0-4 17-8 3-27

Total 14-14 6-14 6-11 5-16 4-15 2-10 1-10

38-90

0-9

PCT. .500 .200 .353 .238 .211 .167 .091 .297

1990-91 Tennis Statistics 2-2-2-2 through 3/22/91

1990-91 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #1 #2 #3 Open Big Ten Total PCT. Moe/Olsson 8-6 10-4 1-3 18-10 .643 Moe/K.olaric 0-2 0-2 .000 Nelson/K.olaric 1-5 2-1 0-2 3-6 .333 Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 3-8 .273 Nelson/Marques 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/K.olaric 1-2 3-1 1-1 4-3 .571 Marques/Cordova 0-2 0-2 0-2 .000 Cordova/Eyring 2-6 1-1 3-7 .300 Kolaric/G. Tech 0-1 0-1 .000 Kolaric/Eyring 0-2 0-2 .000 Cordova/Eyring 0-1 0-1 .000 Totals 8-8 1-11 3-12 19-10 2-10 31-44 .413

INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES RECORDS Overall Pet. Big Ten Pet .

Moe 18-12 . 600 1-3 .250 Olsson 18-10 .643 1-3 .250 Nelson 6-16 .273 0-4 .000 Cordova 6-18 .250 0-4 .000 Kolaric 7-14 .333 1-3 .250 Eyring 3-10 .231 0-0 .000 Marques 4-7 .364 1-2 .333

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA


Gopher Sports News


SCHEDULE APRIL 3-10



April 1, 1991

Wed. April3 TENNIS at Iowa (Iowa City, lA) 1:30 p.m. Thu. April4 SOFTBALL at Iowa State (Ames, lA) 3 p.m. Fri. AprilS TENNIS vs. Ohio State (98th Street Racquet Club) 6:30p.m.

***WCCO-Radio Hometown Day - Libby Nelson - Wayzata, Minn.*** SOFTBALL at Iowa (Iowa City, lA)

Sat. April 6 GYMNASTICS at NCAA Central Region meet (Auburn, AL) SOFTBALL at Iowa (Iowa City, lA) TRACK & FIELD at Texas Relays (Austin, TX)

Sun. April7 TENNIS vs. Gustavus Adolphus (Burnsville Racquet Club) Wed. April 10 TRACK & FIELD -Minnesota Open (Bierman Track & Field)

GYMNASTICS

3p.m.

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WOLF, ZOLKOWSKI EARN NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL BERTHS - Freshman JESSICA WOLF (OSHKOSH, WI/WEST) and senior co-captain CATHY ZOLKOWSKI (NEENAH, WI/ ARMSTRONG-NEENAH) were among seven individuals to earn all-around berths in the NCAA Central Region championship April6 at Auburn. Wolf, seeded second, had a regional qualifying score of 37.75. Zolkowski, seeded seventh, had a regional qualifying score of 37.48. Wolf and Zolkowski will by vying for a chance to compete at the NCAA championships April19-20 at Alabama. Twelve individuals will qualify based on national qualifying scores, which are computed by averaging the regional qualifying score and twice the actual region score. Twelve teams also qualify.

BIGTENCHAMPIONSHIPFINALSAIRTONIGHT,FRIDAYONPRIMESPORTSNETWORK -The event finals of the Big Ten women's gymnastics championships (held March 23) will be broadcast tonight at 7 p.m. on Prime Sports Network and will also be broadcast Friday at 11 a.m. Former Gophers allAmerican Robin Huebner and Drew Goodman provide the commentary.

The broadcast will feature several outstanding Gopher performances, including Big Ten title performances by Wolf (vault), Zolkowski (floor exercise) and senior KATHY NESS (COON RAPIDS, MN) (balance beam).

TV TIME-- Prime Sports Network can be received in the metro area on channels 59 (Continental cable), 44 (Paragon cable), or 42 (North Central cable). There is usually a nominal fee to receive the service.

GYMNASTICS NOTES- Former Gopher all-American Marie Roethlisberger, who graduated after winter quarter, will be spending two months working for the United States Gymnastics Federation in Indianapolis, Ind. Roethlisberger will begin medical school in the fall at the University of MinnesotaDuluth ... Gopher coaches Katalin and Gabor Deli will be serving as volunteer team hosts for the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships in September in Indianapolis.


TENNIS

GOPHERS HOPING TO EXTEND WIN STREAK- Before last weekend, Minnesota had spent the whole season trying to end a losing streak that eventually reached school-record proportions. Now the Gophers will be seeking to continue a winning streak that began with 6-3 wins over Purdue and Iowa State this past weekend at the 98th Street Racquet Club. Minnesota (2-11, 1-4) will travel to Iowa City, Iowa for a 1:30 p.m. Wednesday match against Iowa and will return home to face Ohio State at 6:30p.m. on Friday at the 98th Street Racquet Club and Gustavus Adolphus at 12 noon on Sunday at the Burnsville Racquet Club.

HOMETOWN DAY FOR NELSON-- WCCO-Radio and the women's athletic department will honor Gopher senior Libby Nelson and her hometown ofWayzata, Minn. Friday in a "Hometown Day" celebration. The "Hometown Day" campaign honors Minnesota student-athletes and their hometowns on selected dates throughout the season.

OPPONENT NOTES- Iowa (6-7, 1-4) beat Purdue 6-3 Sunday to break a six-match losing streak. The Haw keyes lost 9-0 to Wisconsin on March 9 and 8-1 to 14th-ranked San Diego on March 21. Prior to Sunday, sophomore Andrea Calvert led Iowa with a 12-9 singles record at No.3, while junior Tracey Donnelly was 10-5 at No.4. Junior Lori Hash and junior Catherine Wilson have a 15-10 record at No.1 doubles. They were defeated 6-4,7-5 by Purdue's Erica Adams and Eve Slowinski. SERIES- The Gophers lead 23-5 and have won three straight over Iowa. Last year Minnesota won 6-3.

Ohio State (11-4, 1-1) has dropped three of its last four after winning seven in a row and 10 of 11 to start the season. The Buckeyes lost 8-1 to South Florida on Tuesday and 9-0 to Notre Dame on March 24. Sophomore Abigail Villena leads the team in overall singles wins with 17 and is 11-4 at No. 2 singles. Junior Kelly Story has 15 singles wins and is 9-6 at No. 1 singles. Junior Amy Marzluff is 7-0 at No.5 singles. Story and Villena are 25-8 overall in doubles and are 11-4 at No. 1 doubles. SERIES -The Gophers are 8-4 against Ohio State. The Buckeyes won 5-4 last year. e

Gustavus Adolphus had a 3-5 record prior to playing five matches on their spring break trip last week. Results from the trip were unavailable at release time. Last year's Division III national champion, the Gusties are led by senior Amy McCrea from Edina. She came into the season ranked sixth among Division III players. SERIES- Minnesota leads 6-0. The teams have not met in team competition since 1983, when the Gophers won 9-0. Gustavus Adolphus had several players entered in the Minnesota Invitational in October.

GOPHERS GET NINE SINGLES WINS IN VICTORIES- Minnesota waited a long time for its first win of the season, but once Friday's match with Purdue began, it did not take the Gophers long to sew up their first victory. It was decided after singles play as Minnesota won five of six singles matches to clinch the win. Results from the first five singles spots were in when sophomore ANNA EYRING (SALT LAKE CITY, UT/OLYMPUS) won the deciding singles match. She defeated the Boilermakers' Dana Pearson 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6. Junior JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN) beat 59th-ranked Erica Adams 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Against Iowa State Saturday, the Gophers won four of six singles matches enroute to a 6-3 win. Moe, senior captain LIBBY NELSON (WAYZATA, MN/THE BLAKE SCHOOLS), and sophomore VICKY CORDOVA (MISSION VIEJO, CAlMA TER DEI) all won their second straight singles matches. Moe and Cordova, playing doubles together for the second time, got their first win, downing the Cyclones' Susanne Pollmann and Kim Dempsey 6-4, 6-3. Moe now has a season doubles mark of 19-13, just one victory short of her third straight 20-win doubles season. She is six victories shy of tying former Gopher Karin Eneberg (1984-88) for lOth place on the all-time doubles win list. Moe's next singles win will be the 60th of her career. She needs five more singles victories to tie for 14th on the all-time singles win list.

MARYLEE LffiERA NAMED ASSISTANT COACH- The women's athletic department has announced the hiring of Marylee Libera as the assistant coach to head women's tennis coach Martin Novak. e Libera, currently a tennis teaching professional at Northwest Racquet, Swim and Health Clubs, is a native of Rochester, Minn. She graduated from Rochester Lourdes High School in 1982 and went on to play tennis for four years at the University of Houston, where she earned a degree in journalism. Libera worked in Dallas from 1986-90 in the Texas Instruments employee services department. She has been working at the Northwest clubs since October.


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IOWA TRIP OPENS BIG TEN SEASON- The Minnesota softball team (21-19) makes its sixth consecutive road trip of the season when it travels to the state of Iowa this weekend. The Gophers play a non-conference doubleheader at Iowa State Thursday at 3 p.m. and then travel to Iowa City to play seventhranked Iowa in a pair of doubleheaders Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. The Gophers have won 10 of their past 14 games, including their second-place finish at the six-team Mizzou Invitational last weekend.

BIG TEN OPENS LEAGUE PLAY- The 1991 Big Ten season opened last weekend with Michigan splitting four games with Indiana. On the national level, Iowa is ranked seventh and Michigan 14th in the latest NCAA softball poll. Also, Minnesota and Ohio State are the only two teams in the Mideast Region that own two victories against the current NCAA top 10 (Minnesota defeated UNL V and California, Ohio State defeated Arizona and Cal State Long Beach). Included in this week's Big Ten standings is each team's record against the current NCAA top 20.

BIG TEN STANDINGS Big Ten Overall

W-L Pet. W-L Pet. Top20 Last Weekend Michigan 2-2 .500 13-9 .591 4-3 Fri.-Indiana 2-2, Michigan 1-1 Indiana 2-2 .500 16-16 .500 2-4 Sat.-Michigan 2-5, Indiana 0-1 Iowa 0-0 .000 23-4 .852 3-2 This Weekend MINNESOTA 0-0 .000 21-19 .525 2-8 (all play DH Fri. and Sat.) Michigan State 0-0 .000 7-9 .438 1-0 MINNESOTA at Iowa Northwestern 0-0 .000 7-11 .389 0-3 Michigan State at Indiana Ohio State 0-0 .000 5-15 .250 2-9 Ohio State at Northwestern

NCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL POLL -March 26, 1991 Record Points Record Points

1. UCLA (6) 26-0 120 11. South Carolina 24-4 58 2. Fresno State 27-2 113 12. Florida State 33-8 44 3. Arizona 34-5 109 13. Kansas 15-6 43 4. CS Fullerton 30-7 99 14. Michigan 11-7 37 5. UNLV 27-7 91 15. Texas A&M 29-9 34 6. Oklahoma State 15-4 89 16. New Mexico 20-12 33 7. Iowa 18-2 88 17. CS Sacramento 16-16 28 8. California 25-9 76 18. San Jose State 12-7 21 9. CS Long Beach 21-9 72 19. South Florida 22-9 17 10. Arizona State 28-9 68 20. Oregon 14-10 8 Others receiving votes (alphabetically): Eastern Michigan, Southern Illinois, Southwest Louisiana.

NCAA MIDEAST REGIONAL SOFTBALL POLL- March 26, 1991 Record Record

1. Iowa 18-2 4. Miami (OH) 18-3 2. Michigan 11-7 5. Central Michigan 14-9 3. Eastern Michigan 9-7 6. Northern Illinois 8-8

ABOUT lOW A STATE- The Cyclones (11-10) went 1-4 in the Lady Redbird Tournament, hosted by Illinois State over the weekend. Iowa State's lone victory was a 2-0 shutout over Northern Illinois. The Cyclones lost twice to Utah, 5-1 and 7-2, and twice to Illinois State, 7-6 and 2-0. Iowa State is hitting .249 as a team with sophomore Jenny York leading the way with a .327 average. Junior 1B Julie Witt is batting .308 and leads the team with 20 total hits. Senior catcher Denise Harper has a team-leading 12 RBI and is batting .297 with 19 hits on the year. Junior pitcher Tracy Berg leads the Cyclones on the mound with a 5-2 record while carrying a 1.51 ERA.


SOFTBALLCONTINUED-- tt SERIES VS. lOW A STATE -- Iowa State leads the all-time series 23-20, but the Gophers have won the last three games after losing eight straight. Minnesota took three of four games against Iowa State in 1990, winning the season series outright for the first time since 1983.

ABOUTIOWA-Theseventh-rankedHawkeyeswere5-2lastweek,includinga4-1markintheBallState Invitational. Iowa split a doubleheader at Western lllinois on Thursday, losing 6-4 and winning by the same score in the nightcap. The Hawkeyes opened play in the Ball State tourney with a loss to Big Ten foe Michigan State 4-3. Due to tournament time limits, the game was forced to go to a tiebreaker in the seventh inning, which the Spartans capitalized on for the victory. Iowa followed the loss with four straight wins, defeating Indiana State 1-0, Ball State 1-0, Bradley 5-1 and Akron 3-2. Senior centerfielder Ainy Johnson hit .421last week and leads the Hawkeyes with a .377 batting average. Johnson is currently riding a sevengame hitting streak. Sophomore shortstop Jenny Roe leads Iowa with 16 RBI and 11 stolen bases while hitting .356. Roe hit .364 over the weekend and also has a seven-game hitting streak going. 1990 Big Ten Player of the Year Terri McFarland is 9-2 on the mound after suffering her first two losses over the weekend. Freshman pitcher Karen Jackson is 10-1.

SERIES-Minnesota leads the all-time series 25-17 and had its most successful Big Ten series last year against Iowa, winning three of four games in the Twin Cities. All three Minnesota wins were achieved in its final at-bat.

THE LINEUP-Minnesota changed the starting lineup in each of its five games in the Mizzou Invitational. The Gophers did not pick up any injuries in Missouri, so they head into the Iowa trip with the potential of several lineups being used. The potential starters:

Name Pos Avg. Runs RBI Notes Mariann Dukart 1B .209 1 5 Had 3 of her 5 RBI in Missouri Karl Blank 2B .282 13 17 Set new season-high in RBI vs. N. Iowa Stacey Funderburg ss .226 10 9 Hitting .364 (12-for-33) in last 2 trips Diane Field 3B .259 9 9 Scored more runs in 1991 than any other Mischel Doerr OF .241 11 11 Broke 1-1 tie vs. UNI with 2-run double Sandy Scott OF .250 15 8 Two hits short of 1990 season total Anne Weisbecker OF .250 9 0 Average is 50 points higher than 1990 Tabbetha Woody OF .303 11 6 One hit short of 1990 season total Lisa Sojka c .172 8 10 Has twice as many RBI as last season Kerby Norman c .176 1 3 Threw out 2 of 3 base-stealers on trip Lezlie Weiss DP .313 10 13 Four hits short of 100 for career

Name Pos W-L ERA so Notes Brenda Bixby RHP 7-7 1.07 62 Struck out 16 without a walk in Missouri Robin Bumpus RHP 6-6 0.84 43 #5 all-time with a 1.15 career ERA Sarah Maschka LHP 8-6 1.18 42 2-0, 0.54 ERA in Missouri

MISSOURI REVIEW- The Gophers took second place at the fifth-annual Mizzou Invitational in Columbia, Mo. last weekend with a 3-2 record. Minnesota opened the tournament Saturday morning with

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two victories over DePaul and Wisconsin-Green Bay. Junior right-hander BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, IA) picked up the win and the save in Minnesota's 4-2 victory over DePaul. The Gophers scored a 2-0 victory over winless Wisconsin-Green Bay, scoring both runs in the top of the seventh. Minnesota was looking for revenge Saturday night against Missouri after the 3-2loss at the Metrodome. The Tigers won the rematch 3-0, with pitcher Karen Snelgrove winning her second game against Minnesota with e a four-hitter. The Gophers lost to Drake 1-0 Sunday morning, giving up a run in the bottom of the seventh. Minnesota rallied and defeated Northern Iowa 5-1 in its tournament finale, giving the Gophers second place in the tournament to Missouri.


SOFTBALL CONTINUED--STAT NOTES- Minnesota's offense hit .256 in Missouri, maintaining its season batting average at .251. Sophomore LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN) hit .467 and STACEY FUNDERBURG (LEBANON, OR) hit .462 to lead the Gopher offense. Weiss has her average for the season at .313, her highest mark of the season and a team-leading figure. Funderburg has improved her average 62 points over the last two road trips, improving her season average to .226. The only other Gopher besides Weiss over .300 is senior outfielder TABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK), who had four hits this weekend to improve to .303.

Minnesota's pitching staff had a team ERA of 1.04 in Missouri, lowering its season ERA to 1.08. Junior Brenda Bixby went 1-1 with a 0.47 ERA on the trip. Bixby pitched 15 innings and allowed one run on seven hits and no walks while striking out 16. Sophomore Sarah Maschka won her team-leading eighth decision against Northern Iowa, pitching six innings for the victory. Maschka was 2-0 for the weekend with a 0.54 ERA and improved her season ERA to 1.18.

MINNESOTA COMES HOME - After 42 consecutive games away from the state of Minnesota, the Gophers will open their 1991 home season at the Bierman Softball Complex next weekend with a Big Ten series against Northwestern. Minnesota will host the Wildcats April12 at 6 p.m. and April13 at 1 p.m. in a pair of doubleheaders. The games mark the beginning of a 14-game homestand for Minnesota that stretches out over a 13-day period.

TRACK AND FIELD

MINNESOTA VISITS TEXAS, HAMLINE - The Minnesota women's track and field team will split its squad this week and compete in two Saturday meets. The Gophers will send eight athletes to the Texas Relays in Austin and send the rest of the squad to the Snowball Open at Hamline University.

TEXAS ROSTER- Minnesota will send four runners and four field event athletes to the Texas Relays. The Gophers will run a 4x800-meter relay in the meet, featuring senior SHELLY WALL (WILSON, WI/ SPRING V ALLEY),juniorsJENNY ALBY (APPLETON, WI/EAST) and CHRIS ROWE (SIOUXFALLS, SD/O'GORMAN) and sophomore MONIKA BALINT (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY). In the throwing events, senior RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, lA/NORTH) will throw the shot put and discus, sophomoreJOYCESCHULTZ(WELLS,MN/WELLS-EASTON)willthrowthediscusandDECIAAGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) will throw the javelin. Lewis has already qualified for the NCAA meet in the shot put and discus, while Agnew has provisionally qualified in the javelin. Freshman high jumper CORALEA BROWN (ARDROSSAN, ALBERTA) rounds out the squad.

HAMLINE FACTS -The Snowball Open will feature athletes from Augsburg, Bethel, Mankato State, North Dakota State, St. Cloud, St. Olaf, St. John's and St. Olaf. The Gophers that are not going to Texas will participate in Saturday's meet.

GOPHERS AT HOME NEXT WEDNESDAY - Minnesota will host its first-ever meet in the new Bierman Track and Field Stadium AprillO when it hosts the Minnesota Open. The meet is expected to be a low-key affair, with local schools taking part.

Minnesota Women's Sports News -6-6-6-6- 4/1!91

GOLF

GOLFERS HAVE WEEK OFF-The Minnesota women's golf team has a short break in its travel schedule and will next compete at the Ohio State Invitational April 13-14 in Columbus. The invitational is being played on Ohio State's Scarlet Golf Course which is also the site of the 1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championships, May 22-25.

GOPHERS TOP BIG TEN TEAM AT SOUTH CAROLINA- Minnesota was the top Big Ten Conference team at the 13-team South Carolina Women's Invitational this past weekend in Columbia, S.C. The Gophers finished the 54-hole golf outing in seventh place after carding rounds of 324, 312 and 326 for a total of 962 strokes. Of the Big Ten schools competing in the tournament, Indiana (978) was ninth, Ohio State (980) fmished lOth and Michigan (983) tied for 11th. Kentucky won with rounds of 307, 305 and 314 for a 926-stroke total.

ROSS LEADS GOPHERS - Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) led the way for Minnesota, tying for eighth place after shooting all three rounds in the 70's. She had rounds of76, 76 and 78 for a 54-hole total of 230 strokes. Ross was the number two Big Ten Conference golfer at the tournament, finishing one stroke behind Ohio State's Sarah Morton, who shot 229. Nina Van Drumpt of the North CarolinaWilmington was the medalist with a final score of 223 .

Sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFfON, ND) tied for 20th place with a total of237 strokes after carding rounds of79, 76 and 82. Freshman JANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) was the number three Gopher, finishing in 44th place with rounds of 84, 84 and 81 for a 246-stroke total. Sophomore KRIS LEIGHTON (AUSTIN, MN) carded individual-round scores of 85, 79 and 88 for a 54-hole total of 252, tying for 51st place. Junior KRIST A REUTERFELDT (COON RAPIDS, MN) tied for 59th with rounds 87, 90 and 85 A for a total of 262 strokes. •

SWIMMING

TWO SWIMMERS TO USS CHAMPIONSHIPS- Two Minnesota swimmers will compete April3-7 at the 1991 Phillips 66/U.S. Swimming Spring National Championships at the Weyerhaueser Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. The championships will be conducted in the 50-meter long course format instead of the 25-yard short course format used by NCAA-member schools.

Gopher freshman SUSAN SUOMU (WAUKEGAN, IL/W AUKEGAN WEST) will be swimming for the Lake Forest (IL) Swim Club in the 200-meter backstroke, the 200-meter and400-meter freestyles. Senior ANNE ELDEGARD (RORVIK, NORWAY) is swimming unattached in the 200-meter breaststroke.

Over 1,000 swimmers are expected to compete in the meet which serves as a selection meet for the 1991 Pan Pacific Championships, 1991 Pan American Games, the 1991 World University Games and the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival.

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CUMULATIVE Softball statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(:Includes 40 Games)


PLAYER Lezlie Weiss Tabbetha Woody Kelly Norman Kari Blank Diane Field Sandy Scott Ame Weisbecker Mischel Doerr Stacey Funderburg Mariam Dukart Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka Robin B~ Sarah Maschke Angie Gebhard

Jllirda Bixby • Johnson

Jennifer McGuimess

Mimesota Opponent Totals

BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 2B .313 35/ 35 112 10 35 13 5 .303 38/ 37 109 11 33 6 .289 24/ 13 38 6 11 5 .282 40/ 40 131 12 37 17

3 3 3

.259 40/ 40 116 9 30 9 2

.250 36/ 31 96 15 24 8 2

.250 30/ 27 92 9 23 0 0

.241 39/ 39 133 11 32 11 2

.226 40/ 40 106 10 24 9 0

.209 24/ 12 43 1 9 5 1

.176 22! 16 51 9 3 0

.172 28/ 27 64 8 11 10

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.000 22/ 13

.000 6/ 0

.000 26/ 19

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3B HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF 1 0 4/ 4 1.000 9 10 1 ,, 0 1 0 4/ 6 .667 7 17 2 ,, 0 0 0 ,, 2 .500 5 10 0/ 0 4 0 3/ 4 .750 5 8 5/ 0 0 1/ 2 .500 14 14 5 3/ 2

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9 15 4 21 1 3 5 1 1/ 0 1 10 0 4/ 0 2 11 2 2/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

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TB/SLUGX 42/ .375 38/ .349 14/ .368 48/ .366 35/ .302 28/ .292 23/ .250 34/ .256 28/ .264 10/ .233 9/ .176

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.251 40/ 40 1106 109 278 96 22 10

.204 40/ 40 1017 86 207 62 8 4 36/ 52 .692 72 137 19 30/ 5 323/ .292 834 559 77 5 .948 30/ 53 .566 48 148 13 49/ 4 226/ .222 848 403 58 14 .956


PITCHER Robin B~s Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschka Angie Gebhard


ERA G/ GS W L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO IBB HB WP BK 2B 38 HR 0.84 16/ 10 6 6 .500 0 2 0 66.7 49 20 8 11 43 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 1.07 26/ 17 7 7 .500 4 7 2 111.3 74 32 17 13 62 6 1 0 6 1 0 1.18 21/ 13 8 6 .571 1 8 3 95.0 79 25 16 23 42 2 0 0 3 1 2.80 6/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.08 40/ 40 21 19 .525 1.91 40/ 40 19 21 .475

5 17 2 26

8 278.0 207 86 43 48 148 2 13 7 0 8 4 8 282.7 278 109 77 72 137 2 19 16 0 22 10


CATCHER Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka ~sot a ~t Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 22/ 16 2 28/ 27 71 40/ 40 9 40/ 40 12

TB/SLUGX AB/BAVG. 49/ .210 233/ .210 82/ .201 408/ .181 89/ .251 354/ .223 6! .273 22/ .227l

226/ .222 1017/ .204 323/ .292 1106/ .251

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Metrodome Softball Classic Minneapolis, Minnesota (3rd)

2/9 vs. UM-Duluth W, 3-2 2/9 vs. Nebraska L, 0-3 2/10 vs. Missouri L, 2-3 (9T) 2/10 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-1

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Mizzou Invitational Columbia, Missouri (2nd)

3/30 vs. DePaul W, 4-2 3/30 vs. Wis.-Green Bay W, 2-0 3/30 at Missouri L, 0-3 3/31 vs. Drake L, 0-1 3/31 vs. Northern Iowa W, 5-1

4/4 at Iowa State 3 p.m. at Iowa State

4/5 at Iowa at Iowa

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Overall Record: 2-11 Big Ten Record: 1-4 Home: 2-2 Away:

DATE 9/28-29 10/12-14 10/19-21 10/23-24 11/8-11 1!18-20 1/27 2/1 2/2 2n-w 2/22 2/23 2/24 3/3 3/9 3/10 3/21 3/22 3/29 3/30 4/3 4/5 4n 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/26-28

OPPONENT at Nebraska Invitational MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL at Indiana Hoosier Classic at ITCA All-American qualifying at ITCA Rolex regionals GOPHER DOUBLES INVITATIONAL INDIANA at Brigham Young vs. Utah (Provo, UT) ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS at Northwestern vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) at Notre Dame ILLINOIS vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. at Wisconsin vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. at San Diego PURDUE IOWA STATE at Iowa OHIO STATE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) at Auburn at Michigan at Michigan State at Big Ten championships

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

Jennie Moe 10-10 Sofie Olsson 0-4 3-9 Libby Nelson 2-2 3-9 VickyCordova 1-3 2-2 2-10 Vicky Kolaric 1-2 2-11 0-2 Anna Eyring 0-4 2-6 Jennifer Marques 2-2 0-3 0-6 Totals 10-14 7-16 5-15 4-12 2-14 2-14

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W/L SCORE no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores

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no team scores L 0-9 L 2-7 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 0-6 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 0-9 W6-3 W6-3

Open BigTen 6-4 3-2 3-1 0-4 3-0 2-3 2-1 1-4 2-1 1-3 1-1 1-1

1-4 17-8 8-22

Total 16-14 6-14 8-11 7-16 5-16 3-11 2-11

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PCT. .533 .200 .421 .304 .238 .214 .154 .336

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1990-91 Tennis Statistics 2-2-2-2 through 3/30/91

e 1~0~1 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #1 #2 #3 Open Big Ten Total PCT. Moe/Olsson 8-6 10-4 1-3 18-10 .643 Moe/Cordova 1-1 0-1 1-1 .500 Moe/Kolaric 0-2 0-2 .000 Nelson/Kolaric 3-5 2-1 1-2 5-6 .333 Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 3-8 .273 Nelson/Marques 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/Kolaric 1-2 3-1 1-1 4-3 .571 Marques/Cordova 0-2 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/Eyring 0-2 0-1 0-2 .000 Cordova/Eyring 2-6 1-1 3-7 .300 Kolaric/G. Tech 0-1 0-1 .000 Kolaric/Eyring 0-2 0-2 .000 Cordova/Eyring 0-1 0-1 .000 Totals 9-9 3-12 3-16 19-10 3-12 34-47 .420

INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES RECORDS Overall Pet. Big Ten Pet.

Moe 19-13 .594 1-4 .200 Olsson 18-10 .643 1-3 .250 Nelson 8-16 .333 1-4 .200 Cordova 7-19 .269 0-5 .000 Kolaric 9-14 .391 2-3 .400 Eyring 3-12 .200 0-1 .000 Marques 4-9 .308 1-3 .250

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESarA Sports Information Office Contact: Angie Hultman Women's Intercollegiate Athletics (612) 624-3335 Fax 624-8018

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(for immediate release) April 8, 1991

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Wed. April 17

SCHEDULE APRIL 10-17

TRACK & FIELD- Minnesota Open (Bierman Track & Field) SOFTBALL vs. Northwestern (Bierman Softball Complex) DH SOFTBALL vs. Northwestern (Bierman Softball Complex) DH GOLF at Ohio State Inviational (Columbus, OH) TENNIS vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) TRACK & FIELD at Drake Invitational (Des Moines, lA) GOLF at Ohio State Invitational (Columbus, OH) TENNIS at Auburn (Auburn, AL) SOFTBALL vs. Mankato State (Bierman Softball Complex) DH

TRACK AND FIELD

4 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m.

6 p.m.

MINNESOTA HOSTS MINNESOTA 0 PEN- The Minnesota women's track and field team will host its first -ever meet in the new Bierman Track and FieldS tadi urn Wednesday when it hosts the Minnesota Open at 4 p.m. Athletes from Hamline, Moorhead State and St. Catherine's will join Minnesota in the meet. The Gophers will also send a squad to the Drake Invitational Saturday.

TEXAS TALES- Several Gophers had very impressive performances at the Texas Relays last Friday and Saturday in Austin. Senior RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, lA/NORTH) extended her school outdoor shot put record to 53-2 1/4 with her second place finish. The mark is also better than her school indoor record of 52-10, making it her longest throw of her career. Lewis also won the discus with a throw of 169-8. Senior DE CIA AGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) improved her season-best in the javelin with her third-place throw of 160-0. Junior CHRIS ROWE (SIOUX FALLS, SD/O'GORMAN) cut 12 seconds off of her personalbest in the 1500 meters with her fourth-place time of 4:27.63. The mark places Rowe fourth on the all-time Minnesota list and is4.63 seconds away from the NCAA provisional qualifying mark. The 4x800meterrelay team of Rowe, SHELLY WALL (WILSON, WI/SPRING VALLEY), JENNY ALBY (APPLETON, WI/ EAST)andMONIKABALINT(BUDAPEST,HUNGARY)ranthefifth-fastesttimeinschoolhistorywith a time of9:00.77.

SNOWBALL REVIEW- There were two first-place finishes of note for Minnesota at the Snowball Open in St. Paul last Saturday. VAL OWEN (McCOOK, NE) became the fifth Gopher in school history to leap 37 feet in the triple jump with her leap of 37-0. That was Owen's first leap of 37 feet in her career. Junior CHRIS ABBOTT (WINONA, MN) won her 3,000-meter race in a time of 10:00.9, the top time for Minnesota at that distance this season.

WHAT'S NEXT- The Gopher track team will be in two places April 20. The majority of the team will be at the Hamline Invitational in St. Paul, while a few members will be at the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif.


SOFTBALL

GOPHERS OPEN BIERMAN SEASON THIS WEEKEND- The Minnesota softball team (25-21, 2-2 Big Ten) opens its 1991 home season at the Bierman Softball Complex with a four-game series against Northwestern (9-15, 1-3 Big Ten). The Gophers will host the Wildcats in a pair of doubleheaders- Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. The series starts a stretch of seven home doubleheaders in 13 days. Minnes- ta has had a winning record on each of its last four road trips and defeated seventh-ranked Iowa twice in a fourgame series last weekend in Iowa City.

BIG TEN UPDATE-The 1991 Big Ten season got into full swing last weekend with three sets of weekend doubleheaders. In addition to Minnesota's four-game split at Iowa, Ohio State won three of four games at Northwestern and Indiana swept four games from Michigan State. Michigan used its bye weekend to host and win the Wolverine Invitational. The Big Ten season continues with one doubleheader Wednesday and three sets of doubleheaders this weekend.

Indiana Ohio State Iowa Michigan MINNESOTA Northwestern Michigan State

Big Ten W-L Pet.

6-2 .750 3-1 .750 2-2 .500 2-2 .500 2-2 .500 1-3 .250 0-4 .000

Overall W-L Pet. 20-16 .556

9-17 .346 29-6 .829 18-10 .643 25-21 .543 9-15 .375 7-17 .292

This Weekend (all DH) Wednesday, AprillO Indiana at Ohio State Friday/Saturday, April12/13 Northwestern at MINNESOTA Iowa at Michigan Michigan State at Ohio State

ABOUT NORTHWESTERN-The Wildcats (9-15, 1-3 Big Ten) are coming off a 1-3 weekend against Ohio State over the weekend. Northwestern is led by freshman catcher Anne Carpenter, who is batting .33 and leads the team in hits with 24 and in runs scored with 11. Carpenter is also tied for the team's RBI lead with senior 3B KeUi Horton. Both have nine RBI on the year. Horton is batting .286 and leads the 'Cats in extra base hits with three doubles, four triples and two home runs. On the mound, freshman Misehele Hawkins is 6-8 on the season with a team-leading 1.53 ERA.

THE SE:UES- Minnesota and Northwestern are tied 18-18 in the all-time series. In the four-game Big Ten series at Northwestern last season, the two teams split four games with each team sweeping a doubleheader. The Gophers have won the last three games, including an 8-5 decision earlier this season at the San Diego State Spring Classic. Minnesota scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth to break a 3-3 tie and gain the victory.

THE LINEUP-Name Pos Avg. Runs RBI Notes Diane Field 1B .285 14 12 Only Gopher with hits in all games in Iowa Kari Blank 2B .281 16 19 Hit 225-foot double vs. Iowa (Jackson) Stacey Funderburg ss .207 12 10 Ranks second on team with 12 walks Lezlie Weiss 3B .338 14 17 Had 13-game hitting streak ended at Iowa Mischel Doerr OF .235 12 13 82% career success rate in stolen bases Kelly Norman OF .340 9 9 Hit two-run triple vs. Iowa (McFarland) Sandy Scott OF .257 18 10 Continues to lead team in runs scored Tabbetha Woody OF .299 13 11 Batting avg. is 88 pts. higher than last year Lisa Sojka c .164 10 10 Has greatest RBI/hit ratio on team Anne Weisbecker DP .262 12 2 Had three hits in final day vs. Iowa

Name Pos W-L ERA SO Notes Brenda Bixby RHP 9-8 1.05 66 #1 all-time with 196 career strikeouts Robin Bumpus RHP 8-7 1.03 44 Pitched three innings for 8th win vs. Iowa Sarah Maschka LHP 8-6 1.17 43 Opponents hit .182 against her in Iowa

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SOFTBALL CONTINUED --IOWA REVIEW- The Gophers opened their six-game Iowa road trip last Thursday with a doubleheader sweep of Iowa State. In the opener the Gophers scored a season-high eight runs in the seventh inning and routed the Cyclones 15-4. It was the most runs Minnesota has scored in a game since March 25, 1985 when the Gophers defeated Wichita State 15-0. Minnesota followed that game with a 6-1 win in the nightcap. In the doubleheader, the Gophers outhit the Cyclones 24-8.

Minnesota traveled to Iowa City to open the Big Ten season against seventh-ranked Iowa. In the opener, Minnesota trailed 1-0 but scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning off of 1990 Big Ten Player of the Year Terri McFarland to defeat the Hawkeyes 4-1. Senior TABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK) hit a three-run double to right-center to break a 1-1 tie and give BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, lA) the victory. Bixby did not allow a hit after the first inning in pitching the complete-game three-hitter. In the nightcap, Iowa scored three runs in the first inning and freshman Karen Jackson pitched a four-hitter as the Hawkeyes cruised to a 4-0 win.

The two games Saturday were the closest ofthe weekend. In the first game, Iowa raced to a 3-0 lead after five innings and held on for a 3-2 victory. Minnesota had its opportunities in the opener, leaving 10 runners on base in the game, including runners at second and third base to end the game. The Gophers responded with a 12-hit attack in the nightcap against McFarland and Jackson and won a 5-3 decision in the final game. Minnesota scored two runs in the second inning and three runs in the third inning to gain a split in the series.

STAT NOTES - Minnesota hit .304 on its latest road trip to raise its season batting average to .258, 23 points higher than last year's team. Sophomore LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN) had 10 hits in Iowa to raise her season batting average to .338. The mark is 33 points higher than her 1990 average. Senior DIANE FIELD (MORTON GROVE, IUNILES WEST)had a .429 average in Iowa to raise her season average to .285. Field owns the longest current hitting streak for Minnesota at six games and leads the team with 15 walks. Weiss, Field and junior KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN) all had a team-leading five hits in the four-game series at Iowa. Blank leads the Gophers with 19 runs batted in, which was the Minnesota high for any Gopher during the entire 1990 season.

The Gopher pitching staff continues its quest to lower its team earned run average under the 1.00 mark. The team ERA is currently at 1.10 with three pitchers just over the 1.00 mark (see Lineup). Minnesota's pitching staff surrendered only one walk in the four-game series vs. Iowa, compared to nine for the Hawkeyes. The Gophers only gave up three Hawkeye extra-base hits, as opposed to nine for Minnesota's hitters.

GOLF

LADY BUCKEYE FEATURES 18 TEAMS- Minnesota will be one of 18 teams competing in the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational at Columbus, Ohio on April 13-14. Thirty-six holes will be played Saturday with the final18 holes on Sunday. Each team will field five players with the low four scores counting towards the team score. The invitational is on Ohio State's par 72, 6,000-yard Scarlet Golf Course, which will be the site of the 1991 NCAA Women's Golf Championships, May 22-25.

Seven of the nine Big Ten Conference teams will be in the tournament. They are lllinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin. The other teams in the field are Bowling Green, Cincinnati, DePauw, Furman, Indianapolis, Illinois State, Kansas State, Northern Dlinois, Tennessee Tech and Western Kentucky.

TWO GOPHERS AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS FOR LADY BUCKEYE - Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) and sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFTON, ND) are automatic qualifiers for the Lady Buckeye. Minnesota's team policy states that if a student-athlete wins or scores 240 or less in the II_lOSt previous competition, they will automatically qualify for the next tournament. In the Gophers last ouu?g• the South Carolina Invitational, Ross carded a 230 and Evens a 237. The final three members of the travehng team will be named later this week by head golf coach Nancy Harris.


TENNIS

GOPHERS TAKE WINNING STREAK SOUTH -The Minnesota women's tennis team (4-12, 2-5) has won two in a row and four of its last five. This weekend the Gophers will be looking to continue their winning ways against Mississippi State and Auburn, with both matches at Auburn. Minnesota will play Mississippi State at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Auburn at 9:30a.m. on Sunday.

0 PPO NENT NOTES -Mississippi State (7 -8 overall, 1-5 SEC) has·won two of its last four after dropping its four previous matches. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Georgia Tech 5-4 on Sunday after losing 5-2 to Tennessee on Sunday. Sabine Guibal is 12-6 at No. 1 singles and Michelle Oldham is 14-5 at No.2 singles. Guibal and Alex Niepel are 7-4 at No. 1 doubles. SERIES- Mississippi State won 5-4 in 1986 in the only previous meeting between the schools.

Auburn (8-11 overall, 1-6 SEC) lost 6-0 to No.1-ranked Florida on Sunday. The doubles matches were rained out. At No. 1 singles, Florida's Andrea Farley defeated Auburn's Tracy Bankston 7-5, 6-3. At No. 2 singles, Florida's Nicole Arendt, the nation's top-ranked player, defeated the Tigers' Missy Donald 6-2, 6-1. SERIES- Minnesota leads 2-0. The Gophers won 6-3 last season at Auburn.

MOE, NELSON LEAD GOPHERS TO TWO WEEKEND WINS- Junior JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN) and senior captain LIBBY NELSON (WAYZATA, MN{fHE BLAKE SCHOOLS) extended their personal winning streaks to five at No. 1 and No. 2 singles while helping Minnesota to a pair of wins. Moe is currently ranked 73rd in the Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Series Rankings. The Gophers beat Ohio State 7-2 on Friday and Gustavus Adolphus 8-1 on Sunday.

Moe defeated Ohio State's Kelly Story 6-0, 6-1 and Gustavus's Amy McCrea 6-0, 6-0. Nelson defeated the Buckeyes' Abigail Villela 6-1,6-2 and the Gusties' Heidi Rostberg 6-1,6-1. Moe leads the team with

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a 19-14 singles record. Nelson has the Gophers' next best singles mark ( 11-11 ). It was a successful weekend e for Minnesota in singles play as the Gophers won all 12 of its singles matches. The team had won just 33 percent of its season singles matches going into the weekend.

Moe and sophomore VICTORIA CORDOVA (MISSION VIEJO, CAlMA TERDEI) won both of their doubles matches at No. 1 doubles. Moe now has a season doubles record of21-14, marking the third straight season she has won more than 20 doubles matches. With the two wins, she moved into 12th place on the all-time Gopher career doubles win list. She has 67 doubles wins and needs three more doubles wins to tie former Gopher Karin Eneberg (1984-88) for lOth place in career doubles wins.

OLSSON WINS TWO MATCHES DESPITE SHOULDER INJURY - Gopher junior SOFIE OLSSON (ASMUNDTORP, SWEDEN/GULLSTRANDSKOLAN), out since March 10 with a shoulder injury that will require surgery, returned to action in limited capacity and won two matches at No.6 singles. She defeated Ohio State's Debbie Horton 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 on Friday and Gustavus's Linnea Carlson 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday. Olsson, normally Minnesota's No.2 singles player, was limited to ground strokes and underhand serving because of her injury, which has been diagnosed as subclavian vein thrombosis. For her specifically, a vein is impinged between a muscle and her first rib, causing a loss of circulation in her arm in certain instances, particularly when she raises it above her shoulders. She is scheduled to have surgery on Thursday and will definitely miss the remainder of the season. A full recovery is expected.

EYRING INJURES KNEE, OUT FOR TWO WEEKS- Gopher sophomore ANNA EYRING (SALT LAKE CITY, UT/OLYMPUS), who suffered a tom meniscus in her right knee during last week's match at Iowa, will undergo surgery this week. Minnesota head trainer Leah Wollenburg said the injury may have been an aggravation of an old injury. Eyring will miss this weekend's matches but may be able to return for Minnesota's final regular season matches April20-21 at Michigan and Michigan State.

' Minnesota Women's Sports News -5-5-5-5- 4/8/91

GYMNASTICS

ZOLKOWSKI CAPS SEASON AND CAREER WITH SCHOOL-RECORD VAULT- The Gopher women's gymnastics season came to a finish sooner than hoped for Saturday at the NCAA Central Region championship in Auburn, Ala., but not before senior CATHY ZOLKOWSKI (NEENAH, WI/ ARMSTRONG-NEENAH) came away with a school record. Zolkowski scored a 9.80 in the vault, tying for fifth in the meet and bettering the old school mark (9.775) she shared with sophomore MONIKA JUHASZ-NAGY (BUDAPEST, HUNGARYNOROSMARTY).

Zolkowski had scored a 9.60 with her first vault before nailing the record-setting 9.80 on her second trip down the runway. The vault she performs, a handpring front in tucked position, is worth a maximum of9 .90, so it had to be virtually flawless to earn the 9.80 score.

Zolkowski, the seventh seed among seven individual qualifiers, tied for 16th all-around with a 37.425 score. Her other scores were 9. 50 in the floor exercise, 9. 30 in the uneven bars and 8. 825 in the balance beam. Freshman JESSICA WOLF (OSHKOSH, WI/WEST), the second-seeded individual, scored 36.70 allaround. She had a 9.65 vault score, a 9.55 floor exercise score, a 9.00 uneven bars mark and an 8.50 balance beam score.

GOPHERS FINISH 24TH IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS- Minnesota finished 24th in the final National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches regular season rankings (March 7). The rankings were based on regional qualifying scores. The Gophers had a regional qualifying score of 187.62, missing the NCAA Central Region championship by .1 0. The top seven teams in each of the NCAA's five regions qualify. Minnesota finished eighth.

The Gophers were a victim of regional alignment as their score would have been good enough to qualify for regional championships in three of the five regions. Minnesota would have ranked second in the Northeast, fourth in the Southeast and sixth in the West. The only region besides the Central in which Minnesota would not have qualified is the Midwest, where the Gophers also would have ranked eighth.

This season is the first since 1984-85 that Minnesota will not have an individual competing at the NCAA championships. Although the team had no nationally recognized individual, the Gophers overcame several injuries to win their third Big Ten championship in four years March 22 at Illinois-with a meet and schoolrecord 189.00 score.

NCAACENTRALREGIONRECAP-Teamresults-l.Alabama(195.575)2.Auburn(192.15)3.LSU (191.75) 4. SE Missouri State (189.025) 5. Northern Illinois (186.925) 6. Missouri (186.675) 7. Iowa (186.425).

Former Gopher all-American Marie Roethlisberger' s Central Region all-around record (39 .07 5-set last season) was broken by Dee Dee Foster and Kim Masters of Alabama.

Individual all-around results- 1. Dee Dee Foster, Alabama (39.375-new Central Region record) 2. Kim Masters, Alabama (39.175) 3. Danielle Pritts, Auburn (38.90) 4. Elizabeth Wilson, LSU (38.625) 5. Kristine McDonald, LSU (38.55).

OUTLAW RESIGNS AS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH ··University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Director Chris Voelz announced today that Dianna Outlaw has resigned effective June 30 as strength and conditioning coach. Outlaw said her resignation was for personal reasons.

"Dianna was a terrific addition to our staff and indeed was able to launch our department into a new era as our first full-time strength and conditioning coach," said Voelz. "We regret that personal reasons are taking her off to New Mexico."

A graduate of Indiana University in South Bend, Ind., Outlaw worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Notre Dame and at South Carolina before coming to Minnesota.

"I will miss all the athletes and there are some that I will especially miss," said Outlaw. A date has not been set to begin searching for Outlaw's replacement.


RIHM RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND FUND RAISING - University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Director Chris Voelz announced today that Cynthia Rihm has resigned effective A pril19 as director of development and fund raising. Rihm joined the department in March of 1990. She will become a tournament official for the FUTURES Golf Tour, which is the largest privately owned and operated women's professional golf tour in the world. It serves as the leading training ground for the LPGA Tour.

"Although Cynthia has been with us only a relatively short time, her contributions have been many," said Voelz. "Her strong work ethic and shared mission of the department never went unnoticed. Her untiring efforts in development and fund raising are truly appreciated and her access into another potential constituency, the golf world, was truly a benefit. We regret that her new job opportunity - working in the field of golf, something that she has always dreamed of- came along while she was part of our team."

Rihm will begin her appointment with the FUTURES Tour April 30 in Salisbury, N.C. for the lOth Annual Salisbury Futures Classic.

"I'm excited about the opportunity to pursue a career in women's professional golf," said Rihm. Originally from St. Paul, Rihm received her bachelor's degree from the University of San Diego in 1977.

Prior to joining the staff at Minnesota, she served as the associate director of development, director of special events, and associate director of the capital campaign for Cretin-Derham High School in St. Paul. She also coached the girl's golf team at Derham Hall and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Women's Golf Association. Since 1985, she has served as the public relations chairperson for the MWGA and has also chaired the women's athletic department's booster group for golf, The Gopher Gallery.

A date has not been set to begin searching for Rihm's replacement.

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1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests 100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Gily Dishon (c) e Angie Mauldin (c)

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200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Angie Mauldin (c)

400 meters (:52.80, :54.50)

800 meters (2:05.50~ 2:08.00) Shelly Wall (a) Phoebe Miron (c)

1500 meters {4:18.00~ 4:23.00} Chris Rowe (b) Heather Doyle (c) Julia McGough (c) 3000 meters (9:19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Abbott (c) Laura Duffy (a) Ricki Van Amber (a) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Rowe (a)

10,000 meters (34:20.00, 35:15.00)

100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (a) Karl Mower (a) Tracee Wolf (c) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Susie Peterson (c) Monika Balint (a) Kari Mower (a) 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Ramsey, Mauldin, Redman (a)

4x400 meter relay (3:35.48, 3:39.80)

:11.79 :12.6 :12.7

:23.44 :26.1

:54.4

2:07.71 2:21.29 2:31.2

4:15.59 4:27.63 4:47.7 4:48.4 9:07.46

10:00.9 10:20.25 10:30.18 16:10.50 17:14.49

33:31.96

:14.34 :15.11 :15.46 :15.4 :57.99

1:08.1 1:08.54 1:08.65 :46.72 :49.34

3:46.29

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) 1.78m/5-10 Coralea Brown (b) 1.73m/5- 8 Sue Peterson (a) 1.58m/5- 2 1/2 Tracee Wolf (a) 1.58m/5- 2 1/2 Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) 6.16m/20- 2 1/2 Stacy Klos (a) 5.14m/16-10 1/4 Lisa Larson (a) 4.92m/16- 1 3/4

Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) 12.38m/40- 7 3/4 Val Owen (c) 11.28m/37- 0 Stacy Klos (c) 10. 77m/35- 4

Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 Rachel Lewis (b) 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 Steph Scholtes (c) 12.70m/41- 8

Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) 55.32m/181- 6 Rachel Lewis (a) 53.18m/174- 6 Joyce Schultz (b) 45.78m/150- 2

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) 53.14m/174- 4 Decia Agnew (b) 48.78m/160- 0 Sharon Geisler (a) 39.06m/128- 2

Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100) 4,990


(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX ( 4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (e) Drake Invitational, Des Moines, lA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, lA ( 4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (j) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4} (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11} (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22} (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadium (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) followed by school indoor records in bold

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(Includes 46 Games)


PLAYER Kelly Norman Lezlie Weiss Tabbetha Woody Diane Field Kari Blank Anne Weisbecker Sandy Scott Mischel Doerr Stacey Funderburg Mariam Dukart Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka Robin B~s Brenda Bixby Angie Gebhard Sarah Maschke Jennifer McGuinness lia Johnson


BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 28 38 HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF .340 29/ 15 47 9 16 9 3 0 1/ 2 .500 8 11 1 0/ 0 .338 41/ 41 133 14 45 17 8 0 4/ 4 1.000 11 12 1/ 0 .299 44/ 43 127 13 38 11 5 0 4/ 6 .667 11 19 2 1/ 0 .285 46/ 46 137 14 39 12 .281 46/ 46 153 16 43 19 .262 35/ 32 107 12 28 2 .257 42/ 37 113 18 29 10 .235 45/ 44 149 12 35 13 .207 46/ 46 121 12 25 10 .200 27/ 12 45 1 9 5 .200 24/ 18 55 2 11 5 .164 32/ 31 73 10 12 10 .000 20/ 12 1 0 0 0 .000 30/ 23 8 0 0 .000 8/ 0 0 0 0 0 .000 25/ 13 1 0 0 0 .000 5/ .000 14/ 0

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9 13 2 8/ 1 4 21 0 21 2

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2 11 0 4/ 0

3 16 2 2/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0! 0

0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 .000 3 0 0/ 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0

TB/SLUGX 21! .447 55/ .414 45/ .354 46/ .336 56/ .366 29/ .271 37/ .327 37/ .248 30/ .248 10/ .222 11/ .200 16/ .219 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

PO A E DP FLDX 13 2 1 0 12 93 10 2 21 0 2 0

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.913 373 54 7 104 116 13

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.986 0 .949 1 .968 2 .962

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~ 1. .258 46/ 46 1277 141 330 125 34 13 .207 46/ 46 1174 102 243 74 13 5

38/ 57 .667 90 167 22 33/ 6 393/ .308 951 633 90 10 .946 34/ 58 .586 51 154 15 53/ 4 269/ .229 971 460 69 17 .954


PITCHER Robin B~ Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschke Angie Gebhard


ERA G/ GS W l PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO 188 HB WP SIC 1.03 19/ 12 8 7 .533 0 2 0 75.0 56 26 11 12 44 0 6 6 0 1.05 30/ 21 9 8 .529 5 9 2 133.7 95 38 20 14 66 1 7 1 0 1.17 24/ 13 8 6 .571 2 8 3 101.7 83 26 17 24 43 2 0 0 2.10 8/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 6.7 9 8 2 1 0 0 0 0

28 38 HR 2 1 0

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1.10 46/ 46 25 21 .543 7 19 1.95 46/ 46 21 25 .457 2 29

8 317.0 243 102 50 51 154 2 15 7 0 13 5 9 323.7 330 141 90 90 167 3 22 18 0 34 13


CATCHER Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka Minnesota Opponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 24/ 18 2 32! 31 T 46/ 46 46/ 46

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TB/SLUGX AB/BAVG. 60/ .223 269/ .208

104/ .210 496/ .192 93/ .247 376/ .221 12/ .364 33/ .273'

269/ .229 1174/ .207 393/ .308 1277/ .258

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BIG TEN COHPEREHCB Softball statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 04 Games)


PLAYER Kelly Norman Lezlie Weiss Kari Blank Diane Field Anne Weisbecker Sandy Scott Tabbetha Woody Mischel Doerr Stacey Funderburg Mariam Dukart Robin B~s Kerby Norman Brenda Bixby Angie Gebhard Sarah Maschke Lia Johnson

Sojka


BA .500 .385 .385 .385 .308

.182

.167

.125

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21 1/

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21 0 1/ 0

3/ 3

AB 6

13 13

13

13

11 12 8

10 2 0

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0

0

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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0

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0 2 0 1/ 0

3 0 0/ 0 2 0 0 0/ 0 0 4 1/ 0

2 2 0 0/ 0 0 4 0 0/ 0 1 4 0/ 0

0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 1 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0

4 0 0/ 0

.257 4/ 4 109 11 28 10 6 3

.264 4/ 4 106 11 28 10 2 0

0 0! 2 .000 4/ 5 .800

9282210 3 3/ 0

TB/SLUG% 5/ .833 71 .538

71 .538

71 .538 5/ .385 4/ .364 3/ .250 1/ .125 1{ .100 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0! .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0! .000

40/ .367 321 .302


PITCHER Angie Gebhard Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschke Robin B~


ERA 0.00 0.88 1.24

6.30

G/ GS ~ L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H 1/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 2 3/ 3 1 1 .500 0 2 0 16.0 16 2/ 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 5.7 4 21 .500 0 0 0 3.3 6

R ER BB SO IBB HB WP BK 2B 3B HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 010 000 000 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.62 4/ 4 2 2 .500 1.25 4/ 4 2 2 .500

1

0 2 3

0

1

26.0 28 11 28.0 28 11

6 5

3 0 9 28 1

1 0 0

2 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 0


CATCHER Minnesota Opponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS1 4/ 4 0

4/ 4 1

PO A

3 0 2 7

13 15 41 0

0 0 4 0

1 0

2 0 6 8 0 0 0 5

3 1 0 6 0 0

3 0 0 2

78 46

84 31

E DP FLO% 0 0 1.000 1 1 .900 3 .903

2 .976 0 0 .000 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000

3 .933 0 0 .000 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000

0 .857 0 0 .000 0 0 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 1.000

7 4 6 2

.947

.950

TB/SLUGX AB/BAVG. 2/ .500

17/ .262 4/ .222 9/ .474

4/ .500 65/ .246

18/ .222 19/ .316l

32/ .302 106/ .264 40/ .367 109/ .257










_ 3/17 vs. Rutgers at CSUF W, 4-3 vs. Rutgers W, 9-0


W,6-0 L, 0-1





4/4 at Iowa State at Iowa State

4/5 at Iowa at Iowa

4/6 at Iowa at Iowa

4/12 NORTHWESTERN NORTHWESTERN

4/13 NORTHWESTERN NORTHWESTERN

4/17 MANKATO STATE MANKA TO STATE




4/24 lOW A STATE IOWA STATE



W, 15-4 W, 6-1

W,4-1 L, 0-4 L, 2-3

W, 5-3

6p.m.

1 p.m.

6p.m.

6p.m.

1 p.m.

3p.m.

3p.m.

2p.m.

1 p.m.

4/30 NORTHERN IOWA 6p.m. NORTHERN lOW A e

5/3 at Indiana 2p.m. at Indiana

5/4 at Indiana 1 p.m. at Indiana

5/10 MICHIGAN 6 p.m. MICHIGAN


5/17- NCAA Regionals 5/19 5/22 NCAA Women's College 5/26 World Series, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma

HOME GAMES at the Bierman Softball Complex. Game times are local. ()=extra innings T =international tie-breaker *=at Brenham, Texas

Record: 25-21 vs. Div. 1: 24-21 Big Ten: 2-2 Home: 2-2 Road: 6-5 ... ·. Neutral: . 17-14 >.

vs. NCAA Top 20 5.;11 > Streak: Wol1 1

Head Coach: Tere8aWilsoll 56-53 (2nd year afl\1illr1~ota)

182-157 (6th year overall). Assistant Coach: John Rittman

. '

e e 1991 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SPRING GOLF SEASON

DATE 2(1.2 3/1-3 3/21-22 3!29-31 4/13-14 4/19-21 5{3-5 5/22-25

Jana Erdmann Sara Evens Lisa Hanson Julie Johnson Sara Johnson Traci Johnson Jennifer Kaiser KaiyaLund Kris Leighton

TOURNAMENT Texas-El Paso Auburn Desert Challenge South Carolina Invite Ohio State Invitational South Alabama Big Ten Championships NCAA Championships

Texas-EI Paso 98 (t-9th) 81 (1st) DNC DNC DNC 85 (3rd) DNC DNC 86 (4th)

Krista Reuterfeldt 96 (8th) Kelli Ross Chris Wollack

Jana Erdmann Sara Evens Lisa Hanson Julie Johnson Sara Johnson Traci Johnson Jennifer Kaiser KaiyaLund Kris Leighton Krista Reuterfeldt Kelli Ross Chris Wollack

82 (2nd) DNC

South Alabama

DNC - Did Not Compete

TEAM SCORES 334 327-322-649 340-3Ur666 324-312-326-962

Auburn 86-84-170 (t-29th) 75-79-154 (t-3rd) DNC DNC DNC 85-84-169 (t-27th) DNC DNC 81-79-160 (t-17th) DNC 86-80--166 (t-25th) DNC

SPRING STR RDS AVG 334 1 334.00 983 3 327.67

1649 5 329.80


PLACE 1st/2 teams 5th/8 teams 4th/5 teams 7th/13 teams 2611 8 326.38 7324 23 318.43

Desert Challenge South Carolina Ohio State 88-81-169 (t-15th) 84-81-81-246 (44th) 82-81-163 (t-3rd) 79-76-82-237 (t-20th) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 85-82-167 (t-Ilth) 85-79-SS--252 (t-5lst) 89-85-174 (22nd) 87-90-85-262 (t-59th) 85-82-167 (-11th) 76-76-7S-230 (t-8th) 91-85-176 (25th) DNC

SEASON Big Ten Champ. NCAA Championship STR RDS AVG

1713 20 85.65 1796 23 78.09 259 3 86.33

DNC 269 3 89.67

1005 12 83.75 DNC DNC 1869 23 1506 18 1800 23 685 8

81.26 83.66 78.26 85.63

e ...,.

SPRING STR RDS AVG

683 8 85.38 635 8 79.38

DNC DNC DNC

254 3 84.67 DNC DNC

665 8 83.13 532 6 88.67 645 8 80.63 176 2 88.00

FALL STR RDS AVG 1030 12 85.83 1161 15 77.40 259 3 86.33

DNC 269 3 89.67 751 9 83.44

DNC DNC 1204 15 80.26 974 12 81.17

1155 15 77.00 509 6 84.83

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1990-91 MINNESOTA TENNIS STATISTICS (through 4n/91)


DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE 9/28-29 at Nebraska Invitational no team scores 10/12-14 MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL no team scores 10/19-21 at Indiana Hoosier Classic no team scores 10/23-24 at ITCA All-American qualifying no team scores 11/8-11 at ITCA Rolex regionals no team scores

1/18-20 GOPHER DOUBLES INVITATIONAL no team scores 1/27 INDIANA L 3-6 2/1 at Brigham Young L 1-8 2/2 vs. Utah (Provo, UT) L 0-9 2n-1o ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS no team scores 2/22 at Northwestern L 0-9 2/23 vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) L 2-7 2/24 at Notre Dame L 2-7 3/3 ILLINOIS L 1-8 3/9 vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. L 0-6 3/10 at Wisconsin L 1-8 3/21 vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. L 1-8 3/22 at San Diego L 0-9 3/29 PURDUE W6-3 3/30 IOWA STATE W6-3 4/3 at Iowa L 3-6 4/5 OHIO STATE W7-2 4n GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS w 8-1 4/13 vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) 4/14 at Auburn 4/20 at Michigan 4/21 at Michigan State 4/26-28 at Big Ten championships

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Open Big Ten Total PCT.

Jennie Moe 13-10 6-4 5-2 19-14 .576

Sofie Olsson 0-4 3-9 2-0 3-1 1-4 8-14 .364

Libby Nelson 5-2 3-9 3-0 4-3 11-11 .500

Vicky Cordova 1-3 4-3 2-10 2-1 2-5 9-17 .346

Vicky Kolaric 1-2 4-12 0-2 2-1 2-4 7-17 .292

Anna Eyring 0-4 2-7 1-1 1-2 3-12 .200

Jennifer Marques 4-3 0-3 0-6 1-6 4-12 .200

Totals 13-14 10-16 7-16 6-13 4-15 4-15 17-8 16-26 61-97 .386

1990-91 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #1 #2 #3 Open Big Ten Total PCT.

Moe/Oisson 8-6 10-4 1-3 18-10 .643 Moe/Cordova 3-2 1-2 3-2 .600

Moe/Kolaric 0-2 0-2 .000

Nelson/Kolaric 5-6 2-1 2-3 7-7 .500

Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 3-8 .273

Nelson/Marques 0-2 0-2 .000

Marques/Kolaric 1-2 3-1 1-1 4-3 .571 Marques/Ccroova 0-2 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques{Eyring 0-3 0-2 0-3 .000

Marques/Olsson 0-1 0-1 0-1 .000 Cordova/Eyring 2-7 1-1 3-8 .273

Kolaric/E yring 0-2 0-2 .000 Totals 11-10 5-13 3-17 19-10 5-16 38-50 .432

INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES RECORDS Overall Pet. Big Ten Pet. e Moe 21-14 .600 2-5 .286

Olsson 18-11 .621 1-4 .200 Nelson 10-17 .370 2-5 .286 Cordova 9-20 .310 1-6 .143

Kolaric 11-14 .423 3-4 .429 Eyring 3-13 .188 0-2 .000 Marques 4-11 .267 1-5 .167


Worn,en's Intercollegiate Athletics

Gopher Sports News



(for immediate release) April15, 1991

Wed. April17 Fri. April19

Sat. April 20

Sun. April21

Mon. April 22 Wed. April23

SCHEDULE APRIL 17-24

SOFTBALL vs. Mankato State (Bierman Softball Complex) DH SOFTBALL vs. Ohio State (Bierman Softball Complex) DH GOLF at South Alabama Invitational (Mobile, AL) SOFTBALL vs. Ohio State (Bierman Softball Complex) DH GOLF at South Alabama Invitational (Mobile, AL) TENNIS at Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) TRACK & FIELD at Hamline (St. Paul, MN) TRACK & FIELD at Mt. Sac Relays (Walnut, CA) GOLF at South Alabama Invitational (Mobile, AL) TENNIS at Michigan State (East Lansing, MI) SOFTBALL vs. Creighton (Bierman Softball Complex) DH SOFTBALL vs. Iowa State (Bierman Softball Complex) DH

6 p.m. 6 p.m.

1 p.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.

WINTER QUARTER GRADE-POINT AVERAGES RELEASED-- The Academic Counseling Office released winter quarter grade-point averages last week. Sixty-one percent of the women student-athletes earned GPAs of 3.00 or better during winter quarter with the Big Ten quarterly average at 3.00 and the University of Minnesota quarterly average at 3.03. Five of the nine women's teams had an average GPA of 3.05 or better with the cross country team leading the way with an average GPA of 3.38. The tennis team was close behind with a 332, followed by golf, 3.11; track and field, 3.11; swimming and diving, 3.05; gymnastics, 2.80; volleyball, 2.79; softball, 2.77; and basketball, 2.68.

L'EGGS ANNOUNCES SHEER ENERGY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM -- L'eggs Products, Inc. is an official sponsor of NCAA women's athletics programs and is now sponsoring a scholarship program for women student -athletes. If you buy four pairs ofL 'eggs Sheer Energy pantyhose and send in a donation form found on L'eggs displays, Sheer Energy will make a $2.00 donation to the women's athletic scholarship program of your choice. This offer expires June 30, 1991. Sheer Energy will donate up to $200,000 to NCAA women's athletic programs across the United States.

GOPHER SOFTBALL TEAM CONTINUES HOMESTAND- The Minnesota softball team (29-21, 6-2 Big Ten) will try to extend its five-game overall winning streak and six-game Bierman winning streak with five doubleheaders in the next eight days. Minnesota plays host to non-conference opponent, Mankato State, Wednesday at 6 p.m. The highlight of the week will be a showdown with frrst-place Ohio State (13-18, 7-2 Big Ten) in doubleheaders Friday at 6 p.m and Saturday at 1 p.m. Minnesota will try to jump into frrst place in the Big standings for the first time since the end of the 1988 season. Friday night is Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame Night and Saturday is a WCCO-Radio Hometown Day for Lezlie Weiss and the town of Forest Lake.

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SOFTBALL

THIS WEEK·· Minnesota (29-21, 6-2 Big Ten) plays host to Mankato State Wednesday at 6 p.m. before returning to conference action this weekend with Big Ten leader Ohio State in town for a pair of doubleheaders, Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. The Gophers take on Creighton Monday, April22 at 3 p.m. and entertain Iowa State Wednesday, April24 at 3 p.m.

BIG TEN UPDATE - The conference race heated up last weekend with Iowa sweeping four games at Michigan, Minnesota sweeping four at home against Northwestern, and Ohio State winning three of four at home against Michigan State. The Big Ten race finds four teams within a game of first place. Those teams tangle this weekend with Ohio State at Minnesota and Indiana at Iowa.

Ohio State Iowa MINNESOTA Indiana Michigan Michigan State Northwestern

Big Ten W-L Pet. 7-2 .778 6-2 .750 6-2 .750 6-3 .667 2-6 .250 1-7 .125 1-7 .125

Overall W-L Pet. 13-18 .419 33-6 .846 29-21 .580 20-17 .541 18-14 .563 11-22 .333 9-19 .321

This Weekend (all DH) Tuesday, Aprill6 Michigan State at Michigan Friday, April19/Saturday, April20 Ohio State at MINNESOTA Indiana at Iowa Michigan at Northwestern

ABOUT MANKA TO STATE-The Mavericks (8-14) are coming off a 3-3 weekend at the Northern Iowa Dome Tournament where they knocked off Nebraska-Omaha, the fifth-ranked team in NCAA Division II softball, 2-1 in eight innings. Freshman catcher Theresa Mackey leads Mankato State in hitting after a .367 e outing over the weekend. Sophomore Beth Herickhoffleads the Mavericks on the mound with a 7-11 record and has pitched in all but three games for MSU. Mankato State will play host to St. Cloud State Tuesday before traveling to Minnesota.

THE SERIES- Minnesota leads 11-4. The two teams split last season at Bierman with the Mavericks taking the first game 2-0 and Minnesota coming back for a 3-1 win in the second game.

ABOUT 0 HIO STATE-The Buckeyes ( 13-18, 7-2 Big Ten) are riding atop the Big Ten Conference after defeating Michigan State in three out of four games over the weekend. Ohio State scored 8-0 and 3-1 wins Friday, while the teams split Saturday with the Spartans winning the first game 1-0 and the Buckeyes coming back to take the second, 3-1. Ohio State shared the Big Ten title with Iowa last season and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time.

THE PLAYERS •• Senior 3B Shauna Bowman is batting .336 to lead Ohio State. She has 36 hits and carries a slugging percentage of .364. Freshman pitcher Krinon Lapihuska is hitting .284 and leads the Buckeyes with five doubles. Freshman shortstop Jenny Fredrickson has 13 RBI to her credit. Lapibuska is 3-0 on the mound for OSU after picking up two wins over the weekend. She carries a team-low 0.31 ERA. Sophomore pitchers Belinda Cernava and Stacy Dickins are both 4-5 in the circle with Cernava carrying a 1.27 ERA while Dickins' ERA is at 1.97. Cernava leads the staff with 26 strikeouts.

THE SERIES -Minnesota leads 25-8 and has already defeated the Buckeyes once this season. The two teams met at the Arizona Softball Classic Feb. 15 with Minnesota gaining a 6-0 shutout. Gopher Sarah Maschka pitched a three-hitter and Karl Blank keyed the offense with a three-run double. In last season's meeting, Minnesota won three of four games in Columbus, Ohio.

ABOUT CREIGHTON- The Lady Jays (23-15) will play three doubleheaders before traveling to Minnesota. They will host Kansas, Southern Utah and Utah this week. Creighton is led by senior pitcher e Kelly Brookhart, who leads the Lady Jays on the mound and at the plate. Brookhart is 9-8 with a 1.06 ERA and is batting .365 with a team-leading 22 RBI.

THE SERIES- Creighton leads 10-5. The teams split last season in Omaha, Neb. with Minnesota winning the first game 2-1 in 10 innings and the Lady Jays taking the nightcap 4-1.

e Minnesota Women's Sports News -3-3-3-3- 4/15/91

SOFTBALL CONTINUED --GOPHER LINEUP-Name Pos Avg. Runs RBI Notes Diane Field 1B .286 16 13 Has hits in 7 of 8 Big Ten games Karl Blank 2B .293 18 24 Leads team with 7 game-winning hits Stacey Funderburg ss .198 13 11 Second on team with 12 walks Lezlie Weiss 3B .342 16 18 Leads team with .418 slugging pet. Tabbetha Woody LF .294 14 11 Third on team with six doubles Mischel Doerr CF .239 15 13 Had two hits in final game Sunday Sandy Scott RF .278 19 16 Leads team with 10 extra-base hits Lisa Sojka c .220 15 11 Hitting .400 in Big Ten play Anne Weisbecker DP .239 12 2 Only 7 strikeouts in 117 at-bats

Name Pos W-L ERA so Notes Brenda Bixby RHP 11-8 0.95 74 #1 all-time with 40 career wins Robin Bumpus RHP 9-7 0.92 57 Saved both games Sunday Sarah Maschka LHP 9-6 1.18 46 One win short of 1990 total

NORTHWESTERN REVIEW- Minnesota swept its first four-game series of the 1991 season last weekend, winning all four games over the Northwestern Wildcats. The Gophers scored early and often in Saturday's two games, winning the opener 6-0 and taking the nightcap 7-0. Sophomore catcher LISA SOJKA (FRANKFORT, IL/LINCOLN-WAY) went 5-for-5 in the doubleheader, scoring three runs and driving in one. Junior pitcher BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, lA) pitched her third shutout of the year in the first game, giving up only three hits while striking out seven. Bixby now has 204 strikeouts, tops on the Gopher charts. In the second game, junior ROBIN BUMPUS (MUNNSVILLE, NY/STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY) won her ninth game of the year, pitching six scoreless innings and striking out a season-high nine batters.

Sunday, Minnesota's offense was not as potent, but the Gophers still won both games by scores of 1-0 and 4-2. In the opener, Bixby and Bumpus combined on a four-hitter and junior KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN{f ART AN) drove in the game's only run. Blank was also an important part of the second game, when she broke a 1-1 fifth-inning tie with a two-run single. SARAH MASCHKA (MANKA TO, MN/ EAST) won her ninth game of the season, with Bumpus saving her second game of the day with two innings of hitless relief. Dating back to last season, Minnesota has won nine of its past 10 games at the Bierman Softball Complex, seven of which have come in Big Ten play.

STAT NOTES - Minnesota's team and individual statistics have improved gradually during this fivegame winning streak. The Gophers' team batting average is .262, while their Big Ten average is .278. Sophomore LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN) garnered her 50th hit of the season Sunday and is now batting a team-leading .342 for the season, .385 in Big Ten play. Minnesota's leading hitter in conference play is Kari Blank, who is hitting .417 with six runs batted in. Junior outfielder SANDY SCOTT (EUGENE, OR/CHURCHILL) also has six Big Ten runs batted in, half of which came on a three-run double Saturday against Northwestern. Catcher Lisa Sojka was 6-for-9 in the Northwestern series, jumping her season average from .164 to .220.

The Gopher pitching staffyieded only one earned run in the Northwestern series for a weekend ERA of 0.25. Robin Bumpus and Brenda Bixby both lowered their season ERA's under the 1.00 mark during the weekend. Bumpus pitched nine scoreless innings to drop her ERA to 0. 92, while Bixby pitched 13 scoreless innings to lower her ERA to 0.95. Minnesota's team ERA for the season is 1.03, its lowest mark of the season. The Gophers' 0.91 Big Ten ERA is over a half point lower than last year's mark (1.45), and the staff is yielding only one walk every two games.

BIXBY IS ALL-TIME WINNER -- Brenda Bixby became the Gophers' all-time winningest pitcher Saturday with her 6-0 shutout of Northwestern. The win marked her 39th career win, which moved her past Barb Drake ( 1984-87) and Mary Lee Hanson ( 1981-84) on the all-time win list. With another win Sunday, Bixby now has 40 career wins.


GOLF

SOUTH ALABAMA NEXT STOP FOR GOLFERS- Minnesota will be one of 18 teams in the South Alabama Intercollegiate Championship tournament April19-21 at the Lakeview Golf Club in Foley, Ala. The 5,901-yard course has a par 72 rating. Besides the Gophers and Jaguars, teams competing include Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, Central Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Lamar, Louisiana State, Memphis State, Michigan State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, North Texas, Rollins, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and Wichita State.

MINNESOTA THIRD AT COLUMBUS- The Gophers finished in third place at the 16-team Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational with rounds of 326 and 321 for a total of 647 strokes. The tournament was scheduled for 54-holes but was cut to two rounds due to rain. Furman won with 632 strokes and Ohio State was second with 638 strokes.

EVENS SECOND, ERDMANN FOURTH - Sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFfON, ND) finished second at the Lady Buckeye after carding rounds of79 and 75 strokes fora 154-stroke total. Evens jumped to second from 13th place after the first round. Freshman JANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) had her best collegiate finish and scores at Ohio State after finishing in fourth place with rounds of 79 and 77 for a 156-stroke total. Erdmann's second round 77 and 36-hole total of 156 are her lowest Minnesota scores.

Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) was 24th with rounds of 84 and 82 for 166 strokes and senior TRACI JOHNSON (MARSHALL, MN) was 56th after carding scores of 92 and 85 for 177. Sophomore KRIS LEIGHTON (AUSTIN, MN) started the tournament and carded a first-round score of 86 strokes, but had to withdraw from play due to an injury suffered on Friday. Leighton broke the ring finger on her right hand after getting it caught in the door of the team's van.

TRACK AND FIELD

MINNESOTA TRAVELS TO HAMLINE, MT. SAC -The Minnesota women's track and field team will split up this weekend and travel to competition both near and far. The near is the Hamline Invitational in St. Paul and the far is the Mt. Sac Relays at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. The Hamline meet will feature colleges and universities from across the Upper Midwest. The Mt. Sac meet is one of the premier track meets in the country and will feature many top athletes from around the nation.

BIERMAN PREMIERE - The Gophers hosted their first-ever meet in the Bierman Track and Field Stadium last Wednesday when they hosted Hamline, Moorhead State and St. Catherine in the Minnesota Open. Minnesota won eight of the 11 events, including a double win by KARl MOWER (CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI). She won the long jump (16-0 1/4) and the 400-meter hurdles (1 :06.00). The Gophers will next be at home May 4 when they host the Minnesota Invitational.

DRAKE REVIEW- Minnesota won four events last Saturday at the 17th annual Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines Iowa. Junior CHRIS ROWE (SIOUX FALLS, SD/O'GORMAN) led a 1-2-3 Minnesota finish in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:51.7, the bestthis season in the Big Ten. Rowe owns Minnesota's best times this season in three events (1500, 3000, 5000). Sophomore VAL OWEN (McCOOK, NE) won the long jump with a leap of 17-11 and now owns Minnesota's best marks in both horizontal jumps. Sophomore STACY KLOS (LaCROSSE, WI/WEST SALEM) won the triple jump with a mark of 34-5 1/ 2 and sophomore SHARON GEISLER (UNION CITY, PA) won the javelin with a throw of 133-9.

BACK TO DES MOINES- The Gophers will take a full contingent to the Drake Relays April26-27. It will be Minnesota's second meet in three weekends at the Drake Track Stadium.

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TENNIS

GOPHERS CLOSE REGULAR SEASON AT MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN STATE- The Gopher women's tennis team wraps up its regular season with two road matches this weekend. Minnesota will play Michigan at 11 a.m. Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. and will take on Michigan State at 11 a.m. Sunday in East Lansing, Mich. Following the matches, the Gophers (4-14 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) will have a better idea of where they will be seeded for the Big Ten championship tournament in Madison, Wis. (April26-28). Teams are seeded one through 10 going in with the top two teams getting byes. The bottom eight seeds will each play three matches in the tournament to determine final Big Ten standing.

OPPONENT NOTES- Michigan ( 11-6 overall, 3-3 BigTen) split two matches over the weekend, beating Ohio State 7-2 on Sunday after losing 7-2 to Indiana on Saturday. The Wolverines have won four out of their last five and five out of their last seven. They are 7-0 at home this season. Michigan's best player is junior Christine Schmeidel. Ranked 78th in the country, she has a 4-7 record at No. 1 singles this spring. Amy Malik has a 9-3 record at No. 5 singles and Jennifer Lev is 10-5 at No. 6 singles. Schmeidel and Stacy Berg are 7-6 at No. 1 doubles.

SERIES - The Gophers lead 9-4 since 1980. Michigan won 5-1 last season in the fifth place match of the Big Ten championships. Minnesota won 5-4 during the 1990 regular season.

Michigan State (14-5 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) will play at Michigan on Wednesday and Iowa on Friday prior to meeting Minnesota on Sunday. The Spartans beat Ohio State 5-4 on Saturday and lost to Indiana 7-2 on Sunday. Sophomore Alicia Leone is 20-1 on the season, including an 11-0 mark at No. 5 singles. Se.nor Michele Hurrelbrink is 11-10 overall and 7-5 at No. 3. Senior Alex Hilbert is 3-12 overall and 1-11 at No. 1 singles. Junior Molly Poffenberger and freshman Kelly Ann McDonough are 11-8 at No. 1 doubles.

SERIES - The Gophers lead 9-6 since 1980. Minnesota won 6-0 in the opening round of last year's Big Ten championships after winning 9-0 during the regular season.

MINNESOTA LOSES TWO ON SOUTHERN TRIP- The Gophers found the weekend competition in Auburn, Ala. less than hospitable. Mississippi State beat Minnesota 5-1 on Saturday and Auburn beat the Gophers 7-2 on Sunday. Only five players went on the trip, so Minnesota went into both matches shorthanded, having to forfeit matches at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles before any balls had even been served. Junior JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN), ranked 73rd in singles in the Volvo Tennis/collegiate rankings, had a hand in all three Minnesota wins. She won both her matches at No. 1 singles, extending her winning streak to seven, and also won at No. 1 doubles with sophomore VICKY CORDOVA (MISSION VIEJO, CA/MATER DEI) against Auburn.

Moe (21-14 overall) defeated Mississippi State's Sabine Guibal6-3, 6-7 (4-7) default and then bested Auburn's Tracy Bankston 6-2, 6-2. The Moe/Cordova duo (4-2 overall) defeated Auburn's Michelle Beadman and Sandra Mieres 6-4, 7-6.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS- Moe's most recent singles win was the 64th of her career, tying her with former Gopher Leslie Larm (1977 -80) for 14th on the all-time Gopher singles win list...the 13th spot is held by Kathy Bjornson (1980-84), who had 68 wins ... Moe's last doubles win was the 67th of her career, tying her with Patty Moran (1975-79) for 11th on theall-timedoubles win list ... KarinEneberg (1984-88)isin lOth with 70 doubles wins ... With 131 combined singles and doubles wins in her career, Moe ranks 14th on the all-time Gopher list ... Tonya Breitag (1986-90) is 13th with 138.

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(Includes so Games)


PLAYER Lezlie \.Ieiss Kelly Norman Tabbetha \.loody Kari Blank Diane Field Sandy Scott Anne Weisbecker Mischel Doerr Lisa Sojka Stacey Funderburg Kerby Norman Mariann Dukart Sarah Haschka Angie Gebhard Brenda Bixby Lia Johnson Jennifer McGuinness Robin BLillpUS


BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 2B 38 HR S8/S8A S8% 88 SO H8P S/SF .342 45/ 45 146 16 50 18 9 0 4/ 4 1.000 11 12 1 1/ 0 .315 32/ 18 54 9 17 10 3 .294 48/ 47 136 14 40 11 6 .293 50/ so 164 18 48 24 5 .286 SO/ SO 147 16 42 13 2 .278 46/ 41 126 19 35 16 8 .239 39/ 35 117 12 28 2 1 .239 47/ 46 155 15 37 13 3 . 220 36/ 35 82 1 5 1 8 1 1 3 . 198 50/ 50 131 13 26 11 .196 25/ 18 56 2 11 5 0 .188 29/ 12 48 9 5 .000 26/ 14 1 0 0 0 0 .000 9/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31/ 24 8 1 0 0 0 . 000 16/ 0 7 0 0 . 000 6/ 1 7 1 0 0 . 000 23/ 13 0 0 0 0

0 1/ 2 .500 9 13 1 0/ 0 1 0 4/ 7 .571 11 20 3 2/ 0 4 0 4/ 5 .800 6 11 6/ 1

2/ 4 .500 15 18 5 3/ 2 2 0 2/ 4 .500 9 13 2 8/ 1 0 0 4/ 8 .500 6 7 2 3/ 0 0 0 10/ 13 .769 4 23 2/ 2 2 0 2/ 6 .333 4 19 2 2/ 0 2 0 51 6 .833 12 21 5 2/ 1 0 0 ,, 1 1.000 2 11 0 4/ 0 0 0 1/ 1 1.000 3 7 1/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 1 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 3 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0/ 0

T8/SLUGX 61/ .418 22/ .407 48/ .353 61/ .372 49/ .333 47/ .373 29/ .248 40/ .258 25/ .305 31/ .237 11/ .196 10/ .208 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

PO A E OP FLO% 13 108 11 3 .917 16 2 1 0 .947 28 0 2 0 .933

111 121 14 3 .943 404 56 8 7 .983

24 2 3 0 .897 13 6 0 0 1.000 17 2 0 .900

148 30 5 1 .973 59 154 36 6 .855 46 13 3 .952

138 5 2 .986 3 48 2 0 .962 0 4 4 74 4 0 0 0 9 0 2 51 2

0 .800 1 .951 0 .000

~~ .262 SO/ 50 1380 159 361 141 42 14 .202 SO/ SO 1274 104 257 76 13 5

40/ 61 .656 93 180 24 34/ 7 434/ .314 1035 676 96 11 .947 35/ 61 .574 54 179 15 54/ 4 283/ .222 1043 498 74 18 .954


PITCHER Robin B~s Brenda Bixby Sarah Haschka Angie Gebhard


ERA G/ GS \.1 L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER 88 SO 188 0.92 22/ 13 9 7 .563 2 2 0 84.0 60 26 11 12 57 0 0.95 32/ 23 11 8 .579 5 10 3 146.7 102 38 20 15 74 1.18 25/ 14 9 6 .600 2 8 3 106.7 85 28 18 26 46 1.83 9/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 7.7 10 8 2 2 0

H8 WP BK 6 7 0

7 0 2 0 0 0 0

28 38 HR TB/SLUGX AB/8AVG. 2 1 0 64/ .213 301/ .199 7 1 0 111/ .205 541/ .189 1 3 1 95/ .241 394/ .216 3 0 0 13/ .342 38/ .263l

1.03 50/ so 29 21 .580 2.13 50/ so 21 29 .420

9 20 2 31

11 345.0 257 104 51 54 179 2 15 9 0 13 5 9 347.7 361 159 106 93 180 3 24 20 0 42 14

283/ .222 1274/ .202 434/ .314 1380/ .262



G/ GS PASSED BALLS 25/ 18 2 36/ 35 8l 50/ so SO/ 50

10 15

BIG TEH STATISTICS Softball statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 08 Games)


PLAYER Kari Blank Lisa Sojka Lezlie lleiss Diane Field Sandy Scott Kelly Norman Mischel Doerr Tabbetha lloody Anne lleisbecker Stacey Funderburg Robin B~s Jennifer McGuinness Lia Johnson Angie Gebhard Sarah Maschke Brenda Bixby

~ariann Dukart ~erby Norman


BA .417 .400 .385 .348 .333 .308 .214 .190 . 174 .100 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

G/ GS 8/ 8

71 7 8{ 8 8/ 8

8{ 8

6{ 4

6{ 5 8{ 8 8/ 7 8{ 8

5/ 2 1/ 0

3/ 0 2/ 0

3/ 4/ 4

4/ 0

2/

AB 24 15 26 23 24 13 14 21 23 20

0

0

0

0

0

5

3

R H RBI 4 10 6

6 6 4 10 1

4 8 2 2 8 6 0 4 3 3 3 0 2 4 3 2 4 2 1 2 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2B 3B HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF 2 0 0 1/ 1 1.000 1 3 0 1/ 1

2 0 0 1/ 3 .333 2 7 0 0{ 0 3 0 0 0/ 0 .000 2 0 0{ 0 0 0 0{ 0 .000 4 0 0/ 0 4 0 0/ . 000 0 4 1 1 I 0 0 0 0{ 0 .000 2 3 0 0{ 0 1 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 6 0/ 0 2 0 0 0{ .000 2 3 1/ 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0{ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0{ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0{ 0 .000 0{ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0{ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0{ 0 .000

2

0

0

0 0 0

0

0

0

1 0 0/ 0

5 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0! 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0{ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 2 0 0/ 0

0 0/ 0

TB/SLUGX 12/ .500 8/ .533 .

13/ .500 10/ .435 14/ .583 6{ .462 4/ .286 6/ .286 5/ .217

2/ • 100 0{ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0{ .000 0{ .000 0/ .000 0{ .000 0/ .000

.278 8/ 8 212 29 59 26 15 3

.204 8/ 8 206 13 42 12 2

0 2/ 6 .333 12 41 4 3/ 1 80/ .377 0 5/ 8 .625 4 28 1 4/ 0 46/ .223


PITCHER Angie Gebhard Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschka Robin B~

ERA 0.00 0.48 1.31 1.70

G/ GS II L PCT SAVE CG SHTQUT IP H 2/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 3 5/ 5 3 .750 0 3 1 29.0 23 3/ 1 0 1 • 000 1 0 5/ 2 2 1 .667 2 0

0 10.7 6 0 12.3 10

R ER 88 SO 188

0 0 0 1 0 5 2 2 10 0 3 2 2 4 0

5 3 0 13 0

HB liP BIC 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0

28 38 HR 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0

PO A

20 20 25 5 3 22

n 2 7 0

6 0 2 0 8 0 0 0

11 19 0 7

0 0 0 0 0 0

4

8 1 0

5 2

E OP FLOX 4 1 .909 0 0 1.000 2 2 .926 2 3 .974 1 0 .875 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 0 0 .000 3 . 3 .909 0 0 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 1.000

0 .900 0 0 1.000 0 1.000

162 89 13 5 156 69 11 3

.951

.953

TB/SLUQX AB/BAVG. 3/ .333 9/ .333

24/ .218 110/ .209 6/ .167 36/ • 167

13/ .255 51/ .196l


0.91 8/ 8 6 2 .750 3 3 2.83 8/ 8 2 6 .250 0 5

3 54.0 42 13 7 4 28 0 2 0 2 0 46/ .223 206/ .204


CATCHER Lisa Sojka Mimesota Opponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 1! 7 1' 8{ 8

8/ 8

52.0 59 29 21 12 41 4 2 0 15 3 0 80/ .377 212/ .278

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Arazona Softball L:lassac Tucson, Arizona (9th)




2/21 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 2/21 vs. Northwestern W, 8-5 2/22 vs. CS-Northridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 2/23 vs. s. Diego St. w, 3-2oon 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)


3/1 vs. Penn State W, 2-1 (8) 3/1 vs. NE Louisiana W, 7-0 3/1 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 0-1 3/2 vs. Sam Houston St W, 3-2 3/3 vs. Cent. Michigan*L, 0-1 (8)



W,6-0 L, 0-1


3/20 vs. Rutgers W, 3-2 3/21 vs. Nevada-Las Vegas W, 4-0 3/21 vs. Cal. Poly-Pomona W, 5-1 3/22 vs. Kent W, 2-1 3/23 vs. Texas. A&M L, 0-4


3/30 vs. DePaul W, 4-2 3/30 vs. Wis.-Green Bay W, 2-0 3/30 at Missouri L, 0-3 3/31 vs. Drake L, 0-1 3/31 v· ~orthern Iowa W, 5-1

4/4 at Iowa State w, 15-4 at Iowa State W,6-1

4/5 at Iowa W,4-1 at Iowa L, 0-4

4/6 at Iowa L, 2-3 at Iowa W,5-3

4/13 NORTIIWESTERN W, 6-0 NORTIIWESTERN W, 7-0

4/14 NORTIIWESTERN W, 1-0 NORTIIWESTERN W, 4-2

4/17 MANKATO STATE 6 p.m. MANKATO STATE

4/19 OHIO STATE 6 p.m. OHIO STATE

4/20 OHIO STATE 1 p.m. OHIO STATE

4/22 CREIGHTON 3 p.m. CREIGHTON

4/24 lOW A STATE IOWA STATE



3p.m.

2p.m.

1 p.m.

4/30 NORTiffiRN lOW A 6 p.m. NORTiffiRN lOW A e



1 p.m.




City, Oklahoma


Record: vs. Div. 1: }Jig Ten: Home: , , .,, ,.::: ·

el

e 1990-91 Minnesota w!en's Golf Statistics e

Spring Season

Rdl Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Total Place Str Rds Avg Str Rds Avg

2/22/91 Texas-El Paso 334 334 lsl/2 334 I 334.00 5047 16 315.44

3/l-3/91 Auburn 327 322 649 5th/8 983 3 327.67 5696 18 316.44

3/21-22/91 Desert Challenge 340 326 666 4th/5 1649 5 329.80 6362 20 318.10

3/29-31/91 South Carolina Inv. 324 312 326 962 7Lh/13 2611 8 326.38 7324 23 318.43

4/13-14/91 Ohio State Inv. 326 321 647 3rd/16 3258 10 325.80 7971 25 318.84

4/19-21/91 South Alabama

5/3-5/91 Big Ten Champ.

5/22-25/91 NCAA Champ.

Texas-EI Paso Auburn Desert Challenge South Carolina Ohio State

Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot. R1 R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot.

Jana Erdmann 98 98 t-9th 86 84 170 t-29lh 88 81 169 t-15Lh 84 81 81 246 44th 77 79 156 4th

Sara Evens 81 81 1st 75 79 154 t-3rd 82 81 163 t-3rd 79 76 82 237 t-20lh 79 75 154 2nd

Lisa Hanson DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Julie Johnson DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Sara Johnson DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Traci Johnson 85 85 3rd 85 84 169 t-27lh DNC DNC 92 85 177 56th

Jennifer Kaiser DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Kris Leighton 86 86 4th 81 79 160 t-17lh 85 82 167 t-Ilth 85 79 88 252 t-5lst 86 WD 86 83rd

KaiyaLund DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Krista Reuterfeldt 96 96 8th DNC 89 85 174 22nd 87 90 85 262 t-59Lh DNC

Kelli Ross 82 82 2nd 86 80 166 t-25th 85 82 167 11th 76 76 78 230 t-8lh 84 82 166 24th

Chris Wollack DNC DNC 91 85 176 t-8Lh DNC DNC

South Carolina Big Ten Champ. NCAA Champ. Spring Fall Season

Rl R2 R3 Tot Rl R2 R3 R4 Tot Rl R2 R3 R4 Tot Str Rds Avg Str Rds Avg Str Rds Avg

Jana Erdmann 839 10 83.90 1030 12 85.83 1869 22 84.95

Sara Evens 789 10 78.90 1161 15 77.40 1950 25 78.00

Lisa Hanson 259 3 86.33 259 3 86.33

Julie Johnson DNC DNC

Sara Johnson 269 3 89.67 269 3 89.67

Traci Johnson 431 5 86.20 751 9 83.44 1182 14 84.43

Jennifer Kaiser DNC DNC

Kris Leighton 751 9 83.44 1204 15 80.27 1955 24 81.46

KaiyaLund DNC DNC

Krista Reuterfeldt 532 6 88.67 974 12 81.17 1506 18 83.67

Kelli Ross 811 10 81.10 1155 15 77.00 1966 25 78.64

Chris Wollack 176 2 88.00 509 6 84.83 685 8 85.63

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Overall Record: 4-14 Big Ten Record: 2-5 Home: 4-2 A way: 0-12

DATE 9/28-29 10/12-14 10/19-21 10/23-24 11/8-11

OPPONENT at Nebraska Invitational MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL at Indiana Hoosier Classic at ITCA All-American qualifying at ITCA Rolex regionals

1/18-20 1/27

GOPHER DOUBLES INVITATIONAL INDIANA

2/1 2/2 2n-1o 2/22 2/23 2/24 3/3 3/9 3/10 3/21 3/22 3/29 3/30 4/3 4/5 4n

at Brigham Young vs. Utah (Provo, UT) ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS at Northwestern vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) at Notre Dame ILLINOIS vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. at Wisconsin vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. at San Diego PURDUE IOWASTA1E at Iowa OHIOSTA1E GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/26-28

vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) at Auburn at Michigan at Michigan State at Big Ten championships

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS #1 #2 #3

Jennie Moe 15-10 Sofie Olsson 0-4 3-9 Libby Nelson 5-4 3-9 Vicky Cordova 1-3 4-5 Vicky Kolaric 1-2 Anna Eyring 0-4 Jennifer Marques Totals 15-14 10-18 7-18

more--

#4

2-10

4-5 6-15

#5

4-14

0-3 4-15

#6

2-0

0-2 2-7 0-6 4-15


L 3-6 L 1-8 L 0-9

no team scores L 0-9 L 2-7 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 0-6 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 0-9 W6-3 W6-3 L 3-6 W7-2 w 8-1 L 1-5 L2-7

Open BigTen 6-4 5-2 3-1 1-4 3-0 4-3 2-1 2-5 2-1 2-4 1-1 1-2

1-6 17-8 16-26

Total 21-14

8-14 11-13 9-19 7-19 3-12 4-14

63-105

-----------------------~· ........ .

PCT. .600 .364 .458 .321 .269 .200 .222 .375

1990-91 Tennis Statistics 2-2-2-2 through 4/14/91 e 1990-91 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #1 #2 #3 Open Big Ten Total PCT. Moe/Olsson 8-6 10-4 1-3 18-10 .643 Moe/Cordova 4-2 1-2 4-2 .667 Moe/K.olaric 0-2 0-2 .000 Nelson/Kolaric 5-7 2-1 2-3 7-8 .467 Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 3-8 .273 Nelson/Marques 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/Kolaric 1-2 3-1 1-1 4-3 .571 Marques/Cordova 0-2 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/Eyring 0-3 0-2 0-3 .000 Marques/Olsson 0-1 0-1 0-1 .000 Cordova/Eyring 2-7 1-1 3-8 .273 Kolaric/Eyring 0-2 0-2 .000 Totals 12-10 5-14 3-17 19-10 5-16 39-51 .433


Moe 22-14 .611 2-5 .286 Olsson 18-11 .621 1-4 .200 Nelson 10-18 .357 2-5 .286 Cordova 10-20 .333 1-6 .143 Kolaric 11-15 .423 3-4 .429 Eyring 3-13 .188 0-2 .000 Marques 4-11 .267 1-5 .167 e

1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests ~

100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Oily Dishon (c) Angie Mauldin (c)

200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Angie Mauldin (c)

400 meters (:52.80, :54.50)

800 meters (2:05.50z 2:08.00) Shelly Wall (e) Phoebe Miron (c)

1500 meters ~4:18.002 4:23.00~ Chris Rowe (b) Heather Doyle (c) Julia McGough (c) 3000 ~eters (9: 19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Rowe (e) Chris Abbott (c) Julia McGough (e) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Rowe (a)

10,000 meters (34:20.00, 35:15.00) Lori Nesvold (e) Sara Zimmermann (e)

100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (d) Karl Mower (a) Tracee Wolf (c) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Sarah Redman (e) Karl Mower (d) Susie Peterson (e) 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Redman, Mauldin, Dishon (e)

4x400 meter relay (3:35.48, 3:39.80) Mower, Peterson, Redman, Ramsay (e)

:11.79 :12.6 :12.7

:23.44 :26.1

:54.4

2:07.71 2:16.8 2:31.2

4:15.59 4:27.63 4:47.7 4:48.4 9:07.46 9:51.7

10:00.9 10:12.7 16:10.50 17:14.49

33:31.96 37:58.16 38:54.94

:14.34 :15.06 :15.46 :15.4 :57.99

1:05.4 1:06.00 1:07.8 :46.72 :48.61

3:46.29 4:07.11

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) 1.78m/5-10 Coralea Brown (b) 1.73m/5- 8 Sue Peterson (a) 1.58m/5- 2 1-Tracee Wolf (a) 1.58m/5- 2 1/4 Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) 6.16m/20- 2 112 Val Owen (e) 5.46m/17 -11 Stacy Klos (a) 5.14m/16-10 1/4 Lisa Larson (a) 4.92m/16- 1 3/4 Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) 12.38m/40- 7 3/4 Val Owen (c) 11.28m/37- 0 Stacy Klos (c) 10. 77m/35- 4

Shot Put (15.50m, 14. 70m) 16.21m/53- 2 114 Rachel Lewis (b) 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 Joyce Schultz (d) 12.84m/42- 1 1/2 Steph Scholtes (d) 12.78m/41-111/4 Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) 55.32m/181- 6 Rachel Lewis (a) 53.18m/174- 6 Joyce Schultz (b) 45.78m/150- 2

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) 53.14m/174- 4 Decia Agnew (b) 48.78m/160- 0 Sharon Geisler (e) 40.76m/133- 9 Lisa Larson (d) 35.64m/116-1, Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100) 4,99


(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX ( 4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (e) Jim Duncan Invitational, Des Moines, lA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, lA (4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (j) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadiua. (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) W followed by school indoor records in bold

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Gopher Sports News



(for immediate release) April22, 1991

Wed. April24 Fri. April26

Sat. April27

Sun. April28 Tue. April30 Wed. May 1

SCHEDULE APRIL 24-MAY 1

SOFfBALL vs. Iowa State (Bierman Softball Complex) DH SOFfBALL at Michigan State (East Lansing, Ml) TENNIS vs. Ohio State at Big Ten championships (Madison, WI) TRACK & FIELD at Drake Relays (Des Moines, lA) SOFfBALL at Michigan State (East Lansing, Ml) TENNIS at Big Ten championships (Madison, WI) TRACK & FIELD at Drake Relays (Des Moines, lA) TENNIS at Big Ten championships (Madison, WI) SOFfBALL vs. Northern Iowa (Bierman Softball Complex) DH TRACK & FIELD at St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)

3 p.m. 3p.m. 8a.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

FIRST SPRING BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE CONTESTED-- The Minnesota women's tennis team travels to Madison, Wis. this weekend to compete in the Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis e Championships. This is the first of three Big Ten championship events that Minnesota women studentathletes will be competing in this spring. The golf team will compete in its conference championship May 3-5, also in Madison, Wis. while the track and field team competes in its Big Ten meet May 18-19 in Columbus, Ohio.

THREE GOPHERS MAKE IT TO FINAL CUT AT U.S. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL-'91 VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS-- Three University of Minnesota volleyball players will know by the end of the week whether or not they will be a part of the U.S. Olympic Festival-'91 volleyball team that will compete in Los Angeles in July. The three Minnesota players, who made the final cuts in tryouts over the weekend in Iowa City, Iowa are:

CHRIS SCHAEFER (FLORENCE, KY/ST. HENRY)-- 6-0 outside hitter ... competed for Minnesota 1986-89 ... two-yearGopherco-captain ... earned all-Big Ten, all-Mideast Region, and all-Big Ten Academic honors.

KRIST A NEVELLE (RICHLAND, MI/GULL LAKE) -- 6-0 junior outside hitter ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 1988 ... redshirted last season.

SUE JACKSON (KALAMAZOO, MI/COMSTOCK) -- 5-8 sophomore setter ... earned starting roll as Gopher setter last season ... fmished the year as the Gophers'leader in assists with 1,153 to become only the second Gopher to top 1,000 assists in a season.

L'EGGS ANNOUNCES SHEER ENERGY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM-- L'eggs Products, Inc. is an official sponsor of NCAA women's athletics programs and is now sponsoring a scholarship program for women student -athletes. If you buy four pairs ofL'eggs Sheer Energy pantyhose and send in a donation form found on L'eggs displays, Sheer Energy will make a $2.00 donation to the women's athletic scholarship

~ program of your choice. This offer expires June 30, 1991. Sheer Energy will donate up to $200,000 to NCAA W' women's athletic programs across the United States.

Minnesota Women's Spans News -2-2-2-2- 4/22/91

SOFTBALL

MINNESOTA GOES FOR A RECORD -The Minnesota softball team (35-21, 10-2 Big Ten) will try e to continue an 11-game winning streak with two non-conference doubleheaders this weekend. The Gophers will host Creighton (28-16) Monday at 3 p.m. and Iowa State Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Bierman Softball Complex. Minnesota will then take to the road for the first time in three weeks for a Big Ten weekend with Michigan State. The Gophers and Spartans will play doubleheaders Friday at 3 p.m. EDT and Saturday at 1 p.m. EDT. If Minnesota defeats Creighton in the first game Monday, the Gophers will have a new record for consecutive games won.

BIG TEN UPDATE- Iowa and Minnesota took a 3 1/2 game lead on the rest of the Big Ten this weekend with four-game sweeps over Indiana and Ohio State, respectively. Michigan moved to within a half-game of third-place Ohio State with three wins in four games at Northwestern. Iowa plays its six final Big Ten road games this week, while Minnesota goes to Michigan State for the first of back-to-back Big Ten road weekends. BIG TEN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

Iowa MINNESOTA Ohio State Michigan Indiana Nonhwestern Michigan State

Big Ten Overall W-L Pet. W-L Pet. 10-2 .833 41-6 .872 10-2 .833 35-21 .625 7-6 .778 13-22 .371 7-7 .500 24-16 .600 6-7 .667 20-21 .488 2-10 .133 12-24 .333 1-9 .100 11-22 .333

This Week (all DH) fuesday, April 23 Iowa at Northwestern Friday/Saturday, April26/27 MINNESOTA at Michigan State Iowa at Ohio State

ABOUT IOWA STATE-- The Cyclones (17-20, 3-3 Big Eight) are led by sophomore outfielder Lisa Eagan and senior catcher Denise Harper. Both are batting .257 with 28 hits apiece. Harper has tallied eight doubles and a homerun this season while Eagan leads the team with four stolen bases. Senior pitcher Maria Schell leads IowaStateon the mound with a 7-4overall record. she has a 1.90 ERA and24 strikeouts to her credit. Sophomore pitcher Myndie Berka is 7-6 with a 1.83 ERA and 18 strikeouts.

THE SERIES -- Iowa State leads 23-22, but Minnesota has defeated the Cyclones twice already this season by scores of 15-4 and 6-1 in Ames, Iowa April4. The Gophers took three of four from Iowa State last season.

ABOUT MICHIGAN STATE -The Spanans (9-25, 1-9 Big Ten) have won just two of their last 18 games and are at the bottom of the Big Ten ladder with just one victory to their credit, a 1-0 shutout of Ohio State. Michigan State got one of its wins last Wednesday, a 5-0 shut out of Central Michigan in the first game of a non-conference doubleheader before losing by the same score in the nightcap. Michigan State plays host to Bowling Green Wednesday before meeting the Gophers. Junior pitcher Martha Wendt leads MSU with a .261 batting average. She has 23 hits to her credit, including three doubles. Wendt is 5-13 on the mound with a 2.51 ERA. Sophomore catcher Julie Hall is hitting .256 and has recorded a team-leading 30 hits and 12 runs. Junior 1B Denise Berrios leads Iowa State with seven doubles and has 25 total hits.

THE SERIES -Minnesota leads 19-14. The Gophers defeated the Spanans in three of four games in last season's final weekend of play. Each win was a shutout for Minnesota as the Gophers gained victories of 2-0, 1-0 and 4-0 while losing 5-3.

ABOUT NORTHERN IOWA- The Panthers (20-30) went 1-3 over the weekend, losing twice to Southern Illinois, 10-0 and 5-0, before splitting with Eastern Dlinois, winning 4-1 and losing 4-0. Northern Iowa will take on Luther and Drake this week before traveling to the Creighton Invitational over the weekend. e Freshman shortstop Deena Chipp leads the Panthers with a .357 average and45 hits, including four doubles, three triples and six home runs. Junior catcher Vicki White is batting .317 with 39 hits, including five doubles, a triple and three homers. Freshman pitcher DeSiree Bebout carries a 2.55 ERA and is 9-14 on the year. THE SERIES - Minnesota leads 11-6 and defeated the Panthers 3-1 at the Metrodome Softball Classic Feb. 10. Minnesota split with UNI last season.

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A SOFTBALL CONTINUED -- THE LINEUP-

Name Pos Avg. Diane Field 1 B .309 Kari Blank 2B .293 Stacey Funderburg SS .214 Lezlie Weiss 3B .335 Tabbetha Woody LF .303 Anne Weisbecker CF .239 Mischel Doerr RF .239 Lisa Sojka C .202 Sandy Scott DP .264

Name Brenda Bixby Robin Bumpus Sarah Maschka

Pos RHP RHP LHP

W-L 14-8 10-7 11-6

Runs 19 22 13 19 16 14 16 15 21

RBI 17 28 13 19 14 2

15 11 16

ERA SO 0.83 91 0.83 67 1.07 47

Notes Current seven-game hitting streak Most RBI's for a Gopher since 1981 Second on team with 5 game-winning hits Six hits short of her single-season record Back over .300 with four hits vs. OSU Had two hits in final game Saturday Surpassed last season's RBI total Hitting .280 in Big Ten play Leads team with 12 sacrifice hits

Notes 5-1,0.33 ERA in Big Ten play 3-1, three saves in Big Ten play 2-0, 0.89 ERA in Big Ten play

HOME SWEET HOME- When the Minnesota softball team came back from Iowa April6, the Gophers were looking forward to 14 games at home and the opportunity to improve their standing in the Big Ten race. After the first ten games, Minnesota has exceeded all of its expectations and put together one of the better streaks in school history. In those ten games, the Gophers are 10-0 with eight of those wins coming by shutout. Minnesota has extended its current winning streak to 11 games, tying the school record set in 1983. The Gophers have won 12 straight at the Bierman Softball Complex, 10 by shutout. The home-field streak

A is a new record, breaking the mark of 11 set in 1976 and 1983. • Last Wednesday, Minnesota defeated Mankato State 2-0 and 5-0. Minnesota did not score until the

bottom of the sixth inning, when KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN{fARTAN) and DIANE FIELD (MORTON GROVE, IL!NILES WEST) each had run-scoring singles to break the scoreless deadlock. The Gophers did not waste as much time in the nightcap, as they scored three first-inning runs to put the game away early. BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, IA) tossed a three-hitter in the opener, while SARAH MASCHKA (MANKATO, MN/EAST) and ANGIE GEBHARD (COLLINSVILLE, IL) combined on a five-hitter in the nightcap.

The Gophers opened the Ohio State series Friday night with two one-hitters. Bixby threw the first one, walking one and striking out eight in the 2-0 Minnesota win. ROBIN BUMPUS (MUNNSVILLE, NY/ STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY) did not allow a hit until the seventh inning and pitched her first shutout of the season in a 5-0 Gopher triumph. Bixby came back Saturday and pitched a five-hitter in Minnesota's 3-0 win. The shutout was Bixby's third in a row, two short of Vicki Swanson's ( 1977 -78) school record. Minnesota fell behind 2-1 in the final game, but Field's two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the fifth gave Minnesota a 3-2 victory.

STAT NOTES- The Minnesota team batting average continues to move up the charts. The team average is now .263, .277 in Big Ten play. LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN) continues to lead the Gophers with a .335 mark and also has a team-leading 10 doubles. Diane Field went 5-for-10 in the Ohio State series to increase her season average to .309. Her .394 Big Ten batting average leads all Minnesota players. TABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK) went 4-for-11 against the Buckeyes to bump her season average up to .303. Kari Blank continues to lead the Gophers with 28 runs batted in and seven Big Ten RBI. The 28 RBI are most by any Gopher since 1981.

In the 10-game homestand, Minnesota's pitchers have given up one earned run for a microscopic 0.10 ERA. Brenda Bixby's five consecutive scoreless outings have lowered her season ERA to 0.83 and she is now 5-1 in Big Ten play with a 0.33 ERA. Robin Bumpus has also lowered her ERA to 0.83 and has saved three of Minnesota's Big Ten victories.


TENNIS

GOPHERS SEEDED EIGHTH IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS- The Minnesota women's tennis e team (4-16 overall, 2-7 Big Ten) is the No.8 seed in the Big Ten championships this weekend in Madison, Wis. The Gophers will play No. 9 Ohio State (1-8 Big Ten) Friday at 8 a.m. The winner will play Friday at 2 p.m. against No. 1 seed Wisconsin, which has a first round bye. The loser of the Minnesota-Ohio State match will play the loser of the Northwestern (3)-lllinois (6) opening round match in the back draw. If the Gophers beat Ohio State, they could assure themselves of an upper division conference finish with an upset ofWisconsin. A win over the Buckeyes would guarantee the Gophers of no lower than an eighth-place finish.

IN PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIPS- Minnesota finished sixth in last year's championships. The Gophers lost 5-1 in the opening round to Wisconsin and then defeated Michigan State 6-0 and Purdue 6-0 before losing to Michigan 5-1 in the fifth-place match. Minnesota finished fourth in 1988-89, ninth in 1987-88 and fourth for four straight years, from 1983-84 to 1986-87. The best finish Minnesota has ever had is third, in 1975-76 and 1977-78.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE(Conference records in parentheses)

Preliminary round Seeds 1-6, bye No.7 Iowa (3-6) vs. No. 10 Purdue (0-9) No.8 MINNESOTA (2-7) vs. No.9 Ohio State (1-8)

Quarterfinals No. 1 Wisconsin (9-0) vs. Minnesota/Ohio State winner No. 4 Michigan (6-3) vs. No. 5 Michigan State (5-4) No. 3 Northwestern (6-3) vs. No. 6lllinois (5-4) No.2 Indiana (8-1) vs. Iowa/Purdue winner

Semifinals Third-place match Ninth-place match Fifth-place match Championship match Seventh-place match

Friday, 8 a.m. Friday, 8 a.m.

Friday, 2 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Friday, 2 p.m.

Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday, 8 a.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. Sunday, 12 noon Sunday, 2 p.m.

OHIO STATE NOTES- The Buckeyes are 11-12 overall and 1-8 in the Big Ten. Junior Kelly Story, who plays No. 1 singles, is 17-16 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten. Ohio State's No.2 singles player, sophomore Abigail Villena, is 19-16 overall and 4-5 in the Big Ten. Story and Villena team up at No. 1 doubles and the duo has a 28-13 overall mark and 4-5 record in the Big Ten. SERIES -Minnesota leads 9-4. The Gophers won 7-2 on April5 at the 98th Street Racquet Club. In that match, the Gophers swept all six singles matches and won one of two doubles contests.

REGULAR SEASON ENDS WITH TWO LOSSES -Minnesota dropped its two weekend matches, losing 8-1 to Michigan on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. and 7-2 to Michigan State on Sunday in East Lansing, Mich. The Gophers fmished the regular season 4-16 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten. It is only the third losing season Minnesota has had since 1974-75. Even if the Gophers were to win all three of their matches at the Big Ten championships, the team would still finish with its worst-everrecord. The only other losing seasons Minnesota has had were in 1986-87 (13-15 record) and last season (11-13 record).

MOE STILL ROLLING - Junior JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN) extended her winning streak to nine A by beating both of her singles opponents at No. 1 singles over the weekend. She beat Michigan's Christine W Schmeidel6-2, 6-0 on Saturday and then downed Michigan State's Alex Hilbert 6-0, 6-0 on Sunday. Moe, who atone time had a 14-14 singles record, upped her mark to 23-14overall and 7-2in theBigTen with the two wins. Twelve of her 14losses have come to players currently ranked in the top 100 of the Volvo Tennis/ Collegiate Rankings. Three of those 14 losses were in three sets. -- more


e TENNIS CONTINUED --Moe's only two conference losses have come to players who are currently ranked in the nation's top 100

--Northwestern's Lindsay Matthews (58th) and Illinois' Lindsey Nimmo (72nd). She has defeated four Big Ten players currently ranked in the nation's top 100, including Indiana's Stephanie Reece (15th), Purdue's Erica Adams (21st), Wisconsin's Elaine Demetroulis (48th), and Schmeidel (78th). Moe has a current ranking of 73rd.

NOTES- Senior LIBBY NELSON (WAYZATA, MN!fHE BLAKE SCHOOLS) got the Gophers only other win over the weekend, defeating Michigan State's Kelly McDonough 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at No. 2 singles on Sunday. Nelson is 12-14 on the season. Because only five players made the trip, Minnesota forfeited at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles in both matches. The Gophers forfeited at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles in both matches also. The two injured Gophers who did not make the trip were junior SOFIE OLSSON (ASMUNDTORP, SWEDEN/GULLSTRANDSKOLAN), who recently had shoulder surgery, and sophomore ANNA EYRING (SALT LAKE CITY, UT /OLYMPUS), who recently had knee surgery. Eyring is still questionable for this weekend.

TRACK AND FIELD .

MINNESOTA TRAVELS TO DRAKE RELAYS- The Minnesota women's track and field team will make its annual trek to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend. The meet is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the country. The Gophers will hone their skills at Drake in preparation for their biggest home meet of the season next weekend.

- MINNESOTA ENTRIES- Minnesota's tentative entry list: 5000 meters- Chris Abbott, Julia McGough 10,000 meters - Lori Nesvold, Sarah Zimmermann 100-meter hurdles- Sarah Redman* Shot Put - Rachel Lewis, Steph Scholtes Discus - Rachel Lewis, Steph Scholtes Javelin- Decia Agnew, Sharon Geisler Heptathlon- Tracee Wolf 4x100-meter relay- Val Owen, Sarah Redman, Angie Mauldin, Gily Dishon 4x800-meter relay- Shelly Wall, Chris Rowe, Monika Balint, TBA Sprint Medley- Val Owen, Sarah Redman, Sascha Ramsey, TBA Distance Medley- Shelly Wall, Monika Balint, Sascha Ramsey, Chris Rowe *-first alternate

WEEKEND IN REVIEW - Minnesota had some very good performances last weekend at the Mt Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif. and the Hamline Invitational in St. Paul. Senior RACHEL LEWIS won the university section of the discus with a throw of 173-8. Sophomore VAL OWEN (McCOOK, NE) won her section of the long jump with a leap of 17-11 3/4, her best ever outdoors and the fifth-best mark on the Minnesota all-time list. AtHamline, sophomore SARAH REDMAN (WAVERLY, IA/OCONOMOW AC) ran a career-best 14.76 to win the 100-meter hurdles, the fifth-best time in school history.

GOPHERS HOST MINNESOTA OPEN- The Gophers will host the Minnesota Invitational May 4 at 11 a.m. at the Bierman Track and Field Stadium. The seven-team meet will feature teams from Oregon, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The meet is also a WCCO Hometown Day featuring thrower Joyce Schultz and the towns of Wells and Easton.


GOLF

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT TOURNAMENT - The Gophers have this weekend off before heading to Madison, Wis. for the 1991 Women's Big Ten Golf Championships May 3-5.

GOPHERS IMPROVE SEASON AVERAGE- Minnesota improved its spring season team average by over two strokes per round at the South Alabama Intercollegiate Championship in Foley, Ala. over the weekend. The Gophers carded rounds of 303, 323 and 323 for 949 strokes and an average of316.33 strokes, 9.47 strokes below their325.80 spring average. Minnesota tied for seventh place with Michigan State while Louisiana won the 54-hole event with a final tally of 918 strokes.

ROSS TOP GOPHER, HAS PERSONAL BEST- Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) was the number one Gopher in the field of 89 competitors, tying for fourth-place with rounds of74, 75 and 78 for 227 strokes. Ross' 54-hole total of 227 strokes is a collegiate personal best, bettering her previous mark of 228 by one stroke.

Sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFTON, ND) tied for 21st with scores of 7 6, 80 and 80 for 236 strokes. Freshman JANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) had rounds of75, 82 and 84 for241 strokes and a 35thplace tie. Senior TRACI JOHNSON (MARSHALL, MN) improved on her score each day and carded scores of 87, 86 and 81 for 254 strokes for a 72nd-place tie. Junior KRISTA REUTERFELDT (COON RAPIDS) tied for 76th after rounds of 78, 88 and 91 for 257 strokes. ·

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CUMULATIVE Softball statistics -- university of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 56 Games)


PLAYER Lezlie IJeiss Diane Field Kelly Norman Tabbetha IJoody Kari Blank Sandy Scott Mischel Doerr Anne Weisbecker Stacey Funderburg Lisa Sojka Kerby Norman Mariam Dukart Jennifer McGuinness Brenda Bixby Angie Gebhard Robin B~s LAhnson sa"'f!!lr Maschka


SA G/ GS AS R H RBI 28 38 HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF .335 51/ 51 164 19 55 19 10 1 0 4/ 4 1.000 11 13 1 1/ 0 .309 56/ 56 162 19 50 17 5 1 1 2/ 4 .500 17 18 5 3/ 2 .304 33/ 19 56 9 17 10 3 0 1/ 2 .500 10 13 0/ 0 .303 54/ 53 152 16 46 14 6 1 0 8/ 11 .727 11 20 3 3/ 0 .293 56/ 56 181 22 53 28 5 5 0 5/ 6 .833 7 11 1 6/ 1 .264 52/ 47 140 21 37 16 9 2 0 2/ 4 .500 10 13 2 11/ 1 .238 52/ 51 168 16 40 15 4 0 0 10/ 14 .714 4 24 2 2/ 2 .237 45/ 41 135 14 32 2 1 0 0 5/ 9 .556 8 10 2 4/ 0 .214 56/ 56 145 13 31 13 2 2 0 6/ 7 .857 14 23 5 2/ 1 .202 41/ 40 94 15 19 11 3 2 0 2/ 6 .333 5 21 2 2/ 0 .186 26/ 19 59 2 11 5 0 0 0 1/ 1 1.000 2 11 0 4/ 0 .184 30/ 12 49 9 5 0 0 1/ 1 1.000 3 7 1/ 0 .111 7/ 1 9 2 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 1 3 0 0/ 0 .000 34/ 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0/ 0 .000 10/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 25/ 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0/ 0 .000 20/ 0 .000 28/ 16

9 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000

0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0/ 0

TB/SLUGX 67/ .409 60/ .370 22/ .393 54/ .355 68/ .376 50/ .357 44/ .262 33/ .244 37/ .255 26/ .2n 11/ .186 10/ .204 1/ .111 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

PO A E DP FLDX 14 122 12 3 .919

460 62 a 1 .985 17 2 1 0 .950 29 0 2 0 .935

133 133 15 3 .947 24 3 3 0 .900 20 3 0 .875 14 6 0 69 167 37

173 33 5 48 15 3

141 5 2 9 0

0 1.000 6 .864

.976

.955 1 .986 0 1.000

4 84 5 1 .946 0 4 1 0 .800 2 54 2 2 .966 0 0 0 0 .000 4 54 2 0 .967

.263 56/ 56 1525 179 401 157 49 15

.195 56/ 56 1418 106 276 76 13 5

47/ 69 .681 103 189 25 39/ 7 483/ .317 1161 746 101 11 .950 36/ 63 .571 57 209 17 57/ 4 302/ .213 1151 558 84 19 .953




ERA G/ GS IJ L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO IBB 0.83 24/ 14 10 7 .588 3 3 1 93.0 63 26 11 12 67 0 0.83 35/ 26 14 8 .636 5 13 6 167.7 111 38 20 16 91 1 1.07 27/ 16 11 6 .647 2 8 3 117.7 92 30 18 28 47 1 1.62 10/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 8.7 10 8 2 4 0

HB IJP BK 28 38 HR TB/SLUGX AB/BAVG. 8 7 0 2 1 0 67/ .202 331/ .190 7 0 7 1 0 120/ .196 613/ .181 2 0 0 0 0

1 3 102/ .236 433/ .212 3 0 0 13/ .317 41/ .244l

0.92 56/ 56 35 21 .625 10 24 2.13 56/ 56 21 35 .375 2 35

16 387.0 276 106 51 57 209

9 383.7 401 179 117 103 189 2 17 9 0 13 5 3 25 24 0 49 15

302/ .213 1418/ .195 483/ .317 1525/ .263



G/ GS PASSED BALLS 26/ 19 2 41/ 40 56/ 56 56/ 56

8' 10 17

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BIG TEN STATISTICS Softball Statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 12 Games)


PLAYER Diane Field Lezlie Weiss Kari Blanlc Kelly Norman Sandy Scott Lisa Sojka Tabbetha Woody Mischel Doerr Anne Weisbecker Stacey Funderburg Robin Bunpus Jennifer McGuinness Sarah Maschka Mariann Dukart Angie Gebhard Kerby Norman Brenda Bixby Lia Johnson


BA G/ GS .394 121 12 .368 121 12 .343 121 12 .308 6/ 4 .294 121 12 .280 11/ 11 .250 121 12 .240 10/ 9 .176 121 11 . 1n 121 12 .000 71 3

.000 1/ 0

.000 4/ 2

.000 4/ 0

.000 21 0

.000 2/ 1

.000 6/ 6

.000 5/ 0

AB 33 38 35 13 34 25 32 25 34 29

0

1

0

5 0

3

0

0

R H RBI 6 13 4 7 14 2 5 12 7

0 4 3

4 10 6

6 7 4 8 5

4 6 2 3 6 2

5 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

28 38 HR S8/S8A SB% 88 SO H8P S/SF 2 1 0 0/ 0 .000 3 4 0 0/ 0 3 0 0 0/ 0 .000 1 3 0 0/ 0 2 0 0 1/ 1 1.000 2 3 0 1/ 1 0 1 0 01 0 .000 2 3 0 0/ 0 5

2 2 2

0

0

0

0 0

0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0

0/ 1 .000 11 3 .333 21 3 .667

01 .000 1/ 1 1.000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 0/ 0 .000 01 0 .000 0/ 0 .000

1

3 2

0

4

3

0

0 0

0

0

0

0 0

4 3/ 0 9 0 0/ 0 3 1 21 0

7 2 0/ 0

2 0 1/ 0 6 0/ 0 0 0 0{ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 2 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

T8/SLUG% 17/ .515 17/ .447 14/ .400 6/ .462

17/ .500 9/ .360

10/ .313 8{ .320 71 .206 6! .207 0{ .000 01 .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

.277 12/ 12 307 42 85 36 20 3

.176 12/ 12 301 15 53 12 2 0 5/ 10 .500 21 47 5 7/ 1 111/ .362 0 6/ 10 .600 7 50 3 6/ 0 57/ .189

PO A 109 8

4 30 35 28 6 0 7 0

45 8 8 0 4 0

0 19 30 0 10 0 0

6

0 0 0 5 2

15 0 0

E DP FLO% 2 3 .983 3 2 • 919 4 .940 0 0 1.000 1 0 .875 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000

0 .800 0 0 1.000 4 3 .925 0 0 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 0 0 .000

~ 0 -~ 0 0 .000

246 137 17 5 228 110 19 4

.957

.947


PITCHER Angie Gebhard Brenda 8 i xby Sarah Maschka Robin 8unpus


ERA 0.00 0.33 0.89 0.98

G GS W L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H 2/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 3 71 7 5 1 .833 0 5 3 43.0 29 4/ 2 2 0 1.000 1 0 71 3 3 .750 3

0 15.7 8

1 21.3 13

R ER BB SO IBB HB WP BK 28 38 HR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 4 4 5 3 0 23

0 0 0 3

0

0 0 0 0 1 1 0

30/ .190 158{ .184 8/ .151 53/ .151

16/ .198 81/ .1601

0.60 12/ 12 10 2 .833 4 6 2.39 12/ 12 2 10 .167 0 8

6 82.0 53 15 7 7 50 0 1 76.0 85 42 26 21 47

3 2 0 2 1 0 57/ .189 301/ .176 5 6 0 20 3 0 111/ .362 307/ .277


CATCHER Lisa Sojka Minnesota Opponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 11! 11 1 12/ 12 12/ 12


M~wneapolis, Minnesota (3rd) 2/~vs. UM-Duluth W, 3-2 2/9 vs. Nebraska L, 0-3 2/10 vs. Missouri L, 2-3 (9T) 2/10 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-1

Anzona o tball lassie Tucson, Arizona (9th)

2/14 vs. CS-Nonhridge L, 3-5 2/14 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 2/15 vs. Oregon L, 4-10 2/15 vs. Ohio State W, 6-0 2/15 vs. Arizona State L, 4-5 (8T) 2/16 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 3-4 2/16 vs. Texas-Arlington L, 0-4



1 2/~ vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 2.vs. Northwestern W, 8-5 2/22 vs. CS-Northridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2

. 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 i 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 : 2/23 vs. S. Diego St. W, 3-2(10T) , 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)


3/1 vs. Penn State W, 2-1 (8) 3/1 vs. NE Louisiana W, 7-0 3/1 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 0-1

13/2 vs. Sam Houston St. W, 3-2 i 3/3 vs. Cent. Michigan*L, 0-1 (8)



e W, 6-0 L, 0-1





4/4 at Iowa State W, 15-4 at Iowa State W, 6-1

4/5 at Iowa W, 4-1 at Iowa L, 0-4

4/6 at Iowa L, 2-3 at Iowa W, 5-3

4/13 NORTHWESTERN W, 6-0 NORTHWESTERN W, 7-0

4/14 NORTHWESTERN W, 1-0 NORTHWESTERN W, 4-2

4/17 MANKATO STATE W, 2-0 MANKATO STATE W, 5-0







W,2-0 W, 5-0 W,3-0 W,3-2

3p.m.

3p.m.

2p.m.

1 p.m.

4/30 NORTHERN lOW A 6 p.m. NORTHERN lOW A



2p.m.

1 p.m.




City, Oklahoma


Record: 35-21 Vs.Div. 1: ········32-21 BigTel1: 10-2 Home: · 10-2 Road: 6-5 Neutral: /·•••••·····.•·•··1'7 .. 14 ~s. NCAA Top 20S"'l2 Streak: Won .11

····liea•d••toacb:······fere§~···VVilson •• :l;ti~t~r~w,~~~~~~it5esot·l .Assistant Coadl: John Rittman



DATE 9/28-29 10/12-14 10/19-21 10/23-24 11/8-11

OPPONENT at Nebraska Invitational MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL at Indiana Hoosier Classic at ITCA All-American qualifying at ITCA Rolex regionals

1/18-20 1/27

GOPHER DOUBLES INVITATIONAL INDIANA

2/1 2/2 2n-1o 2/22 2/23 2/24 3/3 3/9 3/10 3/21 3/22 3/29 3/30 4/3 4/5 4n 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/26-28

at Brigham Young vs. Utah (Provo, UT) ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS at Northwestern vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) at Notre Dame ILLINOIS vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. at Wisconsin vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. at San Diego PURDUE IOWA STAlE at Iowa OHIO STAlE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) at Auburn at Michigan at Michigan State at Big Ten championships

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

Jennie Moe 17-10 Sofie Olsson 0-4 3-9 2-0 Libby Nelson 6-5 3-9 VickyCordova 1-3 4-7 2-10 Vicky Kolaric 1-2 4-16 0-2 Anna Eyring 0-4 2-7 Jennifer Marques 4-7 0-3 0-6 Totals 17-14 11-19 7-20 6-15 4-15 4-15

more--

1990-91 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #1 #2 #3 Open Big Ten Moe/Olsson 8-6 10-4 1-3 Moe/Cordova 4-4 1-4 Moe/Kolaric 0-2 NelsonJKo1aric 5-9 2-1 2-5 Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 Nelson/Marques 0-2 Marqu~olaric 1-2 3-1 1-1 Marques/Cadova 0-2 0-2 Marques/Eyring 0-3 0-2 Marques/Olsson 0-1 0-1 Cordova/Eyring 2-7 1-1 Kolaric/Eyring 0-2 Totals 12-12 5-16 3-17 19-10 5-20

INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES RECORDS Overall Pet. Big Teo Pet.


WIL SCORE no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores no team scores

L 3-6 L 1-8 L 0-9

no team scores L 0-9 L 2-7 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 0-6 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 0-9 W6-3 W6-3 L 3-6 W7-2 W8-1 L 1-5 L2-7 L 1-8 L2-7

Open BigTen Total 23-14

8-14 6-4 7-2 3-1 1-4 3-0 5-4 2-1 2-7 2-1 2-6 1-1 1-2

1-8 ,.,_g 19-33

Total PCT. 18-10 .643

4-4 .500 0-2 .000

7-10 .412 3-8 .273 0-2 .000 4-3 .571 0-2 .000 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 3-8 .273 0-2 .000

39-55 .415

12-14 9-21 7-21 3-12 4-16

66-112

PCT. .622 .364 .462 .300 .250 .200 .200 .371

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e 1990-91 Minnesota Wo. 's Golf Statistics e ..

Spring · Season ... I


2(12/91 Texas-EI Paso 334 334 1st/2 334 1 334.00 5047 16 315.44

3/1-3/91 Auburn 327 322 649 5th/8 983 3 327.67 5696 18 316.44

3(11-22/91 Desert Challenge 340 326 666 4th/5 1649 5 329.80 6362 20 318.10

3(19-31/91 South Carolina lnv. 324 312 326 962 7th/13 2611 8 326.38 7324 23 318.43

4/13-14/91 Ohio State Inv. 326 321 647 3rd/16 3258 10 325.80 7971 25 318.84

4/19-21/91 South Alabama 303 323 323 949 t-7th/18 4207 13 323.62 8920 28 318.57

513-5/91 Big Ten Champ.

5(12-25/91 NCAA Champ.


Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot.

lana Erdmann 98 98 t-9th 86 84 170 t-29th 88 81 169 t-15th 84 81 81 246 44th 77 79 156 4th

Sara Evens 81 81 1st 75 79 154 t-3rd 82 81 163 t-3rd 79 76 82 237 t-20th 79 75 154 2nd




Traci Johnson 85 85 3rd 85 84 169 t-27th DNC DNC 92 85 177 56th


Kris Leighton 86 86 4th 81 79 160 t-17th 85 82 167 t-llth 85 79 88 252 t-51st 86WD 86 83rd

Kaiya Lund DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Krista Reuterfeldt 96 96 8th DNC 89 85 174 22nd 87 90 85 262 t-59th DNC

Kelli Ross 82 82 2nd 86 80 166 t-25th 85 82 167 11th 76 76 78 230 t-Sth 84 82 166 24th

Chris Wollack DNC DNC 91 85 176 t-Sth DNC DNC

South Alabama Big Ten Champ. NCAA Champ. Spring Fall Season


lana Erdmann 75 82 84 241 t-35th 1080 13 83.08 1030 12 85.83 2110 25 84.40

Sara Evens 76 80 80 236 t-21st 1025 13 78.85 1161 15 77.40 2186 28 78.07

Lisa Hanson DNC 259 3 86.33 259 3 86.33

Julie Johnson DNC DNC DNC

Sara Johnson DNC 269 3 89.67 269 3 89.67

Traci Johnson 87 86 81 254 t-72nd 685 8 85.63 751 9 83.44 1436 17 84.47

Jennifer Kaiser DNC DNC DNC

Kris Leighton DNC 751 9 83.44 1204 15 80.27 1955 24 81.46

Kaiya Lund \ DNC DNC DNC

Krista Reuterfe1dt 78 88 91 257 t-76 789 9 87.67 974 12 81.17 1763 21 83.95

Kelli Ross 74 75 78 227 t-4th 1038 13 79.85 1155 15 77.00 2193 28 78.32

Chris Wallack DNC 176 2 88.00 509 6 84.83 685 8 85.63

1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests · 100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Gily Dishon (c) Angie Mauldin (c)

200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Angie Mauldin (c) Sascha Ramsey (f)

400 meters (:52.80; :54.50)

800 meters (2:05.50, 2:08.00) Shelly Wall (e) Heather Doyle (f) Jenny Alby (f) 1500 meters (4:18.00, 4:23.00) Chris Rowe (b) Heather Doyle (c) Julia McGough (c) 3000 meters (9:19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Rowe (e) Chris Abbott (c) Julia McGough (e) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Rowe (a)


100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (f) Kari Mower (a) Tracee Wolf (c) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Sarah Redman (e) Kari Mower (d) Susie Peterson (f) 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Redman, Mauldin, Dishon (e)

4x400 meter relay (3:35.48, 3:39.80) Mower, Peterson, Redman, Ramsay (e)

:11.79 :12.6 :12.7

:23.44 :26.1 :27.3

:54.4

2:07.71 2:16.8 2:18.25 2:19.73 4:15.59 4:27.63 4:47.7 4:48.4 9:07.46 9:51.7

10:00.9 10:12.7 16:10.50 17:14.49

33:31.96 37:58.16 38:54.94

:14.34 :14.76 :15.46 :15.4 :57.99

1:05.4 1:06.00 1:06.5 :46.72 :48.61

3:46.29 4:07.11

High Jump (l.87m, 1.78m) Coralea Brown (b) Tracee Wolf (a) Sue Peterson (a) Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) Val Owen (f) Stacy Klos (a) Lisa Larson (a) Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) Val Owen (c) Stacy Klos (c)

Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) Rachel Lewis (b) Joyce Schultz (d) Steph Scholtes (d) Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) Rachel Lewis (a) Joyce Schultz (b)

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) Decia Agnew (b) Sharon Geisler (e) Lisa Larson (d) Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100)

1.78m/5-10 1.73m/5- 8 a 1.60m/5- 3 • 1.58m/5- 2 1/4

6.16m/20- 2 1/2 5.48m/17-11 3/4 5.14m/16-10 1/4 4.92m/16- 1 3/4

12.38m/ 40- 7 3/4 11.28m/37- 0 10.77m/35- 4

16.21m/53- 2 1/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 12.84m/42- 1 1/2 12.78m/41-11 1/4

55.32m/181- 6 53.18m/174- 6 45.78m/150- 2

53.14m/174- 4 48.78m/160- 0 40.76m/133- 9 35.64m/116-le

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(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX (4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4!10) (e) Jim Duncan Invitational, Des Moines, lA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, lA (4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) G) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6!1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadi(NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) followed by school indoor records in bold

UNNERSITY OF MINNESOTA


Gopher Sports News




April23, 1991

SCHOLAR-ATHLETES TO BE HONORED AT AWARDS DINNER ••

The University of Minnesota women's and men's athletic departments will honor 164 student-athletes tonight in the second annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Reception, to be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis.

To receive this honor, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and be a member of a University of Minnesota athletic team. The number of recipients has increased by 21 percent from last year's inaugural reception, when 136 student-athletes were honored.

Both the men's and women's athletic departments also recognize the five individuals in the respective departments with the highest grade point averages as "Top Five" scholar-athlete award recipients.

The top five women for 1990-91 are seniors CHRIS ABBOTT (WINONA, MN); JULIE NEWMAN (LAKEVILLE, MN); DAWN THOMPSON (PORTAGE, MIJNORTHERN); TRACEE WOLF (COLD SPRING, MN!ROCORI); and SARA ZIMMERMANN (ST. PAUL, MN/MINNEHAHA ACADEMY).

Abbott, a member of the track and cross country teams, an honors physiology major completing premed requirements in the College of Liberal Arts, has a cumulative grade point average of 3.75. She has been a member of Minnesota's top seven runners in cross country her last three years.

Newman, who competed for four years on the gymnastics team, is a management major (marketing emphasis) with a French minor. She has a 3.81 grade point average and is a second-year Top Five Award recipient. A vault, bars, and beam specialist during her Gopher career, Newman was one of the team's most consistent uneven bars performers. A co-captain as a senior, she competed for two Big Ten championship teams--in 1988 and 1989.

Thompson, a volleyball player majoring in rhetoric and sports management in University College, has a grade point average of 3.77. Named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year in 1988, she went on to become Minnesota's third-leading career blocker. A co-captain this past season, Thompson ranks second all-time in block assists and second in blocks per game.

Wolf has a grade point average of 3.90 and is also a second-year Top Five Award recipient. She is majoring in applied design and visual communication in the College of Human Ecology. Wolf holds the school record in the outdoor high jump at 5'10".

Zimmermann competed on the gymnastics team as a freshman and has been a member of the track and cross country teams for the past three years. Another second-year Top Five A ward recipient, she is majoring in math and chemistry in the Institute of Technology while also completing pre-med requirements. In addition to cross country, Zimmermann was a distance runner in track, specializing in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters.

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Gopher Sports News


SCHEDULE APRIL 29-MAY 5



April29, 1991

Tue. April 30 Wed. May 1 Fri. May 3

SOFTBALL vs. Northern Iowa (Bierman Softball Complex) DH 3 p.m. TRACK & FIELD at St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) GOLF at Big Ten championship (Madison, WO SOFTBALL at Indiana (Bloomington, IN) 2 p.m.

Sat. May 4 TRACK & FIELD • Minnesota Invitational (Bierman Track & Field Stadium) 11 a.m.

GOLF at Big Ten championship (Madison, WO SOFTBALL at Indiana (Bloomington, IN) 1 p.m.

Sun. May 5 GOLF at Big Ten championship (Madison, WO

TRACK & FIELD

MINNESOTA HOSTS MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL- The Minnesota women's track and field team hosts its biggest meet of the year at the Bierman Track and Field Stadium Saturday at 11 a.m. The Minnesota Invitational will feature Drake, Iowa State, Marquette, Oregon and Wisconsin and will be team scored.

OPPONENT NOTES- The sight of Drake will not be a new one for Minnesota as the Bulldogs were also at the indoor version of the Minnesota Invitational. The Gophers have also been to Des Moines twice already this season. Coach Bob Ehrhart is in his 22nd season and his team features two Minnesotans in junior sprinter J aylene Gerenz (Eagan) and sophomore runner Julie Schweigert (Plymouth). Iowa State was also at the indoor Minnesota Invitational and the Drake Relays. The Cyclones currently have one national qualifier in Edith Nakiyingi, who has qualified to defend her NCAA 800-meter title with her seasonal best of2:04.86. The Gophers will see Marquette for the first time this season. Coach Bill Wegehaupt is in his eighth season at Marquette and his top athletes include distance runner Erica Larson, hurdler Chris Spindler and horizontal jumper Pep pur Chambers. Oregon is coming out ofthe Pacific time zone for the only time this season to participate in this meet. The Ducks will host the NCAA meet next month and have a good chance of placing among the top 10 teams in the country. The athletes to watch are sprinter Rosie Williams, distance runners Lucy Nusrala and Stephanie Wessell, shot put/discus thrower Julie Beck and javelin throwers Paula Berry and Kim Hyatt. Berry and Hyatt are qualified for the NCAA meet in the javelin. Coach Peter Tegen is in his 17th year at Wisconsin and has a distance-oriented team. Jenny Kreager has qualified for the NCAA meet in the 10,000 meters. Sue Gentes finished second in last year's Big Ten meet at 800 meters and Lisa Payne is a sprinter and long jumper who won the 1991 Big Ten Indoor Track Athlete of the Year award.

DRAKEINREVIEW-AttheDrakeRelays,RACHELLEWIS(SIOUXCITY,IA/NORTH)easilywon the shot put with a mark of 50-2, more than a foot better than her competition. She also took second in the discus with a throw of 171-9. SeniorDECIA AGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) had a very busy weekend. Friday, she took second in the javelin with a throw of 155-7. Sunday, at the United States Weightlifting Championships in Blaine, Agnew won the 75-kilogram national championship. Agnew will be back throwing the javelin this weekend. The 4x800-meterrelay team, consisting of JENNY ALBY (APPLETON, WI/EAST), SHELLY WALL (WILSON, WI/SPRING VALLEY), CHRIS ROWE (SIOUX CITY, SD/ O'GORMAN) and MONIKA BALINT (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY) finished sixth in a time of 8:58.93.


GOLFERS TRAVEL TO WISCONSIN FOR BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP- The Cherokee Country Club in Madison, Wis. is the site of the lOth annual Big Ten Women's Golf Championship, May 3-5. The 72-hole tournament, hosted by Wisconsin, features 36 holes of play on Friday, with 18 holes being played on Saturday and Sunday. The golf course is par 72 and 5,873 yards long.

GOPHERS AIMING FOR NO. 1- The Cherokee Country Club was the site of the Lady Northern Invitational last September, where the Gophers topped the field of 15 teams with 932 strokes over 54 holes. In six of the last eight years, the Lady Northern champion has won the conference title the following spring. The Lady Northern and conference championship are always played on the same course. Indiana finished second at the 1990 Lady Northern, nine strokes back with 941 strokes and Iowa was third with 946 strokes.

"Our goal is to win the Big Ten title or be among the top two teams," says head golf coach Nancy Harris. Defeating 1990 Big Ten champion Indiana at the Lady Northern Invitational in the fall is only part of what fuels Minnesota's goal. Minnesota also defeated Indiana at the Ohio State Invitational (Minnesota- 3rd, Indiana - 4th) and at the South Carolina Invitational (Minnesota - 7th, Indiana- 9th) this spring.

Indiana is first in the conference standings with a team average of321.3 strokes per round and Minnesota is second with 318.8 strokes. The Gophers have two players ranked in the top ten and Indiana has five. In 1990, the Gophers were third at the conference championship after winning it in 1989.

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MINNESOTA LINEUP- Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN), who has a 78.32 season average and is ranked fifth in the conference, will play in the number one slot for the Gophers. Playing number two is third-ranked sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFI'ON, ND) who has a 78.07 season stroke average. Ross and Evens are the only Gophers to have played in all 11 tournaments that Minnesota has competed in this

~ e Ranked 16th in the conference is sophomore KRIS LEIGHTON (AUSTIN, MN), who is playing in the

third slot and has an 81.46 average. Leighton is making her first competition appearance since breaking her finger in van door at the Lady Buckeye Invitational in mid-April. Freshman JANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) is playing at the number four position and is carrying an 84.40 season stroke average. At the number five slot with an 83.95 stroke average is junior KRIST A REUTERFELDT (COON RAPIDS, MN). Freshman CHRIS WOLLACK (DULUTH, MN/HERMANTOWN) is playing number six and has an 85.63 season stroke average.

BIG TEN TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (as of 4/23/91)

Team/ Average 1. Indiana 2. Minnesota 3. Iowa 4. Ohio State 5. Michigan State 6. Illinois 7. Wisconsin 8. Michigan

Purdue not available

312.3 318.6 322.0 325.0 325.0 325.1 327.8 328.3

Individual/School/ Average 1. Renee Heiken Illinois 76.6 2. Angela Buzminski Indiana 77.5 3. Sara Evens Minnesota 78.0 4. Courtney Cox Indiana 78.2 5. Kelli Ross Minnesota 78.3 6. Shannon Hardesty Indiana 78.6 7. Amy McDonald Indiana 79.5 8. Lia Biehl lllinois 79.6 9. Tami Dougan Ohio State 79.7

Lori Stinson Indiana 79.7 LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP-Minnesota hosted the 1990 Big Ten championship, placing third with a 72-hole total of 1,281 strokes. Evens was the top Minnesota player, placing sixth with A a fmal score of 314 strokes. Evens earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors at the championship, as well W as being named all-Big Ten. Ross tied for seventh place with 316 strokes; Reuterfeldt was 14th with 322 strokes and Leighton carded 340 strokes for 42nd place.

The 1990final team standings were: 1. Indiana, 1,231; 2. Iowa, 1,277; 3. Minnesota, 1,281; 4. Wisconsin, 1,283; 5. Ohio State, 1,299; 6. Illinois, 1,305; 7. Michigan, 1,308; 8. Michigan State, 1,309; 9. Purdue, 1,343.


SOFTBALL

BIGTENLEADERSTRAVEL TO INDIANA-TheMinnesotasoftball team(41-23, 14-2BigTen)will try to maintain its hold on first place in the Big Ten with a four-game series at Indiana (20-23, 6-7 Big Ten) this weekend. The Gophers and Hoosiers will play Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. in Bloomington. Minnesota takes a 13-game Big Ten winning streak and a two-game conference lead into its last Big Ten road series of the season.

BIG TEN UPDATE -For the first time since the end of the 1988 season, the Minnesota softball team is alone atop the Big Ten standings. Minnesota swept four games at Michigan State, while Iowa split four games at Ohio State to give Minnesota a two-game lead. Both Minnesota and Iowa have eight games left, and both have four in each of the next two weeks.

MINNESOTA Iowa Ohio State Michigan Indiana Northwestern Michigan State

Big Ten W-L Pet.

14-2 .875 12-4 .750 9-8 .529 7-7 .500 6-7 .462 2-10 .133 1-13 .077

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N'west. (4)

at Iowa (4)

Remaining Games 5/3-5/4 5/7-5/8 at Ind. (4)

at Mich. (4) Ohio St. (4) Minn. (4) at MSU (4) N'west. (4)

at Ind. (3) at MSU (2) Ohio St. (3)

Michigan (2)

5/10-5/11 Michigan (4) Mich. St. (4)

at Minn. (4) at N'West. (4) Indiana (4) at Iowa (4)

GOPHERS BREAK INTO TOP 20- The Minnesota softball team is tied for 19th place in the latest NCAA Division I softball poll, released Tuesday. The ranking is the first for Minnesota since April26, 1989 when the Gophers were ranked 15th in the national poll. Minnesota is ranked second in the Mideast Region, trailing sixth-ranked Iowa.

NCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL POLL -April 23, 1991 Record Pts. Prev. Record Pts. Prev.

1. UCLA (6) 45-3 120 1 11. Florida State 53-10 57 10 2. Fresno State 44-5 114 2 12. Missouri 27-10 49 16 3. California 38-14 104 7 13. San Jose State 24-15 44 NR 4. Cal State Fullerton 42-12-1 101 5 14. Southwest Louisiana 30-8 37 17 5. Arizona 45-12 96 3 15. Utah 17-9 26 NR 6. Iowa 41-6 90 6 16. Cal State Northridge 31-25 24 NR 7. Nevada-Las Vegas 38-13-1 86 4 17. South Carolina 43-11 19 13 8. Arizona State 36-15 80 8 18. Kansas 31-10 18 NR 9. TexasA&M 40-12 72 9 19. Cal State Long Beach 28-22 17 14 10. Oklahoma State 27-5-1 64 11 MINNESOTA 35-21 17 NR Others receiving votes: Central Michigan, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan

ABOUT INDIANA- The Hoosiers (20-23, 6-7 Big Ten) have lost seven straight after losing twice to Indiana State last week and being swept at Iowa the previous weekend. Senior pitcher Christy Brown leads Indiana on the mound with a 15-13 record and a 1.80 ERA. She is the only Hoosier to pitch in a Big Ten contest and is 6-7 with a 1.58 ERA in league games. Freshman Martha Lebron is batting .326 to lead Indiana at the plate. She has a team-leading 47 hits, including three doubles. Junior Heather Darrow is batting .259 and has a team-leading 21 RBI to her credit. She also leads Indiana in extra-base hits with five doubles, a triple and a home run.

THE SERIES- Indiana leads 25-10 and won three of four at Minnesota last year.

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SOFTBALL CONTINUED -- e THE LINEUP-Name Pos Avg. Runs RBI Notes Diane Field 1B .333 20 23 Hit .500, 4 RBI vs. Michigan State Kari Blank 2B .330 27 37 Hit .615, 7 RBI vs. Michigan State Stacey Funderburg ss .212 13 17 Has played every inning for Minn. at short Lezlie Weiss 3B .337 24 21 Hit .364, scored four runs vs. MSU Tabbetha Woody LF .294 19 17 Second on team with eight stolen bases Anne Weisbecker CF .228 18 2 Started four-run rally with bunt single Sat. Mischel Doerr RF .230 18 16 Stole two bases vs. MSU to give her 13 SB Lisa Sojka c .188 16 11 Started 15 of 16 games in Big Ten play Sandy Scott DP .280 26 20 Hit .444, two doubles vs. MSU

Name Pos W-L ERA so Notes Brenda Bixby RHP 18-8 0.87 99 Won last nine starts in succession Robin Bumpus RHP 12-8 0.67 73 6-2, 0.44 ERA in month of April Sarah Maschka LHP 11-7 1.09 47 Saved second game Friday vs. MSU

MINNESOTA TAKES BIG TEN LEAD- Early last week, Minnesota found out that it is not easy being ranked among the nation's elite. Monday, the Gophers extended their school-record winning streaks to 12 overall games and 13 games at the Bierman Softball Complex with a 5-2 victory over non-conference foe Creighton. Both streaks came to a halt in the nightcap as the Lady Jays shut out the Gophers 1-0. The Gopher offense came back to life Wednesday in the opener against Iowa State, pounding out 13 hits in an 11-1 win. Iowa State prevented a four-game season series sweep, edging the Gophers 4-3 in the nightcap. e

The Gophers had nine straight Big Ten victories when they traveled to Michigan State over the weekend, and they left with 13 straight victories in conference play and a two-game lead. Michigan State scored the first run of the series Friday, but KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN{f ART AN) and DIANE FIELD hit runscoring doubles to give Minnesota a 2-1 win. ROBIN BUMPUS (MUNNSVILLE, NY /STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY) and SARAH MASCHKA (MANKATO, MN/EAST) combined on a five-hitter in the nightcap and Blank added a two-run triple as the Gophers won 2-0.

The strong Minnesota pitching continued Saturday as BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, lA) threw her seventh shutout of the year in Minnesota's 2-0 opening-game victory. The Gopher offense responded in the final game with a 12-hitoutburstanda 10-0,five-inningvictory. Blank went4-for-4in the series finale with three runs batted in, giving her an 8-for-13 (.615) weekend with seven RBI's. Field went 3-for-3 in the final game with three runs batted in, giving her a 5-for-10 (.500) weekend with four RBI's. Bumpus retired 15 of the 16 batters she faced in the last game, giving up an infield single in the fourth inning.

STAT NOTES- The Gophers now have three people who are hitting over .330 for the season. LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN) continues to lead the team at .337, but Diane Field (.333) and Kari Blank (.330). are close behind. Blank now owns Minnesota's single-season hit record with 69, and leads the team with 27 runs scored and 37 runs batted in. Field had a 13-game hitting streak snapped in the opener Saturday against Michigan State, but she has hits in 14 of Minaesota's 16 Big Ten games. SANDY SCOTT (EUGENE, OR!CHURCHll...L) increased her average to .280 over the weekend with a 4-for-9 performance. Scott leads the team with 12 doubles and is second to Blank with 26 runs scored. The Gophers have four players with 20 or more runs scored and four players with 20 or more runs batted in.

The Minnesota pitching staff gave up only one run in the four games against Michigan State, lowering the team ERA to 0.89. The Gophers were 16th in the nation last week with the previous ERA of0.92. Robin Bumpus pitched 10 scoreless innings in the Michigan State series to improve her record to 12-8 and lower e her ERA to 0.67. Brenda Bixby has won her last nine decisions and has a record of 18-8 with a 0.87 ERA. Bixby continues to have an excellent walk/innings pitched ratio, as she is allowing one walk per 11.3 innings pitched.

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TENNIS

MOE AWAITS WORD ON POSSffiLE NCAA BID- The season is over for the Minnesota women's tennis team but junior JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN) may have her season extended. She is a candidate for an individual bid to the NCAA championships. Head coach Martin Novak hopes to know this week whether or not Moe will qualify.

Moe finished the season with a team-leading singles mark of 25-15, with 13 of those losses coming to players ranked among the nation's top 100 in the Volvo Tennis/Collegiate rankings. Fourofherwins were against top 100 opponents. Moe, currently ranked 74th, was one of seven unanimous selections to the 12-member all-Big Ten team. It was the second straight year she has won 25 matches. Last year she had a 25-13 singles mark after going 18-17 as a freshman.

GOPHERS FINISH TENTH AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS- Minnesota went into the Big Ten Women's Tennis Championships as the No. 8 seed but came out in last place this past weekend in Madison, Wis. It was only the Gophers' second tenth-place finish in 16 years. The team also finished lOth in 1982-83.

Minnesota lost 5-2 to Ohio State on Friday and then lost 5-0 to Illinois on Saturday and 5-2 to Iowa on Sunday. The Gophers finished 4-19 overall and 2-10 in the Big Ten. It was the team's worst-ever record and only the third losing season in school history.

NELSON CLOSES GOPHER CAREER WITH TWO WINS AT CHAMPIONSHIPS -The only Gopher besides Moe to win a match at the Big Ten championships was senior LIBBY NELSON (WAYZATA, MN!THE BLAKE SCHOOLS), who was 2-1 at No.2 singles. She defeated Ohio State's Abigail Villena 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday and Iowa's Tracey Peyton 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday after losing 2-6,0-6 to Illinois' Kristin Willey on Saturday. Nelson finished the season with a 14-15 singles mark and was 62-57 (.521) in her career.

Moe extended her winning streak to 10 by defeating Ohio State's Kelly Story 6-0, 6-3 on Friday but had it snapped in a 1-6, 2-6loss to Illinois' Lindsey Nimmo on Saturday. She closed the regular season with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Iowa's Lori Hash on Sunday.

VOLLEYBALL

U.S. OLYMPICFESTIV AL-'91-- The U.S. OlympicFestival-'91 volleyball team will be named Tuesday. Former Gopher player CHRIS SCHAEFER (FLORENCE, KY/ST. HENRY) and current Gophers KRIST A NEVELLE (RICHLAND, MI/GULL LAKE) and SUE JACKSON (KALAMAZOO, Mil COMSTOCK) all made it to the final cuts.

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1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests · 100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Oily Dishon (c) Angie Mauldin (c)

200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Angie Mauldin (c) Sascha Ramsey (f)

400 meters (:52.80, :54.50)

800 meters (2:05.50, 2:08.00) Shelly Wall (e) Heather Doyle (f) Jenny Alby (f) 1500 meters (4:18.00, 4:23.00) Chris Rowe (b) Heather Doyle (c) Julia McGough (c) 3000 meters (9: 19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Rowe (e) Chris Abbott (c) Julia McGough (e) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Rowe (a) Chris Abbott (h)


100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (g) Kari Mower (a) Tracee Wolf (c) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Sarah Redman (e) Kari Mower (d) Susie Peterson (f) 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Redman, Mauldin, Dishon (h)

4x400 meter relay (3:35.48, 3:39.80) Mower, Peterson, Redman, Ramsay (h)

:11.79 :12.6 :12.7

:23.44 :26.1 :27.3

:54.4

2:07.71 2:16.8 2:18.25 2:19.73 4:15.59 4:27.63 4:47.7 4:48.4 9:07.46 9:51.7

10:00.9 10:12.7 16:10.50 17:14.49 17:23.60

33:31.96 37:58.16 38:54.94

:14.34 :14.56 :15.46 :15.4 :57.99

1:05.4 1:06.00 1:06.5 :46.72 :48.38

3:46.29 3:57.54

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) Coralea Brown (b) Tracee Wolf (a) Sue Peterson (a) Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) Val Owen (f) Stacy Klos (a) Lisa Larson (a) Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) Val Owen (c) Stacy Klos (c)

Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) Rachel Lewis (b) Joyce Schultz (d) Steph Scholtes (d) Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) Rachel Lewis (a) Joyce Schultz (b)

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) Decia Agnew (b) Sharon Geisler (e) Lisa Larson (d) Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100)

1.78m/5-10 1.73m/5- 8 A 1.60m/5- 3 • 1.58m/5- 2 1/4

6.16m/20- 2 112 5.48m/17 -11 3/4 5.14m/16-10 1/4 4.92m/16- 1 3/4

12.38m/40- 7 3/4 11.28m/37- 0 10.77m/35- 4

16.21m/53- 2 l/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 12.84m/42- 1 1/2 12.78m/41-11 1/4

55.32m/181- 6 53.18m/174- 6 45.78m/150- 2

53.14m/174- 4 48.78m/160- 0 40.76m/133- 9 35.64m/116-J.A

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(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX (4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (e) Jim Duncan Invitational, Des Moines, IA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, IA (4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (j) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadi. (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) followed by school indoor records in bold

e e e l 1990-91 Minnesota Women's Golf Statistics

Spring · Season


2/22/91 Texas-EI Paso 334 334 1sl/2 334 1 334.00 5047 16 315.44

3/1-3/91 Auburn 327 322 649 5lh/8 983 3 327.67 5696 18 316.44

3/21-22/91 Desert Olallenge 340 326 666 4th/5 1649 5 329.80 6362 20 318.10

3/29-31/91 South Carolina Inv. 324 312 326 962 7th/13 2611 8 326.38 7324 23 318.43

4/13-14/91 Ohio State lnv. 326 321 647 3rd/16 3258 10 325.80 7971 25 318.84

4/19-21/91 South Alabama 303 323 323 949 t-7th/18 4207 13 323.62 8920 28 318.57

5/3-5/91 Big Ten Champ.

5{22-25/91 NCAA Olarnp.


Rl R2 R3 Tol Rl R2 R3 Tot. Rl R2 R3 Tot Rl R2 R3 Tot Rl R2 R3 Tot

Jana Erdmann 98 98 t-9th 86 84 170 t-29th 88 81 169 t-15th 84 81 81 246 44th 77 79 156 4th

Sara Evens 81 81 Ist 75 79 154 t-3rd 82 81 163 t-3rd 79 76 82 237 t-20th 79 75 154 2nd




Traci Johnson 85 85 3rd 85 84 169 t-27th DNC DNC 92 85 177 56th


Kris Leighton 86 86 4th 81 79 160 t-17th 85 82 167 t-llth 85 79 88 252 t-51st 86WD 86 83rd

KaiyaLund DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Krista Reuterfeldt 96 96 8th DNC 89 85 174 22nd 87 90 85 262 t-59th DNC

Kelli Ross 82 82 2nd 86 80 166 t-25th 85 82 167 11th 76 76 78 230 t-8th 84 82 166 24th

Olris Wollack DNC DNC 91 85 176 t-8th DNC DNC

South Alabama Big Ten Champ. NCAA Champ. Spring Fall Season


Jana Erdmann 75 82 84 241 t-35th 1080 13 83.08 1030 12 85.83 2110 25 84.40

Sara Evens 76 80 80 236 t-21st 1025 13 78.85 1161 15 77.40 2186 28 78.07

Lisa Hanson DNC 259 3 86.33 259 3 86.33

Julie Johnson DNC DNC DNC

Sara Johnson DNC 269 3 89.67 269 3 89.67

Traci Johnson 87 86 81 254 t-72nd 685 8 85.63 751 9 83.44 1436 17 84.47

Jennifer Kaiser DNC DNC DNC

Kris Leighton DNC 751 9 83.44 1204 15 80.27 1955 24 81.46

KaiyaLund DNC DNC DNC

Krista Reuterfe1dt 78 88 91 257 t-76 789 9 87.67 974 12 81.17 1763 21 83.95

Kelli Ross 74 75 78 227 t-4th 1038 13 79.85 1155 15 77.00 2193 28 78.32 Chris Wollack DNC 176 2 88.00 509 6 84.83 685 8 85.63




2/14 vs. CS-Northridge L, 3-5 2/14 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 2/15 vs. Oregon L, 4-10 "'~ '

1 5 vs. Ohio State W, 6-0 .5 vs. Arizona State L, 4-5 (8T)

1

2/16 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 3-4 2/16 vs. Texas-Arlington L, 0-4

I



2/21 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 ' 2/21 vs. Northwestern W, 8-5 2/22 vs. CS-Northridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 2/23 vs. S. Diego St. W, 3-2(10T) 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)





W,6-0 L,0-1







4/6 at Iowa L, 2-3 at Iowa w, 5-3

4/13 NORTHWESTERN W,6-0 NORTHWESTERN W, 7-0

4/14 NORTHWESTERN W, 1-0 NORTHWESTERN W,4-2

4/17 MANKA TO STATE W,2-0 MANKATO STATE W,5-0

4/19 OHIO STATE W,2-0 OHIO STATE W,5-0

4/20 OHIO STATE W,3-0 OHIO STATE w, 3-2

4/22 CREIGHTON W, 5-2 CREIGHTON L, 0-1

4/24 IOWA STATE W, 11-1 IOWA STATE L, 3-4

4/26 at Michigan State W, 2-1 at Michigan State W,2-0

4/27 at Michigan State W,2-0 at Michigan State W, 10-0

4/30 NORTHERN lOW A 3 p.m. NORTHERNIOWA e

5/3 at Indiana 2p.m. at Indiana





City, Oklahoma


Record: 41-23 vs. Div. 1: 38-23 Big Ten: 14-2 Home: 12-4 Road: 10-S Neutral: 17-14 vs. NCAA Top 20 5-12 Streak:·· Won 4

Head Coach: Teresa Wilson · 72-SS . (21ld year at Minnesota) 198-159 (6tb·year overall)

Assistant Coach: John Rittman

.------------ ---- ----


(Includes 64 Games)


PLAYER Lezlie \Ieiss Diane Field Kari Blank Kelly Norman Tabbetha lloody Sandy Scott Mischel Doerr Anne lleisbecker Stacey Funderburg Lisa Sojka Kerby Norman Mariann Dukart Jennifer McGuinness Angie Gebhard Robin B~s Lia Johnson

~arah Maschka ~renda Bixby


BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 28 38 HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF 24 64 21 , ,

20 62 23 8

.337 59/ 59 190

.333 64/ 64 186

.330 64/ 64 209 27 69 37 6 6

.302 38/ 20 63 12 19 ,, 3

.294 62/ 61 177 19 52 17 6

.280 60/ 55 161 26 45 20 12

.230 60/ 59 191 18 44 16 4

.228 53/ 48 158 18 36 2 ,

.212 64/ 64 165 13 35 17 2

.188 49/ 48 112 16 21 11

.186 27/ 19 59 2 ,, 5

.176 33/ 12 51 1 9 5

.167 ,,, , 12 2 2 ,

.000 11/ 0 0 0 0 0

.000 29/ 17

.000 28/ 0

.000 30! 17

.000 38/ 31

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6/ 7 .857 7 12 6/ ,

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0 2/ 4 .500 10 15 6 12/ 2

0 13! 17 .765 5 27 4 2/ 2

5/ 9 .556 9 11 3 5/ 0

6/ 7 .857 18 25 5 2/ 2

2/ 7 .286 5 25 2 3/ 0

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TB/SLUGX 771 .405

75/ .403

87/ .416

24/ .381

60/ .339

61/ .379

48/ .251

39/ .247

41/ .248

28/ .250 , ,, . 186

101 • 196

2/ • 167

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PO A E DP FLO% 15 143 12 3 .929

546 67 8 9 .987 , 44 , 56 , 7 3 . 946

19 2 , 0 . 955

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31 3 0 . 914

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.269 64/ 64 1745 214 469 187 57 17 52/ 75 .693 115 208 34 42/10 563/ .323 1320 845 110 13 .952

.193 64/ 64 1612 115 311 82 16 5 2 38/ 67 .567 63 224 19 60/ 4 343/ .213 1307 624 97 21 .952




ERA G/ GS II L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO IBB HB liP BK 2B 3B HR TB/SLUG% AB/BAVG. 0.67 28/ 17 12 8 .600 3 5 2 114.3 75 27 11 15 73 0 9 10 0 3 , 0 80/ .197 406/ .185

0.87 39/ 30 18 8 .692 5 16 7 193.7 130 42 24 17 99 7 0 9 , 0 141/ .199 709! .183

1.09 29/ 17 11 7 .611 3 8 3 122.3 95 34 19 29 47 3 0 , 3 2 108/ .239 452/ .210

1.45 11/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 9.7 11 8 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14/ .311 45/ .244\

0.89 64/ 64 41 23 .641 11 29

2.33 64/ 64 23 41 .359 3 39

19 440.0 311 115 56 63 224

10 435.7 469 214 145 115 208

2 19 12 0 16 5 2 343/ .213 1612! . 193

3 34 24 0 57 17 1 563/ .323 1745/ .269


CATCHER Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka Mimesota Opponent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 27/ 19 2 49/ 48 8

64/ 64 10

64/ 64 20

BIG TEN STATISTICS Softball Statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 16 Games)


PLAYER Diane Field Kari Blank Lezlie \.Ieiss Jennifer McGuinness Ke l l y Norman Sandy Scott Mischel Doerr Lisa Sojka Tabbetha loloody Anne \ole i sbecker Stacey Funderburg Sarah Maschka Brenda Bixby Mariann Dukart Angie Gebhard Lia Johnson Kerby Norman Robin BlJTlPUS


BA G/ GS .419 16/ 16

.417 16/ 16

.367 16/ 16

.333 3/ 0

.333 8/ 4

.326 16/ 16

.237 14/ 13

.206 15/ 15

.178 16/ 16

. 170 16/ 15

.162 16/ 16

.000 5/ 2

.000 8/ 8

.000 6/ 0

.000 2/ 0

.000 9/ 0

.000 21 1

.000 9/ 5

A8 R H RBI 28 38 HR S8/S8A S8X 88 SO H8P S/SF 43 6 18 8 3 1 0 1/ 1 1.000 4 5 2 0/ 0 48 8 20 , 4 . 3 1 0 2/ 2 1. 000 2 3 0 1/ ,

49 10 18 2 4 0 0 0/ 0 .000 3 4 0 0/ 0

3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0

15 1 5 3 0 1 0 0/ 0 .000 2 4 0 0! 0

43 6 14 7 7 0 0/ 1 .000 1 4 2 4/ 1

38 5 9 2 2 0 0 2/ 3 .667 0 10 3 0/ 0

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0

T8/SLUGX 23/ .535

25/ .521

22/ .449

1/ .333

71 .467

23/ .535

11/ .289 9/ .265

10/ .222

9/ . 191

71 • 189

0/ .000

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.277 16/ 16 411 58 114 52 25 4

. 173 16/ 16 394 16 68 13 4 1

0 9! 15 .600 27 58 10 9/ 3 147/ .358

0 6/ 11 .545 8 56 4 71 0 74/ .188

PO A 146 12

41 39

4 40

0 0 7 0

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7 1 22

3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 14

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2 4 .988

4 1 .952

3 2 .936 0 0 .000

0 0 1.000

0 .875

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.945


PITCHER Angie Gebhard Brenda Bixby Robin BI.JlllUS Sarah Maschka


ERA 0.00

0.37

0.67

0.79

G/ GS lol L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT JP H 2/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 3

9! 9 7 .875 0 7

91 5 5 .833 3 2

5/ 2 2 0 1.000 2 0

4 57.0 38

2 31.3 18

0 17.7 9

R ER 88 SO IB8 HB loiP BK 28 3B HR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 3 3 26 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

5 3 25 0 3 2 0 2 0

52 4 4 0 0 000

T8/SLUGX A8/BAVG. 3/ .333 9/ .333

40/ . 192 208/ . 183

22/ .188 117/ .154

9! .150 60/ .1501

0.52 16/ 16 14 2 .875 2.75 16/ 16 2 14 .125

5 9 0 10

9 108.0 68 16 8 8 56 1 102.0 114 58 40 27 58

0 4 3 0 4 0 74/ .188 394/.173 10 6 0 25 4 0 147/ .358 411/ .277



G/ GS PASSED BALLS 15/ 15 ,.

16/ 16

16/ 16

1

3

1990-91 MINNESOTA TENNIS STATISTICS (Final)

Overall Record: 4-19 Big Ten: 2-10 Home: 4-2

DATE 9/28-29 10/12-14 10/19-21 10/23-24 11/8-11

1/18-20 1/27 2/1 2/2 2/7-10 2/22 2/23 2/24 3/3 3/9 3/10 3/21 3/22 3/29 3/30 4/3 4/5 4n 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/26-28 4/26 4/27 4/28

OPPONENT at Nebraska Invitational MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL at Indiana Hoosier Classic at ITCA All-American qualifying at ITCA Rolex regionals GOPHER DOUBLES INVITATIONAL INDIANA at Brigham Young vs. Utah (Provo, UT) ITCA ROLEX NATIONALS at Northwestern vs. LSU (South Bend, IN) at Notre Dame ILLINOIS vs. Kentucky at Madison, Wis. at Wisconsin vs. Princeton at San Diego, Calif. at San Diego PURDUE IOWA STATE at Iowa OHIO STATE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS vs. Mississippi State (Auburn, AL) at Auburn at Michigan at Michigan State at Big Ten championships (Madison, Wis.) vs. Ohio State vs. Illinois vs. Iowa

1990-91 SINGLES RECORDS

Jennie Moe Sofie Olsson Libby Nelson Vicky Cordova Vicky Kolaric Anna Eyring Jennifer Marques Totals

more--

#1 #2 19-11 04 3-9

8-6 1-3 1-2

#3

3-9 4-9

0-4

19-15 13-20 7-22

#4

2-10

4-10 6-20

#5

4-19

0-3 4-22

#6

2-0

0-2 2-10 0-6 4-18

Away: 0-9


L 3-6 L 1-8 L 0-9

no team scores L 0-9 L 2-7 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 0-6 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 0-9 W6-3 W6-3 L 3-6 W7-2 w 8-1 L 1-5 L 2-7 L 1-8 L 2-7

L 2-5 L 0-5 L 2-5

Open BigTen 6-4 9-3 3-1 1-4 3-0 7-5 2-1 2-9 2-1 2-9 1-1 1-5

1-11

Total 25-15

8-14 14-15 9-23 7-24 3-15 4-19

Neutral: 0-8

17-8 23-46 70-122

PCT. .625 .364 .483 .281 .226 .167 .174 .365

1990-91 Tennis Statistics 2-2-2-2 (Final) e

1990-91 DOUBLES RECORDS Team #1 #2 #3 Open Big Ten Total PCT. Moe/Olsson 8-6 10-4 1-3 18-10 .643 Moe/Cordova 4-5 1-5 4-5 .444 Moe/K.olaric 0-2 0-2 .000 Nelson/K.olaric 5-9 2-1 2-5 7-10 .412 Nelson/Cordova 0-5 3-3 0-2 3-8 .273 Nelson/Marques 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/Kolaric 1-2 3-1 1-2 4-3 .571 Marques/Cordova 0-2 0-2 0-2 .000 Marques/Eyring 0-4 0-2 0-3 .000 Marques/Olsson 0-1 0-1 0-1 .000 Cordova/E yring 2-7 1-1 3-8 .273 Kolaric/E yring 0-2 0-2 .000 Totals 12-13 5-16 3-18 19-10 5-22 39-57 .406





Gopher Sports ~ews



(for immediate release) May 6,1991

Fri. Sat.

May 10 May 11

SOFTBALL

SCHEDULE MAY 6-11

SOFTBALL vs. Michigan (Bierman Softball Complex) DH TRACK & FIELD- Minnesota Open- Last Chance

(Bierman Track & Field Stadium) SOFTBALL vs. Michigan (Bierman Softball Complex) DH

6 p.m.

11 a.m. 1 p.m.

GOPHERS SEEK BIG TEN TITLE -The Minnesota softball team (45-23, 18-2 Big Ten) hosts Michigan (32-17, 11-7 Big Ten) in a four-game series at the Bierman Softball Complex this weekend. Action begins with a doubleheader Friday at 6 p.m. and two games Saturday at 1 p.m. The 19th-ranked Gophers need two wins in the series to clinch the 1991 Big Ten championship. Minnesota has won 17 straight Big Ten games and 25 of its last 29 games overall.

WIN A DIAMOND-- Friday night is "Win a Diamond at the Diamond Night," presented by Tivoli Jewelers. Fans present will have an opportunity to win a diamond through "Lucky Numbers" on their scorecards. Saturday is a WCCO-Radio Hometown Day featuring Kelly and Kerby Norman and the town of Crystal.

ITT AKES TWO TO CLINCH- Minnesota needs a combination of two wins over Michigan and/or Iowa losses against Michigan State to clinch the Big Ten title and the automatic NCAA tournament berth. If Minnesota and Iowa are tied at the end of the season, the Haw keyes would get the automatic bid based on their better record against third-place Michigan.

Big Ten Overall Remaining Games W-L Pet. W-L Pet. 5/7-5/8 5/10-5/11

MINNESOTA 18-2 .900 45-23 .662 Michigan ( 4) Iowa 15-5 .750 48-9 .842 Michigan State (4) Michigan 11-7 .611 32-17 .653 at Michigan State (2) at Minnesota ( 4) Ohio State 9-12 .429 18-29 .383 at Indiana (3) Indiana 6-11 .353 20-27 .426 Ohio State (3) at Northwestern (4) Northwestern 6-14 .300 17-31 .354 Indiana (4) Michigan State 2-16 .111 11-35 .239 Michigan (2) at Iowa (4)

NCAA TOURNAMENT INFORMATION- The 20-team field for the 1991 NCAA Division I softball tournament will be announced Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m. at the NCAA offices in Overland Park, Kan. The teams will be put into eight regionals, which will be played on campus sites of participating teams May 17-18. The 1991 NCAA Women's College World Series will be held May 22-26 at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla.

BIG TEN TITLE HISTORY- This is the lOth season that the Big Ten Conference has officially sanctioned softball as a sport. In 1982, a double-elimination tournament was held at Michigan to determine the conference champion, but round-robin play has determined the other eight champions. Minnesota can become the winningest team in Big Ten history with three wins in its final series against Michigan.


SOFTBALL CONTINUED --BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Year Champion Big Ten Record 1982 Northwestern 4-0 1983 Indiana 11-4-1 1984 Northwestern 14-4 1985 Northwestern 20-4 1986 Indiana* 15-9

Northwestern 15-9 MINNESOTA 15-9

1987 Northwestern 18-6 1988 MINNESOTA 15-8 1989 Iowa 17-7 1990 Ohio State* 17-7

Iowa 17-7

NCAA Tournament

Tied for 7th at College World Series Tied for 3rd at College World Series Tied for 5th at College World Series Tied for 3rd at College World Series Tied for 7th at College World Series

Lost in regional (Central Michigan) Lost in regional (Arizona) Lost in regional (Toledo) Lost in regional (Kent)

*Won conference tiebreaker for automatic NCAA berth

5/6/91

ABOUT MICHIGAN -- With a four-game sweep of Ohio State over the weekend, Michigan (32-17, 11-7 Big Ten) moved past the Buckeyes into the third-place spot in the Big Ten standings. The Wolverines are on a five-game winning streak, which includes an 11-1 victory over Detroit last Wednesday. Michigan defeated Ohio State by scores of 2-1, 3-1, 3-1 and 2-0.

Sophomore outfielder Patti Benedict leads the Wolverines offensively with a .340 batting average while collecting a team-high 52 hits on the season. She has also scored 17 runs and leads Michigan with 21 RBI. Benedict is hitting .411 in Big Ten games with 23 league hits to her credit. Senior catcher and co-captain Julie Cooper suffered an injury to her left knee April 19 at Northwestern, but may return to bat in the Michigan order this weekend. Cooper, batting .307 at the time of the injury, was batting second for the e Wolverines and had collected 35 hits on the year. Sophomore Karla Kunnen has filled in for Cooper behind the plate and ranks second on the team in RBI with 16. She also has recorded the team's only home run this season. Senior Andrea Nelson leads Michigan on the mound with a 14-5 record, 7-3 in Big Ten play. Nelson's league ERA is at 0. 71 after picking up two of the Wolverine victories over the weekend. Freshman Julie Clarkson also recorded two of the Michigan wins and is 10-6 overall and 4-2 in conference play with a 1.03 ERA.

THE SERIES --The series is all tied up at 16-16. The two teams split last season in Ann Arbor with Minnesota sweeping Friday's games by scores of 4-3 in eight innings and 2-1 in 11 innings. The Wolverines defeated the Gophers 10-1 and 4-0 in Saturday's doubleheader.

MINNESOTA LINEUP-Name Pos Avg. Runs RBI Notes Diane Field 1B .320 20 25 Tied record with 2 triples in one game Karl Blank 2B .336 30 42 Hitting .419, 19 RBI in Big Ten play Stacey Funderburg ss .219 16 20 2 hits, 3 RBI in Friday nightcap at Ind. Lezlie Weiss 3B .333 27 23 Leads team with 13 Big Ten runs Tabbetha Woody LF .298 22 20 Second on team with 10 Big Ten RBI Anne Weisbecker CF .241 21 3 Hit .375 (6-for-16) against the Hoosiers Mischel Doerr RF .223 18 16 Leads team with 13 stolen bases Kelly Norman RF .299 15 12 Leads team with 7 Big Ten walks Lisa Sojka c .194 18 11 Had hits in 3 of 4 games at Iowa Sandy Scott DP .297 28 22 Leads team with 7 Big Ten doubles

Name Pos W-L ERA so Notes Brenda Bixby RHP 21-8 0.83 105 Won 50th career game Saturday at Ind. Robin Bumpus RHP 13-8 0.83 74 6-1 in Big Ten play Sarah Maschka LHP 11-7 1.04 48 Tied for national lead with five saves

e


SOFTBALL CONTINUED --MINNESOTA SWEEPS INDIANA- Any way you look at it, Minnesota has played some very good softball over the last five weeks. The streaks are now eight consecutive wins, 17 straight Big Ten victories and 25 out of the last 29 games. The Gophers continued their stellar play last weekend with a four-game sweep at Indiana. In Friday's opener, TABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK) drove in two runs with a double and a triple and BRENDA BIXBY (ESTHERVILLE, lA) scattered seven hits over seven innings to give Minnesota a 2-1 win. In the nightcap, STACEY FUNDERBURG (LEBANON, OR) drove in three runs in Minnesota's 6-3 triumph. In Saturday's opener, the Gophers scored early and often to post an 11-1 victory. Minnesota pounded out 13 hits to support Bixby, who picked up her 20th win of the season. Bixby becomes the only pitcher in Minnesota history to win 20 games twice. In the nightcap, KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN{f ART AN) and DIANE FIELD (MORTON GROVE, IL/NILES WEST) had runscoring triples to lead Minnesota to the 5-2 victory. Blank had three runs batted in for the game to boost her season total to 42, tying the Minnesota single-season record set by Shelly Medernach in 1978.

STAT NOTES- Minnesota had 39 hits in the four-game series against Indiana to raise its season batting average to .272. Kari Blank (.336), LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN) (.333) and Diane Field (.320) are over the .300 mark while KELLY NORMAN (CRYSTAL, MN/ARMSTRONG) (.299), Tabbetha Woody (.298) and SANDY SCOTT (EUGENE, OR/CHURCHILL) (.297) are close to that mark. Scott was Minnesota's leading hitter in Indiana, going 7-for-14 (.500). In Big Ten play, Minnesota is hitting .287 and averaging 4.1 runs per game. Last year, Minnesota hit .217 and scored 1.6 runs per game against conference opponents. The Gophers continue to rank in the top 20 nationally with their0.90 earned run average. Brenda Bixby and ROBIN BUMPUS (MUNNSVILLE, NY/STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY) own identical 0.83 earned run averages, while SARAH MASCHKA (MANKA TO, MN/EAST) lowered her ERA to 1.04last weekend with six scoreless innings. Maschka saved two games at Indiana to bring her season total to five, tying her with Bixby and two others for the national lead in that category.

THE COACH- Minnesota's Teresa Wilson (Missouri '84) won her 200th game as a collegiate coach in Friday's second game against Indiana. In her six-year coaching career, Wilson is 202-159 (.560). In her two years at Minnesota, Wilson is 76-55 (.580), 30-14 (.682) in Big Ten play. Wilson has won 23 of her last 26 Big Ten games.

TRACK AND FIELD

MINNESOTA HOSTS MINNESOTA OPEN/LAST CHANCE -The Minnesota women's track and field team hosts the Minnesota Open/Last Chance meet Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Bierman Track and Field Stadium. Teams from Iowa, UW-Milwaukee and UW-River Falls are expected to compete.

MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL REVIEW- Minnesota finished a strong second in last Saturday's Minnesota Invitational, scoring 165.5 points. Oregon won the meet with 215.5 points. It marked the first time in school history that Minnesota had defeated Wisconsin ( 117) in a team-scored meet. Senior RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, lA/NORTH) won the shot put with a throw of 49-31/2 and was also the top collegiate finisher in the discus, finishing second overall with a throw of 172-7. Senior co-captain DECIA AGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) finished third in the javelin with a personal-best throw of 165-6. That is an NCAA provisional-qualifying throw, but she remains seven feet short of the NCAA automatic qualifying standard.

Minnesota's distance corps put up some impressive times in the meet. Sophomore MONIKA BALINT (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY) finished third in the 800 meters in 2:10.73, the third-fastest outdoor time in school history. In the 1500meters,juniorJENNY ALBY (APPLETON, WI!EAST)ranapersonal-besttime of 4:35.83 to finish fifth. Junior CHRIS ABBOTT (WINONA, MN) finished third in the 5000 meters in a time 17:10.16, a personal best by 13 seconds.

Minnesota's 4 x 100 meter relay team of VAL OWEN (McCOOK, NE), SARAH REDMAN (WAVERLY, INOCONOMOWAC),ANGIE MAULDIN (COLOMBO, WI/COLUMBUS)andSASCHA RAMSAY (MIAMI, FL/KILLIAN) ran a season-best time of 48.12 to finish second. Owen finished fifth in the long jump with a season-best outdoor mark of 18-0 1/4.


GOLF

GOLFER'S FIFTH AT THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP·· The golf team finished fifth at the Big Ten championship over the weekend at the Cherokee Country Club in Madison, Wis. Minnesota carded rounds of 325,313,313,321 for a total of 1,272 strokes. It was the Gophers'lowestplacing attheconference meet since 1985 when they where sixth. Iowa won their first-ever women's golf title after carding scores of307, 299, 306and 326 on Sunday for 1,238 strokes. Indiana was second with rounds of310, 312,307 and 318 for 1247 strokes. Wisconsin was third after carding scores of 317, 312, 316 and 314 for 1259 strokes.

ROSS HAS PERSONAL BEST-· Senior KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) had a personal-best low 72-hole score by three strokes after carding rounds of 81, 7 4, 78 and 80 for 313 strokes. Ross' mark tied for ninth place in the field of 54 golfers.

Sophomore SARA EVENS (GRAFfON, ND) tied for 12th place after recording rounds of76, 83,79 and 77 for 315 strokes. Freshman J ANA ERDMANN (LEWISTON, MN) tied for 23rd after carding rounds of 85, 78, 80 and 81 for 324 strokes. Redshirt freshman CHRIS WOLLACK (DULUTH, MN/ HERMANTOWN), playing in only her second tournament of the spring, tied for 34th with scores of 87, 85, 77 and 83 for 332 strokes.

Tying for 38th place was junior KRIST A REUTERFELDT (COON RAPIDS, MN) with rounds of 88, 80,79 and 87 for 334 strokes. Sophomore KRIS LEIGHTON (AUSTIN, MN) tied for 42nd place after rounds of 83, 81, 87 and 88 for 339 strokes. lllinois' Renee Heiken won the individual championship after carding scores of 73, 75, 71 and 80 for 299 strokes.

BIG TEN HONORS- Ross and Evens were both named to the all-Big Ten team at the conclusion of this year's championship. Other members of the all-conference team are Stacey Arnold of Iowa; Angela Buzminski, Courtney Cox and Shannon Hardesty of Indiana; Jenny Hecht of Michigan State; and Renee e Heiken of Illinois. Iowa swept the rest of the conference awards with Mary J o Rollins being named Freshman of the Year; Stacey Arnold, Player of the Year; and Iowa head coach Diane Thompson, Coach of the Year.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS- 1. Iowa 307-299-306-326-1238; 2. Indiana 310-312-307-318-1247; 3. Wisconsin 317-312-316-314--1259; 4. Michigan State 321-313-311-326-1271; 5. Minnesota 325-313-313-321-1272; 6. lllinois 320-319-309-337-1285; 8. Ohio State 322-317-316-338-1292; 8. Michigan 320-331-320-325-1296; 9. Purdue 326-323-325-332-1306.

TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS-1. Renee Heiken, Illinois 83-75-71-80-299; 2. Stacey Arnold, Iowa 75-72-76-79-302; 3. Tami Dougan, Ohio State 79-72-74-80-305; 4. Nicki Tiziani, Wisconsin 71-76-78-82-307; 5. Shirley Trier, Iowa 74-77-74-83-308, and Courtney Cox, Indiana 78-77-74-79-308; 7. Erica Narowetz, Wisconsin 78-77-79-75-309, and Mary Jo Rollins, Iowa 76-75-77-81-309; 9. Kelli Ross, Minnesota 81-74-78-80-313, and Erica Zonder, Michigan 79-80-77-77-313.

SWIMMING & DIVING

SEASON AWARDS·· The women's swimming and diving team held its annual awards banquet on May 5 at the Decathalon Club in Bloomington. Two freshmen, KRIS ZELLER (FARIBAULT, MN) and LAURIE NELSON (ETOBICOKE, ONT ARlO, CANADNSIL VERTHORN ACADEMY), shared the student-athlete award. Zeller, majoring in chemical engineering, has a perfect 4.0 grade point average after the fall and winter quarters. Nelson, a pre-physical therapy major, has a 3.88 grade point average.

Named most valuable were sophomore TRINA THAMES (EAU CLAIRE, WI/NORTH) and senior LISA DAVIS (AUSTIN, MN). Senior ANNE ELDEGARD (RORVIK, NORWAY) and junior LYNN e NEWTON (INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN/SIMLE) shared the hardest worker award, and junior STACEY NIEDENFUER (ALEXANDRIA, MN/JEFFERSON) was named most improved. Team tricaptains for the 1991-92 will be juniors DEANNE HOP (ST. LOUIS PARK, MN) MICHELLE WHALE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN/ROSSEVEL T) and JENNY Y ASIS (LAKE ELMO, MN/JOHNSON). Hop is also a captain of this year's squad.


(Includes 68 Games)


PLAYER Kari Blank Lezlie lleiss Diane Field Kelly Norman Tabbetha lloody Sandy Scott Anne lleisbecker Mischel Doerr Stacey Funderburg Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka Mariann Dukart Jennifer McGuinness Sarah Maschka Angie Gebhard

olllllllllll.ta Johnson .binB~s

Brenda Bixby


BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF .336 68/ 68 223 30 75 42 6 7 0 71 8 .875 7 13 1 7/ 1 .333 63/ 63 207 27 69 23 12 2 .320 68/ 68 200 20 64 25 8 3 .299 41/ 22 67 15 20 12 3 .298 66/ 65 188 22 56 20 7 2 .297 64/ 59 175 28 52 22 12 2 .241 57/ 52 174 21 42 3 .223 62/ 61 197 18 44 16 .219 68/ 68 178 16 39 20 .200 28/ 19 60 2 12 8 .194 53/ 52 124 18 24 11 .17633/12 5119 5 .167 ,,, 1 12 2 2

.000 32/ 17 1 0 0 0

.000 11/ 0 0 0 0 0

.000 30/ 0

.000 30/ 18

.000 41/ 34

17 0 1 0

8

0 0 0 0

4

2

1 3 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

2

0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 4/ 4 1 . 000 1 4 1 6 1 1 I 0 1 3/ 5 .600 19 19 7 3/ 2 0 11 2 .500 16 15 1 0/ 0 0 9/ 12 .750 16 23 3 3/ 1 0 2/ 4 .500 13 16 6 13/ 2 0 6/ 11 . 545 0 13/17 .765 0 6/ 7 .857 0 1! 1 1.000 0 3/ 8 .375 0 1/ 1 1.000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000

11 12 3 5/ 0 5 30 4 2/ 2

19 25 5 2/ 2 2 11 0 4/ 0 6 25 2 3/ 0 3 7 ,, 0

2 3 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0! 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0! 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

TB/SLUGX 95/ .426 85/ .411 81/ .405 25/ .373 67/ .356 68/ .389 45/ .259 48/ .244 47/ .264 13! .217 31/ .250 10! • 196 2/ . 167 0/ .000 0! .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

PO A E DP FLO% 154 170 19 4

18 155 14 3 .945 .925 .988 .957 .950 .900

588 68 8 11 20 2 1 0 38 0 2 0 24 3 3 0 24 6 0 32 3 90 198 46 49 15 3

198 38 5 143 5 2

9 0 6 59 2

0 4 0 0 0 3 69 2 5 100 5

0 1.000 0 .917 9 .862 1 .955 2 .979 1 .987 0 1.000 0 .970 0 .800 0 .000 5 .973

.955

.2n 681 68 1867 238 so8 2o9 60 23

.194 68/ 68 1713 122 333 88 21 5 1 56/ 80 .700 133 217 34 44/10 617/ .330 1401 894 116 15 2 42/ n .583 7o 232 20 64/ 4 370/ .216 1388 669 1o3 22

.952

.952


PITCHER Robin Bumpus Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschlca Angie Gebhard


ERA G/ GS II L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO IBB 0.83 29/ 18 13 8 .619 3 5 2 118.3 80 30 14 17 74 0 0.83 42/ 33 21 8 .724 5 17 7 209.7 141 46 25 21 105 1. 04 31 I 17 11 7 • 611 5 8 3 128.3 100 34 19 29 48 1 1.31 12/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 10.7 12 8 2 3 5 0

HB liP BK 9 11 0 8 1 0

3 1 0

0 0 0

2B 3B HR TB/SLUGX AB/BAVG. 6 1 0 88/ .209 422/ .190

10 0 153/ .199 769/ .183 2 3 2 114/ .241 473/ .211 3 0 0 15/ .306 49/ .245i

0.90 68/ 68 45 23 .662 13 30 2.50 68/ 68 23 45 .338 3 42

19 467.0 333 122 60 70 232 2 20 13 0 21 5 2 370/ .216 1713/ .194 10 462.7 508 238 165 133 217 3 34 25 0 60 23 617/ .330 1867/ .272


CATCHER Kerby Norman Lisa Sojka Minnesota

~nent Totals

G/ GS PASSED BALLS 28/ 19 2 53/ 52 9 68/ 68 11 68/ 68 22

BIG TEN STATISTICS Softball statistics -- university of Minnesota 1991 tt

(Includes 20 Games)

~•• BATTING Statistics ***

~LAYER

Kari Blank Sandy Scott Diane Field Lezlie lleiss Jennifer McGuinness Kelly Norman Kerby Norman Anne lieisbecker ~isa Sojka Tabbetha lloody Mischel Doerr Stacey Funderburg Lia Johnson Robin Bumpus Angie Gebhard Sarah Maschka Brenda Bixby Mariann Dukart

BA Gr GS .419 20r 20 .368 20r 20 .351 20r 20 .348 20r 20 .333 3r 0 .316 11r 6 .250 3r 1 .222 20r 19 .217 19r 19 .214 20r 20 .205 16r 15 .200 20r 20 .000 11r 0 .000 10r 6 .000 2r 0 .000 7r 2 .000 11r ,,

.000 6r 0

AB R H RBI 62 11 26 19 57 8 21 9 57 6 20 10 66 13 23 4

3 0 0

19 4 6 4 4 D 1 3

63 8 14 3

46 9 10 56 7 12 10 44 5 9 2

50 4 10 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0

2B 38 3 2

7 1

3 3 5

0 0 0

0

0

2 0

3 1

2 0

1

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HR S8rSBA SBX BB SO HBP srsF 0 3r 3 1.000 2 4 0 2r 1

5 2 5r 1 5 2 or 0

0 or .000 4 0 lr 1.000 5 0 or 0 .000 0 or 0 . 000 o or o .ooo 0 or 0 .000 0 2r 3 .667

0 2r 5 .400 0 3r 4 . 750

0 2r 3 .667

4 6 0 or 0 0 0 0 or 0 7 4 o or o 0 1 0 or 0

6 3 1r 0

4 11 0 1r 0 6 6 1 2r 0

0 13 3 or 0

0 or 0 . 000 7 7 or 1 0 or 0 .000 0 or 0 .000 0 or 0 .000 0 or 0 .000 o or o .ooo 0 or 0 .000

0 0 0 or 0 0 0 0 or 0 0 0 0 or 0 0 0 0 or 0 0 0 0 or 0 0 2 0 or 0

TBrSLUGX 33r .532 30r .526 29r .509 30r .455

1r .333 8r .421 2r .500

15r .238 12r .261 17r .304 1 lr .250 13r .260 or . 000 or .000 or .000 or .000 or .000 or .000

PO A 51 53

7 0 188 13

7 52 0 0 8 0

5 2 10 0 63 10 14 0 ,, 0

35 51 0 0 0 16 0 0 2 9

28 3 0

E DP FLO%

6 2 .945 1 0 .875

2 6 .990 5 2 .922 0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

0

0

2

0

0 .000 0 1.000 1 1.000 0 1.000

1.000 0 1.000 0 .917 5 .905 0 .000 2 1.000 0 .000 0 1.000

~-Minnesota Opponent Totals

.287 20r 20 533 82 153 74 28 10 0 13r 20 .650 45 67 10 11r 3 201r .377 405 234 26 8 .961 387 188 32 6 .947 .182 20r 20 495 23 90 19 9


PITCHER Angie Gebhard Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschka Robin Bl.lllpUS

ERA Gr GS II

0.00 3r 0 0

0.38 12/ 12 10 0.59 7/ 2 2 1.19 10/ 6 6

L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .909 0 8 4 0 1.000 4 0 0

.857 3 2 2

0 10r 16 .625 15 64 5 11r 0 101r .204

IP H R ER 0 0

4

2

3.0 4 73.0 49 10 23.7 14 5 35.3 23 8 6

BB SO 188 1 1 0

7 32 0

4 5 0 3 26 0

HB liP 8K 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0

3 3 0

28 38 HR 0 0 0 3 0 0

0 0 5 0

TBrSLUGX 4/ .308

52/ . 194 15/ .185

AB/BAVG. 13/ .308

268/ . 183 81/ . 173

30/ .226 133/ .1731


0.62 20/ 20 18 2 .900 7 10 3.26 20/ 20 2 18 .100 0 13

9 135.0 90 23 12 15 64 0 5 4 0 9 0 101/ .204 495/ .182



G/ GS PASSED BALLS 19/ 19 2' 20/ 20 2 20/ 20 5

129.0 153 82 60 45 67 1 10 7 0 28 10 0 201/ .377 533/ .287

•

• 1991 University of Minnesota Softball

Metrodome Softball Classic A Minneapolis, Minnesota (3rd) ~/9 vs. UM-Duluth W, 3-2

! 2/9 vs. Nebraska L, 0-3

I, 2/10 vs. Missouri L, 2-3 (9T) 2/10 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-1



2!20 at San Diego State L, 1-3 at San Diego State W, 1-0 (9)

c San Diego, California (3rd) 1 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 1 vs. Northwestern W, 8-5

2/22 vs. CS-Northridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 2/23 vs. S. Diego St. W, 3-2(10T) 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)



3!17 vs. Rutgers at CSUF W, 4-3 vs. Rutgers W, 9-0

3/19 at CS-Northridge at CS-Northridge •

W,6-0 L, 0-1






4/5 at Iowa W,4-1 at Iowa L, 0-4




4/17 MANKATO STATE W,2-0 MANKA TO STATE W,S-0

4/19 OHIO STATE W,2-0 OHIO STATE W, 5-0

4/20 OHIO STATE W, 3-0 OHIO STATE W, 3-2

4/22 CREIGHTON W,S-2 CREIGHTON L, 0-1

4/24 lOW A STATE W, 11-1 IOWA STATE L, 3-4

4/26 at Michigan State W,2-l at Michigan State W,2-0







W, 2-1 W, 6-3

W, 11-1 W,5-2

6p.m.

1 p.m.


City, Oklahoma


Record: 45-23 vs. Div. 1: 42-23 Big Ten: 18-2 Home: 12-4 Road: 14-5 Neutral: 17-14 vs. NCAA Top 20 5-12 Streak: Won 8

Head Coach: Teresa Wilson 76-55 (2nd year at Minnesota)

202-159 (6th year overall) Assistant Coach: John Rittman

• 1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests 100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Gily Dishon (j) Val Owen (j) Angie Mauldin (c) 200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Gily Dishon (j) Angie Mauldin (c) Sascha Ramsay (f) 400 meters (:52.80, :54.50) Sascha Ramsay (j)

800 meters (2:05.50, 2:08.00) Monika Balint (j) Shelly Wall (j) Heather Doyle (f) 1500 meters (4:18.00, 4:23.00) Chris Rowe (b) Jenny Alby (j) Heather Doyle (c) 3000 meters (9:19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Rowe (e) Chris Abbott (c) Julia McGough (j) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Abbott (j) Chris Rowe (a) Lori Nesvold (j) 10,000 meters (34:20.00, 35:15.00) Lori Nesvold (e) Sara Zimmermann (e)

100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (g) Karl Mower (j) Tracee Wolf (c) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Sarah Redman (e) Karl Mower (j) Susie Peterson (j) 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Redman, Mauldin, Ramsay (j)


:11.79 :12.71 :12.82 :12.7 :23.44 :26.12 :26.1 :27.3 :54.4 :59.30

2:07.71 2:10.73 2:13.28 2:18.25 4:15.59 4:27.63 4:37.10 4:47.7 9:07.46 9:51.7

10:00.9 10:04.32 16:10.50 17:10.16 17:14.49 18:24.12 33:31.96 37:58.16 38:54.94

:14.34 :14.76 :15.17 :15.4 :57.99

1:05.4 1:05.65 1:05.87 :46.72 :48.12

3:46.29 3:57.54

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) Coralea Brown (b) Tracee Wolf (a) Sue Peterson (a) Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) Val Owen (j) Tracee Wolf (j) Stacy Klos (a) Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) Val Owen (c) Stacy Klos (c) Tracee Wolf (j) Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) Rachel Lewis (b) Joyce Schultz (d) Steph Scholtes (d) Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) Rachel Lewis (a) Joyce Schultz (b)

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) Decia Agnew (j) Sharon Geisler (e) Lisa Larson (d) Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100)

1.78m/5-10

1.73m/5- 8 -1.60m/5- 3 1.58m/5- 2 1/4

6.16m/20- 2 1/2 5.49m/18- 0 1/4 5.22m/17- 1 1/2 5.14m/16-10 1/4

12.38m/40- 7 3/4 11.28m/37- 0 10.77m/35- 4 10.45m/34- 3 1/2 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 12.84m/42- 1 1/2 12.78m/41-111/4

55.32m/181- 6 53.18m/174- 6 45.78m/150- 2

53.14m/174- 4 50.44m/165- 6 40.76m/133- ~ 35.64m/116-1Wf

4,990


(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX ( 4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (e) Jim Duncan Invitational, Des Moines, lA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, lA (4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (j) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadi. (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) -followed by school indoor records in bold



9

Gopher Sports News


SCHEDULE MAY 13-19



May 13, 1991

Fri. May 17 SOFTBALL at NCAA Regionals (College Station, TX) Game 1 -- #15 MINNESOTA vs. Utah 1 p.m.

3p.m. 5p.m.

Game 2-- #9 Texas A&M vs. Minnesota/Utah loser Game 3 -- #9 Texas A&M vs. Minnesota/Utah winner

Sat. May 18 SOFTBALL at NCAA Regionals (College Station, TX) Game 4-- Pairings to be determined Game 5 -- (if necessary) TRACK & FIELD - Big Ten championships (Columbus, OH)

Sun. May 19 TRACK & FIELD - Big Ten championships (Columbus, OH)

SOFTBALL

3p.m. 5p.m.

GOPHERS TRAVEL TO TEXAS-- The Minnesota softball team (47-25) will make its second-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Friday in College Station, Texas. The Big Ten champion Gophers will play Utah (25-13), the Western Athletic champion, Friday at 1 p.m. Texas A&M ( 45-13) will play both Minnesota and Utah on Friday. The Aggies are the ninth-ranked team in the country and the top seed in the regional. Minnesota is looking for its first-ever NCAA tournament win and its firstever trip to the NCAA Women's College World Series.

REGIONAL FORMAT- The three-team regional at Texas A&M is under a double-elimination format. Minnesota is guaranteed two games Friday, but will have to win at least once to continue on Saturday. Minnesota is the second highest-ranked team in this regional, so they will be the home team in Friday's first game against Utah. The entire 20-team NCAA field is listed at the end of the softball release.

MINNESOTA'S NCAA HISTORY- The Gophers have made one previous NCAA tournament appearance. After winning the Big Ten title in 1988, the Gophers were sent to Tucson, Ariz. for regional play. Minnesota did not score a run in Arizona, losing to South Carolina 1-0 and Arizona 5-0. Even though the Gophers shared the Big Ten title in 1985, they did not make an NCAA tournament appearance that year.

OPPONENT NOTES--UTAH'S ROAD TO TOURNEY A RECORD BREAKER-- Three or four marathons could have been run in the time it took unranked Utah (25-13) to beat Creighton for the Western Athletic Conference Crown Saturday and Sunday in Omaha, Neb. The teams began play at 6 p.m. Saturday with Utah needing one win and Creighton two to win the conference title and the automatic bid into the NCAA championship.

Creighton kept its hopes alive by edging the Utes 1-0 in an NCAA-record 31 innings, breaking the old mark of28 innings set by Central Michigan and Kent State on April21, 1984. After a 20-minute break, the teams went at it again, this time for 25 innings, with Utah coming out on top 4-3 at around 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Utah will be hoping that junior pitcher Janet Womack is rested in time to face the Gophers on Friday. She pitched all 31 innings and took the loss in Saturday's record-setting game. Womack has a 19-7 season mark and a 0. 79 ERA. The Utes' other starter, sophomore Melissa Halkinrude, should be more rested. She pitched "only" 25 innings in Utah's 4-3 win over Creighton Sunday morning.


SOFTBALL CONTINUED --The Utah hitting attack is led by senior outfielder Charmelle Green. She is hitting .372 with

six home runs and 31 RBI in 38 games. Freshman catcher Deb DiMeglio is hitting .304 with seven home runs and 32 RBI. Sophomore outfielder Laurel Simmons also has a .304 batting average.

SERIES-- Utah leads 3-2. The last time the team met was March 8, 1988 in the Roadrunner Invitational at New Mexico State. Utah won 5-0.

AGGIES HOPING HOME FIELD CAN BOOST TEAM TO COLLEGE WORLD SERIES -Unlike Utah, ninth-ranked Texas A&M (45-13) has had plenty of rest recently, having been idle since April 28. The Aggies, however, were hot before the layoff, winning four games in a row and nine of 10. The success of the team during that stretch and throughout the season is largely a result of the outstanding pitching by sophomore Missi Young. She leads the nation with 35 wins and has a 35-5 overall record and 0.54 ERA. Among Young's wins were 18 shutouts. She has pitched 36 complete games and has won her last eight decisions.

Freshman shortstop Jennifer McFalls is Texas A&M's offensive leader. She is hitting a teambest .356 and is second on the team with 26 RBI. Sophomore 1B Sharla Cannon is hitting .323 with a team-leading 45 RBI. Junior 3B Rhonda Halbert has 15 doubles.

SERIES -- Texas A&M leads 8-2. The Aggies beat Minnesota 4-0 on March 23 at the Pony Tournament in Fullerton, Calif.

MINNESOTA CLINCHES BIG TEN TITLE - The Gophers needed two wins in the final weekend against Michigan to clinch the Big Ten title, and that's exactly what they got. Minnesota's 20-4 conference record ties the Big Ten record for most Big Ten wins in a season set by the 1984 Northwestern squad. Iowa picked up an at-large berth to the NCAA tourney, the first time since 1985 that two Big Ten teams have qualified for the NCAA tournament.

Big Ten Overall This week's games W-L Pet. W-L Pet. Friday, May 17

MINNESOTA 20-4 .833 47-25 .652 MINNESOTA vs. Utah, 1 p.m. Iowa 19-5 .792 52-9 .852 MINNESOTA at Texas A&M, 3 or 5 p.m. Michigan 15-9 .625 36-19 .655 Saturday, May 18 Ohio State 10-14 .417 20-32 .385 MINNESOTA at NCAA Regional Indiana 9-15 .353 23-31 .426 Southern Illinois at Iowa, 3 or 5 p.m. Northwestern 9-15 .300 21-33 .389 Missouri at Iowa, 3 or 5 p.m. Michigan State 2-22 .083 11-41 .212 Sunday, May 19

NCAA Regional at Iowa

Name POS Avg. Runs RBI Notes Diane Field lB .315 20 25 Hit .329, 10 RBI during Big Ten season Kari Blank 2B .335 31 42 Led Big Ten with .400 BA, 19 RBI Stacey Funderburg ss .223 16 22 Had GWRBI vs. Michigan in 1st game Fri. Lezlie Weiss 3B .336 27 23 Had hits in all four games vs. Michigan Tabbetha Woody LF .305 26 20 Led team vs. Michigan with .417 BA Anne Weisbecker CF .235 21 3 Led off game twice with hits Mischel Doerr RF .222 18 16 Leads team with 13 stolen bases Kelly Norman RF .300 16 12 Leads team with a .437 on-base pet. Lisa Sojka c .209 18 13 Has current six-game hitting streak Sandy Scott DP .289 28 22 Leads Big Ten with eight doubles

Name Pos W-L ERA so Notes Brenda Bixby RHP 22-9 0.94 109 Tied her victory total of 1988 season Friday Robin Bumpus RHP 14-8 0.77 78 7-1, 0.96 ERA in Big Ten play Sarah Maschka LHP 11-8 1.15 51 Saved second game Friday to clinch title

e


SOFTBALL CONTINUED --

MINNESOTA SPLITS FOUR WITH MICHIGAN- The 15th-ranked Gophers entered the final fourgames series of the year with 19th-ranked Michigan needing two wins to clinch the 1991 Big Ten title. They accomplished their goal last Friday night with adoubleheader sweep before a Bierman-record 619 fans .. Minnesota won the opener 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning. T ABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK) and MISCHEL DOERR (EUGENE, OR/SHELDON) singled to start the rally and moved up one base on a wild pitch. STACEY FUNDERBURG (LEBANON, OR) followed with a ground ball to second base that was good enough to score Woody with the winning run. Minnesota followed with a 1-0 victory in the nightcap to clinch the championship. ROBIN BUMPUS (MUNNSVILLE, NY/ STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY) and SARAH MASCHKA (MANKA TO, MN/EASn combined on a five-hitter to shutdown the Wolverines.

Michigan shut down the Gophers in both games on Saturday, winning by scores of 4-3 and 5-0. The losses broke Minnesota's 10-game overall winning streak and its 19-game Big Ten winning streak, a new Big Ten record. However, Minnesota's 20-4 Big Ten record was one game better than second-place Iowa and good for the Big Ten championship. Minnesota's low point of the season was February 22, when the Gophers were 5-12. Since then, Minnesota is 42-13, including a 23-4 stretch since April 6.

WOODYNAMEDTOACADEMICALL-DISTRICTTEAM-MinnesotasenioroutfielderTabbetha Woody has been selected to the 1991 GTE-CoSIDA Academic All-District softball team, which was released Monday. Woody has started 69 games for Minnesota in the outfield this season, hitting .305 with 26 runs scored and 20 runs batted in. Woody's name will now be placed on the national ballot for consideration for the Academic All-American team.

THE COACH- Minnesota's Teresa Wilson (Missouri '84) makes her second appearance in the NCAA tournament as a coach. She led the 1989 Oregon team to the 1989 Women's College World Series and a fifthplace national finish. In her six-year career, Wilson is 204-161 (.559). In her two years at Minnesota, Wilson is 78-57 (.578), including a 32-16 (.667) mark in Big Ten play.

1991 NCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS (Double-elimination regionals to be contested May 17-18, with the winners advancing to the NCAA Women's College World Series May 22-26 at Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Regional No. 1 at Los Angeles, Calif. Central Michigan (39-20) at #1 UCLA (50-5)

Regional No.2 at Fresno, Calif. #6 California (48-18) at #2 Fresno State (52-9)

Regional No. 3 at Tempe, Ariz. #7 Arizona (50-15) at#4 Arizona State (43-16)

Regional No. 4 at Fullerton, Calif. #18 Cal State Long Beach (36-26) at #3 Cal State Fullerton (52-14)

Regional No. Sat Iowa City, Iowa #11 Missouri (35-12) and Southern Illinois (42-5) at #8 Iowa (52-9)

Regional No.6 at Amherst, Mass. #5 Nevada-Las Vegas (46-15-1) and Connecticut (35-16) at #20 Massachusetts (33-11)

Regional No. 7 at College Station, Texas Friday, May 17 Game 1- Utah (25-13) vs. #15 MINNESOTA (47-25), 1 p.m.

Game 2- Game 1 Loser at #9 Texas A&M (45-13), 3 p.m. Game 3-Game 1 Winner at Texas A&M, 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 18 Game 4- Pairings to be determined, 3 p.m. Game 5- (if necessary), 5 p.m.

Regional No. 8 at Stillwater, Okla. #12 Florida State (58-10) and #14 Southwest Louisiana (33-8) at #10 Oklahoma State (33-8)


... TRACK AND FIELD

MINNESOTA TRAVELS TO BIG TEN MEET- The Minnesota women's track and field team will participate in the lOth annual Big Ten Women's Track and Field Championship this Saturday and Sunday at Ohio State. The Gophers will try to improve on their sixth-place finish from a year ago and fmish in the top five for the first time in school history. RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, IA/NORTH) and DECIA AGNEW (BETHEL PARK, PA) are Minnesota's two defending Big Ten champions.

BIG TEN HISTORY- Wisconsin won its fifth Big Ten championship in track and field last year at Illinois, but its first since 1986. The Badgers, led by Suzy Favor, scored 155 points to win the meet, the second-most points ever scored by a Big Ten champion. Minnesota scored a school-record 59 points in last year's meet, but finished one point short of its first-ever top five finish.

1990 BIG TEN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP- Champaign, Illinois Team Results Individual Results 1. Wisconsin 155 Athletes- 'he-Championship 2. Illinois 132 Suzy Favo., Nisconsin 3. Indiana 126 Celena Mondie-Milner, Illinois 4. Purdue 73 Minnesota's Big Ten Champions 5. Michigan 60 Rachel Lewis, Shot Put, 51-0 6. MINNESOTA 59 Rachel Lewis, Discus, 172-9 7. Iowa 50 Decia Agnew, Javelin, 161-10 8. Ohio State 46 9. Michigan State 39

MINNESOTA FACES TOW ATCH- Seniors Rachel Lewis and Decia Agnew will be throwing in their final Big Ten meets, looking to add some more Big Ten hardware to their trophy cases. Lewis has won six e Big Ten titles in her career, four of them outdoors. Last year, Lewis won her third Big Ten discus title with a throw of 172-9 and her first outdoor Big Ten shot put title with a toss of 51-0. Lewis owns the top Big Ten shot put throw of all-time, throwing 53-2 1/4 at the Texas Relays April6. Agnew won her second Big Ten javelin title last year with a throw of 161-10. She threw a personal best of 165-6 May 4 at the Minnesota Invitational.

Several other Minnesota athletes have been performing well lately and have a chance to score for the Gophers this weekend. SARAH REDMAN (WAVERLY, IA/OCONOMOWAC) lowered her personal best to 14.36 in the 100-meter hurdles last weekend at the Minnesota Open/Last Chance Meet. That mark is .02 away from the Minnesota school record of 14.34, set by Steph Stoltman in 1985. VAL OWEN (McCOOK, NE) leaped 19-2 1/2 in the long jump last weekend, moving her to No. 2 on the all-time Minnesota list. J )YCE SCHULTZ (WELLS, MN) threw an NCAA provisional mark of 157-10 in the discus, which moves her among the leaders in the Big Ten.

Others to watch for Minnesota (season-best in parenthesis) are MONIKA BALINT (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY) (800 meters-2:08.59), SHELLY WALL (WILSON, WI/SPRING VALLEY) (800 meters-2:13.28) and c:IRIS ROWE (SIOUX FALLS, SD/O'GORMAN) (1500 meters-4:27.63).

LAST CHANCE FOR NATIONALS- The Gophers will host a last chance meet May 22 at 4 p.m. at the Bierman Track and Field Stadium. This meet is the final chance to athletes to qualify for the NCAA meet May 29-June 1 at the University of Oregon.


A'1inneapolis, Minnesota (3rd) ~9 - vs. UM-Duluth W, 3-2 1 2/9 vs. Nebraska L, 0-3 2/10 vs. Missouri L, 2-3 (9T) 2/10 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-1

Arizona o tball lassie Tucson, Arizona (9th)



San Diego, California (3rd) 1 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 1 vs. Northwestern W, 8-5

2/22 vs. CS-Northridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 2/23 vs. S. Diego St. W, 3-2(10T) 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)


3/1 vs. Penn State W, 2-1 (8) 3/1 vs. NE Louisiana W, 7-0 3/1 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 0-1 3/2 vs. Sam Houston St. W,3-2 3/3 vs. Cent. Michigan*L, 0-1 (8)



W, 6-0 L,0-1





4/4 at Iowa State W, 15-4 at Iowa State W,6-1

4/5 at Iowa W,4-1 at Iowa L,0-4

4/6 at Iowa L, 2-3 at Iowa w, 5-3

4/13 NORTHWESTERN W,6-0 NORTHWESTERN w, 7-0


4/17 MANKA TO STATE W,2-0 MANKA TO STATE W,5-0

4/19 OillO STATE W,2-0 OillOSTATE w, 5-0

4/20 OillO STATE W, 3-0 OillOSTATE W,3-2

4/22 CREIGHTON W, 5-2 CREIGHTON L, 0-1

4/24 lOW A STATE W, 11-1 IOWA STATE L, 3-4

4/26 at Michigan State W,2-1 at Michigan State W,2-0


5/3 at Indiana W, 2-1 at Indiana W,6-3


5/10 MICHIGAN W,2-1 MICHIGAN W, 1-0

5/11 MICHIGAN L, 3-4 MICHIGAN L,0-5

NCAA Regional No. 7 College Station, Texas

5/17 vs. Utah 1 p.m. 5/17 at Texas A&M 3 or 5 p.m.


City, Oklahoma


Record: 47 .;;25 vs. DiV~ 1: 44;.25

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•** BATTING Statistics ***

PLAYER Lezlie \Ieiss Kari Blank Diane Field Tabbetha loloody Kelly Norman Sandy Scott Anne lolei sbeclcer Jennifer McGuinness Stacey Funderburg Mischel Doerr Lisa Sojka Kerby Norman Mariann Dukart Angie Gebhard Brenda Bixby Lia Johnson Robin B~s Sarah Maschka


BA G/ GS A8 ~ H RBI 28 38 HR S8/S8A S8X 88 SO H8P S/SF

.336 67/ 67 220 27 74 23 12 2 0

.335 72/ 72 236 31 79 42 6 7 0

.315 72/ 72 213 20 67 25 9 3

.305 70/ 69 200 26 61 20 7 3 0

.300 42/ 23 70 16 21 12 3 1 0

.289 68/ 63 187 28 54 22 13 2 0

4/ 4 1.000 14 17 1 1/ 0 8/ 9 .889 7 13 1 71 1 3! 5 .600 19 21 7 3/ 2 9{ 12 • 750 17 25 3 3/ 1 1! 2 .500 16 15 0/ 0 2/ 4 .500 13 16 6 14/ 2

.235 61/ 56 187 21 44 3 1 1

.231 12/ 1 13 2 3 2 0 0

.223 72/ 72 188 16 42 22 2 3

.222 66/ 64 203 18 45 16 4 0

.209 57/ 56 134 18 28 13 3 2

.197 29/ 19

.173 34/ 12

.000 11/ 0

.000 43/ 36

.000 32/ 0

.000 32/ 19

.000 34/ 18

61 2 12 8

52 1 9 5

0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0

17 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0

0 6/ 11 . 545 1 1 12 3 5/ 0 0 0/ 0 .000 2 3 0 0{ 0 0 6/ 7 .857 19 26 5 2/ 2 0 13/ 17 .765 5 31 5 2/ 2 0 3/ 8 . 375 6 25 2 3/ 0 0 1/ , 1.000 0 1/ 1 1.000 0 01 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0/ 0 .000

2 11 0 4/ 0 3 7 1 ,, 0

0 0 0 0/ 0

0 1 0 01 0

0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

0 0 0 0/ 0

TB/SLUGX 901 .409 991 .419 85/ .399 74/ .370 26/ .371 711 .380 47/ .251

31 .231 SO/ .266 49/ .241 35/ .261 131 .213 101 .192 0/ .000 01 .000 01 .000 01 .000 01 .000

PO A E DP FLDX 20 169 15 3 .926

164 177 19 4 .947 635 73 9 1 1 . 987

39 0 2 0 .951 20 2 1 0 .957 24 3 3 0 .900 27 6 0 .971 9 1 0

99 211 50 0 1.000 9 .861

33 1

209 45 3 0 .919

.977

.955

.987

6 2 49 15 3

143 5 2 0 4 5 104 5 0 0 0 3 71 2

6 62 3

0 .800 .956

0 .000

~ -~ .273 721 72 1975 244 539 214 62 24 .198 721 72 1824 132 361 97 23 5

1 57/ 81 .704 134 224 35 45/10 652/ .330 1485 949 125 15 2 45/ 79 .570 72 243 20 68/ 4 400/ .219 1466 709 109 25

.951

.952


PITCHER Robin 8~ Brenda Bixby Sarah Maschlta Angie Gebhard


ERA G/ GS lol L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER 0.77 31/ 19 14 8 .636 3 5 2 126.7 84 30 14 0.94 44/ 35 22 9 .710 5 19 7 223.7 156 51 30 1.15 33/ 18 11 8 .579 6 8 3 134.0 109 39 22 1 • 31 121 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0 10.7 12 8 2

88 SO IBB 17 78 0 23 109 , 29 51

3 5 0

HB WP BK 2B 3B HR TB/SLUGX A8/BAVG. 9 11 0 6 1 0 92/ .203 453/ .185 8 , 0 10 1 0 168/ .204 823/ .190 3 0 4 3 2 125/ .251 499/ .218 0 0 0 . 3 0 0 15/ .306 49/ .2451

0.96 721 72 47 25 .653 14 32 2.42 72/ 72 25 47 .347 3 45

20 495.0 361 132 68 72 243 2 20 13 0 23 5 2 400/ .219 1824/ .198 11 488.7 539 244 169 134 224 3 35 26 0 62 24 652/ .330 1975/ .273



G/ GS PASSED BALLS 29/ 19 2 57/ 56 9 72/ 72

72/ 72 11 23

BIG TEN STATISTICS Softball statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 24 Games)

BATTING Statistics ***

'ER 1ifer McGuinness i Blank lie IJeiss ay Scott .ne Field ly Norman

:a Sojka ::betha IJoody 3cey Funderburg 1e IJeisbecker schel Doerr rby Norman a Johnson riam Dukart .gie Gebhard ·eflAixby

lralllfschlca JbinB~

SA G/ GS .sao 4/ o .400 24/ 24 .354 24/ 24 .333 24/ 24 .329 24/ 24 .318 12/ 7 .250 23/ 23 .250 24/ 24 .217 24/ 24 .211 24/ 23 .200 20/ 18 .200 4/ 1 .000 13/ 0 .000 71 0 .000 21 0 .000 13/ 13 .000 9/ 3 .000 12/ 7

AB R ~ RBI 2B 3B HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0

75 12 30 19 3 2 0 4/ 4 1.000 2 4 0 2/ 1 79 13 28 4 5 0 0/ 0 .000 4 7 0 0/ 0 69 8 23 9 8 1 0 0/ 1 .000 4 5 2 6/ 1 70 6 23 10 4 3 0 1/ 1 1.000 5 7 2 0/ 0 22 5 7 4 0 0 0/ 0 .000 7 4 0 0/ 0 56 9 14 3 2 0 0 2/ 5 .400 4 11 0 1/ 0 68 1 1 17 10 3 2 0 3/ 4 . 750 7 8 2/ 0 60 4 13 11 0 0( 0 .000 7 8 0/ 1 76 8 16 3 1 0 0 2/ 3 .667 6 3 1/ 0 so 5 10 2 2 0 0 2/ 3 .667 0 14 4 0/ 0 5 0 1 3 1 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 1 0 0/ 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 2 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000

0

0

0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0/ 0

TB/SLUG% 2/ .500

37/ .493 35/ .443 33/ .478 33/ .471 9/ .409

16/ .286 24/ .353 16/ .267 17/ .224 12/ .240 2/ .400 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000 0/ .000

PO A E DP FLDX 0 0 0 0 .000

61 60 6 2 .953 9 66 6 2 .926 7 0 1 0 .875

235 18 3 6 .988 8 0 0

74 17 1 15 0 0 44 64 13 13 0

12 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0

3 0 0

0 0 0 1 32 2 2 12 1 0 18 0

0 1.000 1 .989 0 1.000 5 .893 0 .929 0 .923 1 1.000 0 .000 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .943 0 .933 2 1.000

imesota ,JpOnent Totals

.287 24/ 24 641 88 184 79 30 11 0 14/ 21 .667 46 74 11 12/ 3 236/ .368 489 289 35 8 .957

.195 24/ 24 606 33 118 28 11 0 13/ 23 .565 17 75 5 15/ 0 131/ .216 465 228 38 9 .948

** PITCHING Statistics ***

'ITC~HE~R~--------~ER~A~~G~/~G~S~IJ~~L~P~C~T~S~AV~E~C~G~S~H~TOU~T--l~P~~H--~R~E~R~B~B~~SO~I~BB~~HB~IJ~P~B~K~2~B~3~B~H~R--~T~B~/S~L~U~G%~~A~B~/B~AuV~G. \ngie Gebhard 0.00 3/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/ .308 13/ .308 lrenda Bixby 0.72 14/ 14 11 2 .846 0 10 4 87.0 64 15 9 9 36 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 67/ .208 322/ . 199 ~obin B~ 0.96 12/ 7 7 .875 3 2 2 43.7 27 8 6 3 30 0 3 3 0 5 0 34/ .207 164/ . 165 Sarah Maschlca 1.19 9/ 3 2 .667 5 0 0 29.3 23 10 5 4 8 0 0 3 0 0 26/ .243 107/ .215\

14imesota Opponent Totals

0.86 24/ 24 20 4 .833 2.89 24/ 24 4 20 .167


CATC~HE~R~--------~G/t-::!G~S_:;,P.:;:;AS=.=S::::E~D-lB~A:..!;L,:=.LS Lisa Sojlca 23/ 23 2' Mimesota Opponent Totals

24/ 24 24/ 24

2

6

8 12 0 16

10 163.0 118 33 20 17 75 2 155.0 184 88 64 46 74

0 5 4 0 11 0 131/ .216 606/ .195 11 8 0 30 11 0 236/ .368 641/ .287

1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests • 100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Gily Dishon (k) Val Owen U) Angie Mauldin (c) 200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Gily Dishon (j) Angie Mauldin (c) Shelly Ast (k) 400 meters (:52.80, :54.50) Sascha Ramsay (j)

800 meters (2:05.50, 2:08.00) Monika Balint (g) Shelly Wall (j) Chris Rowe (k) 1500 meters (4:18.00, 4:23.00) Chris Rowe (b) Jenny Alby (j) Kristen Bubolz (k) 3000 meters (9.19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Rowe (e) Chris Abbott (c) Julia McGough (j) 5000 meters (16: 16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Abbott (j) Chris Rowe (a) Lori Nesvold (j) 10,000 meters (34:20.00, 35:15.00) Lori Nesvold (e) Sara Zimmermann (e)

100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) Sarah Redman (k) Kari Mower (j) Tracee Wolf (c) 400-meter hurdles (:57.60, :59.80) Susie Peterson (k) Sarah Redman (e) Kari Mower (j) 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) Owen, Redman, Mauldin, Ramsay (j)


:11.79 :12.33 :12.82 :12.7 :23.44 :26.12 :26.1 :26.34 :54.4 :59.30

2:07.71 2:08.59 2:13.28 2:14.67 4:15.59 4:27.63 4:37.10 4:47.78 9:07.46 9:51.7

10:00.9 10:04.32 16:10.50 17:10.16 17:14.49 18:24.12 33:31.96 37:58.16 38:54.94

:14.34 :14.36 :15.17 :15.4 :57.99

1:05.27 1:05.4 1:05.65 :46.72 :48.12

3:46.29 3:57.54

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) Coralea Brown (b) Tracee Wolf (a) Sue Peterson (a) Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) Val Owen (k) Tracee Wolf (j) Stacy Klos (a) Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) Val Owen (c) Stacy Klos (c) Tracee Wolf (j) Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) Rachel Lewis (b) Joyce Schultz (d) Steph Scholtes (d) Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) Rachel Lewis (a) Joyce Schultz (k)

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) Decia Agnew (j) Sharon Geisler (e) Lisa Larson (d) Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100)

1.78m/5-10

1.73m/5- 8 -1.60m/5- 3 • 1.58m/5- 2 1/4

6.16m/20- 2 1/2 5.85m/19- 2 1/2 5.22m/17- 1 1/2 5.14m/16-10 1/4

12.38m/40- 7 3/4 11.28m/37- 0 10.77m/35- 4 10.67m/35- 0 1/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 12.84m/42- 1 1/2 12.78m/41-111/4

55.32m/181- 6 53.18m/174- 6 48.10m/157-10

53.14m/174- 4 50.44m/165- 6 40.76m/133- 9 35.64m/116-1 e

4,990


(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX ( 4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (e) Jim Duncan Invitational, Des Moines, lA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, lA (4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (j) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadi\e (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) followed by school indoor records in bold



Gopher Sports News


SCHEDULE MAY 29-JUNE 1



May 20, 1991

May 29-June 1 TRACK & FIELD at NCAA championships (Eugene, OR)

MINNESOTA HOSTS LAST CHANCE MEET-The Minnesota women's track and field team will host a last chance meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the B iennan Track and Field S tadi urn. This meet is the last chance for Minnesota athletes to qualify for the NCAA meet next week at the University of Oregon.

BIG TEN RESULTS FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO- Wisconsin won its sixth Big Ten championship, defeating Illinois by 31 points. Minnesota was striving for its first-ever top-five finish, but fell short by seven points. The Gophers were in fourth place after the first day with 20 points.

1991 BIG TEN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP- Columbus, Ohio Team Results Individual Results 1. Wisconsin 127 Athlete of the Championship 2. Illinois 96 Lisa Payne, Wisconsin 3. Indiana 89 Athlete of the Year 4. Ohio State 85.5 Lisa Payne, Wisconsin 5. Michigan State 50 Freshman of the Year 6. Purdue 44 Susan Francis, Michigan State 7. MINNESOTA 43 Coach of the Year 8. Iowa 31.5 Peter Tegen, Wisconsin 9. Michigan 23

MINNESOTA'S BIG TEN SCORERS-Athlete Hometown/High School Event Mark Place Points Decia Agnew Bethel Park, P A/Bethel Park Javelin 160-11 1st 10 Rachel Lewis Sioux City, !A/North Discus 165-5 2nd 8 Rachel Lewis Sioux City, !A/North Shot Put 47-2 1/4 3rd 6 Monika Balint Budapest, HUNGARY 800 meters 2:10.70 4th 4 Chris Rowe Sioux Falls, SD/O'Gonnan 1500 meters 4:26.12 4th 4 Chris Rowe Sioux Falls, SD/O'Gonnan 3000 meters 9:49.52 4th 4 Val Owen McCook, NE/McCook Long Jump 19-4 3/4 5th 2 Sharon Geisler Union City, PA/Union City Javelin 134-8 5th 2 Chris Abbott Winona, MN/Winona 5000 meters 17:17.45 6th 1 Sarah Redman Waverly, INOconomowac lOOm hurdles :14.82 6th 1 Joyce Schultz Wells, MN/Wells-Easton Discus 145-1 6th 1 Team Score 43

GOPHER NOTES-Decia Agnew's win in the javelin was her third Big Ten championship in the event. She joins Rachel Lewis as a three-time Big Ten winner, with Lewis' three wins coming in the discus. Lewis was unable to repeat her Big Ten titles in either of her events. Rowe's 1500-meter time was a personal best and puts her third on the all-time Gopher list. Owen's long jump extended her personal best and she is now within a foot of the school record of 20-2 1/2. Geisler was within six inches of her personal best, which ranks third on the all-time Gopher list.

NCAA MEET NEXT WEEK- The Gophers will send Rachel Lewis to the 1991 NCAA outdoor meet May 29-June 1 in Eugene, Ore. Decia Agnew and Joyce Schultz are also provisionally qualified for the meet, with Agnew's javelin mark of 165-6 being Minnesota's best chance at another entry.

~1innesota Women's Sports News -2-2-2-2- 5/20/91

SOFTBALL

SEASON ENDS AT REG ION AL- The Minnesota softball team ( 48-27) ended its 1991 season in NCAA regional play last weekend at College Station, Texas. The 15th-ranked Gophers won their first-ever NCAA tournament game, a 3-0 decision over host Texas A&M. Utah sandwiched that victory with two wins over ~innesota, by scores of 1-0 and 2-0. Utah advanced to the 1991 Women's College World Series with a 3-0 win over Texas A&M in the championship game. Minnesota finished the 1991 season with 10 more wins than any previous Gopher team and as the 1991 Big Ten champions.

RECORD-SETTING SEASON- The Gophers set many single-season and career records during their 1991 season. Part of the reason for the assault on the record book was a record 7 5-game schedule, 12 more games than last year's mark. The records include:

Single-Season Records Games Played -75, Kari Blank, Diane Field and Stacey Funderburg At Bats- 245, Kari Blank Sacrifices- 17, Sandy Scott (tie) Hits- 82, Kari Blank Saves - 6, Sarah Maschka Runs Batted In- 43, Kari Blank Putouts- 667, Diane Field Total Bases- 105, Kari Blank Assists- 220, Stacey Funderburg Hits by Pitch- 8, Diane Field

Career Records Putouts - 1 ,37 4, Diane Field Fielding Percentage- .985, Diane Field Games Pitched- 119, Brenda Bixby

Innings Pitched- 630 2/3, Brenda Bixby Wins- 51, Brenda Bixby Strikeouts- 240, Brenda Bixby

Team Records (Previous or current record) Games played -75 (63, 1990) Wins- 48 (38, 1978) Winning percentage- .640 (highest since 1983) Big Ten wins- 20 (15, 1986 and 1988) Consecutive wins- 12 (11, 1983) Consecutive Big Ten wins- 19 (Big Ten record) Runs- 247 (most since record of 310 in 1978) Hits- 551 (413, 1978) Doubles- 67 (49, 1988) Triples - 24 (most since record of 26 in 1981) Total bases - 669 (540, 1978) Hits by pitch - 36 (24, 1990) Batting average- .269 (highest since 1981) Innings pitched- 515 (432.3, 1990) Shutouts- 21 (most since record of 23 in 1978) Strikeouts- 250 (180, 1978) Earned run average- 0.97 (lowest since record of 0.93 in 1983)

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e SOFTBALL CONTINUED --

AWARD WINNERS- Minnesota had seven players named to the all-Big Ten team, the most ever in school history. Minnesota had four all-conference selections in 1984, 1986 and 1988. Junior KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN) was named to the all-Big Ten first team as an infielder and shared the 1991 Big Ten Player of the Year award with Iowa pitcher Karen Jackson. Junior pitcher BRENDA BIXBY (ESTiffiRVILLE, IA) and senior utility player ANNE WEISBECKER (LACROSSE, WI/AQUINAS) were also named to the all-Big Ten first team. Infielder DIANE FIELD (MORTON GROVE, IUNILES WEST), infielder LEZLIE WEISS (FOREST LAKE, MN), outfielder SANDY SCOTT (EUGENE, OR/ CHURCHILL) and outfielder TABBETHA WOODY (DEWEY, OK) were all named to the all-Big Ten second team.

THE COACH- Minnesota's Teresa Wilson (Missouri '84) was named the 1991 Big Ten Coach of the Year by her peers. She has now won the Pacific-1 0, Big Ten and NCAA Division I Coach of the Year honors in the last three years. Wilson's six-year coaching record now stands at 205-163 (.557), and her two-year Minnesota record is 79-59 ( .572). Wilson has led Minnesota to 25 wins in its last 30 Big Ten games and owns a two-year Big Ten record of 32-16 (.667).

VOLLEYBALL

AWARD WINNERS NAMED -- The Minnesota women's volleyball team held its annual awards picnic Sunday afternoon with the following award recipients named -

Most Valuable-- DAWN THOMPSON (PORTAGE, MIINORTHERN) -- Senior ... ranks third on the all-time block assist list with 434 block assists ... career block per game average of0.95 is second on the all-time Gopher list. Academic Award-- DAWN THOMPSON-- 3.77 grade-point average in athletic administration. Most/mproved--GRETCHENDAHL(PRIORLAKE,MN/HOLY ANGELS),redshirtfreshman. Conditioning Award-- BECKY LINDBERG (FOREST LAKE, MN), sophomore outside hitter ... redshirted the 1990 season due to a shoulder injury. 3D Award (Desire, Determination, Dedication)-- KRIST A NEVELLE (RICHLAND, MI/GULL LAKE), junior outside hitter ... redshirted the 1990 season after leaving the team in the middle of the 1989 season ... was named freshman of the year in 1988. FreshmanoftheYear--SUEJACKSON(KALAMAZOO,MI!COMSTOCK),freshmansetter .. .led the team with 1,153 assists to become just the second Gopher to top 1,000 assists for a season. Coaches' Award-- Assistant coach VIVIAN LANGLEY. 1991 Co-captains-- Sue Jackson and Becky Lindberg.

TWO WALK-ONS JOIN TEAM-- University of Minnesota head volleyball coach Stephanie Schlueder has announced that two area players will join the Gopher team in the fall. They are Jenny Boll and Vicki Joyce.

Boll is a 5-8 outside hitter from Waconia, Minn. She played outside hitter at Waconia High School where she was an all-conference and all-metro honorable mention selection. Waconia's 1990 team finished with a 25-4 record. In addition to being named the 1990 homecoming queen at Waconia High School, Boll was also a member of the student council, choir, and band. She plans to major in business at Minnesota.

Joyce is a 5-9 middle hitter from St. Paul, Minn. who played high school volleyball at Johnson High School, which finished with a 26-3 record in 1990. Joyce was an all-conference, all-metro honorable mention, and all-state selection. She was also named homecoming queen at Johnson and was vice president of the student council.

1991 University of Minnesota Women's Outdoor Track and Field Bests -100 meters (:11.43, :11.75) Gily Dishon (k) Val Owen (j) Angie Mauldin (c) 200 meters (:23.28, :23.80) Gily Dishon (j) Angie Mauldin (c) Shelly Wall (k) 400 meters (:52.80, :54.50) Sascha Ramsay (j)

800 meters (2:05.50, 2:08.00) Monika Balint (g) Shelly Wall (1) Chris Rowe (k) 1500 meters (4:18.00, 4:23.00) Chris Rowe (l) Jenny Alby (1) Heather Doyle (1) 3000 meters (9:19.00, 9:35.00) Chris Rowe (1) Chris Abbott (c) Julia McGough (j) 5000 meters (16:16.00, 16:45.00) Chris Abbott (j) Chris Rowe (a) Lori Nesvold (j) 10,000 meters (34:20.00, 35: 15.00) Lori Nesvold (e) Sara Zimmermann (e)

:11.79 :12.33 :12.82 :12.7 :23.44 :26.12 :26.1 :26.34 :54.4 :59.30

2:07.71 2:08.59 2:13.26 2:14.67 4:15.59 4:26.12 4:32.36 4:39.97 9:07.46 9:49.52

10:00.9 10:04.32 16:10.50 17:10.16 17:14.49 18:24.12 33:31.96 37:58.16 38:54.94

100-meter hurdles (:13.35, :13.72) :14.34 Sarah Redman (k) :14.36 Kari Mower (k) :14.93 TraceeWolf(c) :15.4 ..,...40_0_-m_et_e_r _hu_r_d_le_s~(:_5_7 ._6_0,:.....:_59_._80.....::) ___ :57.99 Sue Peterson (k) 1 ·~ .27 Sarah Redman (e) 1:05.4 Kari Mower (j) 1:05.65 4x100 meter relay (:44.75, :45.90) :46.72 Owen, Redman, Mauldin, Ramsay (l) :47.83

4x400 meter relay (3:35.48, 3:39.80) 3:46.29 Mower, Peterson, Redman, Ramsay (h) 3:57.54

High Jump (1.87m, 1.78m) Coralea Brown (b) Tracee Wolf (1) Sue Peterson (h) Long Jump (6.45m, 6.20m) Val Owen (1) Tracee Wolf (j) Stacy Klos (a) Triple Jump (13.00m, 12.45m) Val Owen (c) Stacy Klos (c) Tracee Wolf (j) Shot Put (15.50m, 14.70m) Rachel Lewis (b) Steph Scholtes (d) Joyce Schultz (d) Discus (52.50m, 48.00m) Rachel Lewis (a) Joyce Schultz (k)

Javelin (53.00m, 46.00m) Decia Agnew (j) Sharon Geisler (1) Lisa Larson (d) Heptathlon (5,500, 5,100)

1.78m/5-10 1.73m/5- 8 1.63rnl5- 4 uAt 1.62m/5- 4

6.16m/20- 2 1/2 5.91m/19- 4 3/4 5.22m/17- 1 1/2 5.14m/16-10 1/4

12.38m/40- 7 3/4 11.28m/37- 0 10.77m/35- 4 10.67m/35- 0 1/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 16.21m/53- 2 1/4 13.23m/43- 5 12.84m/42- 1 1/2

55.32m/181- 6 53.18m/174- 6 48.10m/157-10

53.14m/174- 4 50.44m/165- 6 41.04m/134- 8 35.64m/116-1 e

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(b) Texas Relays, Austin, TX ( 4/6) (c) Snowball Open, St. Paul, MN (4/6) (d) MINNESOTA OPEN (4/10) (e) Jim Duncan Invitational, Des Moines, IA (4/13) (f) Hamline Invitational, St. Paul, MN (4/20) (g) Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, CA (4/20) (h) Drake Relays, Des Moines, IA (4/26-27) (i) St. Thomas Open, St. Paul, MN (5/1) (j) MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL (5/4) (k) MINNESOTA OPEN-LAST CHANCE (5/11) (1) Big Ten Championship, Columbus, OH (5/18-19) (m) MINNESOTA LAST CHANCE (5/22) (n) NCAA Championship, Eugene, OR (5/29-6/1)

HOME MEETS at Bierman Track and Field Stadium (NCAA Automatic, NCAA Provisional Marks) a~ followed by school indoor records in bold .,.

1991 University of Minnesota Softball Metrodome Softball Classic i

...'Minneapolis, Minnesota (3rd) I ~ vs. UM-Duluth W, 3-2 · 2!9 vs. Nebraska L, 0-3 ' 2/10 vs. Missouri L, 2-3 (9T) 1

2/10 vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-1

Anzona o tball lassie Tucson, Arizona (9th)

2/14 vs. CS-Nonhridge L, 3-5 2/14 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 2/15 vs. Oregon L, 4-10 2/15 vs. Ohio State W, 6-0 2/15 vs. Arizona State L, 4-5 (8T) 2/16 vs. CS-Fullerton L, 3-4 2/16 vs. Texas-Arlington L, 0-4


San Diego, California (3rd) 1 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 1-2 1 vs. Northwestern W, 8-5

2/22 vs. CS-Nonhridge L, 0-1 2/22 vs. San Diego State L, 1-2 2/22 vs. Utah State W, 1-0 2/23 vs. California W, 5-3 2/23 vs. S. Diego St. W, 3-2(10T) 2/24 vs. CS-Long Beach L, 2-3 (9)





W,6-0 L, 0-1










4!17 MANKA TO STATE W,2-0 MANKATO STATE W, 5-0

4/19 OHIO STATE W,2-0 OHIO STATE W,5-0

4/20 OHIO STATE W,3-0 OHIO STATE W, 3-2

4/22 CREIGHTON W,5-2 CREIGHTON L, 0-1

4/24 IOWA STATE W, 11-1 IOWA STATE L, 3-4

4/26 at Michigan State W, 2-1 at Michigan State W,2-0



5/4 at Indiana W,11-1 at Indiana W, 5-2

5/10 MICHIGAN W, 2-1 MICHIGAN W, 1-0

5/11 MICHIGAN L, 3-4 MICHIGAN L, 0-5

NCAA Regional Tournament College Station, Texas

5/17 vs. Utah L, 0-1 5/17 at Texas A&M W, 3-0 5/18 vs. Utah L, 0-2


Record: 48-27 vs. Div. 1: 45-27 Big Ten: 20-4 Home: 16-6 Road: 15-5 Neutral: 17-16 vs. NCAA Top 20 8-14 Streak: Lost 1

Head Coach: Teresa Wilson 79-59 (2nd year at Minnesota)

205-163 (6th year overall) Assistant Coach: John Rittman

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1991 FINAL STAISTICS softball statistics -- University of Minnesota 1991

(Includes 75 Games)

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BA G/ GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB/SBA SBX BB SO HBP S/SF TB/SLUGX .335 75/ 75 245 32 82 43 9 7 0 8/ 9 .889 7 13 1 7/ 1 105/ .429 .332 70( 70 229 27 76 23 14 2 0 4/ 4 1~000 14 18 1/ 0 94/ .410 .314 75/ 75 220 21 69 25 9 3 1 3/ 5 .600 20 21 8 3/ 2 87/ .395 .300 42/ 23 70 16 21 12 3 0 1/ 2 .500 16 15 0/ 0 26/ .371 .292 73( 72 209 26 61 20 7 3 0 9( 12 .750 17 26 3 3/ 1 74/ .354 .281 71/ 66 196 28 55 22 13 2 0 2/ 4 .500 13 17 6 15/ 2 72/ .367 .231 12/ 1 13 2 3 2 0 0 0 0/ 0 .000 2 3 0 0/ 0 3/ .231 .228 64/ 59 197 21 45 3 .227 75/ 75 194 16 44 22 .218 69/ 67 211 18 46 17 .199 60/ 59 141 18 28 13 .197 29/ 19 61 2 12 8 .173 34/ 12 .000 34/ 18 .000 11/ 0 .000 33/ 0 .000 34/ 21 .000 44/ 37

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1 57/ 82 .695 136 233 36 46/10 669/ .327 2 49/ 83 .590 76 250 20 70/ 4 413/ .218

PO A E DP FLD% 171 184 20 5 .947

21 179 16 5 .926 667 77 9 15 .988

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ERA G/ GS II L PCT SAVE CG SHTOUT IP H R ER BB SO IBB HB liP BK 2B 3B HR TB/SLUGX AB/BAVG. 0.80 33/ 21 15 9 .625 3 7 3 139.7 91 32 16 20 84 0 9 11 0 7 1 0 100/ .201 498/ .183 0.94 45/ 36 22 10 .688 5 20 7 230.7 161 52 31 24 110 8 0 10 1 0 173/ .204 846/ .190 1.15 33/ 18 11 8 .579 6 8 3 134.0 109 39 22 29 51 1 3 1 0 4 3 2 125/ .251 499/ .218 1.31 12/ 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 10.7 12 8 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15/ .306 49/ .2451

0.97 75/ 75 48 27 .640 14 35 21 515.0 373 135 71 76 250 2.35 75/ 75 27 48 .360 3 48 13 509.7 551 247 171 136 233

2 20 13 0 24 5 2 413/ .218 1892/ .197 3 36 26 0 67 24 669/ .327 2049/ .269



G/ GS PASSED BALLS 29/ 19 2 60/ 59 9

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BANQUET AWARDS ANNOUNCED --



May 29, 1991

LEWIS SWEEPS-- Senior thrower RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, IA) won both the Minnesota Senior Athlete of theY ear Award and the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor at the 17th annual Patty Berg A wards Banquet May 28.

The Senior Athlete of the Year Award is chosen by athletes in all sports and considers character, leadership, and athletic accomplishments of a student -athlete. The Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor is the highest honor to be bestowed on a student-athlete in the Big Ten Conference. Each Big Ten school selects a senior student-athlete who represents the very best achievements in all areas, including academic excellence, athletic achievement and leadership.

Lewis is considered the finest thrower in Minnesota school history, having amassed five all-American honors in the throwing events for the Gopher track and field team. Lewis is attempting to add to that total this week as she is competing in the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. in both the discus and shot put. Lewis also has six Big Ten titles to her credit, three in the discus, two in the indoor shot put, and one in the outdoor shot.

OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AWARDS ANNOUNCED-- The Outstanding Athlete Awards were presented by the Minnesota Alumni Association to this season's most valuable performers in each sport.

BASKETBALL-- ELLEN KRAMER (ROSEVILLE, MN) ... senior ... fifth-leading scorer and rebounder in Minnesota school history ... just the seventh Gopher to score over 1,000 points and record over 500 rebounds in her career ... finished career with 1,371 points and 728 rebounds .. .individualized studies major.

CROSS COUNTRY-- CHRIS ROWE (SIOUX FALLS, SD) ... junior ... numberonerunnerall season .. .led Minnesota to the team title at the Midwest Intercollegiate meet with a first-place finish ... first Gopher to cross the finish line in six of seven races ... finished fourth at Rutgers and tenth at the Big Ten championship ... prenursing and pre-physical therapy major.

GOLF -- KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) ... senior .. .led the team with the lowest fall stroke average at 77.00 ... recorded collegiate career-low eighteen hole score of 73 and low 54-hole score of 227 ... top Gopher finisher at Big Ten meet. .. bachelor of individualized studies major.

GYMNASTICS-- CATHY ZOLKOWSKI (NEENAH, WI) ... senior ... won second straight Big Ten floor exercise title, setting a conference record with a 9.80 .. .finished third all-around at Big Ten championship, helping Minnesota to win its third title in the last four years ... qualified for NCAA Central Region meet where she set a new school record on the vault with a 9.80 ... psychology major.

SOFTBALL-- KARl BLANK (OAKDALE, MN) ... junior ... named Big Ten Co-Player of the Year after helping Minnesota win its second Big Ten title in the last four years ... set Minnesota single-season records for at-bats (245), hits (82), and RBI (43) .. .led the Big Ten with 32 runs scored and seven triples ... named to the all-Big Ten first team and the all-Mideast Region team ... human relationships major.

.. . ..


SWIMMING & DIVING -- LISA DAVIS (AUSTIN, MN) ... senior ... frrst Minnesota diver ever to place at the NCAA championships ... earned honorable mention all-American honors for 13th-place finish in onemeter diving with 372.15 points ... also competed in 3-meter and platform diving at NCAA meet...finished second in three-meter event at Big Ten championship and third in one-meter ... biology major.

TENNIS -- JENNIE MOE (EDINA, MN) ... junior ... eamed all-Big Ten honors for second straight year ... won 25 matches at No. 1 singles for the second year in a row ... recorded eight- and ten-match winning streaks and finished the season with a 25-15 overall record ... teamed up with doubles partner Sofie Olsson to win a career record 60th doubles match ... pre-speech communications major.

TRACK & FIELD --RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, IA) ... senior ... earned NCAA all-American honors at indoor championships with a sixth-place finish in the shot put ... won second Big Ten indoor shot put title ... broke the Minnesota Fieldhouse record in the shot with a throw of 52-10 ... qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships in the shot put and discus and is looking for her sixth and seventh all-American honors at the NCAA meet in Eugene, Ore. this week. .. kinesology major.

VOLLEYBALL -- DAWN THOMPSON (PORT AGE, Ml) ... senior ... finished career as one of the best blockers in Gopher history ... ranks third on career block assists list with 434 block assists ... became just the fourth Minnesota player in school history to record a "triple double" when she notched 13 kills, 16 digs and 11 total blocks against Michigan ... sports administration major.



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June 4, 1991

BOYER NAMED WOMEN'S SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR AT MINNESOTA

(Minneapolis, Minn.)- University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Director Chris Voelz has named

Dianne Boyer the Gophers' new women's sports information director, pending approval by the Board of

Regents. Boyer will begin her duties at Minnesota July 22.

For the past four years, Boyer has served as assistant sports information director at the United States

Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. At Navy, Boyer served as media coordinator for the Navy men's

basketball team and was a member of the media committee for the 1989 and 1990 Colonial Athletic

Association's men's basketball championship. She also served on the game management committee for the

1991 NCAA East Region First and Second Round of the men's basketball championship. Boyer was also

• responsible for several non-revenue sports during her career at Navy.

A 1987 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in public service, Boyer began her

sports information career as a student assistant at Penn State. She served as the media contact for several

non-revenue sports while assisting with all other aspects of the sports information office.

"Dianne's experiences as an assistant at the U.S. Naval Academy and at Penn State, combined with her

strong technical skills and work ethic, make this position a natural for her," said Voelz.

At Minnesota, Boyer will be responsible for administering the nine-sport Minnesota women's sports

information office, operating in one of five separate women's athletic departments in NCAA Division I

athletics.

"I'm very honored to be chosen for the position at Minnesota," said Boyer. "It is a great opportunity and

I'm looking forward to working with the staff. Minnesota has a great academic and athletic reputation and

I am proud to be associated with such an institution."

• Boyer replaces Karen Smith, who was appointed women's assistant athletic director for external opera-

tions in June 1989.

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June 4, 1991

BOYER NAMED WOMEN'S SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR AT MINNESOTA

(Minneapolis, Minn.) -University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Director Chris Voelz has named

Dianne Boyer the Gophers' new women's sports information director, pending approval by the Board of

Regents. Boyer will begin her duties at Minnesota July 22.

For the past four years, Boyer has served as assistant sports information director at the United States

Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. At Navy, Boyer served as media coordinator for the Navy men's

basketball team and was a member of the media committee for the 1989 and 1990 Colonial Athletic

Association's men's basketball championship. She also served on the game management committee for the

1991 NCAA East Region First and Second Round of the men's basketball championship. Boyer was also

responsible for several non-revenue sports during her career at Navy.

A 1987 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor's degree in public service, Boyer began her

sports information career as a student assistant at Penn State. She served as the media contact for several

non-revenue sports while assisting with all other aspects of the sports information office.

"Dianne's experiences as an assistant at the U.S. Naval Academy and at Penn State, combined with her

strong technical skills and work ethic, make this position a natural for her," said Voelz.

At Minnesota, Boyer will be responsible for administering the nine-sport Minnesota women's sports

information office, operating in one of five separate women's athletic departments in NCAA Division I

athletics.

"I'm very honored to be chosen for the position at Minnesota," said Boyer. "It is a great opportunity and

I'm looking forward to working with the staff. Minnesota has a great academic and athletic reputation and

I am proud to be associated with such an institution."

Boyer replaces Karen Smith, who was appointed women's assistant athletic director for external opera-

tions in June 1989.

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BANQUET AWARDS ANNOUNCED --

LEWIS SWEEPS •• Senior thrower RACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, lA) won both the Minnesota Senior e Athlete of the Year Award and the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor at the 17th annual Patty Berg A wards Banquet May 28. .

The Senior Athlete of the Year Award is chosen by athletes in all sports and considers character, leadership, and athletic accomplishments of a student-athlete. The Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor is the highest honor to be bestowed on a student-athlete in the Big Ten Conference. Each Big Ten school selects a senior student-athlete who represents the very best achievements in all areas, including academic excellence, athletic achievement and leadership.

Lewis is considered the finest thrower in Minnesota schooll ory, having amassed five all-American honors in the throwing events for the Gopher track and field tea Lewis is attempting to add to that total this week as she is competing in the NCAA track and field cham1. nships in Eugene, Ore. in both the discus md shot put. Lewis also has six Big Ten titles to her credit, three in the discus, two in the indoor shot put, .nd one in the outdoor shot.

OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AWARDS ANNOUNCED·· The Outstanding Athlete Awards were presented by the Minnesota Alumni Association to this season's most valuable performers in each sport.

BASKETBALL •• ELLEN K~ • .. ':~~ C\.OSEVILLE, MN) ... senior ... flfth-leading scorer and rebounder in Minnesota school history ... just the seventh Gopher to score over 1 ,000 points and record over 500 rebounds in her career ... finished career with 1,3 71 points and 728 rebounds ... individualized studies major.

CROSS COUNTRY --CHRISROWE(SIOUXFALLS,SD) ... junior ... numberonerunnerallseason .. .ledMinnesotatotheteam title at the Midwest Intercollegiate meet with a fJTSt-place finish ... fJTSt Gopher to cross the fmish line in six of seven races ... finished fourth at Rutgers and tenth at the Big Ten championship ... pre-nursing and pre-physical therapy major.

GOLF·· KELLI ROSS (BURNSVILLE, MN) ... senior .. .led the team with the lowest fall stroke average at 77.00 ... recorded A collegiate career-low eighteen hole score of 73 and low 54-hole score of 22' top Gopher finisher at Big Ten meet ... bachelor of • individualized studies major.

GYM I"·' C'T'T ,...~ -CATHY ZOLKOWSKI (NEENAH, WI) ... senior ... won seer ·1 straight Big Ten floor exercise title, setting a conte:. . ~ with a 9 .80 ... fmished third all-around at Big Ten championship, helping Minnesota to win its third title in the last lc Jr . _ .. _, •• ied for NCAA Central Region meet where she set a new school record on the vault with a 9 .80 ... psychology major.

SO.t<TBALL --KARl BLANK ("': KDALE, MN) ... junior ... named Big Ten Co-Player of theY ear after helping Minnesota win its second Big Ten title in the las' ur years ... set Minnesota single-season records for at-bats (245), hits (82), and RBI (43) .. .led the Big Ten with 32 runs scor~d · J seven triples ... named to the all-Big Ten first team and the all-Mideast Region team ... human relationships major.

SWIMMING & DIV championships ... eamer competed in 3-meter a• in one-meter ... biol01

TENNIS-- JENNJ 1 singles for the sec record ... teamed u· major.

LISA DAVIS (AUSTIN, MN) ... senior ... fJTSt Minnesota diver ever to place at the NCAA jlementionall-Americanhonorsfor13th-placefinishinone-meterdivingwith372.15points ... also

orm diving at NCAA meet ... fmished second in three-meter event at Big Ten championship and third

(EDINA, MN) ... junior ... eamed all-Big Ten honors for second straight year ... won 25 matches at No. .r in a row .. .recorded eight- and ten-match winning streaks and fmished the season with a 25-15 overall

.oubles partner Sofie Olsson to win a career record 60th doubles match ... pre-speech communications

TRACK & FIEL ~ACHEL LEWIS (SIOUX CITY, IA) ... senior ... earned NCAA all-American honors at indoor championships with a sixth-place fmish in the shot put .. won second Big Ten indoor shot put title ... broke the Minnesota Fieldhouse record in the shot with a throw of 52-1 O ... qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships in the shot put and discus and is looking for her sixth and seventh all-American honors at the NCAA meet in Eugene, Ore. this week ... kinesology major.

VOLLEYBALL -- DAWN THOMPSON (PORTAGE, MI) ... senior .•. finished career as one of the best blockers in Gopher history .. .ranks third on career block assists list with 4 34 block assists ... became just the fourth Minnesota player in school history to record a "triple double" when she notched 13 kills, 16 digs and 11 total blocks against Michigan ... sports administration major.



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June 26, 1991

UNIVERSITY TO HOST NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS--

The University of Minnesota women's athletic department will play host to the 1992 NCAA Women's

Gymnastics Championships at the St. Paul Civic Center on Apri124-25, 1992 with the assistance of the

St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and a volunteer steering committee.

Twelve teams and twelve individual all-around qualifiers will compete for national titles in what will be

the NCAA's 11th annual championship in college women's gymnastics.

Tickets will go on sale Oct. 1. The prices for two-day event tickets purchased in advance are $20 for

lower level reserved seats and $16 for general admission. One-day ticket prices (sold the day of the event

only) are $12 (reserved) and $10 (general admission). Special group ticket packages will be available by

advance sale only.

The chair of the steering committee for the championships is Anne Ford Nelson, vice president,

Norwest Bank. The St Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and president Rich Hadley has alSo pledged its

support.

"Having run scores of successful tournaments in this town, St. Paul and its corporate community is

proud to partner itself with Chris Voelz and the University of Minnesota women's athletic department in

making this gymnastics tournament a huge success," Nelson said.

University women's athletic director Chris Voelz said the goal of the women's athletic department in

serving as host for the event is to set a new NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships two-day

attendance record. The current attendance record for the two-day event (17,000) was set in 1983 in Salt

Lake City, Utah.

"We are proud to bring one of the most popular NCAA national championships to Minnesota," said

Voelz. "It is especially significant to have this event embraced by the community and chamber of St. Paul

and such a wonderful leader as Anne Ford Nelson."

Currently joining Nelson on the steering committee are chamber of commerce programs director Pat

Tapp; Dennis Cashman, vice president, John Ryan & Co.; Michelle McQuarrie Colton, partner, O'Neill,

Burke, O'Neill, Leonard & O'Brien; Tom Duffy, manager of public affairs, IBM; James Hansen, senior

vice president, pension division, Northwestern National Life; Dianne Johnson, business development

analyst, Deluxe Corporation; Diane Moser, vice president/marketing, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Anne Reilly,

tax manager, Deloitte & Touche; and Linda Ruiz of St. Paul Companies.

Companies that have committed local support to the championships include ffiM, Transtop, Inc. and

the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The steering committee will solicit further involvement from the Twin Cities

business community.

NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships 2-2-2-2 6/26/91

The meet director for the championships is Donna J. Olson, associate director of women's athletics

at the University, with Karen Smith, assistant athletic director of women's athletics, serving as assistant

meet director.

Among the teams expected to vie for berths in the championships are 1991 national champion

Alabama; six-time national champion Utah, the 1991 runnerup; two-time national champion Georgia;

Oregon State, which finished fourth at the 1991 national championships; and new Big Ten Conference

member Penn State, which finished fifth in 1991.

Individuals expected to compete are 1991 all-around champion Hope Spivey of Georgia (1988 U.S.

Olympic team); Melissa Marlowe of Utah (1988 U.S. Olympic team); Coon Rapids native Rhonda Faehn

of UCLA (1988 U.S. Olympic team alternate); and former U.S. national team members Chari Knight of

Oregon State and Dee Dee Foster of Alabama, the latter of whom was the 1990 NCAA all-around

champion.

This will be the second national championship event and fourth NCAA postseason event that the

University's women's athletic department has hosted in the past four years. The success of the NCAA

Central region gymnastics meet held at Williams Arena in April1990 led to the University's securing of

the national championships bid for 1992. The Central regional championship drew an NCAA-region

record crowd of 7 ,591.

Previously, in December 1988, the department set a national attendance record (17,202 over two days)

in hosting the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship at Williams Arena. In December 1989, there

were 4,969 in attendance (then a record for an NCAA first round match) as the Gophers beat Colorado in

an NCAA first round volleyball match.

RECENT AREA GYMNASTICS MEETS • 1984 Olympic medalist tour • 1984, 1985, 1986 University of Minnesota vs. Japan exhibition meets • 1985 World Team trials • 1986 Big Ten Championships • 1989 U.S. Gymnastics Federation Championships • 1990 NCAA Central Region Championship • 1990 Olympic Festival • 1992 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships

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• NCAA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS (1982-1991)

NCAA women's gymnastics attendance records --1.) 17,000 at Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983 2.) 16,746 at Corvallis, Oregon, 1990 3.) 16,481 at Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987 4.) 14,900 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1991 5.) 14,815 at Gainesville, Florida, 1986 6.) 13,760 at Salt Lake City, Utah, 1985 7.) 12,302 at Salt Lake City, Utah, 1988 8.) 10,000 (est.) at Los Angeles, California, 1984 9.) 9,616 at Athens, Georgia, 1989

two-day championship totals (host-University of Utah) (host-Oregon State University) (host-University of Utah) (host-University of Alabama) (host-University of Florida) (host-University of Utah) (host-University of Utah) (host-UCLA) (host-University of Georgia)

NCAA women's gymnastics one-day attendance bests -- regular season 1.) 15,238 at Salt Lake City, Utah, 2/11/91 (Utah vs. Cal State Fullerton) 2.) 13,443 at Salt Lake City, Utah, 1/30/89 (Utah vs. Alabama)

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women's gymnastics team champions Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Georgia Alabama Georgia Utah Alabama

women's gymnastics all-around Sue Stednitz, Utah Megan McCunniff, Utah Megan McCunniff-Marsden, Utah Penney Hauschild, Alabama Penney Hauschild, Alabama Jackie Brummer, Arizona State Kelly Garrison-Steves, Oklahoma Kelly Garrison-Steves, Oklahoma Corrine Wright, Georgia Dee Dee Foster, Alabama Hope Spivey, Georgia

champions

women's gymnastics vault champions Elaine Alfano, Utah Elaine Alfano, Utah Megan McCunniff-Marsden, Utah Elaine Alfano, Utah Kim Neal, Arizona State Pam Loree, Penn State Yumi Mordre, Washington Jill Andrews, UCLA Kim Hamilton, UCLA Michele Bryant, Nebraska Anna Basaldua, Arizona Hope Spivey, Georgia

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women's gymnastics uneven bars champions Lisa Shirk, Pittsburgh Jeri Cameron, Arizona State Jackie Brummer, Arizona State Penney Hauschild, Alabama Lucy Wener, Georgia Lucy Wener, Georgia Kelly Garrison-Steves, Oklahoma Lucy Wener, Georgia MARIE ROETHLISBERGER, MINNESOTA Kelly Macy, Georgia

women's gymnastics balance beam champions Sue Stednitz, Utah Julie Goewey, Cal State Fullerton Heidi Anderson, Oregon State Lisa Zeis, Arizona State Jackie Brummer, Arizona State Yurni Mordre, Washington Kelly Garrison-Steves, Oklahoma Jill Andrews, UCLA Joy Selig, Oregon State Joy Selig, Oregon State Gina Basile, Alabama Melissa Marlowe, Utah

women's gymnastics floor exercbe champions Mary Ayotte-Law, Oregon State Kim Neal, Arizona State Maria Anz, Florida LisJ Mit:z:'~l. Utah Lha Ze1s, Arizona State Penney Hauschild, Alabama Kim Hamilton, UCLA Kim Hamilton, UCLA Kim Hamilton, UCLA Corrine Wright, Georgia Joy Selig, Oregon State Hope Spivey, Georgia

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