U of M Baseball Location/Time Change

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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TO: Media Agencies/U of M Athletic Department

FROM: Jim Christman, Media Relations

RE: Wednesday, April3 baseball game vs. St. Thomas

Due to poor playing conditions at Siebert Field, the non-conference baseball game between the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas has been moved from Siebert Field to the Metrodome. The game time has been changed to 9 p.m. due to conflicts with the Metrodome schedule. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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April4, 1996 For Immediate Release

GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL PULLS OUT LATE WIN OVER ST. 1HOMAS

Minnesota (11-12) used a two-out, two-run home run off the bat of junior Steve Huls in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull out a 10-9 non-conference win over St. Thomas (14-2) late Wednesday night at the Metrodome. The Golden Gophers and the Tommies didn't start the game until 9:52 p.m. due to a late schedule change and conflicts at the Metrodome. The game ended at 12:56 a.m. Phil McDermott led off the ninth inning for Minnesota with a sharp single to left field. Designated hitter Ben Griffm then popped an attempted sacrifice bunt up to first base for the first out of the inning and was followed by center fielder Mike Mahady's line out to short which almost caught McDermott leaning off of first base. The throw was wide which put the bat in Huls' hands and the junior promptly lined his first career home run over the baggy in right to give the Golden Gophers the 10-9 win. The Tommies held the lead for most of the ball game jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first before surrendering three runs in the bottom half of the same inning. The Tommies posted four more runs in the next inning and held the lead until the last hit of the game. Tony Fisher and Jesse Bryant led the attack at the plate for the Tommies collecting three hits apiece while Steve Pignato contributed with a three-run home run in the second inning. The Golden Gophers were led at the plate by Huls, who fmished the day 3-for-5 with three RBI's and four runs scored while Eric Welter, Craig Selander, Rob Smith and Bryan Guse each had two hits apeice. Minnesota will continue league play this weekend with doubleheaders scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. in Ann Arbor, Mich., against the University of Michigan.

123 456 789 R HE St. Thomas 140 103 000 9 12 3 Minnesota 300 013 012 10 16 1

StT-Johnson, Koepcke (6), Cummings (7) and Orbell, Riley (6). UM-Wemer, Freeman (3), Westfall (6), Kearin (8) and Guse. W-Kearin (1-2), S-None; L-Cummings (0-1), HR StT-Fisher, Pignato; UM-Huls. Att.- 314. • UNIVERS!TY OF ~I~NESOTA JEWS

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For Immedi4te Release: AprilS, 1996 GOPHER HOTLINE THIS WEEK ••• The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter views with players and coaches. It is available to TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Baseball vt. Crefabtolt the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 62~- H.H.H. Mecrodome 7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality and is 1 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) changed by noon each day. This service is for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 media use only. The schedule for this week is as Track & Field Ill Sea Ray ReJays--DectUhloll First Day Tom Black Track follows: · KnOllville. Tenn. 3:30p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRB.. 10 THURSDAY, APRB.. 11 Head GcUCOICh Jolla M,... Track & Field a& Sea Ray Relays-Dccmldo11 Second DGJ 2:30p.m. THURSDAY, APRD.. U FRIDAY, APRB.. 12 Head Tennis Coacb Daft Gaa B.... vs. PeB State Sieben Field (2.SOO) ~~ FRIDAY, APRIL 12 3 p.m., KSGS·AM (950) Head Bueball COICh Jolla Allde,_ Golf at Legends of Indiana Legaxfl of Indiana Golf course Franldin, Ind. AU Day GOPHERS ONLINE Teuil vs. Peaa State . 98tb Sttee& Couns The University of Minnesota Men's Ad'tled.c 6:30p.m. Depanment is now on tbe lnlemet. 1be Wodd Wide Track A Field alSea Ray5- 0~11 Evems Web site contains press releases. stadsdcs, ros~ers, AllDay schedules and much more infonnadoD. 1be "'b pqes can be accessed at::· SATURDAY, APRIL 13 B8Mitd vs. Pea State (Two Gtultn) http://WWW.umn.edu/mic:al Sieben Field (2.S00) Infonnadon OD ~BiaTeli sc:boo1 and tbe con 3 p.m., KSGS-AM (9S0). ference is also avau ·a wlac:omputer internet. The Big Golf at Legends of Indiana Ten's home pall ma I LUI Spo111Zone will be AU Day available at tbe fo~Jow~~WIIIdral: http://esp* tpOnszone.com. al NCAA Regional Championships Iowa City,lowa 7p.m.

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Track A Field MiDDIIOta IDvitadoall Biennan T~k & Field Complex, 11 a.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 14 Baeball vs. Peu State . Siebert Field (2,500) 3 p.m., KSGS·AM (950) About the Nittany Lions: Penn State enten this week. end's games with a 12-18-1 overall record and 74 in the Big Ten. This season, the Niaany Lions have split a four-game set with Indiana. won two of three versus lllinois and last weekend, !he team won three of four against IOWL Penn State has won e nine of its las& 13 games after swting the season 3-11-1 and with a string of 11 straight games without a win.

Series vs. Penn State: The opening game of this series will mart only the nindl meeting between the two schools with This Week: Minnesoca will play Creighton University on Minnesota holding a 6-2 edge. The two teams haven't played each other since a regular-seasan series sweep by the Maroon Tuesday, April9, at 1 p.m~ at the Metrodome. The game was and Gold in Minneapolis in 1993. The first games between the originally scheduled for Siebert Field but had to moved indoors Golden Gopben and Niaany Lions was during the 1992 season due to poor playing conditions. The Golden Gopbas will then as the two teams split a four-game series in Minneapolis. Each continue Big Ten play hosling the Penn Stare Nittany Lions oo game in the series hu been played in the Twin Cities. Friday at 3 p.m., doubleheader Saturday and game a on one Series Under ANJ.erson: Minnesota leads 6-2 Sunday at 1 p.m. at Siebert Field Series in MiMeapolis: Minnesota leads 6-2 Radio: KSGS-AM (950) (Paul Dames play-by-play) . Lineup Changes: Minnesota bas put the same lineup out on the field only once this season as the team has been hit by a Last Week: The Golden Gophers claimed a 10-9 non-confer number of injuries and illnesses. Robb Quinlu (ankle. nu, ence win over SL Thomas on Wednesday as junior Steve Hula Maplewood, Minn.) aDd Bob Keeney (back, Burnsville,. (Cold SpriD• Min.) delivered his first career home run with · Minn.) are the lalest Golden Gopben to be sidelined as both two oucs in the boaom of the ninth inning to give Minnesota its missed action this pas& weekend. Huls (ankle. hand), Ryaa margin of victory. The Maroon and Gold then traveled to Ann Been (ftn1er, Slaytoa,Mlnn.), Skovran (elbow), Troy Stela Arbor, Mich., and won one of four games in Bi1 Ten play. (ankle, Cold Spria., MiDa.), SelaDder (shoulder), Bob DeWitt Minnesoca now stands at 12-15 overall and 3-4 in the Big Ten. (tricep, Wausaa, Will.) and Pbil McDermGU (ftu, ROinille, Mina.) have all missed game and preparation time due to injury Against the Wolverines: Minnesola dropped the first three ex illness. e games of the series (7-3, 6-2. 4-2) to the Wolverines and bounced back to avoid a sweep behind the arm of Brad Kearia Home Run Huls: Huts cracked home runs in back-to-back (Sr., Minnetoaka, MinD.) who scauered seven hies and picked at bats as he hit his fust and second home runs of his career. up a complete game shutout in Minnesola's 4-0 win. Three Huls did not have a home run in his fust 270 collegiale at-bats freshmen led Minnesota at the plate over the course of the before hitting a game-winner in the bottom of the ninth iMing weekend as Adam Hortoa (New Ulm, Mlu.), Crail Seluder against SL Thomas. On his next at bat. leading off the series and (W. St. Paul, Miaa.) and Matt Skovraa (Colwabia Heipll, the game against Big Ten foe Michigan, the junior cleared the Minn.) picked up 11 of the Golden Gophers 24 hits. wall·in right fiekl for his second consecutive home run. The last time an opposing baW:r hit a lead-off home run against the About the Bhiejays: Creighton enters Tuesday's game Wolverines was in 1988, when Minnesota center fielder J.T. with a five-game losing streak and an 8-19-1 overall mark.lhe Bruett accomplished the feat. Blue jays dropped a a four-game cooferenc:e series to Bradley last weekend and are 3-8 ia cwfaeocc play. The Golden Home Cooking: The Golden Gophers will return to the Gophers and Bluejays ...,._QIDDM111 opponent this season, friendly confmes of its home field after spending a majority of as Creighton dlopped • 1M.. ilioa to Iowa Stare while the the early season on the road. The Maroon and Gold played nine Maroon and Gold handelt~ a 1~-2loss. suaight games away from both the Metrodome and Siebert Field compiling a 4-S record. Minnesota is scheduled to have 16 Series vs. Creighton: Milmaota leads me an-time series home games and only two away games in the month of April. with Creighton 22-11. The last meeting between the two schools Of the 16 home games, 12 will be against Big Ten competition was last year in Omaha with the Bluejays claiming a 7-2 win. (Penn State, Ohio Stale and Illinois) while only four will be The home team has a decided advantage in the series as each non-conference foes (St. Thomas, Creighton, UW-Milwaukee school has only managed one win away from home. and South Dakota). Series Untkr Antkrson: Creighton leads 10-8 In MiMeapolis: Minnesota leads 7-1 KSGS·AM 950 To Broadcast Games In 1996: A In Omaha: Creighton leads 8-1 KSGS-AM 950 radio will broadCast all Golden Gopher regular Neutral: Creighton leads 1.0 season baseball games during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Fonner Minnesota and All-Big Ten cen!er fielder Ryan Lefebvre will be the broadcast voice for Golden Gopher base- Apr. 6 @ Michigan (2) L 7-3, L 6-2 Apr. 7 @ Michigan (2) L4-2, W 4-0 Apr. 9 CREIGH roN 2:30p,m. Apr. 12 PENN STATE 3p.m. Apr. 13 PENN STATE (2) 1 p.m. Apr. 14 PENN STATE 1 p.m. Apr. 16 UW-MILWAUKEE 3 p.m. Apr. 17 @ Nonhem Iowa 6p.m. Apr. 19 OIUO STATE 7p.m. Apr. 20 OIUO STATE (2) 2p.m. Apr. 21 ·omOSTATE 1 p.m. Apr. 24 @ Iowa Stat.o 3 p.m. Apr. 26 ILLINOIS 7p.m. Apr. 27 ILLINOIS (2) 4p.m. Apr. 28 ILLINOIS 1 p.m. Apr. 30 SOUlH DAKOTA 7p.m. May 1 MANKATO STATE 7p.m. May 3 @ NMhwestem 3p.m. May 4 @ NMhweaem (2) 1 p.m. MayS @ NMhwestem 1 p.m. May 7 ST. CLOUD STATE 7p.m. May 9 ST. OLAF 7p.m. May 11 IOWA 7p.m. May 12 IOWA (2) 2p.m. May 13 IOWA 6p.m. May 16-19 BigTenToumament TBA "Surf The Net": lnfonnadon on the University of May 23-26 NCAA Regional TBA. Minnesora Men's Athletics Deparunent is now available on the May 31-June 8 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Internet. The World Wide Web site contains news releases, sta· tistic:s. rostas, schedules, student-alhl~ e profiles, deplnmental diJectmy, tickec cl merdlandise informa tion and much, much 11101e. The web page can be accessed at htr:p:/fwww.umn.edu/mic:a/.

MINNESOTASCHEDUL~SULTS

Feb. 16 @ Florida Stat.o L9-7 Feb. 17 @ Florida Stat.o L 23-11 Feb. 18 @ Florida Stat.o L8-2 Feb.23 @Arizona w 12-11(10) Feb.24 @Arizona W7-S This Week: The Golden Gophers will compete in the . Feb.25 @Arizona L4-2 Legends of Indiana Invitational in Franklin, Ind. on April12-13. Mar. 1-3 Hormel Foodl CJu1iG Last year the Golden Gophers were runners-up to Missouri in vs. Conaecdc• L8-6 the toumamenL Seniar All-America candidate Aaroll Barber LS-4 vs. Tenn 11• .. (New LoadOB, Mlu.) finished sixdl overall with a chree-round vs. N.C. ~s,-a. Ll0-6 score of 218. Mar.6 IOWASTAlliF w 15-2 Mar.8 WESTERNMEHIGAN WS-3 Minnesota Mar.9 WESTERN MICHIGAN W4-3 Golfen Eiptb at Dr. Pepper Invitational: Mar. 10 WESTERN MICHIGAN W7-0 took eighth place out of 18 teams at the Dr. Pepper Invitational Mar. 19 @Tulane L6-5 in Lake Texoma. Texas, on April6-7. Junior Mll'k Halversoa Mar.20 @Tulane L 11-8 (Farao. N.D.) led the team with a chree-round score of 226 which tied him for 16th Matt Doyle Mar. 21 @ New Orleans L7-6 overall. Freshman (Simsbury, Coo.) which for 19th Mar.22 @ S.E. Louisiana L6-2 wu next 81227, was good piKe. Robb Kerr (So., Poiate Clarie, Quebec) was tied for .Mar.23 @ S.E. Louisiana w 19-17 26th at 229. Barber was tied for 40th at232, and Daa Arroyo .Mar.24 @ S.E. Louisiana W9-6 Mar. 29 @Purdue W9-4 (Fr., Walnut Creek, Calif.) was 7lst 81240. Mar.30 @Purdue (2) L 8-2. W 6-1 Mar. 31 @Purdue Cancelled/Rain Final Team Standinp: 1. SMU. 886; 2. Nebraska. 897; 3. Apr. 3 ST. TIIOMAS 2:30p.m. UAB, 900: 4. Nonbwestem, 904; S. Indiana. Kent Swe, 905: 7. Xavier, 906, 8. Miaaesota, 910; 9. Miami of Ohio, 916; 10. Michigan Stare, 923; 11. Michigan, 926; 12. Toledo, 927; 13. Illinois, 933; 14. lllinois SL, 934; lS. Iowa, 937; 16. Tulane, 957; 17. Northern Illinois. 965; 18. Marquette, 972.

Individual Stanclinp: 1. Jim Zeuler, Xavier. 215: 2. Maarten van den Bets.~ 218; 3. Hank Kuehne, SMU,Steve Dixon, Xavier, J_. Enloe. SMU, 219. Gophers: Mart Halvenon. tied for 16dl. 226; Mal& Doyle. tied for 19th, 227; Rob Kerr, tied for 26th, 229; Aaron Barber, tied for 40th, 232; Dan Arroyo, tied for 7lsl, 240. Golden Gopbers Conclude Regular Season This Weekend: The Golden Gopher men's tennis team wiD con clude its regular season schedule lhis weekend by hosting the Penn State Nittay Lions in a home maach this Friday evening. F'U'Sl serve is set for 6:30p.m. at the 98th Street Courts in BloomingtOn.

Defeat Ohio State and Indiana To Run Big Ten Record To 7-2: The Maroon and Gold, ranked 42nd nation ally. continued its late-season surge with a pair of home wins Gymnastics Team Fails to Qualify for East last week. Minnesota downed Ohio Swe Friday and Indiana Saturday by identical scores of 6-1 to raise their. conferena Regional: Contrary to previous reportS. the University of recml to 7-2. The wins raised Minnesota's overall record to 9- Minnesota men's gymnastics squad did noc qualify as a ceam for 10, after beginning me season 8l 0-6. the East Regional this Saauday in Iowa City; Last Monday. the Golden Gophas thought they had qualified with their founb Singles players Lan HJMTaDCI (Jr., Oslo, Norway), ranked place finish 8l the Big Ten Championships. Upon further 24th in the nacion, Bea Gabler (Jr.. CbambenburJ, Pa.), review, and the addition of some late tea1n scores turned in by ranked 89th in the nation, TOIB Cblcoiae (Fr., Neenab, Wb.), the University of Illinois-Chicago, Minnesofa wu bumped from and Martbl Kriltolfenea (Fr., Portqruna, Norway) each e the sixth spoc. won both their matches last weekend. The doubles tandem of Hjarrand and Donley was also a double winner. Individuaw Qualify: Junior Chris Harriapoa (Brookfield, Wis.) will complete on the vault, parallel bars and KristotTersen On A Roll: Kristoffersen, who has played floor. Senior Aadrew Weaver (Albuquerque, N.M.) qualified at both NS and 1#6 singles this season for the Maroon and Gold, on the horizontal bar and Ryu CarDI (Jr.. Graftoa, Wis.) will has reeled off 12 consecutive victories over the past two months also compete on the parallel ban. to raise his record on the season to 20-10. Kristoffenen, who last lost a singles maach on Feb. 10 to Damir Seferovic of Iowa. Gopher Recruits: Head Coach Fred Roedilisberger signed has a dual match record of 13-2, with a S-1 mark at #S singles two top gymnasts during the lasl fall signing period: and a 8-1 record at 416 singles.

Liadsey Faaa Top IndividuaiiDoubles Records To Date: The fol Alleatowa, Pa. lowing is a summary of the top singles and doubles records for Training at GymnM~nD OJZWrta Club under coach Joe the Golden Gopher men's tennis team thus far in the 1995-96 Stallone, Fang was a 0..8z.D Olympic National season. For a complete list of all singles and doubles records, Champion in the all-...a-1994 IDd tbe Class I Junior please access the men's tennis cell on the fax-on-demand sys Olympic National Cbaa,..lll-lrouDder u a high school tem, cell 2270. junior in 199S. Fang abo rompetecl in the 199S Olympic FestivaL Ben Gabler 23-13 Martin K.ristoffersen 20-10 Chad Coaaer Lars Hjarrand 21-11 Dallas, Teua Tom Chicoine 23-16 Training at Mettoplex Gymnastics under coach Kevin Muenz. Erik Donley 17-15 Chad placed ruth as a Class I gymnast at the Junior Olympic National Championships in the all-around in 199S and partici Donley/Hjarrand 17-7 pated in the 1995 Olympic Festival. Chicoine/Kristoffersen 10-9

~ --______:______Big Ten Tournament Set For Apr. 25-28: The 1996 14th at 163-5. Schlueter has already provisionally qualified for 'Big Ten Men's Tennis Champiansltips are slated for ~urs .• the NCAA Championships in the discus. and this weekend's Apr. 25 • Sunday, Apr. 28 ca die campus of Purdue University throw did not improve on his qualifying rruuk. A at West Lafayeaa, Ind. lbaGaldea Gophers, four-time defend- • ing Big Ten tiddlolckn. wil .. '"'*ina for their fifth saraight Sophomore high jumpen WU Kurdl (Rocbelter, Mlu) and crown. Tyler McConalck (Wiafte Bear Lake, Mlu.) flllisbed tied for lOth and 12th, respectively. in Auslin. Kurth posted a leap of 6- 10 1/4, while McCoraniejumpecl6-8.

Gopben Hoet Minnesota Open Saturday: The University of Minnesoca men~s track and field team will play host to the Minnesoca Open track meet this weekend at tho Bierman Field track. Field events are scheduled to begin a& 11 a.m. with dJe javelin. Jan& jump and shoe put, while track evenrs begin a1 the same time with the women's 5,000 meaernm. Jensen Scheduled for First Collqlate Decathlon: Redsbin freshman 8a .hua (Maed•l, NornJ) will panici pale in his first decalblon few the Uaiversily of Minnelofa this eweek. Jensen will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., for the Sea Rays meet. where decalhlon competition is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Several team memben will follow Jensen and Head Coach Phil Lundin 10 Volunteer Counuy to compete in open events at Sea Rays Over' lhe weekend.

4x800m Relay Takes Teas Relays Title: The Gopher 4x800m relay ream of Travil N~ (Sr., BIGG•r, Wll.), Scott Badle (Jr., Moon••· MIM.), Kma .,..._.(Jr., BrockvUJe. Oat.) and Pa.a MkiiiWl (Sr., • ...... ,... MiaL) posrecl a time of 7:27.24 to eam • impreaive ~sec ond victory over~ (7:30.66) oa lbe fiDII day of competilion at the Teus Relays. W..._OQMitis.. Wlellrled havoc on the 69th Annual Relays dll\1 I DN+ II; IDd friday, but despite the rain and SUOill wialllt..lll? afNaidaUID, Beadle. Dunt. and Michalek los& a c• A ...a., relay race to Arkansas. The Gopba lila a.of 9:,9.08, just shy of dle Razorback's time ~'='•

In oth« compedtion, junior Adrlaa £1111 (Jr., Raclae, WIL) used a jump of S0-8 to fmish ninth in the triple jump, and sophomore Nllel Deaeea (So., St. Paul, Mlaa.) fmished 11th in the 11Om high hurdles.

AField Events Finish Strong: Sophomore Cbad W Yencbesky (DePere, WiL) posted a pma181-best shot put of 56-11/4 to finish 12th at Texas Relays. followed by teammaae Ja.soa Schlueter (Jr.. New Loadoll, Wis.). who was 20th with a mart of 52-8 3/4. In the discus, Schluctu placed fifth with a toss of 183-S, while JelfManll (So., Seymour, Wis.) placed Minnesota Goldea Gopher Baaeball ~a1e ~es~lts for Minnesota (as of Apr 07, 1996) (All qaaes)

Gate date Opposing teal Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Big Tea Pitcher of record Attend Till ------!------Feb 16, 1996 at Florida Statt 7-9 L 7 12 3! 9 11 2 9 0· 1· 0 0- 0· 0 Dobis (L 0·1) 992 2:35 e Feb 17, 1996 at Florida State 11·23 L 11 13 4/23 26 4 9 0- 2· 0 0· 0· 0 Westfall (L 0·1) 1864 3:30 . Feb 18, 1996 at Florida Stat•; 2-8 L 2 5 0/ 8 8 0 g 0· 3· 0 0· 0· 0 Kearia (L 0·1) 2544 2:50 Feb 23, 1996 at lritoaa Vil4catt I 12·11 12 17 5/11 12 2 (10} 1· 3· 0 0- 0· 0 Diebolt (I 1·0) 133 3:40 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Vil4catt I 7-5 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2- 3· 0 0- 0· 0 Pedersoa (I 1·0) 780 3:01 Feb 25, 1996 at Ari1ona Wildcats 2-4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2· 4- • 0· 0· 0 Freeaaa (L 0-1) 975 2:40 Mar 1, 1996 Connecticut Huskies 6-8 L 6 11 0/ 8 16 1 9 2- S· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L 0·2) 1448 3:03 Mar 2, 1996 Tennessee Volunteers 4·8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 9 z. 6- 0 0· 0· 0 Pe4ersoa (L 1-1) 3147 3:16 Mar. 3, 1996 North Carolina St. 6-10 L 6 3 4/10 14 0 9 2· 1· 0 0· 0· 0 Diebolt (L 1-1) 1446 3:07 Mar 6, 1996 Iowa State Cyclones W15·2 15 17 0/ 2 10 2 9 3- 1· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (If 1·2) 564 2:52 Mar 8, 1996 Western Michigan w s- 3 5 10 1/ 3 9 0 9 4- 1· 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson (If 2·1) 183 2:17 Mar 09, 1996 Western !ichigaa w 4-3 4 6 2/ 3 9 2 9 5- 7- 0 o- o- o Diebolt (If 2·1) 262 2:14 Mar 10, 1996 Western Michigan. If 7-0 7 7 11 0 2 4 9 6- 7- 0 0· 0- 0 Pautz (If 1·0) 267 2:18 Mar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green Wa•e S-6 L s 11 2/ 6 10 2 9 6- 8- 0 o- o- o Pedersoa (L 2·2) 171 2:50 Mar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Wa•e 8·11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6· 9- 0 o- o- o Dobis (L 1·3) 152 3:06 Mar 21, 1996 at New Orleans 6·7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6-10· 0 0· 0· 0 KeariD (L 0·2) 200 2:40 Mar 22, 1996 at Southeaatern La. 2·6 L 2 10 0/ 6 6 1 9 6-11· 0 o- o- o Westfall (L 0·2) 305 2:45 Mar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. If 19-17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7-ll· 0 o- o- o lruat (V 1·0) H6 3:n Mar 24, 1996 at Southeastern La. If 9-6 g 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8-11- 0 o- o- o Diebalt (If 3·1) 231 2:46 *Mar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boileraaters If 9-4 9 11 2/ 4 5 3. 7 9-11· 0 1· 0· 0 Pederson (V 3-2) 119 2:16 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akera 2-8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9-12- 0 1· 1- 0 Diebolt (L 3·2) 177 2:02 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakera If 6·1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 7 10-12- 0 2- 1~ 0 Dobia· (V· 2·3) . 0 1:50 Apr 03, 1996 St. Thoaaa follies v 10-9 10 16 1/ 9 12 3 9 11·12· 0 2· 1- 0 Kearia (V 1·2) 314 3:03 *Apr 06, 1996 at !ichiqan Vol•eriaes 3-7 L 3 3 1/ 7 8 1 1 11·13:. 0 2· 2- 0 Pedersoa· (L 3·3) 1000 1:46 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan lfol•erinea 2·6 L· 2 a 11 6 7 1 7 11-14- 0 z- 3· o Diebolt (L 3·3) 0 1:38 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan lfoherinea 2-4 L 2 6 0/ 4 5 0 7 11-15- 0 2· 4- 0 Westfall (L 0-3) 300 1:40- *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan lfol•erines If 4-0 4 7 0/ 0 7 2 7 12·15- 0 3· 4- 0 Kearin (V 2-2) 0 1:46 *Conference qaae tfourna1ent ga1e () e1tra inning qaae Minnesota Golden Gopber Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 07, 1996) (All gaaes Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 12-15-0 Bon 5-3-0 Away: 7-12-0

.ayer AVG GP·GS !B R H 28 38 HR RBI T8 SLG' 88 HBP SO GOP on SF SH S8·SBA PO A E FLO\ 21 Guse ...•...... 351 22·21 77 15 27 6 1 1 22 38 .494 14 5 2 2 .474 1 0 2-3 23 Keeney ...... 151 15 2 .988 .350 21·21 80 23 28 3 0 0 7 31 .387 16 0 10 1 .458 0 0 6-6 39 0 1 .975 16 Selander ...... 350 17-11 40 6 14 3 1 0 9 19 .475 3 0 6 0 .395 0 4 0-0 40 Slith ...... 9 0 2 .818 .328 14-14 58 9 19 2 0 1 15 H .414 2 1 10 3 .361 0 0 1-1 55 9 2 .970 43 KcDer1ott .....•.. .324 20-20 71 10 23 8 0 0 11 31 .437 8 7 19 4 .U2 0 0 0-2 33 2 0 1. 000 9 Quinlan ..•••...... 317 25-25 101 17 32 5 3 0 20 43 .426 2 1 13 1 .330 2 4 4-5 16 40 . 6 15 Stein ...... 903 .316 27-26 98 17 31 4 1 0 14 37 .378 11 4 17 0 .407 0 0 4-8 47 2 2 .961 10 Hu1s ...... 314 27-26 102 28 32 5 0 2 12 43 .422 14 1 17 0 .402 0 2 4-7 20 81 5 .953 3 Skovran ...... 273 8-3 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .273 1 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 25 1 22 Welter ...... 0 1. 000 .267 27-27 105 20 28 4 0 0 21 32 .305 10 2 14 2 .342 0 0 2-5 47 75 8 .938 13 Horton •...... 250 23-20 64 8 16 2 0 0 8 18 .281 5 0 12 1 .304 0 1 2-:4 141 49 Griffin •...... 6 1 .993 .222 10-3 18 7 4 1 0 0 1 5 .278 5 1 4 2 .417 0 1 0-0 12 1 0 1.000 4 Mahady ...... 217 16-13 46 7 10 1 0 0 3 11 .239 7 0 8 2 .321 0 1 3-4 17 3 1 .952 30 Groebner .•...... 188 9-6 16 4 3 2 0 0 3 5 .313 5 0 5 0 .381 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1. 000 17 Beers •.••...... 120 9·7· 25 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 .160 2 0 12 1 .185 0 0 0-0 23 4 0 1. 000 Totals ...•...... ; ... .299 27-27 912 175 273 47 6 4 148 344 .377 105 22 150 19 .384 3 13 28-45 Opponents ••.•...... 655 276 39 .960 .308 27-27 893 186 275 62 12 25 160 436 .488 106 19 196 18 .391 6 19 37-49 677 318 45 .957

LOB· Teal (205), Opp (202). DPs turned - Teal {20}, Opp {22). CI - Tea. (0}, Opp {2}. I88 · Tea. (2), Welter 1, Guse 1, Opp {4). Picked off -Keeney 2, Stein 1, Horton 1, Hula 1.

e (All gales Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W·L APP GS CG SBO/C80 SV IP H R ER 88 so 28 38 HR 8F B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

42 Pautz .••.....•..• 0.00 1-0 4 1 0 0/1 0 10.1 5 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 39 .143 z 1 0 0 2 18 DeWitt .....•..... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 6 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 24 .300 0 1 0 1 1 20 Leather•an.; ..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .ooo 1 1 0 0 0 36 Kearin ...... 2.14 2-2 11 2 1 1/0 3 21.0 18 10 5 13 15 3 0 2 90 .240 8 0 0 1 1 39 Felling ...... : ... 3.38 0-0 10 0 0 0/0 1 13.1 19 9 5 8 6 4 0 1 68 .339 1 1 0 1 2 28 Zrust ..•....•.•.. 3.86 1-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 14.0 21 11 6 2 14 9 0 0 66 .339 1 0 0 0 2 34 Werner ...... 4.91 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 3.2 4 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 19 .286 0 1 1 0 0 41 Pederson ..•....•. 5.07 3-3 8 7 0 0/0 0 49.2 56 38 28 31 55 8 2 2 233 .289 8 7 1 0 1 27 Diebolt •.•...•••. 6.37 3·3 11 5 0 0/0 1 35.1 45 31 25 13 38 10 5 5 165 .306 7 0 2 0 5 29 Dobis •••...... 7.43 2·3 6 6 0 0/0 0 26.2 40 28 22 9 12 9 0 5 134 .336 6 3 0 1 2 32 Westfall •••...•.. 9.00 0·1 a 3 1 0/0 0 27.0 39 29 27 15 27 9 1 6 135 .339 5 1 2 1 3 25 Free1an .•...... 13.50 0-1 6 2 0 0/1 0 12.0 22 19 18 8 12 8 3 3 67 .400 2 3 0 1 0

Tota!s .....•.....•.. 5.69 12·15 27 27 2 2/1 5 218.1 275 186 138 106 196 62 12 25 1043 .308 41 19 6 6 19 Oppo'nents ...... •.• 5.26 15·12 27 27 3 0/0 7 225.2 273 175 132 105 150 47 6 4 1057 .299 22 22 4 3 13

PB - Tea. (8), Guse 5, Skorran 3, Opp (7). Pickoffs · Teal (4), Pederson 2, Guse 1, Free1an 1, Opp (4). SB/S8A- Guse (31-38), Pederson (10-15), Diebolt {9-12}, Beers (4·6), Felling (5·5), Kearin (3-4), Werner {2-3}, Dobis (3-3), DeWitt (1-2), Freeaan (2-2), Skofran (2-2}, Westfall (1-2), Zrust (1·1). e Minne~ota Goldaa Gopher Baseball Gaae Results for ~innesota (as of Apr o· (All games) Gale date Opposing teu Score r n e/ r h e Inns o· ------·--- ·------!·------.. Feb 16, 1996 at Florida Statll 7-9 L 7 12 3/ 9 11 2 9 0· Feb 17, 1996 at Florida Stat-. . 11·23 L 11 13 4/23 26 4 9 G· Feb 18, 1996 at Florida Stat~ 2·8 L 2 5 0/ 8 & 0 9 0· - Feb 23, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats v 12·11 12 17 5/11 12 2 (10) 1 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Vildcata V 7·5 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2· Feb 25, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats 2-4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2 Mar 1, 1996 Connecticut Huskies 6·8 L 6 11 0/ 8 16 1 9 2 Mar 2, 1996 Tennessee Volunteer• 4·8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 9 2 Mar. 3, 1996 North Carolina St. 6·10 L 6 3 4/10 14 0 9 2 Mar 6, 1996 Iowa State Cyclone• V15-2 15 17 0/ 2 10 2 9 3 Mar 8, 1996 Western Michigan v 5-3 s 10 1/ 3 9 0 9 4 Mar 09, 1996 Western l!ichigu v 4·3 4 6 2/ 3 9 2 9 5 Mar 10, 1996 Western Michigan . w 7-0 7 7 1/ 0 2 4 9 6· Mar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green Wa•e 5·6 L 5 11 2/ 6 10 2 9 6 Mar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Va'e 8·11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6 Mar 21, 1996 at Ner Orleans 6·7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6· Mar 22, 1996 at· Southeastern La. 2·6 L 2 10 0/ 6 6 1 9 6· Mar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. II 19·17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7 Mar 24, 1.996 at Southeastern La. II 9·6 9 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8· *Mar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakera W 9-4 9 11 2/ 4 5 3 7 9· *Mar 30, 1996 at Pur.due Boileraakera 2-8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler•akera v 6-1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 7 10 Apr 03, 1996 St. Tho•a• fo11iea w 10-9 10 16 1/ 9 12 3 9 11 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Vol•erinea 3-7 L 3 3 1/ 7 8 1 7 11 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Vol•erinea 2·6 L 2 a 11 6 1 1 7 11· *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverine• 2-4 L 2 6 0/ 4 5 0 7 11· *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines If 4-0 4 7 0/ 0 7 2 7 12· *Conference ga1e tTournaaent gaae () extra inning gaae Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball 01erall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 07, 1996) (Big Ten games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 3-4-0 Home 0-0-0 Away: 3-4-0

er AVG GP·GS AS R H 2B 38 llR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLO% 23 Keeney •...... 462 5-5 13 6 6 2 0 0 0 8 .615 4 0 1 0 .588 0 0 0-0 8 0 1. 16 Selander .•...... 333 4-· 12 3 4 2 0 0 1 6 0 000 .500 1 0 2 0 .385 0 0 0-0 4 0 1 3 Skovran .•...... 333 4-3 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .800 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 o..,o 20 1 0 1. 000 21 Guse •...•..•.•... .333 2·2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 40 Smith ...... • 2 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 9 1 0 1. 000 .304 7-7 23 2 7 0 0 0 6 7 .304 1 1 2 13 Horton ...... 278 2 .360 0 0 1·1 15 3 1 .947 7-6 18 3 5 0 0 0 3 5 .278 1 0 0 17 Beers •.....•...... 250 0 .316 0 0 0-0 38 0 0 1. 000 2-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 0 2 0 15 Stein ••...•.••... .227 7-7 .250 0 0 0-0 9 1 0 1. 000 22 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 .227 0 1 5 0 22 Welter .•...... 208 7-7 .261 0 0 1-3 7 0 1 .875 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 5 .208 1 0 4 0 .240 10 Buls ...... zoo 7-7 25 0 0 0-1 13 14 2 .931 5 5 0 0 1 1 8 .320 1 1 3 0 .259 9 Quinlan •...... 188 s-s 16 2 .3 0 0 1-1 5 17 0 1. 000 1 0 0 2 4 .250 1 0 0 0 .235 0 2 43 McDeraott ...... 182 4-4 11 1 1-1 1 9 0 1. 000 2 1 0 0 1 3 .273 0 1 4 0 .250 0 0 49 Griffin •...... 000 3-2 4 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo 3 0 0 1 .429 0 1 0-0 4 Mahady .•...... 000 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 30 Groebner ...... • .000 1·1 . 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. 000 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Totals .•....••.•.•.. .251 7-7 191 28 48 6 0 1 20 57 .298 16 4 23 3 .322 0 3 4-7 135 55 Opponents .....•.••.. .270 7-7 174 30 n 10 2 5 25 76 6 . 969 .437 25 5 38 6 .377 0 4 6-7 147 66 10 .955

·Teal (40}, Opp (43}. DPs turned- Tea1 (6}, Opp (4}. CI · Teal (0), Opp (1). IBB- Tea. (0}, Opp (1). Picked off - lorton~08 1. e (Big Ten ga1ea only Sorted by Earned run avg) 'layer ERA V-L APP GS CG SiO/CBO SV IP ll R ER BB so ZB 3B iR BF B/Avg VP llBP BK SFA SHA l6 Kearin •.•...... 0.00 1-0 2 1 1 1/0 0 10.0 8 0 0 1 9 !0 Leatheraan ...... 0.00 1 0 0 35 .235 3 0 0 0 0 0·0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 '9 Dobis ...•...... 1. 75 0 3 .000 . 1 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 Zrust •...•.•..... 4.20 0-0 19 .250 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 5 4 3 2 6 2 0 0 23 .263 ; We.stfall ...... 4.67 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0/0 0 6.0 5 4 4 4 6 2 0 1 27 .227 1 0 ' niebolt ...... 5.00 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0/0 0 7.0 10 9 5 4 6 2 0 3 37 .313 2 0 0 :Felling .•.•..•... 5.25 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0 1 1.1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Pederson •.....••• 5.56 1-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 11.1 12 11 9 9 10 2 2 1 56 .273 6 3 1 0 0 ;tals ...... 3.58 1 7 2 1/0 0 45.0 47 3-· 30 23 25 38 10 2 5 208 .270 13 5 2 0 4 pponents ...... ••• 2. 71 4-3 1 7 3 0/0 1 49.0 48 28 19 16 23 6 0 1 215 .251 5 4 1 0 3

3- Tea~ (2), Skovran 1, Gust 1, OPf C•). Pickoffs- Tea~ (2}, Pederson 2, Opp (1). SB/SBA- Pederson (3-4}, Guse (3-3), ~ers (2-3), Diebolt (2·2), Zrust (1·1), Skovran (1·1). UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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FROM: Jim Christman, Media Relations

RE: Tuesday, April 9 baseball game vs. Creighton

Due to poor playing conditions at Siebert Field, the non-conference baseball game between the University of Minnesota and Creighton University has been moved from Siebert Field to the Metrodome. The game time has been changed to 1 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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TO: Media Agencies/U of M Athletic Department

FROM: Jim Christman, Media Relations

RE: Radio coverage of Tuesday, April 9 baseball game vs. Creighton

Due to schedule conflicts and the time change of today's baseball game between the University of Minnesota and Creighton University, the game today will NOT be broadcast on KSGS-AM 950. The game was originally scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at Siebert Field, but due to poor playing conditions the game has been moved to the Metrodome and is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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ZERUHN NAMED GTE CO-ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA OF THE YEAR Trebil Named To Second Team

University of Minnesota swimmer Bernie Zeruhn has been named GTE Co-Academic All American of the Year in addition to earning first team Academic All-America honors on the Fall/Winter At-Large team released Tuesday by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).

Zeruhn helped lead Minnesota to its first Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championship since 1926 by winning the 200 fly, 500 and 200 free and was a member of the 400 and 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams at the conference meet. At the 1996 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the senior from Hamburg, Germany earned his third career All-American honor by finishing eighth in the 200 freestyle. Zeruhn has a 3.93 GPA (4.00 scale) in the Carlson School of Management.

Golden Gopher hockey co-captain Dan Trebil of Bloomington, Minn., was honored on the second team. Trebil, who was honored on the Academic All-District team a year ago and was named 1995-96 WCHA Student-Athlete of theYear, was a vital cog in the recently completed 30-10-2 University of Minnesota hockey season. The Golden Gophers won three WCHA Playoff Championships in his four seasons, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each season, including the fmal four in his sophomore and junior seasons. The defenseman is only the second blueliner in Golden Gopher history to score 100 or more career assists. Trebil carries a 3.63 GPA (4.00 scale) in the Institute of Technology as a civil engineering major. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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April9, 1996 For Immediate Release

GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL FALLS TO CREIGHTON IN EXTRA INNINGS

Creighton University scored one run in the top half of the 13th inning then held on to defeat the University of Minnesota 5-4 Tuesday afternoon at the Metrodome in a non conference game. Chris Piggott of Creighton reached on an error, advanced to third on a passed ball, then scored when freshman Kai Freeman's pitch got by catcher Bryan Guse and rolled to the backstop which allowed Piggott to score from third with the eventual game-winner. The Golden Gophers never led in the game falling behind 3-0 after three innings but tied the score in fourth on hits by Robb Quinlan, Eric Welter and Craig Selander and a walk by Rob Smith to knot the score at 3-3. The two teams exchanged runs in the eighth as Selander singled and scored on a RBI-single by Phil Mcdermott. Minnesota will continue league play this weekend against Penn State with a single game slated for 3 p.m. Friday, a doubleheader Saturday and a single game Sunday at 1 p.m ..

123 456 789 10 11 12 13 R H E Creighton ( 9·1f· l) 021 000 010 00015100 Minnesota ( 1A_ J(o') 000 300 010 0 0 0 0 4 14 2 CU-Councill, Zidlicky (6), Gillis (8) and Smith. UM-Dobis, Zrust (8), Diebolt (10), Pederson (12), Werner (13), Freeman (13) and Skovran, Guse (6). W-Gillis (3-1), S None; L-Werner (0-1), HR-None. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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ARCHAMBAULT SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO ATTEND 'U'

Sartell High School senior point guard Russ Archambault signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday to attend the University of Minnesota and play basketball for the Golden Gophers. The 6-1, 180-pounder averaged 23.7 points, 5.9 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.7 steals a game for Sartell this season.

Archambault led Sartell to a 25-2 overall record as a senior, losing to New London-Spicer in the Section SA final. He was an all-conference and all-state honoree in addition to being named St. Cloud Daily Times Player of the Year and a finalist for Minnesota's "Mr. Basketball" award.

"Russ will bring a great deal of mental toughness, defensive intensity, and overall athletic ability to our team," said Golden Gopher Head Coach Clem Haskins. "He is also a very good ballhandler and an excellent outside shooter." UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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THOMAS AND WINTER NAMED BASKETBALL CAPTAINS FOR 1996-97

The U Diversity of Minnesota basketball team announced today that junior centers John Thomas and Trevor Winter will be the team captains for the 1996-97 season. Thomas and Winter have played in a combined total of 163 career games (Thomas--89, Winter-74). Thomas has started every game but one the past two seasons, and Winter has played in every game in the past two seasons. Thomas will be a four-year senior, while Winter will be a fifth-year senior after receiving a medical redshirt his freshman year. r UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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TO: Media Agencies/U of M Athletic Department FROM: Jim Christman, Media Relations RE: Friday, April12 baseball game vs. Penn State

Due to poor playing conditions at Siebert Field, the conference baseball game between the University of Minnesota and Penn State University has been cancelled for Friday, April12. The regularly scheduled doubleheader for Saturday, April13, is still set for a 1 p.m. start at Siebert Field. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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For Immediate Release Aprill3, 1996 DEFENSE DOMINATES IN GOLDEN GOPHERS' SECOND SCRIMMAGE

The Golden Gophers' new 3-4 scheme had a dominating day as the Golden Gopher football team held its second scrimmage of the spring Saturday in the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex. The defense held all the offensive units to just one touchdown for the day. The new scheme created pressure all day as they registered six sacks, recovered two fumbles, and had one interception as well as a blocked field goal attempt. Six different players registered the sacks, including juniors Lamanzer Williams and Mark Cross and sophomore Antoine Richard. Seniors Don Williams and Ogun Akbar recovered the fumbles, and freshman Spencer Dettman tallied the interception which prevented a touchdown. "I'm very happy with Cory's performance under great pressure, as well as the running of Javon Jackson, Thomas Hamner, Tommie Watson and Byron Evans," Golden Gopher Coach Jim Wacker said. "But today the name of the game was defense. We had six sacks, two fumble recoveries, one interception and a blocked field goal. In addition, we did a great job pursuing the ball and tackling. We can win ball games with that kind of defensive effort. Our players have really taken to the new system and are playing with great pride and emotion." Junior quarterback Cory Sauter completed 7 of 9 passes for 99 yards. Junior Tutu Atwell had three receptions for 21 yards to lead the receiving corps, with Lee Hutton's 51 yard reception from Sauter being the long catch of the day. Junior Javon Jackson was the leading rusher with 74 yards on 14 carries. Freshmen Thomas Hamner and Byron Evans had impressive days with 14 carries for 59 yards and 10 carries for 54 yards respectively. Senior Tommie Watson turned in a nice day as well with three carries for 39 yards. The only scoring of the day came on a three yard plunge by junior Rafael Cooper who was held to 11 total yards on eight rushes. The Golden Gophers will play the 1996 spring game on Saturday, April27 at 1:30 p.m. in the Metrodome. PASSING Name Comp AU Yds m ln1 Cory Sauter 7 9 99 Rob Jones 1 5 40 Billy Cockerham 1 5 1 Spergon Wynn Ill 0 2 0 Derek Rackley 0 2 0 ..

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BECEIYilSG !Same ~ Yd..5 II! Tutu Atwell 3 21 Kahlen Barnes 2 18 Lee Hutton 1 51 KeithDimmy 1 40 Ryan Hubbard 1 11 Paul Kratochvil 1 0 BllSHING !Same A11 Yd..5 II! Javon Jackson 14 74 Thomas Hammer 14 59 Byron Evans 10 54 Rafael Cooper 8 11 1 Billy Cockerham 5 2 Verdis Webb III 5 3 Tommy Watson 3 39 Rob Jones 3 3 Cory Sauter 2 -18 Derek Rackley 2 -3 Spergon Wynn III 2 -12 Lyman Myers III 1 5 Ryan Rindels 1 -4

INIER~EfTIQNS !Same N.2 Jerome Davis 1 Marl Moore 1 SCQRilSG SUMMARl: Cooper 3 yard run (no PAT attempted) SACKS EllMBLE BECQYERIES !Same N.2 !Same N.2 Nate Pearson 1 Don Williams 1 Antoine Richard 1 OgunAkbar 1 Lamanzer Williams 1 Jon Michals 1 IlSTEBCEPTIQlSS Ray Kaiser 1 !Same N.2 Mark Cross 1 Spencer Dettman 1 BLOCKED fiELD GQALS !Same N.2 Dan Moore 1 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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ARCHAMBAULT SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO ATTEND 'U'

Archambault led Sartell to a 25-2 overall record as a senior, losing to New London-Spicer in the Section 5A final. He was an all-conference and all-state honoree in addition to being named St. Cloud Daily Times Player of the Year and a finalist for Minnesota's "Mr. Basketball" award.

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April14, 1996 For Immediate Release

GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL DROPS TWO TO PENN STATE Fall to 4-7 in Big Ten race

Minnesota ( 13-19, 4-7 Big Ten) dropped a pair of Big Ten games to Penn State (15-19-1, 10-5) Sunday losing 5-3 in an 8:30a.m. start at the Metrodome and then falling in the afternoon game 3-1 at Siebert Field. The two teams played at two different locations Sunday due to a Friday postponement coupled with Penn State's early afternoon flight departure time which would not have allowed an afternoon doubleheader. In game one at the Metrodome the Nittany Lions jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning pounding out four extra-base hits off the bats of John Dacostino, Troy Strauser, Scott Boruta and Jared Sadlowski. Penn State hit six doubles in the game all off of Minnesota starter Joe Westfall who falls to 0-4 on the season. Rob Smith of the Golden Gophers was three-for-three with an RBI and two runs scored. In the second game at Siebert Field Penn State scored single runs in the second, fourth and seventh innings as the Nittany Lions were outhit 11-7 but Minnesota managed only one run. Penn State's designated hitter Carl Albrecht broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth with his seventh home run of the season which proved to be all the runs the Nittany Lions would need. Eric Welter and Robb Quin1an collected three hits apiece for the Golden Gophers.

Game One--Metrodome RHE Penn State 004 100 0 5 9 1 Minnesota 011 001 0 3 7 0

PSU-Dalsey and Sadlowski. UM-Westfall, DeWitt (6), Felling (6) and Guse. W-Dalsey (2-1), S-None; L-Westfall (0-4), HR-None, Time-1:50.

Game Two--Siebert Field R HE Penn State 010 100 1 3 7 0 Minnesota 010 000 0 1 111

PSU-Jaskowski, Emerich (5), Rooney (7) and Sadlowski. UM-Felling, Freeman (4), Kearin (5), DeWitt (7) and Guse. W-Jaskowski (3-4), S-Rooney (2); L-Felling (0-1), HR PSU-Albrecht, Time-2:05. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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HOCKEY AWARDS BANQUET ON SUNDAY

The Golden Gopher hockey team will hold its annual awards banquet on Sunday at the Sheraton Metrodome Hotel in Minneapolis. A social hour is scheduled for noon, with dinner to be served at 1 p.m., followed by an awards program at 2 p.m.

The cost is $20 per person, and reservations can be made by calling (612) 625-2886. The deadline for reservations is Wednesday. L'-.l\ERS!TY OF :vfl"'-ESOTA IEW§

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For Immediate Release: April15, 1996 GOPHER HOTLINE THIS WEEK ... The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter views with players and coaches. It is available to TUESDAY, APRIL 16 the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- Baseball vs. Wiscoosin-MUwaukee 7887. The Rodine is broadcast quality and is Siebert Field (2,500) changed by noon each day. This service is for 3 p.m_, KSGS-AM (950) media use only. The schedule for this week is as follows: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Baseball at Northern Iowa Riverfront Stadium (4,227) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 6 p.m .• KSGS-AM (950) Head Track and Field Coach Pbil Lundin FRIDAY, APRIL 19 THURSDAY, APRIL 11 Baseball vs. Ohio State Head Baseball Coach John Anderson Siebert Field (2.500) 7 p.m_, KSGS-AM (950) FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Head Golf Coach John Means SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Baseball vs. Ohio State (Two Ganus) Siebert Field (2,500) 2 p.m .• KSGS-AM (950) GOPHERS ONLINE First Game broadcast on MSC The University of Minnesota Men's Athletic Deparonent is now on the Internet. The World Wide Golf at Kepler Intercollegiate Web site contains press releases, statistics, rosters, OSU Gray (6,000) and Scarlet (6,800) courses schedules and much more information. The Web pages Columbus, Ohio All Day can be accessed at: http://www.umn.edu/mica/ Track & Field at Iowa Invitational Information on every Big Ten school and the con Cretzmeyer Track (4,200) ference is also available via computer internet. The Big Iowa City, Iowa Ten's home page on ESPNET SportsZone will be All Day available at the following address: http://espnet.sportszone.com. SUNDAY, APRIL 21 Baseball vs. Ohio State Siebert Field (2,500) 1 p.m., KSGS-AM (950)

Golf at Kepler Intercollegiate All Day About the (Iowa) Panthers: Northern Iowa enters this week's game 19-17 and 7-7 in league play. The Panthers split a conference series with Dlinois Stak: last weekend, but have won seven of its last 10 games. Common opponents between the two schools include Michigan (W 13-4, L 12-l), Iowa State \'N 7-4) e and Creighton (L 5-4, W 6-5).

Series vs. Northern Iowa: Minnesota leads the all-time series with Northern Iowa 35-6. The two teams have played five times since John Anderson took the helm of the Golden Gopher program and lead 4-1. The Panthers' win came last season by a This Week: Minnesota will play UW -Milwaukee on 8-1 count in Minneapolis. Tuesday, Apr. 16, at 3 p.m. at Sieben Field in a non-conference Series Under Anderson: Minnesota leads 4-1 doubleheader then hit the road Wednesday to take on Northern Series in Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 3-1 Iowa in Waterloo at 6 p.m. The Golden Gophers will then con Series in Waterloo: Minnesota leads 1-0 tinue Big Ten play, playing host to the Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday at 7 p.m., a doubleheader on Saturday at 2 p.m. and one About the Buckeyes: Ohio State is 21-14 with a mid-week: game Sunday at 1 p.m. at Sieben Field. game against Marshall and 8-8 in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes have had win streaks of five and six games this season, but have All games on KSGS-AM (950) (Ryan Lefebvre and Radio: lost seven of its last nine games. OSU dropped three of four to Paul Barnes play-by-play) Indiana, a non-conference game to Youngstown State and three of four to Illinois in that nine-game stretch. Television: Saturday's first game of the doubleheader against Ohio State will be broadcast live on Midwest Sports Channel Series vs.Ohio State: The opening game of this series will (MSC) (Ryan Lefebvre, play-by-play and Gene Larkin, analyst) marie the 103rd meeting between the two schools with Minnesota holding a 52-49-1 edge. Under Anderson, the Golden Last Week: The Golden Gophers dropped a 5-4 non-confer Gophers hold a 17-14 advantage and are 6-3 in Minneapolis. ence game to the Creighton Bluejays then dropped three of four Last season, Ohio State claimed two wins in the Big Ten to Penn State in Big Ten play over the weekend. Minnesota now Tournament (19-13, 11-6) to claim the Big Ten championship. stands at 13-19 overall and 4-7 in the Big Ten. The two teams did not meet during the regular season last year e and have not played a regular season game since 1993 when the Against the Nittany Lions: Minnesota picked up a win in two teams split a four-game set in Minneapolis. the flrst game of the series as senior Brad Kearin Series Under Anderson: Minnesota leads 17-14 (Minnetonka, Minn.) came on in relief of staner Justin Series in Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 6-3 Pederson (Jr.• Chippewa Falls, Wis.) and didn't allow a run in Series in Columbus: Ohio State leads 7-5 the flnal2 '213 innings as the Golden Gophers erased 3-0 and 5-3 Series at Neutral site: Minnesota leads 6-4 deficits for the 6-5 win. Freshman Craig Selander (W. St. Paul, Minn.) delivered a two-out, three-RBI double in the bot Lineup Changes: Minnesota has started the same lineup tom of the flfth to give the Maroon and Gold the victory. Penn only once this season as the team has been hit by a number of State claimed the last three games of the series (7-2, 5-3, 3-1) to injuries and illnesses. Bob Keeny (back) is the latest Golden move to 10-5 in the conference. Eric Welter (Jr., Chaska, Gopher to be sidelined as he missed all of the conference games Minn.) hit his first career borne run and had a 3-for-3 effon in this past weekend. Steve Huts (ankle, hand), Robb Quinlan the ftnal three games while Rob Smith (Sr., Menomonie, Wis.) (ankle, flu), Tony Felling (ankle), Ryan Beers (fmger), Matt and Robb Quinlan (Fr., Maplewood, MiDD.) each had three Skovran (elbow), Troy Stein (ankle), Craig Selander (shoulder), hit single-game efforts. Bob DeWitt (tricep) and Phil McDermott (flu) have all missed game and preparation time due to injury or illness. About the (Wis.) Pantlaers: UW-Milwaulcee enters Tuesday's game 11-16 overall and 8-5 in conference play. The Home Cooking: The Golden Gophers have returned to the Panthers lost three of four to Dlinois-Chicago over the weekend friendly confines of its home fleld after spending a majority of and are 4-6 in its last 10 games. The Panthers opened the season the early season on the road. The Maroon and Gold played nine with a six-game losing streak and dropped nine of its first 10 straight games away from both the Metrodome and Sieben Field games. The Golden Gophers and Panthers have not had any compiling a 4-5 record. Minnesota is scheduled to have 16 common opponents this season. home games and only two away games in the month of April. Of the 16 home games, 12 will be against Big Ten competition Series vs. UW-Milwaukee: Minnesota leads the all-time (Penn State, Ohio State and Illinois) while only four will be e series with UW-Milwaulcee 1-0 with the only game in the series non-conference foes (St. Thomas, Creighton, UW-Milwaukee being played last season in Minneapolis with the Golden and South Dakota). Gophers claiming a 15-3 win. ------~~--~------

KSGS·AM 950 To Broadcast Games In 1996: Mar. 24 @ S .E. Louisiaru W9-6 KSGS-AM 950 radio will broadcast all Golden Gopher regular· Mar. 29 @ Purdue W9-4 season baseball games during the 1996 and'1997 seasons. Mar. 30 @ Purdue (2) L 8-2, W 6-1 Former Minnesola and All-Big Ten center fielder Ryan Mar. 31 @ Purdue Cancelled/Rain Lefebvre will be the broadcast voice for Golden Gopher base Apr. 3 ST. THOMAS 2:30p.m. ball. Lefebvre was a two-time All-Big Ten selection for the Apr. 6 @ Michigan (2) L 7-3. L 6-2 Golden Gophers and has been the voice of Golden Gopher base Apr. 7 @ Michigan (2) L4-2, W 4-0 ball for the past two seasons. Former Minnesota Twin Gene Apr. 9 CREIGHTON L5-4(13) Larkin and back-up play-by-play announcer Paul Barnes will Apr. 13 PENN STATE (2) W 6-5, L 7-2 assist with select Golden Gopher games. Apr. 14 PENN STATE (2) L S-3. L 3-1 Apr. 16 UW-Mll..WAUKEE 3 p.m. Ranked Opponents: Minnesota has played five games Apr. 17 @ Northern Iowa 6p.m. against teams ranked in Baseball America's Top 25 this season. Apr. 19 OHIO STATE 7p.m. The Golden Gophers opened the season at No. 15 Florida State, Apr. 20 OHIO STATE (2) 2p.m. and hosted No. 5 Tennessee and No. 23 North Carolina State in Apr. 21 OHIO STATE 1 p.m. the 1996 Hormel Classic. Minnesota was 0-5 in those games. Apr. 24 @ Iowa Slate 3 p.m. Apr. 26 ILLINOIS 7p.m. Apr. 27 ILLINOIS (2) 4p.m. Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: One phone call from a fax Apr. 28 ILLINOIS 1 p.m. machine handset allows instant access to Golden Gopher base Apr. 30 SOUTH DAKOTA 7 p.m. ball up-to-date information (cumulative team and individual sta May 1 MANKA TO STATE 7p.m. tistics, box scores from most recent games, honors candidates May 3 @ Northwestern 3p.m. and numerical/alphabetical rosters). The information can be May 4 @ Northwestern (2) 1 p.m. accessed by calling (770) 399-3066 and entering the Big Ten May 5 @ Northwestern 1 p.m. passcode, 282#. This is for media use only. The University of May 7 ST. CLOUD STATE 7p.m. Minnesola baseball "ceU" numbers are listed below: May 9 ST. OLAF 7p.m. 222.5# Cumulative Team and Individual Slatistics May 11 IOWA 7p.m. 2227# Box Scores From Most Recent Series May 12 IOWA (2) 2p.m. 2228# Honors Candidates May 13 IOWA 6p.m. 2229# Numerical/Alphabetical Rosters May 16-19 Big Ten Tournament TBA May 23-26 NCAA Regional TBA "Surf The Net": Information on the University of May 31-June 8 College World Series Omaha. Neb. Minnesota Men's Athletics Deparunent is now available on the Internet. The World Wide Web site contains news releases, sta tistics, rosters, schedules. student-athlete/coach/administration pro flies. departmenlal directory. ticket & merchandise informa tion and much, much more. The web page can be accessed at: http://www.umn.edu/mica/.

MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Feb. 16 @Florida State L9-7 Feb. 17 @ Florida State L 23-11 Feb. 18 @ Florida Slate L 8-2 Feb.23 @Arizona w 12-11 (10) This Week: The Golden Gophers will compete in the Kepler Feb.24 @Arizona w 7-5 Invitational in Columbus. Ohio on April 20-21. Following the Feb.25 @Arizona L4-2 Kepler. the Golden Gophers will complete the regular season at Mar. 1-3 Hormel Foods Classic the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. on May 4-5. The vs. Connecticut L 8-6 Big Ten Tournament is slated for May 10-12 in University Parle. vs. Tennessee L8-4 Pa. vs. N.C. Slate L 10-6 Mar.6 IOWA STATE w 15-2 Golfers Fourth at Legends of Indiana Invitational: Mar.8 WESTERN MICHIGAN w 5-3 MinnesOla took fourth place out of 18 teams at the Legends of Mar.9 WESTERN MICHIGAN w 4-3 Indiana Invilational in Franklin, Ind. on Apri112-13. The team Mar. 10 WESTERN MICHIGAN W7-0 score of 915 was five suokes off the winner Ball State. All Mar. 19 @Tulane L6-5 America candidate Aaron Barber (New London, Minn.) led Mar. 20 @Tulane L 11-& the team with a score of 224, good for second overall. Freshman Mar. 21 @ New Orleans L 7-6 Matt Doyle (Simsbury, Conn.) was next at 225, which was Mar. 22 @ S.E. Louisiana L 6-2 good for 5th place. Junior Mark Halverson (Fargo, N.D.) and Mar. 23 @ S.E. Louisiana w 19-17 sophomore R11bb Kerr (Pointe Clarie, Quebec) were tied for 1996 RESULTS: 28th at 233. Freshman BiD Tbompsoa (Wayzata, Minn.) fin 1/20 Windy City Invite 6th/213.45 ished off the scoring with a 246 (77th). 1/27 Ohio State L/219.75-224.75 2110 Iowa U219.25·225.45 Fourth in District: The Disuict Four rankings came out on 2/16 Michigan State W/223.40-223.10 April 15 and list the Golden Gophers fourth behind Ohio State, • 2/18 Michigan W/223.55-209.70 Northwestern, and Kent Srare. Indiana is 5th followed by Miami 2124 111.-Chicago W/225.80-222.10 of Ohio and Purdue who are tied at 6th. The top six teams 319 , Nebraska U224.17S-22S.92S advance to the NCAA Tournament 1be final district rankings 3/30 Big Ten Championships 4th/224.925 before the NCAA bids are announced will be following the Home meets in bold Spartan Invitational. If the Golden Gophers gamer a bid to the NCAA Tournament it will mark the founh consecutive year the 1996 Season Best Team Scores: team has accomplished that goal. Team Score 225.800 (vs. IlL-Chicago 2/24) Aoor Excercise 38.200 (vs. Nebraska 3/9) Ranked 27th by Golf Week: The Golden Gopher golf Pommel Horse 37.900 (at Big Tens 3/30) team was ranked 27th in the nation by Golf Week magazine Still Rings 38.575 (vs. Nebraska 3/9) going into last weekend's tournament. Vault 37.250 (at Michigan 2/18) Parallel Bars 37.400 (vs. IlL-Chicago 2/24) Final Team Standings: 1. Ball State, 910; Horiz. Bar 38.350 (vs. IlL-Chicago 2/24) 2. Northwestern, 913; 3. Miami of Ohio, 914; 4. Minnesota, 915; 5. Michigan, 926; 6. Purdue, 927; 7. Illinois, 928: 8. 1996 Season Best Individual Scores Indiana, 929; 9. Louisville, 930; 10. Wisconsin, Toledo, 931; Aoor Excercise 9.85 Chris Harrington(@ Michigan St. 2/16) 12. Eastern Michigan, 932; 13. Michigan State, 936; 14. Eastern Pommel Horse 9.55 Jason Krob (@ Big Tens 3/30) Kentucky, 938; 15. Iowa, 940; 16. Bowling Green, 951; 17. Still Rings 9.80 Chris Harrington (@ Michigan St. 2/16) Wright State, 952; 18. Notre Dame, 958. Vault 9.60 Chris Harrington (@ Michigan St 2/16) Chris Harrington (@ Michigan 2/18) Individual Standings: 1. Kevin Reed, Ball State, 221; 2. Parallel Bars 9.60 Heath Wall (vs. 111.-Chicago 2/24) Aaron Barber, Minnesota, Jason Banschy, Toledo, Kyle Horizontal Bar 9.90 Andrew Weaver(@ Michigan 2/18) Dobbs, Michigan, 224; 5. Matt Doyle, Minnesota, 225-0ther All-Around 55.800 Frank Ticknor (vs. IlL-Chicago 2/24) Minnesota scores-Mark Halverson, Robb Kerr, 233 (28th), Bill Thompson, 246 (77th).

Golden Gophers Take Weekend Off, Big Tens Up Next: The Golden Gopher tennis team will take this weekend Harrington Qualifies for Nationals on Vault: Junior off in order ro prepare for the Big Ten Tennis Championships, Chris Harrington (B~ W'11.) was the only Golden which will be hosted by Purdue University, April 25-28. Gopher to qualify for the NCAA Championships April25-27 in Minnesota is the four-time defending Big Ten tennis champion. Palo Alto, Calif. Harringroa cied f

Michalek Improves Qualifying Mark: In open event competition, Michalek turned in a season-best time of 3:44.85 to improve his NCAA provisional qualifying mark in that event and finish second overall to Paul McMullan of Asics. Beadle also turned in a ninth-place performance in the 400m dash with a season-best time of 47.45.

· In other competition at Sea Rays, sophomore Wil Kurth (Rochester, Minn.) turned in a leap of 6-9 3/4 to finish third in Gophers Travel to Iowa City This Weekend: The the high jump, while Mischke posted a personal-best pole vault of 16-8 3/4 to fmish sixth in that event. Two Gophers posted Gopher track and field team is scheduled to travel to Iowa City, outdoor personal-best marks in the 800m, as Dunbar and Iowa, this weekend for the Iowa Invitational. Competition is Nordrum fmished 17th and 28th in that event with times of scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. 1:52.08 and 1:53.51, respectively. Jensen Posts Record-Breaking Inaugural Decathlon: Freshman Benjamin Jensen (Mandai, Norway) posted a school and Big Ten record decathlon score of 7,590 to finish third in the Scott Hartman Decathlon at the Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. Chad Smith of Tennessee took home the event title with a two-day total of 7,984 points. Smith fin ished second at the 1995 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while the second-place finisher, Aric Long, was a 1992 Olympian for the United Swes in the decathlon.

Jensen started Thursday's competition in fourth place with a day one total of 3,821, just 3,009 points shy of the U of M school record of 6,830 set by current Gopher juni

Jensen's score also surpassed the 7,550 plateau, which repre sents the automatic qualifying standard for the 1996 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, to be held in Eugene, Ore., May 29-June 1. Jensen became the first Golden Gopher to ------

~innesota Golden Gopher Baseball Gaae Results for Minnesota (as of Apr 14, 1996) (All gaaes)

Game date Opposing teaa Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Big Ten Pitcher of record Attend 1i111e ------;------Feb 16, 1996 at Florida State 7-9 L 7 12 3( 9 11 2 9 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 0-1) 992 2:35 e Feb 17, 1996 at Florida State 11·23 L 11 13 4/23 26 4 9 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Westfall {L 0-1) 1864 3:30 Feb 18, 1996 at Florida State 2-8 L 2 5 0I 8 8 0 9 0- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0-1) 2544 2:50 Feb 23, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 12-11 12 17 5(11 12 2 (10) 1- 3- 0 0- 0- I) Diebolt (W 1-0) 733 3:40 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 7-5 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2· 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (W 1-0) 780 3:01 Feb 25, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats 2·4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2- 4· 0 0· 0- 0 Freeaan (L 0·1) 975 2:40 ~ar 1, 1996 Connecticut Ruskies 6-8 L 6 11 Of 8 16 1 9 2· 5· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L 0·2) 1448 3:03 ~ar 2, 1996 Tennessee Volunteers 4·8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 9 2- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (L 1-1) 3147 3:16 ~ar. 3, 1996 North Carolina St. 6-10 L 6 3 4J10 14 0 9 2- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (L 1-1) 1446 3:07 ~ar 6, 1996 Iowa State Cyclones li 15-2 15 17 OJ 2 10 2 9 3- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (li 1-2) 564 2:52 ~ar 8, 1996 Western Michigan li 5-3 5 10 1J 3 9 0 9 4· 7- 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson (W 2·1) 183 2:17 ~ar 09, 1996 Western Michigan li 4-3 4 6 2J 3 9 2 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (li 2-1) 262 2:14 ~ar 10, 1996 Western Michigan li 7·0 7 7 l/ 0 2 4 9 6· 7- 0 0· 0- 0 Pautz (W 1·0) 267 2:18 ~ar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 5·6 L 5 11 2/ 6 10 2 9 6· 8· 0 0- 0· 0 Pederson (L 2-2) 171 2:50 ~ar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 8·11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6- 9· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L 1·3) 152 3:06 ~ar 21, 1996 at New Orleans 6·7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6-10· 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0·2) 200 2:40 ~ar 22, 1996 at Southeastern La. 2·6 L 2 10 OJ 6 6 1 9 6·11· 0 0- 0· 0 Westfall (L 0·2) 305 2:45 ~ar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. li 19·17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7-11· 0 0- 0· 0 Zrust (W H) 416 3:47 Mar 24, 1996 at Southeastern La. w 9·6 9 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8-11- 0 0· 0· 0 Diebolt (li 3-1) 231 2:46 *Mar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakers li 9·4 9 11 2/ 4 5 3 7 9-11- 0 1· 0· 0 Pederson (W 3-2) 119 2:16 *~ar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler•akers 2-8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9·12· 0 1· 1· 0 Diebolt (L 3·2) 177 2:02 *~ar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakers w 6-1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 7 10-12· 0 2- 1· 0 Dobis (W 2·3) 0 1:50 Apr 03, 1996 St. Thoaas Tallies w 10-9 10 16 1/ 9 12 3 9 11-12· 0 2· 1· 0 Kearin (W 1·2) 314 3:03 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 3·7 L 3 3 1J 7 8 1 7 11-13- 0 2- 2- 0 Pederson (L 3·3) 1000 1:46 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2·6 L 2 8 1/ 6 7 1 7 11-14- 0 2· 3· 0 Diebolt (L 3·3) 0 1:38 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2-4 L 2 6 OJ 4 5 0 7 11·15· 0 2- 4· 0 Westfall (L 0·3) 300 1:40 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines w 4·0 4 7 0/ 0 7 2 7 12-15· 0 3· 4· 0 Kearin (W 2·2) 0 1:46 Apr 09, 1996 Creighton Bluejays 4-5 L 4 H 2J 5 10 0 (13) 12-16- 0 3- 4· 0 Werner (L 0·1) 80 3:48 - *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State w 6·5 6 6 3/ 5 4 1 7 13·16· 0 4· 4- 0 Kearin (li 3-2) 0 2:09 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State 2·7 L 2 5 2J 7 13 0 7 13-17· 0 4- 5- 0 Diebolt (L 3-4) 214 2:07 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 3·5 L 3 7 OJ 5 9 1 7 13-18· 0 4- 6· 0 Westfall (L 0·4) 0 1:50 tApr 14, 1996 Penn State 1-3 L 1 11 1/ 3 7 0 7 13-19· 0 4- 7- 0 Felling (L 0-l) 201 2:05 *Conference game #Tournament gale () extra inning ga1e ~1onesota Golden Gopher ~aseball Overall Statistics :or Minnesota (as of Apr 14, 1996) (All ga1es Sorted by Fielding pet)

Player c PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB cr

43 McDerJott ...... 35 33 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 Stovran ...... 34 32 2 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 3 0 17 Beers ...... 27 23 4 0 1.000 0 4 2 .667 0 0 49 Griffin ...... 13 12 1 0 1. 000 1 0 0 0 0 32 Westfall ...... 5 0 5 0 1.000 0 1 2 .333 0 0 42 Pautz ...... 4 2 2 0 1. 000 0 0 0 0 0 30 Groebner ...... 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 34 Werner ...... 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 0 0 21 Guse ...... 204 182 20 2 .990 0 35 10 .778 8 0 13 Borton ...... 185 173 10 2 .989 18 0 0 0 0 23 Keeney ...... 40 39 0 1 .975 0 0 0 0 0 40 Smith ...... 79 68 9 2 .975 1 0 0 0 0 15 Stein ...... 58 54 2 2 .966 0 0 0 0 0 10 Buls ...... 128 30 92 6 .953 18 0 0 0 0 4 Mahady ...... 21 17 3 1 .952 0 0 0 0 0 22 Welter ...... 156 58 90 8 .949 18 0 0 0 0 36 Kearin ...... 11 3 7 1 .909 1 4 1 .800 0 0 41 Pederson ...... 11 0 10 1 .909 0 10 5 .667 0 0 9 Quinlan ...... 80 20 51 9 .887 2 0 0 0 0 16 Selander ...... 16 13 1 2 .875 0 0 0 0 0 27 Diebolt ...... 13 5 6 2 .846 0 9 3 . 750 0 0 29 Dobis ...... 16 7 6 3 .813 1 4 1 .800 0 0 25 Free1an ...... 4 0 3 1 . 750 0 4 1 .800 0 0 28 Zrust ...... 4 1 2 1 . 750 0 1 1 .500 0 0 39 Felling ...... 7 2 3 2 . 714 0 5 0 1.000 0 0 18 DeWitt ...... 2 0 1 1 .500 0 1 1 .500 0 0 Hankinson ...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 20 Leatherman ...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0

Totals ...... 1158 778 333 47 .959 22 41 16 .719 11 0 Opponents ...... 1208 797 364 47 .961 26 28 20 .583 8 2 Bitting aini1u1s - 2 Ga1es 10 AB ~innesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for ~innesota (as of Apr 14, 1996) (All gales Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 13-19-0 Hole 6-7-0 Away: 7-12-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB R B 2B 38 HR RBI TB SLG% BB BBP SO GOP OB% SF SB SB-SBA PO A FLO% e

16 Selander ...... 368 22-16 57 8 21 4 1 0 15 27 .474 4 0 9 1 .410 0 4 0-0 13 1 2 .875 23 Keeney ...... 350 21-21 80 23 28 3 0 0 7 31 .387 16 0 10 1 .458 0 0 6-o 39 0 1 .975 21 Guse ...... 337 27-25 95 19 32 8 1 2 23 48 .505 15 5 4 3 .448 1 0 2-3 182 20 2 .990 43 ~cDermott ...... 329 25-25 85 11 28 11 0 0 13 39 .459 11 8 23 4 .452 0 0 0-3 33 2 0 1.000 9 Quinlan ...... 317 30-30 120 18 38 6 4 0 20 52 .433 3 1 18 1 .333 2 4 4-5 20 51 9 .887 10 Buls ...... 3H 32-31 121 29 38 7 0 2 12 51 .421 17 1 19 0 .403 0 2 4-9 30 92 6 .953 40 Smith ...... 311 19-19 74 13 23 3 0 1 16 29 . 392 5 1 13 3 .363 0 0 1-1 68 9 2 .975 15 Stein ...... 289 32-31 114 17 33 4 1 0 15 39 .342 11 4 19 0 . 372 0 1 4-8 54 2 2 .966 22 'lelter ...... 275 32-32 120 23 33 5 0 1 24 41 .342 12 3 17 2 .356 0 0 2-5 58 90 8 .949 13 Horton ...... 241 28-25 79 8 19 2 0 0 10 21 .266 6 0 u 2 .294 0 1 2-4 173 10 2 .989 3 Skovran ...... 231 9-4 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .231 1 0 1 0 .286 0 0 0-0 32 2 0 1.000 49 Griffin ...... 222 10-3 18 7 4 1 0 0 1 5 .278 5 1 4 2 A17 0 1 0-0 12 1 0 1.000 4 !ahady ...... 208 18-13 48 7 10 1 0 0 3 11 .229 7 0 8 2 .309 0 1 3-4 17 3 1 .952 30 Groebner ...... 176 11-6 17 4 3 2 0 0 3 5 .294 5 0 6 0 .364 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 17 Beers ...... 120 9-7 25 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 .160 2 0 12 1 .185 0 0 0-0 23 4 0 1.000 --- Others --- Rankinson ...... 000 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals ...... 296 32-32 1068 191 316 58 7 6 164 406 .380 120 24 178 22 .379 3 14 28-48 778 333 47 .959 Opponents ...... 302 32-32 1052 211 318 72 13 29 181 503 .478 120 24234 20 .384 7 23 41-57 H7 364 47 . 961

LOB- Teal (243), Opp (237). DPs turned- Teal (22), Opp (26). CI -Teal (0), Opp (2). IBB- Teal (2), Welter 1, Guse 1, Opp (8). Picked off - Keeney 2, Horton 1, Stein 1, Huls 1.

(All ga1es Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SBO/CBO SV IP B R ER BB so 28 38 HR BF B/Avg WP BBP BK SFA SBA

42 Pautz ...... 0.00 1-0 4 1 0 0/1 0 10.1 5 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 39 .143 2 1 0 0 2 18 DeWitt ...... 0.00 0-0 4 0 0 0!0 0 5.2 6 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 26 .273 1 1 0 1 1 36 Kearin ...... 1. 75 3-2 13 2 1 1/0 3 25.2 21 11 5 16 17 3 0 2 113 .223 9 0 0 1 2 28 Zrust...... 2. 75 1-0 11 0 0 0/0 0 19.2 27 12 6 4 20 10 0 0 93 .325 1 2 0 0 4 39 Felling ...... 3.50 0-1 12 1 0 0/0 1 18.0 23 11 7 9 8 5 0 2 87 .315 2 1 0 2 2 34 Werner ...... 4.15 0-1 4 1 0 0/0 0 4.1 4 7 2 4 2 0 0 1 22 .235 0 1 1 0 0 41 Pederson ...... 5.24 3-3 10 8 0 0/0 0 55.0 59 43 32 35 61 8 2 3 257 .277 8 8 1 0 1 29 Dobis ...... 6.62 2-3 7 7 0 0/0 0 34.0 48 32 25 10 19 10 1 5 164 .329 6 4 0 1 3 27 Diebolt ...... 7.54 3-4 13 6 0 0/0 1 37.0 51 37 31 14 42 10 5 7 177 .323 7 0 2 0 5 32 Westfall...... 8.91 0-4 9 4 1 0/0 0 32.1 48 34 32 16 35 15 1 6 159 .348 5 1 2 1 3 25 Freuan ...... 9.53 0-1 g 2 0 0/1 0 17.0 26 19 18 9 15 9 3 3 86 .361 3 4 0 1 0 --- Others --- 20 Leatherman ...... 0.00 0-0 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0

Totals ...... 5.48 13-19 32 32 2 2/1 5 259.1 318 211 158 120 234 72 13 29 1226 .302 45 24 6 7 23 Opponents ...... 5.01 19-13 32 32 5 0/0 8 265.2 316 191 148 120 178 58 7 6 1231 .296 24 24 4 3 14

PB- Team (11), Guse 8, Skovran 3, Opp (8). Pickoffs- Team (4), Pederson 2, Guse 1, Free1an 1, Opp (4). SB/SBA- Guse 1,35-45), Pederson (10-15), Diebolt (9-12), Beers (4-6), Felling (5-5), Dobis (4-5), Freeun (4-5), Kearin (4-5), Skovran :2-3), Westfall (1-3), Werner (2-3), DeWitt (1-2), Zrust (1-2). l

~innesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 14, 1996) (Big Ten ga1es only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 4-7-0 ffou 1-3-0 Away: 3-4-0

.ayer AVG GP-GS AB R H 28 38 HR RBI TB SLG% BB BBP SO GOP 08% SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLO%

23 Keeney ...... 462 5-5 13 6 6 2 0 0 0 8 .615 4 0 1 0 .588 0 0 0-0 8 0 0 1.000 21 Guse ...... 350 6-6 20 4 7 2 0 1 2 12 .600 3 0 1 0 . 435 0 0 0-0 32 5 0, 1.000 16 Selander ...... 348 8-8 23 4 8 3 0 0 6 11 .478 2 0 4 1 .400 0 0 0-0 8 1 i .900 40 Smith ...... 286 11-11 35 5 10 1 0 0 7 11 .314 2 1 5 2 .342 0 0 1-1 23 3 1 .963 22 ~elter ...... 273 11-11 33 4 9 0 0 1 4 12 .364 3 1 6 0 .351 0 0 0-1 23 25 2 .960 13 Horton ...... 259 11-10 27 3 7 0 0 0 5 7 .259 2 0 1 1 .310 0 0 0-0 62 2 0 1.000 9 Quinlan ...... 233 9-9 30 2 7 2 0 0 2 9 .300 1 0 5 0 .258 0 2 1-1 4 18 2 .917 15 Stein ...... 219 11-11 32 1 7 0 0 0 3 7 .219 0 1 6 0 .242 0 1 0 1 1-3 10 , .909 10 Huls ...... 211 11-11 38 6 8 1 0 1 1 12 .316 4 1 5 0 .302 0 0 1-2 12 25 i . 974 43 ~cDermott ...... 211 a-a 19 2 4 2 0 0 2 6 .316 3 2 5 0 .375 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 .000 --- Others --- 3 Skovran ...... 333 4-3 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0-0 20 1 0 1.000 17 Beers ...... 250 2-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0 0-0 9 1 0 1.000 49 Griffin ...... 000 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1 .429 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 .000 4 l!ahady ...... 000 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 30 Groebner ...... 000 3-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 Hankinson ...... 000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals ...... 260 11-11 296 40 77 13 0 3 32 99 .334 28 6 43 5 .336 0 4 4-9 219 98 12 .964 Opponents ...... 277 11-11 289 so 80 19 2 9 43 130 .450 36 8 61 7 . 371 1 5 8-11 228 94 12 .964

~- Teaa (67), Opp (70). DPs turned- Tea1 (7), Opp (7). CI -Teal (0), Opp (1). 188- Teal (0), Opp (3). Picked off - ton 1.

(Big Ten ga1es only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/C80 SV IP 11 R ER 88 so 28 38 HR 8F B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

36 Kearin ...... 0.00 2-0 4 1 1 1/0 0 14.2 11 1 0 4 11 1 0 0 58 .208 4 0 0 0 1 25 Freeman ...... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 .250 0 1 0 0 0 29 Dobis ...... 2.25 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 19 .250 0 1 0 0 0 28 Zrust ...... 3.24 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 8.1 10 5 3 4 9 3 0 0 42 .286 0 1 0 0 2 39 Felling ...... 4.50 0-1 3 1 0 0/0 0 6.0 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 1 27 .304 1 0 0 1 0 32 ~estfall ...... 7.15 0-2 2 2 1 0/0 0 11.1 14 9 9 5 14 8 0 1 51 . 311 1 0 1 0 1 41 Pederson ...... 1.41 1-1 3 3 0 0/0 0 15.2 u 16 13 13 15 2 2 2 76 .237 6 4 1 0 0 27 Diebolt ...... 13.50 0-3 3 3 0 0/0 0 7.1 16 15 11 4 7 2 0 5 44 .410 2 0 0 0 1 --- Others --- 18 DeWitt ...... 0.00 0·0 2 0 0 0/0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 20 Leather1an ...... 0.00 0·0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0

Totals ...... 4.93 4-7 11 11 2 l/0 0 73.0 80 50 40 36 61 19 2 339 .277 16 8 1 5 Opponents ...... 3.67 7-4 11 11 5 0/0 2 76.0 77 40 31 28 43 13 0 335 .260 7 6 0 4

PB -Teal (4), Guse 3, Skovran 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Tea1 (2), Pederson 2, Opp (1). SB/SBA- Guse (5-7), Pederson (3-4), Beers (2-3), Diebolt (2-2), Freeun (1-2), Zrust (1-1), Westfall (0-1), Skovran (1-1), Kearin (1-1).

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RE: Baseball game vs. UW-Milwaukee and Northern Iowa

The Tuesday, April16, non-conference baseball game between the University of Minnesota and UW-Milwaukee has been changed from a single nine-inning game to two seven inning games. The start time will remain at 3 p.m.

Also, Minnesota's regularly scheduled non-conference game against Northern Iowa on Wednesday, April 17, in Waterloo, Iowa, has been cancelled. Northern Iowa had too many games on its schedule and had to eliminate a game. ~------·--- -

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RE: Baseball game Wednesday

The Golden Gopher baseball team will play a non-conference nine inning game on Wednesday, April17, at 3 p.m. at Siebert Field against Concordia College-St. Paul. Minnesota was originally scheduled to play a non-conference game in Waterloo, Iowa, against the University of Northern Iowa but that game was cancelled due to to Northern Iowa having too many games on its schedule. - -·------

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The Golden Gopher baseball game against Concordia-St. Paul will not be broadcast on KSGS-AM 950 today as scheduled. Due to the game time change, a studio engineer was not available. l

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GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL SWEEPS UW-MILWAUKEE

The Golden Gopher baseball team beat UW-Milwaukee (11-18 overall) 5-2 and 10- 2 Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference doubleheader at Siebert Field. Junior shortstop Steve Huls led Minnesota at the plate picking up six hits in eight at-bats. Huls hit a triple, two doubles, two home runs and drove in six runs during the twin bill. He missed hitting for the cycle in both games by just one hit, a single in game one and a triple in the nightcap. Minnesota held a 3-2 lead going into the bottom of the sixth but after singles by Eric Welter and Troy Stein, Huls hit a two-run double to provide the Golden Gophers with its margin of victory. Senior Rob Smith was two-for-three while sophomore Jason Dobis picked up his third win of the season pitching 5 2/3, scattering six hits and striking out four Panther batters. In game two, the one-two punch of freshman Robb Quinlan and Huls provided the Maroon and Gold with six hits in eight at-bats with two doubles and two home runs. Quinlan's first career home run came in the fourth inning and was followed by Huls' fourth of the season to give a Minnesota a 6-0 lead. Junior second baseman Eric Welter was two for-two with two runs scored in the second game and freshman Bob DeWitt went 3 1/3 innings without allowing a run to pick up his first collegiate win on the mound. The Golden Gophers move to 15-19 overall and will play Concordia College-St. Paul in one nine-inning game tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Siebert Field.

Game One R HE UW-Milwaukee 000 002 0 2 6 2 Minnesota 102 002 X 5 9 1

UWM-Casper and Schwartz. UM-Dobis, Pederson (6) and Guse. W-Dobis (3-3), S Pederson (1); L-Casper (2-5), HR-UM-Huls, Time-1:33.

Game Two R HE UW-Milwaukee 000 000 2 2 4 1 Minnesota 130 330 X 10 12 2

UWM-Daun, Kruser (4), Zagzebski (5) and Schwartz, Wilcox (6). UM-DeWitt, Zrust (4), Diebolt (6), Pederson (7) and Guse, Skovran (5). W-DeWitt (1-0), S-None; L-Daun (0-2), HR-UWM-Hubka, UM-Quinlan, Huls; Time-1:53; Att.- 183.

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DARKINS TO BE AVAILABLE TO MEDIA THURSDAY AT 4 P.M. AT THE GIBSON/NAGURSKI FOOTBALL PRACTICE FACILITY

Senior running back Chris Darkins will be available to the media on Thursday, April 18, on the indoor field at the Gibson/Nagurski football practice facility. Due to his schedule, this will be the only time that Darkins will be available to the media prior to Saturday's NFL draft. For more information, call the University of Minnesota Men's Media Relations Office at 624-8080 .

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For Immediate Release: April22,1996 GOPHER HOTLINE THIS WEEK ... The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter views with players and coaches. It is available to WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- Baseball a1 Iowa State Cap Timm (3,000) 7887. The Hodine is broadcast quality and is Ames, Iowa changed by noon each day. This service is for 3 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) media use only. The schedule for this week is as THURSDAY, APRll.. 25 follows: Gymnastics a1 NCAA Championships Palo Alto, Calif. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Tennis at Big Ten Tournament Head TeMis Coach Dave Geatz West Lafayette, Ind. THURSDAY, APRIL 25 FRIDAY, APRll.. 26 Junior pitcher Justin Pederson Baseball vs. IUinois Siebert Field (2,SOO) FRIDAY, APRIL 26 7 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) Head Baseball Coach Jobn Anderson Tennis a1 Big Ten Tournament

Track & Field a1 Drake Relays ,, , Des Moines, Iowa, All Day GOPHERS ONLINE The University of Minnesota Men's Athletic SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Baseball vs.IUinois (Two Games) Deparonent is now on the Internet. The World Wide Siebert Field (2,SOO) Web site contains press releases, statistics, rosters, 4 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) schedules and much more infonnation. Tile Web pages can be accessed at: FootbaU Spring Game http://www.umn.edulmica/ H.H.H. Metrodome Infonnation on every Big Ten school and the con 1:30p.m. ference is also available via computer internet Tile Big Tennis a1 Big Ten Tournament . Ten's home page on ESPNET SponsZone will be available at the followilll address: Track & Field a1 Drake Relays http://espmt.sportszone.com. SUNDAY, APRll.. 28 Baseball vs. IUinois Siebert Field (2,500) 4 p.m., KSGS-AM (950)

Tennis a1 Big Ten Tournament right-hander went 7.1 innings scattering seven hits, two runs (both earned), two walks and four strikeouts. The Golden Gophers had six extra-base hits and hit .459 as a team ( 17 for 37) while running its record to 3-7.

About the Dlini: lllinois enters this weekend's games on topfl of the Big Ten standings with a 13-6 record and 26-16 overall. The Illini swept Michigan State, split with Penn State and Indiana and claimed three of four from Purdue and Ohio State for its 13-6 conference record. Illinois dropped five of its flrst six games but have not lost more than two games in a row since Minnesota's next game will be on the road This Week: and have had win streaks of five and six games. Wednesday, Apr. 24, against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa Game time is set for 3 p.m. The next Big Ten series for Minnesoca will Series vs. Illinois: Minnesota leads the aU-time series with be this weekend, April 26-28, at Sieben Field against Illinois. Illinois 80-71-1. The Golden Gophers hold a 31-27 edge under Game times are set for 7 p.m. Friday, a 4 p.m. doubleheader Anderson and in that span have identicai15-I3 marks at home Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. and at IUinois. Minnesoca has won eight of the last 10 games and won three of four last season at the Metrodome. Last year, Radio: All games on KSGS-AM (950) (Ryan Lefebvre and the Illini failed to score a run in the first three games and in the Paul Barnes play-by-play) first six innings of the last game (27 scoreless innings). Minnesota claimed l-0, 3-0 and 2-0 wins while the Illini scored Last Week: The Golden Gophers were 5-2 during the week two runs in the seventh inning of the last game to claim a 2-1 with three non-conference wins over UW-Milwaukee (5-2, 10- win. 2) and Concordia-St. Paul (12-1). The Maroon and Gold then Series Under Anderson: Minnesota leads 31-27 split a four-game set against the Ohio State Buckeyes, winning Series in Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 15-13 games one (7-5) and four (2-0) and dropping the middle two (4- Series in Champaign: Minnesota leads 15-13 1, 10-6). Minnesota now stands at 18-21 overall and 6-9 in the Series at Neutral: Tied 1-1 Big Ten. Home Cooking: The Golden Gophers have returned to the Against the Buckeyes: Junior Justin Pederson friendly confines of its home field after spending a majority of A (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week the early season on the road. The Maroon and Gold played nine • honors for his efforts vs. Ohio State. The right-hander carne on straight games away from both the Metrodome and Siebert Field in relief in game one and picked up the victory as Minnesota compiling a 4-5 record. Minnesota has played 12 straight home battled back from 3-0 and 5-3 deficits and eventually won the games and will play at Siebert Field five more times in the game 7-5. Rob Smith (Sr., Menomonie, Wis.) provided the big' month of April with only the one more game on the road this hit in the game with a three-run home run which proved to be month (Iowa State). Minnesota is 6-6 during this homestand. the eventual game-winner. In the final game of the series, Pederson threw a two-hit shutout and only faced two batters KSGS-AM 950 To Broadcast Games In 1996: over the minimum. Only one Buckeye runner advanced past KSGS-AM 950 radio will broadcast all Golden Gopher regular· flrst base in Minnesota's 2-0 win. season baseball games during the 1996 and 1~7 seasons. Fonner Minnesota and All-Big Ten center fielder Ryan Series vs. Iowa State: Minnesota leads the all-time series Lefebvre will be the broadcast voice for Golden Gopher base with the Cyclones 74-24. 1bal includes an earlier season meet ball. Lefebvre was a two-time All-Big Ten selection for the ing between the two schools when Minnesota claimed a 15-2 Golden Gophers and has been the voice of Golden Gopher base· win. The Golden Gophers are 14-6 against Iowa State under ball for the past two seasons. Former Minnesota Twin Gene Anderson with a 9-2 malt in Minneapolis and a 5-4 record in Larlcin and back-up play-by-play announcer Paul Barnes will Ames. assist with select Golden Gopher games. Series Under Anderson: Minnesota leads 14-6 Series in Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 9-2 Strength of Schedule: Minnesota has traditionally played Series in Ames: Minnesota leads 5-4 one of the tougheSt non-conference schedules in the Big Ten. This year the Maroon and Gold have played eight games against Last Time vs. the Cyclones: The Maroon and Gold used teams ranked in various polls this season. The Golden Gophers an 11-run eighth inning to break open a tight game to defeat the fell to Collegiate Baseball's 21st-ranked team, New Orleans, by Cyclones 15-2. Freshman Robb Quinlan (Maplewood, Minn.) one run (7-6) and to its 28th-ranked team, Tulane, (6-5, 11-8). and junior Eric Welter (Chaska, Minn.) each had three hits in The Maroon and Gold opened the season at BasebaU America's A four plate appeanu1ces while Bryan Guse (Jr., New Brighton, No. 15 Florida State, and hosted No.5 Tennessee and No. 23 • , Minn.), Mark Groebner (So., Coon Rapids, Minn.) and North Carolina State in the 1996 Honnel Classic. Welter each drove in three runs. Sophomore Jason Dobis (Little FaDs, Mi~n.) picked up his first win of the season as the Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: One phone call from " fax Apr. 27 n.LINOIS (2) 4p.m. machine handset allows instant access to Golden Gopher base Apr. 28 n.LINOIS 1 p.m. ball up-to-dale information (cumulative team and individual sta Apr. 30 SOUTH DAKOTA 7p.m. tistics, box scores from most recent games, honors candidates May 1 MANKA TO STATE 7p.m. and numerical/alphabetical rosrm). The information can be May 3 @ Northwestern 3p.m. accessed by calling (770) 399-3066 and enrering the Big Ten May 4 @ Northwestern (2) 1 p.m. passcode, 282#. This is for media use only. The University of May 5 @ Northwestern 1 p.m. Minnesota baseball "ceU" numbers are listed below: May 7 ST. CLOUD STATE 7p.m. 222.5# Cumulative Team and Individual Statistics May 9 ST. OLAF 7p.m. 2227# Box Scores From Most Recent Series May 11 IOWA 7p.m. 2228# Honors Candidates May 12 IOWA (2) 2p.m. 2229# Numerical/Alphabetical Rosters May 13 IOWA 6p.m. May 16-19 Big Ten Tournament TBA "Surf The Net": Information on the University of May 23-26 NCAA Regional TBA Minnesota Men's Athletics Deparunent is now available on the May 31-June 8 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Internet. The World Wide Web site contains news releases, sta tistics, rosters, schedules, student-athlete/coach/adminisuation pro flies, deparUnental directory, ticket & merchandise infonna tion and much, much more. The web page can be accessed at: htq>://www.umn.edu/mica/.

MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Feb. 16 @ Aorida State L9-7 Feb. 17 @ Aorida State L 23-11 Feb. 18 @ Aorida State L 8-2 Feb.23 @Arizona w 12-11 (10) This Week: The Golden Gophers will take a week off before Feb.24 @Arizona W7-5 finishing the regular season at the Spartan Invitational in East Feb.25 @Arizona L4-2 Lansing, Mich., on May 4-5. The Big Ten Tournament is slated Mar. 1-3 Hormel Foods Classic for May 10-12 in University Park, Pa, with the NCAA vs. Connecticut L 8-6 Regionals slated for May 16-18 in Ann Arbor, Mich. vs. Tennessee L8-4 vs. N.C. State L 10-6 Mar.6 IOWA STATE w 15-2 Golf Team is Third At Kepler lnvitationai:The 25th Mar.8 WESTERN MIClflGAN w 5-3 ,, ranked Golden Gopher men •s golf team climbed from fifth to Mar.9 WESTERN MIClflGAN W4-3 third place in the final round and finished just four strokes Mar. 10 WESTERN MIClflGAN W7-0 behind winner and host Ohio State at the 28th annual Kepler Mar. 19 @Tulane L6-5 Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. Minnesota fired a final round of Mar. 20 @Tulane L 11-8 306 to climb from 10 strokes off the lead OSU held on to edge Mar. 21 @ New Orleans L7-6 out Nonhwestem by one stroke 921 to 922, while Minnesota Mar.22 @ S .E. Louisiana L6-2 fmished third with a 925 score. The third place fmish gives Mar. 23 @ S .E. Louisiana w 19-17 Minnesota eight top four finishes in the 11 tournaments they Mar. 24 @ S.E. Louisiana W9-6 have competed in this year. Mar.29 @Purdue W9-4 Mar. 30 @ Purdue(2) L 8-2, W 6-1 Kepler Recap: The Golden Gophers were led by senior All Mar.31 @Purdue Cancelled/Rain America candidate Aaron Barber (New London, Minn.) who Apr. 3 ST. THOMAS 2:30p.m. ftred a 229 and tied for lOth, five strokes behind medalist Matt Apr. 6 @ Michigan (2) L 7-3, L 6-2 Minister of Ohio State. Big Ten Freshman of the Year candidate Apr. 7 @ Michigan (2) L 4-2. W 4-0 Matt Doyle (Simsbury, Conn.) was tied for 15th with a 230. Apr. 9 CREIGHTON L 5-4 (13) Minnesota will have next weekend off before fmishing the regu Apr. 13 PENN STATE (2) W 6-5, L 7-2 lar season at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich., on Apr. 14 PENN STATE (2) L 5-3, L 3-1 May4-5. Apr. 16 UW-MILWAUKEE (2) w 5-2, w 10-2 Apr. 17 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL w 12-1 Kepler Invitational Results Apr. 19 OHIO STATE W7-5 Team Scores: l. Ohio State, 303-303-312-921; 2. Apr. 20 OHIO STATE (2) L 4-1, L 10-6 Nonhwestern, 308-310-307-922; 3. Minnesota, 309-310· Apr. 21 OHIO STATE W2-0 306-325, 4. Louisville, 302-309-319-930, 5. Penn State, 308- Apr. 24 @Iowa State 3p.m. 310-313-931,6. Indiana. 314-312-308-934,7. Miami (Ohio), Apr. 26 ll...LINOIS 7p.m. 302-320-314-936,8. Marshall, 309-321-308-938. Kent State, - ·------

303-323-312-938, 10. Purdue, 318-314-30~940. 11. Ball State, 312-316-313-941, 12. Wisconsin, 3~-316-31~942, Illinois, 315-315-312-942, 14. Michigan, 317-314-304-945, 15. Toledo, 324-312-318-3S4, Michigan State. 317-327-310- 954, 17. Iowa, 323-325-324-972. 18. Bowling Green, 319- 334-323-976 Individual Scores: l. Man Minister, OSU, 224; 2. Laine Brantner, Iowa, 225; T3. Ryan Armour, Ohio State, Randy Leen, Indiana. Brian Atkinson, Dlinois, 226; T6. Kyle Voska, Miami (OH), Scott Rowe, Northwestern, Todd Lancaster, Kent State, 227; 9. Dirk Ayers, Penn State, 228; 10. Aaron Barber, Harrington Qualifies for Nationals on Vault: Junior 229; Otber Minnesota Scores: TIS. Matt Doyle, 230; TI9 Chris Harrington (Brookl'teld, Wis.) was the only Golden Dan Arroyo, 232; T40 Mark Halverson, 236; T78 Rob Kerr, Gopher to qualify for the NCAA National Championships 249. Thursday through Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif. Harrington tied f

Fourth in District: The District Four rankings came out on April 15 and listed the Golden Gophers fourth behind Ohio State, Northwestern, and Kent State. Indiana was 5th followed by Miami of Ohio and Purdue who were tied at 6th. The top six teams advance to the NCAA Tournament. The rma1 district rankings before the NCAA bids are announced will be follow ing the Spartan Invitational. If the Golden Gophers gamer a bid to the NCAA Tournament it will mark the fourth consecutive year the team has accomplished that goal. Golden Gophers Try For Fifth Straight Title This Weekend: The Golden Gopher tennis team will attempt to Minnesota In Two National Polls: The Golden Gophers win its fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship this weekend as are currently ranked in two national polls. The Maroon and '~ they head for the conference championships, hosted by Purdue Gold are 25th in the Wilson coaches poll and 27th in the University, in West Lafayette, Ind. Golfweekffaylor Made poll. Minnesota has rmished in the top four in eight of the 11 tournaments they have competed in this The Golden Gophers, seeded second behind the Michigan year with two victories (Wolverine Invit Cent. Florida Invit.). Wolverines, will take on the Michigan State Spartans, who received the seventh seed, at 9 a.m. Friday morning in a quarter Wilson Coaches Poll rmal match. The Golden Gophers downed the Spartans 6-1 on 1. Oklahoma State; 2. Arizona State; 3. UNLV; 4. Florida; S. East Mar. 19 in East Lansing, Mich. Tennessee State; 6. Texas; 7. Cemson; 8. Texas Christian; 9. Arizona; 10. Wake Forest; 11. NorthC110liDa; 12. LSU; 13. Tulsa; 14. If Minnesota wins its riiSt match of the tournament, they will Oklahoma; IS. Southern Medlodiat; 16. USC; 17. Arkansas; 18. New tangle with the winner of the Illinois/Penn State match on Mexico; 19. Northwestern; 20. s.tord; 21. Auburn; 22. Georgia; 23. Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the tournament semumals. The Golden Duke; 24. Pepperdine; 15. Mh ala and Kent State Gophers defeated both the Fighting Illini (4-3) and the Nittany Lions (6-1) in matches earlier in the season. GolfWeekfl'aylor Made Collqiate Poll l. Oklahoma State; 2. UNLV; 3. Arizona State; 4. Texas Christian and Arizona; 6. Florida; 7. Clemson; 8. East Tennessee State; 9. Texas; 10. The Golden Gophers are an even 10-10 overall this season and SMU; 11. Arkansas and LSU; 13. USC; 14. North Carolina; lS. New 8-2 in Big Ten matches. Minnesota rmished the regular season Mexico; 16. Wake Forest; 17. Stanford; 18. Virginia and Auburn; 20. by winning seven of its last eight conference duals. Oklahoma; 21. Tulsa; 22. Pepperdine; 23. South Carolina and Houston; 25. Georgia; 26. San Jose State; 27. Minnesota and Texas A&M; 29. KristotTersen On A Roll: Freshman Martin North Carolina State; 30. Pacific. Kristolfersen (Portsbrunn, Norway) extended his team-high A win streak to 13 suaight matches with a 6-4,6-1 victory over • Penn State's Chris Cahill. Kristofferson is now 21-11 overall on the season and has not lost a singles match since Feb. 10. Final Big Ten Standings Team W-L Overall Michigan 9-1 14-8 Minnesota 8-2 10-10 Illinois 8-2 12-8 Northwestern 7-3 17-5 Purdue 6-4 15-7 Penn State 5-5 14-8 Michigan State 4-6 12-12 Ohio State 4-6 10-11 Wisconsin 2-8 6-14 Drake Relays This Weekend: The Gopher track ;md In~ 2-8 11-11 field team is scheduled to travel to Des Moines, Iowa, this Iowa 0-10 5-15 weekend for the Drake Relays. Big Ten Tournament Thursday, Apr. 25 Three Gophers, Relay Earn Hawkeye Invitational #8 Ohio State vs. #11 Iowa, 9 a.m. Titles: Junior Jason Schlueter (New London, W~.) earned #9 Wisconsin vs. #10 Indiana, 9 a.m. his second discus title of the season with a throw of 193-7 at the winners of 9 a.m. matches, 1:30 p.m. Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, last weekend. Friday, Apr. 26 Schlueter has already automatically qualified for the 1996 #3 Illinois vs. #6 Penn State, 9 a.m. NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. #2 Mi1111.esota vs. #7 Michigan State, 9 a.m. winner of Thursday's 1:30 p.m. match vs. #1 Michigan, 1:30p.m. Sophomore Jeff Marsh (Seymour, Wis.) continued the pattern #4 Northwestern vs. #5 Purdue, 1:30 p.m. of Gopher success in the throws when his shot put of 55-3 1/2 Saturday, Apr. 27 was good enough to lead a one-two Gopher finish in that event. consolation matches, 9 a.m. Fellow sophomore Chad Yenchesky (DePere, Wis.) fmished semifinal matches, 1:30 p.m. second with a throw of 53-7 1/2. The Gopher 4x400m relay Sunday, Apr. 28 team closed out the Hawkeye Invitational in style by winning 5th and 7th place matches, 9 a.m. the event title in 3:20.1. 3rd place and Championship matches, 1:30 p.m. The Iowa Hawkeyes won the scored meet with a team total of Golden Gophers Probable Lineup For Big Tens 151 points. Minnesota finished second with 118, followed by Singles Big Ten (Overall) Northern Iowa (101), Iowa State (69), Michigan State (49), #1 Lars Hjarrand (Jr., Oslo, Norway) 5-0 (22-11) Southwestern Michigan (26), Drake (18) and Western Illinios #2 Ben Gabler (Jr., Chambersburg, Pa.) 7-2 (24-13) H (11). #3 Erilc Donley (Sr., Duluth, Minn.) 6-4 (18-15) #4 Tom Chicoine (Fr .• Neenah, Wis.) 6-4 (23-17) #5 Adam Selkirk (Fr., St Joseph, Md.) 5-4 (17-18) #6 Martin Kristoffersen (Ponsgrunn, Norway) 9-1 (21-10) Doubles #1 Hjarrand/Donley 6-1 (18-7) #2 B. Gabler/Selkirk 3-2 (4-2) #3 Kristoffersen/Chicoine 4-4 (10-9) ~innesota r.olden Gopher. Baseball Gaae Results for Minnesota (as of Apr 21, 1996) (All gaaes)

Gale date Opposing teal Score r h ej r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Tille -·--·------!------e Feb 16, 1996 at Florida State 7-9 L 7 12 3/ 9 11 2 9 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 0-1) 992 2:35 Feb 17, 1996 at Florida State 11-23 L 11 13 4/23 26 4 9 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Westfall (L 0-1) 1864 3:30 Feb 18, 1996 at Florida State 2-8 L 2 5 0/ 8 8 0 9 0- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0-1) 2544 2:50 Feb 23, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 12-11 12 17 5/11 12 2 (10 l 1- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (W 1-0) 733 3:40 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 7-5 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (W 1-0) 780 3:01 Feb 25, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats 2-4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Freeaan (L 0-1) 975 2:40 ~ar 1, 1996 Connecticut Huskies 6-8 L 6 11 0/ 8 16 1 9 2- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 0-2) 1443 3:03 ~ar 2, 1996 Tennessee Volunteers 4-8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 9 2- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (L 1-1) 3147 3:16 ~ar. 3, 1996 Sorth Carolina St. 6-10 L 6 3 4/10 14 0 9 2- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (L 1-1) 1446 3:07 ~ar 6, 1H6 Iowa State Cyclones w 15-2 15 17 0/ 2 10 2 9 3- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (W 1-2) 564 2:52 ~ar 8, 199 6 Western Michigan w 5-3 5 10 1/ 3 9 0 9 4- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (W 2-1) 183 2:17 ~ar 09, 1996 Western Michigan w 4-3 4 6 2/ 3 9 2 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (W 2-1) 262 2:14 Mar 10, 1996 Western Michigan w 7-0 7 7 1/ 0 2 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Pautz (W 1-0) 267 2:18 ~ar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 5-6 L 5 11 2/ 6 10 2 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (L 2-2) 171 2:50 ~ar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 8-11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 1-3) 152 3:06 ~ar 21, 1996 at New Orleans 6-7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6-10- 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0-2) 200 2:40 ~ar 22, 1996 at Southeastern La. 2-6 L 2 10 0/ 6 6 1 9 6-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Westfall (L 0-2) 305 2:45 ~ar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. w 19-17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Zrust (W 1-0) 416 3:47 ~ar 24, 1996 at Southeastern La.· w 9-6 9 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8-ll- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (W 3-1) 231 2:46 *~ar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakers w 9-4 9 ll 2/ 4 5 3 7 9-11- 0 1- 0- 0 Pederson (W 3-2) 119 2:16 *~ar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akers 2-8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9-12- 0 1- 1- 0 Diebolt (L 3-2) 177 2:02 *~ar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akers w 6-1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 7 10-12- 0 2- 1- 0 Dobis (W 2-3) 0 1:50 Apr 03, 1996 St. Tho1as To11ies w 10-9 10 16 1/ 9 12 3 9 11-12- 0 2- 1- 0 Kearin (W 1-2) 314 3:03 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 3-7 L 3 3 1/ 7 8 1 7 11-13- 0 2- 2- 0 Pederson (L 3-3) 1000 1:46 *Apr 06, 1996 at ~ichigan Wolverines 2-6 L 2 8 1/ 6 7 1 7 11-14- 0 2- 3- 0 Diebolt (L 3-3) 0 1:38 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2-4 L 2 6 0/ 4 5 0 7 11-15- 0 2- 4- 0 Westfall (L 0-3) 300 1:40 e *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines w 4-0 4 7 0/ 0 1 2 7 12-15- 0 3- 4- 0 Kearin (W 2-2) 0 1:46 Apr 09, 1996 Creighton Bluejays 4-5 L 4 14 2/ 5 10 0 (13) 12-16- 0 3- 4- 0 Werner (L 0-1) 80 3:48 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State w 6-5 6 6 3/ 5 4 1 7 13-16- 0 4- 4- 0 Kearin (W 3-2) 0 2:09 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State 2-7 L 2 5 2/ 7 13',,0 7 13-17- 0 4- 5- 0 Diebolt (L 3-4) 214 2:07 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 3-5 L 3 7 0/ 5 9 1 7 13-18- 0 4- 6- 0 Westfall (L 0-4) 0 1:50 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 1-3 L 1 11 1/ 3 7 0 7 13-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Felling (L 0-1) 201 2:05 Apr 16, 1996 UW-Milwaukee w 5-2 5 9 1/ 2 6 2 7 14-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Dobis (li 3-3) 0 1:33 Apr 16, 1996 UW-Milwaukee w 10-2 10 12 2/ 2 4 1 7 15-19- 0 4- 7- 0 DeWitt (W 1-0) 127 1:53 Apr 17, 1996 Concordia College w 12-1 12 11 2/ 1 7 3 9 16-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Freeman (W 1-1) 79 2:43 *Apr 19, 1996 Ohio State w 7-5 7 9 0/ 5 7 0 7 17-19- 0 5- 7- 0 Pederson (W 4-3) 344 1:50 *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio State 1-4 L 1 4 1/ 4 10 2 7 17-20- 0 5- 8- 0 Kearin (L 3-3) 235 2:13 *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio State 6-10 L 6 8 0/10 13 1 7 17-21- 0 5- 9- 0 Freeaan (L 1-2) 0 2:00 *Apr 21, 1996 Ohio State v 2-0 2 9 0/ 0 2 0 7 18-21- 0 6- 9- 0 Pederson (W 5-3) 335 1:35 *Conference ga1e #Tournament game ( ) extra inning ga1e Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 21, 1996) (All ga1es Sorted by Batting avg) ecord: 18-21-0 Hose 11-9-0 Away: 7-lZ-0

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 38 HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GOP 08% SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLD%

Huls ...... 354 39-38 147 36 52 9 1 5 23 78 .531 17 1 20 0 . 424 0 2 4-9 40 113 a .950 Guse ...... 348 34-32 115 23 40 11 1 2 27 59 . 513 16 5 8 4 .445 1 1 4-5 217 22 2 .992 Stith ...... '"0~ ~ 26-26 94 18 31 4 0 2 21 41 .436 7 2 16 3 .388 0 0 3-4 75 21 3 .970 Quinlan ...... 329 37-37 146 25 48 8 4 2 26 70 .479 4 1 19 1 .346 2 4 6-7 24 56 9 .899 Keeney ...... 326 23-23 86 23 28 3 0 0 7 31 .360 16 0 10 1 .431 0 0 6-6 43 0 1 .977 ~cDer1ott ...... 320 32-32 100 16 32 14 0 1 15 49 .490 18 8 26 4 .460 0 0 0-3 33 2 0 1.000 Selander ...... 320 29-22 75 9 24 6 1 0 16 32 .421 4 0 11 1 .354 0 6 0-0 20 1 2 .913 Stein ...... 290 39-36 124 22 36 5 1 0 17 43 .347 13 6 19 1 .385 0 1 5-9 59 2 2 .968 Griffin ...... 286 12-4 21 7 6 1 0 0 2 7 .333 6 1 4 2 .464 0 1 0-0 21 1 0 1.000 Welter ...... 280 39-39 143 28 40 1 0 2 27 53 . 371 14 4 20 2 .360 0 0 3-6 67 108 10 .946 Horton ...... 221 35-31 95 11 21 3 0 0 12 24 .253 7 0 19 2 .275 0 1 2-4 216 12 2 .991 ~ahady ...... 192 23-14 52 1 10 1 0 0 4 11 .212 8 0 8 2 .300 0 1 3-4 20 3 1 .958 Skovran ...... 188 11-4 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .188 1 0 2 0 .235 0 0 0-0 34 3 0 1.000 Groebner ...... 150 13-6 20 4 3 2 0 0 3 5 .250 5 0 7 0 .320 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 Beers ...... 143 12-7 28 2 4 1 0 0 3 5 .179 2 0 12 2 .200 0 0 0-0 31 4 0 1.000 Hankinson ...... 000 5-0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .167 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals ...... 298 39-39 1267 234 378 75 8 14 203 511 .403 139 28 202 25 .379 3 17 36-57 931 412 53 .962 Opponents ...... 293 39-39 1252 235 367 86 13 36 204 587 .469 136 28 210 22 .373 7 24 41-58 935 418 56 .960

~-Teal (287), Opp (281). DPs turned- Teal (25), Opp (29). CI- Teal (0), Opp (2). IBB- Teal (2), Welter 1, Guse 1, Opp ). Picked off ·Keeney 2, Quinlan 1, Huls 1, Stein 1, Borton 1. (All ga1es Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W·L APP GS CG SBO/CBO SV IP ) R ER BB so 28 38 BR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

Pautz ...... 0.00 1-0 4 1 0 0/l 0 10.1 5 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 39 .143 2 1 0 0 2 Deli itt...... 0.00 1-0 6 1 0 0/0 0 9.2 9 4 0 2 6 2 0 0 44 .231 1 2 0 1 1 Leather1an ...... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 .200 1 1 0 0 0 Kearin ...... 2.45 3-3 14 3 1 1/0 3 29.1 21 14 8 18 18 6 0 3 132 .H3 10 0 0 1 2 Zrust...... 3.46 1-0 14 0 0 0/0 0 26.0 34 16 10 4 25 14 0 1 119 .315 1 3 0 0 4 ~erner ...... 3.86 0-1 5 2 0 0/0 0 7.0 8 8 3 6 6 2 0 1 37 .276 0 1 1 0 1 Felling ...... 4.12 0-1 14 1 0 0/0 1 19.2 25 13 9 10 9 5 0 3 94 .316 2 1 0 2 2 Pederson ...... 4. 61 5-3 15 9 1 1/0 1 66.1 65 45 34 36 69 8 2 4 299 .257 8 9 2 0 1 Dobis ...... 6.13 3·3 8 8 0 0/0 0 39.2 54 34 27 11 23 11 1 5 188 .320 6 4 0 1 3 Diebolt ...... 7.09 3·4 17 6 0 0/0 1 39.1 52 37 31 16 44 10 5 7 187 .313 8 0 2 0 5 ~estfall...... 8.61 0·4 11 5 1 0/0 0 38.2 53 39 37 19 41 18 1 7 186 .327 6 1 2 1 3 Freuan ...... 9.00 1·2 11 3 0 0/1 0 23.0 34 24 23 12 19 10 3 5 115 .351 3 5 0 1 0 Totals ...... 5.28 18-21 39 39 3 3/1 6 310.1 367 235 182 136 210 86 13 36 1447 .293 48 28 7 24 Opponents ...... 5.40 21-18 39 39 6 0/0 10 311.2 378 234 187 139 202 75 8 14 1456 .298 28 28 4 17

PB- Teas (12), Guse 8, Skovran 4, Opp (9). Pickoffs- Tea• (7), Pederson 2, Skovran 1, Guse 1, Zrust 1, Kearin 1, Freeaan 1, Opp (5). SB/SBA- Guse (35-46), Pederson (10-15), Diebolt (9-12), Dobis (4-6), Beers (4-6), Free1an (4-5), Kearin (4-5), .linq (5-5), Skovran (2-3), Werner (2-3), Westfall (1-3), Zrust (1-2), DeWitt (1-2). ~- - I i I

Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for ~innesota (as of Apr 21, 1996) (Conference qaaes only Sorted by Batting avq) Record: H-0 Boae 3-5-0 Away: 3·4-0 e Player AVG GP·GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP 08\ SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLD%

Guse ...... 375 10-10 32 6 12 4 0 1 3 19 .594 4 0 4 1 .444 0 0 0-0 55 6 0 1.000 Selander ...... 344 12·11 32 5 11 5 0 0 7 16 .500 2 0 5 1 .382 0 2 0-0 14 1 1 .na Skovran ...... 333 4-3 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0-0 20 1 0 1.000 Keeney ...... 316 7-7 19 6 6 2 0 0 0 8 .421 4 0 1 0 .435 0 0 0-0 12 0 0 1. 000 Griffin ...... 286 4-3 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .286 3 0 0 1 .500 0 1 0-0 8 0 0 1.000 Smith ...... 283 15·15 46 7 13 1 0 1 10 17 .370 3 2 8 2 .353 0 0 2-2 26 12 1 . 974 ~cDeraott ...... 259 12-12 27 6 7 4 0 1 4 14 .519 7 2 6 0 .444 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 .000 Buls ...... 255 15-15 51 9 13 1 0 2 3 20 .392 4 1 6 0 .321 0 0 1-2 15 33 2 .960 Quinlan ...... 250 13·13 44 4 11 3 0 1 4 17 .386 1 0 6 0 .267 0 2 1-1 8 18 2 .929 Stein ...... 243 15-13 37 2 9 1 0 0 4 10 .270 0 2 6 1 .282 0 1 1-3 13 0 1 .929 Horton ...... 235 15-13 34 3 8 0 0 0 5 8 .235 2 0 3 1 .278 0 0 0-0 84 2 0 1.000 Welter ...... 234 15·15 47 5 11 1 0 2 6 18 .383 3 1 8 0 .294 0 0 0-1 27 36 2 .969 Beers ...... 200 4-2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0 2 1 .200 0 0 0-0 10 1 0 1.000 ~ahady ...... 000 5-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 Hankinson ...... 000 3·0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Groebner ...... 000 3-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1. 000

Totals ...... 257 15-15 401 55 107 22 0 8 47 153 .382 35 8 57 8 .338 0 6 5-10 303 137 13 . 971 Opponents ...... 278 15-15 403 69 112 30 2 15 62 191 .474 45 10 83 8 .364 1 5 8-11 306 130 15 .967

LOB · Teat (89), Opp (92). DPs turned - Teat (9), Opp (10). CI - Teat (0), Opp (1). IBB · Teaa (0), Opp (5). Picked off - Quinlan 1, Horton 1.

(Conference qaaes only Sorted by Earned run avq)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP ', J R ER BB so 28 38 RR BF B/Avq WP HBP BK SFA SHA

DeWitt ...... 0.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .333 1 1 0 0 0 Leatherman ...... 0.00 0·0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .000 1 1 0 0 0 Kearin ...... 1.47 2-1 5 2 1 1/0 0 18.1 17 4 3 6 12 4 0 1 77 .243 5 0 0 0 1 Dobis ...... 2.25 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 1 g 0 19 .250 0 1 0 0 0 Pederson ...... 4. 74 3-1 6 4 1 1/0 0 24.2 19 16 13 13 22 2 2 2 108 .211 6 5 2 0 0 Zrust ...... 4. 85 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 13.0 16 9 7 4 13 7 0 1 61 .296 0 1 0 0 2 Freeaan ...... 5.40 0·1 3 1 0 0/0 0 8.1 10 5 5 2 5 2 0 2 36 .303 0 1 0 0 0 Felling ...... 6.75 0·1 4 1 0 0/0 0 6.2 9 5 5 3 3 1 0 2 31 .333 1 0 0 1 0 ~estfall...... 7.56 0-2 3 3 1 0/0 0 16.2 19 14 14 8 20 11 0 2 75 .288 2 0 1 0 1 Diebolt ...... 12.91 0-3 5 3 0 0/0 0 7.2 16 15 11 6 7 2 0 5 47 .400 3 0 0 0 1

Totals ...... 5.26 6-9 15 15 3 2/0 0 101.0 112 69 59 45 83 30 2 15 464 .278 19 10 3 1 5 Opponents ...... 4.15 9-6 15 15 5 0/0 4 102.0 107 56 47 35 57 22 0 8 451 .267 8 8 1 0 6

PB- Teat (4), Guse 3, Skovran 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs- Teat (3), Pederson 2, Kearin 1, Opp (2). SB/SBA- Guse (5-7), Pederson (3-4), Beers (2-3), Diebolt (2-2), Freeaan (1-2), Zrust (1-1), Westfall (0-1), Kearin (1-1), Skovran {1·1). ------

4 ~innesota ~olden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for ~innesota (as of Apr 21, 1996) , (All qaaes Sorted by Fielding pet)

Player c PO A E FLO% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

Skovnn ...... 37 34 3 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 4 0 • Beers ...... 35 31 4 0 1.000 0 4 2 .667 0 0 ~cDeraott ...... 35 33 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Griffin •...... 22 21 1 0 1. 000 1 0 0 0 0 ~estfall...... 5 0 5 0 1. 000 0 1 2 .333 0 0 Groebner ...... 4 4 0 0 1. 000 0 0 0 0 0 Pautz ...... 4 2 2 0 1. 000 0 0 0 0 0 Leather•an ...... 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Guse ...... 241 217 22 2 . 992 1 35 11 .761 8 0 Horton ...... 230 216 12 2 .991 21 0 0 0 0 Keeney ...... 44 43 0 1 .977 0 0 0 0 0 Sai th ...... 99 75 21 3 . 970 1 0 0 0 0 Stein ...... 63 59 2 2 .968 0 0 0 0 0 Mahady ...... 24 20 3 1 .958 0 0 0 0 0 Huls ...... 161 40 113 8 .950 20 0 0 0 0 Pederson ...... 19 1 17 1 .947 1 10 5 .667 0 0 Welter ...... 185 67 108 10 .946 19 0 0 0 0 Kearin ...... 12 3 8 1 .917 1 4 1 .800 0 0 Selander ...... 23 20 1 2 .913 0 0 0 0 0 Quinlan ...... 89 24 56 9 .899 2 0 0 0 0 Diebel t ...... 14 6 6 2 .857 0 9 3 .750 0 0 Dobis ...... 20 10 7 3 .850 1 4 2 .667 0 0 Zrust...... 6 1 4 1 .833 0 1 1 .500 0 0 Free1an ...... 5 0 4 1 .800 0 4 1 .800 0 0 Werner ...... 5 1 3 1 .800 0 2 1 .667 0 0 Felling ...... 9 2 5 2 .778 1 5 0 1. 000 0 0 DeWitt...... 4 1 2 1 .750 0 1 1 .500 0 0 Hankinson ...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0

Totals ...... 1396 931 412 53 ',, 962 25 41 17 .707 12 0 Opponents ...... 1409 935 418 56 .960 29 36 21 .632 9 2

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For Immediate Release April 18, 1996 TOP MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER SIGNS WITH GOPHERS

University of Minnesota Head Track and Field coach Phil Lundin announced today that Jason Owen of Stewartville (Minn.) High School has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Minnesota.

Owen has won several Minnesota state championships in both the 800 meters and 1,600 meters with personal-best marks of 1:51.41 and 4:10.65, respectively. Owen is considered · to be one of this year's top prep middle distance runners in the United States.

"Jason is a tremendously talented athlete and will make an immediate impact on this team," said Lundin. "His performances so far this season have been very impressive and he will be a very welcome addition to our program."

Owen joins Swedish junior national champion high jumper Staffan Strand as members of • Lundin's first recruiting class as head coach at the U of M . r------

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For Immediate Release April 20, 1996 GOLDEN GOPHERS LOOK GOOD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL IN THIRD SCRIMMAGE

There were a number of outstanding perfonnances on both sides of the ball as the Golden Gopher football team held its third scrimmage of the spring Saturday in the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex. The defense, which recorded eight sacks overall on the day, dominated the first half of the scrimmage. Senior strong safety Rodney Heath, a second-team All-Big Ten selection last fall, picked off a Cory Sauter pass and returned it 88 yards for a touchdown to open the scoring. Redshirt freshman cornerback Michael Barrett also registered an interception, while senior cornerback Joe Justice and senior linebacker Ben Langford recovered fumbles. Senior linebacker Don Williams and redshirt freshman linebacker Nate Pearson had two sacks apiece. The offense got on the board on a 12-yard touchdown run by redshirt freshman Thomas Hamner off a picture-perfect pitch from redshirt freshman quarterback Billy Cockerham on the option play. Senior running back Tommy Watson hit paydirt on a one yard plunge, and then senior quarterback Rob Jones connected with redshirt freshman slotback Lyman Myers mona 30-yard scoring aerial. Sophomore placekicker Adam Bailey drilled a 52-yard field goal to close out the scrimmage. Sauter completed 8 of 14 pass attempts for 99 yards, while junior running back Javon Jackson led all rushers with 70 yards on 14 carries. He was followed closely by Hamner with 61 yards on 12 carries. ''The defense had the upperhand early-on, they were really flying to the ball," Golden Gopher Coach Jim Wacker said. "The offense came on and did some nice things the last half of the scrimmage. Overall, I was really pleased with the scrimmage." The Golden Gophers will play the 1996 spring game on Saturday, April27 at 1:30 p.m. in the Metrodome. Registration for the Fox-29/Circus Pizza Good Sports Clinic for boys and girls up to age 13 begins at 11:30 a.m. at Gate F. The clinic begins at noon. Admission to both the clinic and spring game is free. PASSING Name Cgmu A11 .Y..d..5. m ln1 Cory Sauter 8 14 99 0 1 Rob Jones 2 3 35 1 0 Spergon Wynn Til 2 7 13 0 1 Billy Cockerham 3 5 43 0 0 Derek Rackley 0 1 0 0 0

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BECEIYI~G Name k Y.dJ Ill Lee Hutton 1 21 0 Greg Nelson 1 5 0 Lyman Myers m 1 30 1 KeithDimmy 1 6 0 Ryan Thelwell 3 40 0 Troy Duerr 2 26 0 Mark Tangen 1 13 0 Javon Jackson 1 16 0 Ryan Hubbard 1 14 0 AlexHass 1 9 0 Vincent Hypolite 1 7 0 Thomas Hamner 1 3 0 BllSHI!s:G IS: a me A11 .Y..di m Javon Jackson 14 70 0 Thomas Hamner 12 61 1 Rafael Cooper 4 14 0 Tommy Watson 7 16 1 Cory Sauter 4 -20 0 Byron Evans 11 32 0 Verdis Webb ill 6 27 0 Billy Cockerham 4 9 0 Chris Anders 7 41 0 Spergon Wynn ill 4 -10 0 Rob Jones 3 -1 0 Derek Rackley 1 -8 0 lls:IEBCEfiiQls:S MADE EIELD GOALS IS: a me N.g Name Y.dJ Rodney Heath 1 Erin McManus 20, 30 Michael Barrett 1 Louie Sylvester 20, 30 Adam Bailey 52 IOllCHDOl!ls:S Heath 88 interception return MISSED EIELD GOALS Hamner 12 run Name Y.dJ Watson 1 run Erin McManus 46,52 Myers ill lqpss from Jones Louie Sylvester 46,52 Adam Bailey 20,30,46 SACKS EllMBLE BECOYERIES IS: a me N.g Name N.g Don Wimams 2 Joe Justice 1 Nate Pearson 2 Ben Langford 1 Lamanzer Williams 1 Ray Kaiser 1 BLOCKED EIELD GQALS OgunAkbar 1 Name N.g Luke Braaten 1 Craig Scruggs 1 - ·-- ·--·------

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HOCKEY AWARD WINNERS HONORED AT BANQUET

The University of Minnesota hockey team held its annual year-end banquet Sunday afternoon at the Sheraton Metrodome in Minneapolis. A total of 11 seniors were honored along with the following award winners. All awards are voted on by the players.

Mike Crupi Award - Most Determined Player- Charlie Wasley

Elwin "Doc" Romnes Leadership/Sportsmanship Award - Dan Trebil

Dr. V. George Nagobads Unsung Hero Award- Greg Zwakman

Frank Pond Rookie of the Year A ward - Erik Rasmussen

John Mayasich Outstanding Student-Athlete Award - Dan Trebil

John Mariucci Most Valuable Player Award- Brian Bonin

In addition, special recognition was given to longtime Minnesota North Stars and Golden Gopher hockey broadcaster Al Shaver, who recently announced his retirement from broadcasting. Shaver was presented with a framed Golden Gopher hockey jersey along with a standing ovation from the sellout crowd at the banquet. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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MINNESOTA SWIMMER NAMED FINALIST FOR POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Minnesota swimmer Bernie Zeruhn has been named one of 19 fmalists for the Annual NACDA Preseason Garnes Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Scholarships. The finalists were chosen from 239 nominees from all sports other than football. Earlier this year, 21 football finalists were selected. These 40 finalists will now be reviewed by NACDA's Blue Ribbon Committee which consists of some of the top figures in the athletic world. The Committee will review the fmalists and select 10 winners who will receive a $5,000 grant to be used toward postgraduate studies, a total of $50,000 in scholarships, funded by proceeds from NACDA's two preseason football games, the Kickoff and Pigskin Classics. The winners will receive their awards at NACDA's 31st Annual Convention, June 9-12, in Marco Island, Fla. The NACDA Scholar-Athlete Awards luncheon will be held on Tuesday, June 11. Earlier this year, Zeruhn was named a GTE Co-Academic All-American of the Year in addition to earning first team Academic All-America honors on the Fall/Winter At-Large team. He helped lead Minnesota to its first Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championship since 1926 by winning the 200 fly, 500 and 200 free and was a member of the 400 and 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams at the conference meet. At the 1996 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the senior from Hamburg, Germany earned his third career All-American honor by finishing eighth in the 200 freestyle. Zeruhn has a 3.93 GPA (4.00 scale) in the Carlson School of Management UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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PLASENCIA NAMED HEAD MEN'S CROSS COUNTRYI ASSIST ANT TRACK & FIELD COACH

The University of Minnesota announced today that former Golden Gopher All-American and two-time U.S. Olympian Steve Plasencia has been named head men's cross country coach/assistant men's track & field coach.

Plasencia, 39, ran in the 10,000 meters at both the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He finished fourth in the '96 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials this past February and will serve as an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in that event. He will attempt to qualify for his third straight Olympics in the 10,000 meters at this June's U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Atlanta.

A member of the last four U.S. IAAF World Championships teams, he placed lOth in the marathon at the '95 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, and seventh in the 10,000 meters in '87 in Rome. With a personal best of 27:45.1 in the 10,000 meters, he is ranked ninth on the all-time U.S.list. The U.S. 10,000 meter champion in '90, he has been ranked among the top three Americans in at least one event by Track & Field News every year since 1985.

Inducted into the University of Minnesota "M" Club Hall of Fame in '94, Plasencia was a three-time All America performer in cross country and a two-time honoree in track & field during his illustrious career with the Golden Gophers. The native of Crystal, Minn., still holds outdoor school records in the 1500 meters (3:41.6) and 5000 meters (13:49.0).

Since 1993 Plasencia has served as the director of sports respiratory medicine for Allergy & Asthma Associates in Eugene, Ore. Prior to that he was a cardiac rehabilitation therapist at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene. In addition, the Cooper High School graduate has served as the coach for such prominent post collegians as '84 U.S. Olympian Don Clary and Mike Bilyeu, sixth in the 5000 meters at the '92 U.S. Olympic Trials and a candidate for the '96 team.

Plasencia and his wife Theresa have a son Ryan, who was born last September.

"I am very excited about the opportunity to return home to Minnesota and my alma mater," Plasencia said. "I'm looking forward to the challenge and will look to draw upon my experiences over the past several years. I have had the opportunity to train with, compete against and coach many of track & field's best and most dedicated aabletes. In addition, I have been directly exposed to the knowledge of some of the brightest coaches and administrators in the sport."

"We had a very strong field of applicants," said Director of Men's Athletics Dr. Mark Dienhart. "Steve emerged as a great fit for the position. The success that he has had in his own running career, in coaching elite athletes and as an exercise physiologist, along with the respect accorded him by the local running community, made him a logical choice."

"Steve not only has a tremendous passion for the sport, but also for the University of Minnesota and the entire state," said Golden Gopher Head Track & Field Coach Phil Lundin. ''He brings with him a tremendous background in the sport. He has the skills and abilities to tackle the challenge that lies ahead."

MEDIA NOTE: Steve will be available to answer questions from the media from 4-6 p.m. (Central) today by calling (541) 345-5144. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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April 22, 1996 For Immediate Release PEDERSON NAMED BIG TEN PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Junior Justin Pederson of the Golden Gopher baseball team has been named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for his performance during the week. The righthander picked up two wins against Ohio State last weekend and had a save against UW -Milwaukee last Tuesday. In his only start, the native of Chippewa Falls, Wis., three a complete game, two-hit shutout in Minnesota's 2-0 win over Ohio State in the series fmale. He only faced two batters over the minimum and only one runner advanced past first base.

Pederson leads the Golden Gophers with five wins and is 3-1 in conference play. He has struck out 69 batters while only walking 36.

The Golden Gophers (18-21, 6-9) next game will be on the road Wednesday, April 24, against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. The game time is set for 3 p.m. The next Big Ten series for Minnesota will be next weekend, April26-28, at Siebert Field against illinois. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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For Immediate Release April 22, 1996 SPRING FOOTBALL GAME, GOOD SPORTS CLINIC AND AUCTION SET FOR SATURDAY

The Golden Gophers will play the '96 spring football game on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Metrodome.

Registration for the Fox-29/Circus Pizza Good Sports Clinic for boys and girls up to age 13 begins at 11 :30 a.m. at Gate F. The clinic will begin on the field at noon. For more information, call (612) 625·4879. Admission to both the clinic and spring game is free.

After the spring game, the "Great Gopher Sports Auction" will be held at Williams Arena. Dinners with Golden Gopher coaches and administrators, autographed game balls and jerseys, game tickets and the chance to travel with Golden Gopher teams to away games are just a few of the items that will be up for bid.

A silent auction will be held from 5-7 p.m with a live auction taking place from 7-7:30 p.m. Admission is $25 which includes food and beverages. For more information, call the Williams Scholarship Fund at (612) 625·1001. UNIVERSITY OE MINNESOTA JEW§

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April26, 1996

GOLDEN GOPHERS DOWN MICHIGAN STATE AT BIG TEN TENNIS

The University of Minnesota men's tennis team defeated Michigan State University by the score of 4-3 in a quarterfinal match Friday afternoon at the Varsity Courts on the campus of Purdue University at West Lafayette, Ind.

· Minnesota won the all-important doubles point, which proved to be the difference in the contest as the two teams split the six singles matches. The duos of Lars Hjarrand/Matt Gabler and Ben Gabler/ Adam Selkirk won for the 2-1 victory in doubles. Minnesota narrowly escaped with victory for the doubles point and the match as Hjarrand and Matt Gabler won the tiebreaker in their match to win 9-8. The Golden Gophers are now 9-3 this season when winning the doubles point.

Junior Ben Gabler, freshman Tom Chicoine, and sophomore Robin Rutilli each won in singles for the Golden Gophers. Chicoine also pulled our a third-set tiebreaker to win his #3 singles match. Freshman Martin Kristoffersen had his 13-match winning streak stopped at #5 singles by Aaron Murray of the Spartans, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

In an unusual note from the contest, four of the six singles players who won the first set in their match went on to lose the next two sets and the team point. The Golden Gophers ( 11-1 0), 8-2), who raised their overall record above the .500 mark for the first time this season with the victory, will face third-seeded Illinois in a semi-final match tomorrow. Minnesota, four-time defending Big Ten Champions, is the number two seed in the tournament.

BIG TEN MEN'S TENNIS MINNESOTA 4, MICHIGAN STATE 3 Singles: Alberto Brause (MSU) de f. Lars Hjarrand (MN) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 Ben Gabler (MN) def. Danny Wallihan (MSU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Tom Chicoine (MN) def. Trey Eubanks (MSU) 6-7 (2), 6-2, 7-6 (5) Ben Hetzler (MSU) ckf. Adam Selkirk (MN) 6-2, 6-3 Aaron Murray (MSU) def. Martin Kristoffersen (MN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 Robin Rutilli (MN) def. Luke Under (MSU) 6-2, 6-2 Doubles: Hjarrand/Donley (MN) clef. Hetzler/Struck (MSU) 9-8 (1) 1 B. Gabler/Selkirk (MN) def. Murray/Wallihan (MSl ) 8-2 Beley/Eubanks (MSU) clef. Kristoffersen/Chicoine (MN) 8-2 U:-.!IVERSifY UF MINNESOTA lEW§

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For Immediate Release: April 29, 1996 GOPHER HOTLINE The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter THIS WEEK ... views with players and coaches. It is available to TUESDAY, APRIL 29 the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- Baseball vs. South Dakota 7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality and is Siebert Field (2.500) changed by noon each day. This service is for 7 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) media use only. The schedule for this week is as WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 follows: Baseball vs. Mankato State Sieben Field (2,500) TUESDAY, APRIL 30 2:30p.m., KSGS-AM (950) Junior diecus thrower Jason Schlueter FRIDAY, MAY 3 Baseball at Nonhwestem WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 Rocky Miller Park (1,000) Junior shortstop Steve Huls Evanston, Ill. 3 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) THURSDAY, MAY 2 Head Baseball Coach John Anderson SATURDAY, MAY 4 Baseball at Northwestern (two games) FRIDAY, MAY 3 Rocky Miller Park ( 1,000) Head Track & Field Coach Pbil Lundin Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m., KSGS-AM (950)

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Track & Field at Jesse Owens Invitational Columbus, Ohio 10 a.m. 10. The two teams played each ot.hfor last season wit'l t'le qolden Gophers claiming a 7-6 win in Minneapolis.

About the Wildcats: Northwestern enters this week's games with a 22-23 record and 8-12 in the Big Ten. The e Wildcats have won only three of its last 15 games with conference wins over Purdue (8-2) and Penn State (9-5) and a non conference win over UW -Milwaukee (6-5). Nonhwestem has two non-conference games during the week, Tuesday at home against Northern Illinois and Wednesday at Valparaiso. This Week: Minnesota will host a pair of non-conference Series vs. Northwestern: Minnesota leads the all-time games against Division II foes South Dakota on Tuesday, Apr. series with Nonhwestern 115-55-1. The two teams played five 30 and Mankato State on Wednesday, May 1. Both games are times last season with the Wildcats claiming three of four in set for 7 p.m. starts. The Maroon and Gold will then travel to Evanston in the last regular season conference series for both Evanston, Ill., to face Northwestern. The Wildcats and Golden schools. Then, the two teams traveled to Columbus, Ohio, Gophers will play a single game on Friday a1 3 p.m .• a double where the Golden Gophers beat the Wildcats 9-8 in the first header on Saturday at 1 p.m., and a single game on Sunday at 1 round of the Big Ten Tournament p.m. Series Under ANkrson: Minnesota leads 37-22 In Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 22-ll Radio: All games on KSGS-AM (950) (Ryan Lefebvre and In Evanston: Minnesota leads 13-11 Paul Barnes play-by-play) At Neutral: Tied 2-0

Last Week: The Golden Gophers were 3-2 during the week Home Cooking: The Maroon and Gold have played 15 of its dropping a non-conference game to Iowa State (6-5) in Ames, last 16 games a1 Sieben Field with the lone road game at Iowa Iowa then taking three of four games (W 6-5, W 11-8, L 14-1, State in Ames, Iowa. Minnesota is 10-7 at home in April and W 5-2) from Illinois in Big Ten play in Minneapolis. Minnesota will conclude the month at Sieben Field against the University now stands at 21-23 overall and 9-10 in the Big Ten. of South Dako&a on Tuesday, April 30. Against the Dlini: Junior Justin Pederson (Chippewa KSGS-AM 950 To Broadcast Games In 1996: e Falls, Wis.) continued his winning ways picking up two wins KSGS-AM 950 radio will broadcast all Golden Gopher regular and a save during the weekend. He came on in relief to earn a season baseball games during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. save in game one, a win in game two and threw a complete Fonner Minnesota and All-Big Ten center fielder Ryan game in the fmale allowing only one earned run in six innings. Lefebvre will be the broadcast voice for Golden Gopher base· Last week, the right-hander earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week ball. LefebVre was a two-time All-Big Ten selection for the honors for his two-win effon against Ohio State. Junior short Golden Gophers and has been the voice of Golden Gopher base stop Steve Hub (Cold Spring, Minn.) earned Big Ten Player ball for the past two seasons. Former Minnesota Twin Gene of the Week honors for his performance a1 the plate. He had two I...amn and back-up play-by-play announcer Paul Barnes will home runs, a triple, six RBI and scored five runs to help assist with select Golden Gopher games. Minnesota claim three victories. Huls delivered a two-out, three run home run in the bouom of the seventh of the second game to Strength of Schedule: Minnesota has traditionally played give the Golden Gophers an 11-8 win. one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the Big Ten. This year the Maroon and Gold have played eight games against About the Coyotes: Tile University of South Dakota is 16- teams ranked in various polls this season. The Golden Gophers 24 overall and is cUI'l"eeldy ia ... place in the NCC's Sourthem fell to Collegiate Baseball's 21st-ranked team, New Orleans, by Division at4-8. The C~ ~three of four games to one run (7-6) and to its 28th-ranked team, Tulane, (6-5, ll-8). Augustana (S.D.) last weebld and are five games out of fll'St The Maroon and Gold opened the season a1 Baseball America's place. This will be the sevendl meeting between the two schools No. 15 Florida State, and hosted No. 5 Tennessee and No. 23 with the Golden Gophers' holding a 5-1 advantage. The two North Carolina State in the 1996 Honnel Classic. teams have not played since the 1968 season when Minnesota swept a doubleheader 8-0 and 4-1. Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: One phone call from a fax machine handset allows instant access to Golden Gopher base- Mankato State University enters the About the Mavericks: ball up-to-date infonnation (cumulative team and individual sta· week 26-13 and 5-3 in North Central Conference play and will tistics, box scores from most recent games, honors candidates A play a pair of non-conference games Tuesday against Grand and numerical/alphabetical rosters). The infonnation can be W View. The Mavericks are currently tied for the top spot in its accessed by calling (770) 399-3()56 and entering the Big Ten conference and have won seven of its last nine games. passcode, 282#. This is for media use only. The University of Minnesota leads the all-time series between the two schools 41- Minnesota baseball "cell" numbers are listed below: 2225# Cwnulative Team and Individual Statistics May 9 ST. OLAF 7p.m. 2227# Box Scores From Most Recent Series May 11 IOWA 7p.m. 2228# Honors Candidates May 12 IOWA (2) 2p.m. 2229# Numerical/Alphabetical Rosten May 13 IOWA 6p.m. May 16-19 Big Ten Tournament TBA e "Surf The Net": Inf

MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Feb. 16 @ Florida State L9-7 Feb. 17 @ Florida State L 23-11 Feb. 18 @ Florida State L8-2 Feb.23 @Arizona w 12-11 (10) Feb.24 @Arizona W7-5 Feb.25 @Arizona L4-2 Mar. 1-3 Hormel Foods Classic This Week: The Golden Gophers will finish the regular sea vs. Connecticut L8-6 son at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich., on May vs. Tennessee L8-4 4-5. The Big Ten Tournament is slated for May 10.12 in vs. N.C. State L10-6 University Park, Pa., with the NCAA Regionals slated for May Mar.6 IOWA STATE w 15-2 16-18 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Mar.8 WESTERN MICHIGAN W5-3 Mar. 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN W4-3 Doyle Top Candidate For Big Ten Freshman of the Mar. 10 WESTERN MICIDGAN W7-0 @Tulane L6-5 Year: Freshman Matt Doyle (Simsbury, Coan.) is the leading - Mar.19 candidate f

1996 RESULTS: Minnesota Finishes Third at Big Ten 1/20 Windy City Invite 6th/213.45 Championships: The University of Illinois defeated the 1(27 Ohio State L/219.75-224.75 University of Minnesota men's tennis team by the score of 4-3 2/10 Iowa Ul19.25-l2!.4! in a Big Ten tournament semifinal match Saturday afternoon at 2/16 Michigan State W/223.40-223.10 the Varsity Cowts on the campus of Purdue University at West 2/18 Michigan W/223.55-W9.70 Lafayette, Ind. The loss ended the Golden Gophers' quest for a 2/24 111.-Chicago W/225.80-212.10 fifth straight Big Ten Championship and sent the Fighting lllini 3/9 Nebraska L/224.175-215.92! to Sunday's title match against the Michigan Wolverines. 3/30 Big Ten Championships 4th/224.925 Minnesota conlcuded the Big Ten Tournament tied f

1996 Season Best Individual Scores Hjarrand, Gabler Named All-Big Ten: Floor Excercise 9.85 Chris Harrington(@ Michigan St. 2/16) Hjarrand and juniCI' Ben Gabler (Chambersburg, Pa.) wer~ Pommel Horse 9.55 Jason Krob (@ Big Tens 3130) named to the All-Big Ten tennis team announced last Friday. It Still Rings 9.80 Chris Harrington(@ Michigan St. 2/16) was the third consecutive season Hjarrand has been honored on Vault 9.60 Chris HarringtOn(@ Michigan St. 2/16) the squad, and the award was the first for Gabler. It also marked Cbris limingtOn(@ Michigan 2/18) the third consecutive season that the Golden Gophers placed Parallel Bars 9.60 Hlllll Wall (vs. ill.-Chicago 2/24) two or more members on the 12-member squad. Horizontal Bar 9.90 AIDew Weaver(@ Michigan 2/18) All-Around 55.800 Print Ticknor (vs.lll.-Chicago 2124 Hjarrand, who was been slowed this season due to injury, has posted an overall record of 22-12 in singles, and combined with partner Erik Donley for an 18-7 mark in doubles. Hjarrand is currently ranked 29th in the nation in singles and along with Donley is tied for 49th in doubles. Hjarrand won the 1995 Rolex Region IV singles title last November.

Gabler leads the team in singles wins (25), and has combined with five different doubles partners for 14 wins. Gabler is cur ~ntly tied for 91st in the nation in the latest Rolex/ITA rank- A mgs. • r------

BIG TEN MEN'S TENNIS MINNESOTA 4, MICHIGAN STA 'IE 3 Saturday's competition also saw the 4x110 meter shuu.Je hurdle Slqles: relay team of sophomore Nlles Deneen (St. Paul, Minn.), Alberto BrauJe (MSU) d&f.IAI Hjmand (MN) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 freshman Glenn Lindqvist (Aland, Finland), senior Aaroo Ben Gabler (MN) def. Dlnny Walliban (MSU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Wheatcraft (Apple Valley, Minn.) and freshman Benjamin e Tom Chicoine (MN) def. Tre, ..,_., (MSU) 6-7 (2). 6-2, 7-6 (5) Jensen (Mandai, Norway) earn a second-place finish in a time Ben Hetzler (MSU) def. Ad.- Wldrt (MN) 6-2. 6-3 of 59.06. Jensen ran a sttong anchc.- leg, but was unable to close Aaron Murray (MSU) def. Mania K!Utoffeuen (MN) 4-6, 64; 6.0 Robin Rutilli (MN) def. Luke Under (MSU) 6·2. 6-2 the gap on Iowa State, who finished flJ'St in 57.97. Doubles: Hjarrand/Donley (MN) def. Hetzler/Struclc (MSU) 9-8 (1) In the pole vault, freshman Vesa Rantanen (Virrat, Finland) B. Gabler/Selkirk (MN) def. Murray/Wallihan (MSU) 8-2 turned in a second-place finish with a season-best and NCAA Beley/Eubanks (MSU) def. Kristoffersen.Oticoine (MN) 8·2 provisional qualifying vault of 17-8 3/4. Sophomore Wil Kurth (Rochester, Minn.) finished fourth in the high jump on the BIG TEN MEN'S 'IENNIS-SEMIFINAL MATCH strength of a personal-best leap of 7-1. ILLINOIS 4, MINNESOTA 3 Slqles: On Friday, the Gopher 4x800m relay team fell just short in their Lars Hjamnd (MN) def. Jeremy Sutter (IL) 6-4, 6-2 quest to become the flJ'St Minnesota team to win a relay at Drake Jerry Turek (D..) def. Ben Gabler (MN) 7-6 (13). 6-3 since 1955. The team of Travis Nordrum (Sr., Bloomer, Erik Donley (MN) def. Brady Blain (IL) 7-5, 6-3 Wis.), Scott Beadle (Jr., Moorhead, Minn.), Kevin Dunbar Jakub Tepley (D..) def. Tom Chicoine (MN) 6-1, 7-6 (4) (Jr., Broc:kville, Ontario) and Michalek finished second. Adam Selkirk (MN) def. Gavin Sontag (IL) 7-6 (1), 6-3 Michalek posted an outstanding anchor leg of 1:47.6, but was Oliver Freelove (IL) def. Martin Kristoffersen (MN) 6-4, 6-3 Doubles: unable to catch Nebraska at the wire. Hjarrand/Denley (MN) vs. Blain/Turek (IL) 7-6 (inc.) Chris DeVore/Sontag (D..) def. B. Gabler/Selkirk (MN) 8-3 Three Gophers participated in the triple jump, as freshman Freelove/Suuer (IL) def. Kristoffersen/Ch.icoine (MN) 84 Marcus Westberry (Minneapolis, Minn.), junior Adrian Ellis (Racine, Wis.) and senior Chip Mosley (Bloomington, Ill.) fm ished ftfth, seventh and 11th with marks of 50-0 3/4, 49-8 1/2 and 47-7 1/2, respectively.

Sophomc.-es Jeff Marsh (Seymour, Wis.) and Chad Yencbesky (DePere, Wis.) competed in the shot put, fmishing eighth (54-8 3/4) and 13th (51-11)

Minnesota Invitational, Jesse Owens This Weekend: The Gopher uack and field will play host to the Minnesota Invitational this weekend before selected members of the team ttavel to Columbus, Ohio, for the Jesse Owens Invitational. Events at the Minnesota Invitational are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with the women's javelin, while ttaek events will begin at 11 a.m. with a women's lO,OOOm run. the fli'St men's field event is scheduJed far 10:50 a.m. with the javelin; the flJ'St men's ttaek ev•at2:30 p.m., when the 4x100m relay will line up in the blocka.

Schlueter, Micbalek Will Drake ntles: Jwtior Jasoa Schlueter (New L~ WIL) earned his third discus tide of the season and improved his NCAA qualification standing with a new personal-best and school record throw of 198-3. This marked the second time this season that Schlueter has set a U of M record in this event, as he broke a ten-year old record of 196- 6 set by fonner Olympian Ron Backes two weeks ago at the Sea Ray Relays. e In the 1,500m run, senic.- Paul Michalek (Bloomington, Minn.) captured the flJ'St Drake Relays tide of his career with a time of 3:45.09, more than 1.5 seconds ahead of the second place competitor (Jason Boothroyd, Eastern Michigan, 3:46.75). Minnesota Golden Gopher BasPball Gale Results for Minnesota (as of Apr 2~, 1999) (All ga1es)

Ga.e date Opposinq tau Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Tiae ·--·------·------!------4111t Feb 16, 1996 at Florida State 7-9 L 7 12 3/ 9 11 2 9 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 0-1) 992 2:35 Feb 17, 1996 at Florida State _J1-23 L 1113 4/23 26 4 9 0- 2- 0 o- o- o Westfall (L 0-1) 1864 3:30 Feb 18, 1996 at Florida State 2-8 L 2 5 Of 8 8 0 9 0- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0-1) 2544 2:50 F~b 23, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats v 12-11 12 17 5/11 12 2 (10) 1- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (V 1-0) 733 3:40 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 7-5 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (W 1-0) 780 3:01 Feb 25, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats 2-4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Free1an (L 0-1) 975 2:40 ~ar 1, 1996 Connecticut Huskies 6-8 L 6 11 0/ 8 16 1 9 2- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 0-2) au 3:03 !'tar 2, 1996 Tennessee Volunteers 4-8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 9 2- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (L 1-1) 3147 3:16 ~ar. 3, 1996 Harth Carolina St. 6-10 L 6 3 4/10 14 0 9 2- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (L 1-1) 1446 3:07 Mar 6, 1996 Iowa State Cyclones w 15-2 15 17 0/ 2 10 2 9 3- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 .Dobis (W 1-2) 564 2:52 Mar 8, 1996 Western Michigan w 5-3 5 10 1/ 3 9 0 9 4- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (W 2-1) 183 2:17 Mar 09, 1996 Western Michigan w 4-3 4 6 2/ 3, 9 2 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (W 2-1) 262 2: 14 Mar 10, 1996 Western Michigan w 7-0 7 7 1/ 0 2 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Pautz (W 1-0) 267 2:18 Mar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 5-6 L 5 11 2/ 6 10 2 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson (L 2-2) 171 2:50 Mar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Wa•e 8-11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Dobis (L 1-3) 152 3:06 Mar 21, 1996 at New Orleans 6-7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6-10- 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0-2) 200 2:40 Mar 22, 1996 at Southeastern La. 2-6 L 2 10 0/ 6 6 1 9 6-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Westfall (L 0-2) 305 2:45 Mar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. w19-17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Zrust (V 1-0) 416 3:47 Mar 24, 1996 at Southeastern La. v 9-6 9 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (W 3-1) 231 2:46 *Mar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akers w 9-4 9 11 2/ 4 5 3 7 9-11- 0 1- 0- 0 Pederson (V 3-2) 119 2:16 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1aiers 2-8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9-12- 0 1- 1- 0 Diebolt (L 3-2) 177 2:02 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akers w 6-1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 7 10-12- 0 2- 1- 0 Dobis (W 2-3) 0 1:50 Apr 03, 1996 St. Tho1as To11ies w 10-9 10 16 1/ 9 12 3 9 11-12- 0 2- 1- 0 Kearin (W 1-2) 314 3:03 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 3-7 L 3 3 1/ 7 8 1 7 11-13- 0 2- 2- 0 Pederson (L 3-3) 1000 1:46 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2-6 L 2 8 1/ 6 7 1 7 11-H- 0 2- 3- 0 Diebolt (L 3-3) 0 1:38 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2-4 L 2 6 0/ 4 5 0 7 11-15- 0 2- 4- 0 Westfall (L 0-3) 300 1:40- *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines w 4-0 4 7 0/ 0 7 2 7 12-15- 0 3- 4- 0 Kearin (V 2-2) 0 1:46 Apr 09, 1996 Creighton Bluejays 4-5 L 4 14 2/ 5 10 0 (13) 12-16- 0 3- 4- 0 Werner (L 0-1) 80 3:48 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State w 6-5 6 6 3/ 5 4 1 7 13-16- 0 4- 4- 0 Kearin (W 3-2) 0 2:09 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State 2-7 L 2 5 2/ 7 13 0 7 13-17- 0 4- 5- 0 Diebolt (L 3-4) 214 2:07 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 3-5 L 3 7 0/ 5 9 1 7 13-18- 0 4- 6- 0 Westfall (L 0-4) 0 1:50 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 1-3 L 1 11 1/ 3 7 0 7 13-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Felling (L 0-1) 201 2:05 Apr 16, 1996 UW-Milwaukee w 5-2 5 9 1/ 2 6 2 7 14-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Dobis (W 3-3) 0 1:33 Apr 16, 1996 UH!ilwaukee w10-2 10 12 2/ 2 4 1 7 15-19- 0 4- 7- 0 DeWitt (V 1-0) 127 1:53 Apr 17, 1996 Concordia College w 12-1 12 11 2/ 1 7 3 9 16-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Freeaan (W 1-1) 79 2:43 *Apr 19, 1996 Ohio State w 7-5 7 9 0/ 5 7 0 7 17-19- 0 5- 7- 0 Pederson (V 4-3) 344 1:50 *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio State 1-4 L 1 4 1/ 4 10 2 7 17-20- 0 5- 8- 0 Kearin (L 3-3) 235 2:13 *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio State 6-10 L 6 8 0/10 13 1 7 17-21- 0 5- 9- 0 Free1an (L 1-2) 0 2:00 *Apr 21, 1996 Ohio State v . 2-0 2 9 0/ 0 2 0 7 18-21- 0 6- 9- 0 Pederson (W 5-3) 335 1:35 Apr 24, 1996 at Iowa State CJClOIII S-6 L 5 12 3/ 6 11 0 9 18-22- 0 6- 9- 0 Werner (L 0-2) 107 2:35 *Apr 26, 1996 Ill inoil lllili v 6-5 6 8 3/ 5 7 1 7 19-22- 0 7- 9- 0 Diebolt (W 4-4) 309 2:09 *Apr 27, 1996 Illinois Illili v 11-8 11 18 2/ 8 13 0 7 20-22- 0 8- 9- 0 Pederson (W 6-3) 0 2:20 *Apr 27, 1996 Illinois Illiai 1·14 L 1 5 1/14 16 0 7 20-23- 0 8-10- 0 Felling (L 0-2) 786 2:05 *Apr 28, 1996 Illinois Illini v 5-2 5 9 2/ 2 5 0 7 21-23- 0 9-10- 0 Pederson (W 7-3) 709 2:04 *Conference ga1e ITourna1ent gale () extra inning ga1e ltlnnesota' Gulden Gopher Baseball Overall Sta~istics for Minnesota (as of Apr 29, 1996) (All gaaes Sorted by Batting avg) .ord: 21-23-0 Hoae 14-10·0 !lay: 7-13·0

Player AYG GP·GS AB .. R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GOP OS\ SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLO% Guse ...... 359 39-37 131 27 47 13 1 3 30 71 .542 19 5 10 4 .455 1 1 Huls ...... 5-6 243 28 3 .989 .353 44-43 167 42 59 10 2 7 31 94 .563 18 1 23 0 .419 0 2 4-9 Quinlan ...... so 125 10 .946 .340 42-42 159 26 54 8 5 2 28 78 .491 5 1 21 1 .359 2 4 6-7 31 56 Keeney ...... 337 9 .906 28-28 104 25 35 5 0 0 11 40 .385 18 0 12 1 .431 1 0 6-6 50 0 1 .980 ~cDer1ott ...... 328 37-37 116 19 38 15 0 2 18 59 .509 20 8 28 4 .455 1 0 0-3 33 S1i th ...... 2 0 1.000 .319 31-31 113 20 36 4 0 3 26 49 .434 7 2 16 3 .369 0 0 3-4 77 27 6 Selander ...... 945 .318 34-26 88 11 28 6 1 0 17 36 .409 4 1 12 2 .355 0 6 0-0 20 2 2 .917 Griffin ...... 304 14-5 23 9 7 2 0 0 2 9 .391 7 1 4 2 .484 0 1 0-0 26 1 0 1. 000 Stein ...... 289 42-37 128 22 37 5 1 0 17 44 .344 13 6 21 1 .381 0 1 S-9 63 2 2 .970 Welter ...... 264 44-44 159 31 42 8 0 2 27 56 .352 16 4 22 2 .346 0 0 3-6 77 116 11 .946 Horton ...... 252 40-35 107 14 27 4 0 1 14 34 .318 8 0 20 3 .304 0 2 2-4 243 17 3 .989 Mahady ...... 192 25-14 52 7 10 1 0 0 4 11 .212 8 0 8 2 .300 0 1 3-4 21 3 1 .960 Skovran ...... 176 12-4 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .176 1 0 2 0 .222 0 0 0-0 36 3 Groebner ...... 0 1.000 .150 13-6 20 4 3 2 0 0 3 5 .250 5 0 7 0 .320 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 Beers ...... 143 12-7 28 2 4 1 0 0 3 5 .179 2 0 12 2 .200 0 0 0-0 31 4 Hankinson ...... 0 1. 000 .000 s-o 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .167 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 rotals ...... 303 44-44 1417 262 430 84 10 20 231 594 .419 152 29 219 27 .381 5 18 37-58 1039 462 64 .959 Opponents .••...•..•• .299 44-44 1402 270 419 98 14 40 236 665 .474 149 30 293 25 .376 8 32 52-72 1039 463 57 .963

LOB- Teat (322), Opp (313). DPs turned- Teat (29), Opp (31). Cl- Teaa (1), Guse 1, Opp (2). IBB- Teaa (3), Guse 1, Welter ~orton 1, Opp (11). Picked off- Keeney 2, Quinlan 1, Horton 1, Huls 1, Stein 1.

(All qaaes Sorted by Earned run avq)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SBO/CBO SV lP B R ER 88 so 28 38 HR BF 8/Avq WP HBP BX SFA SHA

Pautz ...... 0.00 1-0 4 1 0 0/1 0 10.1 5 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 39 .143 2 1 0 0 2 Leatheraan ...... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 .200 1 1 0 0 0 DeWitt...... 1. 65 1-0 8 1 0 0/0 0 16.1 14 7 3 3 9 5 0 0 69 .233 1 2 0 2 2 Werner ...... 2.79 0-2 7 3 0 0/0 0 9.2 11 10 3 7 8 2 0 1 50 .275 0 1 1 0 2 Felling ...... 3. 91 0-2 16 2 0 0/0 1 23.0 30 17 10 13 12 5 0 4 114 .319 3 2 0 2 3 Zrust ...... 3.95 1-0 16 0 0 0/0 0 27.1 39 18 12 4 25 14 0 1 127 .339 1 4 0 0 4 Kearin ...... 3.99 3-3 15 4 1 1/0 3 29.1 33 19 13 18 18 7 0 4 138 .282 10 0 0 1 2 Peders9n ...... • 4.20 7-3 18 10 2 1/0 2 75.0 72 47 35 39 73 11 2 4 335 .253 8 9 2 0 1 Dobis ...... 6.13 3-3 8 8 0 0/0 0 39.2 54 34 27 11 23 11 1 5 188 .320 6 4 0 1 3 Diebol t...... 6.80 t-4 21 6 0 0/0 1 45.0 61 44 34 19 48 11 5 7 217 .323 9 0 2 0 9 Westfall ...... 8.10 D-t 12 6 1 0/0 0 43.1 58 44 39 20 45 19 2 7 206 .322 7 1 2 1 4 Freeaan ...... 9.69 1·2 12 3 0 0/1 0 26.0 41 29 28 13 22 13 3 7 132 .363 3 5 0 1 0

Totals ...... 5.30 21-23 44 44 4 3/1 7 346.1 419 270 204 149 293 98 14 40 1622 .299 51 30 7 8 32 Opponents ...... 5.54 23-21 44 44 8 0/0 11 346.1 430 262 213 152 219 84 10 20 1623 .303 28 29 4 5 18

PB - Teaa (13), Guse 9, Skovran 4, Opp (;O). Pickoffs - Teaa (8), Pederson 2, Skovran 1, Diebolt 1, Guse 1, Zrust 1, Freeaan 1, Kearin 1, Opp (5). SB/SBA- Guse (46-60), Pederson (12-17), Diebolt (13-17), Werner (6-7), Dobis (4-6), Beers (4-6), -in (4-5), Felling (5-5], Freeaan (4-5), Westfall (1-4), Zrust (1-3), DeWitt (2-3), Skovran (2-3). ------

Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 29, 1999) (Conference ga1es only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 9-10-0 Hole 6-6-0 Any: 3-4-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB-::.R H 28 38 HR RBI TB SLG\ 88 HBP SO GDP OB\ SF SH SB-S8A PO A E FLD% - Gus e...... 409 14-14 44 10 18 6 0 2 6 30 .682 6 0 6 1 .480 0 0 1-1 75 11 .989 Selander ...... 357 16-14 42 7 IS 5 0 0 8 20 .476 2 1 6 1 .400 0 2 0-0 14 2 1 . 941 Keeney ...... 344 11-11 32 8 11 4 0 0 3 15 .469 6 0 3 0 .436 1 0 0-0 18 0 .o 1.000 Griffin ...... 333 5-4 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .444 3 0 0 1 .500 0 1 0-0 13 0 0 1.000 Skovran ...... 200 5-3 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .300 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0-0 22 1 0 1. 000 ~cDeaott ...... 289 16-16 38 8 11 5 0 2 7 22 .579 9 2 7 0 .440 1 0 0-1 0 0 0 .000 Buls ...... 288 19-19 66 14 19 1 1 4 9 34 .515 5 1 8 0 .347 0 0 1-2 23 41 4 . 941 Borton ...... 286 19-16 42 6 12 0 0 1 7 15 .357 3 0 3 2 .333 0 1 0-0 99 7 1 .991 S1i th ...... 283 19-19 60 9 17 1 0 2 14 24 .400 3 2 8 2 .338 0 0 2-2 28 15 3 .935 Quinlan ...... 264 17-17 53 4 14 3 1 1 5 22 .415 2 0 8 0 .291 0 2 1-1 13 18 2 .939 Stein ...... 244 18-14 41 2 10 1 0 0 4 11 .268 0 2 8 1 .279 0 1 1-3 17 0 1 . 944 Vel ter ...... 217 19-19 60 7 13 2 0 2 6 21 .350 3 1 9 0 .266 0 0 0-1 36 43 3 .963 Beers ...... 200 4-2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0 2 1 .200 0 0 0-0 10 1 0 1.000 Mahady ...... 000 7-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1. 000 Hankinson ...... 000 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Groebner ...... 000 3-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1. 000 rotals ...... 287 19-19 513 79 147 29 2 14 70 222 .433 44 9 70 9 .352 2 7 6-11 387 172 21 .964 ~pponents ...... 293 19-19 522 98 153 40 3 18 88 253 .485 54 12 101 10 . 371 2 9 14-19 383 166 16 .972

LOB- !ea1 (114), Opp (115). DPs turned- Teal (12), Opp (11). CI- Teal (1), Guse 1, Opp (1). IBB- Teal (1), Borton 1, Opp (5). Picked off- Horton 1, Quinlan 1.

(Conference gales only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA Il-L APP GS CG SHO/C80 SV IP B R ER 88 so 28 38 BR 8F B/Avg liP HBP BK SFA SHA

Werner ...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Leather1an ...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 J .000 1 1 0 0 0 Dobis ...... •. 2.25 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 19 .250 0 1 0 0 0 DeWitt ...... 2.84 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 6.1 6 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 26 .261 1 1 0 1 0 Pederson ...... • 3.78 5-1 9 5 2 1/0 1 33.1 26 18 14 16 26 5 2 2 144 .213 6 5 2 0 0 Kearin ...... 3.93 2-1 6 3 1 l/0 0 18.1 23 9 8 6 12 5 0 2 83 .303 5 0 0 0 1 Felling ...... 5.63 0-2 5 2 0 0/0 0 8.0 11 8 5 5 4 1 0 2 41 .324 2 1 0 1 0 Zrust ...... 5.93 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 13.2 19 11 9 4 13 7 0 1 66 .328 0 2 0 0 2 ~estfall...... 6.75 o-z 4 1 0/0 0 21.1 24 19 16 9 24 12 1 2 95 .286 3 0 1 0 2 Free1an ...... 7.94 G-1 • 1 0 0/0 0 11.1 17 10 10 3 8 5 0 4 53 .347 0 1 0 0 0 Diebolt ...... 11.12 l·l •8 3 0 0/0 0 11.1 23 20 14 7 10 2 0 5 67 .411 4 0 0 0 4

Totals ...... 5.51 9-10 19 19 4 2/0 1 129.0 153 98 79 54 101 40 3 18 600 .293 22 12 3 2 9 Opponents ...... 4. 79 10-9 19 19 7 0/0 4 127.2 147 79 68 44 70 29 2 14 576 .2~7 8 9 1 2 7

P8 - Tea• (5), Guse 4, Skovran 1, Opp (6). Pickoffs - real (4), Pederson 2, Kearin 1, Diebolt 1, Opp (2). SB/SBA- Guse (11-15), Pederson (5-6), Diebolt (5-5), Beers (2-3), Zrust (1-2), Freuan (1-2), Westfall (0-2), Kearin (1-1), DeWitt (1-1), Skovran (1-l). ~innesota Gvlde~ Govher aaseball Overall St~tistics for MinnesoLa (as of Apr 29, 1999) (All ra1es Sorted by Fiel1ing pet)

Player c PO A E FLD\ DPs SBA CSB SBU PB CI

Sko•raa ...... 39 36 3 0 1. 000 0 2 1 .667 4 0 !!cDerJOtt •..... ~.... 35 33 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Beers •.•..•..•...... 35 31 4 0 1. 000 0 4 2 .667 0 0 Griffin .•...... 27 26 1 0 1. 000 2 0 0 0 0 WestfalL ...... 7 1 6 0 1.000 1 1 3 .250 0 0 Pautz ...... 4 2 2 0 1. 000 0 0 0 0 0 Groebner ...... 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Leatheraan ...... 1 0 1 0 1. 000 0 0 0 0 0 Guse ...... •...... 274 243 28 3 .989 1 46 14 .767 9 1 Horton •...... •.... 263 243 17 3 .989 24 0 0 0 0 Keeney ...... •...• 51 50 0 1 .980 0 0 0 0 0 Stein ...... •..•. 67 63 2 2' .970 0 0 0 0 0 Mahady ...... •.... 25 21 3 1 .960 0 0 0 0 0 Welter ...... 204 77 116 11 .946 21 0 0 0 0 Huls ...... 185 50 125 10 .946 24 0 0 0 0 S1i th ..•...... 110 77 27 6 .945 2 0 0 0 0 Selander ...... 24 20 2 2 .917 0 0 0 0 0 Kearin ...... 12 3 8 1 .917 1 4 1 .8M 0 0 Pederson ...... 23 4 17 2 .913 1 12 5 . 706 0 0 Quinlan ...... 96 31 56 9 .906 2 0 0 0 0 Diebolt...... 19 6 11 2 .895 0 13 4 .765 0 0 DeWitt ...... 7 2 4 1 .857 0 2 1 .667 0 0 Free1an ...... • 7 1 5 1 .857 0 4 1 .800 0 0 Dobis ...... 20 10 7 3 .850 1 4 2 .667 0 0 Zrust .....•...... • 6 1 4 1 .833 0 1 2 .333 0 0 e Felling ...... •..... 12 2 7 3 .750 1 5 0 1. 000 0 0 I Werner ...... 8 2 4 2 .750 0 6 1 .857 0 0 Hankinson ...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0

Totals ...... 1565 1039 462 64 .959 29 52 20 .722 13 1 Opponents ...... 1559 1039 463 57 .963 31 37 21 .638 10 2 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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SCHOLAR-ATHLETES HONORED AT AWARDS DINNER

A school record total of 124 University of Minnesota men's student-athletes were honored Tuesday evening at the seventh annual Scholar-Athletes Awards Reception.

To be honored as a Scholar-Athlete, one must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and be a member of a Golden Gopher athletic team. The combined number of 229 award winners from the Men's and Women's Athletic Departments are also a University of Minnesota record.

In addition, Justin Conzemius (Fargo, N.D.), Neal Janquart (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Matt Schlessman (Avon, Ohio), Dan Trebil (Bloomington, Minn.) and Bernie Zeruhn (Hamburg, Germany) were honored as the men's top five Scholar-Athlete award recipients for 1995-96.

A captain of the 1995 Golden Gopher football team, Conzemius was named a Burger King Scholar Athlete of the Week and was a recipient of the National Football Foundation's and Hall of Fame Postgraduate Scholarship. The three-time Academic All-American and four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection holds a cumulative GPA of 3.66 in the Carlson School of Management while majoring in business administration.

Janquart, a senior on the track and cross country teams, is in the College of Liberal Arts Honors program with a double major in biology and physiology. He is a former top five award recipient, and currently holds a cumulative GPA of 3.74. He has been accepted into both the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee for the fall of 1996 and plans to specialize in pediatrics or orthopedic surgery.

Schlessman, the only junior in this year's top five and is a member of the Big Ten champion swimming and diving team, holds a cumulative GPA of 3.75 in the Institute of Technology Honors Program majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in management. He has earned a perfect 4.00 GPA in three of his eight quarters at the "U", and has never had a grade lower than a "B" or a quarter GPA lower than 3.42. He is a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.

Trebil, who served as co captain for the 1995-96 Gopher hockey team, is a senior in the Institute of Technology, holding a 3.62 cumulative GPA with a major in civil engineering an minoring in management. He is a participant in the Institute of Technology's Honors program and has twice earned a Department of Civil Engineering academic scholarship. In addition, he was named the WCHA's 1996 Student-Athlete of the Year and was honored on the GTE CoSIDA Academic All-America team for 1996.

Zeruhn is a senior member of the Big Ten champion swimming and diving team. He holds a cumulative GPA of3.93 in the Carlson School of Management, majoring in management with an emphasis in international business and a minor in French. He is a former top five award recipient who has earned perfect 4.00 GPAs in eight of 10 quarters at the "U", has earned only two "B" grades in his academic career and was named the GTE CoSIDA Co-Academic All-American of the Year for 1995-96. Fluent in four languages, he will begin work on his MBA this summer in the Carlson School of Management. LIST OF HONOREES Anderson, Jonathan Track & Field Anderson, Michael Hockey Arroyo, Daniel Golf Barber, Aaron Golf Barney, Jeffrey Golf Bassett, Benjamin Track/Cross Country Bathurst, Ty Swimming Bauman, Michael Swimming Beers, Ryan Baseball Bender, Tony Baseball Berger, Dustin Wrestling Bemarde, Jared Track & Field Bertogliat, Jesse Hockey Beste, Jim Golf Bjorklund, Isaac Swimming/Diving Bonin, Brian Hockey Braaten, Luke Football Buchar, Darik Hockey Cahoy, John wimming Callinan, Jeffrey Hockey Campbell, Lowell "Cubby.. Swimming Carlson, Carl Wrestling Chalberg, Michael Football Clay, Nathaniel Track/Cross country Cline, Keita Track & Field Cockerham, Billy Football Conzemius, Justin Football Copenhagen, Billy Gymnastics Crowley. Michael Hockey Deneen, Niles Track & Field Dodd, Josh Wrestling Dooley, Adam Golf Doyle, Matt Golf Duerr, Troy Football Duey,Adam Swimming Dunbar, Kevin Track/Cross Country Dunkel, Matthew Swimming Eggum, Brandon Wrestling Epping, Jay Swimming Felling, Anthony Baseball Fowlkes, Chris Football Friederichs, Ty Wrestling Gangl, Vincent Baseball Godbout, Jason Hockey Gonzales, Mark Track/Cross Country Grim, David Basketball Hagman, Jason Football Halverson, Mark Golf Hamner, Thomas Football Harrington, Christopher Gymnastics Hartung, Tim Wrestling Haas, Alex Football Hau, Patrick Football Hendrickson, Daniel Hockey Hiestand, Peter Football Higgins, Russ Golf Hoffner, Ron Track/Cross Country Horton, Adam Baseball James, Bradley Golf Janquart, Neal Track/Cross Country Jones, Robert Football Kallal, Simon Golf Kieffer, Matthew Gymnastics Kinsella, Tim Wrestling Kitzerow, Brandon Baseball Koeppl, Rand Hockey Komor, Andrew Golf Kraft, Chad Wrestling Kraft, Ryan Hockey Kristofferson, Martin Tennis Krob, Jason Gymnastics Kurgz, Andrew Swimming LaFleur, Brian Hockey Landgraff, Todd Track/Cross Country Langolis, Mark Golf Levine, Tony Football Lindgren, Erik Football Lindqvist, Glenn Track & Field Lopez, Luis Swimming Mason, Kevin Track/Cross Country McCarthy, Shane Baseball McClure, Charles Track/Cross Country McDermott, Phillip Baseball McManus, Erin Football Mensink, Brian Baseball Miller, Jeff Swimming Moen, Jeffrey Hockey Monfre, Jason Baseball Nevers, Thomas Hockey Nordrum, Travis Track & Field Oppenheim, Casey Tennis Polhill, Jason Swimming Quinlan, Robb Baseball Rackley, Derek Football Radke, Matthew Track/Cross Country Rantanen, Vesa Track & Field Rodgers, Fred Football Russell, James Todd Track/Cross Country Rutili, Roberto Tennis Sauter, Cory Football Schlessman, Matthew Swimming Schoknecht,Mike Swimming Schroeder, Troy Golf Stommes, Eric Track & Field Sudoh, Kenji Swimming Tallman, James Football Tarver, Miles Basket~ Thornton, Gavin Swimming

L_ -----~~--~- ~~- -~~------~-- -~~- -- - Trebil, Daniel Hockey Tuorila, Ryan Baseball Von Behren, Theoren Football Walker, Scott Swimming Wall, Heath Gymnastics Wililams, Pare Football Williams, Scott Football Winter, Trevor Basketball Witikko, Jeremy Swimming Wynn,Spergon Football Yee, Brian Gymnastics Yenchesky, Chad Track & Field Zeruhn, Bernd Swimming Zeug, Zachary Baseball Zielinski, Martin Swimming Zwakman, Gregory Hockey UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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FORIMMEDIA'IERELEASE May 1, 1996 GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL RECEIVES COMMITMENTS FROM FOUR TOP RECRUITS The University of Minnesota baseball program has received national letters of intent from three top recruits during the NCAA's spring signing period while one student-athlete has accepted an offer of admission. Infielder/pitcher Ben Birk from St. Paul, Minn., (Cretin Derham Hall), pitcher Dan McGrath, from Hampton, Victoria, Australia, and pitcher Jonathon Knopf, from Miami, Fla., (Gulliver Prep High School) inked national letters of intent to attend the University of Minnesota next fall and Mike Uttech, from Watertown, Wis., accepted an offer of admission and will walk on for the Golden Gophers. Birk, a 6-4, 195-pound left-handed pitcher/outfielder, currently leads the St. Paul City Conference in home runs (4), RBI (18) and strikeouts (18). The two-way performer has pitched two complete games and has not given up an earned run (0.00 ERA) and is second in the league in hitting with a .532 average. Birk was an all-city, all-conference and all-state performer as a junior and earned academic all-region honors with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. McGrath, a left-handed pitcher, was a member of the Australia Under 19 National team in 1994 and 1995. At the 1994 World Championships he had the second lowest earned run average and helped lead Australia to a bronze medal in 1995. The 6-0, 185-pounder has a 4.31 ERA this season pitching for the Melbourne Reds and has a 2-2 record. Originally from Trumbull, Conn., he was a member of the 1989 Little League World Series Championship team. Knopf, a 6-1, 185-pound right-handed pitcher, is currently 4-2 in the competitive Southeastern Athletic Activities Conference with 43 strikeouts, 23 walks and a 2.96 ERA in 34.1 innings pitched. He was an all-conference selection last season and also pitched for the Dade Legion team compiling a 5-1 record and an ERA under two.

Rounding out the group is Uttech, a 6-1, 185-pound (R!R) catcher who has accepted an offer of admission and intends to walk onto the team. He has a career-batting average of .376 in three seasons, hitting a career-high .4261ast season earning second team all-district and first team all-conference honors. The 1996 team captain is currently hitting .333 for the Watertown Goslings. The signings bring the total number of high school recruits for the baseball team to seven, joining infielder Matt Scanlon and pitcher Frank Wagner, who both signed tenders last fall and Jason Shupe who accepted an offer of admission and intends to walk on .. "This group will fill some of our needs for the future," Head Baseball Coach John Anderson said. "All three were national recruits·and outstanding students. They'll help upgrade the pitching· staff and I expect they all could contribute as freshman." UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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COOPER DISMISSED FROM GOPHER FOOTBALL TEAM

The University of Minnesota announced today that sophomore running back Rafael Cooper has been dismissed from the football team for violating team rules regarding personal property rights. Cooper played in 11 games last fall and rushed for 4 71 yards, averaging 4.2 yards per carry and scoring two TD's.

Freshman split end Tony Vann and freshman quarterback Spergon Wynn were both involved in the rule violation and are currently suspended from the team and will sit out one game next season. Vann and Wynn are both first-year freshman who have yet to play in a game for the Golden Gophers.

"It is difficult to lose a player of Rafael's experience and ability," said Head Coach Jim Wacker. "But we have certain team rules regarding our players' behavior, and we will not accept violations of these rules. I have spoken with Athletic Director Mark Dienhart about this matter, and he fully supports my actions." UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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For Immediate Release May 1, 1996 GOPHERS SIGN LAWRENCE TO LETTER OF INTENT

University of Minnesota Head Wrestling Coach J Robinson announced today that Brett Lawrence of Sandpoint, Idaho, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Minnesota.

Lawrence is a four-time Idaho state champion and has placed eighth in the Junior Nationals at 114.5 pounds. He is one of the top lightweight recruits in the country and hails from the same high school as current U of M junior Zac Taylor.

"Brett is exactly the kind of person that we are looking for," said Robinson. "He's a great student athlete; a four-time state champion and a 4.0 student. What else can you say except that he's a person with great character and a great work ethic." UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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MEN'S TENNIS TEAM HOLDS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

The University of Minnesota men's tennis team held its annual awards banquet Wednesday evening at the Edina Country Club in Edina, Minn. The following players received awards during the evening. All awards are voted on by members of the team.

Unsung Player of the Year: Martin Kristoffersen

Team Spirit Award: Lars Hjarrand/Matt Gabler

Jerry Noyce Most Improved: Ben Gabler

Len Bailey Award (grit and determination): Erik Donley

Louis Ratner Outstanding Contribution: Lars Hjarrand UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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GOLDEN GOPHERS RECEIVE BID TO NCAA TENNIS REGIONAL

The University of Minnesota men's tennis team has received an invitation to the NCAA Region IV Tennis Championship, hosted by the University of Notre Dame from Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12 at South Bend, Ind.

The Golden Gophers, who received a #6 seed in the six-team tournament, will play the host Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a first round match on Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m. The winner of the Minnesota-Notre Dame match will face #2 Michigan in a semifinal match on Saturday, May 11 at 2 p.m. The finals are set for Sunday, May 12, at 1 p.m.

The Golden Gophers (11-11, 8-2) finished tied with Northwestern for third in last weekend's Big Ten Tournament. Minnesota will be joined by the Wildcats, Michigan, and lllinois as the Big Ten claimed four of the six spots in the 1996 NCAA Region IV Championship. The pairings for the tournament are listed below: First Round Friday, May 10, 1996 #4 Illinois vs. #5 Northwestern, 10 a.m. #3 Notre Dame vs. #6 Minnesota, 2 p.m. Semifinals Saturday, May 11, 1996 #1 Virginia Commonwealth vs. Illinois-Northwestern winner, 10 a.m. #2 Michigan vs. Notre Dame-Minnesota winner, 2 p.m. Championship Sunday, May 12, 1996 Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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FOR IMMEDIA1E RELEASE May 1, 1996 GOLDEN GOPHER GOLF TEAM RECEIVES COMMITMENT FROM TOP RECRUIT

The University of Minnesota golf program has received a national letter of intent from Martin LeMesurier, from Langley, South Hampton Hants, England to attend the University of Minnesota next fall on a golf scholarship.

LeMesurier is the 15th-ranked amateur in Great Britain. He won the England and Counties of England Championships, and is captain of the English Boy's Team. He is rated one of the top three boys in England. He placed second in both the King George National Amateur and the Laguna Trophy National Championship, and has a 72.9 stroke average. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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U HOCKEY SIGNS MILLER TO LETTER OF INTENT

The University of Minnesota hockey team has received a national letter of intent from Nate Miller of Ramsey, Minn., indicating his plans to attend the U of M and play hockey for the Golden Gophers beginning next season.

Miller, who is a 1995 graduate of Anoka High School, is a 6-2, 195-pound forward who scored 25 goals and registered 34 assists for the St. Paul of the USHL last season. He scored 12 power play goals, tallied two game-winning goals, and accululated 91 penalty minutes in 53 games for the Vulcans in 1995-96.

"Nate is an intelligent, competitive hockey player who is a hard-worker and extremely competitive." said Golden Gopher Assistant Coach Mike Guentzel. "He gives us depth and size at the forward position and will be a nice addition to our program."

The signing gives the Golden Gophers a total of seven recruits, with the previous six all committing in the early signing period. Centers Dave Spehar and Rico Pagel, defensemen Ben Clymer, Ryan Trebil, and Mike Lyons, and goaltender Eric Day all signed early-period tenders last November. UNIVERSITY OF \11:-.JNESOTA • IEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (612) 625-~090 Fax 625-0359

For Immediate Release: May.6, 1996 GOPHER HOTLINE THIS WEEK ... The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter views with players and coaches. It is available to TUESDAY, MAY 7 Baseball vs. St. Cloud State the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- Siebel't Field (2,500) 7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality and is 7 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) changed by noon each day. This service is for THURSDAY, MAY 9 media use only. The schedule for this week is as Baseball vs. St. Olaf follows: Siebert Field (2,500) 7 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 FRIDAY, MAY 10 Junior shortstop Brian Guse Golf at Big Ten Championships Blue Course THURSDAY, MAY 9 University Park, Pa. All Day Head Golf Coach John Means Tennis at NCAA Regional vs. Notre Dame e FRIDAY, MAY 10 South Bend, Ind., 2 p.m. Head Baseball Coach JobD Anderson SATURDAY, MAY 11 Baseball vs. Iowa Siebert Field (2,500) GOPHERS ONLINE 7 p.m., KSGS-AM (950) The University of M~sota Men's Athletic Department is now on the Internet. The World Wide Golf at Big Ten Championships Web site contains press releases, statistics. rosters, All Day schedules and much more information. 1be Web pages Tennis at NCAA Regional can be accessed at: Notte Dame/Minnesota wilmer vs. Michigan http://www.umn.edu/mica/ 2p.m. Information on every Big Ten school and the con ference is also availll* via computer internet. The Big Track & Field Minnesota Last Chance Biennan Track Ten's home page Oft~ SportsZone will be 11 a.m. available at the fonowtiti lddress: http://espaet sponszone.com. SUNDAY, MAY 12 Baseball vs. Iowa (Two Ganws) 7 p.m .. KSGS-AM (950)

Golf at Big Ten Championships All Day

Tennis NCAA Region IV Championship 1 p.m.

TN About the Huskies: The SL Cloud State Huskies enter this ~·s games with an 18-22 mark after spliUing a weekend series with Mankalo Srate (L 8-3, W 4-0, W 4-3, L 4-3). The Huskies are S-S in its last 10 games and are 3-3 in conference · play. Minnesoca leads the all-time series with SL Cloud swe-* 44-8-1. . -

About the Oles: SL Olaf is 19-9 overall and 11-S in the MIAC. The Oles were 3-2 during the past week with wins over Concordia-SL Paul (10-1) and Carleton (S-4, 7-2). SL Olaf dropped a conference doubleheader to SL Thomas by scores of This Week: Minnesota wiD host a pair of non-conference 8-3 and S-4. Minnesota leada the all·tilne series with SL Olaf games against SL Cloud Swe on Tuesday, May 7 and SL Olaf 3();.2. on Thursday, May 9. Beth games are set for 7 p.m. SIMS. The Maroon and Gold will then conclude Big Ten regular seasoa About the Hawkeyes: Iowa enters Ibis weekend's games play against Iowa. The Hawkeyes and Golden Gophers will play a single game on Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m., a doubleheader on with a24-19 overall reccrd and 12-10 in the Bi& Ten. The Sunday, May 12 at2 p.m. and a single game on Monday, May Hawkeyes were swept in a Sunday non-conference doublehead 13, at6p.m. er by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (8-5, 2-0).

Radio: All games on KSGS·AM (9SO) (Ryan Lefebvre and Series vs. Iowa: Minnesota leads the all-time series with Paul Barnes play-by-play) Iowa 125-92. Iowa won three of four games last season in Iowa ·Television: SaiUI'day's game will be broadcast on Midwest .City (3-0, S-3, S-4, 1-S) with Minnesota claiming the fmal game Sports Channel (Ryan Lefebvre play-by-play, Gene Larkin ana of the series. lyst) ~rits UIIIMr ANUrson: Minnesoca leads 29-24 ill MiiiMapolis: Minnesota leadt16-12 · ill Iowa City: Minnesota leads 1~ 11 Last Week: The Golden Gophers wtte 4-2 during the week. tJl Ntutral: Tied 0-1 . with a non-conference win over South Dakota ( 17 -6) and a loss to Mankato State (16-11). The Maroon and Gold then aaveled Senior Day: Four seniors will be playing their fmal re~ to Evanston, IU., and won three of four from the WildcatS (8-2. 0-4, 12· 7, 3-2). Minnesota now stands at 2S-2S overaU and 12· ~ ~es at Sieben Field this weekend and will be honol 11 in the Big Ten. wtth a brief pre game acknowledgement prior to Sunday's dou bleheader. The four senicn are Mike Mahady (MiDDetonka, Minn.), Brad Kearln (Minnetoaka. Minn.), Rob Smith Winning Season: MinneSOfa reached the. .SOO mart~~ the (Menomol!le, WIL) tDd Joe Westfall (MantboD, Wis.) fust time this season with the 3-2 win over Nonhwestern. The Golden Gophers improved to 2S-2S and have six games left on The Golden Gophers will its schedule. The Maroon and Gold have had 33 consecutive Fox 29/Circus Pizza Clinic: winning seasons, with the last sub-.500 team compiling a 14-16 conduct a baseball clinic prior lO Thursday's game against SL record in 1962. Olaf. Fox 29 ,and Circus Pizza are sponsoring the event which will be tree rb kids ages 5-13. The clinic wiD stan ac4:30 p.m. and will last an hour, with regisaation set lO begin at4: 1S p.m. Big Ten Tie Breakers: The top seven teams in the conference are stiD vying for paayo« spocs. The last Recruits: The University of Minnesota baseball program has game on the fmal Iowa a Minnesota) could decide the fmal a de. the flfst tie-break· received national letters of intent from three top recruits during ''followed by overall the NCAA's spring signing period, while anolher student-athlete has accepted an offer of admission. Inf.elder/pitcher Ben Birk winning ~cenra&~li ran. 'allowed in confer . ence games and. if a coin toss by the from SL Paul, Minn., (Cretin-Demam Hall), pitcher Dan conference offiCe McGrath, from Hampton, Vic&oria, Ausaalia, and pitcher Jonathon Knopf, frOm Miami, .Fla., (Gulliver Prep High School) inked national letters of intent to attend University of Against the Wildcats: Joe WestlaU (Sr., Maratbon, the Minnesoca next faU and Mike Uttech, from Watertown, Wis., Wis.) notched his fast victory on the mound this season. The accepted an offer of admission and wiU walk on for the Golden senior right-hander threw a complete game, aUowing two earned Gophers. The sipinp bring the total number of high school runs while striking out seven and walking none in the Golden recruiu for the basebaP· team lO seven, joining infielder Matt Gophers' 8-2 win in the opening game of the series. Bob Keeney (Jr., Burnsville, Minn.), Rob Smith (Sr., Scanlon and pitcher Frank Wagner, who both signed tenders. fall, and Jason Shupe, who accepted an offer of admission ar~ Menomonie, Wis.) and Phil McDermott (Jr., RoseviUe, intends lO walk on. Minn.) each drove in three runs in Minnesoca's 12-7 win. KSGS-AM 950 To Broadcast Games In 1996: Mar. 20 @ Tulane L 11-8 KSGS-AM 950 radio will broadcast all Golden Gopher regular Mar. 21 @New Orleans L7-6 season baseball games dUI'ing the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Mar. 22 @ S.E. Louisiana L6-2 Former Minnesota and All-Bi& Ten center fielder Ryan Mar. 23 @ S.E. Louisiana w 19-17 Lefebvre will be the br'oM£• voice for Golden Gopher base Mar. 24 @ S.E. Louisiana W9-6 ball. Lefebvre was a ~All-Big Ten selection for the Mar. 29 @ Purdue W9-4 Golden Gophers and has been tbe voice of Golden Gopher base Mar. 30 @ Purdue (2) L 8-2, W 6-1 ball for the past two seaSON. Farmer Minnesota Twin Gene Mar. 31 @ Purdue Cancelled/Rain Larkin and back-up play-by-play announcer Paul Barnes will Apr. 3 ST. THOMAS 2:30p.m. assist with select Golden Gopher games. Apr. 6 @ Michigan (2) L 7-3,L 6-2 Apr. 7 @ Michigan (2) L4-2,W4-0 Strength of Schedule: Minnesota has traditionally played Apr. 9 CREIGHI'ON L 5-4 (13) one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the Big Ten. Apr.13 PENN STATE (2) W 6-S,L 7-2 This year the Maroon and Gold have played eight games against Apr. 14 PENN STATE (2) L 5-3, L 3-1 teams ranked in various polls this season. The Golden Gophers Apr.l6 UW-MILWAUKEE (2) w 5-2. w 10-2 fell to Collegiate Baseball's 21st-ranked team, New Orleans, by Apr. 17 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL w 12-1 Apr.19 OHIOSTATE one run (7-6) and to its 28th-ranked team, Tulane, (6-5, 11-8). W7-5 The Maroon and Gold opened the season at Baseball America's Apr. 20 OHIO STATE (2) L4-1,L10-6 No. 15 Florida State, and hosted No.5 Tennessee and No. 23 Apr. 21 OHIO STATE W2-0 North Carolina State in the 1996 Hormel Classic. Apr. 24 @ Iowa State L6-5 Apr. 26 ll...LINOIS W6-5 Apr. 27 ll...LINOIS (2) W 11-8, L 14-1 Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: One phone call from a fax Apr. 28 ll...LINOIS W5-2 machine handset allows instant access to Golden Gopher base Apr. 30 SOUTII DAKOTA w 17-6 ball up-to-date information (cumulative team and individual sta May-1 MANKATO STATE L 16-11 tistics, box scores from most recent games, honors candidates May 3 @ Northwestern W8-2 and numerical/alphabetical rosters). The information can be May 4 @ Northwestern (2) L4-0, W 12-7 accessed by calling (770) 399-3066 and entering the Big Ten May 5 @ Northwestern W3-2 passcode, 282#. This is for media use only. The University of May 7 ST. CLOUD STATE 7p.m. Minnesota baseball "cell" numbers are listed below: May 9 ST. OLAF 7p.m. 2225# Cumulative Team and Individual Statistics May 11 IOWA 7p.m. 2227# Box Scores From Most Recent Series May 12 IOWA (2) 2p.m. 2228# Honors Candidates May 13 IOWA 6p.m. 2229# Numerical/Alphabetical Rosters May 16-19 BigTenToumament TBA May 23-26 NCAA Regional TBA "Surf The Net": Information on the University of May 31-June 8 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Minnesota Men's Athletics Department is now available on the Internet. The World Wide Web site contains news releases, sta tistics, rosters, schedules, student-athlete/coach/administration profiles, deJmUnental directory, ticket & merchandise informa tion and much, much more. The web page can be accessed at http://www .umn.edu/mica/.

MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Feb. 16 @FloridaS.. L9-7 Feb. 17 @FloridaS.. L 23-11 Feb. 18 @ FloridaSa.te L 8-2 Feb.23 @Arizona w 12-11 (10) Feb.24 @Arizona W7-5 Golf Team Wins Spartan Invitational; Qualities Feb.25 @Arizona L4-2 for NCAA Tournament: The Golden Gophers, behind Mar. 1-3 Hormel Foods Classic senior Aaron Barber's (New London, Minn.) final round 69, vs. Connecticut L8-6 won the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational last weekend in East vs. Tennessee L8-4 Lansing, Mich. Barber's 69 earned him medalist honors and vs. N.C. State L 10-6 gave the team its third fli'St place finish of the year. The team e Mar.6 IOWA STATE w 15-2 victory elevated Minnesota to fourth in the District Four rank Mar.8 WESTERN MICHIGAN w 5-3 ings, earning the Maroon and Gold it's fourth consecutive Mar. 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN W4-3 NCAA Tournament appearance. Mar. 10 WESTERN MICHIGAN W7-0 Mar. 19 @Tulane L6-5 This Week: The Golden Gophers will compete in the Big Ten Tournament on May 10.12 in University Park. Pa. The NCAA Cenii'Bl Regional follows dwon May 16-18 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The NCAA are in Chattanooga. Tenn., May 29-June l .. r

Spartan sttokes back in second the team tide with a score of 883. B.-berled the .m widl a score of 216, followed by Rob Kerr (So., Pointe Claire, Quebec, Cauda) at 221 (5th). Junior Mark Halvei'SOD (Farao, N.D.) was next at 226, tied for 26th. Freshman Matt Doyle (Sbubury, Cou.) was at Golden Gophers Receive Bid to NCAA Tennis 227 (27th) and freshman Dan Arroyo (Walaut Creek, CaUl.) Rqion IV Tournament: The University of Minnesoca finished off the Golden Gopher scoring at 229 (38th). men's tennis ream has received an invitation to the NCAA Region IV Tennis Championship, hosted by the University of Third in District: The District Four rankings came out Notre Dame Fri., May 10 through Sun., May 12 at South Bend, today and list the Golden Gophers third behind Ohio Srate, and Ind. ·Northwestern. Miami of Ohio was fourth followed by Indiana (5th) and Kent (6th). Those six teams advance to the NCAA The Golden Gophers, who received a No. 6 seed in the six-team Central Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich., May 16-18. tournament. wiD play the host Notte Dame Fighting Irish in a farst round march on Fri., May 10, at 2 p.m~ The ·winner of the Doyle Top Candidate For Big Ten Freshman of the Minnesota-Nacre Dame match will face No. 2 Michigan in a Year: Doyle is the leading candidate for freshman of the year semifmal match on Sat., May 11 at 2 p.m. The finals are set for honors in the conference. Going into the Spartan Invitational, he Sun., May 12, at 1 p.m. · wauanked third in the conference in scoring points for AU-Big Ten honors and was the only freshman lisled in the top 29. The Golden Gophers (11·11, 8-2) finished tied with Doyle was one stroke off the Spartan Invitational lead after two Northwestern for third in the Big Ten ToumamenL Minnesota rounds but faltered in the fmal round and feU to 27th. will be joined by the Wildcats, Michigan. and Dlinois as the Big Ten claimed four of the six spots in the 1996 NCAA Region I~ Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational Final Results Championship. The pairings for the tournament are listed • below: May 4-5, East Laasina, Micb. Team Scores: 1. Minnesota, l98·l90-l95-813: 2. Ohio Srate, 291-292-3~89: 3. Miami (Ohio), 304-289-300--893:4. First Round Northwestern, .293-302-303-898: 5. Indiana, 298-305-300- Friday, May 10, 1996 903; 6. BaD State, 303-299-302-904; 7. Purdue, 303-303- #4 Illinois vs. IS Northwestern, 10 a.m. 302-908: 7 (tie). Wright State; 308-296-304-9M; 9. 13 Notre Dame vs. 1#6 Minnesota, 2 p.m. Wisconsin, 301-303-305-~: 10. Colorado, 306-305-301- 912. Semifinals

r. Saturday, May 11, 1996 Individual Scores: 1. Aaron Barber, Min., 75-72-4i9-ll': 2. 11 Virginia Commonwealth vs. Illinois-Northwestern winner, Knut Elcjord, Colo., 73-71-74-218: 2 (lic);'Matt Seppanen, 10 a.m. N'westem, 72· 72- WollmaD, Ohio State, 69- W2 Michigan vs. Notte Dame-Minnesota winner, 2 p.m. 75-7~220; 5. Rob 75-14-121. Championship Other Gopbers: 21 77-71.-77-226: Sunday, May 12, 1996 27 (tie). Matt Doyle. 38 (lie). Dan Arroyo, 77- Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. 77-75-229. Senior Eric Stommes (Foley, Minn.) won his heat of the lOOm dash with a time of 10.6. Stommes' time held up through the remaining heat and earned him the event title. In the collegiate 800 meter run, senior Travis Nordrum (Bloomer, Wis.) posted a time of 1:52.4 to win the event, while sophomore Niles Deneen (St. Paul, Minn.) won the 110HH in a time of 14.2.

In the invitational men's 800m, senior Paul Michalek (Bioominpon, Minn.) finished second with a first-heat time of 1:48.0, and was narrowly edged by Trinity Townsend of Gophers Host Minnesota Last Chance Saturday: Michigan, who won the second heat in 1:47.9. The Gopher ttaclc and field team will play host to the Minnesota Last Chance meet on Saturday at Bierman Track. This meet rep resents the last tune-up prior to the Big Ten Track & Field Championships, which are scheduled for May 17-19 in University Park, Pa.

Jensen Takes Hurdles Title: Freshman Ben Jensen (Mandai, Norway) posted a personal-best time of 14.34 sec onds to win the 110 meter high hurdles at the Minnesota Invitational on Saturday. Jensen has automatically qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the decathlon with a school record score of 7,590. Senior Aaron Wheatcraft (Apple Valley, Minn.) finished third in the 110HH with a time of 15.03, while freshman Glenn Lindqvist (Aland, Finland) placed sixth in 15.65.

For Additional Gophers Win Events: Whearcraft came back from his third place finish in the 110HH to win the 400mH by a margin of nearly a full second. Wheatcraft fmished in 53.95 while his nearest challenger, Jon Boyken of SL Thomas, crossed the line in 54.98. In the 3,000m Steeplechase, junior Tony Riter (Shoreview, Minn.) dominated the three man field, finishing fmt in 9:24.74.

Marcus Westberry (Fr., MinneapoUs, Minn.) led a one-two Gopher sweep in the triple jump with a mark of 49-3 1/2. Senior Chip Mosley (Bloomington, Ill.) finished second in that event for the Gophers at 47-0 1/4. Westberry also long jumped Saturday, finishing second with a leap of 22-8 l/2.

Junior Jason Schlueter (New London, Wis.) racked up his fourth discus title of the OUidoor season with a mark of 189-5. JetT Marsh (So., Se~, WIL) and Chad Yenchesky (So., DePere, Wis.) also compelld in the discus, fmishing third (165- 7) and fourth (163-3), rapec:dvely. The pair reversed their order of finish in the shot put, witb Yenchesky placing second (56-9 1/4) and Marsh third (55-8 1/2).

Three Gophers Win at Jesse Owens Classic: Several athletes from the Gopher ttack and field team ttaveled to Columbus, Ohio, for Sunday's Jesse Owens Classic. Three Gophers captured event titles at the meet, while a fourth fin ished second. Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Gaae Rssults for Minnesota (as of May 06, 1996) (All gaaes)

Gaae date Opposing Sco~,~ r h ef r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record · Attead Tiae~ ------1------Feb 16, 1996 at Florida 1·. L 7 12 3/ 9 11 2 9 0- 1- 0 o- o- o Dobis (L 0-1) ------992 2:35 Feb 17, 1996 at Florida S 11· .3 t 11 13 4/B 2~ 4 9 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Westfall (L 0-1) 1864 3:30 Feb 18, 1996 at Florida S 2·~ L 2 5 0/ 8 8 0 9 0· 3· 0 0· 0· 0 Keuin (L 0·1) 2544 2:50 Feb 23, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats v 12· .1 12 17 5/11 12 2 (10) 1· 3· 0 0· 0· 0 Diebolt (W 1-0) 733 3:40 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats v L 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2· 3- 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson (V 1·0) 780 3:01 Feb 25, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats 2·4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2· 4· 0 0- 0- 0 Freeaan (L 0·1) 975 2:40 Mar 01, 1996 Connecticut Huskies 6·8 L 6 11 0/ 8 16 1 9 2· 5· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L 0-2) 1448 3:03 !ar 02, 1996 Tennessee Volunteers 4-8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 g 2· 6· 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson (L 1·1) 3147 3:16 Mar 03, 1996 North Carolina St. 6-10 L 6 3 4/10 14 0 9 2- 7- 0 0· 0· G Diebolt (L 1·1) 1446 3:07 Mar 06, 1996 Iowa State Cyclones w 15-2 15 17 0/ 2 10 2 9 3· 7- 0 0- 0· 0 Dobis (V 1-2) 564 2:52 Mar 08, 1996 Western Michigan w 5·3 5 10 1/ l 9 0 9 4- 7- 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson (W 2·1) 183 2:17 Mar 09, 1996 Western Michigan v ~-3 4 6 2/ 3 9 2 9 5· 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt (W 2-1) 262 2:14 Mar 10, 1996 Western Michigan w ·-o 7 7 1/ 0 2 4 9 6- 7- 0 0· 0· 0 Pautz (W 1·0) 267 2:18 Mar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave ·6 L 5 11 2/ 6 10 2 9 6- 8· 0 0· 0- 0 Pederson (L 2·2) 111 2:50 Mar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6· 9- 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L 1·3) 152 3:06 Mar 21, 1996 at Mev Orleans -7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6·10- 0 0· 0· 0 Kearin (L 0·2) 200 2:40 Mar 22, 1996 at Southeastern La. :-6 L 2 10 0/ 6 6 1 9 6·11· 0 0· 0· 0 Westfall (L 0·2) 305 2:45 Mar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. v ~-17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7-11- 0 0· 0· 0 Zrust (W 1·0) 416 3:47 Mar 24, 1996 at Southeastern La. w i-6 9 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8·11· 0 0· 0· 0 Diebolt (V 3·1) 231 2:46 *Mar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakers v 9-4 9 11 2/ 4 5 3 7 9·11· 0 1· 0· 0 Pederson (W 3·2) 119 2:16 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boileraakers 2·8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9·12· 0 1- 1· 0 Diebolt (L 3·2) 177 2:02 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boileraaiers w 6·1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 7 10·12· 0 2· 1· 0 Dobis (W 2·3) 0 1:50 Apr 03, 1996 St. Thoaas To11ies w10·9 10 16 1/ 9 12 3 g 11·12· 0 . 2• 1· 0 learin (I 1·2) 314 3:03 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 3·7 L 3 3 1/ 7 8 1 7 11·13· 0 2·· 2· 0 Pedersoa {L 3·3) 1000 1:4. *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2·6 L 2 8 1/ 6 7 1 7 11·14· 0 2- 3· 0 ]iebolt (L 3·3) 0 1:3 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2-4 L 2 6 0/ 4 5 0 7 11·15· 0 2· 4· 0 Westfall (L 0·31 300 1:40 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines w 4-0 4 7 0/ 0 7 2 7 12-15· 0 3- 4· 0 learin (I 2·2) 0 1:46 Apr 09, 1996 Creighton Bluejays 4-5 L 4 14 2/ 5 10 0 {13) 12·16- 0 3- 4· 0 Werner (L 0·1) 80 3:48 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State ., 6·5 6 6 3/ 5 4 1 7 13·16· o. 4· 4· 0 learin (W 3·2) 0 2:09 *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State 2-7 L 2 5 2/ 7 13 0 7 13-17- 0 4· 5- 0 Diebolt (L 3·4) 214 2:07 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 3·5 L 3 1 0/ 5 9 1 7 13·18· 0 4· 6- 0 Westfall (L 0·4) 0 1:50 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 1-3 L 1 11 1/ 3 7 0 7 13-19- 0 4· 7- 0 Felling (L 0·1) 201 2:05 Apr 16, 1996 UW-Milwaukee 5·2 5 9 1/ 2 6 2 7 14-19- 0 4- 7- 0 Dobis (V 3·3) 0 1:33 Apr 16, 1996 UW-!lilvaukee 1 10·2 10 12 2/ 2 4 1 7 15-19- 0 4- 7- 0 DeWitt (V 1·0) 127 1:53 Apr 17, 1996 Concordia College ~ 12·1 12 11 2/ 1 7 3 9 16-19· 0 4- 7- 0 Freeaan {V 1·1) 79 2:43 *Apr 19, 1996 Ohio State w 7-5 1 9 0/ 5 7 0 7 17-19- 0 5· 7- 0 Pederson (V 4-3) 344 1:50 *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio State 1-4 L 1 4 1/ 4 10 2 7 17-20· 0 5· 8· 0 Kearin (L 3·3) 235 2:13 *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio 6·10 L 6 8 0/10 13 1 7 17-21.- 0 5- 9- 0 Freeau (L 1-2) 0 2:00 *Apr 21, 1996 Ohio hO 2 9 Of 0 2 0 7 18-21- 0 6- 9· 0 Pederson (W 5·3) 335 1:35 Apr 24, 1996 at Iowa ' 5·6 L 5 12 3/ 6 11 0 9 18·22· 0 6- 9· 0 Werner (L 0·2) 107 2:35 *Apr 26, 1996 Ill ,. 6·5 6 8 3/ 5 7 1 7 19·22· 0 7- g. 0 Diebolt (W 4·4) . 309 2:09 *Apr 27, 1996 Illinois 111-8 11 18 2/ 8 13 0 7 20·22- 0 8- 9- 0 Pederson {W 6·3) 0 2:20 *Apr 27, 1996 Illinois Ill 1·14 L 1 5 1/14 16 0 7 20-23· 0 8-10- 0 Felling (L 0·2) 786 2:05 *Apr 28, 1996 Illinois Illini w 5·2 5 9 2/ 2 5 0 7 21-23· 0 9-10· 0 Pederson (W 7-3) 709 2:04 Apr 30, 1996 u. of South Dakota w17-6 17 19 1/ 6 9 3 9 22·23· 0 9-10- 0 Zrust (W 2·0) 196 2:35 !!ay 01, 1996 Mankato State 11·16 L 11 15 1/16 18 2 9 22·24- 0 9·10· 0 Werner (L 0·3) 395 3:10 *May 03, 1996 at Northwestern w 8-2 8 8 2/ 2 5 1 7 23-24· 0 10·10- 0 Westfall (W 1-4) 145 1:45 *~ay 04, 1996 at Northwestern 0·4 L 0 7 1/ 4 6 2 7 23·25· 0 10-11- 0 Pederson (L 7-4) 321 1:37 *May 04, 1996 at Northwestern w12-7 12 16 2/ 7 9 2 7 24-25· 0 11-11- 0 Diebolt (W 5-4) 321 2:08 *May 05, 1996 at Northwestern v 3-2 3 3 0/ 2 10 1 7 25·25- 0 12-11- 0 DeWitt (W 2-0) 246 2:0- *Conference game tTournament gaae ( l e1tra inning gaae ~innesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of May 06, 1996) (All gaaes Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 25-25-0 Hoae 15-11-0 Away: 10-14-0

..yer AVG GP-GS AI R B 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG\ BB HBP SO GOP on SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLO\

Bryan Guse ...... 369 44-42 149 30 55 13 1 3 32 79 .530 19 5 14 4 .454 1 1 5-6 27~ 30 3 .990 Ben Griffin ...... 357 16-6 28 9 10 2 0 0 4 12 .429 8 1 4 2 .500 1 1 0-0 29 2 0 1. 000 Rob Saith ...... 348 37-37 132 28 46 5 0 4 34 63 .477 9 2 17 3 .396 1 1 6-7 78 35 6 .950 Phil McOeraott ...... 343 43-42 134 24 46 16 2 2 24 72 .537 22 8 29 4 .458 2 0 0-3 37 2 0 1. 000 Robb Quinlan ...... 331 47-46 175 29 58 8 5 2 30 82 .469 5 1 21 1 .350 2 4 7-9 35 56 10 .901 Bob Keeney ...... 331 34-34 127 33 42 7 0 1 17 52 .409 21 0 13 1 .423 1 0 6-6 60 1 1 .984 Steve Huls ...... 330 50-49 191 48 63 11 2 7 33 99 .518 19 1 27 0 .392 1 2 5-11 63 137 12 .943 Craig Selander ...... 317 40-31 104 13 33 8 1 0 21 43 .413 4 1 13 2 .349 0 8 0-0 22 2 2 .923 Troy Stein ...... 289 46-39 135 25 39 5 1 1 19 49 .363 13 7 22 1 .381 0 1 5-9 66 2 2 . 971 Adaa Horton ...... 269 45-40 119 18 32 4 0 1 15 39 .328 12 0 21 3 .336 0 2 2-4 279 21 7 .977 Eric Welter ...... 261 50-50 184 35 48 8 0 4 35 68 .370 16 4 26 2 .333 0 0 3-6 82 128 11 .950 Casey Hankinson ...... 250 6-1 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 3 0 2 0 .455 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 ~ark Groebner ...... 217 14-7 23 5 5 2 0 0 3 7 .304 6 0 7 0 .379 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1. 000 ~ike ~ahady ...... 189 28-14 53 7 10 1 0 0 4 11 .208 8 0 8 2 .295 0 1 3-4 21 3 1 .960 Ryan Beers ...... 188 14-8 32 4 6 1 0 2 7 13 .406 2 0 12 2 .235 0 0 0-0 .38 4 0 1.000 ~att Skovran ...... 167 14-4 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .167 i 0 2 0 .211 0 0 0-0 41 4 0 1. 000 Totals ...... 309 50-50 1612 313 498 91 12 27 278 694 .431 168 30 238 27 .383 9 21 42-65 1174511 71 .960 Opponents ...... 300 50-50 1589 307 476 108 14 45 268 747 .470 169 36 341 27 .378 9 36 57-79 1174 528 68 .962

LOB- Teal (355), Opp (359). OPs turned- Teal (32), Opp (34). Cl- Teaa (1), Guse 1, Opp (2). 188- Teaa (4), Guse 1, Welter ~Saith 1, Horton 1, Opp (11). Picked off - Keeney 2, Stein 2, Quinlan 1, Horton 1, Huls 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SBO/C80 SV IP H R ER BB so 28 38 HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Pautz ...... 0.00 1-0 4 1 0 0/1 0 10.1 5 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 39 .143 2 1 0 0 2 ~ike Leatheraan ..... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 .200 1 1 0 0 0 Bob DeWitt ...... 3.38 2-0 10 1 0 0/0 0 18.2 21 11 7 4 10 7 0 1 84 .292 1 3 0 2 3 Brad Kearin ...... 3. 79 3-3 18 5 1 1/0 3 35.2 41 23 15 20 23 10 0 4 166 .287 10 0 0 1 2 Justin Pederson ..... 4.32 7-4 20 11 2 1/0 3 81.1 78 51 39 43 78 12 2 4 365 .252 8 11 2 0 1 Ted Zrust ...... 4.50 2-0 18 0 0 0/0 0 30.0 43 21 15 6 28 15 0 1 141 .344 1 4 0 0 6 Tony Felling ...... 4.97 0-2 18 3 0 0/0 1 29.0 42 24 16 16 17 7 0 5 147 .344 4 3 0 3 3 Kelly Werner ...... 6.00 0-3 8 4 0 0/0 0 12.0 17 15 8 10 13 2 0 1 67 .321 2 2 1 0 2 Jason Dobis ...... 6.13 3-3 8 8 0 0/0 0 39.2 54 34 27 11 23 11 1 5 188 .320 6 4 0 1 3 ~ike Diebolt ...... 6.62 5-4 24 7 0 0/0 1 53.0 68 51 39 22 60 12 5 7 254 .308 10 1 2 0 10 Joe Westfall ...... 7.05 1-4 14 7 2 0/0 0 52.1 64 46 41 22 55 19 2 9 243 .298 7 1 2 1 4 Kai Freeaan ...... 9.32 1-Z 13 3 0 0/1 0 28.0 42 30 29 13 24 13 3 8 139 .350 3 5 0 1 0 Totals ...... 5.43 25-25 50 50 5 3/l 8 391.1 476 307 236 169 341 108 14 45 1840 .300 55 36 7 9 36 Opponents ...... 5.82 25-25 50 50 9 1/0 11 391.1 498 313 253 168 238 91 12 27 1842 .309 35 30 4 9 21

PB - Teaa (15), Guse 11, Skovran 4, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Teaa (10), Pederson 3, Skovran 1, Diebolt 1, Guse 1, Zrust 1, Freeman 1, Kearin 1, DeWitt 1, Opp (7). SB/SBA - Guse (50-65), Pederson (14-19), Oiebolt ( H-18 l, Kearin (6-7 l, Beers (5-7 l, fjrner (6-7), Dobis (4-6), Felling (5-6), Freeaan (4-5), Westfall (1-4), DeWitt (2-4), Zrust (1-3), Skovran (2-3). Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of May 06, 1996) (Conference goes only_ S~rted by Batting avg) Record: 12-11-0 lloae 6·6·0 ·,, e Player AVG R B 2B 3B IIR RBI TB SLG\ BB IIBP SO GDP on SF SB SB·SBl PO A E FLD\ Bryan Guse ...... U4 13 24 6 0 2 8 36 .621 6 0 8 1 .469 0 0 1-1 102 13 1 . 991 Bob Keeney ...... 348 15-15 " 46 13 16 4 0 1 6 23 .500 8 0 3 0 .436 1 0 0-0 25 1 0 1.000 Craig Selander ...... 333 20-18 54 8 18 6 0 0 11 24 .444 2 1 7 1 .368 0 3 0-0 15 2 1 .944 Ben Griffin •...... 333 . 5-4 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .444 3 0 0 1 .500 0 1 0-0 13 0 . 0 ·1.000 Rob Saith ...... 310 23-23 71 12 22 1 0 3 19 32 .451 4 2 9 2 .359 1 1 3-3 29 20 3 .942 Adaa !lorton ...... 308 23-20 52 8 16 0 0 1 8 19 .365 5 0 4 2 .368 0 1 0-0 126 11 4 .972 Phil McDeraott ...... 306 20-20 49 11 15 5 1 2 11 28 .571 11 2 8 0 .438 2 0 0-1 0 0 0 .000 · Matt Skovran ...... 300 5-3 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .300 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0-0 22 1 0 1. 000 Steve lluls ...... 275 23·23 80 17 22 1 1 4 10 37 .463 5 1 11 0 .322 1 0 1-3 30 45 5 .938 Robb Quinlan ...... 254 20-20 63 6 16 3 1 1 7 24 .381 2 0 8 0 .277 0 2 2-2 16 18 3 .919 Troy Stein ...... 250 21-15 44 2 11 1 0 0 4 12 .273 0 2 9 1 .283 0 1 1-3 17 0 1 .944 Ryan Beers ...... 200 4-2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0 2 1 .200 0 0 0-0 10 1 0 1. 000 Eric Welter ...... 189 23-23 74 8 14 2 0 2 7 22 .297 3 1 12 0 .231 0 0 0-1 39 52 3 .968 Mike Mahady ...... 000 9-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1. 000 Casey Hankinson ...... 000 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 !!ark Groebner ...... 000 3-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

Totals ...... 289 23-23 626 102 181 30 3 16 92 265 .423 51 9 83 9 .349 5 9 8-14 468 203 - 26 .963 Opponents ...... 290 23-23 630 113 183 47 3 20 100 296 .470 62 15 127 10 .366 3 11 18-25 467 212- 21 .969

LOB- Teaa (132), Opp (141). DPs turned- Teu (13), Opp (13). CI ·feu (1), Guse 1, Opp 11). IBB- Teu (2), !lorton 1, Saith 1, Opp (5). Picked off - !lorton 1, Quinlan 1, Stein 1. (Conference gues only Sorted by Earned run avq) Player ERA W·L APP GS CG SBO/CBO SV IP B R ER BB so 28 JB BR BF B/Avq VP IIBP BK SFA Sill Kelly Werner ...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Leatheraan ..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .000 1 1 0 0 0 Jason Dobis ...... 2.25 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 19 .250 0 1 0 0 0 Bob DeWitt ...... 2.57 1-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 28 .292 1 1 0 1 1 Brad Kearin ...... 3.48 2-1 8 l 1 1/0 0 20.2 26 9 8 6 13 7 0 2 92 .306 5 0 0 0 1 Justin Pederson ..... 4.08 5-2 11 6 2 l/0 2 39.2 32 22 18 20 31 6 2 2 174 .219 6 7 2 0 0 Tony Felling ...... 4.97 0-1 ,. 3. 0 0/0 0 12.2 19 10 7 6 8 3 0 2 63 .352 3 1 0 2 0 Joe Westfall ...... •. s.u., 5 2 0/0 0 28.1 29 21 18 9 31 12 1 4 123 .259 3 0 1 0 2 Ted Zrust ...... 5. 0 . 0 0/0 0 13.2 19 11 9 4 13 7 0 1 66 .328 0 2 0 0 2 Kai Freeaan ...... • 7. '1 0 0/0 0 11.1 17 10 10 3 8 5 0 4 53 .347 0 1 0 0 0 !!ike Diebolt ...... 9. • 0 0/0 0 17.1 30 27 19 10 19 3 0 5 98 .366 5 1 0 0 5 Totals ...... 5 2/0 2 156.0 183 113 92 62 127 47 3 20 722 .290 24 15 3 3 11 Opponents ...... 23 8 1/0 4 155.2 181 102 84 51 83 30 3 16 701 .289 12 9 1 5 9

PB - Teaa (7), Guse 6, Skovran 1, Opp (8). Pickoffs - feu (6), Pederson 3, Kearin 1, Diebolt 1, DeWitt 1, Opp (3). SB/SBA- Guse (15-20), Pederson (7-8), Diebolt (6-6), Beers (2-3), DeVitt (1-2), Freeaan (1-2), Zrust (1-2), Westfall (0-2), Kearin (2-2), Felling (0-1), Skovran (1-1). ~innesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of May 06, 1996) (All gaaes Sorted by Fielding pet)

Player c PO A E FLO% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI Matt SkoYran ••••.... 45 41 4 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 4 0 Ryan Beers •••.•..... 42 38 4 0 1. 000 0 5 2 .714 0 0 Phil !cDeraott •..... 39 37 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Griffin ...... 31 29 2 0 1. 000 3 0 0 0 0 Joe Westfall ...... 10 2 8 0 1. 000 1 1 3 .250 0 0 Pautz ...... 4 2 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Groebner ...... 4 4 0 0 1. 000 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Leatheraan •••.. 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Guse ...... 312 279 30 3 .990 1 50 15 .769 11 1 Bob Keeney ...... 62 60 1 1 .984 0 0 0 0 0 Adaa Borton ..•....•. 307 279 21 7 . 917 26 0 0 0 0 Troy Stein ...... 70 66 2 ·2 . 971 0 0 0 0 0 ~ike Mahady ...... 25 21 3 1 .960 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Welter ...... 221 82 128 11 .950 23 0 0 0 0 Rob Stith ...... 119 78 35 6 .950 2 0 0 0 0 Steve Huls ...... 212 63 137 12 . 943 27 0 0 0 0 Brad Kearin ...... 14 4 9 1 .929 2 6 1 .857 0 0 Justin Pederson ..... 27 6 19 2 .926 1 14 5 .737 0 0 Craig Selander ...... 26 22 2 2 . 923 0 0 0 0 0 Robb Quinlan ...... 101 35 56 10 .901 2 0 0 0 0 ~ike Diebolt ...... 20 6 12 2 .900 0 14 4 .778 0 0 Bob DeWitt ...... 8 2 5 1 .875 0 2 2 .500 0 0 Kai Freeaan ...... 7 1 5 1 .857 0 4 1 .800 0 0 Jason Dobis ...... 20 10 7 3 .850 1 4 2 .667 0 0 Ted Zrust ...... 6 1 4 1 .833 0 1 2 .333 0 0 Tony Felling ...... 14 4 7 3 .786 1 5 1 .833 0 0 Kelly Werner ...... 9 2 5 2 .778 0 6 1 .857 0 0 Casey Hankinson ..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals •...... 1756 1174 511 71 .960 32 57 22 .722 15 1 Opponents ...... 1770 1174 528 68 .962 34 42 23 .646 13 2 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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GOLF TEAM NOTCHES FOURTH CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT BID

The NCAA District Four rankings came out today and the Golden Gopher golf team was ranked third, earning the Maroon and Gold their fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Minnesota will compete this weekend in the Big Ten Championships in University Park, Pa., on May 10-12, before packing up for Ann Arbor, Mich., for the NCAA Central Regional on May 16-18. Following that, is the NCAA Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn., May 29-June 1. The top 10 teams at the NCAA Central Regional and the top two other individuals advance to the finals in Chattanooga. Minnesota won the Wolverine Invitational last fall on the University of Michigan golf course which will serve as the site of the NCAA Central Regional.

NCAA District Four Rankings as of 5/6/96 1. Ohio State 2. Northwestern 3. Minnesota 4. Miami of Ohio 5. Indiana 6. Kent UNIVERSITY OF. MINNESOTA JEWS

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23RD ANNUAL MARIUCCI OPEN SCHEDULED

Plans are in full swing for the 23rd Annual John Mariucci Golf Open to be held on Monday, June 10 at Majestic Oaks Country Club in Ham Lake, Minn. The event's proceeds will be used to help support the Golden Gopher hockey program.

Several ex-Golden Gopher greats and current professional hockey players such as Neal Broten, Aaron Broten, Tom Chorske, Corey Millen, Ben Hankinson, Robb Stauber, Trent Klatt, Craig Johnson, and Darby Hendrickson have indicated they will attend.

The day will begin with golf registration from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., followed by a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. A social hour will be held at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m., and the awards, auction, and prize drawings portion at approximately 8 p.m.

The entry fee of $125 includes green fees, golf carts, beverages, a Golden Gopher golf shirt, a sleeve of golf balls, a photo of your five-person scramble team, dinner, and a donation to the Mariucci Building Fund. The golf tournament, which will be a five-person team scramble, will be limited to the first 200 paid registrations. Banquet only tickets, which features a New York Strip steak dinner, are available for $35. Hole sponsorships are also available at various costs.

Included in the prizes and auction items are suites at the Target Center and Metrodome, golf equipment, and a new Buick LeSabre to be given away with a hole-in-one on one selected par-3 hole.

For questions or sign-up infonnation, please call Mark Bahr at 625-8090. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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MEN'S GOLF TEAM TRAVELS TO BIG TEN TOURNAMENT LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON LAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE

The Golden Gopher golf team, fresh off a team victory last weekend in the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational, will head to University Park, Pa., looking to improve on a disappointing performance last year at the Big Ten Tournament when they finished sixth. Leading that charge will be senior All-America candidate Aaron Barber (New London, Minn.). Barber won last weekend's Spartan Invitational with a final round 69 for a score of 216. Barber is a returning All-Big Ten and NCAA District Four All-America selection. He is currently the second-ranked golfer in the Big Ten for All-Big Ten points. Barber comes into the tournament on a streak of three top 10 fmishes in the last three tournaments.

At the number two spot in the lineup is the top candidate for Big Ten Freshman of the Year in Matt Doyle (Simsbury, Conn.). A pure freshman, Doyle has chased Barber all year in the team stroke average race and is currently ranked fifth in the Big Ten in All-Big Ten points. He is the only freshman in the top 10 in points and is the only freshman to win a tournament this year (Wolverine Invitational). He has been in the top 25 in eight of 12 tournaments. Minnesota's final three spots of the lineup are all ranked within five tenths of a stroke of each other in stroke average. Redshirt freshman Dan Arroyo (Walnut Creek, Calif.) is at 75.9 in nine tournaments. Junior Mark Halverson (Fargo, N.D.) is at 76.2 and has missed just one tournament all year, and redshirt sophomore Rob Kerr (Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada) is at 76.4 for nine tournaments. Kerr has two top 10 performances in the last five tournaments. At the Border Olympics (7th- 219), and last weekend at the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational (5th-221). Halverson is ranked 19th in All-Big Ten points going into this weekend. Of those five players, only Barber and Halverson competed in the Big Ten Tournament last year. Minnesota lost seniors Mark Hanson and Jon Kelly to graduation and have redshirted Jeff Barney who competed in every tournament but one in 1994-95.

The Golden Gophers will compete for the Big Ten crown this weekend knowing that they have already earned their fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and the NCAA Central Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich., on May 17-19. The last time Minnesota won the Big Ten crown was in 1972. The team's highest finish under Head Coach John Means was two consecutive third place finishes in 1993 and 1994. All-Big Ten Candidate

Aaron Barber Senior Captain New London, Minn.

Team captain and All-America candidate ... was All-Big Ten and District Four All-America last year ... has won two tournaments this season starting with the inaugural ReliaStar Invitational when he carded a 215 to earn medalist honors ... also won the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational last weekend by carding a final round 69 and finishing with a tournament score of216 ... has finished in the top 20 in seven ofthe 12 tournaments this season ... had a 215 and finished in a tie for third at the South Florida Invitational ... goes into the Big Ten Tournament ranked second in the conference in All-Big Ten points ... fired a career-low of 66 in the first round of the South Florida Invitational .. .leads the team in stroke average at 74.9.

1995-96 Statistics Aaron Barber TOURNAMENT SCORES PAR FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 12n1n2 216 215/lst out of 64 Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 75nzn6 213 223/tied for 9th out of 105 Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 78n8n5 216 231/23rd out of 60 Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 78n7n3 212 228/19th out of 79 Rounds (fall): 12 Strokes: 897 Average: 74.8

Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 75/8In8 216 234/tied for 54th out of 75 Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 66n6n3 216 215/tied for 3rd out of 111 e Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 71n8n5 216 224/tied for 23rd out of 90 Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 78n2n6 216 226/tied for 30th out of 90 Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 77/80n5 216 232/tied for 40th out of 90 Aprill2-13 Legends of Indiana 11n1n6 216 224/tied for 2nd out of 90 April20-21 Kepler Invitational 78n5n6 216 229/tied for lOth out of 93 May4-5 Spartan Invitational 75n2t69 216 216/lst out of 99 Rounds (total): 36 Strokes: 2,697 Average: 74.9

CAREER STATISTICS Year Rnds Strks Avg Low Round 93-94 40 3,008 75.20 71 (three times) 94-95 40 2,983 74.58 68 (Adams Cup) 95-96 36 2,697 74.9 66 (South Florida Invitational) Totals 116 8,688 74.9 66(South Florida Invitational) All-Big Ten Candidate & Freshman of the Year Candidate

Matt Doyle Freshman Simsbury, Conn.

Has been the number two golfer on the team all season .... the top candidate for Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors ... has played in every tournament this season ... quickly established himself as on of the top young players in the conference when he finished 24th in the ReliaStar Collegiate Invitational followed by a first place finish at the Wolverine Invitational with a score of 218 ... has eight top 25 finishes in 12 tournaments and three top 10 finishes .. .is ranked fifth in the Big Ten in All-Big Ten points going into the conference tournament.

Matt Doyle TOURNAMENT SCORES PAR FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 78n2175 216 225/24th out of 64 Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 75non3 213 218/tied for 1st out of 105 Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 73n7t82 216 232/31st out of 60 Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 11n1n8 212 226113th out of 79 Rounds (total): 12 Strokes: 901 Average: 75.4

Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 11n2n9 216 228/tied for 36th out of 75 Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 74169n4 216 217/tied for 6th out of 111 Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 74n2n7 216 223/tied for 21st out of 90 Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 80n5n4 216 229/tied for 50th out of 90 Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 80n6n1 216 227 /tied for 19th out of 90 April12-13 Legends of Indiana 75n3n7 216 225/fifth out of 90 April20-21 Kepler Invitational 78n5n7 216 230/tied for 15th out of 93 May4-5 Spartan Invitational 74n1t82 216 227/tied for 27th out of 99 Rounds (total): 36 Strokes: 2,708 Average: 75.2 Minnesota Big Ten Tournament Roster

Dan Arroyo Fr. Walnut Creek, Calif. (Northgate) Aaron Barber (Captain) Sr. New London, Minn. Matt Doyle Fr. Simsbury, Conn. Mark Halverson Jr. Fargo, N.D. (North) Rob Kerr So. Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

Head Coach: John Means (6th year) SID: Bill Crumley

Minnesota Golf Bio Updates Aaron Barber Senior Captain New London, Minn.

Team captain and All-America candidate ... has won two tournaments this season starting with the inaugural ReliaStar Invitational when he carded a 215 to earn medalist honors ... also won the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational last weekend by carding a final round 69 and finishing with a tournament score of 216 ... has finished in the top 20 in seven of the 12 tournaments this season ... goes into the Big Ten Tournament ranked second in the conference in All-Big Ten points ... fired a career-low 66 in the first round of the South Florida Invitational .. .leads the team in stroke average at 74.9. Summer 1995: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in Newport, R.I. and advanced to the second round of match play ... qualified for the U.S. Publinks for the third year in a row ... seventh at the Sunnehanna (Walker Cup qualifier) ... sixth in the Minnesota State Amateur 1994-95 (JR): Led team in stroke average with 74.5 in 40 rounds ... had two second place finishes at Falcon Invite and Adams Cup of Newport where the team won both tournaments .. .low round of 68 at Adams Cup of Newp~rt ... All-Big Ten Selection ... voted team MVP ... Academic All Big Ten ... District Four All-America. 1993-94 (SO): Started in every tournament and finished second on the team in stroke average with a 7 5.20 mark over 40 rounds ... best finish of the year was sixth at the Pacific Coast Invitational where the team finished second .. .low round of 71 three times (Pacific Coast, Northern Intercollegiate, Big Ten Championship). 1992-93: Redshirt 1991-92 (FR): Competed for the JV High School: A graduate of New London-Spicer High School (Minn.) ... earned five letters in golf... won the conference title as a junior and placed second as a senior ... named team MVP his last two years ... won the state junior title ... won the district and region championships as a senior ... has a low score of 61 ... member of the National Honor Society for three years. Personal: His most memorable sports thrill was getting a hole-in-one at the U.S. Publinks and winning the state amateur .. .is enrolled in the Institute of Technology and is pursuing a degree in statistics with a minor in business ... son of James and Mary Barber ... born 11115172.

CAREER STATISTICS Year Rods Strks Avg Low Round 93-94 40 3,008 75.20 71 (three times) 94-95 40 2,983 74.58 68 (Adams Cup) 95-96 36 2,697 74.9 66 (South Florida Invitational) Totals 116 8,688 74.9 66(South Florida Invitational) - ---·------

Matt Doyle Freshman Simsbury, Conn.

The top candidate for Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors ... has been the number two golfer on the team all season .... has played in every tournament this season ... quickly established himself as one of the top young players in the conference when he finished 24th in the ReliaStar Collegiate Invitational followed by a first place finish at the Wolverine Invitational with a score of218 ... has eight top 25 finishes in 12 tournaments and three top 10 finishes .. .is ranked fifth in the Big Ten going into the conference tournament in All-Big Ten points. Summer 1995: Had a great summer when he qualified for the U.S. Amateur and made it to the quarterfinals ... also was the low amateur in the New England Open. High School: Graduate of Simsbury (Conn.) High School...three-time all-state and all conference selection ... eamed nine letters as a prep athlete (3-soccer, 3-basketball, 3-golt) ... two time all-state selection in soccer. .. Connecticut state golf champion as a senior ... won the Connecticut U.S. Amateur qualifying toumament ... missed cut for match play by one shot. Personal: Plans to major in journalism or psychology ... son of Kenneth and Sharon Doyle ... born 1118177 CAREER STATISTICS Year Rnds Strks Avg Low Round 95-96 36 2, 708 75.2 69 (South Florida Invitational)

Dan Arroyo Freshman Walnut Creek, Calif.

Redshirt freshman who has battled into the number three position on the team in stroke average ... possesses a strong short game ... has competed in nine tournaments with a top fmish of seventh (225) at the Adams Cup of Newport Tournament ... ranked 46th in the Big Ten in All-Big Ten points and is the second highest rated freshman (to teammate Matt Doyle) in the Big Ten ... has finished in the top 20 in four of the seven tournaments he has competed in this spring. 1994-95: Redshirt High School: A graduate of Northgate (Walnut Creek, Calif.) High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner ... honored as an all-league pick in 1992, 1993, and 1994 ... played No.6 position as a freshman and number one and two as a senior ... posted a low score of 69 and a 18- hole stroke average of75.2 ... won the Contra Costa Pro-Am ... won the USGA Junior Amateur qualifier in Contra Costa ... won the Antioch Tournament. Personal: Majoring in pre-architecture ... son of John and Kathy Arroyo ... born 10/17175. CAREER STATISTICS Year Rnds Strks Avg Low Round 95-96 27 2,050 75.9 70 (Border Olympics)

Mark Halverson Junior Fargo, N.D.

The consistent veteran on the team ... he has played in 11 of 12 tournaments and has fmished in the top 30 seven times ... one of two returning starters ... had a season-low and tied a career-low round with a 70 at the Central Florida Invitational .. .is ranked 19th in All-Big Ten points going into the conference tournament. Summer of 1996: Had a strong summer. .. won the Pine-to-Palm Championship ... was sixth in the Minnesota State Amateur ... qualified for U.S. Amateur but missed the final cut. Mark Halverson (continued) 1994-95 (SO): Competed in all varsity tournaments ... best finish was a tie for seventh (73-73- 71) at the Kent Invitational ... named most improved player ... earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. 1993-94 (FR): Had a solid year, seeing time on the varsity and junior varsity ... played in three varsity tournaments ... had his best finish at the Quintessence Classic where he finished 43rd (77- 81-79) ... finished with a varsity stroke average of79 ... won the Gustavus Adolphus Invitational. High School: A graduate of Fargo North (N.D.) High School where he was a five year letterwinner ... named all-conference three times ... state runner-up in 1991 and 1992, garnering all state honors both years ... qualified for the "Big I" in '89, '90, and '91 ... was a U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier in 1991 ... averaged 75 as a senior ... was the Fargo-Moorhead All-City Junior Champion in 1992 and the Warren Roberts Tournament champion. Personal: Majoring in accounting ... lists his favorite hobbies as basketball and skiing ... his biggest sports thrill was competing in the U.S. Amateur ... son of Steve and Kay Halverson ... bom 6/23174. CAREER STATISTICS Year Rnds Strks Avg Low Round 93-94 9 711 79.0 76 (Central Florida Invitational) 94-95 40 3,062 76.6 70 (Bell South Invitational) 95-96 33 2,516 76.2 70 (Central Florida Invitational) Totals 82 6,289 76.7 70 (two times)

Rob Kerr Sophomore Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

A redshirt sophomore who has been a big factor after sitting out last season ... has played in nine of 12 tournaments with a high finish of fifth (221) at the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational last weekend ... also finished seventh with a score of219 at the Border Olympics ... had a low round of 70 at the Border Olympics .. .is ranked 26th in All-Big Ten points heading into the championship. Summer of 1996: Named 1995 Player of the Year in Quebec with a 72.5 stroke average in provincial play ... quarterfmalist in the Canadian Amateur. 1994-95: Redshirt 1993-94 (FR): Competed in five varsity tournaments for the Maroon and Gold with his best outing in the Falcon Invitational where he finished 18th (72-76-78) ... posted low round of72 at that same tournament ... finished with a 78.92 stroke average for 12 varsity rounds. High School: A graduate of Pointe Claire (Quebec, Canada) High School. .. Canadian National Junior Team member who traveled to Japan for the World Junior Championships ... two-time Quebec Junior and Juvenile Champion ... Quebec Junior Player of the Year in 1991 and 1993 ... placed second at the A.J.G.A. Cape Cod Junior and sixth at the Bluegrass Junior Toumaments ... numerous top 20 finishes in U.S. Junior National events ... placed fifth in the Quebec Provincial Amateur .. .lettered in soccer, hockey, and rugby as a prep. Personal: Pre-business major with a minor in French ... grandson of former PGA touring professional and two-time C.P.G.A. champion Bill Kerr .. .lists his career-low score as a 67 ... son of Robert and Gitta Kerr ... bom 1011174.

CAREER STATISTICS Year Rnds Strks Avg Low Round 93-94 12 947 78.9 72 (Falcon Invitational) 96-96 27 2,062 76.4 70 (Border Olympics) Totals 39 3,009 77.2 70 (Border Olympics) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GOLF TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AND STROKE AVERAGES (1995-96 season)

DATE TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 298/289/299 886/3rd out of 12 Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 300/296/301 897/ 1st out of 21 Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 314/306/308 928/11th of 12 Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 3111295/306 912/4th out of 15 Rounds (fall): 12 Strokes: 3,623 Average: 301.9

Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 303/312/308 923/13th out of 15 Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 287/296/290 873/2nd out of 15 Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 286/298/299 883/1st out of 18 Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 299/293/293 885/3rd out of 15 Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 306/312/292 910/8th out of 18 April12-13 Legends of Indiana 301/303/311 915/4th out of 18 April20-21 Kepler Invitational 309/310/306 925/3rd out of 18 May4-5 Spartan Invitational 298/290/295 883/1st out of 19 Rounds (total): 36 Strokes: 10,820 Average: 300.6

1. Aaron Barber TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 12n1n2 215/1st Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 75n2n6 223/tied for 9th Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 78n8n5 231/23rd Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 78n7n3 228/19th e Rounds (fall): 12 Strokes: 897 Average: 74.8 I Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 75/81n8 234/tied for 54th Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 66n6n3 215/tied for 3rd Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 71n8n5 224/tied for 23rd Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 78n2n6 226/tied for 30th Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 77/80n5 232/tied for 40th April12-13 Legends of Indiana 11n1n6 224/tied for 2nd April20-21 Kepler Invitational 78n5n6 229/tied for 1Oth May4-5 Spartan Invitational 75n2169 216/1st Rounds (total): 36 Strokes: 2,697 Average: 74.9

2. Matt Doyle TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH

Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 78n2n5 225/24th Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 75non3 218/tied for 1st Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 73n7/82 232/31st Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 11n1n8 226113th Rounds (total): 12 Strokes: 901 Average: 75.4

Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 11n2n9 228/tied for 36th Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 74t69n4 217 /tied for 6th Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 74n2n7 223/tied for 21st Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 80n5n4 229/tied for 50th Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 80n6n1 227 /tied for 19th April12-13 Legends of Indiana 75n3n7 225/fifth April20-21 Kepler Invitational 78n5n7 230/tied for 15th May4-5 Spartan Invitational 74n1/82 227 /tied for 27th Rounds (total): 36 Strokes: 2,708 Average: 75.2 3. Dan Arroyo TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit* 73n8n9 230/44th Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 76n2177 225nth *competed as an individual Rounds (total): 6 Strokes: 455 Average: 75.8

Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 77/81n1 229/tied for 43rd Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 72n7n2 221/tied for 15th Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 72n4n5 221/tied for 15th Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 70n8n5 223/tied for 18th Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 76/82/82 240/tied for 71 st April20-21 Kepler Invitational 78n7n7 232/tied for 19th May4-5 Spartan Invitational 77n7n5 229/tied for 38th Rounds (total):27 Strokes: 2,050 Average: 75.9

4. Mark Halverson TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 78n4n5 227/33rd Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 76n4n6 226/14th Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 80n4t83 237/45th Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 80n5n8 233/28th Rounds (fall): 12 Strokes: 923 Average: 76.9

Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 75n5n3 223/tied for 22nd Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 70n8n4 222/tied for 17th Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 76n4n7 227 /tied for 36th Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 77n7n2 226/tied for 16th April12-13 Legends of Indiana 80n7n6 233/tied for 28th April20-21 Kepler Invitational 75/85n6 236/tied for 40th May4-5 Spartan Invitational 77n2n7 226/tied for 21st Rounds (fall): 33 Strokes: 2,516 Average: 76.2

5. Rob Kerr TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit* 76n6n7 229/41st Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic 83n9n6 238/46th Rounds (total): 6 Strokes: 467 Average: 77.8

Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational 75n6n2 223/tied for 22nd Mar. 4-5 Central Florida Invitational 73n4n5 222/tied for 17th Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics 75n4no 219/tied for 7th Mar. 30-31 Dr. Pepper Invitational 76n9n4 229/tied for 26th April12-13 Legends of Indiana 75n6t82 233/tied for 28th April20-21 Kepler Invitational 86/83n9 248/tied for 78th May4-5 Spartan Invitational 72n5n4 221/5th Rounds (total): 27 Strokes: 2,062 Average: 76.4

6. Andy Komor TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit* 76n4n3 223/15th Oct. 17-18 Adams Cup of Newport 82/81n8 241144th Rounds (fall): 6 · Strokes: 464 Average: 77.3 '

7. Adam Dooley TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit 72n2n7 221/10th Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 82/sons 240/90th Oct. 9-10 Windom Memorial Classic B6n7ns 238/46th Rounds (fall): 9 Strokes: 699 Average: 77.7

Bill Thompson TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH

Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit* 74nsn4 223115th Sept. 22-24 Wolverine Invitational 74/son6 230/tied for 37th *competed as an individual Rounds (fall): 6 Strokes: 453 Average: 75.5

Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic 74/82/84 240/tied for 66th Mar. 23-24 Border Olympics son3n4 227 /tied for 36th April12-13 Legends of Indiana 84n8/84 246/tied for 77th Rounds (total): 15 Strokes: 1,166 Average: 77.7

9. Ryan Woytassek TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Feb. 16-18 Puerto Rico Golf Classic s3ns1so 241/tied for 69th Feb. 23-25 South Florida Invitational* 791s1ns 235/tied for 80th Rounds (total): 6 Strokes: 476 Average: 79.3

10. Mike Baldwin TOURNAMENT SCORES FINAL/FINISH Sept. 17-18 ReliaStar Collegiate Invit* 78/80/83 241162nd Rounds (total): 3 Strokes: 241 Average: 80.3 * competed as an individual ------

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HASKINS AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE

The University of Minnesota announced today that Head Coach Clem Haskins has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by Simmons Bible College in Louisville, Ky. The degree will be awarded on May 20, at 8 p.m. at the Fifth Street Baptist Church located at 1901 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Ky. Haskins is a longtime supporter of Simmons Bible College and other missionary programs in the state of Kentucky.

"It is a great honor to have this degree awarded to me," said Haskins. "Simmons Bible College is a fine academic institution that has been graduating outstanding people for years who are doing many good works around the world. To be regarded this highly by the institution gives me a tremendous feeling."

Haskins holds Bachelor of Arts ('67) and Master of Arts ('71) degrees from Western Kentucky University. ------

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DOYLE NAMED BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR FOR MEN'S GOLF

The University of Minnesota announced today that freshman Matt Doyle of Simsbury, Conn., was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year yesterday at the Big Ten Championships in University Park, Pa. Doyle, an All-Big Ten selection who finished seventh in the All Big Ten point standings, has been the number two player all season for the 24th-ranked Golden Gophers. He has played in every tournament and has a stroke average of 75.3 for 40 rounds of play. He is the only freshman in the Big Ten to win a tournament (Wolverine Invitational), and has been in the top 10 in the points standings all season. Doyle has finished in the top 30 in 10 of 13 tournaments with three top 10 finishes. This week Doyle and the Golden Gophers will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich., on the same course where he won the Wolverine Invitational last fall.

Note to Media: The Golden Gopher men's golf team will be available for interviews tomorrow at the Les Bolstad Golf Learning Center. The team leaves for Ann Arbor, Mich., tomorrow evening. Call golf contact Bill Crumley at the Men's Media Relations Office for details (625-4090).

Big Ten A wards

All Big Ten Team: Jon Loosemore, NU; Scott Rowe, NU; Matt Seppanen, NU; Didier DeVooght, OSU; Chris Wollman, OSU; Laine Brantner, Iowa; Aaron Barber, Minn.; Matt Doyle, Minn.; Randy Leen, IU; Dirk Ayers, PSU; Mark Scheibach, UW.

Freshman of the Year: Matt Doyle, Minn.

Player of the Year: Randy Leen, IU

Coach of the Year: Jim Brown, OSU

Les Bolstad Award (low stroke average): Chris Wollman, OSU UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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For Immediate Release: May 14, 1996 GOPHER HOTLINE THIS WEEK ..• The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter views with players and coaches. It is available to THURSDAY, MAY 16 the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- Golf at NCAA Region IV Championships University of Michigan Golf Course 7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality and is (6,687, par 71) changed by noon each day. This service is for Ann Arbor. Mich. media use only. The schedule for this week is as All Day follows: FRIDAY, MAY 17 Golf at NCAA Region IV Championships WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 UM Golf Course (6,687; par 71) Ann Arbor, Mich. Head Golf Coach Jolm Meaas All Day

THURSDAY, MAY 9 Track A Field at Bia Ten Championships/Day 1 Decathlon Head Track & Field Coach Pbil LUDdin Nittany Lion Track University Park. Pa. FRIDAY, MAY 10 Multi-events begin at 9:30 a.m. Open events begin at 1:20 p.m. Head Tennis Coach Dave Geatz SATURDAY, MAY 18 Golf at NCAA Region IV Championships UM Golf Course (6.687. par 71) GOPHERS ONLINE Ann Arbor, Mich. The University of Minnesota Men's Athletic All Day Depanment is now on the Internet. The World Wide Web site contains press releases. statistics, rosters, Teaail at NCAA Championships vs. Mississippi schedules and much more information. The Web pages Henry Feild Stadium can be accessed at: Athens, Ga., 10 a.m. http://www.umn.edu/mical Track & Flelcl at Bia Ten Championships Information on every Big Ten school and the con Nittany Lion Track ference is also available via computer internet. The Big University Park. Pa. Ten's home page on ESPNET SportsZone will be Multi-events begin at I :30 p.m. available at the following address: http://espnet.sportszone.com. SUNDAY, MAY 19 Track A Field at Bia Ten Championships Nittany Lion Track University Park. Pa. Open events begin atli:40 a.m.

TemUI at NCAA Championships MinDaoca/Missiuippi winnner vs. LSUtrCU winner Henry Feild Stadium Athens, Ga., II a.m. Purdue, Northwestern and Ohio State met for the Big Ten's post season title in Columbus, Ohio. Banquet Set For June 2: The Golden Gophers will hold e its annual awards banquet on June 4 at the Sheraton Metrodome Hotel in Minneapolis. Dick Jonckowski, the PA voice of Golden Gopher baseball, will be the master of ceremonies. The banquet is open to the public and the cost is $25 per person or two for $45. A social hour will begin at 4 p.m. with dinner set for 5 p.m. For more information please call625-1060. Golden Gophers End Season With Victory: The Strength of Schedule: Minnesota has traditionally played Golden Gopher baseball team beat conference rival Iowa 3-2 one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the Big Ten. Monday in Minneapolis to end the 1996 season. Minnesota won This year the Maroon and Gold played eight games against the last three games of the series but fell short of malcing the Big teams ranked in various polls this season. The Golden Gophers Ten's post season tournament for only the second time in the fell to Collegiate Baseball's 21st-ranked team, New Orleans, by last eight seasons, and for only the second time under Head one run (7-6) and to its 28th-ranked team, Tulane, (6-5, 11-8). Coach John Anderson (15 seasons). The last time Minnesota The Maroon and Gold opened the season at Baseball America's finished the season off with a win was in 1989, which was the No. 15 Florida State, and hosted No. 5 Tennessee and No. 23 last time the Golden Gophers failed to qualify for the Big Ten North Carolina State in the 1996 Hormel Classic. post season tournament. Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: One phone call from a fax Last Week: The Golden Gophers were 5-1 during the week machine handset allows instant access to Golden Gopher base with a pair of non-conference wins over St. Cloud State (19-6) ball up-to-date information (cumulative team and individual sta and St. Olaf (15-4). The Maroon and Gold then closed out the tistics, box scores from most recent games, honors candidates season at home and won three of four from the Iowa Hawkeyes and numericaUalphabetical rosters). The information can be (5-6, 5-1, 9-6, 3-2). Minnesota ends the 1996 season 30-26 over accessed by calling (770) 399-3066 and entering the Big Ten all and 15-12 in the Big Ten. passcode, 2821. This is for media use only. The University of Minnesota baseball "cell" numbers are listed below: A Winning Season: With this season's 30-26 overall record, 222~ Cumulative Team and Individual Statistics • the Golden Gophers secured its 34th straight winning season. 22271 Box Scores From Most Recent Series The last team to have a losing mark was in 1962 when Dick 22281 Honors Candidates Siebert's squad went 14-16. Anderson posted his 14th 30-win 22291 NumericaU Alphabetical Rosters season in 15 years at the helm. The only time an Anderson coached squad has failed to win 30 games was in 1983 when the MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS Maroon and Gold finished 27-21. Feb. 16 @ Florida State L9-7 Strong Finish: After a non-conference loss to the Iowa State Feb. 17 @Florida State L 23-11 Cyclones at the end of April (4/24), Minnesota posted a 12-4 Feb. 18 @ Florida State L 8-2 record including a 10-3 conference mark. After the loss to the Feb.23 @Arizona w 12-11 (10) Cyclones, the Golden Gophers were four games under .500 ( 18- Feb.24 @Arizona W7-5 22) and 6-9 in the conference. The Maroon and Gold went on to Feb.2S @Arizona L4-2 win its next three conference series and finish in fifth place in Mar. 1-3 Hormel Foods Classic the conference race winning five of its last six league games. vs. Connecticut L 8-6 vs. Tennessee L 8-4 Senior Day: Four seniors were honored during the final regu vs. N.C. State L 10-6 lar season series at Siebert Field with a brief on-field presesenta Mar.6 IOWA STATE w 15-2 tion before Saturday's doubleheader against Iowa. The four Mar. 8 WESTERN MICHIGAN w 5-3 seniors are Mike Mahady (Minnetonka, Minn.), Brad Kearin Mar.9 WESTERN MICHIGAN W4-3 (Minnetonka, Minn.), Rob Smith (Menomonie, Wis.) and Joe Mar. 10 WESTERN MICHIGAN W7-0 Westfall (Marathoa, Wis.). Smith went out in style with six Mar. 19 @Tulane L 6-5 hits in six at-bats, three home runs, two singles, a double, seven Mar. 20 @Tulane L 11-8 RBI and four runs scored in the two games. Mar. 21 @ New Orleans L 7-6 Mar. 22 @ S.E. Louisiana L 6-2 New Look Tournament: Penn State, Indiana, lllinois and Mar. 23 @ S.E. Louisiana w 19-17 Michigan have qualified for the post season tournament which Mar. 24 @ S.E. Louisiana W9-6 e will be held at the site of conference champion Penn St. This is Mar. 29 @Purdue W9-4 a whole new tournament field from last season when Minnesota, Mar. 30 @Purdue (2) L 8-2, W 6-1 Mar. 31 @Purdue Cancelled/Rain Apr. 3 ST. THOMAS 2:30p.m. Apr. 6 @ Michigan (2) L 7-3. L 6-2 Apr. 7 @ Michigan (2) L 4-2. W 4-0 Apr. 9 CREIGHTON L 5-4 (13) Apr. 13 PENN STATE (2) W 6-5, L 7-2 e Apr. 14 PENN STATE (2) L 5-3, L 3-1 Apr. 16 UW-Mll..WAUKEE (2) w 5-2. w 10-2 Apr. 17 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL w 12-1 Apr. 19 OHIO STATE W7-5 Apr. 20 OHIO STATE (2) L 4-1, L 10-6 Apr. 21 OHIO STATE W2-0 Apr. 24 @Iowa State L6-5 Golf Team Finishes Fourth At Big Ten Apr. 26 ll..LINOIS W6-5 Tournament; Heads To NCAA Tournament: The Apr. 27 ILLINOIS (2) W11-8,L14-1 Golden Gophers, behind senior Aaron Barber's (New London, Apr. 28 ILLINOIS W5-2 Minn.) fifth place finish at the Big Ten tournament, climbed Apr. 30 SOUTH DAKOTA 17-6 w from sixth to fourth during the final round of play at Penn State. May 1 MANKATO STATE L 16-11 Barber and freshman Matt Doyle (Simsbury, Conn.) were both May3 @ Northwestern WS-2 named all-Big Ten, marking the first time in school history that May4 @ Northwestern (2) L 4-0, W 12-7 Minnesota has had two players on the all-Big Ten team in the MayS @ Northwestern W3-2 same year. Minnesota will leave Tuesday for the NCAA Central May7 ST. CLOUD STATE 19-6 w Regional being held at the University of Michigan golf course in May9 ST. OLAF w 15-4 Ann Arbor, Mich. May 11 IOWA L 6-5 May 12 IOWA(2) W9-6 May 13 IOWA W3-2 Doyle Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Matt Doyle was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year at the awards 1996 Final Big Ten Baseball Standings ceremony at the Big Ten Tournament. Doyle was the only fresh men in the conference to win a tournament this season TEAM w L PCT GB (Wolverine Invitational) and finished seventh in the all-Big Ten Penn State 19 8 .704 team points standings . Indiana 18 8 .692 0.5 e Illinois 17 10 .630 2.0 This Week: The Golden Gophers will compete in the NCAA Michigan 17 11 .607 2.5 Central Regional on May 16-18 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The top 10 Minnesota 15 1l .556 4.0 teams and top two other individuals advance to the NCAA Ohio State 15 13 .536 4.5 Finals. The NCAA Championships are in Chattanooga. Tenn., Iowa 13 13 .500 s.o May 29-June 1. Northwestern 10 18 .357 9.5 Purdue 8 19 .296 11.0 Third in District: The fmal NCAA District Four rankings Michigan State 4 24 .143 15.5 were released last week and listed the Golden Gophers third Saturday, May 11 behind Ohio State and Northwestern. Miami of Ohio was fourth Michigan at Michigan State; Michigan 2-1. 4-1 followed by Indiana (5th) and Kent (6th). Those six teams Illinois at Northwestern; Illinois 4-1,4-3 advance to the NCAA Central Regional. Purdue at Indiana; Indiana 8-2, 7-2 Ohio State at Penn State (2); Ppd rain, rescheduled for Mon., May The Gopher golf team shot a final-day 308 Iowa at Minnesota; Iowa 6-S Big Ten Recap: to climb into a tie for fourth (1195) at the Big Ten Sunday, May 1l Championships in University Park, Pa., last weekend. Ohio Michigan State at Michigan; Michigan 10-3, 13-10 State won its second consecutive Big Ten title with a team score Illinois at Northwestern; Olinois 9-2. Northwestern 4-1 of 1173. The Golden Gophers were led by Barber, who finished Purdue at Indiana; Indiana 2-1 (8), S-1 in a tie for fifth place with a score 293. Jon Loosemore of Ohio State at Penn State; Penn State 8-4, 8-4 Indiana won the tournament with score of 288. Sophomore Rob Iowa at Minnesota; Minnesota S-1, 9-6 Kerr (Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada) and junior Mark Monday, May 13 Halvenon (FIIl'IO. N.D.) were next for Minnesota at 303, good Ohio State at Penn State; Ohio State 9-S. Penn St. 8-7 Iowa at Minnesota; Minnesota 3-2 for 21st. Doyle finished 28th with a score of 305. Freshman Dan Arroyo (Walnut Creek, CaHf.) was tied for 41st with a BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS score of 309. at Penn St. e Thursday, May 16 Noon: Illinois vs. Indiana 3:30p.m.: Michigan vs. Penn St. ------

Big Ten Tournament 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis May 10-12, University Park, PL Championship Team Scores: l. OSU, 283-286-300-304-1173; 2. Wisconsin, (All times are Central) 297-294-292-304-1187; 3. Indiana, 295-292-287-320-1194; First Round-Saturday, May 18, 1996 4. Minnesota, 296-295·196-308-1195, Michigan . 290-295- #1 UCLA (24-0) vs. New Mexico ( 17-7), 7 a.m. Fresno State (22-4) vs. Pepperdine (19-6), 7 a.m. 297-313-1195; 6. Penn State, 296-297-290-31S-1198; 7. TCU (21-2) vs. LSU (21-4), 10 a.m. Northwestern, 298-300-297-309-1204; 8. Purdue, 298-302-296- Minnesota ( 14-11) vs. #3 Mississippi (20-2), 10 a.m. 312-1208; 9. Michigan State, 294-297-305-320-1216; 10. #4 Mississippi State ( 19-5) vs. Harvard ( 16-8), 1 p.m. Illinois, 296-303-298-326-1223; 11. Iowa, 304-312-299-316- Kansas (23-5) vs. Georgia (20-3), 1 p.m. 1231. USC (17-6) vs. Duke (20-5). 4 p.m. Texas (19-6) vs. #2 Stanford (19-4), 4 p.m. Individual Scores: 1. Jon Loosemore, NU, 71-67-74-76-288; 2. Didier DeVooght, OSU, 69-72-73-76-290, Chris Wollman, Quartelfinals·Saturday, May 19. 1996 (11 a.m. and 3 p.m.) OSU, 69-69-77-75-290; 4. Dirk Ayers, IU, 72-72-68-79-2915; Semifinals-Monday, May 20, 1996 (9 a.m. and 1 p.m.) Finals-Tuesday, May 21. 1996 (3 p.m.) 5. Don Padgett, IU, 73-72-69-79-293, AaroD Barber, UM, 72-70-75-76-2.93; 7. Ryan Helminen, UW, 71-75-72-77-295; 8. Randy Leen, IU, 69-73-75-79-297; 9. Mike Banzhoff, PSU, Golden Gophers Win Regionals, Advance to 76-69-73-79-297, Brent Idalski, Mich., 71-74-74-78-297, NCAA Championships: The University of Minnesota Adam Decker, PSU, 75-75-72-75-297; Other Gophers: 21st men's tennis team advanced to the 16-team NCAA Men's Rob Kerr, 76-74-73-80-303, Mark Halverson, 73-78-78-74- Tennis Championships Sunday afternoon with a 4-3 win over 303; 28th Matt Doyle 75-79-73-78-305; 41st Dan Arroyo, 78- the Northwestern Wildcats in the NCAA Region IV Finals at the 73-75-83-309. Courtney Tennis Center in South Bend, Ind.

The Golden Gophers won the match in dramatic fashion, bat tling back from a 3-1 deficit to capture the victory. No. 1 singles player Lars Hjammd (Oslo, Norway) staved off a champi onship match point in the second set of his match with the team score tied at 3-3. Hjarrand battled back to win the second-set tiebreaker and clinch the title for Minnesota with a 6-4, third-set victory. Doubles tandems of Ben Gabler (Chambersburg, PL)IAdam Selkirk (St. Joseph, Md.) and Tom Chicoine (Nina, Golden Gophers to Play Mississippi in NCAA Wls.)IMartiD Kristotrersen (Portsgrund, Norway) won by identical scores of 8-6, wrapping up the doubles point for the Championships: The University of Minnesota men's tennis Golden Gophers. Minnesota is 12-3 this season when winning team will face third-seeded Mississippi (20-2) on Saturday the doubles point. morning at 10 a.m. (COT) at Henry Feild Stadium in Athens, Ga., in a first-round matchup. The Golden Gophers received an "We were awfully lucky to win today and all weekend," said automatic bid to the tournament by winning the Region IV Golden Gopher Head Coach David Geatz. '"These three matches Tournament last weekend in South Bend, Ind. (Notre Dame, Michigan, and Northwestern) were like three dou ble overtimes in a row. We could have done much better in the The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Big Ten Tournament. but we had people hurt. This weekend we hosted by the University of Georgia, are played at two sites all came together. We got as fortunate as you can get." (Henry Feild Stadium and McWhorter Courts) and are single elimination in format. Minnesota ( 14-11) has won nine of their last 10 matches and are 11-2 in their last 13 matches overall. Northwestern, who tied The Golden Gophers (14-11) were the lowest seed (416) in last with the Golden Gophers for third in the Big Ten, finished its weekend's regional field, but pulled off three upsets to advance season at 20-7. The lower-seeded team won every match of this to the team's firSt NCAA Championship since 1989. Since the year's NCAA Region IV Tournament. NCAA went to the present dual meet format in 1977, the Golden Gophers have been in three NCAA Championships Hjarrand To Play in Singles Draw: Hjarrand, who is ( 1977, 1986, 1989), but have failed to make it past the firSt currently ranked W29 in the nation in singles, will advance to the round in any of the previous appeamaces. singles portion of the NCAA Championships. That playdown will be held from May 22-26, also in Athens, Ga. The singles Minnesota (14-11) has won nine of their last 10 matches and are and doubles draws will be announced later this week. ll-2 in their last 13 matches overall. Should the Golden Gophers win their first-round match, they will play the winner NCAA REGION IV MEN'S TENNIS of the TCU (21-2) vs. LSU (21·4) match on Sunday at 11 a.m. QUARTERFINAL MATCH, Friday, May 10 (CST) at McWhorter Courts. MINNESOTA 4, NOTRE DAME 3 Singles: Mike Sprouse (NO) def. Lars Hjarrand (MN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Jalrub Pietrowski (NO) def. Ben Gabler (MN) 7-6 (2). 6-4 Erik Donley (MN) def. Ryan Simme (NO) 6-l, 6-4 Tom Chicoine (MN) def. Brian Patterson (NO) 6-4, 7-5 John I. O'Brien (NO) def. Adam Selkirk (MN) 6-4, 7-5 Manin Kristoffersen (MN) def. Jason Pun (NO) 3-6,6-3, 7-6 (4) Doubles: Hjarrand/Donley (MN) def. Pun/Sprouse (NO) 9-8 (2) B. Gabler/Selkirk (MN) def. Patterson/Pietrowski (NO) 8-6 O'Brien/Simme (NO) def. Kristoffersen/Chicoine (MN) 8-6 Gophers Prepare for Big Ten Championships: The SEMIFINAL MATCH, Saturday, May 11 MINNESOTA 4, MICHIGAN 2 Gopher track and field team travels to University Park, Pa .• this Singles: weekend to compete in the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Lars Hjarrand (MN) def. Peter Pusztai (MICH) 6-4, l-6, 6-2 Championships. Decathlon competition begins on Fri., May 17, Ben Gabler (MN) def. John Contanzo (MICH) 6-4, 6-4 while competition in open events will commence on Sat., May Arvid Swan (MICH) def. Erik Donley (MN) 7-5. 6-2 18. The meet concludes with the 4x400m relay, scheduled for David Paradzik (MICH) leading Tom Chicoine (MN) 6-4,4-6, 6-5; susp. 3:45p.m., Sun., May 19. Adam Selkirk (MN) def. Geoff Prentice (MICH) 3-6,7-6 (8), 6-3 William Farah (MICH) def. Martin Kristoffersen (MN) 6-3, 6-0 Going into the Big Ten Championships, Minnesota has several Doubles:. athletes ranked in the top-three in their respective events, Hjarrand/Donley (MN) leading Pusztai/Costanzo (MICH) 5-3; susp. B. Gabler/Selkirk (MN) def. Prentice/Swan (MICH) 8-6 including two athletes who lead the conference. Junior Jason Kristoffersen/Chicoine (MN) def. Jake Raiton/Farah (MICH) 8-1 Schlueter (New London, Wis.) and freshman Vesa Rantanen (Virrat, Finland) are the conference leaders in the discus and CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, Sunday, May 12 pole vault, respectively. MINNESOTA 4, NORTHWESTERN 3 Singles: Schlueter's season-best mark of 198-3 is a school record. ranks Lars Hjarrand (MN) def. Alex Witt (NW) 3-6,7-6 (4), 6-4 fourth on the Big Ten's all-time list and places him nearly 11 Marc Silva (NW) def. Ben Gabler (MN) 6-3, 6-4 feet ahead of Penn State's Brian Milne (187-4). Rantanen's 17-8 Erik Donley (MN) def. Wyeth Goodenough (NW) 6-4,5-7, 6-3 3/4 vault at the Drake Relays ranks him at the top of the Big Ry Tarpley (NW) def. Tom Chicoine (MN) 6-3, 6-3 Ten, while three Gophers are in the top-five. Junior Seth Adam Selkirk (MN) def. Richard Preschem (NW) 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 Mischke (Worland, Wyo.) currently ranks third, while fresh Doug Bohaboy (NW) def. Manin Kristoffersen (MN) 6-0, 6-3 man Ben Jensen (Maudal, Norway) is fifth. Doubles: Hjarrand/Donley (MN) leading Witt/Rafael Rizo-Patron (NW) 7-4, susp. B. Gabler/Selkirk (MN) clef. Tarpley/Goodenough (NW) 8-6 Jensen Takes Hurdles, Pole Vault Titles: Jensen cap Kristoffersen/Cbicoine (MN) def. Silva/Bohaboy (NW) 8-6 tured two event titles on Saturday at the Minnesota Last Chance meet at Bierman Track. Jensen posted a personal-best 110 meter high hurdles time of 14.16 and a pole vault of 16-2 3/4 on the way to placing first in both events.

Other Gophers to win event titles included Aaron Wbeatcraft (Apple VaUey, Minn.) with a time of 53.53 in the 400mH, Adrian EUII (Racine, Wis.) with a 51-0 3/4 triple jump and Schlueter with a discus throw of 193-10. Sophomore Chad Yencbesky (DePere, Wis.) threw a personal-best shot put mark of 58-0 1/2 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships in that event. Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Gale Results for Minnesota (Final 1996) (All ga1es) Gaae date Opposing teu Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Tiae ------·------!------~------Feb 16, 1996 at Florida State 7-9 L 7 12 3/ 9 11 2 9 0- 1- 0 o- o- o Dobis iL 0-16 992 2:35 Feb 17, 1996 at Florida State 11-23 L 11 13 4/23 26 4 9 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Westfa 1 (L -1) 1864 3:30 e Feb 18, 1996 at Florida State 2-8 L 2 5 0/ 8 8 0 9 0- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Kearin (L 0-16 2544 2:50 Feb 23, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 12-11 12 17 5/11 12 2 (10) 1- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Diebolt {W 1- ~ 733 3:40 Feb 24, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats w 7-5 7 12 1/ 5 12 2 9 2- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Pederson fW 1- ) 780 3:01 Feb 25, 1996 at Arizona Wildcats 2-4 L 2 9 1/ 4 11 1 9 2- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Freetan ( 0-1} 975 2:40 Mar 01, 1996 Connecticut Huskies 6-8 L 6 11 0/ 8 16 1 9 2- 5- 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L 0-21 1448 3:03 Mar 02, 1996 Tennessee Volunteers 4·8 L 4 12 1/ 8 14 0 9 2· 6· 0 0· 0- 0 Pederson tL ·1) 3147 3:16 Mar 03, 1996 Korth Carolina St. 6·10 L 6 3 4/10 14 0 9 2· 7- 0 0· 0· 0 Diebolt ( 1-1) 1446 3:07 Mar 06, 1996 Iowa State Cyclones w 15-2 15 17 0/ 2 10 2 9 3· 1· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (V 1-2~ 564 2:52 Mar 08, 1996 Western Mich1gan w 5·3 5 10 1/ 3 9 0 9 4- 1· 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson ~w ·1) 183 2:17 Mar 09, 1996 Western Michigan w 4·3 4 6 2/ 3 9 2 9 5· 7· 0 0· 0· 0 Diebolt ( 2·1) 262 2:14 Mar 10, 1996 Western Michiian w 7-0 7 7 1/ 0 2 4 9 6· 7- 0 0- 0· 0 PautJ (W 1-0~ 267 2:18 Mar 19, 1996 at Tulane Green ave 5-6 L 5 11 2/. 6 10 2 9 6· 8· 0 0· 0· 0 Pederson fL -2) 171 2:50 Mar 20, 1996 at Tulane Green Wave 8·11 L 8 13 3/11 11 3 9 6- 9· 0 0· 0· 0 Dobis (L -3~ 152 3:06 Mar 21, 1996 at Mew Orleans 6·7 L 6 10 0/ 7 8 2 9 6·10· 0 0· 0- 0 Kearin 1L 0· ) 200 2:40 Mar 22, 1996 at Southeastern La. 2-6 L 2 10 0/ 6 6 1 9 6·11· 0 0- 0- 0 Vestfal lL 0·2) 305 2:45 Mar 23, 1996 at Southeastern La. v 19·17 19 22 3/17 18 2 9 7-11· 0 0- 0· 0 Zrust lv ·0) 416 3:47 Mar 24, 1996 at Southeastern La. w 9·6 9 9 1/ 6 9 2 9 8·11· 0 0- 0· 0 Diebol (V 3-1~ 231 2:46 *Mar 29, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akers v 9·4 9 11 2/ 4 5 3 7 9·11· 0 1· 0- 0 Pederson tw 3- ) 119 2:16 *Mar 30, 1996·at Purdue Boiler1akers 2·8 L 2 3 1/ 8 10 2 7 9-12· 0 1· 1- 0 Diebolt ( 3-2) 177 2:02 *Mar 30, 1996 at Purdue Boiler1akers v 6·1 6 10 1/ 1 5 1 1 10·12· 0 2· 1- 0 Dobis (V 2·3l 0 1:50 Apr 03, 1996 St. Tho1as follies v 10-9 10 16 1/. 9 12 3 9 11-12- 0 2- 1· 0 Kearin (V 1· I 314 3:03 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 3-7 L 3 3 1/ 7 8 1 7 11-13· 0 2· 2· 0 Pederson fL 3·3) 1000 1:46 *Apr 06, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2·6 L 2 8 1/. 6 1 1 1 11·14· 0 2- 3- 0 Diebolt ( 3-31 0 1:38 *Apr 07, 1996 at Michigan Wolverines 2-4 L 2 6 0/ 4 5 0 7 11·15- 0 2- 4- 0 Vest fall (L 0- I 300 1:40 *lpr 07, 1996 at !ichi~an Wolverines v 4·0 4 7 0/ 0 7 2 7 12·15- 0 3- 4· 0 0 1:46 Apr 09, 1996 Creig ton Bluejays 4·5 L 4 14 2/ 5 10 0 (13) 12·16· 0 3- 4- 0 lmiaVerner !'L 2-ll0·1 80 3:U *Apr 13, 1996 Penn State w 6-5 6 6 3/ 5 4 1 7 13-16- 0 4- 4· 0 learin V3-2 0 2:09 *lpr 13, 1996 Penn State 2-7 L 2 5 2/ 7 13 0 7 13·17- 0 4- 5· 0 Diebolt (L 3· 1 214 2:07 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 3·5 L 3 7 oz 5 9 1 7 13·18- 0 4- 6- 0 Westfall fL 0· ) 0 1:50 *Apr 14, 1996 Penn State 1·3 L 1 11 1/ 3 7 0 7 13-19· 0 4- 7- 0 Pellin1 ( 0-lJ 201 2:05 Apr 16, 1996 UV-!ilwaukee v 5-2 5 9 1/ 2 6 2 7 14-19· 0 4- 7- 0 Dobis V3-3~ 0 1:33 lpr 16, 1996 UV-!ilwaukee v 10-2 10 12 2/ 2 4 1 7 15-19· 0 4- 7- 0 Delitt (V 1· l 127 1:53 Apr 17, 1996 Concordia College v 12·1 12 11 2/ 1 7 3 9 16-19- 0 4- 7· 0 Preuan (V 1- ! 79 2:43 *Apr 19, 1996 Ohio State ' 7-5 7 9 oz 5 7 0 7 17·19· 0 5- 7- 0 Pederson (V 4· I 344 1:50 *Apr 20, 1996 Obio State 1·4 L 1 4 1/ 4 10 . 2 7 17-20- 0 5- 8- 0 Kearin (L 3·31 235 2:13 e *Apr 20, 1996 Ohio State 6-10 L 6 8 0/.10 13 1 7 17·21· 0 5· 9- 0 Freuaa (L 1- ~ 0 2:00 *Apr 21, 1996 Ohio State ' 2·0 2 9 0/ 0 2 0 7 18-21- 0 6- 9· 0 Pederson (V 5· ) 335 1:35 lpr 24, 1996 at Iowa State Cyclones 5·6 L 5 12 3/ 6 11 0 g 18-22- 0 6- 9- 0 Ierner (L 0-21 107 2:35 *Apr 26, 1996 Illinois Ill11i v 6-5 6 8 3/ 5 7 1 7 19-22· 0 7- 9- 0 Diebolt (I 4· 1 309 2:09 *Apr 27, 1996 Illinois Illini v 11-8 11 18 2/ 8 13 0 7 20·22- 0 8- g. 0 Pederson f1 6- I 0 2:20 *Apr 27, 1996 Illinois Illini 1-14 L 1 5 1/.14 16 0 7 20-23- 0 8-10- 0 Felling ( 0-2! 786 2:05 *lpr 28, 1996 Illinois lllini v 5·2 5 9 2/ 2 5 0 7 21-23· 0 9·10· 0 Pedersoa ~~ 7· ) 709 2:04 Apr 30, 1996 U. of South Dakota v 17·6 17 19 1/ 6 9 3 g 22·23· 0 9-10· 0 Zrust (I -01 196 2:35 May 01, 1996 Mankato State 11-16 L 11 15 1/16 18 2 g 22·24- 0 9-10- 0 Verner lL 0· ) 395 3:10 *May 03, 1996 at Northwestern v 8-2 8 8 2/ 2 5 1 7 23-24· 0 10-10- 0 145 1:45 *May 04, 1996 at Northwestern 0-4 L 0 7 1/ 4 6 2 7 23-25· 0 10·11· 0 VestfalPederson 1'L 1·4j7-4 321 1:37 *May 04, 1996 at Northwestern v 12·7 12 16 2/ 7 9 2 7 24·25- 0 11·11· 0 Diebolt ~ 5-41 321 2:08 *May 05, 1996 at Northwestern v 3-2 3 3 0/ 2 10 1 7 25·25· 0 12·11- 0 Delitt ~ 2·0) 246 2:03 May 07, 1996 St. Cloud State v 19-6 19 18 1/ 6 11 3 9 26-25- 0 12-11- 0 Zrust 1 3-0~ 454 2:52 May 09, 1996 St. Olaf I 15·4 15 10 1/ 4 11 4 9 27-25· 0 12-11- 0 Vestfa 1 ~v ·4J 201 2:36 *May 11, 1996 Iowa 5·6 L 5 8 2/ 6 7 0 7 27-26· 0 12-12· 0 Westfall L 2·5 821 2:08 *May 12, 1996 Iowa v 5-1 5 8 2/ 1 6 0 7 28-26· 0 13-12- 0 Felling l 1·2J 0 1:50 *May 12, 1996 Iowa ' 9-6 9 12 1/ 6 10 2 7 29-26- 0 14·12- 0 Freuan V2-2 1179 1:53 *May 13, 1996 Iowa ' 3-2 3 6 0/ 2 6 0 7 30·26· 0 15·12- 0 Zrust (V 4-0) 663 1:U *Conference gaJe t!ournaaent gue ) eztra inn1ng ga1e Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (Final 1996) (All qa1es Sorted by Batting avg) ~Record: 30-26-0 Bole 20-12-0 Away: 10·14·0 Player AVG GP·GS AI R B 28 38 BR RBI TB SLG\ BB BBP SO GDP on SF 51 SB·SBl PO A E FLD\ 40 Rob SJith ....•••. .368 43-43 152 37 56 6 0 8 44 86 .566 11 3 19 3 .419 1 1 7-8 7 21 Bryan Guse ..•.••• 81 40 .945 .367 50·48 169 38 62 16 1 4 39 92 .544 22 5 15 4 .452 1 1 5-6 319 32 3 .992 43 Phil McDerJott •.• .342 49·48 152 29 52 17 2 3 28 82 .539 26 8 33 5 .457 2 0 0-3 43 23 Bob Keeney ••..••. 2 0 1. 000 .333 40·40 147 42 49 7 1 1 19 61 .us 22 2 15 1 .424 1 0 9·9 66 1 1 .985 9 Robb Quinlan ...... 326 53-51 193 32 63 9 6 2 34 90 .466 5 1 22 1 .343 2 4 7-9 39 58 10 .907 10 Ste•e Buls •••.••• .325 56-55 212 55 69 12 2 9 40 112 .528 22 1 31 0 .390 1 3 7-13 71 154 12 .949 16 Craiq Selander ..• .313 45-36 115 15 36 8 1 1 24 49 .426 4 1 13 2 .342 0 8 1-1 33 2 2 .946 15 Troy Stein ••.••.• .286 51-39 140 27 40 5 1 1 21 50 .357 13 7 23 1 .375 0 1 5-9 67 2 2 .972 13 Ada• Borton •.•.•• .276 50-44 127 19 35 4 0 1 17 42 .331 13 0 23 3 .343 0 3 2-4 309 23 9 .974 22 Eric Welter ••.•.• .260 56-56 200 37 52 10 0 4 40 74 .370 18 4 29 2 .333 0 1 5-8 91 140 12 .951 4 Mike Mahady ....•. .194 33-15 62 9 12 1 0 0 5 13 .210 9 0 11 2 .296 0 1 4-5 24 3 1 .964 --- Others --- 49 Ben Griffin •••..• .385 20-8 39 12 15 2 0 0 5 17 .436 9 1 6 2 .500 1 1 0-0 35 2 0 1. 000 30 Mark Groebner .... .259 17-8 27 6 7 2 0 1 6 12 .444 7 0 7 0 .412 0 0 0-0 6 1 0 1.000 44 Casey Hankinson •• .222 7-1 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222 3 0 2 0 .417 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 3 Matt Sko•ran ••.•• .211 15-4 19 3 4 1 0 0 0 5 .263 1 0 2 0 .250 0 0 0-0 41 4 0 1. 000 17 Ryan Beers •.•.••. .176 16-8 34 5 6 1 0 2 7 13 .382 2 0 12 2 .222 0 0 0-0 44 5 0 1.000 36 Brad learin •....• .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 4 10 1 .933 Totals •••••••.•••••• .311 56-56 1798 369 560 101 u 37 329 800 .445 187 33 263 28 .385 9 24 52-75 1312 562 78 .960 Opponents •..••..•... .297 56-56 1774 332 527 125 H so 289 830 .468 186 41 384 29 .375 9 37 61-83 1297 570 77 .960

~OB- Teal (387), Opp (404). DPs turned· Teal (38), Opp (35). CI ·Teal (1), Gaae 1, Opp (2). 188 ·Teal (4), Gase 1, Welter 1, SJith 1, lorton 1, Opp (11). Picked off- Keeney 2, Stein 2, Quinlan 1, Borton 1, Buls 1.

(111 gaaea Sorted by Earned run afg)

Player ERA V-L lPP GS CG SBO/CBO SY IP I R ER 88 so 28 38 BR 8F B/AYg VP B8P Bl SFl Sll

42 Brad Pauts ••••••. 0.00 1-0 4 1 0 0/l 0 10.1 s 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 ~9 .143 2 1 0 0 2 36 Brad Kearin •.•••• 3.58 3-3 19 5 1 1/0 4 37.2 43 23 15 20 25 10 0 4 174 .285 10 0 0 1 2 18 Bob DeWitt •.••••• 3.86 2-0 13 2 0 0/0 0 23.1 26 14 10 5 16 10 0 2 104 .286 1 3 0 2 3 28 Ted Zrust ..•...•. 3.96 4-0 20 0 0 0/0 0 36.1 46 22 16 7 37 15 0 2 164 .313 2 4 0 0 6 41 Justin Pederson •• 4.20 7-4 22 11 2 1/0 4 85.2 81 53 40 45 82 13 2 4 383 .249 9 11 2 0 1 39 Tony Felling .•••• 4.67 1·2 20 4 0 0/0 1 34.2 47 26 18 19 21 8 0 5 173 .329 4 4 0 3 4 34 Kelly Verner .•••• 5.06 0-3 9 s 0 0/0 0 16.0 22 16 9 11 15 2 0 1 84 .324 2 3 1 0 2 29 Jason Dobis .•.••. 6.17 3·3 10 9 0 0/0 0 42.1 57 36 29 13 24 11 1 6 201 .318 7 5 0 1 3 27 Mike Diebolt ..••• 6.42 S-4 27 7 0 0/0 2 54.2 69 51 39 22 63 12 5 7 261 .304 11 2 2 0 10 32 Joe Westfall ..••. 7.11 2-S 16 8 2 0/0 0 57.0 71 51 45 25 .60 22 2 9 267 .302 9 2 2 1 4 25 lai Free.an ••••.• 8.76 2-2 15 ~ 0 0/1 0 37.0 57 39 36 17 31 21 3 10 186 .350 4 5 0 1 0 --- Others --- 20 Mite Leather1an •• 0.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 .300 1 0 0 0

Totals •.•••....•.•.• 5.29 30-26 56 56 5 3/1 11 417.1 527 332 257 186 384 125 14 50 2048 .297 62 41 7 9 37 Opponents •••.•....•• 6.18 26-30 56 56 10 1/0 12 432.1 560 369 297 187 263 101 14 37 2053 .311 43 33 4 9 24

~ - Teal {16), Guse 12, Sko,ran 4, Opp (14). Pickoffs - Teal (10), Pederson 3, Sto•ran 1, Diebolt 1, Guse 1, Zrust 1, ree1an 1, Kearin 1, DeWitt 1, Opp (7). S8/S81 - Guae (53-68), PedersoD (15-20), Diebolt (15·19), Werner (7-8), Beers (6-8), Kearin (6-7), Dobis (4-6), Fellinq (5·6), Fre11an {4-S), Westfall (2·5), DeWitt (2-4), Zrust (1-3), Sko•ran (2-3). Minnesota Golden Gopher Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (Final 1996) (Conference qaaes only Sorted by Battinq avq)

I Record: 15-12-0 Role 9-7-0 Away: 6-5-0 e Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG\ BB HBP SO GDP OB\ SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLD\

21 Bryan Guse .••..•. .408 22-22 71 18 29 8 0 2 10 43 .606 1 0 9 1 .462 0 0 1-1 131 14 1 .993 23 Bob Keeney ••...... 362 19-19 58 18 21 4 1 1 8 30 .517 9 1 5 0 .U9 1 0 2-2 28 1 0 1.000 40 Rob Stith ....•..• .337 27-27 83 16 28 2 0 6 26 48 .578 4 3 11 2 .385 1 1 3-3 30 23 3 .946 13 Adaa Horton .•..•. .317 26-23 60 9 19 0 0 1 9 22 .367 5 0 6 2 .369 0 1 0-0 150 13 6 .964 16 Craiq Selander ••. .311 23-21 61 8 19 6 0 0 12 25 .no 2 1 1 1 .3U 0 3 0-0 21 2 1 .958 43 Phil McDeraott ..• .311 24-24 61 12 19 5 1 3 13 35 .574 12 2 11 1 .429 '2 0 0-1 0 0 0 .000 10 Steve Buls ••.•••• .266 27-27 94 20 25 1 1 5 13 43 .457 5 1 14 0 .307 1 0 1-3 35 56 5 .948 15 Troy Stein .•..••• .244 24-15 45 2 11 1 0 0 4 12 .267 0 2 10 1 .277 0 1 1-3 17 0 1 .9U 9 Robb Quinlan •.•.. .243 24-23 74 7 18 3 1 1 8 26 .351 2 0 9 0 .263 0 2 2-2 20 19 3 .929 22 Eric Welter •.•..• .207 27-27 82 9 17 4 0 2 9 27 .329 5 1 13 0 .261 0 0 2-3 44 59 4 .963 --- Others --- 49 Ben Griffin .•...• .385 7-5 13 2 5 1 0 0 1 6 .462 3 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0-0 16 0 0 1. 000 3 Matt Skovran ...... 300 5-3 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .300 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0-0 22 1 0 1. 000 17 Ryan Beers ••..••• .200 4-2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0 2 1 .200 0 0 0-0 10 1 0 1.000 4 Mite Mahady ...•.• .000 12-3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .091 0 0 0-0 8 0 0 1. 000 30 Mart Groebner ..•• .000 4-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .200 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 44 Casey Hankinson •• .000 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Totals •.••..•..••.•• .293 27-27 734 124 215 35 4 21 113 321 .437 56 11 101 10 .350 5 9 12-18 552 235 31 .962 Opponents ••••••••••• .286 27-27 142 128 212 56 3 23 113 343 .462 74 17 153 11 .362 3 12 20-27 542 239 24 .970

LOB - Teat (150), Opp (169). DPs turned · Teat (16), Opp (14). CI - Tell (1), Guae 1, Opp (1). IBB - Tell (2), Horton 1, S1ith 1, Opp (5). Picked off- Horton 1, Quinlan 1, Stein 1. e

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Player ERA V-L APP GS CG SBO/CBO SV IP B R ER BB so 28 3B HR BF B/lvq VP HBP 81 SFl SHl

36 Brad Kearin .•...• 3.18 2-1 9 3 1 1/0 1 22.2 28 9 8 6 15 7 0 2 100 .301 5 0 0 0 1 18 Bob DeWitt ...•••. 3. 72 1-0 6 1 0 0/0 0 9.2 10 4 2 5 4 0 1 40 .286 1 1 0 1 1 41 Justin Pederson •• 3.89 5-2 13 6 2 1/0 3 44.0 35 24 19• 22 35 7 2 2 192 .216 7 7 2 0 0 39 Tooy Fellioq .•••. 4.15 1-2 7 4 0 0/0 0 17.1 22 11 8 8 11 4 0 2 83 .314 3 2 0 2 1 28 Ted Zrust ...... 4.76 1-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 17.0 21 11 9 5 18 7 0 1 79 .300 1 2 0 0 2 29 Jason Dobis .••.•. 4.76 1-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 5.2 7 3 3 4 2 1 0 1 29 .292 1 1 0 0 0 32 Joe Westfall ••••• 6.19 1-3 6 6 2 0/0 0 32.0 34 25 22 12 35 15 1 4 142 .268 4 1 1 0 2 25 Kai Free•ao ..•••. 7.16 1-1 5 1 0 0/0 0 16.1 24 14 13 4 12 8 0 5 77 .333 0 1 0 0 0 27 Mite Diebolt •••.• 9.50 2-3 12 4 0 0/0 1 18.0 31 27 19 10 19 3 0 s ·101 .365 6 1 0 0 5 --- Others --- 34 Kelly Verner ..••• 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 20 Mike Leather•an .. 0.00 o-o 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .000 1 1 0 0 0 Totals ...... 5.14 15-12 27 27 5 2/0 5 184.0 212 128 lOS 74 153 56 3 23 849 .286 29 17 3 3 12 Opponents ...... 5.23 12-15 27 27 9 1/0 5 180.2 215 124 105 56 101 35 4 21 816 .293 12 11 1 5 9

PB - Teaa (8), Guse 7, SkoYraa 1, Opp (8). Pictoffs - Teaa (6), Pederaoa 3, learia 1, Diebolt 1, DeVitt 1, Opp (3). SB/SBl - Guse (17-22), Pederson (8-9), Diebolt (6-6), Beers (2-3), Westfall (1-3), Freeaaa (1-2), DeVitt (1-2), Zrust (1-2), Kearin (2-2), Fellinq (0-1), Stovran (1-1). Minnesota Golden Gopner Baseball Overall Statistics for Minnesota (Final 1996} (All gales Sorted by Fielding pet}

Player c PO A E FLD\ DPs SBA CSB SBU PB Cl

17 Ryan Beers .•.•••• 49 44 5 0 1.000 0 6 2 .750 0 0 3 Matt Stovraa •••.. 45 41 4 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 4 0 43 Phil McDer1ott .•. 45 43 2 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 49 Bea Griffin •.•.•. 37 35 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 32 Joe Westfall .•..• 12 3 9 0 1.000 1 2 3 .400 0 0 30 Mark Groebner .... 7 6 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 42 Brad Pautz ...... • 4 2 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 20 Mike LeatherJaa .• 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 21 Bryan Guse ••.•..• 354 319 32 3 .992 1 53 15 .779 12 1" 23 Bob Keeney •••.... 68 66 1 1 .985 0 0 0 0 0 13 Ada• lorton ••.... 341 309 23 9 .974 28 0 0 0 0 15 Troy Stein ••..•.. 71 67 2 2 . 972 0 0 0 0 0 4 Kite Mahady •.•••• 28 24 3 1 .964 0 0 0 0 0 22 Eric Welter •.•... 243 91 140 12 .951 27 0 0 0 0 10 Steve luls ••••..• 237 71 154 12 . 949 30 0 0 0 0 16 Craiq Selander .•. 37 33 2 2 .946 0 0 0 0 0 40 Rob Slith ••••.... 128 81 40 7 .945 4 0 0 0 0 36 Brad Kearia •.•.•. 15 4 10 1 . 933 2 6 1 .857 0 0 9 Robb Quinlan •..•. 107 39 58 10 .907 2 0 0 0 0 41 Justin Pederson •. 30 6 21 3 .900 1 15 5 .750 0 0 27 Mike Diebolt •.••• 20 6 12 2 .900 0 15 4 .789 0 0 18 Bob DeVitt .•••.•. 8 2 5 1 .875 0 2 2 .500 0 0 29 Jason Dobis •••.•• 20 10 7 3 .850 1 4 2 .667 0 0 25 Kai Free1an ••.•.. 12 2 8 2 .833 0 4 1 .800 0 0 28 Ted Zrust •••••..• 6 1 4 1 .833 0 1 2 .333 0 0 34 Kelly Verner .•... 10 2 6 2 .800 1 7 1 .875 0 0 39 Tony Felling •.••. 17 5 8 4 .765 1 5 1 .833 0 0 44 Casey Hankinson •• 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ••.••.•.•..•.• 1952 1312 562 78 .960 38 61 22 .735 16 1 Opponents •....•.•.•• 1944 1297 570 77 .960 35 52 23 .693 14 2 Bitting JiaiJuJs - 1 Ga1es 40 AB Pitching JiDiiUJ& - 1 GaJes 5 IP UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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For Immediate Release: May 20,1996 GOPHER HOTLINE UPCOMING EVENTS ... The Golden Gopher hotline has been discontinued until the stan of football season in August. Thank WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 you for your suppon of the Golden Gopher hotline Teuil at NCAA Championships; Singles Henry Feild Stadium throughout the year. Athens, Ga. SUNDAY, MAY 26-SATURDAY, JUNE l Golf at NCAA Championships Honors Course Chattanooga, Tenn GOPHERS ONLINE All Day The University of Minnesota Men's Athletic Department is now on the Internet The World Wide WEDNESDAY, MAY 29-SATURDAY, JUNE l Web site contains press releases, statistics, rosters, Track & Field at NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field schedules and much more information. The Web pages Eqene. Ore. can be accessed at: http://www.umn.edu/mica/ Information on every Big Ten school and the con ference is also available via computer internet. The Big Ten's home page on ESPNET SportsZOne will be available at the following address: http://espnetsportszone.com.

TM 11; 2nd), javelin (177-11; 3rd) and 1S00m (4:49.0S) to fmish with 6,964 points. James Cook of host Penn State won the decathlon title with 7,448 points. Rick Oblemaa (Jr., Reaina. SMk.) and TODJ Riter (Jr., e Shoreview, Miu.) gained 10 team poincs in the 3,000m steeplechase, as they fmished third and fifth, with times of 9:09.57 and 9:24.20, respectively. Freshman Marcus Westberry (Fr., Minneapolis, MIDL) scored in the long jump, fmishing eighth with a personal-best leap of 23-6 3/4 NCAA Championships Up Next: The NCAA Outdoor Trade cl F"aeld Championships are scheduled for May 29-June 1 Setb Mischke (Jr., Worlaad, Wyo.) and Jonathan ADdenoD at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Two Golden Gophers, junior (So., Morris, Mlan.) scored in the pole vault for the Gophers, Jason Schlueter (New Loadoa, Wis.) and freshman Benjamin fmishing fifth and sixth, respectively, as both cleared a height of Jensen (Mandai, Norway) have automatically qualified to 16-1 1/4. compete in Eugene in the discus and decalbJon, respecti"Yely. Minnesota's Jl'Ovisional qualifaers include Vesa Rantaaen (Fr., In the triple jump, Ellis posted an NCAA provisional qualifying pole vault, Virrat, Ftnland), Paul Mlcbalek (Sr., leap of S2-3 1/4 on his last aacmpc of the day to finish third. 800m/1500m, Bloomington, Minn.), Adrian EUis (Jr., triple Michalek finished second and third in the 1,500m and 800rn, jump, Racine, Wis.) and Chad Yeachesky (So., shot put, turning in times of 3:51.28 and 1:49.42, respectively. DePere, Wis.). Declarations for the NCAA Championships take place on Saturday, and the fields in all events wiD be set at that The shot put yielded founh and fifth place points, as Yencbesky time. and Jeff Manh (Seymour, Wis.) posted marks of S7-1 and .SS- 10 1/4, respectively. In the higb jump, Tyler McCormick (So., Gophers Take Second at Big Ten Championships: Wbite Bear Lake, Mlan.) and WU Kurtll (So., Rochester, Mlaa.) finished fourth and seventh, eacb clearing 3/4. The Golden Gophers earned a second-place finish with 104.5 6-8 Beadle fmished fifth in the 400m dab with a lime of 47.24. points at the 1996 Big Ten Ourdoor Track cl Field Championships, the ream's highest fmish since Roy Griak pilot ed the Gophers to a ream championship in 1969. This wu only F1nal Team Scores the founh time in school history that Minnesota finished in the 19M Big Tea Outdoor Track & Field CllaalpioasbiPI conference top-two at the Outdoor Track Championships. Nittuy Lioa Tract, Unlvenlty Park, Pa., May 17-19, 1"' e Wisconsin successfully defended it's Big Ten ourdoor team title, scoring 147 points. 1. Wisconsin, 147; 2. Minnesota. 104.5; 3. Penn Stale, 82; 4. Illinois, 80; S. Indiana, 73; 6. Ohio Scare, 72; 7. Michigan, 71; 8. Schlueter, Rantanen Win Individual Titles: Purdue, .53.5; 9. Michigan Stale, SO; 10. Iowa, 44 Schlueter earned Minnesota's first event Iitle of the 1996 Championships, winning the discus with a mart of 185-0. This marked the fourth straight year that a Golden Gopher has won eithez the men's shot put c:r discus competition. On Sunday, Rantanen set a Niuany Uon Track record of 17-10 1/4 on his way to the rust pole vault title of his collegiate career.

4xl00m Relay Brings Home Title: In me 4x100m relay, the combination of Eric Stommes (Sr., Foley, Minn.), Ellis, Tim Van Voorbis (Jr., Apple Valley, Milla.) and Scott Beadle (Jr., Moorhead, Mlu.) put together a Big Ten Champion performance in Sunday's final, as Beadle crossed the finish line .09 seconds ahead of second-place Wisconsin in a time of 41.11. This performance was Minnesota's first Big Ten Outdoor Champion relay team since 1968, when the ream of Rich Simonsen, Randy Jones, Pete Shea and Hubie Bryant won the 440-yard relay in a time of 41.2 seconds. The Gophers most recent relay title, indoor or outdoor, came in 1989 when the indooi' 4x800m relay team posted a winning time of 7:49.38.

Lindqvist Fifth in Decathlon: Freshman Glen• Lindqvist (Aland, Fialans) climbed from eighth to fifth place during the fmal day of decathlon competition. Lindqvist used strong performances in the discus (129-4; 3rd), pole vault (14- Kerr Wins NCAA Central Regional; Team Falls Golden Gopher Tennis Downed by Mississippi: The Two Strokes Short of Finals: Minnesota sophomore Rob Minnesota tennis team lost to dlird-ranked Mississippi 4-0 Kerr (Pointe Claire, Quebec, CaiUida) won the first tourna Saturday at the NCAA Team Tournament at the Henry Feild ment of his collegiate career when he garnered individual Tennis Stadium in Athens, Ga The klss eliminared Minnesota medalist honors at the NCAA Centtal Regional golf tournament from the competition. The Maroon and Gold finish the season at the University of Michigan Golf Course in Am Arbor, Mich. 14-12. Minnesota's Lan HjarrMd (Olio, Norway), Erik last weekend. Kerr shot a fmal-round 69 and won by one suolce Donley (Duluth, Minn.) and Ad .. Selldrk (St. JGMph, Md.) over Matt Trevino from Southwest Louisiana. He went into the each dropped matches in the singles competition while Donley final day of competition tied for seventh, four strokes back of and Hjarrand and Tom CbicoiDe (Neenah, Wis.) and Martin the lead. The win qualifies Kerr for the 1996 NCAA Krlstolrerson (Portsgrunn, Norway) lost in doubles. Championships at the Honors Course in Chauanooga, Tenn., May 29-June 1. As a team, the Golden Gophers feU two suolces Hjarrand To Play in Singles Draw: Hjarrand. who is back of the fmal berth in the finals when they shot a final-round currently ranked 129 in the nation in singles, qualified for the 300, its worst round of the toumamenL Aaroa Barber (Sr., singles pm'tion of the NCAA Championships. That playdown New Loadoa, MinL) shot a final-round 79, Matt Doyle (Fr., will be held from May 22-26, also in Athens. Ga. The singles Simsbury, Conn.) shot 83, Du Arroyo (Fr., Walnut Creek, and doubles draws will be announced laltz this week. Calif.) shot 76 and Mark Halverson (Jr., Fargo, N.D.) carded a 76. SiD ales 1. Ali Hamadeh (Mill.) def. Lm Hjamnd (Mim.) 6-3, 6-2 Top Ten Individuals 2 Johan Hede (Mia.) vs. Ben Gabler (Mim.) 6-2, 4-4 (suspended) e 1. Rob Kerr, Mbua. 71-7G-69-111 3. Johan l..lndsbert (Mill.) def. Erik Donley (Minn.) 6-1, 6-3 2. Man Trevino, SW La. 67-73-72-212 4. Remi Feneon (Mila.) vs. Tom Chicoine (Minn.) 6-4, 3-3 (suspaxled) 3. Dnl Fenimore, Texu A&.M 69-69-7S-213 s. Sebastien DeChmna: (Mia.) def. Adlm SelkiJk (Mim.) 6-2, 6-2 4. Bud Still. Arkansas 72-71-72-21S 6. Michael Pritchard (Mia.) va. Mutin Krilroffencn (Minn.) 7-S, 3-2 fun Skinner. SMU 74-70-71-21S (suapended) 6. Didier DeVooght, OSU 71-69-76-216 Dan Rooney, Kansu 7S-70-71-216 Doubles Brian Guetz, Olt. St. 71-7S-70--216 1. Hamadeh/Lindlber& (Min.) def. Donley/Hjamnd 8-4 Bo Van Pelt, Ot. St. 70-72-74-216 2 DeCbaunaciFenecn (Mill.) vs. Gabler/SelDt (Minn.) 8-8 (supeoded) Randy Leen. Indiana 68-74-74-216 3. Bury HuaelJJHede def. Chicoine/KriJloffenon (Minn.) 8-S Golden Gopher Scores Aaron Barber 1S-13-19-221 Man Doyle 73-7S-83-231 Dan Arroyo 73-76-76-ns Mark Halverson 76-73-76-ns Rob Kerr 72-70-69-211 Team StandiDgs 1. TexuA&.M 284-290-297-871 2. Southern Methodist 29S-283-294-872 3. Texu 296-284-294-874 Arbnsu 286-m-293-874 Kansu 296-lSS-293-874 6.1ndiana 28S-290-303-878 Oklahoma State 286-296-296--878 8. Milnii (Ohio) 290-292-297-879 Texu Christian 302-281-296-879 10. Oklahoma 297-286-299-882 e 11. Ohio State 29S-286-302--883 11. Mlanaota 193-191-300-884 (The top ten reams qualify for the NCAA Championships.) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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BARBER AND DOYLE NAMED DISTRICT ALL-AMERICA

The University of Minnesota men's golf office announced today that senior Aaron Barber and freshman Matt Doyle were named to the NCAA District IV AU-America Team. This is the second consecutive year that Barber has earned the honor. Doyle, the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year, was the only freshman on the list. The 12 players on the list are now candidates for First Team All-America status which will be announced following the NCAA Championships on June 1. District IV All-America list

Ryan Armour, So., Ohio State Aaron Barber, Sr., Minnesota Jonathan Clark, Sr., Marshall Donnie Darr, Sr., Kent Didier DeV ooght, Jr., Ohio State Matt Doyle, Fr., Minnesota Randy Leen, So., Indiana Scott Rowe, Jr., Northwestern Mark Scheibach, Sr., Wisconsin Matt Seppanen, So., Northwestern Maarten Van Den Berg, Jr., Miami of Ohio Chris Wollmann, Jr., Ohio State UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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BARBER NAMED TEAM MVP IN GOLF; HALVERSON NAMED CAPTAIN FOR 1996-97

Senior Aaron Barber (New London, Minn.) was named 1996 men's golf team Most Valuable Player at the annual awards banquet at the Les Bolstad University of Minnesota Golf Course today. Barber finished his season with a 74.8 stroke average and garnered two-time All-Big Ten and NCAA District IV All-America honors. Redshirt freshman Dan Arroyo (Walnut Creek, Calif.) was named the Most Improved Player, and Matt Doyle (Simsbury, Conn.) was named the Best Freshman. Doyle was the winner of the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award one week ago. In addition, junior Mark Halverson (Fargo, N.D.) was named the team captain for the 1996-97 season. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§

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FORMER GOLDEN GOPHER NAMED TO ALL-TIME COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TEAM

Former Golden Gopher pitcher/outfielder Dave Winfield is among 11 athletes honored on the All-Time College World Series team announced Sunday by the Omaha (Neb.) World Herald. Winfield played for Minnesota from 1971 through 1973 and appeared in the College World Series in his fmal season where he earned MVP honors hitting .467 in four games. He had seven hits in 15 at-bats with two RBI and one home run. The Maroon and Gold finished third. Others named to the team include: pitchers Steve Arlin (Ohio State, 1965, '66) and Burt Hooton (Texas, '69 and '70); catcher Mike Day (Oklahoma State, '82, '83, '84, '85); first baseman Will Clark (Mississippi State, '85); second baseman Todd Walker (LSU, '93,'94); shortstop Spike Owen (Texas, '81, '82); third baseman Robin Ventura (Oklahoma State, '86, '87); outfielders Barry Bonds (Arizona State, '83, '84) and Mark Kotsay (Cal.-State Fullerton, '94, 95); designated hitter Pete Incaviglia (Oklahoma State, '83, '84, '85); and head coach Rod DeDeaux (Southern California, '51, '55, '58, '60, '61, '63, '64, '66, '68, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '78) Sponsored by Ocean Spray and the Omaha World Herald, the 11 players and head coach come from nine different schools and four different decades. Voting was conducted through ballots printed in the World-Herald over a four-week period. Nominees for the all time team were selected by a blue ribbon panel of former CWS coaches, media and baseball committee chairs. Incaviglia was the top vote-getter among the players with 1,245, narrowly edging Bonds who had 1,243. Owen was involved in the tightest balloting, beating out Oklahoma State's Danny Thompson, 684-664. Other vote totals for the winners were: Ventura (1,188); Clark (1,116); Winfield (1,002); Kotsay (862); Hooton (882); Walker (694); Day (596); and Arlin (582). DeDeaux, who led his Trojans to a record 10 national championships, was the top vote-getter with 1,367. A total of 2,094 ballots were cast by World Herald voters .

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HJARRAND TO PLAY BASTL IN NCAA FIRST ROUND INDIVIDUALS

University of Minnesota junior tennis player Lars Hjarrand will play George Bastl of South Florida on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Singles Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.

Hjarrand, a native of Oslo, Norway, is a three-time All-Big Ten selection who won the Rolex Region IV indoor singles title last November.Hjarrand, who is currently ranked 29th in the nation with a record of 25-14 at number one singles, led the Golden Gophers to the team portion ofthe NCAA Championships. Minnesota's team season ended last Saturday with a 4-0 loss to third-ranked Mississippi.

Should Hjarrand win his first-round match, he will face the winner of the Christian Svensson (Utah)/Johan Hede (Ole Miss) match on Thursday afternoon in the second round. Hjarrand won three of 10 matches played against other NCAA singles competitors during the 1995-96 season. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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DATE: May 16, 1996

TO: Twin Cities Media Outlets

FROM: Brad Ruiter, Assistant Director of Media Relations

RE: U of MlAllina/Minneapolis Public Schools event on Saturday

The University of Minnesota, Allina Health System, and the Minneapolis Public School System are teamming up to sponsor "Everybody Wins", a program designed to help more than 200 fourth through sixth-grade students and their parents from northern school districts within Minneapolis Public Schools make healthy choices in their lives. The event will take place this Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the University of Minnesota Gibson-Nagurski football complex.

The sessions for parents will focus on a variety of parenting issues that affect healthy lifestyles, inculding coping with family stress, building healthy self-esteem of children and enjoying recreational activities together. The sessions will include YMCA and YWCA officials, Minneapolis Park and Recreation leaders, teachers, and child psychologists.

The focus of the sports "mini-camps" is to help students understand the benefits of sports participation, including teamwork skills, physical activity, and general fun. The mini camps will include contests, drills and demonstrations from Golden Gopher players and coaches from the men's and women's sports programs. Among some of the student athletes and coaches scheduled to appear are basketball players John Thomas and Quincy Lewis, football defensive coordinator Tim Rose, Head Women's basketball coach Linda Hill-McDonald, and Head Soccer Coach Sue Montagne.

Supporting the notion that everyone is already a winner, the day's events will kick-off with a special ceremony during which each parent and child will receive a gold medal for his or her participation in the program. The ceremony will also feature opening remarks from Dr. Mark Dienhart, Director of Men's Athletics at the University of Minnesota.

The event is by invitation only, so any preview articles or publicity of the event should be certain to indicate that it is not open to the public.

Any questions about the day's activities should be directed to Brad Ruiter or Marc Ryan at the University of Minnesota at 625-4389 or 625-4090. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA • JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359

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BARBER NAMED TEAM MVP IN GOLF; HALVERSON NAMED CAPTAIN FOR 1996-97

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Fur ImmediQte Release: May 28, 1996 GOPHER HOTLINE The Golden Gopher hotline has been discontinued THIS WEEK ..• until the statt of football season in August. Thank WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 you for your suppon of the Golden Gopher hotline Golf at NCAA Championships throughout the year. HoncnCoune Chaaanoop. Tenn AllDay

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*Michalek must qualify for Salurday's fmal on Thursday. TM All Timu CelltTal Kerr Competes In NCAA Finals: Redshin sophomore Hjarrand Eliminated in NCAA Singles: Minnesota Rob Kerr (Pointe Claire. Quebec. Canada) stole the show in junior Lars Hjarrand (Oslo. Norway) was eliminated Ann Arbor, Mich., two weeks ago with a final round (/} to win Wednesday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Division I the NCAA Central Regional golf tournament and advance to the Men's Singles Championship by George Basd of South Florida NCAA Finals in Chauanooga. Tenn., May 29-June 1. The win in sttaight sets, 6-2,6-2. Hjarrand finished his sea1011 with a was the fli'St of Kerr's collegiate career. record if25-15 and is ranked 29th in the nation in singles.

With Minnesota's number one and two players sttuggling, Kerr fued a 72-70 in the fiJ'St two rounds, keeping the team in con tention for the final NCAA team qualifying spoL His two-round 142 placed him in striking position for medalist honors, just four strokes behind the leader. On the fmal day, Kerr nearly carried the Golden Gophers to the NCAA Championships with a low round of 69 but the Maroon and Gold fell two strokes short of the final ~ qualifying spot. Kerr came away with medalist honors and he was as surprised as the rest of the field.

"I was surprised. blown away. I didn't think I had won. I'm glad I'm going but I feel bad for the rest of the guys. It came down to NCAA Championships Up Next: TheNCAAOutdocl' putting. I'd been up and down this year, but my putter really got Track cl Field Championships are scheduled for May 29-June 1 hot and that made the difference." at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Three Golden Gophers, junior Jasoa Schlueter (discus, New Loadoa, Wis.), freshman Vesa a Kerr's top three tournaments this seasm include the Border Raatuea (pole vault, Virrat, FinlaDd) and senior Paul .. Olympics in Laredo, Texas, where he finished seventh with a Micbalek (800m/1500m, Bloominpm, Min.) are scheduled three-ova--par 219; the Bruce Fossum Spartan Invitational in to compete in Eugene. A fourth Gopher, freshman Benjamin East Lansing, Mich., where he was fifth with a five-over-par Jensen (Mandai, Norway) qualified to compete in the 221 and the NCAA Regional where he was two-under-par at decathlon, but withdrew as a result of an ema-gency appendec 211. His low round of the season and his collegiate career was tomy pmormed on May 13. the 69 on the fmal round of the regional. Schlueter Takes Aim at National Field: During the It Runs In the Family: Kerr is the grandson of forma 1996 season, Schlueter has improved his personal-best discus C.P.G.A. champion Bill Kerr, who has had a big impact on nwk by more than 20 feet and has set the school record in that Rob's game. "He taught me the importanCe of hard wort and event on two occasions. He has captured six discus tides, practice. He always said that practice would separate you from including a Big Ten Championship on May 18, and his season the rest of the players." best mark of 198-3 ranks eighth in the nation among collegians according to the May 21 issue of Trac/cwire. This will be Kerr is the fust Gopher individual to advance to the NCAA Schlueter's fust appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Track cl Championships since current PGA professional Tom Lehman Field Championships. did it in 1980 and 1981. The hiJhest finish by an individual from Minnesota was in 1944 when Louis Uc:k won individual Rantanen Vaults into NCAA Championships: At honors and the team finisbed second to. Non Dame. The high the Big Ten Championships on May 19, Rantanen captured his est fmish by an individual undtl cumnt Golden Gopher Head fust collegiate pole vault tide and set a Nittany Lion Track Coach John Means was by PGA professional Joey Gullion, record with a vault of 17-10 1/4. Ranwlen is the U of M fresh when he was 24th overall in 1993 and the team finished 20th. man record holder in the pole viult and currendy ranks ninth in the nation among collegians according to the May 21st NCAA Finals Information: A total of 30 teams and six Trac/cwire. · individuals will competing for the NCAA team and individual crowns this week. The fust round of competition in Michalek Qualifies For Two Events: A senior team Chattanooga, Tenn., is Wednesday, followed by another single captain, Michalek earned at-large AU-Big Ten honors following round on Thursday. Following Thursday's round, the field will a second-place fmish in the ISOOm and a thild-place finish in be cut to the low IS teams and the low three individuals. the 800. Michalek qualified for the NCAA Championships tiel~ Remaining competitors will play single rounda on Friday and in both events,'but will only compete in the lSOOm in Eugene. Sablrday to determine the champions. His season-best in the 1500m is 3:43.66.