FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 1995 U of M BASEBALL
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r------------------ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 1995 U OF M BASEBALL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED The University of Minnesota baseball program announced the recipients of the annual Dick Siebert Endowment Scholarships for the 1995 season at the annual Minnesota Baseball Banquet held Friday evening at the Sheraton Minneapolis Metrodome. Senior outfielder Mark V andersall was honored as the scholarship endowed by Calvin Griffith, senior pitcher Andy Hammerschmidt received the David Weiner donated scholarship, and sophomore shortstop Steve Huls was presented with the award donated by Paul Molitor. The endowed scholarships are made possible by private contributions made by the previously • mentioned donors as a means to help support Golden Gopher baseball. Eventually, the goal is to have all nine positions endowed by scholarship donation. "To be able to keep up with other programs in the country in the areas of funding and maintaining a high quality program at the University of Minnesota, it is necessary to receive private funding in the area of scholarship grants to enable us to free up money to use in other parts of our program," said Golden Gopher Head Coach John Anderson. "This is a way for us to do that, and in the same way honor the late Dick Siebert, who gave so much to this University and baseball in the state of Minnesota." UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEB. 4, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHER MEN'S SWIM TEAM 1\'IPROVES RECORD TO 8·1 WITH THREE DUAL WINS The University of Minnesota men's swimming and diving team came away with three dual victories at the two-day Wisconsin Quad Duals in Madison. The Golden Gophers defeated Purdue 206·146, Indiana 198-154 and the host Badgers 213-129. The three wins improved Minnesota's overall record to 8-1 and its Big Ten mark to 4-1. Minnesota won five of the 10 events the first day, led by junior Bernie Zeruhn. The Hamburg, Germany, native captured a pair of individual events: the 200 free and the 200 tly. Other individual winners on Friday night for the Gophers included P.J. Bogart on the one-meter springboard and Paul Domer in the I 00 breast. Leading the way for the Golden Gophers on Saturday afternoon was the trio of P.J. Bogart, Paul Domer and Derek Williams. Bogart won the three-meter springboard to give him Yictories in both diving events for the weekend. Domer took home first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:05.92. Williams won the 100 fly with a 49.91 clocking. The Golden Gophers also won the 200 medley relay on Friday and both the 200 and 400 free relays on Saturday, giving them a total of 10 wins out of 18 events for the two-day competition. -\1innesota is currently ranked lOth in the country. The Golden Gophers will play host to the Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, which will take place at the U of M Aquatics Center Fe h. 23-25. WISCONSIN QUAD DUALS at Madison FEB. 4, 1995 TEAM SCORES Minnesota 213, Wisconsin 129; Minnesota 206. Purdue 146; Minnesota I98, Indiana 154; Indiana 188, Wisconsin 160; Purdue 190. Wi~consin !51 !-Meter Diving-- I. P.J. Bogart, Gophers. 583.45; 2. Isaac Bjorklund, Gophers, 475.70; 3. Michael Sime, Gophers, 468.60 200 Medley Relay-- Minnesota, I :33.42; Purdue, 1:35.05; Indiana, I :35.73 I 000 Free-- Stromberg, Wisconsin. 9: II -+-+: \1anolis Lentaris, Gophers, 9: 19.60; Barnes, Indiana, 9:20.11 200 Free-- Bernie Zeruhn, Gophers, I :40.93: Pierce, Wisconsin, I :42.07; Lorenz, Wisconsin, I :42.14 I 00 Back-- Ruminski, Indiana, 49.54; Duane Dobko. Gophers, 50.69; Sutherland, Purdue, 52.84 100 Breast-- Paul Domer, Gophers, 57.23; Hansen, Wisconsin, 58.03; Schultz. Wisconsin, 58.92 200 Fly-- Bernie Zeruhn, Gophers, I :50.73: Fredelte. Purdue. I :52.13; Place, Purdue, I :52.96 50 Free-- Gazonski, Indiana, 20.73; Buoadunna, Indiana, 20.89, Matt Schlessman, Gophers. 20.91 200 IM -- Barnes, Indiana, I :52.97; Brown, Purdue, I :53.03, Manolis Lentaris, Gophers. I :54.88 800 Free Relay-- Indiana, 6:44.12; Wisconsin. 6:46.34; Minnesota, 6:46.48 3-Meter Diving-- I. P.J. Bogart, Gophers. 47S.35; 2. Isaac Bjorklund, Gophers, 458.00; 3. Soare, Indiana, 439.05; 4. Michael Sime, Gophers, 437.45; 5. Johnson, Wisconsin, 355.55 200 Free Relay-- I. Minnesota A, I :23. I 0; 2. Indiana, I :23.94; 3. Purdue, I :26.59; 4. Minnesota B, I :27.06; 5. Wisconsin. I :27.23 400 IM -- I. Barnes. Indiana, 3:59.06: 2. Brown. Purdue, 3:59. 12; 3. Iglinski, Indiana, 4:04.30; 4. Yetter, Wisconsin, 4:04.82; 5. Haack, Indiana, 4:07.17 I 00 Free-- I. Gazonski, Indiana, 45.54: 2. Ullom, Purdue, 46.90; 3. Pierce. Wisconsin, 47.22; 4. Fero, Purdue, 47.42; 5. Scott Walker, Gophers, 47.43 200 Back-- I. Ruminski, Indiana, I :-+8.0 I: 2. Sutherland. Purdue, I :51.02; 3. Mullins, Indiana, I :52.76; 4. Plumb, Indiana. I :53.11; 5. Batzer, Purdue, I :53.39 100 Fly-- I. Derek Williams, Gophers, 49.91; 2. Place. Purdue, 50.71; 3. Fredette, Purdue, 50.87; 4. McLaughlin, Purdue. 51.70; 5 . ~att Schiess man, Gophers, 51 .84 • 00 Free-- 1. Kalaus, Wisconsin, 4:27.98: 2. Bernie Zeruhn. Gophers, 4:28.01; 3. Barnes, Indiana, 4:29.62; 4. Manolis Lentaris, Gophers. 4:34.00; 5. Stromberg, Wisconsin, 4:35.81 200 Breast-- I. Paul Domer, Gophers, 2:05.92; 2. Haack, Indiana, 2:07.39; 3. Brown, Purdue, 2:07.39; 4. Hansen, Wisconsin. 2:09.35; 5. Yetter, Wisconsin, 2:09.65 , 400 Free Relay-- 1. Minnesota A, 3:03.33; 2. Indiana, 3:03.88; 3. p:!Jrdue, 3:06.92; 4. Minnesota B, 3: 10.86; 5. Wisconsin. 3:12.07 I \ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 PRO-ALUMS DOWN GOLDEN GOPHERS Led by Paul Molitor's solo horner in the sixth inning, the Pro-Alumni team defeated the University of Minnesota 6-3 Saturday afternoon at the Metrodorne. A crowd of 3,614 saw the fourth annual event. The Golden Gophers had taken a 3-2lead through five innings on a two-run double by Shane Gunderson in the third inning and an RBI by Steve Huls in the fourth. Molitor's round tripper in the sixth then spurred a two-run seventh and a single run in the eighth for the Pro-Alumni. Molitor, Brian Raabe, and Mike Oster all had two hits apiece to lead a 10- hit attack for the winners. Gunderson's two hits led the Golden Gophers at the plate. The Golden Gopher pitching staff was split up between the Pro-Alumni roster and the current Golden Gopher team, with sophomore David Lance notching the win for the Pro-Alumni team. Sophomore Justin Pederson tossed three innings of scoreless ball to earn the save. Tony Felling took the loss for the Golden Gophers. Minnesota opens the regular season with a horne series against 18th-ranked North Carolina State at the Metrodorne this Friday through Sunday. Friday's opener gets underway at 6:30 p.m. 1- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA le JEW§ Biennan Field Athletic Buildmg 51 h 15th A venue Suutheast Minneapolis, M !'J 55455 (612) 625-4090 I·ax 625-0359 For Immediate Release February 6, 1995 THREE GOLDEN GOPHERS EARN BIG TEN ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS A trio of University of Minnesota male student-athletes have been named Big Ten Athletes of the Month in their respective sports. Senior Keita Cline collected the award in track & field. He won the long jump with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 25-1 3/4, and then doubled back to take the triple jump with a leap of 51-1 3/4 at the Minnesota Invitational on Jan. 28. This past weekend at the Cargill Games in Winnipeg, Cline won the triple jump with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 51-10 1/2. Currently ranked second in the country at 177 pounds, senior Brett Columbini earned the award in wrestling. He won 10 straight matches during the month, including a 2-1 win over fifth-ranked Quincy Clark of Oklahoma on Jan. I4, and an I I-9 overtime victory over fourth-ranked Rohan Gardner of Northwestern on Jan. 2 I. The I 994 All-American is a perfect I 5-0 overall in dual matches this season, including 5-0 in the Big Ten. Senior Brian Yee claimed the award in gymnastics. In addition to winning the all around with a score of 112.05 at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 14, he also earned top honors on the floor exercise (9.80), pommel horse (9.55) and horizontal bar (9.70). When Minnesota defeated top-ranked Ohio State on Jan. 21, he posted a team-high score of 56.45 in the all-around and took top honors on the pommel horse (9.75) and the vault (9.35). Recently, the Houston native earned the fifth and final spot on the U.S. National Team with his performance at the Winter Cup National meet held Jan. 27-28.