05 April 2002 The Tulane Hullabaloo www.theHullabaloo.com 11 Women's golf finishes in top two the basement for third straight tournament and • Sophomore Carolin Landmann ties for second to lead Tulane summer Vik Vij Bruce Willis contributing writer sports editor Play Ball! The season Sophomore Carlin Landmann shot a one-under par 71 second is upon us. Opening Day only means one thing: ｲ ｯ ｾ ｮ ､ to tie for second overall and lead the Wave to a third place summer is right around the corner, a summer fimsh at the Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout last Friday. thats full of lazy afternoons, baseball games, After the first round of play. Tulane led all teams with a 304. hotdogs, ice cream sundaes, and peanuts with The Wave then entered the second round equally impressively, beer. finishing second in the field of 20 teams with a 36-hole score of All of these elements make summer great with 614. This tied Tulane with Baylor. made the olive and blue one shot astounding electricity and the buzz of the new shy of tying the tournament leading score of 613, set by Texas Tech. season, a season that likely will end with the The finish is the Wave 's third straight top two finishes, as Tulane Yankees celebrating yet another won the Green Wave Women ·s Golf Classic, and then placed second victory. at the Waterlefe!USF Invitational last week. The Yankees can do it again since they added Sophomore Carolin Landmann lead the team, tying for second young talent to an already talented team with overall with a three-over par 147 with Texas A&M's McKenzie Jason Giambi, a perennial MVP candidate from Dyslin. Wisconsin ·s Malinda the Athletics. While Giambi, who bit .342 last Johnson beat out Landmann year, with 42 home runs and 120 RBI, more than with an even 144, which replaces 's bat, who .280 with included a two-under par 70 34 and 113, questions remain as to whether he in the final round. The recent can replace Martinez as the veteran leader of the team? Will Giambi be able to assume a new role performance by Landmann earned her the league· s in the clubhouse in the very professional Yankees organization? The loss of Martinez as well as Women's Golfer of the Month veterans Paul O'Neill and Scott Brosius could award for March. open the door for a new team to go to the Series Tulane junior Kathy from the American League, but the Yanks are Schafer also finished in the still the favorite out of the East. top ten with a six-over par Two of the other preseason favorites are the 78. Other notables include and the Oakland Athletics. The freshman Alexis Wooster, Mariners are coming off a 116 win season, but who finished 20th with plus- lost in the playoffs to the Yankees. Seattle 13 157. freshman Lindsay strengthened an already impressive bullpen and Hulwick with a score of 162 improved its infield in the offseason by adding and 42nd place. and senior Jeff Cirillo, a lifetime .300 hitter to replace David Marcela Gonzalez in 49th Bell, a career .260 hitter. Behind young talented place with a core of 163. players such Freddy Garcia and The Wave will return to as and veterans like Edgar Martinez and , action in the LSU/Cleveland along with Japanese import and phenom Ichiro Golf Oassic at the University WllllA'I KRAUSIPHOTOGRAPHYCO-EDITOR Suzuki, look for the M's to repeat as AL West Club this weekend. Sophomore Carolin Landmann was named C-USA Women's Golf champs. . WllUAM KRAUS/PHOTOGRAPHY CO-EDITOR Player of the Month. The Athletics will struggle in their attempt to Tulane tied for second last weekend in the Baylor-Tapatio Spring ShootouL replace Giambi's bat with young talent. Last year, Giambi was the unquestioned leader of a young A's team, which seemed to be tailor made to match his fun loving and rebellious Green Wave news this week personality. Oakland will depend on their young Brass drops single- starting pitchers, Mark Mulder, Tun Hudson and Juhe Morris was seleoed as the C-USA Women's Barry Zito to get back to the playoffs as the wildcard. Tennis Player of the Week, while Soloman Kandie The Central race should be a three-team race was chosen as the C-USA Men's Track Athlete of all year, with the rebuilt Indians emerging as the the Week. elimination playoff favorite among the Minnesota 1\vins and . The Indians will no longer attempt to slug the opposition into submission, but will Tulane basketball junior forward Brandon Brown play small ball and depend on pitching. The Twins was named to the All-Louisiana Second Team match to Jackson will play a similar game, but will rely on their by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Brown stellar defense if they go far into the season. In the , look for the Braves to was tre leading scorer and rebounder for the repeat as East Champions, once again behind the Wave, fnishing the season with 14.9 points and • Loss to Bandits ends New Orleans' season bats of and and the 7.4 rebounds per game. He was also among the arms of Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. The Philadelphia Phillies and rebuilt best in C-USA with his .553 field-goal percentage. Nathan Holtzman fourth place with only one point more than will challenge the Braves, but in the end, neither In addition to All-Louisiana, Brown has earned assistant chief copy editor the Brass in the Southwest Division, had not beaten New Orleans in all five meetings team will have enough. The additions of Mo recognition as All-Conference USA and All-District Vaughn, Robbie Alomar and In a single-elimination wildcard game between the teams this season. The Brass had likely won't push the Mets back to the playoffs. by the NABC honors. Tuesday in Jackson, Miss., the New Orleans also won 14 of 17 regular season meetings The West should be a three-team race as well, Brass (36-32-4) ended its quest to advance in since 1999, when Jackson entered the ECHL. with the the , San Francisco the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs Tuesday with As the 2001-2002 campaign ends, the Brass Tulane University will honor former Tulane Giants and Arizona Diamond Backs scratching a 3-1 loss at the hands of the Jackson Bandits tied its all-time regular season franchise win and clawing all season. The D-backs, behind Cy tennis star Cliff Sutter Sunday, April 7 by dedicating (34-29-9). record at 36. Jackson advances to play league- Young Candidates and Curt one of the courts at the Gold ring Tennis Complex Before a measly crowd of l .4 73 at the bes t and conference-champion Louisiana Schilling should have enough to win, while the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, the Bandits lceGators (56-12-4) in the Southwest Division in his name. Sutter was the NCAA Men's Tennis Dodgers and Giants have both been hit by the dominated the Brass and semifinals this week. Singles Champion as a member of the Green injury bug, with 2000 NL MVP Jeff Kent breaking capitalized on mistakes during his wrist and many of the Dodger pitchers battling Wave in both 1930 and 1932. He went on to power play situations. Jackson injuries throughout . advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open in converted a first period power The NL Central should be the best of all the play on defenseman Sean Gillam's 1932 ard then the quarterfinals of Wimbledon races, with the St Louis Cardinals, goal, while right-winger Chris and Astros hoping to go to the in 1933. Longo netted a shorthanded goal playoffs. The Cardinals look like the favorite during a Brass power play in the with sluggers such as , JD Drew The Tulane University Student-Atblete Advisory third period. Jackson center and and a solid pitching staff. How Richard Pitirri tallied an empty Board (SAAB) will put on the Second Annual the team replaces the Ruthian presence of retired net goal to seal the victory with Mark McGuire is the big question. The Cubs Varsity Ball, which will honor the 2001-2002 senior less than one minute remaining added Moises Alou and Fred McGriff should student-athletes and outstanding performers in the game. push to a monster season. Look for Brass center Mikko Sivonen from every Tulane Athletic team, Monday, April Sammy to make a at the record scored the lone Brass goal in the 15 in the Armstrong Ballroom of the Sheraton established last year by . The Astros third period, while left-winger will go as far as their pitching will take them. Hotel on Canal Street. The program will feature Matt Demarksi rang a shot off MVP candidate , along with sluggers Tulane head coaches, seniors and outstanding the crossbar in the second period. , Lance Berkman, Richard Hidalgo Demarski clearly beat the Jackson student-athletes from all 16 Green Wave sports and Daryle Ward will keep the Astros in games, goalie, but he failed to receive but the pitchers will have to play well for the teams. any credit for the effort, as the Astros to go to the playoffs. shot flew into the stands. It's looking like an exciting summer full of The Tulane University and Ls·u Athletic New Orleans failed to convert playoff races followed by the Cardinals beating on six power play opportunities. Departments have joined forces with the Second Arizona in the National League Championship despite pelting Jackson goaltender Series and the Yankees beating the Mariners in Harvesters Food Bank and the Greater Baton Mike Tamburro with 41 shots, the American League Championship Series. Rouge Food Bank in conjunction with the Green including 21 during the second In the end, the World Series will have the period. Brass goaltender Ron Wave!figer baseball game next Wednesday, April Yanks defeating the Cardinals and winning another Vogel made 28 saves on 30 shots 10 in the Louisiana Superdome in an attempt to title. in the losing effort. help the less fortunate in both the New Orleans The Bandits, who finished in WILLIAM KRAUS/PHOTOGRAPHY CO· EDITOR Vic Vij is a Tulane College sophomore. Questions Brass ends run to the ECHL Kelly Cup against the Bandits. and Baton Rouge areas. or comments can be sent to [email protected] .

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