SPORTS Technique • Friday, June 3, 2005 • 15 twice named conference player of host a regional after being selected Texas Longhorns. After winning the the week. as the sixth-seeded team in the na- doubles point, each of the singles Baseball from page 16 Wieters is batting .368 with 63 Tennis from page 16 tion. The team breezed through the matches stayed close until the end. keep playing.” RBIs and only 26 strikeouts on the “After dropping the first set, I regional defeating Winthrop (4-0) The No. 17 doubles team of Miller Tech played Florida State next season. The right-hander also has a thought that there was no way I and Pepperdine (4-0) to advance to and Silverio qualified as an at-large and sent them home with their fifth 2.68 ERA in 24 appearances with six was going down,” said Shosho. “I the Jacket’s first Sweet 16. for the doubles tournament that was consecutive loss to Tech. Tech de- saves. Wieters also boasts a three-to- thought that I still had so much “I’m really proud of this team,” held in Athens last week. Miller and feated the Seminoles 18-2 and forced one strikeouts-to-walks ratio. left in me to give, so I came out in Shelton said. “It’s been a great season. Silverio ran into the No. 9 Florida the 10-run mercy rule to be put into Hall has been awarded the ACC the second set and fought from the The girls played well, and it was a doubles team and fell (6-4, 6-1). effect. The rule was a new addition Coach of the Year for the third time first point on.” They finished the season as the top to the tournament and came into in his 12-year tenure at the helm of They met up the Hurricanes in doubles team in Tech history with effect after the losing team bats in the Jackets. Hall has the most wins ACC Championship final. After “The girls played an overall record of 26-13. their half of the seventh inning. (526) and the highest winning picking up the doubles point, the well, and it was a Freshman All-American Miller Tech had to overcome perhaps percentage (.699) of any coach in Jackets lost the first three single advanced to the Sweet 16 in their greatest obstacle in the cham- the history of Tech. matches but battled back and won convincing win...” the singles competition. Miller’s pionship game. Virginia had beaten “It’s a team award,” Hall said. “It the final three matches of the day. campaign came to an end against Tech in the previous six contests and says that our team played very well. Alison Silverio captured the Most Bryan Shelton Northwestern’s Audra Cohen (6- Tech was trailing 3-2 going into the I give the players and my coaching Valuable Player honors for the Tennis head coach 3, 2-6, 6-0). Miller’s 42 wins this top of the seventh. The team finally staff equal credit. I think it’s a reward tournament. season breaks the previous Tech broke through against the Cavaliers that should be shared by everyone on “I think it’s so hard to win an ACC record of 30 that was set by Bobbi pitchers for two the team and title and it’s hard enough to get into convincing win, which feels good. Guthrie (1997-98) and Jaime Wong runs. The Jackets “I guess you could the staff. It’s the finals, much less complete the We took care of the doubles point, (2000-01). held on and Matt not one person task by winning the tournament,” and then we got off to a good start Tech will be returning every Wieters picked say it was sweet that makes this Shelton said. “The girls on the court in the singles and were able to close player next season with the exception up the save to go revenge ... to beat team go.” are the ones that got it done though, the door at the end.” of Baylor transfer Dasha Potapova along with the Junior out- they deserve all of the credit.” Tech’s run ended with a 4-3 loss who was the No. 2 singles player on victories that he [Virginia] for the fielder Steven The Jackets were selected to to the eventual national runner-up the team this season. picked up in the championship, that’s Bl ac k wood first two games of and sopho- were a No. 3 seed heading into the into the loser’s bracket. In the top the tournament. a feather in our more third Athens Regional. of the first inning, second basemen “I guess you cap.” baseman Wes Softball from page 16 “It was disappointing that we Aileen Morales suffered a fracture in could say that it Hodges were exclamation point was the tourna- were a three seed,” Earleywine said her foot after turning a double play. was sweet revenge Danny Hall also named ment. It was just confirmation that according to ramblinwreck.com. Georgia’s Kim Wendland slid hard [to beat Virgin- as first-team we were the best team.” “It started us off on a frustrating into second base, taking Morales ia],” Hall said. Baseball head coach All-ACC se- Tech swept through the ACC out of the game. Wendland was “They had our lections. tournament without a loss. Sallinger hit by a pitch a the the top of the number and beat us six straight times. Tech will be hosting a regional pitched 19 out of a possible 21 in- “... we weren’t fourth inning. To beat them for the championship starting today where they will be nings and didn’t allow a run in any Tech defeated the Jayhawks that’s a feather in our cap.” playing Furman at 4 p.m. Furman of the three games. She was named hitting when it 5-2 in their second match up. The Junior Shortstop Tyler Greene has won their last seven games. The the ACC Tournament’s Most Valu- became crunch Jackets were down early on Sunday was named as a first team All-Ameri- South Carolina Gamecocks and the able Player. in the championship game against can by USA Today Sports weekly to Michigan Wolverines who will be in The team defeated North Caro- time.” Georgia. A seventh inning rally fell go along with his ACC Tournament action in today’s first game join the lina State in the first game 2-0, then short and the team lost 2-1. Most Valuable Player honors and Jackets and Paladins in the regional. beat Virginia in the second game 3-0 Ehren Earleywine “The bottom line was that unfor- being named as a first team All-ACC The winner of each game will meet before winning a 1-0 game against Softball head coach tunately we weren’t hitting when it selection. He is the 13th player in tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. while seventh seeded Virginia Tech in the became crunch time,” Earleywine Tech history to earn such honors the losers will meet at 12 p.m. championship game. said. by at least one publication. South Carolina has been to each “It was very exciting to win note.” These were the final games for a Greene is batting .370 with 12 of the last three College World Series, our second ACC Championship,” The Jackets defeated Kansas twice group of seniors that includes Jes- home runs, 69 RBIs and 30 stolen while Michigan has won 22 out of the Sallinger said. “I’m honored to win in the regional, but lost to Georgia sica Sallinger, Kirin Kumar, Katie bases on the season. last 27 games that they’ve competed MVP honors and I was just trying twice. In the first game, Sallinger Donovan and Liz Bartle. Since the Wieters was named first team in. The last time that the Gamecocks to pitch as well as I could to give my pitched all nine innings to pick group has arrived on campus the All-ACC and was the Freshman were in for a Regional was in team a chance to win.” up the complete game after extra Jackets have gone 188-76. Player of the Year. Wieters delivered 2003 when the Jackets were swept Despite being ranked as high as innings. Tech was unable to carry Sallinger leaves Tech holding the early in the season to earn National out of the tournament without the No. 16 in the polls at the conclusion the momentum and were defeated ACC record for strikeouts (1,398) Player of the Week honors and was two teams ever meeting. of the ACC Tournament, the Jackets by the Bulldogs 8-1 to send the team and career wins (109).

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RESEARCHING OPTIONS DON’T PANIC Students look to boost resumes and Tech The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy finally SPORTS hopes to enrich education with an under- reaches the big screen. Find out if an alien graduate research degree option. Page 7 Page 9 Technique • Friday, June 3, 2005 saving your life is really worth it. sports Baseball captures ACC Tourney crown By Michael Clarke league’s best eight teams are partici- shorts Senior Staff Writer pating, we were the best over those Jack declares for five days. That says a lot, too. They Tech baseball won the ACC are different but equal.” NBA draft regular season championship and Tech opened the tournament the tournament title. They are now against eighth-seeded Wake Forest. Junior guard Jarrett Jack an- preparing for the NCAA Regionals The Demon Deacons jumped out nounced on May 5 that he would that start today. to a 7-0 lead at the end of the third be making himself eligible for the The ACC regular season title inning. Tech refused to give up and upcoming NBA draft. Jack has came down to the final weekend came roaring back putting six runs elected to not sign an agent and of play. The Jackets on the board in will be eligible to attend the NBA’s needed at least one the bottom of pre-draft camp in Chicago on June win and a Miami “You don’t want the fifth. Tech 7-10 at his own expense. loss to guarantee trailed by one Jack has until June 21, a week the title. Tech lost to get behind the going into the before the draft, to remove himself the first two games way [we] did. To bottom of the from consideration, or he will lose at North Carolina ninth. A throw- his remaining eligibility. by one run each. our team’s credit ing error brought Jack led Tech to the Final Four in The Jackets came they kept battling in the tying run 2004 and has led the team to a 64-37 alive beating North and Wes Hodges record under his watch. Jack is cur- Carolina 8-1 in and won those hit a sacrifice fly rently 26th at Tech in career points the series finale to games.” to drive in the (1,265) and fifth in assists(543). clinch their sec- winning run. ond consecutive Danny Hall In Tech ’s ACC regular season second game, Golf starts NCAA “You don’t want to title. The team was Baseball head coach Florida State get behind the way predicted by the scored a run in Championship conference coaches to finish third the sixth and three in the seventh [we] did. To our in the conference at the start of the to take a 4-0 lead. Tech responded After a final round push to fin- team’s credit they season. with five runs of their own in the ish 3 strokes above No. 10 Georgia For the second time in three bottom half of the inning to advance Southern, the No. 3 Jackets made the kept battling and years, Tech has captured the ACC to the championship game of their cut and will be playing this weekend won...” Tournament Championship and bracket. for the NCAA Championship in earned the automatic spot in this “You don’t want to get behind Owings Mill, Md. weekend’s NCAA Regional. the way [we] did,” Hall said. “To This will be the team’s eighth Danny Hall “I think the ACC regular season our team’s credit they kept battling consecutive year playing for the Baseball head coach you are playing everybody and the and won those games. You have to NCAA Championship. They have team that plays the most consistent play the game as it unfolds and it finished in the top-five four of the from beginning to end wins,” Head doesn’t matter whether we are way last five years. By Jamie Howell/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Coach Danny Hall said. “That says ahead or way behind you have to Third baseman Wes Hodges throws the ball to first. Hodges was among a lot about our club’s consistency. three players named as first team All-ACC selections for Tech. In the ACC Tournament, when the See Baseball, page 15 Track advances eight to NCAAs Softball falls to UGA Women’s tennis reaches first Sweet 16; The women’s track team placed run ends with difficult loss to Texas sixth and the menfinished 25th at the NCAA East Regional this past By Michael Clarke weekend. Senior Dore Madere broke Senior Staff Writer the school record in the women’s discus throwing 170 feet, 9 inches Tech’s women’s tennis team and Chaunte Howard won the East ended the season as the No. 6 team Region women’s high jump title for in the nation after advancing to the second consecutive year. the school’s first ever Sweet 16. Ashlee Kidd, Andriane Lapsley, The team rounded off the year by Shantrell Moss, Dana Rogers, Bran- winning the ACC regular season dy Depland and Montrell Person all and the ACC Tournament. The qualified to join Madere and Howard Tournament win was the school’s for the NCAA Championships in first conference championship in Sacramento, Calif. tennis. The Jackets season came to an end at the rackets of eventual national runner-up Texas (4-3), By Ariel Bravy / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS and the team concluded their Warren gets top All-American Jessica Sallinger prepares for a pitch. Sallinger helped season with a record of 21-4. the softball team win the ACC regular season and ACC Tournament. The Jackets captured the ACC job at Jacksonville regular season title after tying By Michael Clarke Miami with a 9-1 record in the On April 20, assistant coach Senior Staff Writer ACC regular season on May 6 with league, but held the tiebreaker By Raymond Chafin / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Cliff Warren accepted the men’s a win over and a record after defeating the Hurricanes Freshman Kristi Miller aims a head coaching position of 11-4 in the conference, earning earlier in the season. The team backhand. Miller advanced to at Jacksonville University. With the conclusion of the the team’s first ACC title. clinched the title with a 5-2 vic- the Sweet 16 in singles. Warren has been on Head Coach NCAA Tournament and the gradua- “The regular season was more tory over North Carolina. Paul Hewitt’s staff for the last eight tion of several seniors, including All- exciting to win for me because it “It seems like every time Tech followed up by winning years. In that time, he helped lead American pitcher Jessica Sallinger, showed more of a theme of success our backs are against the wall, the ACC Tournament. Tech Tech and Siena to a combined seven the Jackets softball team has come over time,” Head Coach Ehren we are finding the answers out knocked off Florida State 4-1 postseason berths, including four to an end of an era. The Jackets won Earleywine said. “When you’re talk- there on the court,” Head Coach to reach the semifinals where NCAA Tournament bids. the ACC regular season crown as ing 15, 18, 20 games in the regular Bryan Shelton said as reported by they defeated North Carolina Warren had been instrumental well as the ACC Tournament before season and then in the tournament ramblinwreck.com. “After losing 4-2. Junior Lyndsay Shosho in developing point guards Tony finishing runner-up to UGA in the we just won three games and we are yesterday to Duke and knowing clinched each of the matches for Akins and Jarrett Jack. Warren Athens Regional. champion. The regular season was that we had to come in here and the Jackets. has added the Tech influence to Tech’s season ended with a .780 exciting for me in terms of it showed win today to get that title, we his staff by hiring former forward winning percentage and came one that we had consistency and the really stepped up big.” See Tennis, page 15 Jon Babul and former point guard win short of the school record for Winston Neal. wins set in 2002. Tech clinched the See Softball, page 15