Wolverines Have Big Ten Tourney Opener Postponed
5/16/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The game has been rescheduled for Thursday at approximately 12:05 p.m., following the completion of the Illinois-Purdue contest. Illinois led Purdue 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning when that game was suspended, and it will be continued at 10 a.m. Thursday.
The loser of the Michigan-OSU game plays at 3:35 p.m. vs. the loser of the Illinois-Purdue game, while the Michigan-OSU winner will plays its second game later on Thursday, facing Penn State at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday. Penn State dropped a 4-2 decision to Minnesota in the only game completed Wednesday.
The All-Big Ten baseball team was announced prior to the start of first-round action of the tournament, and Michigan sophomore 3B Brock Koman (Pueblo, Colo./South HS) and junior RHP Bobby Korecky (Saline, Mich./Saline HS) were named to the All-Big Ten Second Team. Koman leads the Wolverines in hitting (.376), home runs (12) and runs batted in (53), while Korecky tops the squad in wins (6-3) and owns a 3.17 earned run average.
2001 All-Big Ten Baseball Honors
| FIRST TEAM 1B -- Nick Swisher, Ohio State 2B -- David Blomberg, Purdue SS -- Mike Duursma, Purdue 3B -- Jack Hannahan, Minnesota OF -- Mike Check, Ohio State OF -- Bob Malek, Michigan State OF -- Nate Sickler, Purdue DH -- Doug Deeds, Ohio State C -- Chris Netwall, Penn State P -- Andy Dickinson, Illinois P -- Dave Gassner, Purdue P -- Mike Kobow, Minnesota P -- E.J. Laratta, Ohio State RP -- Cory Cox, Ohio State | SECOND TEAM 1B -- Andy Schutzenhofer, Illinois 2B -- Mike Harris, Ohio State SS -- Scott Welch, Minnesota 3B -- Brock Koman, Michigan OF -- Rob Fischer, Illinois OF -- Zack Smithlin, Penn State OF -- Sam Steidl, Minnesota DH -- Kurt Haring, Minnesota C -- Joe Hietpas, Northwestern P -- Bryan Gale, Michigan State P -- Bobby Korecky, Michigan P -- Dan McCall, Penn State P -- Ben Quick, Purdue RP -- Dominick Squires, Michigan State |
| THIRD TEAM 1B -- Josh Holthaus, Minnesota 2B -- Mike DeRenzo, Penn State SS -- Kurt Vitense, Iowa 3B -- Luke Simmons, Illinois OF -- Brady Ballard, Illinois OF -- Jason Kennedy, Minnesota OF -- Blake St. Clair, Indiana DH -- Todd Morgan, Northwestern C -- David Harrell, Purdue P -- Kevin Goodrum, Ohio State P -- Mike Nall, Northwestern P -- Greg Prenger, Ohio State P -- Zach Schara, Northwestern RP -- Jason Shupe, Minnesota | Player of the Year: Jack Hannahan, 3B, Minnesota Pitcher of the Year: Andy Dickinson, Illinois Freshman of the Year: Doug Deeds, DH, Ohio State Coach of the Year: Bob Todd, Ohio State |
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