SIUC WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Saluki runners take first at meet

The SIUC women’s cross country team took first place Saturday at the All Missouri Border’s States Cross Country Championship at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Sophomore Jenny Monaco finished third out of 176 runners with a time of 18 minutes and 21 seconds.

Other Salukis in the top 10 were Leah Steele, with a seventh-place finish, and Raina Larsen, with an eighth-place effort.

Salukis spilt two road matches

The SIUC volleyball team reached a season-high four-match winning streak by defeating Drake University Friday.

The Salukis, who won for the first time on the road, defeated the Bulldogs in four games, 15-7, 15-3, 3-15, 15-10.

Junior outside hitter Marlo Moreland paced the Salukis with 14 kills and 18 digs, while junior middle blocker Laura Pier chipped in 12 kills.

SIUC’s winning streak came to a halt Saturday with a loss to Creighton University in five games, 15-7, 13-15, 15-9, 8-15, 11-15.

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The Salukis had a two-game-to-one advantage over the Lady Jays, but dropped the final two games of the match. Moreland led the Salukis again with 17 kills and 17 digs.

With the loss, SIUC’s record fell to 8-8 overall and 5-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

SIUC SWIMMING AND DIVING

Women’s swimmers lose first meet of the season

University of Notre Dame defeated the Saluki swimming and diving teams 167.5-126.5 Saturday at the Recreation Center Pool.

Katie Burns finished first in the 200-meter and 100-meter butterfly with times of two minutes and 11.06 seconds and 58.42 seconds, respectively.

In diving, Karla Gerzema took first place in the one-meter and three-meter competition with scores of 221.40 and 243.45, respectively.

Wolverines fire head coach

The University of Michigan fired men’s basketball coach Steve Fisher Saturday. The announcement came less than a week before college teams are allowed to have their first practices, and two days after a report was returned to the university that found three minor NCAA rules violations.

New athletic director Tom Goss had met with Fisher Friday and decided then that a change was needed. Goss cited a lack of institutional control in the program as the reason for Fisher’s dismissal.

The report Michigan received Thursday was the result of an investigation by a Kansas City law firm. The investigation was conducted to look into a series of allegations that Michigan players received gifts and money, and improperly obtained leases for cars and apartments.

The investigation had in part centered on school booster Eddie Martin, a retired Detroit factory worker who supposedly had supplied the money and gifts to players, including as much as $100,000 to ex-players Chris Webber and Maurice Taylor. An earlier school investigation into Martin’s activities had uncovered a pair of minor NCAA violations, and in March, he was banned from having any association with the Michigan Athletic Department.

Fisher, 52, was an assistant for Michigan from 1982 until just before the 1989 NCAA tournament, when he was promoted to head coach, replacing Bill Frieder. Fisher led the Wolverines to the national championship that year.

He also got Michigan into the NCAA title game in 1992 and 1993, thanks to his 1991 recruitment of the Fab Five, which included stars Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose. In his eight years at Michigan, Fisher had a record of 184-82.