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Headlines for May 9, 2008
Iowa ends Illini's season
Softball
EVANSTON – The Illinois softball season came to an end this morning after the Illini dropped a 9-1 decision to Iowa in the Big Ten tournament at Northwestern.
The Illini (30-32) grabbed an early lead in the top of the first inning when freshman Danielle Zymkowitz scored after Iowa center fielder Quinn Morelock misplayed the first of two Angelena Mexicano doubles.
Russian hopes to bring good luck to Illini in NCAA tournament
Tennis
URBANA – No matter the moment, the necklace never comes off. You wonder if it should.
The gold medallion – a talisman, purchased in Roy Kalmanovich's native Russia – flops across his neck as he mocks a spring breeze with a ripped forehand at Atkins Tennis Center. It's still there as he curses an unforced error, and it was there after he celebrated a 6-2, 6-4 beatdown of an unsuspecting Indiana Hoosier in Kalmanovich's first collegiate match – less than two weeks from when his season could be over.
