The Michigan Daily-Saturday, January 27, 1979-Poge 7 It's about time! Icers top Irish to stop eight game losing streak : ' } ?:: 4ys <' r.%::"ry;?:} : .:: ': i Zvi ''in?: '"+ }. '++ :.m.,..,,.,. .. ,..,F., hry'i J. c k;: .. . 1rti + :fi1 ? : W; : :" ; : ; :: Fti } : . ': .} ti 4: i{' <: ;;; 'ti t4?". $x: , . 5$} kt i : f ;; "t; :S a [e "et't:}v;:2 :ti>. {. ;ca:;.: r.:+fii zr;Y'tir:; t3: ? . .;.t; ; ",':;> ' ;"Sws :: :.' :ski'r':. syxs :r :i '(. y's ""2Y" '' t1.Y :A:.i .t:s ;: :y: x :: r,., , 3}ki:.?A .;.', 1i:+h .:gnu'.:iryvfnvvvsi}}. :{fi:.i}:C.: +}rC:}Yrh'i}}.i$?' .'vf.KV i:+ }i::tiy. w:v'ti?:t iY+.':iSG: : WY:.i:{.: i::4vr+kR3 ., if fan ens o ._ off Hoosiers in thriller, 58-55 '1 ' By DAN PERRIN Four weeks of frustration and disappointment for the Michigan hockey team .came to an end last night at Yost Ice Arena as the Blue icers 'downed Notre Dame 6-4, halting an eight game losing streak and giving the 'Wolverines renewed hope in their late 'season run at the playoffs. MICHIGAN UPPED their record to 6- 15 (8-17 overall) with the win and moved out of the basement of the WCHA. Now tied with ninth place M [ichigan State, the icers are three points away from the eighth and final playoff spot. . The victory was also the first in three games for freshman walk-on goalie Peter Mason, who was outstanding in, the nets all night. Playing without top scorer Murray Eaves, who is probably out for the season with a torn cartilidge in his kneew, as well as forward Dennis May and defenseman Dave Richter, both out with the flue, the Bill Wheeler-Dan Lerg-Doug Todd line rose to the oc- casion, playing their best hockey of the season. Lerg, who was out for two months with a knee injury, picked up a goal and three assists, giving him 13 points in the last five games and 17 points for the season. "After getting my first WCHA goal; (this year) against Colorado College (two weeks ago), gave me all the con- fidence in the world," explained the jubilant junior. "Since then everything has just fallen into place." Michigan coach Dan Farrell agreed that Lerg's play has been inspiring to the team. "Lerg played effec- tively-it's quite a difference when he's in there.sJust think if he had been in there all season'... "Peter (Mason) was very steady," continued Farrell. "'That's what we need-steady goaltending." NOTRE DAME coach Lefty Smith was gracious in his praise of Mason. "He made some outstanding saves," noted Smith. "That was the big dif- ference (in the game)." After trading goals in a sluggishly played first period, two quick goals from freshman Jeff Tessier and Canadian Doug Todd at 5:49 and 7: 45, resepectively, gave Michigan a 2-1 lead before the Irish came right back with a pair of their own from Ted Weltzin and Steve Schneider. At 7:04, of the middle stanza, Lerg took a beautiful pass from linemate Wheeler and knocked past Notre Dame goalie Dave Laurion, giving the Wolverines a 4-3 lead going into the final period. By MARK MIHANOVIC ?C? v:":i ii Ly{? ti !' %: .fi ?i ' i4 ii fJ {$:ti; 4 '?< rte? }j j {4, ,vw; y>$ ::: ' :{:?; 1 1 r ': f i to: : i :;} t; The Michigan men's swim team defeated perennial Big Ten powerhouse Indiana, 58-55, last night in a thrilling, come-from-behind victory before th& < largest crowd of the year at Matt Mann Pool. The Blue swimmers came through when they had to, setting three pool records in the last three events, all of which they needed to win to beat the , Hoosiers. Freshman John Spaid won the 500-yard freestyle with a time o j 4:28.73 to bring the crowd to its feet. Then Tom Ernsting won the 200-yard breaskstroke with a time of 2:06.94, : and Kevin Morgan edged Indian's Marc. Schlatter in the most exciting < finish of the evening for second place. This set the stage for Michigan's 400-yard freestyle relay to smoke In diana with a time of 3:02.38 and give the Hoosiers their second consecutive loss after their incredible winning streak of 140 straight dual meets was; snapped this week by SMU. Bob Murray, Fernando Canales, Tom Pedersoni; < and Paul Griffith swam the legs of the final event and brought in the victoria for the Wolverines. Murray was the lone triple winner for the men, with firsts also comingirn the 50- and 100-yard freestyles. Canales was a double winner, with a victory .y in the 200-yard freestyle to add to the final relay. Diver Matt Chelich once again outclassed his opposition, winning both " the one- arnd three-meter dives with totals of over 300 points. Indiana coach Jim ''Doc " Counsilman put it sin ply: "Of course, Chelich was great." The Michigan victory set up a possible showdown between the Wolverine and Hoosier swimmers at the Big Ten championships in March. "We'll be shooting for the Big Ten meet rather than the dual meets' ', Counsilman said. "We'll be ready. We didn't shave anybody (for this par ticular meet). If they rested, then they're going to have a tougher time,, against us. If they worked through it, then they'll be competitive." : u ; The drought's over FIRST PERIOD Scoring-i. ND-Meredith (Brown, Schneider) 8:05; 2. M-Olver (Miller) 15:23. Penalties-M-Bench (too many men) 3:01; M- Coffman (roughing) 9:22; ND-Schmidt (roughing) 9:20; ND-Logan (hooking) 12:36; ND-Cox (inter- ference) 15:07; ND-Brownschidle (interference) 15:44. SECOND PERIOD Scoring-3. M-Tessier (Hampson, Mars) 5:39; 4. M-Todd (Lerg, Wheeler) 7:14; 5. ND-Weltzin (Logan, Rothstein) 7:45; 6. ND-Schneider (Poulin) 16:05; 7. M-Lerg (Wheeler) 17:04. Penalties-M-Lundberg (slashing) 0:53; ND- Meredith (holding) 0:53; M-Hampson (roughing) 10:00; ND-Brown (roughing) 10:09; ND-Cameron (charging) 1952. THIRD PERIOD Scoring-8. M-Bourne (Lerg, Miller) 5:06; 9. ND-Brownschidle (Schneider, Poulin) 8:01; 10. M- Todd (Lerg( Lundberg) 19:44. Penalties-ND-Brwnschidle (tripping) 4:34; M-Coffman (cross checking) 7:04. SAVES 1 ND-Laurion..............8 2 17 SAVES 1 2 ND-Laurion .............. 8 17 M-Mason...............9 12 SCORING BY PERIODS ND ..................... 1 2 M ......................1 3 Att: 3681 After the two teams again traded goals, it was clutch scorer Todd who came through with an open net goal at. 3 Total 19:44 of the third period, icing the vic- ! tory and giving Todd four goals in the last two games. 3 Total ' The team was estatic in victory and 5 30 rookie netminder Mason was especially 10 31 excited. "The team was playing too well for us to lose (in the third period)," 1 4 said Mason. "We carried the play 2 6 throughout the game." . . ........ ..u ::::................. ..: "t, .............r::. .:r::. :.... ;...........x::::..... v ....... i:ii iii i:"ii i'r'r: i::i ii: ;:}'rii iii;i:};:;:i$;:;{:;:y'::i'r:iii} ii:":v:"$ii;i:+SL: ''full court 1; PRES / U Cagers topple ..give State ... Orr some credit By GARY KICINSKI N EVER AGAIN will I sit idly by and let somebody tell me what alousy coach Johnny Orr is. If I had a dime for every time I've heard Orr chastised in the last four weeks I could probably talk to Salt Lake City for an hour. Many people sim- ply can not understand how a team with so much talent can be playing so poorly, and Orr has been made the scapegoat. Any day now I was expecting to see the fan frustration materializaing in the form bf "Dump'Orr" signs and banners. Already, in fact, an even mix- ture of cheers and boos were heard following Orr's introduction at the Michigan State game. The sooner that these critical fans start realizing that Orr is working with a team of only moderate talents, the better. And for that same reason I think that the Wolverines' 49-48 victory over the Spartans was a coaching masterpiece. Orr took a collection of individual talents and parlayed them to the ut- most against the Spartans, who quite frankly are a better overall team than Michigan. As in the loss to Ohio State, the Wolverines were up against a bet- ter ballclub, but this time Orr simply outcoached his opponent, Jud Heath- cote. I have been skeptical of some of Orr's moves in the past, and Thursday night was no exception. I could not understand why gunner Marty Bodnar wasn't starting against the Spartan zone. But Orr's subsequent use of Bod- nar, Keith Smith, Tom Staton and Paul Heuerman at strategic points against State proved, to me at least, that criticism of Orr is unwarranted. The Wolverines started out sluggishly on offense, and the Spartans would have blown the Wolverines out in the first half were it nqt for Staton's defensive handcuffing of Earvin Johnson. Offensively the Blue cagers were penetrating but missing inside shots, and the Wolverines found themselves down by a 28-17 margin. Despite Michigan's intensity, it looked like things were getting out of hand. Enter Marty Bodnar. The 6-3 sophomore canned a pair of set shots from the corners and the Wolverines regained some of their lost momentum, narrowing the gap to 30-23 at the half. "I think that definitely was the turning point," said assistant coach Bill Frieder, who also deserves a share of the coaching credit. "I think our comeback at the end of the first half carried right over into the second half. He (Bodnar) was in on four baskets-he hit two and assisted for two, and he really got us moving." In the second half the Wolverines went back to the starters and went back to working inside. This time the shots started falling, as Phil Hubbard led a 13-2 Michigan charge in the first six minutes to commandeer a 36-32 ad- vantage. Tension in the arena escalated as the contest turned into a neck- and-neck battle. With the score knotted at 42 apiece and 10:15 remaining, Orr decided to give Staton a deserved / breather, sending in Bodnar and Paul Heuerman-a move with dangerous backfire potential. But the Wolverines slipped back into a 2-3 zone defense and were able to contain Johnson until Sta tons returned four minutes later, with each club scoring just two points in that span. "I felt the breather Coach gave me really helped," said Staton "That was perfect timing-perfect timing. We kept the lead and when I came back in I was fresh. I had started to tire just a " rr taste and that was a good coaching move as far as I was concerned." The score was tied at 44 when the Royal Oak senior returned. Soon he blew in for a layup off an in-bounds play to give Michigan ita 46th point, and moments later he fired a dazzling pass underneath to Heuerman, who came through with a clutch layup for the Wolverines 48th point. In the final two minutes Orr alternated Smith and Heuerman, depending on whether Michigan was on the offense or defense. On offense, Smith gave Michigan an outstanding ballhandler, and on defense Heuerman added some height to the back line. Of course, it was the 6-0 sparkplug Smith who was in there at the end, and whose free throw touched off the wildest celebration seen in Crisler Arena in a long time. For Michigan the win was more than just a win over its intrastate rivals. It indeed may have spared them the embarrassment of a losing season, as the Wolverines hadn't exactly been in the best of spirits. "In this week's practices we were at the lowest point I've seen in three * years.I've been here," Staton admitted. "If we had lost tonight I think we'd have been canable of losing the next three in a row." By GEOFF LARCOM With the crowd's cheers from Thur- sday's stunning one-point win over Michigan State still ringing in their ears, the Wolverines today will attempt phase two of "Operation Spoiler", when they square off against Illinois at Assembly Hall. One problem, hoveever. It's becoming difficult to tell the giants from the giant-killers in this league. With the badly-needed lift provided by the State victory, the Wolverines can hold their heads high for the moment.- And if they can continue in the same vein, the role of spoiler they seemingly were relegated to may no longer be ap- plicable in this year's topsy-turvy Big Ten. "If we take the spoiler role that's fine," said co-captain Tom Staton. "If we do it enough, while the other teams beat each other, we'll be right back in it." The 4-3 fighting Illini, who were on top of the basketball world with an overall 15-0 record after whipping Michigan State at home, have lost three of their last four, and are now perched delicately above Michigan (3-4) in the Big Ten race. Ranked eighth in the country prior to Thursday's upset loss to Iowa, the Illini were hurt by the absence of 6-11 center Derek Holcomb, who sprained his ankle in practice this week. Ho'lcomb is listed as a doubtful star- ter today, forcing Illinois to go with 6-6 junior Levi Cobb in the pivot. Cobb normally is the first forward off the Illini bench. Flanking Cobb at the forward spots will be sophomore Eddie Johnson and junior Neil Bresnahan. It was Johnson who hit on alast-second jumper to close the door on Michigan State in the Illini's 57-55 win at Assembly Hall earlier this month. Johnson is Illinois' second leading scorer with 13.7 points per game, while Bresnahan, a strong two-way player, is hitting at an 8.5 clip and grabbing eight rebounds a contest. At the guard positions for Illinois are leading scorer Mark Smith ( 15 points. per game) and playmaker Rob Judson, who brings the ball up the floor for Illinois. So far this year, the Illini have run a patterned offense, attempting to get the ball inside to their-:big forwards and get the good shot. "Last year, we relied too much on the 15-18 foot jump shot," said Illini Coach Lou Henson of his team. "We've got a tall front line and we're trying to go inside more this year." But with the possibility of Holcomb's absence, the Illini may have to go to a perimeter attack once again, relying on the shooting of Smith and Judson to keep them in the game. Illinois will be looking to remedy their foul troubles against the Wolverines, as free throws played major roles in their recent losses to Ohio State and Purdue. Against OSU, the Illini hit on just four of eight free throws, while the Bucks. shot 25-38 at the line. Facing the Boilermakers it was the same story, as Illinois went seven for ten to Purdue's 27-35 total at the charity stripe. As for the now upset-happy Wolverines, they're not making any predictions. They're just ready to go at it again. "You go in' this league from game to game," said Johnny Orr. "I don't know what's gonna happen. We're not worried about anyone though." MEN'S SWIMMING MICHIGAN 58, Indiana 55 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Rutgers 70, Duquesne 67 villanova 99, W. virginia 58 Yale 84, Cornell 75 PRO BASKETBALL New Jersey 110, New Orleans 104 Indiana 119, Boston 106 PRO HOCKEY Atlnta4, oroto2 . , .# Atlnta4,.oroto -. .,' f liralitiOpenlilg. New Barsaththe Village Bell. All drinks halt price this Thursday, Friday& Saturday. u , r 16 -Game women 's cage stats PLAYER GA FG/FGA PCT. FT/FTA PCT. REB AVG. Diane Dietz.............. ..... 16 142/304 .467 22/34 .647 82 5.1 Katie McNamara .............. 16 111/277 .400 45/67 .672 85 5.3 Abby Currier .................. 16 81/193 .420 25/38 .658 110 6.9 Terry Schevers ................ 16 49/155 .316 29/43 .674 73 4.5 Brena Venhuizen .............. 16 36/94 .383 21/36 .583 51 3.2 Yvette Harris ................. 16 31/66 .470 16/35 .458 118 7.4 Penny Neer ................... 15 27/64 .422 8/19 .421 85 5.7 Kris Hansen ................... 12 11/27 .408 13/18 .722 45 3.8 Tammie Sanders .............. 10 8/15 .533 1/7 .143 11 1.1 Jeanne white .................. 13 5/18 .278 2/11 .182 23 1.7 Jill Smith.................... 9 4J9 .444 2/7 .286 18 2.0 Deb Allor......... .......... 1 1/i 1.000 2/4 .500 0 0.4 Monique Bernoudy............. 3 1/2 .500 0/0 .000 1 0.5 Others....................... 5 4/9 .444 1/3 .333 4 0.8 MICHIGAN ................... 16 509/1231 .413 186/320 .581 823 51.4 Opponents ..................... 16 468/1134 .413 218/368 .592 853 53.3 PTS. 296 267 187 127 193 78 62 35 17 12 10 4 2 9 1214 1147 AvG. 18.5 16.7 11.7 7.9 5.8 4.9 4.2 2.9 1.7 0.9 1:1 4.0 0.7 1.8 75.9 71.7 CenFtcore DecoratorTs Sale OFF ORIGINAL ART POSTERS t 20 0 Frankenthaler " Munch " Vasareley " Miro " Calder " Morris Louis " Klimt " Dali " Rockwell * Many others $5.00 to $60.00 25 0 5OFF CALENDARS Sailing * Sierra Club * Running Audubon * Gnome * Antiques " 'Calligraphy * Literary * Many others O Exotic " imports " For flying or decorating Colorful r c fr+T..,E 4im. . * 1 "1t1 a.... dE Lf a n