One more The Michigan Daily-Saturday, February 17, 1979-Page 7 time! Will cagers crusi thev have hanned io Ten leaders Doily Photo by PAM MARKS' BRIAN LUNDBERG OF MICHIGAN fires a score past Wisconsin goalie Roy Schultz after receiving a pass from Wolverine Roger Bourne. The score temporarily put Michigan on top in the first period 1-0. Badgers best sagging lers By BRIAN MILLER Wisconsin brought its fans and it brought its band but it was the Badger hockey squad that had a party as the visitors from Madison skated to an 8-3 victory over Michigan's Wolverines at Yost Ice Arena last night. The Badgers took command of the gate in the second period snapping a! 3-3 tie with two late goals by the game's first star, defenseman Bob Suter and his teammate Jim'Scheid. But before that, Michigan looked as if it were going to run the Badgers right off the rink. The Wolverines opened- the game's scoring midway through the first period when Brian Lundberg, playing right wing instead of his customary right defense, beat Wisconsin netminder Roy Schultz with a shot from in close. Michigan's Roger Bourne set up the play when he chased down a loose puck to Schultz' left and centered it to Lundberg who was standing alone in front for the score. Captain Mark Miller also assisted on the goal. The Badgers tied the game on the first of Suter's two goals for the night. Suter stripped a Michigan defenseman of the puck, skated in alone on Wolverine goalie Rudy Varvari, and scored. However, the tie didn't last long as Michigan regained the lead just :18 seconds after the Wisconsin goal. That score, by Gordie Hampson allowed the Wolverines to skate off with a 2-1 lead after one period of play, although Coach Dan Farrell wasn't exactly pleased. "We couldn't take advantage of the first period chances (scoring just once in six power play chances)," he said, "but that's not unusual for us." Wisconsin tied things up again early in the second period when its high scoring forward Mark Johnson netted a power play goal after Michigan's Dave Richter was whistled off for interference. Johnson, who played only on the power play unit as he had suffered an injury earlier this week, still managed to notch his 24th goal in conference play. The junior AllAmerican now has 31 goals and 70 points overall for the season. The Badgers took the lead halfway through the period when co-captain Les Grauer stole the puck again from the Michigan defense and scored over a prostrate Varvari. Although Michigan was able to tie up the game once again, on a rebound goal by Dennis May late in the period, the Badgers jumped on top once and for all on the strength of Suter and Scheid's late goals. In bpth cases, it was a lack of defense which ultimately hurt Michigan. Suter's goal came on a breakaway and Scheid -was able to score after Michigan's Bill Wheeler knoced the puck into his own team's crease with Varvari out of position. It appeared as if neither team would score in the third period but the Badgers finally did so-three times. Those goals,. scored just two minutes apart by Brian Campbell, Livonia's Ron Grifin andGrauer, topped off a par- ticulary sloppy period of play. The Wolverine icers were unable to control the puck, and Varvari was flat on his back even before Wisconsin's players shot the puck into the net in two of those three goals. "We came up a couple of bad goals," said Farrell. "It's the same story as usual: no puck handling, a lack of defense. We can't handle the puck well in the offensive zone and thusave turn it over. Same old story By BRIAN MARTIN With no time left on the scoreboard, a skinny freshman guard dribbles the ball once at the foul line, takes a deep breath and launches the ball on a per- fect arc to hit nothing but net and upset the visiting favored team, 49-48. With time running out, the visitors could not find their top shooter in the Blue on TV Today's game between Mich- igan and Michigan State can be seen at 2:30 on Channel 4 as the Big Ten Game of the Week. Those not near a TV. but within range of a radio can tune into the action on WAAM (1600 AM), WPAG (107 FM) and WUOM (91.7 FM). clear and were forced to feed the ball to a sophomore substitute at the top of the key, who beat the buzzer with a picture jump shot that tickled the twines to up- set the favored home team, 65-63. These were the scenarios of two of the last three Michigan-Michigan State confrontations. In between them was a Spartan blowout of the Wolverines in Crisler Arena, but none of the players are thinking of that one. No one is. IN FACT, few were thinking about the game played Thursday night in Crisler as both the Michigan coaches and players were seeing green and white jerseys in front of them rather than the purple and white they were playing. "We've been practicing for Michigan State all week," admitted Johnny Orr after the Northwestern game. "We're in a good frame of mind for Saturday." The Spartans have been flying high of late, not with drugs but with the basketball. In their past three games, Big 10 Standings Lucy gn.v S.. .... .ll .uct .h Ohio State and Iowa on their own home floors plus Indiana to put themselves back into the title chase, only one thin game behind the Bucks and the Hawkeyes with a 9-4 conference slate. Michigan stands at 7-6. "WE'RE GOING to play the best team in America," Orr proclaimed. {:"v.'-i~i:v~i~v;.;:j;ti.4,}:$!":ti;.;:1.v< v{: 'J}': THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN STATE MICHIGAN Tom Staton Keith Smith Phil Hubbard Mike McGee Alan Hardy (6-3)............ (6-0)............. (6-7)............ (6-5)........... (6-6) ...... G G C F F .............Earvin Johnson .............Terry Donnelly .............Jay Vincent .............Ron Charles .............Greg Kelser (6-8) (6-g) (6-8) (6-7) (6-7) Spartai were better when we had the tougher opponents down the stretch." However, there will be no stretch run this year for the Wolverines, who hold only an outside shot at a bid to the NIT Tournament. But somehow the lack of a tourney bid has done little to diminish the electricity that accompanies this in- tra-state rivalry. _ .,. Y+17{"'...v '. : i :-r fr .7"df 4'19'r:? :4 r" . v : f. .. . . .". 8 . '.r.{G. { { il. v } .. h y .............. "There's no doubt in my mind about that." Assistant Coach Bill Frieder echoes those sentiments. "They're definitely the top team in the country. Our minds were on State (Thursday night). They are going to be extremely, extremely tough." Northwestern offered themselves as sacrificial lambs to the Wolverines, but sometimes that may not be the best prescription. "Sometimes, the tougger opponent the better," Frieder said. "In '77 (when Michigan won its last Big Ten title), we "I haven't lost there (Jenison Field House) since I've been here, and I don't plan on starting now," said senior co- captain Tom Staton. In Staton's four years with the roundball squad, Michigan State has only beaten Michigan once (last year at Crisler, 73- 62). ONE OF THE factors to that single blemish last year was Staton's foul trouble. To no one's surprise, Staton will again be assigned to guard Earvin Johnson, the man who gets the MSU of- fense going. Staton picked up his third foul with St hopes? about two minutes remaining in the fir- st period. That is also the point when Johnson made a rout out of a close game to take a nine-point lead into the' locker room and it was never close af - terwards. Undoubtedly, tlis will be the key matchup of the game. Staton was suc- cessful earlier this season at home, but playing at the Jenison Barn is another'. matter. "It's definitely a home court advan- tage when you've got 10,000 people screaming for you," said Staton of the, crazies who inhabit the bleachers. "But we always seem to play well up there." RICH FALK, Northwestern's coach whose team embarrassed the Spartans with an 18-point victory, had some ad- vice for Michigan. "Anytime you play Michigan State. you've got to control Magic," he said. "At our place, although he got 20 points, we had him under control. "I think Michigan can control now:: with Hubbard playing the way he is You've got to take it to their frontline. You can't be intimidated by them. "Give Michigan State the ball at the basket, and they're going to dunk it." Give Michigan State anything and the ball game is over. One can be certain that the revenge factor will be significant in today's rematch - not only this year's last second loss, but also a little matter from last year that left the Spartan Spirits speechless. BL UE DOMINA TING BIG TEN McCullyoo ks toward nationals CONFERENCE W L Pct. Iowa dhio St. Michigan St. Purdue MICHIGAN Illinois Indiana Minnesota Wisconsin Northwestern 10 10 9 9 7 7 6 4 2 1 3 3 4 4 6 6 7 9 12 .769 .769 .692 .692 .538 .538 .462 .308. .154 .077 OVERALL W L Pct. 17 5 .773 15 7 .682 17 5 .773 19 6 .760 13 8 .619 19 6 .760 14 11 .560 9 13 .409 8 14 .364 5 17 .227 By MARK MIHANOVIC, As the lone senior on the University of Michigan's women swim team, Katy McCully realizes that she is in a position of natural leadership. So does coach Stu Isaac. "Katy, provides a lot of experience, and the girls look at her and see that she doesn't get discouraged. She knows she's going to do well in the big meets, and she does," Isaac said. McCULLY IS THE TANKERS' most versatile freestyler, excellent in both the 50- and 200-yard freestyles. She finished second in both of those events in last night's Big Ten Cham- pionships held at Matt Mann Pool. According to Isaac, she might have won both had she been wearing the faster "skin suits" rather than the nylon swim suits they usually wear. It is the team's policy to save the faster suits for the national meet, which McCully has qualified for in both events. "I was very happy with it (last night's performance), con- sidering that I Ygsn't tapered," McCully stated. "I'm satisfied." "Katy's greatest attribute is her natural feel for the water and how high her body rides on the water. It's almost im- possible to teach a swimmer," said Isaac. The Wolverine women continued their team dominance of the Big Ten meet. After last night's victory in the 400-yard medley relay (anchored by McCully), Michigan led second- place Indiana by a 707.5479.5 margin. "ON THE WHOLE, it was a good meet," according to Isaac. "There were a lot of close races. You can see Big Ten swimming is tightening up. "Jody Ford swam one of the most beautiful races all year, winning the 400 IM. She did everything right. I'm really hap- py about that." Isaac also singled out Sharon Flaherty and Barb Don- Carlos for their fourth and fifth place finishes, respectively, in the 100-yard backstroke, MariePalko forta third in the 100- yard breaststroke, and Linda Kendall and Monika Scheff for their third and fourth places in the 200-yard butterfly. Isaac feels pretty confident going into tomorrow's final action. "Team score-wise, we're.in pretty good shape. Tomorrow we've got some good events for us, and we're going to score some points." SATURDAY'S GAMES MICHIGAN at Michigan State 2:35 p.m. Indiana at wisconsin Ohio State at Northwestern Iowa at Illinois Minnesota at Purdue SPORTS OF THE DAILY Blue tankers tangle with Spartans BY OWEN MEDD The Michigan men's swimming team takes on the Spartans at Michigan State today in their last dual meet of the Big Ten season. Michigan State has not been the shining light on Big Ten men's swim- ming this year, and Michigan coach Gus Stager sees no problem in winning the meet. Stager commented, "They are im- proving. Their guys are starting to drop their times and there will be some com- petition. We can win, but there will be some close races.'' A little less diplomatically, he stated, "We've got the potential to win both relays and go one-two in every event. " For the Wolverines, this has been described as a "decision meet". "I've divided the team into two groups,"~ Stager said. "I have about 10 guys who will definitely score in the Big Tens, people like Fernando Canales and Kevin Williamson. Also included are people who have scored before in big meets, such as Scott Weir. The second group is composed of guys like Dave Price, Trip Gage, Tom Dudley, and John glykhouse. Mike Dauw and Lance Weissmann are some of the others in the group. The first group accounts for between 31 and 33 event places at the Big Tens. Somebody has to be left home." Coach Stager has to make some decisions and tomorrow is the day the uncertain members have a chance to help make some of the decisions. "I feel with this group of swimmers, I will take just those guys who will help the team. First Period Scoring: 1. -M-Lundberg (Bourne, Miller) 8:27. 2. W-Suter (Lecy, Griffin) 16:33, 3. M- Hampson (Manning, Mars) 16:51. Penalties: W-Romanchuck (elbow) 1:50, W- McFarlane (roughing) 4:48, M-Lundberg (x-check) 5:30, W-Suter (charging) 7:44, W- Lebler (interference) 9&25, W-Griffin (holding) 12:42, M-Lundberg (charging) 13:56, M- Bradrup (Slash) 17:51, W-M. Johnson (hook- ing)17:20. Second Period Scoring: 4. W-M. Johnson (Suter, Lecy) 3:08, 5. W--Grauer (unassisted) 10:14, 6. M-May (Perry, Bourne) 14:16, 7.-W-Suter (P. John- son, Griffin) 15:20, 8.W-Scheid (Lecy, Welsh) 16:00. Penalties: M-Richter (interference) 2:45, W-McFarlane (interference) 5:24, W-Grffin (interference) 7:08, M-Mars (hooking) 18:25. Third Period Scoring: 9. W-Campbell (Welsh, Romanchuk) 13:36, 10. W-Griffin (Speer, P. Johnson) 15:12, 11. W-Grauer (Lebler, Vincent) 15:23. Penalties: M-May (roughing) 6:21, W-Lecy (roughing) 6:21, M-Waymann (interference) 10:53, W-Griffin (holding) 17&56. Saves: M-Varvari10-6 12-28 W-Schultz 14-7 10 - 31 We are taking no one to Big Tens just. for experience. We've swam lots of good meets and if they haven't proved themselves by now, then they're not needed." In keeping with this theme, there will be a lot of switching around in the meet Fans Don't have tickets to this afternoon's Michigan State game, or a TV to view the contest on? Well, you can still see the Spartans play Michigan-in women's basketball. The cagers tip off at 2:00 in Crisler, so be there early to get good seats. today to see if "we can get a good time out of someone for a third event." There will also be changes just "to see what happens." "We're looking for good times and hopefully will get some," Stager said. "Some events in the Big Tens, such as the backstroke and butterfly, are really wide open. We want to get some results in for these. Our guys should have some pretty good swims." Turiblers travel The Michigan women gymnasts travel to Bowling Green tomorrow for what could be termed a tuneup for next weekend's SMAIAW state champion- ships. The Falcons (14-2) have topped the 130 mark in scoring once this'year, but their average meet tally has hovered in the mid-120's. The Wolverines (20-2) have been scoring in the 127-128 point range. Coach Scott Ponto will be concerned with the accuracy of the new tricks his tumblers will be performing. In last weekend's Big Ten championship com- petition, the Wolverines failed to hit on several uneven parallel bar movemen- ts, and the resulting errors left them in third place, behind Michigan State and Illinois. .-Alan Fanger SPECIALS 6 pk. of COKE $1.59 plus dep 6 pk. of VERNORS $1.49 plus dep Muenster Cheese $1.89 lb. Swiss Cheese $2.39 lb. Ham & Cheese Sandwich 894 Pistons pummel Rockets Imported Wine Special sat & sun only By LIZ MAC Special to The Daily DETROIT - Kevin Porter continued to be a bright spot in an otherwise dismal Piston season, as he led Detroit to a 110-96 win over the Houston Rockets last night. Porter, putting on an incredible of- fensive display, tallied 20 points and 19 assists for the evening. That included a 50-foot desperation shot at the buzzer to end the first half. DETROIT led 31-24 at the end of the first quarter, but suddenly went cold and hit just one of 17 in the first eight There was no need to ask Dick Vitale what he thought of his team's perfor- mance. "Super win, the best we've played," shouted Vitale as soon as the writers entered his office. "We conduc- ted a clinic in the first quarter and the second half." Malone led the Rocket attack with 18 p-oints and 15 rebounds. SCORE$ University of Michigan Dept. of Recreational Sports Intramurals /// f ... / - I1 Cross Country SkiMet I ::,. : .._ r