age Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 191 1977 Pge SIx THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 19, 1977 A cers, cagers face AV% Ar Goph,,r double dip leers triumph, 3- 1; Palmer stars in nets By JOHN NIEMEYER Special to The Daily MINNEAPOLIS-Defense! It shows up in the strangest disguises. This time it ar- rived in Minneapolis in the form of Michigan hockey team. The Wolverines put together their best defensive showing- of the ybar tonight, holding Minnesota to one goal, winning 3-1. It was a clean struggle that could have gone either way. But two power-play goals changed Michigan's way, and that was the difference. The first two periods were a toss-up as both teams tallied once. Neither offense was -on track. As Michigan coach Dan Farrell put it, "the checking was so close out there that the offenses were shut right down." The third period belonged to Michigan as they scored twice to ice the victory. The first goal came as Dave Debol took a feed from CELEBR ATE YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH US PRETZEL BELL Kip Maurer at the right side of the crease. Debol easily lifted it in to give Michigan the lead, 2-1. Dan Lerg added an insurance goal at 10:13. He drove a slap shot past Minnesota Paul Joswiak, to up the lead to 3-1. Joswiak played a great game, though, as did Michigan netminder Rick Palmer. Farrell lauded, "the freshman Gopher goalie was out- standing, just outstanding. Both goalies played a super game." Minnesota's lone goal came in the first period as Gopher captain Don Micheletti hit a 35 foot slap shot. Seconds earlier the Wolverines thwarted a Minnesota pow- er play, largely on some spectacular saves by Palmer. But 14 seconds after Dan Hoene vacated the box, Robin Larson' hit Micheletti who drove it past Palmer. The rest of the period remained a tough defensive strug- gle. The Gopherstdid a superb job of neutralizing two Michigan power plays, and the first stanza ended 1-0. The second period was nearly a replay of the first, only the teams had changed. Michigan scored the tying goal with a two man ad- vantage. Debol pushed the puck across in front of the net and Maurer popped it into the right corner. Farrell was particularly pleased with the defensive per- formance. "Tha't's the best we've been defensively all season," he said. He added, "that is the first time we've held a team to one goal. "Minnesota is probably the best defensive team in the country and we knew we had to have good defense to win." The win marked Michigan's third straight victory and third in a row over Minnesota this season. With the WCHA race drawing to a close, every win is important, especially on the road. Frozen Gophers Scoring - First Period Minn. - Micheletti (Larson, O'Neil) 11:07. Penalties Mich. - ',Rob Palmer, hooking, 8:53; Minn. - Micheletti intrer ence 11:14; Mnn. - Baker, high sticking 13:25; Minn. - Lind, hih sticking, 18:02; Mich. - Natale, cross checking, 18:02. Scoring - Second Period Mich. - Maurer (Debol, Thayer) 12:26. Penalties Minn. - Gorence, kneeing, 9:20; Minn. - Verchota, hooking, 11:41; Minn. - Vanelli, interference, 12:11; Mich. - Wheeler, elbowing, 16:07. Scoring - Third Period Mich. - Debol (Maurer, Natale) 5:18; Mich. - Lerg (unassisted) I10:13. Penalties Minn. - Donk, high sticking, 4:26. Women cagers fight slump; face Eastern, By CUB SCHWARTZ Lack of consistency, the pitfall of nearly every Michigan team this winter has found yet another sport to plague, women's bas- ketball. COACHCARMEL Borders' team, mired in a three game los- ing streak, including a 96-71 drubbing at the hands of Michigan State earlier this week, will attempt to turn the tables as it faces Eastern Michigan today at Ypsilanti. "Our lack of consistency has hurt us all year, but we are confident," said Borders. "The team is mentally prepared and anxious to get back onto the winning side." Only a month ago the Wolverines shellacked the Hurons, 95-68, building up a comfortable 30 point halftime lead and coast- ing to victory. It might not be so easy this time around, as East- ern has emerged as a serious contender for the state champion- ship. The Hurons are a much improved club, notching a pair of wins over Western Michigan and a 20 point victory over Central Michigan in recent outings. - "We are expecting a really tough game," Borders said. "They have changed their style to a running game and have defeated some pretty tough teams.'' THE HURONS are led by guard Donna Travis, their top scorer, averaging 14.3 points per game and center Dottie Davis. Although Davis is only 5'10, she is very strong under the boards, pulling down an average of 9.4 caroms per game. By HENRY ENGELHARDT Color this one crucial. Draw in a thrill- ing background and generously use the crayon marked intense. But whatever, color it like Michigan plays basketball - in a hurry. For this afternoon at 2:05, p.m. Minnesota - those golden giants of the north - storm Cris- ler Arena. Tho Gophers, the nation's 12th ranked team, with an overall record of 20-2, 11-2 in Big Ten play, which leaves them a scant half game behind . . . The Wolverines, the country's 5th' ranked team, sporting a 19-3 overall mark, 12-2 in conference action and holding gamely to their narrow edge. In the two titans' prior encounter in Minnesota, Michigan prevailed 86-80. "We were fantastic there," Wolverine Coach Johnny Orr said, "we were intense and consistent." It will take a similar effort, if not a greater one, to defeat the Gophers in Ann Arbor. "Our best performances have come on the road," said Minnesota Coach Jim Dutcher, a former Michigan assistant coach under Orr. Dutcher left Michigan for Minnesota two years ago. He returns with a squad, that when combined with Michi- gan's, will clutter the floor with stars. *Michael Thompson, the Gophers 6-10 super-pivotrnan. The Bahamian native leads the Big Ten in scoring (23.5 points per game) and field goal accuracy. Michigan counters with . . . 0 Phil Hubbard, the Big Ten's second Lead at stake in cage clash leading rebounder, second most accurate field goal shooter and 10th leading scor- er (18.1 ppg). "The key is in the middle," noted Dut- cher. In their initial meeting Thompson shot a sickly 1-9 in the first half and Hub- bard outscored him 23 to 20 overall. * Minnesota's Ray Williams, a 6-2 for- ward who stands tall in Big Ten stats. He's the league leader in assists, he also averages over 17 points and snares seven rebounds a game. Williams plays both forward and guard. 0 Rickey Green, the Blue catalyst, leads his team in scoring, assists, steals and free throw shooting. He scored 20 points, last Thursday against Iowa, 18 of which came in the second half. The rest of the starting lineups will be identical to the teams' first meet- ing. John Robinson and Tom Staton up front for Michigan while Steve Grote joins Green in the backcourt. For the Gophers, freshman Kevin Mc- Hale teams with Williams at forward. Phil Saunders and Osborne Lockhart make up the guard tandem. In the depth category Michigan has a decided edge. After a pleasing per- formance against Iowa, Joel Thomp- son will probably be the first to jump off the Blue bench. Dave Baxter and Tom Bergen, both of whom enjoyed fine games against the Hawkeyes, along with Alan Hardy will see action. Minnesota, basically a six-man team calls upon 6-10 Dave Winey to spell any of its starters. Williams moves to the backcourt if Winey replaces a guard. WOLVERINE TAILS: Michigan has won 19 straight home games . . . the last time the Gophers left Ann Arbor a winner was 1963. They have lost 11 straight here The Gophers play a match-up zone, which means they mirror their opponent's of- fensive set. They also play a standard 2-3 zone. "I can't remember the last time we played man-to-man," Dutcher said.. . . Michigan's varsity reserve cagers play the 10th rated junior college team in the country, Henry Ford, starting at 11:45 a.m. . . . Minnesota finishes its season with a road trip to Wisconsin and North- western. At the same time the Wolverines wind up Big Ten play at Illinois, then Purdue . . . Steve Grote needs but four points to become Michigan's sixth all- time leading scorer. On the same list, Rickey Green will pass Campy Russell for 10th place with his ninth point Michigan has outdunked its opponents 52- 17 . . . The Wolverine's shot-block leader is Joel Thompson with 17 . . . The Goph- ers Ray Williams scored 28 points Thurs- day against Michigan State, despite miss- ing the last five minutes with a bruised thigh. Dutcher said he would be ready to play today. FE v ,1 GAY PARTY This SAT. EVENING at 10P.M. $1.00 DONATION AT DOOR Blue thinclads to-early CCC lead By ERNIE DUNBAR Michigan distance runners Bill Donakowski and Bruce McFee combined for 16 of the Wolverines' meet leading 37 'points in the first night of the two-day 51st annual Central Collegiate Conference indoor track championships. The Wolverines hold a 14-point lead over second place Penn State,.as the Nittany Lions managed 23 points after the completion of five events. ALTHOUGH MICHIGAN has an early lead, Eastern Michigan qualified the highest number of runners into the remainder of today's finals. The Hurons have 13 qualifiers, followed closely by Michigan with 12, and Air Force with 8. Donakowski ran most of his race well ahead of the rest of the dompetition, as he cruised to an easy victory in 13:53.0. "It was really tough to keep up an even pace," Don- akowski said after the race. Also it seemed awful hot in the fieldhouse tonight. You get out there and its like you're in outer Guam running by yourself." BESIDES THE VICTORY in the three mile, Michigan grabbed the Distance Medley Relay '(880,440,,mlile) \with the team of Dave Furst, Gary Hicks, Steve Elliott, and Greg Meyer clocking 9:56.0. Doug Gibbs wound up in a tie for second in the high jump with a leap of 6-10. Qualifiers for tomorrow's finals for the Wolverines were Arnett Chisholm, Don Wheeler, and Chucky Crouther in the 60-yard high hurdles, Jeff McLeod and James Grace in the 440, Tim Thomas and Dave Furst in the 880, Greg Thomas and Andy Johnson in the 1000, Doug Hennigar in 60-yard dash, and Hennigar and Crouther in the 300. FREE REFRESHMENTS AT 612 S. FOREST-APT. B (off S. University Across from SPEED QUEEN Laundromat) ALL WELCOME I Doily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN MICHIGAN'S TRACK co-captain Greg Meyer raises his arm in victory after anchoring the Wolverine's victor- ious distance medley relay team in last night's Central Collegiate Championships. Midwest's Largest Selection of European Charters Canadian and U.S. from $289 CALL 769-1776 -1 Great Places TRAVEL (CONSULTANTS 216 S. 4th Ave, Ann 'Arbor PISTONS TOPPLE BU LLETS, 107-97; Swimmers gain hefty Big Ten lead li -_ II '':1 ti I (W r (i ' J -L ..I Led by super sophomore Katy one has a chance of catching champion 800 freestyle medley. McCully, the Michigan women's us." Not wishing to break form, the swim team took an overwhelm- The meet has produced many relaytreceivedalso supert a record.all ing lead in the Big Ten cham- new Big Ten records, the ma- day (Friday), Katy was supep pionships in Madison, Wisconsin. jority of them belonging to Wol- and Karen Ryland had her best After the first two nights of verines - ironically enough, race this year in finishing third competition, the Wolverines breaking the records that they in the 400 IM," commented have amassed 668 points, far set in winning the Big Ten title Isaac. Expect the Unexpected/ At University Towers we can't always guarantee this much excitement, but we do promise you a completely new and unique living experience. We offer eight month leases for fall term (single liability, 24 hour security, and weekly outdistancing their nearest ri- val, Michigan State's 555. "This was the best team and the best effort I've ever seen in all my years at Michigan," said an overwhelmed coach Stu Isaac. "We have such an awesomely large lead," he added, "that I don't think any- last year. Leading the hit parade wasI McCully. The Wolverine swim- mer has won four individual events - all of them setting Big Ten records. Besides winning the 200 and 500 freestyles, andj the 200 and 400 individual med- leys, McCully also aided in the! 11Nitcd mtoh111 Lori Hughes set a Big Ten record yesterday afternoon in the preliminaries of the 200 butterfly. Not quite satisfied, she came back last night, winning the finals of the same event in a Big Ten record time that was a full two sec- onds faster than the previous time. Perhaps the greatest victory for the Wolverine tankers came in Friday's final event. The 400 medley relay was an event that most observers had given to Michigan State. In preliminaries the Spartans had lived up to that billing, winning by a time that was five seconds faster than Michigan. After Chris DenHerder, Karen Bochstahler and Sue Andrews swam strong legs, Liz Lease found herself much closer :han had been expected to the Spar- tan anchor woman. Still a body length benind, Lease swam the 100 in 53.7 to set Michigan's eighth record of the meet. -DAILY SPORTS SCORES NBA Detroit 107, Washington 97 Golden State 116, Indiana 111 Phoenix 102, Philadelphia 96 Seattle,93, N.Y. Nets 88 Portland 90, Chicago 87 Milwaukee 124, N.Y. Knicks 123 NHL Colorado 3, Cleveland 3 (tie) 1 I rPistons pound Special to The Daily DETROIT - Lacking the kil- ler instinct yet exhibiting a sense of survival, the Detroit Pistons hung on to 'efeat the Washington Bullets 107-97 before 8,396 fans here last night. The Pistons saw a third quar- ter 80-62 lead, their largest of the night, diminish to six points with 1:58 left in the game. Kevin Porter's drive up the lane, with 1:02 left made the score 101-93, virtually ic- ing the vjctory. Bob Lanier led all scorers with 35 points and added 15 re- bounds. Howard and Kevin Por- ter added 20 and 17 points, re- spectively, while Elvin Hayes led the Bullets with 18. The Detroit defense was helped by the Bullets poor shooting, as Washington hit on 40.8 per cent of its shots from the field. The Pistons added to Washington's woes,, as they set a new tearn record of.14 blocked shots. Howard Porter led with four. 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