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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Friday, March 4, 1977


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STATE HOLDS 2-0 SEASON EDGE

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It's all over ... well, almost.
The WCHA season that start-
ed in October will end with
league games tonight and to-
morrow, then the playoffs be-
gin.
For Michigan the only re-
maining question is who will
be inithe playoffs in the first
round starting March 9 at
Yost.
The Wolverines will have a lot
to say about that as they en-
gage in a home and home series
with Michigan State, the first
game to be played tonight, 7:30
p.m. at Yost.
The eighth-place Spartans
currently find themselves in the
precarious position of possibly
not making the playoffs at all,
or with the right ingredients
MSU could finish as high as
seventh.
MSU and Michigan met
twice before, in late Decem-
ber, and the Spartans surpris-
ed the Wolverines by the
scores of 7-5 and 6-5 in over-
time.
But Michigan was just begin-
ning its disastrous slump in
which the Maize and Blue won
just three of 12 league games.
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that is trying to end a slump
even if it is only one win in its
last three games.
The Spartans must be suc-
cessful in their series this
weekend or they might just
stay home for the playoffs.
Breathing hard down their
necks is Colorado College,-
just one game behind.
The Tigers swept Minnesota'
last week to vault back into the
playoff picture. With the pair of
lossesto )CC, Minnesota is only
one game ahead of MSU; the
Spartans split with North Da-
kota.
But Michigan is in possession
of a six game win streak and
would like nothing better than to
avenge the two earlier losses to
State.
While MSU will be trying to
stay alive in the WCHA, it
will have to contend with the
revitalized Wolverine scoring
machine.
WCHA Standings

Michigan pounded Duluth last SLAP SHOTS: Debol (32),
weekend for 18 goals in two Kris Manery (30) and Kip Maur-
games and have scored an av- er (30) are the top three goal
erage of 7.00 goals a game dur- scorers in the WCHA . . . Debol
ing its winning streak. needs only three points to be-
Dave Debol leads the Wolver- come the one-season scoring
ines in scoring with 65 points champion in Michigan history,
(32 goals, 33 assists) good for breaking Neil Celley's 26 year
second place in the WCHA. record . . . Michigan coach Dan
Debol scored four times Farrell's teams have won at
and racked up seven points least 20 games in a season for
against Duluth to stay close the third time in a row . . . the
to Notre Dame's Brian Walsh. Wolverines need one point to
Walsh's record is 27-39-66. clinch second inthe Big Ten
While Debol will be going af- . . . Michigan has a home re-
ter the scoring title playing cord of -10-5 . . . Wisconsin has
againstha weak defensive team won sn incredible 12 of 14
like the Spartans (160 goals games on the road this year..
against), Walsh will have to last time State was in town,
face Wisconsin, the best defen- Yost was packed with 7,791
sive team in the league (166 fans, highest attendance of the
goals against). year . . . Playoffs begin March
In contrast, MSU's leading 9, probably with Michigan
scorer is Russ Welch with 36 against Tech, -Wisconsin vs
points. either MSU or Colorado College,

State
Notre Dame vs. Minnesota and
North Dakota vs. Denver, but
nothing is certain until Sunday
'ight.
Tickets for the WCHA first
round hockey playoffs March
9 and 10 are now on sale at
the Michigan ticket office at
1000 S. State. Seat locations,
for season ticket holders will
he held until ,5 p.m. March
8, before going on public
sale. Students with season
tickets must present their
season pass to obtain pre-
ferred seat location. All re-
served seats are $3.50, gen-
eral admission $3 and facul-
t0/staff and regular student
seats $2. Both games begin
at 7:30 p.m. at Yost Ice
Arena.

Gymnasts head for Big Tens;
Improved team led by seniors


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The usual relaxed banter was
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room at the Hoover IM Build-
ing yesterday, replaced by an
air of quiet determination.
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from this Friday, it is THE time
of year for the Michigan Men's
gymnastics team.
FOR HEAD COACH Newt Lo-
ken it will be his 30th confer-
ence meet, an exciting climax
to a season which saw his team
improve its score 35 points, from
174 to 209, along with compil-
ing a dual'meet record of 6-2.
For seniors Scott Ponto, Kurt
Golder, Chuck Ventura a n d.
Chuck Stillerman, it's the cul-
lmination of a year's worth of
planning and practice.
"Those guys are my leaders,"
Loken said. "We depend. on
them always for big perform-
ances. Not having one of them
in the lineup means the loss of
four or five points, which is a4
lot."
LOKEN SEES Stillerman as
a good bet to grab his third Big
Ten title.
"Chuck has the ability to get
that little extra out of his rou-
tine, just when he needs it,"
Loken commented. "He's right
at the point he should be by
now, he's in peak condition."
Co-Captain ringman Scott
Ponto is coming off a week lay-
off caused by an ailing wrist.
Hurts like this become minor
around Big Ten time though..
"A L T H O U G H T H E
layoff hurts some, I still think
I'm at my peak," last year's
second place finishe said. ""All
year this is what I've been'
pointing to. Although the com-
vetition will be tougher than
last year I'm optimistic."
Is the fourth year performer
nervous? No way.
"You gotta be cocky," Ponto
asserted. "You have to know
that you'll come through, oth-
erwise, you won't."
MICHIG AN' S OTHER
captain, pommel horse special-
ist Chuck Venturd, approaches
his event differently.
"It's just me versus the rou-
tine. My only goal out there is
to perform the stunts as best I

can. If I hit my routine, I know
I'll finish in the top three."
Ventura placed sixth last year
after returning from an injury.
"THAT'S WATER under the
bridge though," .Ventura said.
Having done it once before, the
pressure will be familiar. It's
a question of who hits the set
'(of stunts) and who doesn't. The
evsent is 75 percent mental so I
think my experience will help
me."
Though a fine gymnast, Ven-
tura is a poor prognosticator.
"At the beginning of the year
I told coach that this would just
be a rebuilding year," he re-
called. "Now look at us, we're
one of the favorites in the Big
Ten."
LAST YEAR taught ring spe-
cialist Kurt Golder a lesson he
hasn't forgotten.
"I peaked too early then;" the
assistant coach for Ann Arbor
Huron High School remember-
ed. "I think that I'm now in the
best condition that. I've ever
been in."
Golder's plan has been to
slowly build up to a personal
best in the Big Ten, meet.
Though the 9.25 score last
week at Indiana State was his
finest yet Golder is not satis-
fied.
"ALL YEAR I've been sort
of a prima donra," he laughed.
"Ever since December a near
perfect routine has been up-
permost on my mind."
"It hasn't done wonders for
my sleep," he added,
Like Ponto, Golder is aggres-
sive toward .his event.
"YOU HAVE to go for broke,
no doubt about it. Playing it
cautious is the key to an 8.0
score. There's no second
chance."
Minnesota, the only Big Ten
team, to defeat the Wolverines
this year looms as the favored
team. Loken also exnects Illi-
nois and Indiana to fight for the
too snot.
While most of us are vaca-
tioning durine spring break, the
evrnrrasts will remain in Ann
Arbor to orenare for the meet.
It's funny though. Nobody
comnlained abot it at all.
Batter up!
Michigan's baseball team,
with two consecutive Big Ten
Championships to its credit,
opens its 1977 schedule Fri-
day at Marchant Stadium in
Lakeland, Florida, in the
first of 12 games on their
annual spring trip to Tiger-
town.
The Wolverines will meet
Iowa State of the Big Eight
in their first two contests
(Friday and Sunday) and
then continue the competi-
tion next week with five
games against Temple, two
against Northern Illinois, a
doubleheader at Stetson and
a single game in Tampa
against South Florida.

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