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Swimming, tennis top women's spor
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Field hockey team getting better;
hopes to break .50in1976
Powerful swim team wins Big
By MICHAEL WILSON
If past trends are any indication of what
is to come in the future, Michigan's field
hockey team faces their best season to date
this fall. Of course, not much of a trend
can be established after only two seasons,
according to many sports enthusiasts, but
head coach Phyllis Ocker doesn't think that
way.
"The team record, 2-8 in 1974, jumped
to 5-6 in 1975 and the goal for 1976 is to
better than .500," Ocker said, "which means
both an improved defense and offense."
FINDING THE IMPROVED offense and
defense will be made much easier for Ock-
er, as only two seniors, goalie Shelley Alm-
quist and halfback Deb Lewis depart from
last year's team.
All other positions have returning letter-
men filling the slots. The highest scores
for Michigan, Theresa Hindle, paces the pack
of returning offensive lettermen, which in-
cludes seniors Stephanie Buttrey, Sylvia Ara-
takis, and Cindy Lawson, and junior Kathi
Dennis.
Defensively, the Wolverine clubbers ap-
ear to be relatively sound at the moment.
Juniors Pat Cohen and Roberta Zald lead
a crew of returning halfbacks which include
Alisa Solomon and Carol Osborn.
AT THIS' POINT, a ten-game schedule,
plus tournaments await the Michigan club-
bers this fall. One contest with perennial
power Central Michigan, is yet to be sched-
uled. But Ocker hopes the Chippewas can
be counted on for a contest this season.
Michigan field hockey enthusiasts will re-
member that it was the same Central Michi-
gan which knockers the Wolverines out of
the state tournament last fall at Olivet Col-
lege in what was considered by many team
members to have been the best game of the
season.
Central downed a stubborn Michigan
squad 4 to 1, to knock Michigan out of the
race for the number one spot. Consolation
rounds had to be cancelled the following
day due to wet grounds, and Michigan was
never able to determine their true ability
against state-wide competition.
This fall's schedule includes five home
games, including the University of Toledo
and Michigan State, and four away contests
plus the state tournament at a site yet to
be determined.
By PAUL CAMPBELL
The sign outside the big gray
building near State and Hoover
streets tells you that yout are
standing outside Matt Mann
Pool.
Perhaps the name is bit con-
fusing. It doesn't mean to imply
that the pool is for the exclusive
use of the wrestling team. The
athletic budget here isn't quite
that enormous, despite what
you may have heard.
Nor should you conclude
that the pool is for men only,
a last haven of discrimination
in the emerging world of
sexual equality in sports. May-
be if Mr. Mann knew his name
would cause such confusion,
he would have changed it. He
could have called himself}
"Matt Person."
It's safe to say that Mann, a
great coach and teacher here
for'over a quarter of this cen-
tury, wouldn't object in the
the least to women using the
pool. Certainly not, if he saw
just how far women's swimming
has come as an intercollegiate
sport at Michigan.
Just how far has it come?
S Well, if last year's team is
any indication, the sport is do-'
ing quite well, thank you. The
accomplishments of the 1975-76
Wolverine women tankers as a:
team would be impressive at
any level of competition:
! The team cruised unbeaten
through their largest slate of
dual meets (seven) in history,
beating their opponents by an
average margin of over 40
points.
* After winning the 12-team
Tarbell Invitational in the swim-
ming mecca of Bloomington,
Ind., the Wolverines hostedthe
sixth annual Big Ten meet.
Employing a combination of
front-line power and overall
team depth, Michigan over-
whelmed defending champion
Michigan State and perennial
challenger Indiana to take the
crown.
r The team placed 14th in
the Association of Intercolle-
giate Athletics for W o m e n
(AIAW). Only Princeton, among
other schools who do not yet
give scholarships finished high-
er in the meet.
* Nine different varsity rec-
ords were ,broken during the
season..
"It was a good year for us,"
confirmed coach Stu Issac. "But
the future looks even brighter."
A look at the team roster
does much to explain 'Isaac's
optimism. Of the roughly 15
women who made up the '76 relay school records. She
team, only two will not be back scored more points for her
next year. team than any other member.
One of the two graduates She won conference titles in
was freestyler Kathy Knox. every event she entered.
The Erie, Pa. All-American She finished fifth in the 200'
has closed the door on a bril- freestyle at the AIAW meet,
liant Michigan career. She eighth in the 100 and was part
leaves behind her four con- of two freestyle relays that fin-
ference titles, multiple school ished eighth and ninth. Not bad
records and a year of leader- for four months work.
ship as captain of her team. McCully received plenty of
Gone also will be Sue Gott- support for fellow members of
lieb, oneaofthe many top-flight the '79 class. Chris DenHerder
divers to come out of the stable of Holland, Mich. quickly de-
of diving coach Dick Kimball. veloped into the team's leading
Gottlieb twirled to two sixth backstroker, winning Big Ten
places in the Big Ten meet be- titles in both the 100 and 200
fore finishing eighth on the yard races.
three-meter board at the AIAW Local product Laura Adamson,
meet. copped a second in the 200-yard
But Gottlieb and Knox are breaststroke and a third in the
really the sentinels of the old 100 in the conference meet.
guard. In a sport perpetually Ellen Neering, Laura Leio-
dominated by teenage . cham- nard, Mary Guerriero, Kim
pions, youth was the key to McCullough, Cheryl Borgeson,
Michigan's success. No less and diver Julie Jeffrey were
than nine freshwomen suited up o t h e r first-year Wolverines
for the Wolverines during the who scored valuable points
season. throughout the campaign.
Of the nine, a Kalamazoo Next year's leadership should
woman named Katie McCully come from a small but strong
stands out. All McCully did senior class. Battle Creek's Deb-
in her premier season was by Brevitz, conference cham-
break six individual and two pion in both the 100 and 200,
gNIA
Ten...
breaststroke. will join Kathy
Lingenberg, Connie Ortega and
springboarder Brenda Truitt to
make up a balanced veteran
group.
"I know we'll be good next
year," opined Isaac. "The ques-
tion in my mind is how good
everyone else will be. We're
not the only young team around.
The sport is growing and we
can't stand still."
At age 23, Isaac himself is
still growing, but he brings
great maturity and quiet con-
fidence to his coaching, duties.
Isaac's always been a winner.
As a swimmer for Michigan, he
was a four-time NCAA All-
American and a four-time Big
Ten breaststroke titlist.
He has an enthusiasm for his
sport that infects everyone in-
volved. He is many things: a
coach, an administrator,, a stu-
dent and a salesman.
He knows that women's swim-
ming is still young, that there
is still a lot to be done. But his
willingness to work and to sell
the sport to the public assure a
bright future for women's swim-
ming.
..Netters look for more competition
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By ENID GQLDMAN
The tennis team, one of the
most successful squads in the
women's intercollegiate athletic
ptogram, enters its fourth sea-
son of competition with a strong
nucleus of players and a re-i
vised and challenging schedule
ahead of it.
The Wolverines, who posted an
unblemished 12-0 record in dual
rmtihes last year return all
eight thembers for the 1976-1977
campaign.
"It's a young team," noted
coach Carmen Brummet.
"They're gaining experience
in competition and under-
standing the commitments and
sacrifices they've got to make
when playing for a team."
Last year the Blue started
six freshwomen, one sophomore
and one junior on the team
which placed fifth in the Big
Ten and tied for second in the
Regional tournament.
Weak opposition during the
regular season was cited by
Brummet as a conrtibuting fac-
tor to the Wolverines' less than
sparkling performance in the
conference meet.
"I think it became obvious
that we weren't prepared when
we were winning most of our
dual matches 9-0 and then went}
into the Big Ten and didn't win
hands-down," she reflected.
This year, however, regu-
lar season contests with Pur-
due, Indiana, Northwestern,
Michigan State and Big Ten
champion Ohio State have
been scheduled in hopes of
providing a more rigorous
and rewarding experience for
the netters.
Gone from the list of hapless
opponents are such schools as
Hillsdale, Wayne State and Oak-
land who were slated last sea-
son due to economic considera-
tions which confined the Wolver-
ines' travel to a 100-mile raiius.
"I think women's sports here
are changing," said Brummet.
"The team is proving itself iso
it is recognized that the nioney
given to travel will be well
spent."
Sophomore Barbara Selden,,
ranked number 44 nationally
leads the Maize and Blue at the
number one singles position.
Jan Karzen at second singles,
Jody Strom at third singles,
Melinda Fertig at four, Missy
Pollick at five, and Valerie
Tinsley, Sharon Sommerville or
Nancy Doerer at the sixth sin-
gles position, look to improve
with a season of experience be-'
hind them.
Brummet encourages every-
one to come to try-outs held
the first week of school, but
admits the starting line-up is
tougher to crack this year
than its ever been in the
past. Last year saw 60 wom-
en enter the double-elimina-
tion try-out tournament, from
which the present squad was
chosen.
"We should be stronger this
year, with everyone returning
and good prospects coming,"
stated Brummet. "Once you get
one or two good players, other
high caliber competitors want
to come and be on a strong
team.",
Brummet does not actively re-
cruit since AIAW rules prohibit
coaches from contacting a play-
er before the player contacts
Ithe coach.
Scholarships for women ath-
letes at the University of Michi-
gan are nonexistent as of yet.
"The team sentiment is defi-
nitely for scholarships," related
Brummet. "The women's inter-
collegiate athletic depastment at
Michigan is still in its infancy
compared to many of the local
smaller schools who've had pro-
grams for over fifty years."
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Better future ahead for 'M' women
in basketball, volleyball, gymnastics
In 1973, after 79 years of par- The basketball team, now in
ticipation in basically unfunded its third years of existence, will
intramural, extramural and be expanding its schedule to
club activities, women athletes twenty games this season.
at the University of Michigan "Michigan never had a
became eligible to enter subsi- very good team so it used to
dized intercollegiate competi- be hard to get a good sched-
tion. ule," explained Borders. "But
The program, now in its this year, due to our per-
fourth year of operation, has formance people were calling
grown to include seven teams: us, and scheduling a good
basketball, field hockey, gym- slate has been easier."
nastics, swimming and diving, Returning to the team which
synchronized swimming, tennis won the Can-Am (Canadian
and volleyball. American tournament) and
Though in this time the earned second place ranking in
quality of performance in the State tournament are senior
general has noticeably im- co-captains Lydia Sims and
proved, the coaches look to Carol Klomperans at guard,
i n e o m I n g freshwomen sophomore Katherine Young at!
to strengthen their respective center and junior Terry Conlin
squads. and sophomer Melinda Fertig
"This year we should be at 'the forward positions. .. ..-
much better," noted basket- Seniors Linda Severin, Jackie'
ball coach Carmel Borders. Boyden, juniors Kenda Scheele,
"We've got a strong nucleus and Roberta Zald and sopho-
and hope we can fill in the gaps more Kim Tath look to improve
with new players." upon last year's performances,
Borders, expecting to im- as well.
prove upon last year's 12-6 re- "They should really come
cord, wants to find "some ad- along with a season of play
ditional height, plus rebounding under their belts," stated Bor-
and ball handling ability," in ders, who has been working
the up-coming November try- with several team members
out sessions. "We're relatively over the summer.
fast," said Borders, "but last A season of experience will
year we needed more scoring also benefit the young volley-
out of our forwards and center. ball squad which sees five
OWN
sophomores, one junior and
one senior returning to try-
out for starting slots.
"The team played well last
year," noted Coach Sandy
Vong. "Bu4 at critical times
we found it hard to come up
with the big win."
The Wolverines posted an 8-
17 overall record last season,
finishing tied for seventh in the
Big Ten.
Like many of the other wo-
men's intercollegiate coaches,
Vong does not actively recruit
talent for his squad. I see quite
a few students during orienta-
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