The Michigan Daily-Saturday, February 23, 1980-Page 7 C-r WW1Ik~T WN INc3WU 7 W~ T rdt U~C mTWI j A f hYU 3s W SKIING SILVJEi. (DOE i U 1VAHIUE A U.S. win sends fans into frenzy r LAKE PLACID (AP) - "USA! USA! USA!" they cheered as they swarmed from the Olympic Center into the main street of tiny Lake Placid. The American hockey team had just defeated the Soviet Union in one of the biggest upsets in Olympic hockey history. "This is one of the best events since the 1969 New York Mets," said Rob Devinney, a native of New York City now living in Jay, N.Y., just 15 miles from Lake Placid. After the U.S. hockey team downed the heavily favored Soviet Union 4-3 last night, the streets of Lake Placid were flooded with cheering, chanting, delirious fans. Marty Zachrich of Defiance, Ohio said he felt fortunate just to witness the game. "I wouldn't have sold my tickets for $1,000," Zachrich said. "I never hoped for anything so much in my life. I cried the last nine seconds." (For details of the U.S. victory, see story, Page 1.) Mahre gets silver LAKE PLACID (AP) - Phil Mahre shrugged off a disappointing 10th place finish in the giant slalom and yesterday captured the silver medal in the slalom, matching the best Winter Olympics ef- fort by an American male skier. It was also the first medal by an American male skier since 1964, when Billy Kidd won the silver and Jimmy Heuga the bronze in the slalom. Mahre was leading after the first run yester- day, but Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark roared back from fourth place to win his second gold of the Games, becoming only the third man in history to win more than one gold medal in men's Alpine skiing. Jean-Claude Killy of France and Toni Sailer each won three golds. Mahre made two brilliant runs down Whiteface Mountain, leading the field after the first heat before being over- taken by Stenmark,i who chipped 3%/ seconds off his first run clocking of 53.9 seconds to win the slalom gold with a combined time of 1:44.26. His 50.37 second run shot him past Mahre, the leader after the first heat in 53.31. Mahre clocked 51.45 in heat No. 2 - a run he described as "frantic" - for 1:44.76. "I DIDN'T know if I was going to make it," said Mahre. "I never got my rhythm going all the way down." He added, "I feel pretty jubilant, but I wish I was No. 1. The important thing was to win a medal for the United States. Stenmark deserved to win." Fratianne aims for gold WORLD CHAMPION Linda Fratian- ne carries on her tiny shoulders the United States figure skating team's final gold medal hopes tonight in the four-minute free skate of the ladies event at the Winter Olympics. Fratianne, currently in second behind East Germany's Annet Potzsch, also has the pressure of America's rich female figure skating tradition. Four of the past six Olympic champions haie& been Americans. In Fratianne's favor is her record uf being able to overtake Potzch, which he has done twice in the past three wor.1 championships. SPkORTS EA VES S TAPYES BEHIND: NoDak defasies By MARK BOROWSKI Special to the Daily Women cagers 'kilt' by hot Lady Scots, 62-54' USA. upsets Soviets JUBILANT U.S. hockey players celebrate a first period goal in la 4-3 victory over a favored Soviet team. See story, page 1. full court PRES A roaring crowd*.. . ...morethanaCli By STAN BRADBURY By MARK FISCHER and DOUG NEARY On what head coach Gloria Soluk called "their worst shooting night of the season," the Michigan women's basketball team lost to Edinboro State (Pa.), 62-54, at Crisler last night. AP Photo Playing their final home game of the season, the 8-18 Wolverines shot a dismal 27 per cent from the floor. At the st night's defensive end, the visitors' long-range guns - Audrey Scott (20 pts.) and Lori Dolby (19 pts.) - gave the Maize and Blue fits. As Blue center Penny Neer noted, "Their outside shooting did us in tonight." Michigan managed to hang tough with the pressing Lady Scots in the early going. Led by Abby Currier, who 1 scored the Wolverines' first six points, and some alert steals and assists by Diane Dietz, Michigan, pulled out in front, 16-14, with six minutes to play in the first half. BUT IT WAS then that Edinboro's tallest player; 6'5" Linda Shorter, and shortest player, the 5'6" Dolby, took over and changed things around. Shor- GRAND FORKS-The bubble has finally burst, the dream bubble, that is. And no, the Michigan hockey steam which was the worst in the WCHA only a year ago, will riot make it a complete turnaround this year and snatch the league title. These hopes were decimated here, last night as last year's conference winners North Dakota again clinched the number one spot by edging the Wolverines, 5-2. The Fighting Sioux were just too. much for Michigan in the final perigd, scoring four times to overcome a 2-1 deficit. Mark Taylor, Rick Zaparniuk each scored one goal and Rick Myers scored two to ice the game for his team. Coach Dan Farrell decided not to bring his superstar Murray Eaves to Grand Forks-for the series. Eaves, who leads the nation in scoring with 76 poin- ts is nursing a shoulder injury he suf- fered in the first game of the Notre Dame series last weekend. If Eaves would have played, the spec- tators would have seen the country's two top scorers go head to head. North Dakota's Mark Tayler is second to Eaves in scoring with 72 points. Some of the Best action for the fans fiery Dolby helped the visitors rally out in front again and push their lead to 24- 18. When Shorter left the game with her third foul, however, Michigan scored two unanswered buckets to bring them within two at the half, 24-22. Edinboro surged out early in the second stanza, outscoring the home team 8-2, which prompted a Blue timeout. The timeout apparently helped, as the Wolverines proceeded to press their way back into the game. Buoyed by two Katie MacNamara three-point plays, Michigan regained the lead with twelve minutes left to play, 36-35. THOUGH THE lead seesawed back and forth for several minutes, the dif- ference in second half shooting percen- tages (ESU 50 per cent - UM 27 per cent) became painfully evident. While Scott began hitting her jumpers for 15 second half points, Michigan was coming up empty-handed. T) Scott's final jumper with two minutes remaining gave Edinboro St. an insur- mountable 57-50 lead. Michigan's last- minute rally came up as short as their jumpers, allowing the visitors to walk away with an eight-point victory. took place before the game even star ted. The fighting Sioux sent out five'of its beautiful cheerleaders onrice skates to get the fans riled up. When play got underway, Michigani got most of the good scoring oppor- tunities, while North Dakota was taking most of the shots. But neither team capitalized on any of its chances. Once the second period got underway the fighting Sioux were kept alive on one of its many shots. Seconds afterthe Wolverines had a man advantage, the Sioux charged into Michigan's end. Af ter goalie Paul Fricker stopped three shots, North Dakota's Phil Syker managed to slip the puck through the traffic jam in front of the net to give his team a 1-0 lead. Michigan reached into its bag of tricks to tie the score over eight minutes later. Freshman -Ted Speets squeezed the shot past the pads of Sioux goalie Darren Jensen. Then with only twenty seconds left, the second period, John Blum scored' 4 power play goal to give Michigan a ,21 lead to take into the locker room. Defensive Tim Manning picked up his 39th assist of the season and combined with his seven goals, he tied a Michigan record for most points in a season by a defenseman. Tom Polonic also scored 46 points in the 1963-64 season for the Wolverines. Sioux me! FIRST PERIOD Scoring: none. Penalties: ND-Eaved (roughing) 9:10; M- May (roughing) 9:10; ND-Martins (roughing) 12:25; M-Richter (elbowing) 12:25; ND-Small (slashing) 17:09; ND-Ludwig (hooking) 17:09; M-- Milburn (slashing) 17:09. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1.-'ND-Sykes (Dachishyn, volcan) 6:06; 2. M-Speers (Todd, Fricker) 14:24; 3. M- Blum (Bourne, Manning) 19:40. Penalties: M-Speers (tripping) 1:32; ND- volcan (charging) 3:53; ND-Carroll (interference) 7:02; M-Blum (tripping) 7:21; M-Mars (hooking) 11:20; ND-Dachyshyn (charging) 18:28. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 4. ND-Zapariuk (Cox, Myers) 1:31; 5. ND-Taylor (Chorley) 5:52; 6. ND-Myers (Sykes) 9:18; 7. Myers (Zapariuk, Volcan) 17:25. Penalties: ND--Eades (game misconduct for fighting) 10:53; M-Blub (game misconduct for fighting). SAVES THOSE 13,609 EMPTY SEATS at Crisler Arena Thursday night (11,538 of them disguised as Michigan fans) at times appeared almost like a real crowd. You know, one that cheers and makes a lot of noise to intimidate the opposition. For a few short minutes it was like a real college basketball game, the kind of game that appears in every other Big Ten arena. Before Thursday's game (with the possible exception of the Ohio State overtime thriller) it seemed that those occupying seats in Crisler Arena resembled an enormous assembly of mannequins, the only difference being Crisler dummies get up and leave with three minutes of the show still to play. BUT IN THE Purdue battle two days ago, those usually lifeless 'things' responded to- the cheerleaders; they clapped in unison to the pounding of megaphones while the Wolverines protected their basket. They went crazy at the beginning of the second half when Michigan caught and pulled away from the Boilermakers. They even tried to bother the officials after questionable calls against Michigan. Although they're not quite up to par with Indiana's home crowd,. with a little more practice and a little less knowledge of the game's rules they could be just as ignorant, obnoxious, and intimidating as Purdue's home crowd at Mackey Arena. The play, the hustle, the spark of Keith Smith in the second half might have accounted for some of the extra enthusiasm generated. SMITH, WHO STARTED the first 14 games of the year and has played very sparingly since, got into the game for his 19 minutes of playing time by accident-an accident to Johnny Johnson early in the second half which sidelined the junior guard for seven minutes. By the time Johnson, who led Michigan in scoring for his second straight game, was ready to re-enter the lineup it was Mike McGee, with four fouls, who took a seat on the bench because Smith by that time had the game in his control. The Detroit native pumped in 13 points and was credited with three rebounds, two assists and two steals in Thursday's appearance, which brought Michigan back from a six point deficit at the half to whip Purdue by 11. Another player came through with a surprise performance Thursday night: Mark Bodnar. Alias Marty's brother, he logged 12 minutes of playing time and scored nine points-his highest output as a Wolverine. MARK MISSED MOST of his first two seasons due to a bone fracture in his foot but this year the junior has been healthy and he seems to be catching up. Orr has been using Mark in recent games more than ever, especially late in the game when the opposition is behind and is forced to foul - to catch up. The Purdue win was the most team oriented in a long time. Four players, not just McGee, were in double figures. Two more players scored nine points apiece, and four players had at least five rebounds. If all this sounds too positive it's, just because it is hard to cut down Michigan after they have fought and scratched their way this far. It's like Johnny Orr said after the game, "I had to work really hard to get mad at them (the team) at the half because they have done so many things this year that I never dreamed they'd do." Purdue mentor Lee Rose said after the game, "Johnny Orr's just a great coach. I've always admired him. And he's got very coachable kids. They're a good team." Michigan.can beat the Hoosiers today but it's going to take a lot of support-a lot more than can be offered in this column. ter's offensive rebounds and defensive intimidation (a major cause of Michigan's frigid shooting all night), along with several 20-footers by the Frieker (M).................... 12 Je ten (ND)................. 9 10 5 10- 32 6r- 20 WOODSON MAKES INDIANA #1 Healthy Hoosiers earn Orr's respect BY SCOTT M. LEWIS You are sitting in a classroom, awaiting a college basketball midterm. Professor Johnny Orr enters the room and distributes the examination, which consists of one question: Which of the following teams is best in the nation? (A) DePaul (B) Syracuse (C) Louisville (D) Indiana If you read the wire service polls religiously and answer "A", you'll receive only partial credit. The correct answer, according to Orr, is "D". Indeed, the Michigan head coach voted Indiana number one this week in the UPI poll, despite the fact that the Hoosiers have lost seven games and DePaul is unbeaten. "They called me from Chicago about that, they asked me how I could do that," said Orr earlier this week. "I told them that Indiana beat Iowa at Iowa and then came back and beat Min- nesota. I told them I didn't think there was anybody in the country that could do that. And while Indiana was doing that, DePaul beat Valparaiso and Butler." With the return to health of senior All- American Mike Woodson, Indiana, 10-6 and tied for first place, is a likely choice to wear or share a Big Ten crown. But is Coach Bobby Knight's crew the nation's best? Michigan fans have an oppor- tunity to judge for themselves this af- ternoon at 1:35 when the fourth-place Wolverines host the 13th-ranked Hoosiers at Crisler Arena. The contest will determine which, if any, post-season tournament Michigan will be invited to. "If we win (today), we'll have a chance to go to the NCAA's," said assistant coach Bill Frieder. "And an NIT bid will look very good. Beating Purdue and Indiana would get us a lot of national attention." The Blue cagers, 8-7 in conference ac- tion and 15-9 overall, have already ac- complished their pre-season goal - to equal their 1978-79 mark of 15-12. No one, including the Wolverine brass, figured Michigan would be vying for a post-season tournament bid and a Big Ten title, but that's where the Wolverines find themselves today. This season Knight has had to make frequent lineup changes to compensate for the loss of Woodson, who is averaging 20.8 points per outing. With Woodson, the Hoosiers are 8-0; without him, they are 9-7. Indiana had not adjusted to Wood- son's absence when it last faced Michigan (January 10). In that contest the Wolverines overcame an 11-point second half deficit and a miserable .368 field goal percentage, sending the game into overtime before falling, 63- 61. "We tried not to let (Indiana centers) Ray Tolbert and Landon Turner get in- side, and Bouchie sprung open a few times," Frieder said. "We'll have to do a better job in that area. Basically, though, to stop Indiana is to stop Wood- son." Pealiiiils 4'E lCUYO'fcED HOW 7 AE RG~i (S (ttk