The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 10, 1981-Page 9
Blue Lines r
Icers overcome obstacles .. .
... a surprise to many
By MARTHA CRALL
Five months ago nobody besides the
Michigan hockey team thought it would be
where it is-the second round of the Western
Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs. I was
one of the many doubters.
The obstacles in the way of a successful
season for the Wolverines were well
publicized. The icers were embroiled in the
media overkill of a hazing incident; they lost
their top three scorers and their first-year
coach, Wilf Martin, became ill after the first
week of the season and resigned shortly
thereafter.
But after decisive 5-2 and 5-4 victories over
a fourth-place Denver team at DU Arena in
their first-round total-goal series this
weekend, the Wolverines have never played
better the whole season long. And I became a
believer.
Defensively, which is the area in which
head coach John Giordano stresses, Michigan
looked sharp. Offensively,.it played with the
intensity that enabled it to average over
seven goals in its last nine regular season
games.
Defensemen John Blum and Tim Manning
played their usual good games, but it was
senior Mark Perry who deserves recognition
for his performance on Saturday night. After
Steve Richmond and Dave Richter, two
defensemen, were slapped with game
disqualifications, sitting them down for the
finale, Perry saw more playing time than he
has seen in any one game all year and rose to
the occastion. The Ann Arbor native dashed
any doubts about his reputation as a defen-
seman, coming through in the clutch.
The circumstances surrounding the bench-
clearing brawl after Friday night's game
which landed Richmond and Richter and
Denver's Glenn Johnson and Ed Beers seats
in the press box on Saturday were disgusting.
The 2,000 fans, who were as obnoxious as any
NHL fans, acted like animals in a zoo all night
and what ensued after the final whistle was
something that doesn't belong in college
hockey or any other sport.
It all started when Beers kayoed
Michigan's Joe Milburn with a highstick
seconds before the game's end. It was
brought about by the Pioneers' frustration
over blowing a minute-and-a-half five-on-
three power play advantage when they were
trailing by three goals. It was highly un-
necessary, just the same. Before the melee
was ended, a referee had been drilled uncon-
scious, two Plexiglas partitions had been
knocked onto the ice by the fans, the same
group had thrown a chair on the ice in the
direction of Paul Fricker and Brian Lundberg
and the players from both teams had proven
how juvenile they could act, retaliating one
after another and dragging out the ugly scene
for several minutes.
The referees had to deliberate for over an
hour after the teams had finally left the ice to
determine which offenders would be
penalized. Had all the guilty parties been
assessed punishments, there probably
wouldn't have been enough icers left to play
on Saturday night.
On the complimentary side, this team did
play its proverbial heart out in the must-win
series. Both teams were injury-riddled, but
Michigan did a better job of playing over
them. That was thanks to players like Brad
Tippett. The sophomore winger is no doubt
one of the hardest workers in the league (ac-
cording to several coaches) who played and
played well on two bad ankles. Tippett had
been on crutches until Wednesday and was
heavily taped for practice on Thursday in
Denver and for both games. At the conclusion
of Saturday's game, he could barely walk.
But he knew he had a job to do and he did it,
typifying the attitude of the underdog
Wolverines all season long.
With each week this season the coming
games have been more crucial than the for-
mer ones and this week is no exception. The
icers face perhaps their biggest challenge so
far in another must-win second-round playoff
series in Houghton this weekend against
Michigan Tech (who has beaten Michigan in
four of their five meetings this season). But
the Wolverines are peaking precisely at the
right time and for the first time I am op-
timistic about their chances of winning. The
icers have come so far since October-it's
time to show what they are really made of.
SPORTS OF THE DAILY:
'M' swimmers drown in
Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS
THE CENTERS for the Showbiz Kids and the Skywalkers tip off the finals of
the intramural Superstars basketball competition. The Skywalkers won, 56-
53.
IM CHAMPIONSHIPS:
'Walkers take final
By CHUCK HARTWIG
It was a disappointing weekend for
Michigan's men's swimming team as it
was forced to settle for a fourth place
finish in the surprising Big Ten Cham-
pionships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Surprising because for the first time
in 20 years, Indiana did not capture the
cdampionship. Iowa stunned the
Hoosiers, who took second place.
Wisconsin finished in fourth, while Ohio
State took fifth place honors behind the
Wolverines.
"It was a bad meet for us when it
should have been a great meet," said
coach Bill Farley. "We swam very
poorly the first two days of the meet,
and we just didn't score well." Farley
stressed, however, that the meet was a
very fast one which was really tough to
score in.
Michigan's best performances came
from Tom Ernsting who finished third
in the 100 yard breaststroke, and diver
Ron Merriott, who finished third in both
the one- and three-meter diving events.
Men served losses
The nationally 10th ranked Michigan
men's tennis team's hopes for a quick
start fizzled this weekend as it dropped
three of its four matches in the Corpus
Christi Team Tournament at Corpus
Christi, Texas.
"It was definitely a swim or sink
situation," said senior team captain
Matt Horwitch."We just didn't swim as
well as we hoped to."
THE NETTERS LOST their opening
match Thursday to the University of
Texas, 7-2. Michigan came back strong
IM SCORES
SUNDAY
Basketball
Independent
(Cpmpetitive)
MMB 2, Special Edition 0 (forfeit)
821st Squadron 45, Basketeers 40
Independent
(Superstar)
Skywalkers 56, Show Biz Kids 53
Fraternity
-A'
Alpha Phi Alpha 59, Beta Theta Pi 50
Evans Scholars 52, Psi Upsilon 50
Fraternity
'A',
Sigma Phi Epsilon 38, Lambda Chi Alpha 26
Women's
(Competitive)
'A'
Lakers 32, TKO Limited 26
-B'
Bogey Busters 31, Barbour 5.
Co-Rec
Class 'A'
Nitwits 55, Fubars 50
'B'
Honey Dippers 46, Remnants 45
Residence Hall 'A'
'A'
Lewis House 45, Couzens Blue 43
sB'
Long Shots 46, Adams House 37
on Friday, defeating Oklahoma State in
a close 5-4 match, but dropped another
cliffhanger to Louisiana State 5-4. The
Wolverines were defeated in their final
match Saturday by Texas A&M, 6-3.
Both junior Michael Leach and Hor-
witch gave impressive performances
as they collectively won all four of their
matches.
Also excelling was sixth singles player
Ihor DeBryn, whose split set victory
against Oklahoma State led the
Wolverines to their only win.
Third singles player, sophomore Tom
Haney, attributed the team's "disap-
pointing" performance to a lack of
playing experience this season.
"We weren't quite as sharp as we
could have been due to the fact that we
have had only one outdoor practice this
year," he said. "In addition, this was
our first match."
-BARB BARKER
Women netters win
Michigan's women's tennis team is
quietly becoming a team to be reckoned
with in the Big Ten.
In a rare Sunday morning match with
Illinois, the Wolverines humiliated
their out-of-town visitors, 9-0. The
shutout lifted Michigan's dual match
record to 4-1.
"I WAS WORRIED we'd be overcon-
fident," said coach Oliver Owens.
"Michigan State beat them (Illinois)
yesterday, 8-1, and we defeated MSU by
the same score. But everyone played
well."
Marian Kremer, Michigan's No. 1
singles player, had little trouble with
Sara Olson, disposing of the Illini netter
with a R-2. 6-l i tn
muscle pull in her right shoulder
throughout the singles match, but was
well enough to team up with Mary
Mac taggart and scored a straight set 6-
1, 7-5 doubles victory over the Illinois
team of Sandy Burgess-Lisa Buchanan.
Sue Weber, the lone Wolverine senior,
continued her fine play, beating Kathy
Kewney 6-2, 6-0, and then paired up with
teammate Maryanne Hodges to notch a
7-5, 6-3 victory over Kewney-Rita Hop-
pmann. TOM SHAHEEN
Synchros surface
Two of Michigan's top synchronized
swimmers, Betsy Neira and Cathleen
O'Brien, placed 23rd and 25th respec-
tively out of a field consisting of the
nation's best 54 synchronized swim-
mers at the National Team Trials in
Columbus last weekend. The top 18
finishers qualified to compete on the
national synchronized swimmng team.
O'Brien and Neira competed in three
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placed eighth in the national duet com-
petition. However, because both Neita
and O'Brien are sophomores, their per-
formances last weekend indicated they
have a bright future, according to Lin-
demen. "We hope that they will do bet-.
ter next year," added the coach.
Both Neira and O'Brien will go on to.
compete at the trials for the Junior
United States Synchronized Swimming-
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regional championships to be held in.
Columbus next weekend.
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By BRUCE NEARY
In a tightly fought battle, the
Skywalkers beat the Showbiz Kids 56-53
to win the Superstar division of IM
basketball. Thus the finals matched the
Skywalkers' football starters Keith
Bostic, Stan Edwards, and Stu Harris
with the Showbiz Kids' former
Michigan cager Steve Grote.
Led by Grote's eight first-quarter
points, the Showbiz Kids opened up a
three point lead which they held
through the half.
HOWEVER, IN the third quarter
Bostic heated up, scoring nine of his
game high 23 points. By the end of the
quarter, the Skywalkers held a 38-35
lead.
They stretched that lead to five, but
the Showbiz Kids came back to tie the
score at 53 when Andy Rudy hit Kent
Storey with a minute left. The
,r Skywalkers then stalled until Bostic
beat Grote back door with :11 left. The
Showbiz Kids brought the ball up and
got off a shot, but it missed. Edwards
grabbed the rebound and was im-
mediately fouled.
Alpha Phi Alpha 59,
Beta Theta Pi 54,
In an atmosphere resembling more of
a party than a basketball final game,
defending champ Alpha Phi Alpha
defeated Beta Theta Pi 59-54 yesterday
at the Old IM Building to claim the
fraternity 'A' championship. With a
stereo, a throng of loyal fans, and clap-
ping pledges to spur Alpha Phi Alpha on
during the warmups, the defending
champions started fast and never glan-
ced back at the overmatched, but grit-
ty, Beta squad.
Right from the opening tip-off, the
contrast in the styles of play became
evident. Alpha Phi Alpha chose to
operate a run and gun offense based on
the quickness and shooting touch of its
two guards, Tony Jones and B.C.
Harris.
EHr BETAS, on the other hand,
relied on the excellent outside shooting
touch which led to its number two Daily
ranking and victories over Kappa
Sigma, Zeta Psi, and Omega Psi Phi in
the 'A' playoffs. The Betas chose to be
patient on offense attacking the Alpha
Phi Alpha 2-3 zone with passing and
perimeter jumpshots. Unfortunately,
for the Betas, one shot was all they
could muster-if the Betas made the
shot, they're in the game, if not Alpha
Phi Alpha controlled the game.
GREG DEGULIS
Nitwits 55, Fubars 50
In the Co-Rec finals, the Nitwits ad-
ded the basketball title to their crowns
in softball and football, beating the
Fubars 55-50.
The Fubars jumped to an early lead
with their fastbreak, and despite 22
points from Jill Smith, the Nitwits
trailed 32-24 at halftime.
However, tight defense by, the Nit-
wits-they held the Fubars to 4 third-
quarter points-and better play from
their other women, changed the game
around. They grabbed a five-point lead
during the third quarter and led by that
much the rest of the game.
BRUCE NEARY
Lewis (Bursley) 45, Blue
(Couzens) 43 double OT
Despite trailing throughout most of
the game Lewis House-Bursley com-
bined quickness and speed with some
late clutch free throw shooting to
struggle to a 45-43 double overtime vic-
tory over Couzens Blue in the Residen-
ce Hall 'A' class A championship
basketball game Sunday.
Both teams traded baskets early in
the game, and the first half ended in a
21-21 tie.
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