SPORTS The Michigan"Vaily Saturday, January 10, 1981 Page 7 MICHIGAN FALLS TO Wisconsin badgers By KENT WALLEY THE SECOND period opened ywith Special to the Daily several close calls for Michigan. But MADISON-In a close action-packed Michigan goalie Paul Fricker answered hockey contest in which Dave Fardig with some sparkling saves and the O 7-6 IN WCHA PLAY Wolverine icers, 8-5 and Billy Reid scored their first goals of the season, Michigan lost to the Wisconsin Badgers by a score of 8-5 last night at Dane 4 County Memorial Coliseum. Michigan was in the game until late in the third period, when Wisconsin tallied four consecutive goals. The goal that put the game out of reach for the Wolverines came at 16:54 when Badger right winger Jon Morgan fired the last of many clean slapshots cracked by both teams past Paul Fricker. See more sports, p.8 Wolverine defense remained adamen- tly strong. But the excitement of a 2-2 tie for such evenly matched teams picked up at around the 9 minute mark. Michigan began an exchange of near- goals that continued on for several mirutes. Wisconsin followed with a pair of 2-on-1 breaks but came up empty. Then suddenly a scoring surge broke loose. It was Wisconsin first with two goals in succession. The first score was at 11:54 when defenseman Jay McFarlane fired a wicked slapshot from behind the point that hit Fricker in the chest and tipped into the net. The second goal came at the 12:45 mark when left winger Brian Mullen blasted a screened slapshot past Fricker. On the score All-American defenseman Theran Welsh tallied his second assist of the evening, making him the all-time Wisconsin career assist leader. Michigan answered back at 13:44 when Steve Richmond passed across the slot to Billy Reid who scored his fir- st goal of the year. Wisconsin jumped off to a quick start. After Dave Fardig was called for elbowing, Badger right wing Pete Johnson skated around behind the net and fired a perfectly placed wrist shot between Fricker's foot and the goal post. But Michigan proved early that they were not going to be an easy opponent. At 5:28 junior left wing Jeff Tessier maneuvered the puck from center ice past two defenders and found himself face-to-face with the Wisconsin goalie. Tessier then fired a slapshot clean over Gremore's left shoulder to tie the game. Michigan was not ready to give up its equality so quickly. At 14:08 Roger Bourne slipped a pass to Jeff Mars who was waiting beside the goal. P FIRST PERIOD scoring:1. W-Johnson (S. LecyNewberry) 2i35;' 2. M- Tessier (Fardig, Manning) 5:28; 3. W- Loe (Welsh. S. Lecy) 5:47; 4. M Mars (Bourne.;1" dberg) 14:08. Penalties: M- Fardig (elbowing) I:5I - Newberry (charging) 10:59; M- Milburn lad misconduct) 13:34; M- McCrimmon (tripping) 20:nl. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 5. W- McFarlane (T. Lecy. Ethier) 1 U$4jAi 6. W- Mullen (Welsh, Andringa) 12:45; 7. M- lid (Richmond, Richter) 13:44. Penalties: M- May (roughing) 11:54; W- T. 1Let (roughing) 11:54; M- Richmond (hooking) 15:48. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 8. M- Fardig (unassisted), 2:20; 9 .I- Speers (Tippett, Manning) 2:50; 10. W- S. Cec (Ethier. Lebler) 3:07; 11. W- Gorowski (Johann0isnI Johnson) 9:50; 12. W- Vincent (Mullen. Newbenw) 15:19; 13. W- Morgan (Johnson, Lebler) 16:51. 1' Penalties: MI- Lundberg (highsticking) 3: 19;,1. Johannson (tripping) 11:34: .M- Richmond (hooking) - 15:41; W- McFarlane (holding) 17:25; M- Speer in- terference) 17:41. Attendance : 8.662 1 2 :t-Total,., Fricker (M) ...................12 16 16 Gremore(W) ..................13 t1 7 - Tessier .. . opens Blue scoring IU Wolverines trek o to Land of Gants By MARK FISCHER Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS-What can you do against a Big Ten team whose front line star- ters stand an average of four inches taller than yours? How does a 6-8 center con- tain a 7-3 giant down low in the pivot? In short, how do you beat what your own coach calls "the tallest team in all of basketball"? Michigan mentor Bill Frieder and his cagers will be trying very hard to answer questions like these when they take the court against the Golden Gophers of Min- nesota this evening in Minneapolis (9 p.m. EST, WWJ radio 950, Channel 50 TV). AND FRIEDER admits the answers may not come easily. "Minnesota is playing excellent basketball and they're going to give us trouble," said the Wolverine skip- per. "You take their first seven players and they average over 6-8; this is going to give us problems." Frieder's concerns are well-founded, for the rangy Gophers have been making a practice of giving their opponents problems all season. Minnesota, like Michigan, carries a 9-1 overall record into tonight's intraconference confrontation in "The Barn" (Minnesota's 17,250-seat Williams Arena). The Gophers have vanquished several formidable foes on their way to that mark, including Louisville (by'a six point margin), and North Carolina (by 16). Their lone setback came in mid-December against Marquette at home, in a game which Minnesota sixth-year head coach Jim Dutcher said was his team's worst THE LINEUPS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA (40) Mike McGee..... (6-5) F (6-9) ... John Wiley (35) (45) Thad Garner ..... (6-7) F ' (6-9) ... Ben Coleman (54) (15) Paul Heuerman .. (6-8) C (7-3) ... Randy Breuer (45) (24) Marty Bodnar ... (6-3) G (6-5) .. .Trent Tucker (32) (34) John Johnson .... (6-4) G (6-2) ... Mark Hall (24) performance of the season. FRIEDER, WHO strongly considers the Gophers to be one of the top five teams in the country, "wasn't surprised at all by what they did to North Carolina." The national polls aren't quite as enthusiastic about the Gophers, who are ranked 14th by UPI and 19th by AP, but, said Frieder, "they should be higher." ? It would certainly be hard to find a front court combination higher-that is, taller-than Minnesota's, even in the pro ranks. Tallest of all is Randy Breuer (11.1 ppg/5.7 reb), the aforementioned 7-3 "giant" who will try to make things hard for Michigan's 6-8 pivotman Paul Heuerman (9.7/5.9). ,Despite his unparalleled stature, Breuer is not the Gophers' leading rebounder so far this 'year. That distinction belongs to 6-9, 232-pound sophomore Ben Coleman, a power forward currently averaging seven boards and 12 points per outing. Flanking Coleman at forward is John Wiley (5.7/4.0), also 6-9. What's more, Dutcher has yet another towering trio sitting down the bench from him: Gary Holmes (6.8/4.6), Brian Pederson and Jim Peterson, who each stand 6-10. SINCE THEIR loss to Purdue in the conference opener last Monday, the Wolverines have been trying hard to find ways to neutralize Minnesota's clear ad- vantage in size. "We've been working defensively on a lot of things: combination defenses, helping on the inside people and so forth," said Frieder. "But when you do that, you're going to give the perimeter people shots, which you don't want to do, either." And Minnesota, which Frieder calls "very balanced," does have solid "perimeter people," including 6-2 junior guard Mark Hall, and 6-5 junior back- courters Trent Tucker (13.7/5.8) and Gopher captain Darryl Mitchell (8.4ppg). Hall is Minnesota's leading scorer with 17.5 points per game, Tucker is starting for the third straight year, and Mitchell is one of the best sixth men in the conference. As Frieder said, "It's going to be a tough, tough basketball game, especially on their floor." SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Tracksters sprint to State By RON POLLACK When the women's track team travels to East Lansing to perform in the Michigan State Invitational against Michigan State and Central Michigan, it will be in an gttempt to answer numerous questions. Depth is one question mark for the women tracksters. According to Head Coach Ken Simmons, Michigan will have 16-18 performers while Michigan State and Central Michigan have bet- ween 35 and 40. "We don't have that many kids, although we do have quality kids," added Simmons. . Another matter that will be answered in the Wolverines' first meet, will be how well conditioned the members of these three teams are. "I know our kids aren't in shape, I don't know about theirs (MSU and CMU)," said Sim- mons. About the MSU Invitational being his team's first meet of the season, Sim- mons said: "It's more or less to see what we've got. We're hoping to figure out where the girls will fit in." "On the surface, we can't beat what Michigan State's got. We might beat Central for second," said Simmons. Although this meet should answer a number of questions, Simmons feels that its primary function is to prepare the team for the Big Ten meet which will be held at Illinois in February. Simmons is realistic about his team's chances in the conference meet. "There are six teams that are better than we are, with what they had last year. If we come out seventh I'd be pretty happy," he said. Michigan spikes Toledo The Michigan's men's volleyball club resembled a varsity team more so than their Toledo Rocket counterparts last night. The Wolverines defeated Toledo squad, which has just received varsity status, 15-11, 15-12, 15-9 in the season opener last night. Michigan took control of the first match when Curtis Anderson served for four consecutive points putting the Wolverines in the lead, 10-7. The Michigan spikers, however, lost possession when Jim McNair hit the ball out of bounds. Michigan regained control and scored an additional point, but McNair missed a shot and Toledo recaptured the serve, moving within one point of Michigan. THE WOLVERINES gave up only one more point, and took the ball back with a score of 13-11. Michigan's Scott White then score on a dink on the one ball, nudging the ball into center court. The final point was scored on a net violation by Toledo. Michigan was in command of the second game until Toledo's Andreas Cryanthou got the serve. Scoring four consecutive points, the Toledo spiker tied the score 12-12 until serving out of bounds. MICHIGAN DID not let the Tigers score another point, taking the match 15-12. The final set was not as easy for the Wolverines as they found themselves tailing 9-8 mid-game. McNair then ser- ved to a 9-9 tie, only to serve the next ball out of bounds, giving Toldeo the ball. The Rockets found the Wolverine defense impregnable and were unable to score another point. Michigan's coach Dave Deustch commented on the club. "This year is the year. Everyone graduates except one player, so we have to do it this year. (capture the number one position of the MIVA club division) We have a pretty good chance too." -SARAH SHERBER University of Michigan Tae Kwon Do Club Demonstration Wad., un. 14, 1981 7:30 pm, Martial Arts Room CCRB For Info: Joann, 665-9776 w' F .ft Agqem Capc Fly Faun $20 C-X '( or J4' yr t FL YERS v Z. q , ! AR R0 I} The Michigan Flyers is offering to anyone affiliated with the University of Michigan an introductory flying lesson for just $20 + i r it1 No matter what you're doing now you could learn to pilot an airplane. For information call 994-6208 or 769-6367. Ttwck Tke Skj 994-6208 _ <*0 . a0 .. 00*. BIG TEN PREVIEW Spartans best of basement bunch By SCOTT M. LEWIS Last ire a rrewkart series 'A lot of people are picking us for 11th. I don't always disagree with them.' -Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote, appraising his team's Big Ten chances, November 23, 1980 In a matter of 12 months, Heathcote, the Big Ten's king of quip, has watched his team fall from national champion to ninth-place finisher in the conference. It wouldn't surprise anyone if the Spartans languished in the bottom division for a second straight season, where Wisconsin and Northwestern are certain to keep them company throughout much of the current campaign. This was supposed to be the year in which Heathcote ex- perimented with a three-freshman lineup. But a combination of injuries, academic difficulties, and first-year jitters has forced the MSU boss to go with a more experienced starting unit that features Big Ten scoring champion Jay Vincent. Only one freshman, 6-2 guard Randy Morrison, started Thursday night at Indiana, where the Spartans lost their con- ference opener, 5543. Another first-year player, 6-8 Ben Tower, began the season as a starting forward, but was beaten out of a job by sophomore Derek Perry (13.6 points per game through Michigan State's 6-3 non-conference season). The biggest misfortune of all for the team was a foot injury Any scoring support Vincent receives will likely come from either Mike Brkovich or Kevin Smith. Smith, the 6-2 junior point guard who prepped at Birmingham Brother -Rice, tallied 14 points Thursday night to lead the Spartans (Vincent had 11).. Heathcote worries about his team's lack of height. "We're the smallest team in the Big Ten by a long ways. It would help Jay if we had a better and bigger supporting cast in- side," he said early this week. Wisconsin coach Bill Cofield has the opposite situation: good size, little quickness. When star guard Wesley Mat- thews opted to skip his senior year at Madison and enter the NBA (Washington Bullets), Cofield was left with a scoring void in the backcourt which will not easily be filled this season. Wisconsin's greatest strengths are rebounding and bruising defense. The Badgers (6-3, 0-1) have, by far, the bulkiest front line in the Big Ten. Claude Gregory, the 6-8 senior who averaged almost 19 points per game last season, and 6-9 defensive specialist Larry Petty both tip the scales at 235 pounds. The problem is at guard. While Dan Hastings is a solid defensive player and sure passer, he is not a scorer. Thus far the most productive backcourt tandem has been Hastings and junior John Bailey (13.7 ppg). While Cofield approaches the Big Ten season from a realistic standpoint, his counterpart at Northwestern, Rich Falk, is brimming with optimism. Asked who were the teams Pop, Quiz: When,does $4.00= $3.60? Answer: When you shop in Ulrich's art and engineering departments. 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