SPORTS w Ttie Michigan Daily f Wednesday, March 24, 1982 Page 7 _e Upjor By DOUGLAS B. LEVY Anyone who has followed Bo Schembechl career as a head coach, knows his old motto, "def e wins football games." For the upcoming seas Schembechler is not faced with a massive rebuild job on defense, however, improvement is the word. Last season was . considered a disappointm defensively for two reasons; first, the unit yiel 13.5 points per game, and second, no member of year's squad was named to the All-Big Ten first ut Ilt Schembechler's previous 12 seasons at Michigan least two players had been named to the first unit. THE BIGGEST problem defensively last sea was the defensive front line, which was decimate minjuries. Among those injured was senior Winf Carraway (6-3, 245) who suffered from various ai injuries. Carraway's performance will have a la effect on Michigan's over-all defense. "In order for our defensive line to be exceptio we've got to get a great year out of Carraway," Schembechler. The only loss due to graduation will be that of T Osbun, and his defensive tackle position is up grabs. The prime competitorss will be sophom Mike Hammerstein (6-4, 238), and juniors D James (6-2, 242) and Vince DeFelice (6-2, 228). Ja saw a lot of action at middle guard last seas rTI'I IhQ Right adjustment key to improving defense Sophomore Kevin Brooks (6-6, 230) could be a dark Tony Jackson at free safety and Brian Carpenter at horse. cornerback, the secondary has a wealth of talent and er's n SOPHOMORE AL Sincich (6-1, 226) is back at mid- should become a fine unit. dIe guard after having started five out of the last six The position of strong safety belongs to senior Keith son, last season. Except for Carraway, however, no Bostic, who made 74 tackles, three interceptions and ling osition on the line is secure. recovered two fumbles last season. Senior Jeff Cohen key The linebackers for the Wolverine's should be very and sophomore Greg Washington will be backups. strong. Only Ben Needham, who Was the Bluebonnet "Bostic should be one of the best free safeties in the ent Bowl Defensive MVP, will not be returning, nation next fall. He has a lot of talent, and should be lded The two inside linebackers for the Wolveirne's, considered as a top candidate for All-American," last junior Mike Boren (6-2, 217) and senior Paul Girgash said Schembechler. nit. (6-11 205) started every game last season, 'and were THE TWO CORNERBACKS are not yet definite, the team's two leading tacklers with 152 and 137 although Schembechler will have a lot of experience ctively.to work with. Seniors Marion Body and Jerry Burgei d by LAST YEAR'S defensive captain, senior Robert and junior Evan Cooper all had considerable playing red Thompson (6-3, 217) will be looking to recover from time last season. Schembechler was very pleased fkee shoulder and hand injuries that limited his perfor- with Burgei's performance last season, "Burgei is a. mance. tough, smart player, who does an excellent job." arge "Thompson, Boren and Girgash are key elements Last season the Ohio native made 55 tackles and had to our defense," said Schembechler. two interceptions. nal, The leading candidates to fill Needham's vacated There will be a battle for the free safety position said spot will be junior Carlton Rose (6-1, 205) and senior vacated by Jackson. Evan Cooper, senior Rich Mike J emirande (6-4, 220). Rose and Lemirande Hewlet (a converted quarterback) and sophomore oy have seen good amounts of playing time over the last Brad Cochran are the prime candidates. for two seasons. Other competitors will be junior Rod- THE WOLVERINE kicking game will remain in- )oe ney Lyles, junior Tom Hassel, a backup fullback last tact for the third consecutive year. Senior Ali Haji- oug fall, and sophomore Jim Scarcelli. Sheikh will be the placekicker, and junior Don mes ROUNDING OUT the defense is the defensive Bracken will do the punting. Last season Bracken on. secondary. Despite the loss of two-year starters, averaged 43.3 yards per punt, 14th best in the nation. .ny w w>" 91K Weekg 'Diged MINI-SOCCER Rowdies 13, Chariots 5: In an unprecedented accomplishment, the Rowdies appear in the IM Digest for the second consecutive week. This week it was the hapless Chariots that succumbed to the Rowdies, 13-5. The reigning indoor and outdoor soccer champions were led to victory by Steve Paul's five goals giving him a spectacular total of 20 goals in three games. Mark Ohlhaver also tallied five scores for the victors. The Rowdies now take their three-year winning streak into the playoffs, starting next week. Sname 5, Inteflex 4: With no substitutes, the Sname five held the floor the entire game and overcame an early deficit to defeat Inteflex, 5-4, as the Sname ironmen upped their record to 2-1. Defending 'B' champions in out- door soccer, Sname was led by superstars Panos Zachariadis with two goals and Pakis Malapetsas who added one. The team is a collection of naval ar- chitecture department associates. Said team captain Miles Zebb, "They (In- teflex) were a bunch of undergrads and we are guys in our 20s, plus we didn't have any subs. So we had a hard time keeping up with them. We had to earn our goals." VOLLEYBALL The Oilmen 2, Midshipmen 0: Oilmen captain Neil Braunsdorf put it best when he stated, "This was a dull-game, the best thing about it was the referee." Nonetheless the win enabled the Oilmen to even their record to 1-1. The Petroleum enthusiasts not only beat the Navy team badly, they did it outnumbered four to one. "The Navy guys had about 25 people. They had good players only they kept rotating bad players in," said Braunsdorf. "I attribute our victory to Kevin Givens' serving and (the play of) Marc Franke, who hit the ball out of boun- ds a lot for us." The Oilmen obtained their name from the fact that many of them are geology majors who got jobs with oil companies. Nads 2, Powerhouse '810: The undefeated Nads came back twice to defeat Powerhouse '81, 15-10, 15-12. Nads' captain Derek Wong explained, "Lee Fuiman and Gary Ciarelli hit the ball hard and setters Kevin Movins and myself got the job done. But we all played equally well and no one really stood out." The Nad's now boast an impressive 3-0 record. Brown's Bums 2, ECC Ease 1: In the only three game volleyball match in this week's Digest Brown's Bums volleyed their way past ECC Ease 15-0, 8- 15, 15-2. Captain of Brown's Bums, Tom Adams said, "This is the first year most of these guys have played and I am really pleased about how we played as a team, we didn't go for a lot of individual shots." Brian Hirami was a leading force in the game with his talented setting. Brown's Bums now sport a balanced record of 1-1. Awesome Giants 2, Ham San 0: There are intramural athletes on this campus, and then there are guys who like to play volleyball. Tom Adams is one such individual as he captains both the Awesome Giants and Brown's Bums of the independept league. Playing with only five players Sunday, the Giants still bested Ham San, 2-0. The undefeated Awesomes are in third place in the overall co-rec standings. The IM Digest relates briefly the activities of the Michigan in- tramural program during the previous week. This week's information was compiled by Daily sports writer Mike McGraw. SCORES TONIGHT Thru SUNDAY Exhibition Baseball Minnesota 4, Boston 1 Chicago (NL) 4, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis , Kansas City 3M O s a n a SEC NANCE Oakland 7, San Diego 499-3356ELiet Chicago (AL) 3, New York (NL)0 Cleveland 6, San Francisco 4 NOW HIRING SUMMER CAMPSTAFF DAY CAMP AND RESIDENT CAMP Both in Cleveland Suburbs * Sports Counselors/Counselors-Specialists-W.S.I.'s " Advanced Life Savers * Cooks-Assistant Cooks- Supervisors Call or write for an application: HALLE PARK OFFICE 3505 Mayfield Road Cleveland, Ohio 44118 (216) 382-4000 Exts. 246-248 Were you closed out of the Dorm ottey? UNIVERSITY TOWERS now has the winning numbers! kt Doily Photo by BRIAN MASCK JUNIOR MIKE BOREN (40) dives to make a tackle during the 1981 game against Purdue. Boren, who along with Paul Girgash led the team in tackles last season, will be one of the leaders of Michigan's defense in 1982. FIVE WOLVERINES QUALIFY: McKee leads tumblers to NCAAs By JESSE BARKIN Levin McKee has been rated the top flopr exercise performer in the Mideast for the second straight year and heads the list of five Michigan gymnasts who have qualified for the NCAA champion- ships, April 1-3 at Nebraska. :Along with McKee, Rick Kaufmann, Milan Stanovich, Nevin Hedlund, and Dave Miller will also make the trip to Lincoln after each was selected for at- large berths' in the national champion- ships. ALTHOUGH the Wolverines were not selected for the team championships, coach New Loken noted that Michigan will be well represented, "Blue shirts will be very prominent in Nebraska country," he said. "I'm very proud of the five who have been selected." He added that the total of five selections was more than any other school in the Mideast which did not qualify. Five athletes from each event were chosen from the four separate regions in the country as at-large selections, and will compete along with the com- petitors from the 10 schools chosen for the team championships. The selec- tions were based on the averages of the athlete's five best scores during the season, only two of which could be at home. McKee is the only Michican qualifier from last year and will bring a 9.66 average on the floor exercise into the meet. Kaufmann qualified on the still ring with a 9.54 average, and Stanovich was selected on the vault due to his 9.68 average. Hedlund, Michigan's top all- arounder, averaged 9.43 on the pommel horse, while Miller rounded out the diverse Wolverine squad as he qualified on the parallel bars with a 9.30 score. Loken was impressed with the qualifiers, "this represents excellency throughout the season. You can't get lucky. You have to keep banging away, and continually excel." Daily Photo by KIM HILL MICHIGAN GYMNAST Kevin McKee does the splits in competition earlier this year. McKee is rated the Mideast's top floor exercise performer for the second straight year and will lead four other Wolverines to the NCAA championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. -accommodations starting at $10250 -your own bedroom from $15000 per person* We can save you up to 25% with our IBM Identical Disc Drives, Memory Chips and Printers. -heat included-furnished apartments