SPORTS e Michigan Daily oSL N TAM BENTLEY he only people last night who fared worse than the last place Wolverine icers were the game's referees who were repeatedly required to throw themselves amidst battling players in SMichigan's 5-4 loss to a brutal Ohio State. "With Ohio State's Bruce Tillotson in the penalty box for playing with a broken stick, Michigan's Ted Speers scored the game's first goal at 1:50, only eight seconds into the Michigan {power play. Speers snuck in from 'behind the net and jammed the puck in- to the right side of the goal past Ohio goalie John Dougan. Speers' goal, assisted by Chris Seychel and Pat Goff, represented the sole score of the first period. WHATEVER Ohio State head coach Jerry Welsh said in the locker room at the period break must have done the trick, though, because at the outset of the second period Ohio State came out and put its first goal of the game into the net. Buckeye Andy Browne tipped the puck into the left side of the goal from the edge of the crease. Saturday, November 20, 1982 r downs icers, The Wolverines retaliated though and scored a second goal at 7:50. Michigan's Brad Tippett dug the puck out of the right corner and completed a cross-ice pass to left-winger Chris Seychel. Seychel's wrist shot beat out Dougan on his left side. Michigan went on to score again as. Todd Carlile made a head-man pass to Seychel who rifled a slap shot from the edge of the left face-off circle past the short side of goalie Dougan. BUCKEYE Jamie Macoun brought in Ohio State's next goal upping the score to 3-2 in favor of Michigan at the end of the second period. Ohio State charged into the third period by making back-to-back goals. The first Buckeye score came from Bob Gruhl while teammate Browne scored an additional goal only ten seconds' later. Michigan's Bill Brauer quickly proceeded to net another Wolverine goal though at 2:09, bringing the game to a 4-4 tie. THE BUCKEYES went ahead, though, at 13:17 as a result of a Bob Napierala goal which sailed high over Elliott's shoulder to catch the top of the net. Michigan head coach John Giordano made a last ditch effort to tie the game by pulling the goalie Elliott with 55 seconds left in the game, giving the Wolverines six players trying to net a goal. The effort failed though and 5-4 Michigan went down in defeat with a final score of 5-4. "Every time there's a mistake on defense the puck goes into the net," said Giordano. "You can only jiggle it so much and you still end up with freshmen and sophomores on defense. We're still looking for the formula." Seven and counting FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1. M-Speers (Seychel, Goff) 1:50. Penalties: OSU-Tillotson (playing with broken stick) 1:42; M-Stiles (cross-checking) 15:16; M- Krussman (roughing) 15:16; M-McCrimmon (roughing) 15:16; OSU-Macoun (roughing) 15:16; OSU-Leask (roughing) 15:16. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1. OSU-Browne (Paul Pooley, Kobryn) 1:31; 2. M-Seychel (Tippett, Speers) 7:50; 3. M- Seychel (Carlile) 12:44; 2. OSU-Macoun (Paul Pooley, Kobryn) 15:54. Penalties: OSU-Stoltzman (interference) 2:36; M- Spring (high-sticking) 10:34; OSU-Shortt (high- sticking) 10:34; M-Grade (holding) 13:28; M-Stiles (high-sticking) 16:31; OSU-Macoun (cross-checking). 16:31; OSU-Browne (roughing) 16:31. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 3. OSU-Gruhl (Macoun) :57; 4. OSU- Browne (Pooley, Shortt) 1:07; 4. M-Brauer (Tippett, Speers) 2:09; 5. OSU-Napierala (Macoun, Gruhl) 13:17. Penalties: M-Milburn (unsportsmanlike conduct after whistle) 3:02; OSU-Rivington (elbow) 3:02; M- May (high-sticking) 4:05; OSU-Pooley (high- sticking) 4:05; M-Carlile (slashing) 17:08. SAVES 1 2 3 T M-Elliott ......................... 9 14 12 - 30 OSU-.Dougan ...................11 7 6 -. 24 GOALS BY PERIOD MICHIGAN........................1 2 1 - 4 Ohio State .....................0 2 3 - 5 Andy Browne of Ohio State (18) fights for the puck with Wolverine defensemen Pat Goff (6) last night at Yost Ice Arena. Browne and his teammates emerged victorious, 5-4, on a goal late in the third period by Bob Napierala. 1aj Doily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER FOOTBALL STRIKE DELAYED PLANS: Needham tries to break into NFL By PAUL RESNICK Former Michigan football player Ben Needham had his future well planned before the NFL football strike began. The long strike, however, and the recent settlement, have left him uncer- tain. After the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Needham last spring, he was cut in the final round of pre-season roster trim- ming. That didn't bother him too much because the Bengals were coming off an appearance in the Super Bowl. "They were pretty satisfied with what they had," Needham said. In fact, the Bengals only kept four new players on their squad this season, according to Needham. CHANCES were, he thought at the beginning of the season, and before the strike, that someone on the Bengals would get injured in one of the first few games, thus leaving a spot for him on their roster. Another possibility was that a less successful team would sign him; a team that didn't have as much .returning talent from the previous year as the Bengals did. If his hopes in that direction hadn't materialized, he knew exactly what was ahead for him-the United States Women h fJIM DAVIS Two sophomores led the charge as scoring wiz Peg Harte poured in 34 points and Connie Doutt notched nine assists, enabling the Wolverines to ,defeat Australia's Melbourne Saints 103-56 in an exhibition game at Crisler Arena last night. Michigan got off to a quick 10-2 lead "and never looked back. Coach Gloria Soluk utilized her entire twelve- member roster and substituted fresh Football League (USFL). Needham said that if he hadn't signed with an NFL team after five or six weeks, he would have signed with the new league right off. Only two weeks into the season, however, the NFL strike began, forcing Needham to re-evaluate his plans. The prestige of the league and his childhood dream of playing in the NFL prompted him to say, "I don't want to join the new league without giving the NFL a chance. Even if it was just for a year or so, it would be something to hold on to." BECAUSE there hasn't been much of a season this year, there has been no reason for teams to make roster moves, so Needham felt he hadn't given the NFL a real chance. He waited for the strike to end. Fifty-seven days of waiting while the players' union and the owners negotiated had just about convinced Needham that his NFL dream would not come true. "I started talking to USFL teams," he said, "and getting serious about a contract." One possibility that Needham thought about was joining the NFL players if they formed their own league. But he oopsters bury troops frequently, allowing the Wolverines' freshmen togain some game-experience, while fine-tuning her starters for the season opener next weekend. "I WAS disappointed in the quality of the competition," said Soluk. She poin- ted out that the Melbourne team was not the caliber of competition she had expected. "It was a good tightener-up for the season," she said. "I was pleased with the way they (Wolverines) worked had his doubts about ,its formation, citing practical problems such as the costs of starting a new league and the problem of finding stadiums to play in, since the current owners would be unlikely to allow the players to use the stadiums now in use. Si Needham ... aspires to position in NFL A ussies hard." She also emphasized that this team "is much quicker than last year's." Michigan's starting five; juniors. Terri Soullier and Lori Gnatkowski, sophomores Harte and Doutt, and freshman pivot Sandy Svoboda, led the Wolverines to a 63-27 halftime lead. The Wolverines' bench played the majority of the second half as the star- ters watched from the sideline. SOLUK was glad to see Gnatkowski play well after having been injured. She rested the tri-captain most of the game, allowing the other point guards some playing time. Despite only playing a total of 17 minutes in the game, she managed to score four points and collect six assists. Harte shot a torrid 65% from the field as she sparked Michigan's improved zone offense. Soluk, however, was not entirely pleased with the execution, but added that that was in part due to the level of the competition. Soluk was also pleased with the play of Svoboda, who scored eight points, grabbed nine rebounds, and blocked four shots. Soullier added 14 points and seven steals. Sophomore Diana Wiley was im- pressive as she notched 16 points in only 15 minutes of playing time. Freshman Orethia Lilly added ten points to the Wolverine effort. The Wolverines open the season next Saturday at Aquinas College in the Grand Rapids Press Tourney. The first home game will be against Cleveland State on December 8. Notre Dame will follow four days later. "SURPRISE," said Needham, as a resolution of the strike once again threw his plans askew. It now looks as though the NFL season will resume tomorrow, thus reviving Needham's hopes that one of the teams will pick him up in the next few weeks. For now, he plans to continue negotiating with USFL. teams but doesn't plan to sign for at least a week in order to see how the NFL situation develops. "Sitting around not knowing is driving me crazy," he added. Needham didn't think the popularity of football was at risk during the strike. He used the baseball strike of two summers ago as an analogy, saying, "I still went to see the Tigers play (after the strike). People like to watch foot- ball. If it were on now, people would watch it." He did concede that there could be a temporary backlash. "There might be a lot of booing in stadiums this week," he said. Needham feels, though, that any disenchantment would be short-lived. The long, unexpected layoff has given Needham time not only to maintain his physical condition but also to think over the transition from college football to the pros. "It's a whole new world," he said. "You go from being a starter to just another rookie." The time off has also allowed him to warmly remember his days playing football for Bo Schembechler. Needham, who has followed the Wolverines closely this year, said, "I love going back and watching. I'd love to be back there playing but they only let you play for four years." Shoemaker-Kusko Testing Preparation Services AP Top Twenty 1. Virginia (33).........30-4 2. Georgetown (5) ........ 30-7 3. N. Carolina (9) .........32-2 4. Kentucky (2).......... 22-8 5. Villanova (2).......... 24-8 6. Memphis St..........24-5 7. UCLA................. 21-6 8. Louisville (1)..........23-10 9. Indiana............. 19-10 10. Oregon St...........25-5 11. Iowa..............21-8 12. Alabama...........24-7 13. Tennessee ............. 20-10 14. Houston ............... 25-8 15. Missouri .............. 27-4 16. N.C. State...........22-10 17. Arkansas .............. 23-6 18. Marquette ............. 23-9 19. St. John's, N.Y..........21-9 20. Oklahoma............22-11 1,020 978 897 740 713 699 698 602 590 514 457 434 427 372 280 159 140 119 118 114 Vmwmm 2 S 2 N -J a 1- CL a. 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