SPORTS Tuesday, January 18, 1983 Page 8 The Michigan Daily Bulldogs upset Scottless Spartans By CHUCK JAFFE Michigan State goaltender Ron Scott may have proven that he is the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's most valuable player this weekend. Unfor- tunately for the Spartans, Scott did this by being ill and missing a game, as Ferris State upset the Spartans 4-1 on Friday night. Bulldog goalie Norm Young made 47 Bowling Green 4-4, Western Michigan 1-0 The rich seem to get richer in the league, as Bowling Green showed an unusually strong defense in a sweep of Western Michigan. John Samansky scored three goals in the two games for the Falcons, who had to overcome the stellar goaltending of Western's Glenn Healy. Healy made 70 saves in the series, but was still unable to come away with a win. "I thought we played very well defen- sively, and that's something we've been trying to improve all season," said Falcon coach Jerry York. "Offensively, we know the goals will come, and we're happy to get the sweep, but I'm just as pleased that we only gave up one goal in two games.'' Michigan Tech 4 (OT)-3, Northern Michigan 3-9 Michigan Tech's Jim Bissett scored a shorthanded goal in overtime to give the Huskies a hard-fought 4-3 Friday night win. Northern came back with a nine-goal onslaught on Saturday en route to a 9-3 blowout and a series split. "You're in overtime, and you're a man-down with less than three minutes to play, so you can't expect to win," said Michigan Tech assistant coach saves in the winning effort, and even Scott's return in the third period of the contest did not help Michigan State overcome the three-goal deficit. "WE ONLY GOT one goal on 48 shots, and that's what happened," said Spar- tan coach Ron Mason. "The way it tur- ned out, Ferris deserved to win the game. Tom Nowland didn't play a bad game in the nets, but we just couldn't score, so we didn't win." The Spartans did come back to gain a series split on Saturday when defen- seman Gary Haight scored twice, and Scott overcame his virus and played well in the net to lead Michigan State to the 4-2 win. Herb Boxer. "We were just able to break their attack and score the win- ner. It was really important because Northern played extremely well on Saturday. They came out and dominated us early and got a few into the net. They never gave us a chance, so we're happy with the split." Miami 5-6, Notre Dame 4-9 After losing a close series opener, Notre Dame used a four-goal, three- assist performance by CCHA Player-of- the-Week Kirt Bjork to gain the split. Bjork's performance, which tied a Notre Dame record for points in one game, enabled the Irish to move out of last place in the CCHA while Miami remained in sixth place, just one point ahead of Michigan, Western Michigan, and Ferris State. "I think we got an excellent perfor- mance from all our kids," said Notre Dame coach Charles "Lefty" Smith. "It was probably our best performance for an entire series this season. "As for Kirt, he has an excellent amount of ability, and the kind of night he had on Saturday is a dream. Because of injuries he has been playing center, but I think he is finally getting ac- climated and we hope he will have a few more games like that." Minnesota, Ohio State 2 (OT)-4, Illinois-Chicago 2-3 Ohio State's Don Stoltzner scored a goal in each game to lead the Buckeyes to a three-point weekend over Illinois- Chicago. Stoltzner's Friday night goal gave Ohio State a 2-2 tie, and the Buckeyes went on to capture Satur- day's game 4-3. The loss and tie dropped Illinois- Chicago into last place in the CCHA, one point behind Notre Dame, before this week's series with league-leading Bowling Green. CCHA Standings Bowling Green........ Michigan State......... Ohio State ............. Northern Michigan .... Michigan Tech...... Miami ................. MICHIGAN............ Western Michigan. Ferris State........ Lake Superior....... Notre Dame......... Illinois-Chicago ........ KERRSE WORDS BY JOHN KERR Stop booing... W 17 14 11 11 12 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 L 2 6 5 6 8 11 12 12 11 13 14 14 T 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 Pts. 35 28 26 25 24 17 16 16 16 14 12, 11 ...Pelekoudas is back I T IS DOUBTFUL that the fans will boo him at Michigan's next home game - not after the way he played in the Wolverine's 62-57 win over Wisconsin last Saturday. For it was Dan Pelekoudas, the target of many a catcall from Michigan hoop fans this season, who enabled the Wolverines to come back from a six point half-time deficit and upend the Badgers. It had to be one of Pelekoudas's most satisfying games since coming to Michigan. The 6-2 junior guard from Downers Grove, Ill. had been anything but a crowd favorite up to the Wisconsin game. Everytime he went to the scorers' table table to check in, many fans didn't bother to hide their displeasure. Now, it is no secret Pelekoudas is never going to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to the World Championship, but booing him served absolutely no constructive pur- pose. First, the jeers were aimed at a player who always gives 100 percent for the Wolverines, and second, the booers forget that Pelekoudas was one of the veterans on last year's Wolverine squad that kept the team together through a 7-20 season. But boo they did and it was obvious that it had some affect on the junior guard. His play deteriorated and he became very timid on the court, passing up open shots from 15 feet and turning the ball over with alarming frequen- cy. Consequently, Pelekoudas saw less and less playing time and his role as the third guard diminished. Saturday's game should change all that. It proved that Pelekoudas does have a legitimate and important role on the Michigan basketball team, and, hopefully, quieted all the negative sounds echoing through Crisler Arena. Pelekoudas replaced Eric Turner in the second half after the Wisconsin zone defense had totally shut down Michigan's star guard. Turner took only one shot, turned the ball over seven times, and was doing nothing to penetrate the Badger zone. When Turner came out and Pelekoudas went in, however, it was a different ball game. Pelekoudas attacked the zone - he kept the ball moving around the perimeter, occasionally driving in to pass off to Tim McCormick or But- ch Wade. The Badgers eventually went back into a man-to-man and Pelekoudas kept hustling as the Wolverines took the lead for good midway through the second half. For the game he had four points and a season high six assists. That's the kind of play Michigan coach Bill Frieder needs out of his third guard if the Wolverines are going to have a successful season. Michigan is woefully short in guards this season. After Turner, Leslie Rockymore, and Pelekoudas, the Wolverines have only walk-ons. That's why Pelekoudas must keep up the level of play he exhibited in the Wisconsin game. If he can, Michigan can make it through the season with only three scholarship guards - if he can't the Wolverines could be in trouble if Tur- ner doesn't have an outstanding game every time out. The one thing that Pelekoudas was obviously lacking before last Saturday - confidence - should now have returned to the junior guard. The one thing that was obviously bothering him before last Saturday - the booing - should now be a thing of the past. Remember, Dan Pelekoudas will not lose any games for the Wolverines this season, but he won one for them last Saturday. Tumblers fall to. Gophers CIVIL ENGINEERS ... 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The pair of mortifying defeats gives the Wolverines an overall record of 3- 11, including a i-3 Big Ten mark, good enough for a sixth-place tie with Michigan State in the conference. Both Wisconsin and Minnesota are un- defeated in the Big Ten. The Wolverines shot an anemic 23 percent from the field against Min- nesota and committed 33 turnovers. Sophomore Peg Harte, who leads the Wolverines in scoring with a 22.4 points per game average, hit on only three of 12 shots and finished with a season-low of eight points. THE GOPHERS, 11-2 on the season, were led by Laura Coenen and Debbie Hunter, each with 22 points. Minnesota also had a total of 23 steals in the game and outrebounded Michigan 55-37, in- cluding 12 boards by Coenen. The Wolverines were down 43-26 at halftime but could only manage 17 poin- ts in the second half, while Minnesota ran off 53. The Wolverines' meager scoring attack was led by Lori Gnatkowski with 12 points. The situation failed to improve against the Badgers, who are 11-1 overall. Wisconsin held a 46-36 advan- tage at the intermission, but the Wolverines failed to challenge in the second half. THE BADGERS balanced attack was led by Theresa Huff and Teresa Sheder with 21 points apiece. Seven Wisconsin players finished with at least eight points. Huff and Sheder also added 11 and eight rebounds, respectively. Harte led Michigan with 25 points, despite hitting on only 40 percent of her shots, and a season-high of 12 rebounds. _.A- fP j- A/~~h {VV vt4oL By PAULA SCHIPPER The bars are usually booming on Saturday night. Last Saturday, however, the Michigan men's gym- nastic team came up short on the high bar against Minnesota. , Going into the last event, the high bar, Michigan trailed last year's Big Ten champions by only 0.3 points. Several Wolverines, unfortunately, took tumbles in the event, leaving the Gophers on top 268.8-264.5. OTHER EVENTS posed no problem. Michigan excelled in the floor exercise with Kevin McKee's 9.6 and in the vault thanks to Milan Stanovich's 9.5. Rick Kaufmann's 9.65 on rings also kept the team in top contention. "We are definitely in their ball park," said an encouraged coach Newt Loken. Women tumblers thirdt By AMY SCHIFF Despite injuries and inexperience, the Michigan women's gymnastics team placed third in its meet this past weekend against host Pittsburgh, Maryland, and New Mexico. The Wolverines' score of 155.45 fell short of Pitt's 163.7 points, and Maryland's 157.15, but did top New Mexico's score of 154.95. Michigan's top finisher Dayna4 Samuelson placed second with an 8.85 on the vault. Teammates Angela Deaver and Kathy Beckwith tied for third place in the floor exercise, each with an 8.35. Beckwith took another third for Michigan with her 33.40 in the all-around. 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