4 Page 8-Saturday, March 5, 1983-The Michigan Daily Cager collapse By JEFF FAYE nets loss Ever hear of "shellshock?" Well, the Wisconsin women's basketball team discovered the effects of this dreaded mental ailment last night, but didn't get a bad enough case of it as far as Michigan head coach Gloria Soluk is concerned. "We came in lightly," said Badger coach Edwina Qualls, "but we needed the win for post-season play." DESPITE THEIR overconfidence, the visitors came back to erase a 12- point lead with 14 minutes to go en route to an 80-71 win. According to Soluk, "The game was just another gift, we had a nice lead but just went cold." Actually, they didn't "just" go cold. the Wolverines were halted by a zone defense that had a core of giants to cut off their inside game. Using Andrea Adams (5-10), Michelle Lowman (6-2) and Teresa Theder (6-4) inside, the pressure was taken off the Wisconsin guards and a running game was established. "They were sending two players downcourt without even worrying about rebounding," said Soluk. "That gave them the easy basket or a foul every time."~ THROUGH most of the first three- quarters of the game, Michigan (4-21) could do no wrong.The team hit most of its shots from the outside in the first half, and almost every shot that fell short was followed up with a rebound bucket. Soluk was impressed with her, squad's play in the opening half. "They were so loose. They really had fun." The Wolverines looked like a totally different team than that which has played through most of the season. They shot 43.9 percent (18 of 41), but that could just as well have been 65 per- cent had they not gone inside so much. Another difference was that during the first stanza they never hit a long cold spell. They only time they failed to score for two minutes or more was- when Wisconsin also was unable to put the ball in the hoop, so they were not really affected by the drought. At the intermission the Blue cagers led, 41-33. The real key to the early success was rebounding, as the Blue out-caromed the Badgers, 23-17. The Wolverines were led by Wendy Bradetich and Terri Soullier, with eight and seven, respec- tively, in the half. EVEN IN the first six minutes of the second half, Michigan had no real problems as it pulled out to a 57-45 ad- vantage. But that was where the trouble began. Wisconsin sent in their largest front line and instituted a zone defense. The size made the difference, as evidenced by the sudden stopp- age of Michigan's offense. The hoopster went into a blue funk and failed to score for the next six minutes, erasing most of their lead. In the following four minutes, both teams had small runs of scoring, but Wisconsin's was longer and the Badgers took the lead 70-69 at 2:44. "We couldn't hoop in the second half," lamented Soluk, "I ,don't know whether it was the pressure or what. When (Amy) Rembisz fouled out (at 4:48) it hurt us inside. They hit three buckets and took the lead:" FROM THAT POINT on, it was all Wisconsin. Soluk tried to use a quicker lineup to score points and steal the ball, but it was too little, too late. The Wolverines only made one basket in the remaining time on the clock. The Badgers, a predominantly upperclass team, showed their maturity and scored the final two buckets in the last 20 ticks of the clock. Despite the loss, Soluk was proud of her team, citing its earlier 90-43, loss in Madison. "We've really improved. Our play tonight should really give them some confidence. The freshmen didn't play like freshmen tonight." Michigan was led by Peg Harte with 29 points. Other players in double figures were Orethia Lilly (16) and Wendy Bradetich (14). The rebounding was led by Bradetich with 10, Harte (eight) and'Soullier (7). The cagers next game is against Minnesota tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at Crisler Arena. Tankers surface, 10 third Daily Photo by DAVID FRANKEL Michigan's Peg Harte (14) goes over Chris Pruitt (3) of Wisconsin in last night's Wolverine loss. Panthers show Blue look' By RANDY BERGER At yesterday's Michigan Panther media day in the Pontiac Silverdome, University of Michigan football fans would have recognized many familiar. faces. Besides the much publicized signing of All-American wide receiver Anthony Carter, the Panthers also lay, claims to four other ex-Michigan grid- ders. However, unlike Carter, whom the USFL team so desperately offered millions of dollars, for Marion Body, Andy Cannavino, Chris Godfrey and Tony Osbun, the USFL represents merely an opportunity to continue their football careers. As is the case with a majority of the players in the USFL, which opens its inaugural season this weekend, these four ex-Wolverines would be at best marginal players in the NFL. This explains in part why these players are excited about suiting up for the Panther's opening game on Monday at Birmingham. "TO ME THE USFL has been a God- send and in the long run I think it's the best thing for me," said Cannavino, who before signing was working at a health spa. He was cut last year by the Philadelphia Eagles. For former Michigan defensive back Body, the decision to join the Panthers was one of practicality. "I figured I had a 50-50 percent chance of making it in the USFL and maybe a 10 to 20 percent chance of making it in the NFL, so I just played the percentages," said Body, who hopes to move up from the reser- ved list to a starting position as the season progresses. Despite the opportunity the USFL has provided for these ex-Michigan players, it wasn't always so sure to them that the league was going to make it, especially during the opening of training camp where over 200 players vied for just 50 spots. "MY FIRST impression was that everything was very unorganized but now everything is settled and things are going good," said Osbun, who has been switched from defensive end, where he played at Michigan; to offensive tackle. For Chris Godfrey, who for the last two years has played for three NFL teams, the key for the Panthers was getting Anthony Carter. "I get a good feeling now but I must admit I was skeptical at first," said the 1980 graduate, who will start at one of- fensive tackle. "I'm impressed with the coaches and getting Carter surely helps because it was a need we had to fill at receiver and punt returner. Plus he's bringing in a lot of ticket sales." While the likes of Carter and Her- schel Walker, who signed with the New Jersey Generals, gives the USFL talen- ted players, none of the former Wolverines are ready to compare it with the older and more established NFL. "I think the talent is spread out in the league which should make it com- petitive, but everything is going to be compared with the NFL which isn't fair," added Cannavino, who is listed as a probable starter at middle linebacker in Monday's game. "We just want to create our own identity and getting Walker and Carter surely helps." By KATIE BLACKWELL special to the Daily INDIANAPOLIS-Last night, swimmers and fans alike were on their feet filling the Indiana natatorium with deafening noise. The center attraction was a spectacular 800- yard freestyle relay race. The race was so close that any of four teams could -have come out on top. The winner: Michigan. Kirstan Vandersluis, Bruce Gemmell, Gary Antonick and Mark Noetzel joined forces to stop the clock at 6:36.60, a time qualifying them for the NCAA meet. "HECK YEAH I'm excited," said the sophomore Antonick of his first Big Ten championship. Noetzel, a junior, had a somewhat more subdued reaction to the victory. "It's been a while but it was great." By winning the 800-relay, the Wolverines moved past Ohio State into third place with a score of 249. A fired-up Indiana squad currently has possession of first place with a score of 386. "We've got a good momentum going for tomorrow," said Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek. "Every day we're get- ting better." COMING OFF a disappointing first day, the Wolverine swimmers settled down and turned in some good performan- ces. Gemmell, the defending Big Ten champ in the 400-yard individual medley, had to settle for fourth place this year but his time of 3:58.54 gave him his third qualifying mark for the NCAAs. Although somewhat disappointed with his finish, Gemmell is now looking forward to his year-long goal of a quality performance in the NCAAs. Rojer Madruga, a freshman from Indiana, set a blistering pace and won the race with a time of 3:55.66, a new Big Ten record. Vandersluis and Noetzel made waves for the second time in the 200-yard freestyle as they finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with times of 1:38.99 and 1:39.13. Earlier in the day, in the preliminaries of the 200-free, Vandersluis turned in a time of 1:38.67. WHEN THE TIME flashed on the scoreboard, Urbanchek remarked, "That was our first good swim of the meet." Freshman Lance Schroeder finished seventh in the 100-' yard butterfly with a time of 49.88. In the 100-yard breaststroke, another freshman, Marc Parrish made it into the finals and finished eighth with a time of 58.84. THE FIRST five rounds of the three-meter diving event were held last night, as well. Michigan divers were very im- pressive. Sophomore Bruce Kimball, coming off a disappoin- ting fifth-place finish in the one-meter diving on Thursday, currently leads with a score of 256.20. "I wasn't thrilled with my one-meter performance but I qualified for the NCAA and that's all that counts," said Kimball. "I'm pretty confident for tomorrow (the final day of three-meter competition). We'll just have to see how it goes." Freshman teammate Mike Gruber is in fifth place and Kent Ferguson, who finished second in the one meter, is in eighth. Today's events are strong ones for Michigan, especially the 100-yard freestyle, the 200-yard butterfly and the conclusion of the three-meter diving. Urbanchek is confident that with his team's improving per- formance, Michigan will be able to remain in third place. But it appears that first-place Indiana and second-place Iowa are too far ahead for the Wolverine swimmers to catch. Tracksters trail IU in Big Tens 'M' netters fall to By JOE EWING Special to the D~aily EAST LANSING-The Michigan men's track team found itself chasing Indiana after the first day of com- petition in the Big Ten indoor cham- pionships last night at Michigan State's Jenison Field House. The defending champion Wolverines collected 18 points, as opposed to 28 for the Hoosiers. However, the Wolverines did manage to qualify nine for today's finals while Indian's qualified just eight. MICHIGAN picked up 12 points in the two-mile run, where Brian Diemer and Bill O'Reilly placed second and fourth to last years NCAA outdoor mile champ Jim Spivey of Indiana. Both Spivey and Diemer stayed with the pack until the final four laps, when Diemer burst into the lead followed closely by his Indiana foe, his team- mate O'Reilly and Illinois' Mike Pat- ton. Diemer held the lead for the next three-and-a-half laps with Spivey over his outside shoulder. However, the Wolverine senior couldnot holdboff Spivey's tremendous kick on the back stretch of the final lap and had to settle for second place with a 8:46.01 time. Spivey won the event in 8:45.65. O'Reilly held onto fourth place in 8:56.08 to add four crucial points to Diemer's eight and allowed the Wolverines to outscore Indiana in that event, 12-10. "I KNEW that if it would be down to the last quarter that would be it," said Diemer. "That is why I took (the lead) with four laps to go. "He's a silent runner. I didn't even know he was there." Spivey beat Diemer in five other matchups in their collegiate careers, including last year's Big Ten indoor one-and-two-mile runs. Tomorrow, they square off again in the one-mile final. Last night, both Spivey and Diemer won their qualifying mile heats with times of 4:07.59 and 4:08.84 respec- tively. "WHOEVER WON (the two-mile) tonight was a good indication of who will win the mile tomorrow," said the confident Spivey. "Once you beat someone, you can beat him again." Don Passenger also qualified in the mile for the Wolverines with a 4:07.83 clocking, and should be a key in Michigan's chances. It looked as if Passenger also had qualified in the 1000-yard final, but the Michigan senior was disqualified on a controversial foul in last night's preliminary. The disqualification was protested by Michigan coach Jack Harvey, but was still pending final judgement late last night. Michigan did manage to qualify Jason Bryant for today's 1000-yard final in a Wolverine season best time of 2:11.68. MICHIGAN also places two runners in the finals of the 880-yard event and three in the 600-yard run. Bob Boynton turned in a season best '1:52.04 to go along with Ron Simpson's 1:52.52 in the 880. Todd Steverson, Rob Grainger and George Yoanides are the Wolverines' 600-yard finalists with times of 1:11.66, 1:11.73 and 1:12.10. Derek Stinson managed to slip into the 60-yard high hurdle finals with a 7.43 clocking. Michigan got a somewhat disappoin- ting showing from Derek Harper, who failed to qualify for the 60-yard dash finals and turned in his shortest leap of the year (24'5%14") good enough for only fourth place. Vince Bean placed fifth in the long jump with a jump of 23'1014". "In terms of qualifying, we got more guys than we expected," said Harvey. "It's just a question of where the guys place tomorrow." Wichita State 5-1 WICHITA, Kan.--Wichita State's mens tennis team stung Michigan, 5-1, last night in a dual meet at Wichita, Kansas. Wolverine Ross Laser, the team's number three singles player, salvaged the only Michigan victory of the evening as he bested Dale Houston 6-1, 6-2. Other than that, the Wheat Shockers completely dominated the meet. WICHITA STATE'S Roberto Faad defeated Mark Mees, Michigan's top player, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. The Shockers' second singles player, Paul Smith, knocked off Tom Haney, 6-3, 7-5. John Thorpe continued the home team's success by edging Jim Sharton 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. In the number five match, Andy Castle defeated the Wolverines' Rodd Schreiber 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, and Wichita State's Simon Norman, easily got past Michigan's Hugh Kwok 6-1, 6-2. Michigan's current dual meet record is 3-7. Women tracksters lead MADISON - After the first day of competition, the Michigan women's track team topped the standings at the Big Ten Championships at the Wiscon- sin Field House in Madison. With the completion of the long jump, 4 x 880-yard relay, two-mile-run, and pentathalon events yesterday, the Wolverines led with 32 points overall. WISCONSIN and Indiana were close behind, however, with 28 and 24 points, respectively. Michigan fared well against their Big Ten opponents in all four completed events to take the early lead. Senior Lorrie Thornton won the long jump with a leap of 19'11%/4" only 1/4- inch short of her career best. THE WOLVERINE relay quartet of Joyce Wilson, Sue Schroader, Martha Gray, and Sue Frederick-Foster won the 4 x 880-yard relay with a time of 8:49.64, a new Michigan indoor record. That time also was good enough to qualify that relay team for the NCAA meet to be held in Detroit on March 11- 12. In the two-mile run, Michigan's Melanie Weaver and Lisa Larsen took fourth and fifth place respectively to bolster the Wolverines' lead. MELODY Middleton set a new indoor school record while finishing third in the pentathalon with a final score of 3,892 points. Coach Francie Goodridge was pleased with yesterday's performances but concerned about today's final out- come. "I feel wonderful about today and scared about tomorrow," she said after the completion of yesterday's com- petition. Other Wolverine runners competing in today's finals include Frederick, Foster in the mile run, Brenda Kazinec in the 300-yard run and Joanna Ballard in the high jump. 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