SPORTS The Michigan Daily Friday, January 14, 1983 PageT' 'M' running to repeat title icers head north By MIKE BRADLEY Last year, the Michigan men's track and field team won the indoor and out- ,door Big Ten Championships. Does it plan an encore in 1983? It's not likely. "WE'RE HOPING this is kind of a rebuilding year," admitted head coach Jack Harvey. "We should realistically be in the _ top three in the Big Ten. The reason for this unenthusiastic prognosis is the loss of some of the Wolverines' most coveted performers from last year's successful squad. Standout sprinters Butch Woolfolk and Andrew Bruce have been lost to graduation, while Eric Allen, who was fourth in the Big Ten meet in the 100- meter dash last season, has left school. His departure leaves Michigan with a dearth of speed in the sprints. "WE DON'T really have a short sprinter," conceded Harvey. So, Michigan will field a young squad which will draw considerable talent from the Wolverine's sixth-place finishers in the NCAA Cross-Country Championships.% Cross country All-American Brian Diemer and Gerald Donakowski will handle the mile and two-mile runs respectively. MICHIGAN'S second strongest area this year should be the long jump, where Derek Harper and Vince Bean return for. the third straight season. Another bright spot for the tracksters could well be freshman Thomas. Wilcher. The first year hurdler, also a member of the football squad, turned in impressive times in the 120-yard high hurdles, and the intermediate hurdle event while in high school. "He will run right away for us. He's a great athlete," said Harvey. The other freshmen who will make contributions for the Wolverines in- clude distance runner Chris Brewster, and sprinter Todd Stevenson, from Ann Arbor Huron who will give Michigan some punch in the 440 and is expected to be a factor in the sprints. JOHNNY NIELSEN, who competed in last year's NCAA meet, Phil Wells and Scott Erikson will put the shot for the Wolverines, while Dave Woolley (a. "sixteen footerhacccording to Harvey) competes in the pole vault. Dave Lugin, another veteran of last year's national championship meet, is the Wolverine high jumper. Harvey will split the team up this weekend, sending a contingent to Eastern Michigan for an invitational, and a smaller, veteran squad to East Tennessee for an invitational. By TAM BENTLEY The Michigan hockey squad seems to be on a streak, but the question is, can it hold it? This time the odds ap- pear to be in the Wolverines' favor. Last weekend's series against the Illinois-Chicago Flames marked two turning points for the Wolverines. The 4-3 Friday night overtime victory snapped a streak of eight straight Friday night losses and the accom- panying 5-2 Saturday night win gave the Michigan team its first CCHA league series sweep of the season. THIS WEEKEND head coach John Giordano and his Wolverines will travel to the upper peninsula's Sault Ste. Marie to take on the CCHA's 10th- ranked Lake Superior State College Lakers. Statistically, the upcoming mat- chup seems to be leaning in Michigan's favor as the Soo Lakers present an 8-14 overall record, 6-12 in the CCHA. The Wolverines, who are currently tied for the CCHA's eighth-ranked slot with the Ferris State Bulldogs, post a 10-12 overall record and are 7-11 in the CCHA race. IN THE AREA of individual scoring leaders, Michigan also comes out on top of the Soo Lakers as three, of its players are in conference's top ten in that category. Co-captain Brad Tip- pett holds the number two slot (14 goals, 31 assists). Tippett is topped only by Brian Hills of BGSU (26 goals, 30 assists). Fellow co-captain Ted Speers (16 goals, 28 assists) is right behind Tippett at number three while freshman Chris Seychel occupies the sixth place. Lake Superior head coach Frank Anzalone is well aware of the Wolverines' scoring prowess. "The big-gunners, the high scoring players up front will be our biggest problem in facing them," said Anzalone. "And the fact that they're hungry for a win." The Soo Lakers only icer among the top 30 scorers in the league this week was captain right-winger Steve Mulholland (13 goals, 11 assists) who was 25th. ANOTHER SOO Laker to be wary of is left-winger Nick Palumbo. The 5-11 freshman scored four goals in the Soo Lakers' series last weekend against Notre Dame, including a hat trick in the Saturday night 4-3 edging of the Irish. Giordano is expecting the Soo Lakers intensity to be the toughest aspect of their game to contend with. "They're hard working and they like: to hit," said Giordano. "We're trying to come up and play well, we have to win Friday night first before we can think about the sweep." Giordano and the Wolverines may be up against a bit of opposition in that respect, though. "We need two vic- tories as much as Michigan, so we're going in with a positive outlook," said Anzalone. Women hinc lads get set for indoor opener By JOE EWING The Michigan women's indoor track and field team hopes to pick up where it left off last year in terms of im- provement when it opens its season tonight in a meet against Western On- tario, Saginaw Valley, and the Ann Ar- bor and London Track Clubs at 7:30 p.m. in the Track and Tennis Building. This year, coach Francie Kraker Goodridge's Wolverines return many key performers from last season's squad that cruised to a fourth-place Big Ten and seventh-place national indoor finish and then gained Big Ten runner- up and fourth-place AIAW National honors during the outdoor season. LEADING THE pace for Michigan will be senior distance runners Sue Frederick-Foster and Melanie Weaver, who were both members of last year's All-American two-mile relay team. Frederick-Foster also was last year's Big Ten champ and record holder at 1,000 yards as well as runner-up in the mile and 880-yard events. Weaver placed sixth nationally in the two-mile ~ event and is the Big Ten outdoor cham- pion in the 10,000-meter run. Rounding out Kraker Goodridge's two-mile team are middle-distance specialist Martha Gray and miler Carol Lam. Running the sprints for the Wolverines will be Michigan 100-meter dash record holder Brenda Kazinec. Last year the All-American ran the an- chor leg of the 400-meter relay team that took the Big Ten outdoor cham- pionship and nailed down fourth place at the AIAW nationals. Teaming up with Kazinec on the highly-touted 400-meter relay is sprin- ter/long jumper Lorrie Thornton, who will also be counted on for a strong per- formance in the long jump. In addition, Kraker Goodridge is looking for Kazinec and Thornton to combine with freshman Joyce Wilson and junior college transfer Darlene Fortman in the mile relay. In the field events, Michigan will ' count on high jumper Joanna Bullard and pentathlon specialist Melody Mid- dleton. Bullard captured the 1982 Big Wings tie Kings, 4-4 By JIM DAVIS Special to the Daily DETROIT - Willie Huber's blistering slapshot with 34 seconds left in the game while his own team's net was empty gave the Red Wings a 4-4 tie with the Los Angeles Kings last night before 10,495 boisterous fans at Joe Louis Arena. Mike Murphy and Warren Holmes baffled Detroit goalie Corrado Micalef to give the Kings a 4-3 lead early in the third period, but Huber's ninth goal of the season beat Los Angeles netminder Doug Keans, playing in his first National Hockey League game, to salvage the tie for Detroit. BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY Air Force scientific engineering of- ficers plan tomor- row's weapon systems. If you have a scientific or engineering de- gree, you can join - v~i nr Ten indoor high jump crown and earned All-American honors for her fifth-place national finish. Middleton tallied 4,949 points while placing seventh in the hep- tathlon at the 1982 AIAW outdoor finals and totalled a school record 3,467 points in the pentathlon at the 1982 Big Ten in- door meet. ) < Tippett ... second in CCHA scoring I A~ 4t4