The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 8, 1983-- Page 3-D Stickers look for big year, after best season By PAUL HELGREN One of the best kept secrets in Michigan sports is ready for what should be another fine year. The Michigan field hockey team, coming off its best record ever, 13-3, returns its potent scoring duo of Kay McCarthy and Lisa Schofield. That should spell trouble for the Wolverine opponents this season.i MCCARTHY, a senior who plays the link position, led all Michigan scorers last year with 21 goals and eight assists. What is remarkable abnout McCarthy's goal total is that she scored them on only 45 shots on goal - an amazing 47% suc- cess rate. Schofield, a junior forward, nailed down 11 goals and six assists. Most of her goals, however, came at the early part of the season as her production tailed off in the Wolverines' last few games. If Michigan had a problem last year it was beating the highly-ranked teams. While the Wolverines, who were ranked in the top ten themselves for much of the season, breezed past clubs like Albion and Toledo, their three games against top ten teams all ended in hard-fought defeats. Perennial powerhouse Northwestern downed Michigan, 3-0, at Evanston and highly-regarded Iowa nipped them, 2-1, at home (Ferry Field). THE WOLVERINES' big showdown came against even- tual national champion Old Dominion in a game played indoors in the football fieldhouse. Michigan fought Old Dominion to a scoreless deadlock before the first-ranked team managed to score late in the game for a 1-0 victory. Fifth-year coach Candy Zientek does have some holes to fill. Gone from last year's squad are forwards Marty Maugh and Sara Forrestelk, and halfback Dee Jones. Zientek is coun- ting on players like Denise Comby (five goals, four assists), Jamie Fry, Alison Johnson, and Bridget Sikon to pick up the slack. One thing Zientek can certainly count on is good goalkeeping. She has one of the best, junior Jonnie Terry, who has started since her freshman year. Terry appeared in 14 games last season and picked up six shutouts. Whether Terry will get enough defensive help remains to be seen. Terry's backup is senior Nancy Hirsh, who had an excellent .952 save rate in part-time duty last year. The Wolverines will get a big lift if senior Heidi Ditchen- dorf can make a strong comeback this season. The Ann Arbor native was named co-captain last year before a leg injury forced her to watch the 1982 season from the sidelines. WOMEN EYE CONFERENCE TITLE, TOO: Harriers to chase By MIKE MCGRAW It seemed that wherever the Michigan men's cross country team went last year, it was being badgered by a pack of runners from Madison. The Wolverines finished second to Wisconsin at the Big Ten meet and the NCAA districts-then watched the Badgers win the national title while Michigan settled for sixth. The harriers might also have finished second in the nationals if it wasn't for a key tumble taken by one of Michigan's top runners early in the season. Fresh- man sensation Chris Brewster from London, Ontario fell on the stairs in South Quad last October and broke his ankle, finishing him for the rest of the season. "IF BREWSTER had run at the nationals, we would have finished second instead of sixth," com- mented coach Ron Warhurst, who is entering his ten- th season as coach of the Michigan harriers. So, the top marks at the NCAAs were-instead han- dled by the departed Gerard Donakowski, who placed seventh-the third American to cross the tape-and' returning senior Brian Deimer, who took 18th in the race. a his season Warhurst is looking for Diemer and Brewster to lead the chase for supremacy in the Big Ten, but it won't get any easier this season. "Wiscon- sin and Michigan will be the top two in the conference this year with Indiana being improved," said Warhurst. "But Wisconsin is returning its whole team, so I don't think we have that much of a chance at improving on our Big Ten finish." BUT THE WOLVERINES may be able to fare bet- ter in the NCAAs this season since the team will be strong from top to bottom, giving Warhurst a lot of depth. Returning from last year's squad are juniors Jim Schmidt, Bill Brady, and Dennis Keane, all of whom ran among Michigan's top seven. There are also three runners who were red-shirted last year who could step into the lineup this fall. These include eniors Doug Heikkine and Evat Moore and sophomore Bob Vandenburg:. .The team will receive another bonus if Warhurst is able to sign the recruits he is after. Already Michigan has a commitment from Joe Schmidt, the younger brother of teammate Jim, who was Michigan state ebampion in cross country last year. There are also two other very high-caliber recruit on their way to Michigan. WARHURST feels that the tea not having a tremendous amount season and plans to continue that F was good to only run six races bf easier not having to race every wE st. "It also helped to run at Ii nationals. This year the NCAA University in Pennsylvania, so if i the team out there for an invitation Also on the agenda will be two traditional races, the Springban London, Ontario to open the seas Michigan State dual meet, this yea Lansing. Last year Michigan thumped the the University Golf Course and should be similar in result, which Wolverines' record in dual m Warhurst's tenure to 13-0. Women eighth in '82 Despite aheartbreaking finish in pionships, the women's cross cou from obscurity last season to post year ever by placing eighth in t meet. The harriers finished third in th Iowa City, behind the host Hawke3 but the next week the Wolverines d those teams and every other foe to the NCAA District meet. The diff weeks was the result of an unfortu in the final moments of the confere FRESHMAN SUE Schroederf yards from the finish chute. Ex] her from getting up right away several valuable places. "Sue started out too fast at Big T anything left at the end," sa Kraker Goodridge. "Her inexperie Badgers again s that could also be that race." So although the Wolverines topped all Big Ten op- ponents in both the district and national races, they m benefitted from were credited with only third in the conference. of competition last THIS YEAR, though, the Michigan women will be practice. "I think it back to try again and coach Goodridge feels they efore Big Tens, its have a good shot at improvement. With the loss of two eek," said Warhur- of its top four runners, a good recruiting year should ndiana before the fill the spaces and make the team deeper, and ks are at Lehigh possibly tougher to beat, than last year's squad. ts possible I'll take "We have our number one runner, Lisa Larsen, ial." returning, along with numbers three and five, Sue Schroeder and Judy Yuhn," said Goodridge. "Plus of the Wolverines' we're looking to get three or four recruits with very k Invitational in strong potential so our overall team could be better on, and the annual than last year. Wisconsin and Iowa will be the teams r to be held in East to beat in the conference, but we'll definitely be con- tenders." Senior Larsen, from Battle Creek, returns to try Spartans, 15-50, at and become an All-American for the third straight this year's race year. Last season she placed 25th at the nationals in would stretch the Bloomington, Ind. to attain the honor along with the eet action during graduated Melanie Weaver, who took 33rd. The Lar- sen-Weaver duo placed second and fifth respectively in the Big Ten. BUT THE KEY to the team's success will be the strength of its freshmen. At this time the only one to Sthe Big Ten chain-.give a commitment to Michigan is Jennifer Rioux, nthy eaig teppehaout of Livonia, who finished second in the class 'B' intry team stepped state cross country meet. Goodridge, however, ex- it m nstionaessul pects several blue-chip runners to be on their way to ;he NCAA national Michigan. ie Big Ten meet at When they get here, those freshman will be looking at an improved schedule that Goodridge hopes will yes and Wisconsin, feature more fine teams and conference opponents, efeated easily both than ever before. take first place in "We're going to travel to Wisconsin-Parkside for terencen o the two our first invitational this year instead of opening at nate turn of events Eastern Michigan, but the rest of the schedule hasn't nce race. been finalized yet," said Goodridge. "We're trying to fell down only 100 line up some teams for a home meet and if everything haustion prevented works out, we'll be gong to a big invitational at Cal- and Michigan lost Berkley." The opponents and results of the Michigan women's ens and didn't have cross country team keep getting bigger and this fall .id coach Francie one will be able to see if upward movement in this nce just hurt her in sport continues. - MIKE MCGRAW Daily Photo by JON $NOV Junior Deborah Holloway watches as senior Carla Dearing returns a shot against Ohio State last year. g0 Sp ikers'goal: regain old for-m, By LARRY MISHKIN The 1982 season was not kind to the women's volleyball team. After earning a berth in the AIAW finals in 1981, Coach Sandy Vong saw his squad's record slip to a dissapointing 11-18, good for ninth place in the Big Ten. And while nobody likes to hear ex- cuses, Vong has some pretty convincing ones. For instance, only two starters and four other members of the 1981 squad returned, leaving Vong with eight new faces. "IT'S PRETTY difficult to do anything with incoming freshmen," said Vong, who will begin his tenth season as head coach this fall. "They usually arrive in late August and our matches begin the first week in Sep- tember. They have a lot of adjusting to go through in a very short period. It usually takes at least a year to a year- and-a-half before they begin to show any contributions to the team." Another problem Vong faced was the lack of any senior leadership, something that he says is an important team element. Every time Vong thinks of the team's misfortunes of last year, however, there has to be a smile on his facg as he ponders his team's potential for this upcoming season. UNLIKE LAST year, Vong will be blessed with 11 returning players and that much-needed senior leadership, provided by four seniors, Alison Noble, Sue Rogers, Jeanne Weckler and Bar- bara Bensing, a transfer from Utah State. Noble and Rogers alone, though, are- enough to put a smile on any coach's face. Noble was third on the team in at- tack percentage with 185; had 104 kills and 16 service aces. Rogers, Noble's ex-Canadian teammate, led the team with a 216 attack percentage, was first in kills with 136 and tied Noble for team, lead with 16 service aces. Rogers also led the team in blocks with 11 solo blocks and 25 assists. The team will also have some new hands since Vong has a fine group of freshnien recruits coming into the program. Two freshmen that he men- tined specifically are Leslie Compton from Cincinnati and Eva Sturm from Pidgeon, Mich. Neither is expected to make an immediate contribution, but Vong says he is looking for them to help out in the future. As for team goals this year, Vong said he would be "tickled" if the squad can finish in the top four of the conference, thereby qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament. Women goers want to leave cellar behind Brian Diemer, Bill O'Reilly,1 againstMichigan State. Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Bill Brady, and Gerard Donakowski (left to-right) cross the finish line together last year By JOHN KERR Sue LeClair enters her second season as head of the Michigan women's golf team with the task of getting the Wolverines out of the basement. Michigan finished in ninth place at the Big Ten tournament last year. Only nine schools competed since North- western does not have a team. LeClair's situation is made more dif- ficult by the graduation of her top golfer, Karyn Colbert. Colbert was the Wolverine's most consistent player and her loss will hurt, yet LeClair still feels that her team can better itself. "WE SHOULD improve," she said. "I'm not expecting great things, but I'm hoping to get six players that can break 90 and that will be a big im- provement over last year." Since Colbert was the only senior on last year's team, the Wolverines will definitely have much more experience in the coming season. The top returning player is Luanne Cherney, a sophomore from Bloomfield Hills. Cherney had one of the top averages on the team last year as a freshwomen and LeClair is looking for her to emerge as the top player next season. "We're expecting great things from her," said Le Clair. "She's really ben working this spring." Two other golfers back for another year are seniors Doris Gallo of Iron- wood, and Sandy Barron from Ann Ar- bor. Both have experience and should help the Wolverines next year. Can '1' maintain foot (Continued from Page 2) THE RESPONSIBILITY of blocking for these running backs belongs to a very experienced group of offensive linemen. In all, four starters return for their senior seasons. Guard Stefan Humphries and center Tom Dixon, both first-team All-Big Ten selections last season, both return as do guard Jerry Diorio and tackle Doug James. The only position where a replacement must be found is at tackle where Rich Strenger played so capably last season en route to becoming the second round draft choice of the Detroit Lions. Returning tackles from last year who will battle for Strenger's starting duties include seniors Ron Prusa and Dan Yarano, junior Clay Miller and sophomores Jerry Quaerna and Mark Hammerstein. Miller started in one game last year. Should the offensive line and the rest of the offense move the ball into field goal range and then stall, Schem- bechler will no longer be able to call on placekicker Ali Haji-Sheikh, who han- dled these duties the last three years and connected on 12 of 15 field goals last season. A replacement will come from the quartet of Pat Moons, Todd Schlopy, Mike Melnyk and Bob Bergeron. 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