Blue Wrestling vs. Athletes in Action Friday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Blue Women's Swimming Friday at Eastern Mi 7:30 p.m. chigan Page 8 The Michigan Daily Tuesday, February 7, 1984 - - - - - - - - - ------------------ ------ - -- - -- -------- CCHlI Scoreboard CCHA STANDINGS . . Overall W 1) Bowling Green (26-2-2) 20 L T Pct. 2 2 .875 2) Ohio State (22-8) .....l 3) Mich. State (24-9) .... 4) Mich. Tech (17-15-1).. N. Mich, (13-19)..... Ferris St. (16-14-3)..-.. - 7) W. Mich. (17-14-1) .... 8) MICHIGAN (12-18-1) . Lk. Superior (14-16-2) .. 10) Miami (8-18-1) ....... 11) I11.-Chicago (5-24-1) .. 17 16 12 12 11 10 9 9 6 5 8 8 12 12 11 11 14 14 17 18 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1. .680 .666 .500 .500 .500 .477 .396 .396 .261 .229 CCHA Scores Lake Superior 5-3, MICHIGAN 4-3 Northern Michigan 6-3, Ferris State 3-5 Michigan Tech 6-3, Michigan State 4-1 Miami 5-3, Ohio State 3-8 Bowling Green 5-5, Illinois-Chicago 3-5 Western Michigan 11-10, Michigan-Dearborn 2-3 THIS WEEK'S GAMES MICHIGAN at Ferris State Lake Superior at Michigan State Michigan Tech (5) v.s. Northern Michigan (F) Illinois-Chicago at Miami Bowling Green at Western Michigan Ohio State at Lowell WMPL HOCKEY POLL 1) Minnesota-Duluth (4) ............93 2) Bowling Green (5) ................88 3) R .P.I. (1) ........................76 4) North Dakota ................ 47 5) Boston University ................44 6) OhioState........................42 7) Minnesota ......................37 8) Michigan State ...................36 9) Boston College ..............35 1LWisconsin ..... . . ............16 ANY REGULAR-SIZE HOT DOG, 754 with coupon 1 Choice of Chili - bacon - cheese - sauerkraut - relish SSouth'University Store Only i 1237 SOUT H U NIVERSITY g 668-9773 Blue Lines 117 By JIM DAVIS WVHAT A DIFFERENCE four years can make. When Jim McCauley walked onto the Blue hockey team in the fall of 1980, no one could have expected him to do the job he has done. After all, Michigan is a tradition-rich school which has done pretty well in hockey over the years. How could a walk-on be expected to carry a big load down the road? Now four years later, his steady play and leadership have proven invaluable to the young Wolverines, in par- ticular during this season which has seen the team struggle due to youth, injuries, and lack of depth. "He's been like night and day," said Michigan head coach John -Giordano of his high-scoring senior's development. McCauley has carried the 9-14-1 Wolverines through thick and thin this season, more recently through the thin. Currently Michigan stands in an eighth-place tie with Lake Superior, against whom the Wolverines lost and tied this past weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. Only eight teams make the CCHA playoffs (out of 11 teams). Both teams have three series remaining, next weekend on the road (Michigan at Ferris State, the Lakers at Michigan State) and the last two at home. 'If Michigan is to finish strong and make the playoffs, several players are going to have to step forward and help McCauley pick up the slack, particularly in the goal-scoring department. His linemates, Ray Dries and Chris Seychel, are the only other players to score goals in double-figures. In fact, 40 of the Wolverines' 106 goals (38 percent) have come from the Big Three. Obviously, goal-scoring has been a problem all season for Michigan. McCauley entered this season as the leading returning scorer, having registered 51 points in 78 games.' In October, McCauley and fellow-senior right-winger Kelly McCrimmon were named co-captains for the 1983- 84 Wolverines. Giving the captaincy to McCauley and McCrimmon was the most logical thing to do, when it is considered that they are the only four-year lettermen on the squad. McCauley's junior season set him up for the respon- sibility of being a captain. Early last season Giordano decided to team McCauley with co-captains Ted Speers and Brad Tippett, who were expected to shoulder a great deal of the burden on the young squad.- Putting McCauley with Tippett and Speers was a bold move, but Giordano knew what he was doing. The Wolverines' mentor was looking to the future, because he knew McCauley would probably take over the burden of leadership this season. The plan was successful and in the process McCauley gained a valuable season of knowledge by playing with the two leaders. "I had the privelege of playing with those guys for two years," said McCauley. "They were such smart hockey McCauley a leader for injury-ridden Blue icers players, some of it had to rub off on me." Rub off it did. McCauley scored 13 goals and added 21 assists on the season, scoring better than a point A game. In addition, his defensive play improved, due in part to his expressed role as the defensive player on the line, "because they had so much offense in them." The 5-10, 174 McCauley cast himself in the role of defensive forward again this season, but the scoring is coming along at remarkable pace. The Detroit native has already topped his goal- production of last season with 16 and has registered 20 assists for 36 points. McCauley has scored at least one goal in 10 of 12 CCHA series, and has been shut out completely only one weekend out of 16, against Tech in early November. That's pretty consistent, something Michigan hasn't seen much of this season, unless you count the rash of in- juries, which has steadily plagued the Wolverines. Injuries have taken a heavy toll, especially on defense. Junior Mike Neff has been out since the first week of December with a knee injury. He might be back this weekend. Sophomore transfer Greg Hudas went down with a knee problem in the same game, but hasn't come back yet due to grade problems despite now being healthy. Todd Carlile, the best puck-handling blueliner, missed several series with an infected knee. Senior John DeMartino is out with another knee in- jury, suffered two weeks ago in the 12-1 loss to Michigan State. He probably won't be back. Even Joe Grusser, who played his first college game in the same loss DeMartino was hurt in, is unavailable. He has a separated shoulder. Pat Goff has been playing with a concussion and Bill Brauer, the only other defenseman at the start of the season, is feeling the effects of battle fatigue. S ounds like a lot of injuries, eh? And that's just on defense. Seychel missed some time with a bruised thigh. Mc- Crimmon spent a month on the sidelines with a separated shoulder. Sophomore right winger Frank Downingfinally got *o play against Superior after sitting out since December with yet another knee injury. Taking all of this into account, it might be easy to use injuries as a scapegoat. But they are part of the game. The Wolverines still have a chance to make the playof- fs. When Neff returns, every key player except DeMar- tino will be skating. Michigan holds its destiny in its own hands. A sweep over Ferris would be a shot in the arm (knee?). A sweep would allow a realistic shot at sixth place. It would almost assure the playoffs, which only four weeks ago seemed a cinch. Since then the Wolverines have lost five and tied once. It's time for the Wolverines to rally around McCauley and bear down. Someone has to help put the puck in the net, and everyone has to help protect Mark Chiamp. Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Blue right wing Jim McCauley handles the puck against Michigan State last month during a 3-1 Wolverine loss. In a season which has seen the Blue icers ravaged by injuries, McCauley has been a steadying influence. TONIGHT 8 P.M. A Reading by HENRY BEAN BENZINGER LIBRARY East Quad LS & A SCHOLARSHIP LSA Scholarship applications for Spring-Summer 1984 and Fall-Winter 1984-85 are now available' in 1220 Angell Hall. To qualify for scholarship consideration, a student must be an LSA undergraduate and have completed one full term in LSA. Sophomores must have a U of M grade point of 3.7 or better and Juniors and Seniors must have a GPA of at least 3.6. The awards are based on financial need and on academic merit. 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Open House, Thursday, February 9 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Room 3001, Henry Vaughan Bldg. (SPH I) Blue trackst ers tune-up By CHRISTOPHER GERBASI The Blue men's track team hurdled another tune-up meet this past weekend at the Eastern Michigan Classic in preparation for the Central Collegiate Championships. Coach Jack Harvey said he is still"laying low," simply looking for improved performances each week before keying 9n the Centrals, February 18, at Eastern Michigan. In fact, most of the Wolverine distance runners were held out of the com- petition in Ypsilanti. THOMAS Wilcher did not lay low this weekend, but rather raced to first place in the 55-meter high hurdles. Wilcher, who had been bothered by a calf pull, ran a 7.37, his best time of the season. Derrick Stinson and Phil Webb finished third and fourth, respectively. Todd Steverson came within an eyelash of qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 500-meter run. The qualifying standard time is 1:02.79 and Steverson's time was 1: 02.86. This Saturday at the Spartan Relays in East Lansing, Steverson will be part of a distance-medly relay team which Harvey hopes will qualify for the NCAAs. Bob Boynton will run the first leg, followed by Steverson, Dan Smith and anchor Ron Simpson. At Eastern, Simpson finished third in the mile run with a time of 4:07. The Wolverines also grabbed the top two positions in the long jump and the shot put. Derek Harper and Vince Bean leaped to first and second finishes, while Scott Erikkson and Johnny Nielsen also finished one-two, thereby outdistancing all their competitors for the fourth consecutive meet. Still, no one from Michigan has qualified for 'the NCAAs yet. "We haven't tried to focus on one meet yet," said Harvey. "We're getting good workouts in and we hope to get maximum performances in the Cen- trals and the Big Tens. The kids know what meets are important and when to try to peak." I A By PHIL NUSSEL had 14 more shots, but couldn't put There was no doubt about who was the them through the net. better team in Sunday's women's THE WOLVERINES are now 0-9 in basketball game at Crisler Arena as the Big Ten and 2-15 overall. Michigan State throttled the Blue hoop- Besides the 'loss, Michigan got more sters, 76-63. The Spartans needed only a bad news - leading scorers Wendy h o o stersfew seconds to score their first basket Bradetich and Orethia Lilly suffered and only a little over five minutes to ankle injuries during the game. Their establish a 10-point lead over Michigan. status will probably be known today, The Spartans, who have now won according to an athletic department four-straight games, dominated the spokesperson. Bradetich had 20 points Wolverines in two important against State-to lead the Wolverines. -mcategories. They outshot Michigan 58 Lilly was injured in the opening percent to 36 percent, and they minutes, played a few minutes later in' outrebounded them, 40-34. Michigan, the half, and sat out the entire second taking advantage of 25 State turnovers, half. SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y: Blue grapplers lose two By STEVE HUNTER Superstitious people say that bad things happen in threes. If that's true, then the Blue grapplers used up all their bad luck last weekend. To begin with, Michigan dropped both its dual meets, losing to Iowa State, 35- 6, and Minnesota, 31-13. Against Iowa State, the only win came in the 177- pound weight class when Bill Elbin pin- ned his opponent. EVEN THE Wolverines big gun, Joe McFarland, lost a decision to Iowa State's Kevin Darkus. It was Darkus' third win over McFarland this. season. "He went out there and took the mat- ch to me," McFarland said. "I sat back a little bit I think." Looking forward to the next time they meet, McFarland feels he'll have to be more aggressive. "I'm going to have to get the first take down," he said. McFarland's next chance to meet Darkus is at Nationals, where he said Worl Healh rganization Listed Medical School Spartan Health Sciences University is located on the Island of Saint Lucia in the West Indies. Openings are still available for May and September, 1984 OFFERING '.36 month M.D. degree program " Instruction in English " Clinical clerkships in the United States 9 WHO-listed Students eligible to take the ECFMG * Graduates have been accepted into speciality training in U.S. hospitals " Transfers welcome * School awards scholarships, loans and bursaries SPARTAN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY "Anybody can beat anybody." Because this is true, McFarland also added, "I'm not looking past anybody." THE THIRD piece of back luck, and probably the worst as far as Michigan is concerned., is the knee injury to heavyweight Rob Rechsteiner. Accor- ding to Michigan head coach Dale Bahr, Rechsteiner's knee was examined by a doctor s soon as the team returned to Ann Arbor and the diagnosis was stretched ligaments. The result of this is 'four to six weeks in a cast for Rechsteiner, which will finish his season. The loss of Rechsteiner leaves Walt Dunayczan, a 6-3,. 260 pound sophomore, in the heavyweight spot for Michigan. "It's (the loss of Rechsteiner) really going to hurt our team," said Bahr, who added, "We feel Walt's going to come around for us." Overall, the Wolverines hold an unimpressive 6-8 record, but that is due to a tough schedule according to Bahr. The tough schedule however, is not all bad. "There are no surprises. You've met everybody nationally, you know what they're going to do," Bahr said. Michigan's next match will be Friday Graduate students: The MACMURRAY Financial ____Group Specializes in: againstbAeesin Action at Crisler Arena, beginning at 7:30 p.m. B~lue gymnuasts win. In a season in which setbacks have outnumbered moments to remember, the Blue men's gymnastics team got a chance to celebrate this past weekend with a 261.7 to 257.7 win over Wisconsin. It was the first Big Ten dual-meet win of the year for the Blue tumblers The Blue squad now possesses a 2-4 record as it heads into Saturday's dual meet against Michigan State in East Lansing. At Wisconsin, many of the Blue's in- dividuals posted their season best. Merrick Horn took first in both the floor exercise and the parallel bars. His 95.5 score in the floor was his best of the season. Horn finished second in the all around behind. teammate Gavir Meyerowitz. Meyerowitz also posted first-place 9.35 score in the pommel horse, his best mark in that event this season. Mitch Ross and Brock Orgwig also finished first in the still rings and high bar, respectively. 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