Page 8 The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 13, 1984 'Shaky' spikers top 4 Quick on the Draw I By Mike McGraw With Cherry in Pontiac .. . ... Bowl season no longer safe UIC in thre By TOM KEANEY No one seemed happy with anyone's performance following Michigan's vic- tory over Illinois-Chicago in women's volleyball last night at the CCRB. The match went to the Wolverines in three straight games, 16-14, 15-13, 15-13, but it was not a pretty victory.. The squad looked "shaky the whole time," according to head coach Barb Canning. THE FIRST game saw Michigan fall behind, 7-3, victimized by a five-point string of serves by Chicago's Gert Riordan. The Wolverines were forced to play catch-up the rest of the way, and almost let the game get away from them, as the Flames were serving for the game, 14-12. A clutch block by setter Andrea Williams turned things around, however, and Michigan followed with four straight points for the victory. Chicago took charge at the start of the second game, cashing in on the Wolverine's mistakes and gradually built themselves a 13-6 cushion. At that point, however, the Flames completely e straight, fell apart, failing to score another point as Michigan ran off nine straight en route to a 15-13 win. "We started making a few errors, the officials called a terrible game, and af- ter that we put pressure on ourselves," said Flame head coach Don August. "The officials were calling two dif- ferent games out there, one for our team and another for their's." MICHIGAN looked strong in the third game, jumping off to a quick 9-2 lead, riding out a Chicago comeback attem- pt, and locking away the match 15-13. The Wolverines have nine days off to prepare for their Big Ten opener at Purdue on September 22. Coach Can- ning said it will be time well spent. "We need to eliminate some of the mistakes we made tonight, get some passing, and work on polishing our plays," she said, adding that one of Michigan's biggest problems is lack of aggression. The victory boosts Michigan's record to 6-0, and dropped Chicago to 10-3. My worst nightmare became a reality during the summer. The NCAA granted permission to hold a Cherry Bowl post-season contest this December 22 at the Silverdome. My gosh, what if Michigan stumbles a bit this season and winds up 7-4. I could find myself packing my bags at Christmastime not for Pasadena or New Orleans, but for Pontiac. I of- ten wake up at night screaming after dreaming about this. Luckily, the date of the game falls very close to the end of finals and Michigan usually avoids con- flicting bowl practice with study days. A more likely possibility for this contest would be Michigan State, especially since ex-Spartan mentor Muddy Waters is on the selection committee. Six wins and MSU could be basking in the festive holiday at- mosphere of Detroit's northern suburbs this December. The school would probably enjoy it. Other football observations.. . A win against Washington Saturday will probablyu assure the Wolverines of a New Year's Day bowl. Don't expect them to lose any more than twice during the Big Ten schedule and two victories over top-20 non-conference opponents would look quite good to the Orange or Sugar Bowl people should Michigan not win the Big Ten. Don't read Sports Illustrated's football preview ever again. It's bad enough that it picked Michigan number one last year, but the Wolverine preview of this year deserves the whole bowl of cherries. Early in the story, SI reports that the Michigan defense will not be as good as in years past because it was "decimated by graduation." In ac- tuality, the team lost three starters on defense. With that in mind, it's a wonder they managed to field a team at all this year. It's hard to understand why Ohio State was being tabbed so often as Big Ten favorites. Apparently, the experts noticed two big names on the Buckeye roster-Mike Tomczak and Keith Byars-and that OSU plays the conference contenders in Columbus. That makes them think the Bucks must be the ones to beat. In reality, the team with the best defense wins the Big Ten (that's a fact, you can look it up) and that will be either Iowa or Michigan this year. They're full of great ideas out on the west coast. For example, UCLA offers its football fans Scaled Ticket Prices. A seat to watch UCLA battle Oregon or Oregon State costs $10. But when Nebraska comes to town, the tickets go for $17.50. Cross-town rival USC's visit to the Rose Bowl merits $20. Meanwhile, season tickets to all seven Bruin home games are $95, but if you purchase all the games ex- cept USC, the price is only $55. Still not as cheap as a trip to the beach, though. When you walk into a movie in Southern Califor- nia this fall, you'll be treated to a five-minute adver- tisement before the feature presentation, en- couraging you to go out to the lobby and buy UCLA season tickets. Wonder if Don Canham thought of doing that? Things to look forward to besides football.. . Last summer, basketball ref and camp organizer Sandy Sanders warned us to watch out for Roy Tar- pley, the guy would be much improved. And he was right. This summer, Sanders touted sophomore An- toine Joubert as MVP material. That's great news for those of us who have been watching the Judge since he was a junior in high school. Speaking of the hoopsters, despite the premature loss of Eric Turner and Tim McCormick to the NBA, the Michigan basketball team will do better than 10- 8 in the Big Ten. Turner was a great talent, but the guy just wasn't fired up about playing college basketball. And without McCormick, the dismal Wolverine offense of last year will be forced to do something other than spend two minutes of each possession looking inside for the big men. Tarpley, Joubert and Richard Rellford are ready to come in- to their own on the court. And if freshman Gary Grant can play well at guard opposite Joubert, it should be an exciting year at Crisler, especially now that the Big Ten has added the shot clock. In a couple of years, we could have another sports dynasty on our hands, the Michigan hockey team. Former NHL Coach-of-the-Year Red Berenson is an amazing acquisition not only for the school but for all of college hockey. The former Wolverine All- American doesn't have the talent yet to challenge Michigan State for the CCHA championship, but the recruiting pull he brings with him will be tremendous. You could make up a CCHA all-star team with players that wanted to come to Michigan but either weren't recruited by or didn't like for- mer coach John Giordano. The promise has always been there and, now, the Wolverines have a man that can bring it about. 4 MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY NEEDS YOU! Positions are now available on the following Regental and University Committees: Board of Control of Intercollegiate Athletics Civil Liberties Board Research Policies Committee Residency Appeals Committee And Many More! Stop by the MSA office for a full listing of open committee positions. Applications are available now. DEADLINE for submitting applications is THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1984 - 5:00 P.M. For more information contact Laurie clement, 3039 Michigan Union, 763-3241 14 . One last thing: The Cubs will win the World Series and the earth will be a happier place because of it. Tomczak and Byars ... big names on a weak team A I S fk f tE l fi C n &(r4f (y0 /i i / . Q L'1 GRIDDE PICKS The Daily sports staff has literally been flooded with phone calls concer- ning the selection of this week's football contests for Griddes. 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