Hockey vs. Illinois-Chicago Friday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Arena SPORTS Men's Swimming vs. Cincinnati Saturday, 1 p.m. Matt Mann Pool The Michigan Daily Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Page 7 SENIOR DEFENDER BACK IN GROOVE Carlile rebounds from offyear PistonS edge Bullets Spec to tE Daiy standing floor game, leading the vic- PONTIAC - The Detroit Pistons tors wist ' points. pumped their way back from a capital The Pistons' Player of the Game,~ deficit to defeat the Washington Bill Laimbeer, won the battle of the boards with 21 rebounds to go along Bullets in overtime, 124122. with his 28 points. Ex-Piston Dan Trailing by 15 points in the fourth hs2 ons xPso a quatri en t By epon s pthurrd the Roundfield led the Bullets with 25 quarter, Kent Benson spurredth comeback with three clutch buckets points. in the final five minutes of regulation. Washington's man from the Sudan, Tony Campbell played spec-7-6 rookie Manute Bal had his biggest tacularly in overtime, scoring several as a pro, playing 10 minutes and key buckets, including the winning 20- scoring two points. The Pistons are footr wth 2 seondsremini now 7-3, while the Bullets have lost six footer with 21 seconds remaining. o Isiah Thomas played his usual out- straights. - By RICK KAPLAN The collegiate hockey career of Todd Carlile has been an elevator ride. Right now, it is back on its way up. A SENIOR defenseman, Carlile was an honorable mention All-CCHA selection after his sophomore year, when he tallied 31 points. Regarded as a premier "offensive" defenseman, Carlile slumped in his junior year, scoring just 13 points, including only one point in the final 15 games. But Carlile appears to have regained his own con- fidence, and that of his coaches, in the early stages of this season. "Last year was just one of those years," Carlile said. "It wasn't that I wasn't in shape or that I wasn t working hard. It was more mental than anything else. "THANK GOODNESS this year has been going a lot better." The statistics prove him correct. After the first eight games, Carlile has two goals and four assists, including a crucial goal in the Wolverines' upset win over Michigan State last Friday night. His defense has also improved dramatically. Ac- cording to senior defenseman Bill Brauer, who has teamed with Carlile in recent weeks, the duo is "playing great. In the last four games, against State and Team Canada, we've only let up one goal, and that was while killing a penalty." THE TURN-AROUND has been noticeable to coach Red Berenson. "Carlile is much more consistent this year," Berenson said. "He's making fewer mistakes. Last year, his mistakes were blatant - every time he made one, the puck ended up in the net." Carlile is no stranger to putting the puck in the net himself. His 23 career goals place him fourth all- time among Michigan defensemen. He is currently tied for ninth in career points by a defenseman with 69. His next goal or assist will put him ahead of former Wolverine and NHL player Greg Fox. "He has always been recognized as an 'offensive' defenseman," said Berenson. "That's his forte. He may have the strongest shot on the team. "HE HASN'T had a lot of defense emphasized by his coaches. He has had to work most on defense to play well for me." Berenson has taken the offensive pressure off of Carlile. "Last year we tried to work the power play jaround Todd," the second-year head man said. "This year, he's on the second unit." The North St. Paul, Minn. native agrees that has helped his game, but he would like to be back on the front line. "I view it as a challenge to try to get back on the first unit," Carlile said. "I want to do what I did (offensively) my sophomore year. I don't think it's out of my reach. But I think the defensive part has helped me be a better all-around player." HIS DEFENSIVE improvement has placed him on the penalty killing team for the first time in his career, but Berenson still wants to work him into the offense. "I'm stressing offense more," Berenson said. "He has the freedom to play well offensively, but the responsibility to play well defensively." Carlile has additional responsibility as the team's assistant captain. "We named Frank Downing cap- tain because he was the right man for the job, and we named Todd Carlile assistant captain because he was the right man for that job," said Berenson. "COACH HAS asked all of the seniors to exem- plify as much leadership as we can," said Carlile. "He wants the freshman to be able to look up to us. "I think the younger players respect me, being a senior. I just told myself before this year, 'This is my senior year; I've got to make it the best year in my college career.'" 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SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Wolverines spike Bulldogs JOHN PR/NE SAT NOV 23 8PM POWER CEN TER By JEFFREY RUSH After a lackadaisical start Tuesday night, the women's volleyball team sent the Ferris State Bulldogs home with their tails between their legs, having allowed merely ten points in the last two games of their 3-1 victory. Michigan started slowly, eking out a 15-13 win in the first game after being tied at seven points in the game. After a 9-15 loss, the team took the last two games by the identical score of 15-5 to finish off the Bulldogs. "WE WERE slow in the first two or three games," noted head coach Barb Canning. "We were just going through 0 the motions and the effort was very limited." Assistant coach John Rizzardini agreed, noting, "we did not look good at all in the third game. We had about eight mental errors." A team meeting between games three and four was credited by the coaches for the team's strong tur- naround. "THEY REALLY looked good in *game four," said Rizzardini. "They worked hard. Marie-Ann Davidson came on real strong when we mostly needed the strong blocking. She dominated the game, which we need her to do." Canning credited both Davidson and Jayne Hickman, stating that -NOW ahead, said Hickman. "Ferris has been very good in the past, so I was really concentrating for them because I knew they would be tough." In addition to the strong play of Davidson and Hickman, Lana Ran- thum provided the edge that was im- portant to the Wolverines in the latter games. "Lana really stabilizes," said Canning. "She helps pass the ball around, and we us her a lot more in later games." The stability Ranthum provided was evident as Michigan jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the last game, and ex- cept for a brief scare when the Wolverines led only 5-3, the game was all Michigan's. With Michigan up 10-5, the Bulldogs were done scoring. A strong serve by Heather Olsen bounced the wrong direction off op- ponent Kris Johnson's hands, and a block at the net made the score 12-5. After a side out to Ferris State which the Bulldogs did not capitalize on, a bad return made the score 13-5. A mean serve by Lisa Vahi was barely touched, and then a Vahi set spike by Davidson ended the game and the match. Rangers recall Richmond NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League Tuesday recalled center Mike Rogers and former Michigan defen- seman-left wing Steve Richmond from their New Haven farm club of the American Hockey League. Both players had been sent to the minor leagues prior to the NHL season. Richmond, who played for the Wolverines between 1979-82, holds the Michigan record for goals by a defen- seman in a career (40), as well as in a season (22, 1980-81). In 11 games for New Haven this year, he scored two goals and six assists. 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