4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 4, 1986 THREE VETERANS LEAD'M' Blue Lines ,- - , ,;;t; I , . Thinclads take EMU Classic By EMILY BRIDGHAM Showcasing its younger talent, the Michigan men's track team outpaced a score of other schools Saturday at the EMU Track Classic. Veterans Thomas Wilcher, Todd Steverson and Omar Davidson led the Wolverines with solid performances, but were only inches ahead of several fresh- man standouts. Davidson ran his season best 300- meters in 33.94, taking second with freshmen Wiley Boulding and Alex Polakowski on his heels. These two managed to pull in fourth and fifth place finishes for Michigan. A LITTLE later Davidson joined Steverson, senior Rick Swilley and freshman Claude Tiller in a first place 1600-meter relay. The relay clocked in at 3:14.2, a bit slower than last week's time, but looks to be one of the fastest combinations in the team's history according to head track coach Jack Harvey. "It is going to be tough to qualify the mile relay, but they could do it," said Harvey. "We really need to get on a bigger track. If they can get it down to 3:10, I will try to fly everyone down to a bigger track in Arizona." Other first place finishes were clocked by Steverson, who outdistan- ced the pack in the 400-meters, closely followed by Tiller who took fifth. Holding up one of the longer events, freshman Matt Butler kicked in a second place finish in the 1000-meter run in 2:27.64, his season best. Scott Crawford also put out his best effort of the year, springing 6'8" to grab fourth in the high jump, while freshman Ted Harris leveled out at 6'6" to earn fifth. "We really had some solid perfor- mances in Saturday's meet," said Harvey. "We are at the point in our Davidson ... season-best in 300 meters season where we are trying to gear up for the Central Collegiates. We don't try to get the team up for something like this, so it is just great the way we have been doing." The Wolverines head up to East Lansing for the MSU Relays this weekend. The Central Collegiate Championships - take place the weekend after in Madison. By MARK BOROWSKY THE WORST seats in the Illinois-Chicago Pavillion are reserved for the press, directly above one of the goals. One has to stand up when play comes into the near end, and when looking down the ice distorted per- ception becomes a way of life. But from any seat in the house, it was easy to see that Michian played some miserable hockey last weekend, losing twice to the Illinois-Chicago Flames 4-2 Friday night and 7-4 Saturday. It didn't matter if you had to squint to see the puck or if you were right down on the ice. In view for all present was a Michigan hockey team playing well below its capability. "We had no offense at all," said Wolverine head coach Red Berenson Saturday night. "The powerplay (one for five) didn't matter - we just had no offense." Which can only mean trouble for the Wolverines. Coming into the series, Michigan was averaging 5.28 goals a game, including a 6.33 average the last six games against national powers Bowling Green, Michigan State, and RPI. But they have also allowed 5.82 goals a game. In other words, the offense carries the team. When the Wolverines can't put the puck into the net, they have no defensive net in which to fall. While Michigan lacked goals, opportunities it did not. Brad Jones, succumbing to the mediocrity of the com- petition, scored one goal the entire weekend despite having more chances than in the lottery. Jones missed on several breakaways, Todd Brost missed badly on another, Billy Powers shot right at Flames goalie Jim Hickey on another ... you get the idea. "You can't win hockey games if you can't score," said Berenson, whose nickname not only represents the color his hair but his disposition Saturday night. "We had the chances. Brost had a breakaway and slid one under. Jones could have had five goals tonight." The defense did play to form, however. Defensemen were getting caught in the offensive zone, and hitting as if a check is foreign. Goalie Tim Makris did play well Friday, turning back 24 of 26 shots. But as every Icers look bad ... ...from every angle silver lining has a cloud it was during his five minute slashing penalty in which UIC scored the winning goal. Perhaps the most discouraging aspect of the weekend was that, after splitting with archrival Michigan State, the Wolverines were on somewhat of a roll and ready to fight for the home-ice advantage for the CCHA Playoffs. But, instead of playing as if something was at stake, Michigan dozed through most of both games while it was the Flames who were fired- up. "I could tell before the games that we didn't have the intensity," team captain Frank Downing said. "We weren't willing to pay the price." The toll was a heavy one indeed, two losses and no hope for a home ice advantage. The games were not a pretty sight. They were not well played on Michigan's part. They were not fun to watch. Worst of all, they were typical. The series was typical in the sense that Michigan plays well against top teams, and fair at best against the average ones. Witness victories over the aforemen- tioned Bowling Green, RPI, and MSU, all in the month of January. The cumulative record of those teams is 59- 22-5. Against Ohio State, Illinois-Chicago, and Ferris State (43-47-4), the Wolverines are 2-8. Either this is a good Michigan team that plays down to the competition or an average Michigan team that plays over its head in the big games. After dominating MSU, it appeared the former was true. Michigan was nothing less than awesome in the 5- 3 win. Yet after being beaten by UIC, it reminds one that this season started out as a rebuilding one for Michigan, and that all the brilliance in the month of January only led to a false expectation too difficult to deliver. "We have to play every game like it's Michigan State," said freshman forward Jeff Urban. It would be best if they imagined their opponents in green and white. For the Wolverines to win the CCHA title this year, Michigan fans will have to imagine as well. Michigan hockey statistics Position Brad Jones,C............ Brad McCaughey, RW ....... Chris Seychel, C/LW....... Jeff Norton, D ............ Tom Stiles. LW........... Billy Powers, C/RW........ Todd Brost, C................ Frank Downing, RW ........ Todd Cari le, D ........... Myles O'Connor, D........ Bruce Macnab, C/LW........ Jeff Urban, LW.............. Pitt Goff, D.......... ... Joe Lockwood, RW ......... Mike Cusack, RW............ Sean Baker, D ............... Paul Rossi, C/LW......... Gary Lorden, -........ Bill Brauer, D ............... Bob Lindgren ................ Dan Capuano ................ Tim Makris,G............... John Bjorkman, LW........ Mike Rossi .................. GP 30 24 26 29 26 30 30 30 30 29 28 30 30 30 29 24 18 18 20 15 4 22 7 7 A 37 20 26 25 28 21 19 8 18 18 10 5 12 5 2 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 Pts 61 38 38 37 36 33 26 25 23 22 13 12 12 11 8 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 GOALTENDING STATISTICS Goalie (record) Min GA AVG SAy Tim Makrs (7-9) 1050:50 91 5.25 535 B. Lindgren (4-6) 597:50 61 6.12 269 Mike Rossi (1-3) . 149:07 18 7.25 70 MICHIGAN Michigan (12-18) ........ 1686:28 174 5.80 874 Opponents (18-12) 1686:28 154 5.27 817 $includes four empty net goals MICHIGAN Period 1 2 3 OT Ti Shotson goal............304 326 340 7 Goals................... 41 51 61 1 Goalie saves ............... 284 291 291 6 Penalties .................. 98 87 96 0 Pct .853 .815 .795 .834 .837 Total 977 155 872 281 Total 1042 174 813 304 Women's Big Ten Standings Conf. Overall Ohio State .......... 9 0 15 4 Iowa ............... 7 2 13 5 MICHIGAN ........ 5 4 11 8 Indiana............5 4 12 7 Mich. 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