4 Page 12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 7, 1986 Harriers BY JIM DOWNEY his real talen The weather conditions left a "This is only little to be desired for spectators, cross-country,' but they suited the men's cross- tNext up fo crountry team just fine. Running the Centi crunr teamhjustChampionshij on a heavy, soggy course which had Noal, Ill., been ravaged by winds on a muggy, No TllU overcast day, the Wolverines took NOT QU Saturday's Ohio State Invitational, was the wom Led by senior All-American team. In Colu Chris Brewster's first place finish, Bert, and with the squad tallied a low score of 34. still feeling th Northwestern (51), Purdue (67) the Wolverine Ohio State (89), and Missouri third. Northwe Baptist (105) rounded out the field. "THIS IS A good win for us," said Wolverine coach Ron Warhurst. "Last year NorthwestenS just crushed us. They came back with the same team this year, but we beat them. It shows a lot of By ADr improvement on our part Even bro] Brewster covered the 8000-meter hamper the course in 25.13. Junior Joe weekend. Schmidt finished second overall, Despite inj only .14 off the pace, at 25.27.w its second tc "I'm really proud of Joe," said weeks, sweepi Warhurst. "He made a commitment Invitational Tc this past summer, and he's a THE different runner this year." defeated M SOPHOMORE John Scherer, Bradley in fou the Wolverines' third finisher, in the mat checked in at fifth place. Brad Michigan swe Barquist, a freshman and the team's games,15-13, fourth scorer, finished eleventh in "We had s the field. into the t "Brad is just beginning to show Michigan co prevail nt," said Warhurst. itself as a Big Ten powe his second year of meet, with Ohio State second. Michigan Stat r the Wolverines is Kentucky, and Akron ral Collegiate Wolverines. ps, to be held in "It was not our best ctober 18. coach Sue Parks. "We ho ITE as successful run as well as we had h nen's cross-country London." At the Weste embus without Kelli Invitational, held last Sa Melissa Thompson team placed second. he effects of a virus, The women's perfor es managed to place not without some en estern, reestablishing signs. Freshman Mind r, to fir e, F trail race ad h ast w rn aturd man cou y R at OSU )ok the continued her impressive running, nishing leading the Wolverines while Eastern notching a ninth place finish. Sarah ed the Gray, a freshman walk-on from Morristown, N.J., ran third, ," said finishing fourteenth overall. oped to Thompson, a senior, overcame an week in illness to compete. Although she Ontario ran seventh for the Wolverines, lay, the Parks is hopeful. Next up for the team is the ce was Michigan State Invitational October raging 18. At that time, the Wolverines owand will be given another shot at OSU. 4 I kers sweep at Butler AM BENSON ken bonestdidn't volleyball team last uries, Michiganwon ournament in three ng through the Butler ournament. WOLVERINES Morehead State and r games each. Then ch against Butler, npt the hosts in three 15-5, 15-13. everal injures going ournament," said aach Joyce Davis. Blue blows by Bradley, Butler, Morehead State Heavenly hurler Associated Press California Angels' ace pitcher Mike Witt will take the mound tonight against Roger Clemens and the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Playoffs. The National League Playoffs begin tomorrow night with the Houston Astros hosting the New York Mets. "Clara Hunter has a shin problem, and Lisa Vahi has a broken finger. Lisa decided to play with the finger and she played very well." Vahi was Michigan's most consist performer in the tournament. She had 70 assists in the three games and six service aces in the championship game against _. - _ a... ..., Butler. MICHIGAN received another outstanding effort from Marie Anne Davison, who is playing the offensive game Davis expected from her. Davison had eight kills against Morehead St. and a .250 attack pct. in the first two games. In the finale, she moved that percentage up to .382. Michigan was clearly the dominant team in the tournament. The Wolverines had 15 service aces against Morehead State. And against Bradley, the Wolverines had 43 digs compared to three for their opponents. Although Michigan has looked impressive in non-conference play, Davis is hoping to see an improvement in Big Ten play where the "The bench has improved considerably over the past couple of weeks," said Davis. "I'm pleased with our offense; I think we are where we ought to be. We now need to work hard on blocking and passing, and our transition game needs work. 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