Page 12 - The Michigan Dily - Friday, October 17, 1986
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By ERIC MAXXON
Imagine this:
You are the first-year coach of a
young, inexperienced volleyball
team in the Big Ten, where all the
competition is stiff, and you've lost
your first five matches. Coming
up, you face two tough opponents
on consecutive days, and
YOU'RE COMING off a dis -
appointing weekend in which you
swallowed two bitter defeats.
Things look pretty grim, right?
Well, not so, at least according
to Michigan volleyball coach Joyce
Davis. And she should know,
because that's the situation she
faces as she prepares her team to
face Iowa and Minnesota this
weekend.
One of the team goals for the
Wolverines this year was to finish
in the top five in the conference.
Despite their 0-5 conference record
Japanczyz
Tzch Centcer
(8-8 overall), Davis says, "We have
good reason to be optimistic.
We're not out of it."
THE WEEKEND'S matches
will be key to getting back in it.
On Friday, they meet surprising
Iowa, whose only loss so far has
come at the hands of conference
favorite Illinois. "They present real
problems," says Davis. "But
nothing we can't defense."
Iowa is led by Ellen Mullarkey,
who leads the conference in ace
percentage and is eleventh in hitting
percentage. Other standouts are
Toni Zehr, second in the conference
in ace percentage, and Kari Hamel,
last week's Big Ten player of the
week and second in hitting
percentage.
MINNESOTA will also be
tough, but their performance this
season has been more inconsistent.
They are led by senior middle hitter
Pam Miller. Their principal
weapon, however, is sophomore
Buenos Aires, Argentina native
Andrea Gonzales. Nominated for
player of the week honors last
week, she was All-Big Ten as a
freshman. As Davis says, "She can
really sky."
The key to success this weekend
will be defeating the mental
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en win
problems that plagued the squad last
weekend, according to Davis.
Outcome of the matches will be
based "solely on what happens on
our side of the net," she says.
"It's a matter of persistence.
Which team lasts longer mentally
and physically will win."
The players for Michigan that
will be most important are co-
captains Lisa Vahi and Jane
Hickman. These two, says Davis,
need to "lead in mental preparation
and be competitive." Being at
home will also help.
Last weekend's matches, at
Indiana and Ohio State, were closer
than the scores would indicate,
according to Davis. There were
encouraging signs, notably an
improvement in blocking. "We
just didn't score," she says.
The home crowd should be "a
definite edge," as the Wolverines
look for their first conference win.
"The players are still getting used
to me. We have to continue to
push hard, and have to go out
expecting to get [that first win]."
Though things don't look good
now, "We're getting better," Davis
insists. The rest of the Big Ten-
might be in for a surprise.
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LAKE FOREST, ILL. (AP) -
Led by quarter back Jim McMahon,
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2. Michigan State at Illinois
3. Indiana at Minnesota
4.Wisconsin at
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5. Ohio State at Purdue.
6. Alabama at Tennessee
7. Syracuse at Penn State
8. Oklahoma State at
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9. Georgia Tech at Auburn
10. Arkansas at Texas
11. USC at Arizona State
12. North Carolina State at
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13. Air Force at Notre Dame
14. Penn at Navy
15. Holy Cross at Army
16. Oregon State at Arizona
17. Stanford at Oregon
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