Men's basketball vs. Illinois Wednesday, 9 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's volleyball vs. Notre Dame Friday, 7:30 p.m. CCRB The Michigan Daily Monday, March 2, 1987 Page 9 mSU sweeps e icers Blue upset bid cut short by i late-game By DARREN JASEY The first-round Central. Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series between Michigan and Michigan State featured bone- jarring hitting and two nail-biting finishes but ended with a familiar result. This time, though, the Spartans didn't outclass or embarrass their cross-state rivals. Instead, they used their experience and home-ice advantage to escape with an 8-7 overtime victory Friday night and a 63 win Saturday night. BILL SHIBICKY'S empty- net goal with 19 seconds left in Saturday night's game guaranteed the Spartans a sweep and sent the Munn Ice Arena crowd into a wild frenzy. The fans were both ecstatic and relieved to be rid of the Wolverines, who finished their season with a 14-25-1 mark. Head coach Ron Mason now takes his Spartans, 28-9-2, into next weekend's CCHA Final Four at Joe Louis Arena. "I'm just glad we're there," said Mason. "I mean, there are no guarantees anymore in this league that you're going to get to Joe Louis. "This was no easy series by any matter of means. Michigan could have very easily upset a team in this environment." Game One "It was just one of those penalty on Friday I games," said Michigan State the third period was clean until the goaltender Norm Foster, "where linesman whistled Michigan for too whoever had the last shot was going to win." THE WOLVERINES and Spartans put on a show Friday night. Both teams flew up and down the ice, each exchanging flurries qf scoring chances and punches. But the game and the series will be remembered for what transpired in the final minute. Spartans will remember Mitch Messier's game-tying goal that came with 11 ticks left on the clock. Wolverines will remember the too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty that gave Michigan State a one-man advantage at 19:05. Kip Miller completed the Michigan State comeback at 2:03 of the overtime by taking a pass from brother Kevin Miller and sliding the puck past goaltender Warren Sharples. MICHIGAN had taken a 7-6 lead at 18:10 of the third period, when Billy Powers deposited the puck behind Spartan goaltender Norm Foster off a perfect feed from many men on the ice. "It's a tough call that late in an important game," Michigan head coach Red Berenson said. "When you play on the road you're not going to expect any breaks and you're not going to expect any advantages at all. We have to earn everything we get. I thought we earned enough tonight but it wasn't enough." "Both teams got breaks," Mason said. "Maybe ours were more timely. There were six guys on the ice and the guy had guts enough to call it and I'm glad he did." "We got the break and we won it but that's part of having home ice and it's part of having an experienced team that has been there a lot of times." Game Two KIP MILLER'S overtime goal the night before was just the beginning for him and his linemates Kevin Miller and Bruce Rendall. All three added a goal early in the first period of Saturday night's game to give Michigan State a 3-0 lead. Rendall then scored again at 16:02 of the second period and it looked as if Michigan would succumb to the Spartans and Essensa without a battle. "I think we caught them off guard a little bit," Kevin Miller Doily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Freshman center Mike Moes, shown here against Western Michigan, had two goals in Friday night's 8-7 over- time loss to Michigan State. The Spartans swept Michigan in the first round of the CCHA playoffs. Jeff Norton. Michigan capitalize on opportunity shorthanded. good on two plays. was unable to its only power play but scored while The Spartans were of their four power said. "Our line was really flying and I don't think they were really ready for us early. We wanted to make sure we started off where we left off last night." THE WOLVERINES didn't give up, though. Just over a minute after Rendall's second goal, Powers scored Michigan's first goal on a harmless looking shot from the just inside the blue line. Then at 3:24 Berenson created a break for the Wolverines by protesting the curve on Spartan left wing Geir Hoff's stick. The referee issued a 10-minute misconduct and a two-minute minor to Hoff. THE SPARTANS treated that penalty much the same way they treated all Michigan power play opportunities in the series - with stingy defense. "I didn't mind taking penalties, as crazy as it may sound," said Mason. "We Were killing penalties off so well that what it was doing was allowing us to fire the puck down the ice." Shibicky broke the tension with a power-play goal at 6:57 and answered Michigan's Bruce Macnab tally at 18:32 with the empty netter. Aside from Michigan winger Brad McCaughey's tripping penalty Cagers tc, By JEFF RUSH Two out of three ain't bad, and it might just be all the NCAA is looking for. The Michigan basketball team did a little work over break, winning at home against Northwestern and on the road against Minnesota before losing to Iowa in Iowa City on Saturday. The Wolverines now stand at 18-10 overall, 9-7 in the conference, and may have enough wins to be included in the NCAA tournament. Michigan started off with a 101- 73 rout of Northwestern, in which six Wolverines scored in double figures. Gary Grant led the charge with 20 points. "They had a lot of second-shot 1 baskets," said Northwestern coach BillsFoster. "Not only that, they had some exciting second shots - guys coming out of the rafters to slam it. "When we get a second shot, it's a- little tip-in, and then we take a day off to celebrate. That's why we're not having practice tomorrow - we got a little tip-in." The game included an unscheduled bout between Michigan's Glen Rice and Northwestern's Brian Pitts. In ike . two oj response to a Rice elbow, Pitts threw a punch but hit nothing but air. Antoine Joubert stepped in to break up the fracas. Steve Stoyko added a three-point field goal in the victory. The Wolverines took, their version of a circus act to Minneapolis, and the Golden Gophers did nothing but watch Grant and Joubert. The duo accounted for Michigan's first 25 points. Mark Hughes finally made a free throw with 9:32 left in the first half to break the streak. Joubert finished with a career- high 34 points, while Grant scored all 19 of his points in the first half. Rice added 23. three over break This game too featured a few extra-curricular activities, as Minne- sota's Terence Woods received a technical foul for slamming Mike Griffin to the floor. Iowa avenged their earlier loss in Ann Arbor by defeating the Wolverines 95-85 on Saturday. Grant led Michigan with 28 points, while Garde Thompson scored 23. Hi I Governing Board Elections, Elections will be held March 23-26. Students on the Hillel mailing li; February 20 are eligible to vote. st as of Nominations of candidates are due Friday, March 6. Call 663-3336 for more information. OPEN UNTIL 3 A.M. ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS F SUMMER IN THE ROCKIES! WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY! ! SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK COLORADO! IN THE AREAS OF RETAIL SALES AND FOOD SERVICE. ON-CAMPUS INTER VIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT U-M ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10. 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