4 Women's Softball Tryouts Monday, 5 p.m. Varsity Diamond Contact Carol Hutchins at 763-2159 SPORTS Thursday, September 17, 1987 Michigan Baseball open tryouts Sunday, 1 p.m. Ray Fisher Stadium The Michigan Daily Page 10 M' WOLVERINES OVERCOME 2-1 DEFICIT spikers douse Flames, 3-2 4 By MICHAEL SALINSKY The Michigan women's volleyball team came back from a 2-1 game deficit last night to defeat the Flames of the University of Illinois-Chicago three games to two. The grueling two-hour victory at the IM building raised the Wolverines' record to 7-2. The match seemed like it was actually two separate matches. In the first three games, the Wolverines seemed unsure and unaggressive. The Flames were not spectacular but managed to grind out victories in games one and three, 15-13 and 15-9, respectively. Michigan took game two by winning the last five points, 15-9. Games four and five were both blow-outs for Michigan. Illinois-Chicago managed just two points in game four and in the fifth game, when the match was on the line, the Michigan squad doused the Flames, 15- 3. Sophomore outside-hitter, Karen Marshall, led the Michigan spikers with a .400 attack percentage, tallying 13 kills. U-M coach Joyce Davis praised Marshall after the match saying she has been "playing great volleyball" as well as being "one of the most consistent players on the squad." JUNIOR middle-hitter, Marie Ann Davidson, led all players with 15 kills. The six-footer from Ontario was an intimidating force on the court, especially in the final game when she added some beautiful short service aces to her numerous kills. Lisa Vahi, the senior setter, was her usual steady self. Last year's all- Big Ten honorable mention selection stabilized, the young team notching a team-high 28 set'assists. Flames coach, Don August, praised the Michigan squad, "This team always blocks really well and they served us well tonight." He noted that Canadians are taught good blocking fundamentals, alluding to Michigan's Canadian connection, Vahi and Davidson. Coach Davis, despite coming out on the winning side of the match, was not very pleased by Michigan's performance. "We need to become more aggressive and more consistent." The Big Ten season opens on September 25 against Indiana. The spikers looked good last night but Coach Davis pointed out, "We still have a long way to go." ,' K. Marshall ...earns coach's praise Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Marie Ann Davidson dives for a ball during last night's volleyball game at 0(e Intramural Building. Michigan won the match over the visiting Illinois- Ebicago Flames, 3-2. The most exciting few hours youlispend allweek. Run. Climb. Rappel. Navigate. Lead. And develop the confidence and skills you won't get from a textbook. Enroll in Army ROTC as one of your electives. Get the facts today. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. TH E SPOR T I By MICHAEL GILL On the 16th day of September, pennant races brew in all four major league divisions. In fact, with less than 20 games left in the season, Toronto and Detroit are tied for first place, in a neck and neck race for the American League East Divisional Championship. "All tied, did you say?" Toronto? Detroit? All tied! Only in baseball. Is this the Toronto team who is overloaded with pitching and feared because of its powerful lineup, predicted to battle Cleveland and New York for the title? Is this the Detroit that had such household names as Terry Harper and Orlando Mercado in its opening day lineup? AND WHERE the heck are ING VIEWS Sparky, streaks, and scuffing,... '87 baseball, isn't it special? I e e e $ those damn Yankees? Hasn't George Steinbrenner hired Billy Martin yet? Only in baseball could a season have more intricate twists and turns, highs and lows, plots and subplots than an Alfred Hitchcock murder mystery or a corkscrew rollercoaster. Isn't this the baseball season where the predicted last-place team, Milwaukee, started in first place and the predicted first-place team, Cleveland, will finish in last? Isn't this the season where people in Milwaukee could not hold back their jubilation, held "162-0" signs, only to watch their team set some kind of record for consecutive losses? NO COMMENT is even needed on the Indians. Although there is always next year in Cleveland, or is there? Isn't this the year four teams said they had no use for Jack Morris, the top pitcher in the '80s and a leading Cy Young candidate? Isn't this the year Philadelphia was supposed to challenge the Mets because of some great pharoah named Lance Parrish, whom they claimed in something called "free agency" to be their savior an d catcher? And just what is "free agency?" Isn't this the year people claimed the ball was livelier than your standard beat up, five-year old, little league edition? Isn't this the year a rookie, Mark McGwire, had his name mentioned in the same breath with Roger Maris because he hit so many of those lively balls over the fence? ISN'T THIS the year an aging, frequently injured Paul Molitor made a northern beer town delirious, and caused them to boo a win in the heat of a pennant race because of some record etched in fading newspapers by a guy nicknamed Joltin' Joe? Isn't this the year Joe Niekro was punished for doing his nails with an emery board? Will nail filing tests follow drug tests? Isn't this the year Harry Carey missed some ballgames comedian Bill Murray called the Cubs' action? Isn't this the year we were supposed to honor the 40th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color barrier, only to discover more walls, the size of Berlin, still holding the sport in a secluded shell? Under 20 games left. All tied. A great race brews between teams, between cities, between states and provinces. It is a race of international proportions. Only in baseball. IN MAY, a city with its hearts devoted to its hockey and basketball teams was not receptive to a teai with an 11-19 record and mired double digits away from first place. The team's management called on their wise little English professor, who doubles as their manager and public relations man, to spark some interest in their team, and to perk up lagging attendance. "That ain't no problem," the little wizard said. He gave us his promise. "Come October, you'll be happy." . Now it's late September, the mornings are dark, the winds crispier, the campus in Ann Arbor is stirring with students, professors, and diag preachers. Detroit is happy. The race- all tied. However, Sparky Anderson isn't sure how to be happy. "On October 5, I either go to the playoffs or I visit my grandchildren. I don't know which I want more." Only in baseball. I ARMY RESERVE (FFICERS' TRAINING CORPS Become a Daily. 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He also said he would like tc resume negotiations, but only with a mediator or only face-to-face with his union counterpart, Gene Upshaw. The Managment Council also disclosed it has filed with the National Labor Relations Board an unfair labor practice complaint against the union, accusing it of refusing to bargain in good faith. Council officials conceded, however, that the action was little more than a token gesture that could not have any effect before the NFL Players Association strike deadline of next Tuesday. On Tuesday, the NFL P A 4 Portfolio review: Sunday, Sept. 20, 1987 Bring your own B&W photos.