4 Michigan Hall of Fame Dinner Friday, October 2, 7:00 p.m. Crisler Arena $30 per person SPORTS Thursday, September 24, 1987 Women's Volleyball vs. Indiana Friday, 7:30 p.m. IM Building- Page 10 The Michigan Daily Pieper proves positive in oal By RICHARD EISEN ' The University of Michigan field hockey team keeps rolling on and on and on-with Gillie Pieper in the middle. ' The fourth-year senior from Green M Hills High School in Ann Arbor has been consistently effective in goal for the hockey team, a main reason why the team is 7-0. Her statistics through the first R seven games are impressive ones: six games, one goal against with 23 saves for a percentage of .956. Statistics impressive enough to possibly make one player feel above the rest, but not Pieper, who coach Karen Collins calls a "team player." "SHE HAS a lot of confidence for and from her team just like she has a lot of dedication for and from her team," Collins said of her goalie. ..That seems to be part of an interesting pattern: whenever Pieper's name comes up, one hears of her dedication to the team next. y v .R 2This pattern became imor e apparent when Pieper talked about her pre-game warm up. "It's important for me to be with my players (before the game). I can't ' tl Rjust sit alone, listening to my F'walkman. I live for my teammates. I play for them. I play off their excitement," Pieper said. And she plays well. Her great performance this season seems to be Daily Photo by SCOTT IITUCHY just a continuation from last season Michigan field hockey coach Karen Collins discusses the finer points of when she played ten games, goaltending with Gillie Pieper. The senior goalie has given up only one goal allowing just four goals while this season as the Wolverines have gone 7-0 so far. saving 25 for a percentage of .862. Goalie instrument al in team's 7-0 start, She has 23 saves already this year, A goalie being a team player. obviously ready to eclipse last year's Having faith in her teammates. Just mark in three less games. an ordinary goalie mentality, right? PIEPER FEELS that these Wrong. Pieper, who spends much statistics are the results of a lot of of her off the field time with her hard work and dedication, words teammates, is different, as coach familiar with Pieper. But, surprise, Collins explained. "She's very much surprise, Pieper does attribute some off the field as she is on the field," of her success to her teammates. "I Collins said. "She's a people have ultimate confidence in my person." team," Pieper said. "I have such faith When asked what her best in them that I know I can bounce performance so far this year was, she back from my mistakes at any selfishly talked of her teammates time." instead of herself. "The Springfield game was great because they were a difficult team to beat," Pieper explained. "We believed in ourselves and we played out of our minds. I'm crazy over my team. They were awesome." The field hockey team is headed for the Big Ten season, something to which Pieper is very much looking forward. "I'm very excited about it. Our goal is to finish in the top three of the Big Ten," Pieper said. And then in most Gillie Pieper fashion, she added, "If everybody believes in everyone else, we have a chance to do it." And Gillie Pieper keeps rolling on and on and on... I SPORTS OF THE DAILY Women harriers win first meet GRIDE PC KSP In a story that shocked millions "Of people worldwide, the Griddes staff claimed Monday that newly crowned Miss America Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (the most names of anyone in Monroe, Mich., history) was at one time statistician of its weekly game. Today, it was leaked by the Daily to the press that Miss Rafko had worn her dress and performed her Hawaiian dance for money, a violation of Miss America pageant rules. The first, last, and only witness called by the weekly contest was Gary Collins, the pageant's emcee and longtime Griddes fan. "The pageant was not the first time that I had seen Kaye, uh I mean Miss Rafko," explained Collins. HELP WANTED $4.50 hr. Flexible hours Apply at BURGER KING 530 E. Liberty "We had met at a Griddes banquet in the summer of 1984, I believe it was. Yeah, we had a good time. You know, a couple of drinks. Well, that's not important." "I don't remember much about that evening," Collins said off the record. "But there is one thing I do remember. She (Kaye, uh Miss Rafko) was wearing an off-white, lace, hand-beaded gown with a sweetheart neckline and a wide silktaffetta flounce. Someone bet her five dollars that she couldn't dance in that outfit. Before anyone knew what was transpiring, she was Hawaiian dancing to 'Good Vibrations'." While this might not be the most earth-shattering news to hit the Griddes column in the past few weeks, it was a better story than last week's Griddes winner being sued by the second place finisher for eating MSG induced Chicken McNuggets. If you want to hear the McNugget story, bring in your Griddes picks to the Daily, second floor, 420 Maynard before 5 p.m. Friday and possibly submit yourself to a Griddes column in the near future. 1. Long Beach State at MICHIGAN (pick total points) 2. Florida State at Michigan State 3. Missouri at Indiana 4. Kansas State at Iowa 5. Central Michigan at Minnesota 6. Ohio State at Louisiana State 7. Northern Illinois at Northwestern 8. Notre Dame at Purdue 9. Ball State at Wisconsin 10. Nebraska at Arizona State 11. Auburn at Tennessee 12. Miami, Fla. at Arkansas 13. Georgia Tech at Clemson 14. Arizona at UCLA 15. Penn State at Boston College 16. Pittsburgh at W. Virginia 17. S. Mississippi at Texas A&M 18. Alabama at Vanderbilt 19. E. Michigan at Kent State 20. Edinboro at SLIPPERY ROCK By JENNIFER SAARI If the Kentucky Invitational was any indication of how the rest of the women's cross country season will go, Michigan should be a promising contender for the Big Ten championship title in November. The Wolverine runners came out on top of the 17-team field at the invitational in Lexington, Kentucky last weekend with a score of 74 points. Captain Traci Babcock led the team with a sixth-place finish in the 5000 meter race of 130 runners. She covered the course in 18 minutes and 36 seconds. Close behind in eighth and ninth place were senior Cheri Sly and sophomore Mindy Rowand. Junior Debbie Palmer also ran a strong race, placing 33rd. THE TEAM shows a lot of potential. As a squad, the top six finishers crossed the finish line within one minute and four seconds of each other at the season opening meet. "I couldn't have asked for much more," said first-year coach Sue Foster. "I was particularly impressed with Cheri Sly's performance. Because of injuries, she has not been able to do much training, but she ran a very gutsy race." Incidentally, Foster is a 1983 Michigan graduate and holds five Big Ten track championship tiles as well as being a two-time All-American. WAKE FOREST was the runner-up in Lexington with 84 points, followed by Big Ten teams Ohio State with 104 points, and Indiana with 126 points. Kristi Orre, running unattached (without a team), won the event in 17 minutes and 36 seconds. This weekend the women will travel to London, Ontario for the Western Ontario Invitational. The Wolverines finished second, behind Penn State, last year out of 45 teams. With five of the top seven returnees back running for Michigan, the team should have a good chance for another strong finish this, weekend. Stickers face Ohio foes The women's field hockey team roars into Ohio for today's game against Kent State with momentum equal to that of a Jumbo Elliot freefall. While victories have been novelties in past years, the Michigan team currently finds themselves proud, yet modest orchestrators of a perfect 7-0 record. Six of the team's seven victories have been shutouts, including a 1-0 silencing of Springfield (Mass.) College on Sunday. "The whole team working as a unit is what creates the shutouts," said freshman Tricia Maran. The team has allowed just one goal all season. The team's top scorer, Trish Mondul, scored her fourth goal of the season in Sunday's victory. Recovering a loose ball in the circle, Mondul instinctively shot it toward Sly ...earns coach's praise the goal. The shot found its way through a screen of players and into the goal. That was all the scoring Michigan needed as they consistently controlled the tempo to the point where Springfield could not muster many serious offensive attacks. "We played a give and go kind of game. We used our speed with quick passing, and that's been the underlying strategy the whole season," said sophomore Sharon Cantor. UNDER THE supervision of coach Karen Collins, the field hockey team prepares to tune up and perfect their game today against Kent State and Friday against Davis & Elkins, before clashing with the Big Ten on October 3 against Iowa, last year's NCAA champs. "I'm really pleased about our performance now and glad there's time to improve before the conference games," said Mondul. The next two games will serve as a performance gage for the Michigan team, a chance to measure their ability and confidence before starting the conference games. They will take a step back and analyze their standing. "It's important that we win these games (Kent State and Davis & Elkins) just so we're up and have confidence going into the Big Ten," said sophomore Judy Burinskas. Victories against Kent State and Davis & Elkins could accelerate the already grand momentum of Michigan to the point where the defending national champs witness an unprecedented maize and blue avalanche intrude upon the flat landscape of Iowa on October 3. On the other hand, a loss or two could leave the team standing flat-footed, doubting the suggestions of their 7-0 start. - GARY RESCH q I 4 "CHANGE AGENTS FOR DIVERSITY" Presentation by: Dr, George J. McKenna Il, Principal George Washington Preparatory High School Los Angeles, California Royals ask Bo to play baseball during strike You Are Invited to an KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP)- Bo Jackson, the Kansas City Royals' outfielder who has signed to play football with the Los Angeles Raiders, has been asked to consider playing in the Florida Instructional League if the football strike is still on when baseball season ends. John Schuerholz, the Royals' general manager, made the request before the start of the football strike, which began Tuesday. "I didn't give him an answer, and I still can't answer," Jackson told the Kansas City Times on Tuesday. "It's something I have to think about personally, and when I do make up my mind, I'll tell my lawyer and have my lawyer call them and let them know." Open House Friday, September 25 1:00 - 4:00 pm discover programs and resources available to student leaders and groups talk about how your group could be more effective enjoy some good food Student Organization C1% ar_ _ - - -.a.I a t.' BORDERING ON OBNOXIOUS Well, not really obnoxious, just very enthusiastic about the U of M! The College of Literature, Science and the Arts is interviewing students to work for an alumni fundraising telethon. The LS&A Phonathon runs five nights a week from October 11 to November 19. You will be able to moplr h w ihcn o hives vni,,,wick to,,nr. , i.h a 6 - Nationally recognized educator, administrator and change agent. - Strong advocate of building stable communities from within, Dr. McKenna believes that . the educational system, emphasizing justice, equal opportunity and non-violence, is the primary vehicle for positive change in a pluralistic and technological society. TIME: SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 1987 - 4:00P.M. Reception following: Stockwell Hall Lounge PLACE: THOMAS FRANCIS AUDITORIUM (SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH) .