Hockey vs. Michigan State Friday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena SPORTS, Monday, January 25, 1988 Men's gymnastics vs. Minnesota Friday Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Page 9 WOLVERINES TAKE OVER THIRD PLACE 11' icers coole By 'DOUGLAS VOLAN The first game they were hot. The second they were not. The fire dimmed for the Wolver- ines last weekend, as they split a se- ries with Ferris State at Yost Ice Arena. On Friday night, Michigan (17- 13 overall, 13-11 CCHA) roared into third place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, whipping the Bulldogs, 8-2. Saturday night, however, the Wolverines were defeated, 5-3. "We had the chances but the goals weren't there," said Michigan head coach Red Berenson. "(Friday) night we didn't need them and they were there. You can't give up five goals to anybody in this league and expect to win. "We played in-between hockey - between where we should have been and where we were." IN STARK contrast to Friday night, the Wolverines didn't keep up the defensive pressure in the series finale. "They took advantage of our defensive mistakes," said Berenson. "At times there was too much space between our forwards and our de- fense." "It seemed like the seams opened up a lot better tonight than last night," said Ferris State center Andy Black. "(Michigan) was a little slower tonight." The Bulldogs were also a different team on Saturday, starting out strong and playing a tight defensive game. "We got away from our game (Friday) night," said Ferris State head coach John Perpich, whose team split the season series with l offby Michigan. "We're not a free-wheel- ing team. Without the puck, w e won't be in the game. (Saturday night) we played a tighter game." "We're going to win games in the trenches when we have to work hard all the time and do the bumping and grinding," said Ferris State center John dePourcq. ANOTHER REASON for the Ferris State turnaround was the play of its goalie, Mike Williams. After getting rocked for six goals in just over two periods in the opener, the sophomore goaltender returned with a vengeance the next evening, stop- ping 36 Wolverine shots. Sixteen of those saves came in the third period, when Michigan continuously at- tacked the net. "I tried to put (Friday) night out of my mind," said Williams. "(Saturday night) I was just having a lot more fun out there." "(Williams) came up big," said Berenson. "To win on the road a team has to check, take advantage of their chances, and get good goalkeeping. Those are the things they did." AFTER BEING pummeled in the first game, the Bulldogs came out strong Saturday, as Black scored on a breakaway just 40 seconds into the game. Ferris Ferris State led 3-0 early in the second period. "They came out and jumped on us from the first shift," said Berenson. "From then on they got the momentum." The Wolverines did score three goals of their own in the second pe- riod, but it wasn't enough to over- take the Bulldogs. "I can see why that team has beaten (Michigan) State, Western (Michigan), and Lake Superior," said Berenson. "They play a patient game, particularly with the lead." IN THE SERIES opener, it was the Wolverines who were hot. Trailing 1-0 after the first period, Michigan caught fire in the second, scoring four goals. Two of them were by right wing Billy Powers, who picked up five points on the night. "It was my best game here," said Powers. The Wolverines added four more goals in the third period, two by Bryan Deasley, who finished with a hat trick for the second consecutive week. "After the fifth goal, we were looking to open the floodgates," said Powers. "But we stuck to our defen- sive game plan and still got the of- fense. A good team plays top-notch defense and still gets chances to score." Spartans slay Blue women cagers, 66-59 Daily Photo by ROBIN LOZNAk Michigan left winger Don Stone sets up in front of Ferris State goalie Mike Williams in Saturday's 5-3 Bulldog win at Yost Ice Arena. By PETER ZELLEN It was close, but no cigar. The Michigan women's basket- ball team was defeated by Michigan State Friday night, 66-59. Despite the Wolverines' third straight Big Ten loss, head coach Bud Van- DeWege didn't seem upset. "I'm not down one bit," he said. "We've just got to find the way that our players play best." Michigan blanked the first-place Spartans for the first three-and-a-half minutes until Kim Archer made an easy layup. For the rest of the first half the score went back and forth. With three minutes to go Michigan led 22-18, but Michigan State scored the last seven points of the half to take a three-point lead into the locker room. MICHIGAN'S offensive prob- lems once again plagued the team. The Wolverines shot just under 31 percent for the game. "We came to play," said VanDeWege, "but the bottom line is that we're not playing the half-court offense. You've got to shoot better than 30 percent to win." Sophomore guard Tempie Brown led the team with 14 points. Tanya Powell, Michigan's lead- ing rebounder, pulled down 10 boards but was limited to two-for-13 shooting from the field. Powell and the rest of the Wolverine offense was shut down by the tough Michigan State defense. The Spartan center, 6-4 senior Sue Forsyth, seemed to get a hand in ev- ery Michigan play in the paint. The Wolverines would frequently have to put in 6-2 Joan Rieger in order to get every inch of body in the game against Forsyth. ALTHOUGH Forsyth's pres- ence was formidable, Rieger felt that it wasn't the key to the Michigan loss. "It wasn't as much a height problem as it was that we came out flat in the second half," said the sophomore center. Forsyth finished the game with nine points, four re- bounds, and two blocks in 25 min- utes. A 19-8 Spartan run in the first 10 minutes in the second half gave the Spartans an insurmountable lead. The Wolverines tried to come back in the next 10 minutes when they outscored the Spartans 27-22, but it wasn't enough. , With Michigan State leading 56- 51, sophomore forward Lisa Rey- nolds hit a jumper with three minutes to go to bring the Wolver- ines to within three. Then the Spar- tans took charge. They scored nine points in under two minutes against a bewildered Michigan defense. THE KEY to the Michigan State outburst that won them the game was best described by Spartan head coach Karen Langeland. "It was our experience that brought us back," Langeland said. "We had (seniors) Archer and Forsyth, and (junior) Cynthia Lyons in the game at that time," the twelfth-year coach claimed. "That's what made the dif- ference in the game." The Spartan victory raised their record to a Big Ten-leading record to 5-0, 9-5 overall. Michigan fell to 1-4 in the Big Ten and 8-6 overall. 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