4 Page 10 - The Michigan Daily- - Tuesday, September 20, 1988 Field hockey takes a beating in east BY ANDREW GOTTESMAN After three tough games in four days produced two losses and a hard- fought tie, the Michigan field hockey team returned home from Massachusetts drained, yet optimistic about its overall .500 record. The weekend began with a 3-0 loss to Boston University on Thursday, and ended on Sunday with a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the University of Massachusetts, in which the Wolverines were outshot 39-5. Sandwiched in between the two losses, however, Michigan earned a 2-2 tie in double overtime against Springfield College. "Playing these good teams helps us," said assistant coach Patti Smith. "Boston University and the University of Massachusetts are traditionally strong teams. They will consistently be ranked in the top 15 during the season. Both Sara Clark, a senior forward, and Sharon Cantor, a junior midfielder, scored their third goals of the season in providing the Wolverine offense. Cantor's score pulled Michigan even with Springfield with only two minutes left in the game. "That goal was awesome," said first-year midfielder Kristin Shaiper. "She took the pass from Judy (Burinskas) and flipped it up into the goal." "We played really well," Shaiper added. "The scores don't indicate that." Despite the disappointing road trip, the team still has a 2-2-2 record after defeating Chico State 2- 1, and Southern Illinois 3-2, and tying St. Louis University 2-2 the previous weekend in St. Louis. With the Big Ten season opening on October 2 against Michigan Sfate, the players are looking forward to the challenge of improving on last year's 2-6-2 conference record and fifth place finish. "We should do pretty well," predicted Smith. "On any given day, you just never know what can happen." LOUGANIS INJURED DURING PRELIMINARIES: Diver hits head on ISeoul ___ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Skimming the pool like a waterbug fleeing frogs, tiny Janet Evans swam to America's first gold of the Olympics on a day of confusion, dissension and near disaster for the U.S. team. The California kids, Evans and bronze medalist Matt Biondi, and gutsy gymnast Phoebe Mills let in a little sunshine on a gloomy, rainy Monday that began with one U.S. boxer in the hospital and another missing his bus and his bout. Diver Greg Louganis banged his head on the springboard. Carl Lewis was threatened with expulsion from the relay team by the coach for disruptive behavior, and the gold medal favorite U.S. women's basketball team survived a scare in beating Czechoslovakia 87-81: LOUGANIS, seeking a matching set of golds for the pair he won at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, led until his head hit the board on his ninth dive, a reverse 2 1/2 somersault in the pike position. He received a score of just 6.3 for that dive. Diving coach Vince Panzano said Lougariis leaned back slightly when he landed on the board to get his lift, didn't compensate with the angle of his leap, as he usually does, and went up too vertically. "When he straightened out from the pike position, he was obviously too close to the board," Panzano said. "I had a sick feeling in my stomach. I saw it developing as soon as he took off from the board." The U.S. team doctor examined Louganis and determined he hadn't suffered a concussion, then temporarily sewed up the gash on the back of his head so he could finish the round. LOUGANIS nailed his next dive, scoring the highest total of the tournament so far, 87.12. He finished in third place to join 11 others in Tuesday's final, narrowed from a 35-man field, then had his wound cleaned again and closed with five stitches. "I fully anticipate he'll be able to compete without difficulty,"said Dr. James Puffer, the team physician. Tan Liangde of China led the preliminaries, followed by Albin Killat of West Germany, but all divers start from scratch in the final round. Mark Bradshaw of Columbus, Ohio, also qualified for the finals, going from 19th to seventh in the last three dives after Louganis' accident. Lewis could lose his chance to win four gold medals again if he is dropped from the 400-meter relay team. "HE'S AT THE END of his rope. The only thing he can do now is hang himself," said sprint-relay coach Russ Rogers, adding he had the support of the rest of the coaching staff and the U.S. Olympic Committee to drop Lewis. Lewis is trying to duplicate his 1984 feat of winning golds in the 100, 200, 400 relay and long jump. "If he continues to disturb the team, I will have to take him off," Rogers said. "I'm not going to sacrifice the rest of the team for him." Rogers said Lewis argued with board head coach Stan Huntsman at practice over whether Lewis' advisor and manager could attend practice. Lewis and Douglas were not available for comment. While Louganis approached perfection a couple of times, Romanian gymnast Daniela Silivas, a 4-foot-6, 84-pound pixie, reached it twice. SILIVAS scored the rare 10.0's, achieved for the first time since the 1976 Olympics by compatriot Nadia Comaneci, who recorded seven perfect scores. Silivas was flawless in the floor exercise and on the uneven bars, whirling with dazzling power for one so small, to take the individual lead midway through the compulsory competition. However, the Soviet Union took a narrow lead in the team event as its star, 4-foot-10 Elena Shushunova, produced a ten in the vault. The inexperienced United States team stood fourth after the compulsories, behind the Soviets, Romania and East Germany, with a good shot at gaining an unexpected medal. Mills, 15, produced the best U.S. score, 9.90 on the floor routine, and secured fourth with a 9.85 under pressure on the balance beam after two big setbacks by teammates. Chelle Stack, also 15, fell off a hand stand on the uneven bars, then broke into tears. Melissa Marlow, 16, stumbled off the beam while trying a pirouette. American boxers got off to a rocky start when Kelcie Banks of Chicago was hospitalized Sunday night after being knocked out and spending about three minutes on the mat in a 125-pound against unheralded Regilio Tuur of the Netherlands. Banks was released Monday after neurological tests and a CAT scan showed he was normal. A Associated Press Anthony Hembrick leaves the boxing venue after he was disqualified for arriving late for his fight, eliminating him from the Olympics. 4 4 Olympic boxer loses appeal SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S boxer Anthony Hembrick, stationed with the Army at Fort Bragg, N.C., was disqualified from the Olympic boxing tournament Monday, without even taking a punch, when he showed up too late for his bout because his coaches apparently misread the schedule. South Korea's Ha Jong-ho was declared the winner in a walkover in the 165-pound class. U.S. officials filed a protest to a five-man grievance committee. Paul Konnor, the American on the committee, said the vote stood 2- 2 and that chairman Taieb Houichi of Tunisia would announce the deciding vote. About ten hours after the scheduled bout, the committee said the appeal was denied and would go no further. Jong-ho had stood in the ring for about ten minutes when Hembrick of Hazel Park, MI, burst into the arena, still clad in a warmup suit, and went to the officials' table along with his coach, Ken Adams. It was too late, and the Korean was declared the winner. Hembrick left the arena near tears. "I looked at the schedule and we were the 11th bout from the top," Adams said. However, Hembrick, 22, was actually listed for the fourth fight, and the U.S. Olympic Committee had issued a schedule of its own earlier with his bout scheduled for Monday morning. Hembrick was in the boxing arena when the decision was announced, and he left with U.S. team Coach Adams and heavyweight boxer Ray Mercer after they were informed of the decision. 4i .14 Associated Press Greg Louganis prepares for men's springboard finals Tuesday in Seoul. Ann Landers says... "Take my advice" If you're looking for a fun group to join, try the 1989 Michigan Ensian, i U-M's award-winning, all-campus yearbook. They're having a MASS MEETING Tuesday, Sept. 20th at 7:30 pm, Student Publications Bldg., 420 Maynard St. i .1r U a