Field Hockey vs. Central Michigan Friday, 7 p.m. Tartan Turf The Michigan Daily ySPORTS Tuesday, September 27, 1988 Women's Volleyball vs. Indiana Friday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena Pogq 9 SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Spikers lose two to open Big Ten season KAREN HANDE LMAN/Doily Mike Gillette, shown here practicing on the sidelines during Michigan's 19-9 win against Wake Forest, will keep his field goal kicking duties. Schem-- bechler says he won't shave any of Gillette's duties BY PETE STEINERT Michigan coach Bo Schembechler is going to ride it out with slumping place-kicker Mike Gillette. "He's too good," Schembechler said yesterday. "I'm going to just let him alone. I think that's what I'm going to do." Unlike Schembechler who has succeeded in taking on a dual role as coach and athletic director, Gillette's transition as the Wolverines' kicker, slash punter, has not been so smooth. THE SENIOR from St. Joseph, Mich., has punted extremely well, but he has connected on just five-of-10 field goals in three games this season. "That's unthinkable," Schembechler said. "He's not hitting em like he used to." Entering the season, Gillette had converted 72 percent of his field-goal tries since arriving at Michigan. Schembechler has played with the idea of making Gillette strictly a punter and handing the kicking duties over to backups J.D. Carlson or Gulam Khan. But he has decided to stick with Gillette for now. "I still feel he's the one guy that can do it (both punt and kick)," Schembechler said. "He's a great athlete and a great competitor." As a first-year punter, Gillette has averaged 45.4 yards on 15 kicks. If he continues at the same'pace, he will break Monte Robbins' team record for the highest season punting average (43.6). IN SATURDAY'S game against Wake Forest, Gillette pinned the Deamon Deacons deep in their own end with punts that went out of bounds at the four and the two-yard line, respectively. "Monte could not kick 'em out of bounds like he can," Schembechler said. "He's amazing." Schembechler's other concerns on a Monday afternoon included the state of his defensive line. Two of Michigan's top pass rushers, John Herrmann (back) and Warde Manuel (neck), are out. Manuel has not played this season. Herrmann played injured in the Wolverines' first three games. "He's has not been able to play (at full strength) all year," Schembechler said. "He cannot move. It's really hurt us." The loss of Herrmann and Manuel leaves Mark Messner and Brent White as the only healthy defensive tackles with experience. Sophomores Mike Evans (6-foot-4, 233 pounds) and Ron Zielinski (6-5, 255) may be pressed into action. Schembechler also said that he will try to give tailback Allen Jefferson some playing time Saturday in Michigan's Big Ten opener at Wisconsin. Jefferson has yet to play this season due to a nagging leg injury. BY ERIC LEMONT Coaches like to preach that defense wins ballgames, but ultimately it is up to the offense to pull out the victory. After two losses to open the Big Ten season, no one knows this better than the Michigan women's volleyball team. Michigan lost matches to Wisconsin (15-12, 15-8, 16-14) and Northwestern (15-8, 13-15, 19-17, 7-15, 15-7) last weekend as a result of their inability to execute when they had the ball. In the five-game loss to Northwestern Saturday, which took over three hours to complete, strong performances by Karen Marshall (19 kills, 25 digs) and Kim Clover (Big Ten record-tying 12 block assists) were not enough to offset Michigan's season-high 40 errors in the match - a statistic responsible for the Wolverines' low .171 hitting percentage. While Michigan coach Joyce Davis characterized the play of Clover and Marshall as "excellent" she was disappointed in the play of the team as a whole. "Our hitting percentage was just not good enough to win an otherwise close match," Davis said. "We don't have any one individual who can carry this team. We need all our players playing well at the same time." This lack of timely play was evidenced in the Wolverines pivotal 19-17 loss in the third game. "We had three opportunities at game-point," said Davis. "That was a critical point in the match." Davis felt that all three games against Wisconsin were competitive and that the Wolverines could have won the third game with a late rally. Team captain Marie Ann Davidson agreed that the Badgers three game sweep was deceiving. "If we played up to our potential we could have won easily," said Davidson. "As a whole, none of us took over and played well. We need to play more as a team." Davidson said that while she was disappointed at starting out the league schedule with two losses, she feels that Michigan can be competitive if the team cuts down on offensive mistakes. "We can play with anyone in the Big Ten," Davidson said. "It all matters on what we do on our side of the net." Runners place third Even without the, services of number four runner Jennifer McPeck and number six runner Jennifer Saari, Michigan's women's cross country team finished a strong third at the University of Kentucky Invitational this past weekend. Kentucky led the eight-team field by tallying 32 points. They edged Indiana which came in a close second with 42 points, while the Wolverines took the third spot with 75 points.. Western Kentucky finished a distant fourth with a total of 148. Both McPeck and Saari were unavailable due to previous injuries. Their absence was felt, but that didn'tstop some strong performances by other Wolverine runners. Mindy Rowand led the Michigan attack by capturing fifth place in a time of 18:17. She was followed by first-year runner, Kim Haluscsak, who claimed 12th (18:48). Carol Boid crossed the line in 15th position with a time of 18:56. "Mindy ran a very .competitive race," commented Coach Sue Foster, 'It was a competitive field and she r ,ally held on." 'poach Foster also noted the impk rtance of Haluscsak: "Kim did a great job for us. She is one of the top freshman in the country and showed it with her fine performance." Other top finishers for the Wolverines included, Karen Welke (20th) in 19:15, Tracy Babcock (23rd) in 19:32, Ava Udvadia (27th) with a 19:50, and Debbie Palmer (31st) in 20:06. "Hopefully both Jens will be back and healthy for the Indiana Invitational," explained Foster. "It really hurt us to not have McPeck and Saari running in the race. When we get both of them back and healthy it will really be a boost With them back we could be closer to Indiana than we were last week." The Wolverine runners will get another shot at Indiana when they travel to Bloomington for the Indiana Invitational on October 8. -SCOTT SHIGLEY Soccer team ties two This past weekend, the Michigan men's soccer team recorded two ties. On Saturday, the Wolverines played in Evanston against the Northwestern Wildcats. The game was the type for those who don't like to see scoring, as the game ended in a 0-0 tie. Against the University of Illinois, Michigan found the net, but the game ended in a 2-2 tie. Midfielder Matt Dikin scored Michigan's first goal of the weekend, ten minutes into the first half. But Michigan's lead soon disappeared. Two questionable handball calls inside the penalty area provided the Illini with two penalty shots and two scores. A dispute with the official, near the end of the first half resulted in the ejection of a Wolverine defender. Michigan then had to play the last five minutes of the first half and the entire second half shorthanded. 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