The Michigan Doily - Friday, October 7, 1988-- Page 11 Football vs. Michigan State Tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. Michigan Stadium SPORTS Hockey Instrasquad Scrimmage Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily Friday, October 7, 1988 Senior runners possess bond on and off track BY KAREN GROMALA Beer and fraternity parties. First-year students and fifteen pounds. Bo and football. Traci Babcock and Ava Udvadia. What do all of these aspects of Michigan have in common? Clearly these are things that go together, but if you aren't a fan of the women's cross country team, you're probably wondering who Babcock and Udvadia are. "They (Traci and Ava) are kind of like sisters, kind of alike, but different in a lot of respects," said teammate Mindy Rowand. More importantly, besides being best friends, Traci and Ava are vital components of the women's cross country team. "They have progressed about the same," said head coach Sue Foster about the two seniors. "Traci and Ava are really consistent performers. They're very reliable." "SO WHERE'S TRACI?" is the question that Udvadia is bombarded with any time that Babcock doesn't show up to a practice. Ever since Babcock and Udvadia became good friends at cross country camp before their first year on the team they have been thought of as kind of a unit. They are now seniors on the team and their friendship and running ability have both improved steadily. This "unit" came to Michigan after being quite successful in high school. Traci, a native of Iron Mountain, held the Upper Peninsula state meet records in the mile and two mile. Ava proved her running ability as well, by placing in the competitive Michigan state meet. Both Babcock and Udvadia made the transition from high school to college running well. They each contributed to the team and lettered their first year. That year, Udvadia placed 17th in the 5,000 meter race in the district meet, while Babcock ran in the Big Ten Championships and placed 19th in the 5,000 meter race. "IN A SPORT like cross country the runners can help each other out during a race," said Babcock. "When Ava or another teammate of mine pass me on the course, it helps keep me going because I know that the other person is hurting as much as I am." Babcock also has the opportunity to help her teammate and friend. "When I get really bummed out," said Udvadia, "Traci can get me back into it." Although practice, meets, and travelling do take a great deal of time, neither Udvadia nor Babcock have regretted their decision to run in college. Despite the many hours they devote to their sport, they have managed to remain academically outstanding. Babcock is a nuclear engineering major with a 3.9 GPA. Udvadia chose molecular cellular biology as her major and has a 3.5 GPA. After college, they both plan to attend graduate school and later receive PhDs in their chosen fields. WHEN THEY AREN'T spending all their time studying or running, they hang out together. Their similar interests include music. Babcock sings and plays the clarinet, while Udvadia plays the piano. Babcock is involved in a few campus groups connected with her major. Udvadia, on the other hand, enjoys doing spontaneous things with her friends. For example, Udvadia and friends one year just hopped into a Ford Escort and headed to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Udvadia and Babcock. Babcock and Udvadia. They're not exactly as well known as Bo and football, but they are good at what they do. While both have excelled in their sport and in their classes, they also have a special friendship. As Babcock puts it, "We just have a lot of fun." Cross country runners Traci practice. The two seniors have ma tes. ALEXANDRA BREZ/Daily Babcock (left) and Ava Udvadia (right) stretch out before lettered all four years and are well respected by their team- Cone heads lengthy list of NL MVP candidates b Doug in Deep BY DOUG VOLAN It's that time of year again. Time to pick the recipients of baseball's top accolades - the Most Valuable ;layer and Cy Young Awards. Seldom has it been so easy for those chosen few sports writers doing the honors in the American League. -Without a doubt, Oakland's Jose Canseco is the AL's MVP. The Athletics' right fielder led the league in home runs (42) and runs batted in (124), while batting .307, the highest of his career. In addition, Canseco was the first player in major league history to hit over 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season. Likewise, Minnesota's Frank Viola is the runaway choice for the Cy Young award. The Twins' left- hander led the majors in wins (24), while posting a 2.64 earned run average. IF NATIONAL League sports writers hoped to have as easy a time in picking this year's winners as their AL counterparts, they had another thing coming. No NL batter even remotely stood out among his peers, as San Diego's Tony Gwynn hit just .313 in capturing the league batting title. In contrast, four American League players hit well over that, including Wade Boggs (.366), and Kirby Puckett (.356). And five AL players had more hits than Andres Galarraga (184), the NL leader in that department. The Cy Young award winner will be difficult to pick as well, since three NL pitchers had outstanding seasons. Los Angeles pitching ace Orel Hershiser is the favorite, after break- ing Don Drysdale's record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings pit- ched. Hershiser was also tied for the league lead in wins, posting a 23-8 record. His ERA was 2.26. Cincinnati's Danny Jackson had an identical record as Hershiser, along with a 2.73 ERA. THEN there was New York's David Cone, who had the lowest ERA among the three (2.22), to go along with a 20-3 record, despite not becoming a starter until the season's sixth week. Although the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson and the Mets' Kevin Mc- Reynolds are considered the top choices for the MVP award, the clear choice should be Cone. A pitcher? Sure, why not. After all, the pitching in the NL was far superior to the hitting this year. And besides, the Tigers' Guillermo Hernandez won the award back in '84 and he was only a reliever. The only recent starter to win the MVP was Boston's Roger Clemens back in 1986 and that was in the American League. The numbers put on the board by Gibson and McReynolds aren't very impressive. Gibson hit just .290 and drove in only 76 runs, while not even making the All-Star team. But more importantly, it was the Dodgers' pitching staff that carried the team, not its hitting. Although Gibson did provide the Dodgers with a much-needed spark, he hardly carried the team on his back. Likewise, McReynolds suffered from a lack of season-long produc- tion. The Mets left fielder hit .288 with 27 home runs and 99 RBIs. In addition, McReynolds suffered through a mid-season slump which saw the Mets go 21-21. Clearly, this is not the kind of season an MVP should have. CONE, on the other hand, com- piled an .870 winning percentage for New York. He was consistently over- powering as the Mets had a chance to win every game he pitched in. This is where Cone differs from McReynolds and Gibson. Cone came through in the clutch all season, while both McReynolds and Gibson suffered through slumps. Amazingly, Cone started out in the bullpen as the team's sixth starter, but cracked the lineup when Bob Ojeda went out with an injury. It didn't take Cone long to establish himself, pitching in the All-Star game and becoming the ace of the staff, despite the presence of proven stars such as Dwight Gooden and Ron Darling. Although Hershiser is deserving of the Cy Young, Cone is the MVP. BY JAY MOSES For most of us, the idea of spending the weekend in Chicago brings to mind visions of partying, shopping, and having fun. For the Michigan field hockey team, it means something else. The team journeys to the Windy City this weekend for two games, and it doesn't promise to be a vacation in paradise. Tomorrow, in Evanston, the Wolverines take on Big Ten rival Northwestern, ranked fourth nationally. Sunday, they move 90 miles west to DeKalb to face 17th-ranked Northern Illinois. In addition to being nationally ranked, both Northwestern and Northern have already played tough schedules this season. For these reasons, coach Karen Collins and her squad expect to have to put in a top- 'M' to challenge Big Ten foes notch performance this weekend to come away victorious. Michigan got off to a tough start in the Big Ten season with a 5-3 loss to Michigan State last Sunday, and Collins is acutely aware of the importance of this road trip for the rest of the conference games. "It'll be pretty clear this weekend how we'll fare for the rest of the season," she said. COLLINS WAS very pleased with the Wolverines' offensive attack against Michigan State, but she also said the team suffered from defensive breakdowns. Thus, impro- ving its defense is the key for Michigan this week-end. "If we can play solid defense," said Collins, "and if we can generate an attack like we have been in the last few games, we can be successful." The Wolverines are led by junior forward Judy Burinskas (8 goals, 18 points) and senior forward Sarah Clark (five goals, 11 points). 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October 11 The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC Organ Conference-All Performances Free Recital by Christopher Kent, 11:00 a.m. Blanche Anderson Moore Hall Faculty recital by James Kibbie "The Works of Dupre, Messiaen, and Eben" Hill Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Organ Conference Recital by First Prize Winner of the Interna- tional Organ Performance Competition Blanche Anderson Moore Hall, 11:00 a.m. Organ recital by Colin Andrews Hill Auditorium, 2:00 p.m. Recital by Valeri Rubacha "Organ Music of the Soviet Union" Hill Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. Organ recital by David Hill Hill Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.