Footballl vs. Illinois Tomorrow, 1p.m. Michigan Stadium SPORTS,98 Friday, November 11, 1988 Women's Swimming vs. Iowa Tomorrow, 10 a.m. Canham Natatorium The Michigan Daily Page10 Cross country pursues high fin BY JODI LEICHTMAN Running toward the end of their season, the Michigan men's cross country team faces tho challenge they've been racing toward: the NCAA District IV Championships in Champaign, Illinois. Saturday, the 19th-ranked Wol- verines will compete against some of the top teams in the country, including top-ranked Wisconsin, Michigan State (18th), Central Michigan (20th), and Notre Dame (21st). Michigan should be represented by juniors Brad Barquist and Jeff Barnett; sophomores Tony Carna and Carl Welke; and seniors Erik Koskinen, Ryan Robinson, and John Scherer. This line-up, however, is not set. SINCE their third place finish at the Big Ten Championships two weeks ago, the Wolverines have been gearing up for this meet. Michigan's previous meets this season have been 8,000 meters, but district meets and the Nationals are 10,000 meters. The 10,000 meter course should be especially favor- able to Michigan. ish at districts "We do a lot of strength work," said Robinson, "and these last two weeks should really pay off as the peak of our performance." Although Robinson has been running in "serious pain" the last few weeks, he does not think it will hamper the team's overall perfor- mance this weekend. "For me, my expectations are probably not going to be met," said Robinson. "I wanted to be in the top ten finishers, but the team goal 'is what I'm going for--I still think I can help the team out." "Personally, it's just a stepping stone for Nationals," said Barquist. "I want to make sure I qualify, but at the same time run well enough to make the team qualify." Although last year the top three finishing teams moved on to the Nationals, this year, the top four teams at Districts will earn a place at the Nationals in Ames, Iowa on November 21. "If we run the way we should, I think the team is capable of getting second," said Barquist. "I think a place in the top four is definitely in the realm of possibility, but we'll just have to see how we run on Saturday." "With the addition of a 4th place," said an agreeing Robinson, "there shouldn't be as much pres- sure. We should be able to run re- laxed and still go to Nationals." If Michigan's fourth-place goal is achieved, it will be the first time since 1984 that the team will compete at Nationals. Last year, Michigan placed fourth at districts, missing the chance to compete at Nationals by 16 points. Wisconsin, Indiana, and Notre Dame placed first, second, and third, respectively. IN LAST year's district meet at Bowling Green, Michigan's Scherer and Barquist finished 2nd and 7th, earning themselves a place in the national meet. "It would be nice if Scherer or Barquist could place in the top five," said Coach Ron Warhurst. "They're both running much better than in the past." At this time, though, Warhurst's main concern is for the team as a whole to qualify for Nationals "We're just waiting for the big meet," said Barquist. "It's kind of hard to keep the intensity because we're so excited." I want to make sure I qualify, but at the same time run well enough to make the team qualify.' -Brad Barquist Warhurst predicts Wisconsin, Michigan State, Central Michigan and Michigan will place in the top four. "With the possibility of Illinios and Indiana bouncing back from a poor finish at the Big Tens," he added. "Everybody's has to go there and get on the line and run," said Warhurst. Blue plays short- handed vs. Ferris BY TAYLOR LINCOLN After five of its top players were disqualified at the end of the first period of last Saturday's hockey game against Bowling Green, Michigan found itself in a small bind. Bowling Green also lost five players, though, so it wasn't so bad Michigan rallied to score a 7-6 comeback victory to gain a weekend split. But "disqualification" is a loaded word in college hockey. Receivingo game disqualification (as opposed to a game misconduct) entails an early trip to the showers for the game in progress, pim a one game suspension. RESULT: The Wolverines head into tonight's game at Ferris State without four of their top five defensemen: Co-captain Myles O'Conngr, Todd Copeland, Mark Sorenson and Doug Evans will sit out. Center Todd Brost, the teams other co-captain, will also be watching tonight's contest in street clothes. "This presents a major problem but we just have to hope that we can pick up the slack and keep the pressure off of our defense," said head coach Red Berenson. "We survived it in Bowling Green and I'm just hoping we'll be able to get through the game Friday." Berenson added that he has never been associated with a team which lost as many players in one position. The good news heading into this weekend's series is that Michigan has lost only once in its last five games and has moved up to second in the CCHA standings and tenth in the national rankings. The Wolverines recent upsurge has been largely due to the exploits of junior left winger Ryan Pardoski. Two weeks ago Pardoski caught fire with a game winning goal against Lake Superior State, in the arctic environs of Michigan's upper peninsula. THE RETURN to a warmer climate only inten-sified Pardoski's hot streak. He had four goals and two assists last weekend - enough to earn CCHA Player-of-the-Week honors. In all, Pardoski has seven goals in thr, last four games. "It was a big goal up at the Sault (versus Lake Superior) and I think it gave him some confidence," said Berenson. "He's had a hot stick since then." Ferris State is also hot. Since starting the season 0-3-1, the Bulldogs have posted back-to-back sweeps against Ohio State and Miami to raise their record to 4-3-1 - good for third place in the CCHA. "We opened the season with a couple of tradition league powers (Western Michigan and Michigan State) and didn't play very well," said Ferris State head coach John Perpich. "Now we're playing smarter and we're exectuting better." Blue Banter -Tonight's player shortage may act to further expose the Wolverines' season long defensive problem. Outside of a stellar effort in the sweep of Lake Superior, Michigan has given up an average of 5.5 goals per game. "We're fortunate to be in second place this late in the season giving up as many goals as we've had," said Berenson. 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