Women's Basketball vs. Western Michigan Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's Basketball vs. Central Michigan Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Tuesday, December 6, 1988 Page 9 Bluep Lines Refs blow whistle on 'Micer parade BY RICHARD EISEN SPECIAL TO THE DAILY BOSTON - There must be something about Hockey East referees that make them want to call tight games. Maybe it was something their parents did to them as a child. Clean your plate, Junior. In last weekend's trip to Boston, the nitpicking Hockey East referees cleaned the ice. Although they called penalties approximately equally on both teams, some of the infractions were close calls. Actually, some of them would have been better left uncalled. Accustomed to a more loose, rough style of play in their own league, the Wolverines fell prey to the tight Hockey East referees and found themselves two players short in four instances last weekend. Down two players, Michigan became easy pickings for both Boston College and Boston University, which scored on three 5 on 3 opportunities. "(BU) had six power play goals. It seemed like they were on a power play all game," said Michigan co-captain Myles O'Connor. "It's our fault. We knew coming in here the referees ref a different game up here and I think everyone would admit that we took stupid penalties and it cost us." The two player disadvantage couldn't have hurt Michigan more than in the Boston College game. Tied at three with 2:45 remaining, the two teams seemed headed for a fantastic finish until the refs got in the way. Clean the ice, Junior. AFTER they placed Kent Brothers in the penalty box for holding, Alex Roberts was called for hooking only 10 seconds later. Normally, refs swallow their whistle in the waning moments of a close game, but not these officials. With the two-player advantage, BC put the game away, scoring two goals in nine seconds. "It was a good call but when it's 3-3, a good game, the fans were into it, the referee's job is to stay out of the game," Brothers said. "I think he's gotta put (his whistle) in his back pocket sometimes." Although Brothers' penalty was warranted, calling a penalty on Roberts just 10 seconds later was inane. Nobody wants to see a game decided by some striped shirt nobody with a whistle. Foreshadowing the finish, the officials called the game tightly, giving Michigan co-captain Todd Brost a ten-minute misconduct for briefly arguing a penalty. It's surprising that the officials didn't give Brost two extra minutes for jaywalking. THE 5 on 3 bugaboo felled Michigan once again Saturday night, with BU coach Jack Parker calling it "the key to the game." BU got its first 5 on 3 goal after Marc Sorenson and Roberts received penalties within 26 seconds of each other. With 2 minutes left in the game, with the score 8-3, the refs whistled Billy Jaffe for hooking and Roberts for delay of game. Delay of game? What game? Why give a team up by five goals a two- player advantage with two minutes to go? "There were people that think the refereeing was not as good as it could have been," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "But on the other hand we gave up six power play goals and that was obviously the game." The onus of both Wolverine losses, however, cannot be fully placed on the referee's shoulders. Not only was the penalty killing non-existant, but against BU, the refs gave Michigan a 5 on 3 opportunity of its own and Michigan failed to score. "We knew what to expect coming in here. We can't blame anybody but ourselves," O'Connor said. "We can't put the blame on the referees. The referees didn't put the puck in the net - they did. We have only ourselves to blame." THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES R presents the final lecture in a series on Perestroika and Gorbachev: "Gorbachev and the Non-Russian Peoples" PROF. RONALD G. SUNY Rackham Amphitheatre, 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 7 Prof. Suny, the Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, is the author of The Baku Commune, 1917-1918 Armenia in the Twentieth Century, and The Making of the Georgian Nation. Professor Suny has written widely on nationalism, the Transcaucasus, and the social history of the Russian Revolution. For further information contact CREES, 764-0351. Impact Dance Theatre Blue grapples with fourth-place finish fo r h p aeBY DAVID HYMAN They say things don't change - only people and times do. The Michigan wrestling team, along with Oklahoma State, Arizona State and Iowa State, all held true to form this past weekend at the Las Vegas Classic. The Wolverines placed fourth (79.5 points), for the second year in a row, behind three of the five teams that finshed ahead of them at the NCAA's last season. The Cowboys from Oklahoma won easily like their fellow collegian, Barry Sanders did in winning the Heisman. They placed all ten wrestlers, with four in the finals and three champions. They tallied 165 points followed by Arizona State's 105.5 and Iowa State's 81.5. "It was really a race for second place," said Michigan assistant coach Joe Wells. "Oklahoma State, at this point in time, clearly is the team favorite, and after that, the race is pretty close." HOWEVER, the Wolverines could have easily moved into third place if not for a controversial decision. Larry Gotcher lost a 3-2 decision in the semifinals to Stacey Richmond of Michigan State in the 142-pound division. Richmond then lost to two- time All-American Pat Santoro of Pittsburgh. "Both wrestlers were inactive and we got on the short end of the stalling calls and came up one point short," said Wells. "It was actually a very, very close match and then it goes down to the decision of the official. "I'm convinced he (Gotcher) can beat anybody in the country and he can be the national champion. There's no doubt in my mind that Larry is as tough a competitor as anybody in any weight class of any school in the country." TWO of Michigan's All-Americans, John Fisher (134) and Joe Pantaleo (158), continued to display their strength in earning individual championship honors. Fisher defeated Chuck Barbee of Oklahoma State, 12- 6 and Pantaleo defeated Jim Pearson of Indiana in their respective finals. What Michigan will need to stay competitive with the top teams, is a balanced performance from their upperweight classes, plus the successes of Fisher and Pantaleo. James Dye, at 177-pounds, lost a couple of close matches, but was able to bouce back and place eighth. At the 190-pound division, Fritz Lehrke placed sixth and this was encouraging. Lehrke, if not for a couple of mistakes in early matches, could have placed higher. "He wrestled much better than he has in the last couple of tournaments and he is starting to put it together," said Wells. "He's got the right atttitude and the right approach and has an aggressive style of wrestling which will allow him to be right in the race. "We're definitely capable of improving upon our position of fourth. Our goal is to win the conference and to win the NCAA tournament and in order to do that, we have to have everybody clicking." JESSICA GREENE /Daily Michigan defenseman Alex Roberts was one of the Wolver- ines placed in a Boston penalty box this weekend. ''cagers nee to rebound vs. WMU BY ADAM BENSON Tonight, the women's basket- ball team is starting over. After last weekend's deflating loss to Central Michigan, the Wolverines (1-1) return to Crisler Arena, looking to regain their season-opening spirit against Western Michigan. The Wolverines played better in the Central loss than in the opening victory over Toledo. Guard Carol Szczechowski fore- sees the team's continued im- provement with better results. "We can't afford another loss (in the non-conference season)," Szczechowski said. "We want to start making a name for ourselves and we want fans to come. A good team should be able to overcome these losses." The way the fiesty Szczec- howski plays guard would make the Detroit Pistons proud. Diving See WMU, Page 10 Psychology Night Exploring Careers Rep. from CP&P and professors available for discussion Q em ATTENTION PLASMA DONORS! Earning $20 has never been so easy! 8pm Wed. Dec. 7 Pendleton Room Sponsored by Undergraduate Psych Society and Psi Chi Do Supremely On Your Finals!! SUPREME COURSE TRANSCRIPTS LS&A Lecture Notes For the Entire Semester Call for Available Classes Earn $20 on your first donation. You can earn up to $120 a month. Couples can earn up to $240. Repeat donors who have not dontated in the last 30 days receive an additional $5 bonus for return visit. 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