Field Hockey vs. Central Michigan Sept. 28 Tartan Turf SPORTS Football at UCLA Saturday, 8p.m. ABC-television The Michigan Daily Friday, September 22, 1989, Page 11 Cross country runners: Unspoiled by Success by John Niyo Daily Sports Contributor For the past few seasons, the women's cross country team has enjoyed a level of success of which many teams would be proud. Despite a sev- enth-place national finish last year, the team has not become complacent. The squad has steadily improved under the guidance of third-year head coach, Sue Foster. Foster, a former Michigan track star, guided the team, in 1987, through an undefeated regular season and to a fifth-place finish in the Big Ten Conference meet. Last year, Michigan moved up to third in the Big Ten and qualified for the NCAA meet by placing second in the District IV Championships. According to Foster those successes will actually help the squad to improve. "Last year's team got off to a slow start, but we came on strong in the end when we needed to. Most of the team was around and was part of that. They showed that cross country can be fun, too. Since this team works so well together, I just don't see any reason why we can't get better," Foster said. In order to get better they will have to overcome injuries to key performers. One of the more serious injuries is the strained muscle that has plagued senior Mindy Rowand, an all-Big Ten runner last fall. Rowand led Michigan runners in all but one of last year's meets. THE INJURY, though, has been a definite setback to her plans this year. After missing the first meet of the season, she plans to run this weekend in the Western Ontario Invite. "Before the season I set goals for myself to win the Big Ten meet and earn All-American honors. But now with the injury I'll just have to wait and see. I might have to reassess my individual goals," Rowand said. According to Foster, two other runners have stepped to the forefront for the Wolverines--senior Jennifer McPeck and junior Karen Welke. "Jennifer is really fired up for this season. She has been such a great worker and she's running very aggressively, both in practice and in our first meet. I look for her to have her best season ever," Foster said. "Karen has made tremendous improvements each year. She will be one of the top competitors in the Big Ten." Also expected to contribute to the cause this year are two new faces. First-year runners Molly McClimon and Colleen Yuhn will be counted on to help. "Molly will be one of our top runners immediately as will Colleen. Colleen ran very well in our first meet, but Molly is coming off a knee injury and couldn't compete. They both will be running this weekend, though," Foster said. The way things have shaped up, the Ontario meet looks to be an important barometer of the team's progress thus far. Due to injuries, it will be the first meet this year for two key runners and a chance for the team to compete together for the first time. Sticker by Matt Rennie Daily Sports Contributor Talk about league openers. When the Wolverine field hockey team visits Iowa City this weekend to face both their Spartan and Hawkeye counterparts, they not only open their conference season; they open their conference. This year marks the maiden voy- age for the Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. The newly- formed league consists of Michigan, MSU, Iowa, Ohio State, North- western, and Northern Illinois. The league should provide a very compet- itive environment for the Wolver- ines, as Iowa and Northwestern are perennially among the top ten teams nationally. Michigan takes on archrival Michigan State at 1:00 on Saturday afternoon. Michigan head coach Patti Smith called the game "very im- portant... "We hope to raise our intensity to a little higher level," she said. "It's important for us to prove our- selves as the best team in the state of Michigan." ' Michigan State head coach Martha Ledwig echoed this feeling, "It's an important game just because it's like any other conference game. Add to that the tremendous rivalry betweeen the schools, and you have a tremendous game." Ledwig added that one of the keys to the game would be the Spartans' ability to "shut down the midfield S open confere (of Michigan), because that's where Sharon Cantor plays." CANTOR, a senior midfielder, led the team in assists last year and is vital to the overall success of the team. She and senior forward Judy Burinskas were second team All-Big Ten selections last year. Michigan's only conference win in the Big Ten last year came at the expense of the Spartans in a game played in Ann Arbor. In East Lan- sing, State was victorious by a 5-3 margin. This game is at a neutral site, but a long way from the friend- ly confines of Michigan's Tartan Turf. Smith, however, didn't see playing on the road as a big dis- advantage. "We're actually used to it after the California trip. We'll be playing on artificial turf, so that's good." The weekend doesn't get any easier as the next match will be with national powerhouse Iowa, on Sun- day. That trip has never been very pleasant for the Wolverines, as they have never beaten the Hawkeyes in 15 tries. Last year, the Wolverines succumbed twice, including an 8-1 trouncing at Iowa. This year's Hawkeyes look just as formidable as previous editions. Despite these long odds, Smith remains cautiously optimistic. "(Never beating them) is always on our mind. You always dream of that upset. We've played good halves against them before. It's just a matter of putting two good halves together. On any given . day, you never know what can happen." The team hopes to ride the momentum gained on a recent west coast trip during which they defeated University of Pacific and Cal- Berkeley by identical 1-0 scores and tied Chico State 1-1. Smith said that the trip was encouraging, but added, "We' re still looking for more con- sistent play, especially offensively." The offense has only produced four goals in the first six games. They can take some refuge in that some of the scoring has come from unexpected sources. Walk-on Katie ice play Vignevic scored the first goal of the season to beat Toledo. Rookie Mary Beth Bird scored the tying goal in the Chico State contest. Michigan believes that if the offense picks up and the defense continues to excel, they can win at least as many conference games this weekend as they did all of last season. 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