Hockey Blue vs. White Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Yost Arena SPORTS Football vs. Wisconsin Tomorrow, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium TeMichigan Daily Friday, October 6, 1989 Page 9 Blue spikers to host Indiana, OSU by Theodore Cox Daily Volleyball Writer The Michigan women's volleyball team is hoping a little home cooking will help them in their upcoming weekend matches at Varsity Arena. Michigan, still searching for its first Big Ten win, takes on Indiana tonight, and then squares off against Ohio State on Saturday evening. Indiana, 1-3 in the conference, has a slightly different look this season with a first-year setter in their starting lineup. In addition, the squad has picked up a 6 foot 2 transfer outside hitter. Julie Goedde, the Hoosier's top returnee, worries Michigan head coach Davis the most. "Goedde is a good all-around player who can hit the low balls as well as the high ones," Davis said. Defeating the Buckeyes will be a tougher task for the Wolverines, as Ohio State is 4-0 in the Big Ten. "They're both going to give us a pretty tough match," Davis said. "Both teams are strong defen- sively. We're going to concentrate on the execu- tion of things on our side of the net and defense." THE BUCKEYES are returning this season with basically their same starting rotation. The team graduated only one player last year. Ohio State coach Jim Stone is exuberant over his team's strong start, but he realizes that it is a long season and that his squad still has 14 matches yet to play. "There are a lot of good teams in the Big Ten," Stone said. "It's a matter of staying healthy and winning some close matches. We've been able to do both so far." Ohio State's Leisa Wissler and Holly O'Leary are the two players the Wolverines will have to watch closely. "Wissler hits the ball lower, quicker and faster than anybody we've seen yet and O'Leary can hit the ball anywhere she wants," Davis said. Stone admits that his Buckeye squad will have difficulty taming Michigan. "Michigan's got a' lot of talent coming back from last year," Stone said. "They are a big physical team and they're going to block a lot of balls." Blocking is exactly what the Wolverines need to do to come up with a few victories. Defensive blocking behind Julia Sturm, Carla Hunter and Karen Marshall has kept Michigan competitive in match play against several of the top schools. The Wolverines will be at full strength this weekend for the first time in several weeks. Both Hayley Lorenzen and Kristen Lang have recovered from a sore back and illness, respectively. Wolverine tailback Allen Jefferson back Michael Hollis. BADGERS Continued from Page 1 concerned about Wisconsin's attack, particularly Badger quarterback Sean Wilson. "The guy coming in, the coaches say he's Doug Flutie - that scares me." Since Wilson, the red-shirt frosh rom Norman, Oklahoma, replaced Lionel Crawford the Badgers have defeated Toledo, 23-10, and almost upset California in Berkely, 20-14. The Badgers also feel better about their running attack, even though Wilson has become their leading rusher. Wisconsin uses four backs in their offense, which may appear in several different formations, ncluding a single-back offense or even the wishbone. "Leon Hunt and Jimmy Hen- derson are coming to the front and are going to get a long look in practice," Morton said about the running game. "But Robert Wil- liams and Damone Freeman con- tinue to do some good things and will see playing time also," he said. Williams has proven to be the est of the backs for the early portion of the season, averaging 4.7 yards a carry. Morton also looks forward to return of Southfield native Fred Owens, who missed the first three games because of injury. Even with the Badger backs improving, it is the Badger's air attack that scares Schembechler the most. "I think we'll prepare for more Spassing," Schembechler said. "They had two weeks to prepare, so you can probably guess they'll do something. They'll probably run some option. This guy can scram- ble around, and he can throw." Morton, however, appears to have a more conservative game plan in mind for the contest. "As you look at Michigan, the JULIE HOLLMAN/Daily eludes a tackle by Terrapin defensive thing that they are going to do is execute very well," Morton said. "They are not going to make a big mistake, they are not going to beat themselves. As you look at their defenses and as you look at your own offensive team, you have got to go out and execute. There is nothing magical, you are not going to fool them. You have got to execute and be patient." Morton knows that won't happen easily against Michigan's defense. But is all this talk about Wisconsin's offense designed for no other purpose than just to keep the Wolverines focused on Wisconsin and not looking ahead to Michigan State? "Bo tells us to look forward to Michigan State, but not to overlook Wisconsin," said Mich- igan defensive end Chirs Hutch- inson. "We will have to concen- trate. Right now, I'm looking at Wisconsin so I can get better from last game. That's-really what we are trying to do, just get a little better every game." Michigan running back Allen Jefferson adds: "We are looking forward to starting the Big Ten season. Wisconsin has improved their defense and they will challenge us. We all have to be ready." Jefferson and the rest of the Wolverine offense will face an improved defense that has gained the respect of Schembechler. "They are better this year," said Schembechler. "Much better than they were a year ago. They are better defensively." However, the Badgers are without captain Dan Kissling after he sprained an ankle in the California game. Kissling had been one of the Wisconsin player receiving respect from Schembechler. Besides Kiss- ling, Schembechler raved for de- fensive end Don Davey, a two-time academic All-American. MSU-Iowd by Jonathan Grossman Daily Sports Contributor Well, here we are football fans - the Big Ten football season has finally arrived. In a way, this is good news because it means that Notre Dame and Miami (Fla.) will have no further opportunity to improve on their combined 5-0 record against the Big Ten. On the 7~ other hand it also means that there will be no more one-sided blowouts against teams such as Miami (Ohio), Utah State, Indiana State, and Toledo. Oh well, at least Bo is happy. He has gotten those meaningless non-conference games out of the way that only determine the nat- ional championship, and can finally concentrate on what really matters - the Big Ten title. That being; a opens leo said, let's get on with a preview of this week's games. Michigan State (1-2) at Iowa (2-1) - An interesting match-up as the Spartans, arguably the best 1-2 team in the country, invade Iowa City. In most years, this would be a war, but this Iowa team is one of Hayden Fry's weakest. After being thumped by Oregon 44-6, the Hawkeyes struggled in beating Iowa State and Tulsa. Look for Michigan State to win big, setting up a showdown with Michigan next week. Ohio State (2-1) at Illinois (2- 1) - Perhaps this game should be called "The Jeckyl and Hyde Bowl" as both teams have been extremely inconsistent. The Buckeyes started out strong, defeating Oklahoma State by 24, but then collapsed, losing 42-3 to USC, and needing last second help to hold off an overmatched Boston College team. Likewise, the Illini opened with an impressive come-from-behind win over USC 14-13. then fell ague's first weekend Northwestern (0-3) at Indiana (2-1) - The Hoosiers get a much needed laugher after a lackluster non-conference schedule in which they lost their opener to Kentucky, before defeating Missouri and Tol- edo. They better enjoy this game, because they must play Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio State on the road in coming weeks. As for Northwestern, they were beaten at home by Rutgers, a team which could only manage ties against Cincinnati and Ball State. Enough said. Purdue (1-2) at Minnesota (2- 1) - Can there really be such a meaningless game so early in the season? Yes. These two teams are going absolutely nowhere. Four wins would be an accomplishment for either team and the coaches, Fred Akers and John Gudekunst, will probably be fired after the sea- son. Needless to say, each school will pronounce 1990 a "rebuilding year", which is really a misnomer because one can't rebuild something that never existed. Fry apart against Colorado, before de- feating Utah State by 39. Unfor- tunately for John Cooper and com- pany, the Colorado game was the exception, not the rule. The combination of a stingy defense, a good quarterback, and the home field advantage will lead Illinois to victory. CELEBRATE MICHIGAN'S VICTORY!! - (Large screen T.V 9 MONITORS After the Game Spinning Golden Oldies PIZZA * SUBS . 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