Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - October 30, 1989 Michigan Sports Calendar A compilation of Michigan sporting events and information for the coming week. Monday, October 30 No events scheduled. Tuesday, October 31 No events scheduled. Wednesday, October 1 No events scheduled. Thursday, October 2 Hockey at Bowling Green, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 3 Hockey vs. Bowling Green at Yost Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m. Volleyball at Ohio St., 7:30 p.m. Women's Swimming at Iowa, BYU and Nebraska in Iowa City, time TBA. Men's Swimming, Maize and Blue Intrasquad at the Canham Natatorium, 5 p.m. Saturday, October 4 Football vs. Purdue at Michigan Stadium, 1 p.m. Volleyball at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Field Hockey at Northwestern, 1 p.m. Sunday, October 29 Field Hockey at Michigan St., 11 a.m. Cross Country Hoosiers, Hawkeyes outdistance Michigan by Steven Fraiberg Daily Sports Contributor The string continues. This weekend, the Michigan women's cross country team once again placed third in the Big Ten championship meet in Madison. The Wolverines have never fared better than third place. "It would be nice if we could finally get out of this rut and win," coach Sue Foster said before the meet. However, Indiana and Iowa proved too tough. The Hoosiers finished first with 47 points and Iowa ran a close second with 51. Michigan came in a distant third with 69 points. "For us to win we needed Indiana and Iowa to have off days," Foster said. "In addition, we had to run better than usual. "We ran about as well as we could. Everyone was pretty happy with the way they ran; Iowa and Indiana simply were too good," said first year runner Molly McClimon. Individually, Jennifer McPeck ran an outstanding race, placing second on the team and 12th overall. "I was just hoping to finish in the top twenty," she said. "I am surprised because I got off to a bad start in the beginning. But I gradually started to work my way up. "Then with a hundred yards left I caught up with (teammate) Karen (Welke) and we kicked it in to the finish. Finishing 12th is nice, especially since it is my senior year." Team captain Mindy Rowand, also running her final Big Ten championship, did not finish as strongly as she had hoped. Although Rowand paced the Wolverines and placed third overall, she could not stay with Michelle Deekers from Indiana, who finished first with a time of 16:18. Rowand ran a time of 17:08. The other three Wolverines runners were Karen Welke, Amy Bannister, and Molly McClimon. They finished 13th, 20th, and 21st, respectively. What will third place in the Big Ten mean to the rest of their season? Foster is optimistic. "Hopefully it will get us a bid for the nationals," she said. "The top 22 teams get a bid and currently we are ranked 18th." Blue runners place eighth in Big Ten meet by Jim Foss Daily Sports Contributor Michigan's men's cross country team finished in eighth place at the Big Ten Championships this weekend in Madison. Wisconsin, who won the meet, successfully defended the Big Ten title they won in Iowa City last year. The Wolverines had entered the meet with hopes of finishing in the top five. However, some of the other teams ran a little better than expected, making Michigan's team finish lower than its pre-race expectations. Sean Sweat, the Wolverines top runner during the year, ran a personal record of 25:09 and finished in 14th place. He improved his fastest time on an 8,000 meter course by over thirty seconds. "I was very pleased with my race," Sweat stated. "I started off pretty fast with the leaders and then dropped back. Then as the race went on, I tried to pick off runners and move up." Sweat felt that because the course was flat and fast, a quicker than usual start was necessary. "If a runner didn't get a good start it would be really hard to run well because he would get trapped behind the pack," he said. Although Sweat ran his fastest time of the season, the team finish overall was a little disappointing. However, the prospects for the men's team look better at the NCAA District IV meet, which will be held November 11th. Run in Eastern Michigan, the District IV meet will be contested over 10,000 meters, as opposed.to the 8,000-meter Big Ten course. Michigan hopes the mile-plus difference will make a difference. "Because our team tends to have more endurance than speed, the longer distance should help us," Sweat said. "We know that the team effort wasn't as strong as we liked." The district meet, in which 22 teams participate, will include all the teams in the Big Ten, the Mid American Conference, and a few independents. Because only the top four teams as well as the top five individuals not on those teams qualify for the NCAA meet, it will probably be the Michigan's last competition of the year. 0 Associated Press Top 20 Here's a look at how the top collegiate teams fared Saturday T.ea (recrd) Saturdy's resut This week . Notre Dame (-04)) Beat Pittsburgh, 45-7 Navy . 2. Miami (FL) (61.-0) Lost t Fla, St. , 2410 Eastern Carolna 3- Colorado (8-0-0) Beat Oklahoma, 20-3 Nebraska 4, Nebraska (8-0-0) Beat 10wa St.,4947 at Colorado - M1 iigan (6-1-0) Beat Indiana, 38-1 Purdue . Alabama (7.0-0) Beat Penn State, 1746 Mississippi St 7 Pittsburgh (5I-1) Lost to Notre Dame, 45-7 idle. 8. illinois (6-10) Beat Wisconsin, 32-9 at Iowa 9. Florida St (5-2-0) Beat Miami (FL), 24-10 South Carolina 10. USC (62-0) Beat Stanford, 19-0 Oregon St. I Tennssee 10) Beat Louisn St.4539 i le 2.Hou sttn(5. Z a)..... I tt0 AkaS, T . 13. Arkansas (61-0) Beat Houston, 45-39 at Rice 14. Penn St. (5-2-0) . Lost to Alaibama, 17-16 West Virgia : 15. West Virgnia (6-1).Beat Boston Co, 44-30 at Penn St.. 1. Auburn (5-20).Beat Mississippi SL, 14-0 Floridas 17- Arizona (6-2-0) Beat Pacific, 38-14 at Califoria 18. BYU (6-2-0) Lost to Hawaii, 56 4 Oregon. .... 19. Florida (6-0) idle at Auburn 20. N, Carolina St. (70) Bea S. Carolina, 2010 Virginia Griddes invades Europe! > r~ Griddes mania swept across the Communist Bloc yesterday as East German Politburo member Guenter Schabowski defended his Griddes picks before a skeptical crowd in East Berlin. "Yes, fellow comrades, I bet against Slippery Rock. But I regret it, and it won't happen again." The mass of people forgave theirleader and rallied together to select their collective Griddes picks for the coming weekend. The vote was unanimous in favor of picking Slippery Rock to beat Edinboro in its next game. Don't let the rest of the world get a step up on you - or a free lunch or dinner at O'Sullivan's Eatery and Pub on South University Street; play Griddes every week. Dop your picks off at the Daily by submitting them at the Student Publications Building, 420 Maynard, by Friday, 5 p.m. 1. Purdue at Michigan 2. Navy at Notre Dame 3. Eastern Carolina at Miami 4. Nebraska at Colorado 5. Mississippi St. at Alabama 6. Illinois at Iowa 7. South Carolina at Florida St. 8. Oregon St. at USC 9. Houston at TCU 10. Arkansas at Rice 11. West Virginia at Penn St. 12. Florida at Auburn 13. Arizona at California 14. Oregon at BYU 15. Virginia at N. Carolina St. 16. Michigan St. at Indiana 17. Wisconsin at Minnesota 18. Ohio St. at Northwestern 19. Army at Air Force 20. Edinboro at Slippery Rock S 9 with by Theodore Cox and Ryan Schreil Daily Sports Writers spikers stun Minnesota teamwork and defense ber "It was a great victory," middle hitter Carla Hunter said. "We're going to win a lot more." Going into Friday night's match against first-place Minnesota, the Michigan women's volleyball team sported a winless 0-14 career record against the Gophers (22-5 overall, 8-2 in the Big Ten). Add a win to that record. Michigan (6-13, 1-10) surprised Minnesota, 10-15, 15-8, 15-17, 16- 14, 15-7, behind strong team play and tough defense. "I think we played a lot more aggressive," junior Julia Sturm said, "and we just...I can't even put it into words. We just played together." "We've been working on trying to keep positive attitudes," Hunter said. "You know, don't give up, and I think that's what it was tonight. We didn't give up, kept up the fight, and it paid off." Sturm described the win best: "It felt wonderful, absolutely wonderful." In the first game, the typical Michigan squad showed up. Service errors and missed digs set the team back. But this time, coach Joyce Davis didn't allow her team to slump. At key low points, Davis used her timeouts and substitutions effectively to ice the opposing servers and stall any Minnesota rallies. After the first game, Michigan suffered only one more low point in the entire match. During the third game the Gophers rattled off seven straight points through the effort of Becky Lindberg. But seniors Hunter, Kim Clover and Karen Marshall elevated their game to come up with some key blocks and spark a Michigan comeback. "We let down a little bit there at the end on that third game," Clover said. "They were really tough on us, but we came back and pulled together. We were much more consistent, we've been really working on our defense." Davis agreed, adding other characteristics to the list. Outside hitter Chris Schaefer had surgery Thursday and didn't even make the trip. Minnesota's top setter, Sharon Oesterling, watched the first four games from the bench with a sore foot. She started the final game, but provided too little, too late. On Saturday night against Iowa, the Wolverines came up on the short end, losing in four games,.14- 16, 15-12, 7-15, 8-15. In the opening game, Iowa (16- 6, 8-3) received powerful play from junior Barb Willis, whose 23 kills were tops for the match. With Michigan leading, 14-12, two critical service errors by the Wolverines gave the ball over to the Hawkeyes, who converted four straight points off the service and kills of senior Kari Hamel. "Michigan took us to five in Iowa City and they almost won, so we knew we had to come here and establish ourselves very quickly," Hamel said. "At the times where they played a little down or seemed a little fl4t, we made sure that we capitalized." The service errors continued in the second game, with Michigan allowing 11 quick Iowa points and falling behind, 11-5. However, strong play from Sturm and Hayley Lorenzen, who led the team with 15 kills on a .464 attack percentage, held Iowa to only one point for the remainder of the game. Capped by three service aces from Iowa junior Jenny Rees, the Wolverines surrendered eight points in a row to turn a close game into a 14-5 Iowa lead. Again, tough play from Willis combined with a Michigan attack percentage of .035 spurred the Hawkeyes to victory. In the fourth and final game, Iowa crept to victory, slowly accumulating points. Four service errors by each team stalled the game early, but Iowa regrouped late behind four aces and missed Wolverine kills to close out the JOSE JUAREZ/Daify Michigan's Carla Hunter celebrates the Wolverines first Big Ten win. Teammate Tarnisha Thompson is at right. 'I can't even put it into words. We just played together.' -Julia Sturm "To1ight our team maintained its intensity, the coaches, the subs, everybody was intense," Davis said. "Our team had to have a lot character, desire, and drive. To come out here with the confidence and the ability to execute well enough to defeat Minnesota, that feels great. They deserve to win." Frosh setter Tarnisha Thompson was brought in early for Autumn Collins. After a jittery first few sets, her crisp passing carried the Wolverines with a team-high 25 assists. 'I don't think we were ever scared.' -Karen Marshall During the fifth game Thompson ran the offense, setting up Sturm and Marshall for well- placed spikes. Sturm led the Wolverines with a hitting percentage of .375 and 17 kills. Marshall's 21 digs were a team best. "The whole game, we knew it was ours. I don't think we were ever scared," Marshall said. With the Gophers' top two offensive players out of action, Minnesota had a difficult time scoring, accumulating a poor .090 attack percentage for the match. match. "Tonight we had a great defensive game," Collins said. "I was really impressed. But, overall, it didn't click. We would make a lot of digs that we would get up (in the air), but we wouldn't do anything with it." al SWIMMING Continued from Page 1 the wall in the 200 freestyle to beat senior All-American Gwen DeMaat by just three tenths of a second. Deibler also won the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.7 seconds. year. Richardsons sentiments were echoed by the team members. "I'm really psyched for this year," DeMaat said. "We'reChoping to hit the top four in the NCAA (up from a tie for sixth last year). We picked up a lot of good freshmen and we didn', loi. nvn rnm lse ,eer Sports Monday Associate Editors Steve Blonder Mike Gill NIe - ,.% Wi