Hockey vs. Ferris State Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily' SPORTS Volleyball vs. Northwestern Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Varsity Arena Friday, November 10, 1989 Page 11 Hey, Bulldog! Can Blue continue mastery over Ferris State? by Eric Lemont Daily Hockey Writer Both coaches of this weekend's Michigan-Ferris State hockey series described the Bulldogs' season as "up and down." Having tied their last three games, Ferris State effort of late might best be described as "in the middle." The Wolverines have also been inconsistent in the win column, starting the season at 3-0-1 before losing three of their last four games. Michigan head coach Red Berenson believes that the Wolverines' poor play in Sault Saint Marie against Lake Superior State carried over into the first game against Bowling Green last Thursday. Michigan lost all three games. "We haven't had real stable momentum," Berenson said. "That's a combination of a long road trip and injuries. You need a home game in there," he said. But Michigan comes into this weekend as strong as it has been all season. Injured players have recovered and Brad Turner, who has been sidelined all season because of a broken wrist, will be able to play this weekend, if necessary. In addition, Michigan has just completed a stretch that had them playing seven of its first eight games on the road. In their first home game of the season, last Friday, the Wolverines defeated Bowling Green 4-1. "That was a very big win as we had to get things turned around," Berenson said. "We want to build on last weekend and establish some home (ice) presence." Facing the Bulldogs (1-4-3) this weekend might facilitate the accomplishment of this goal. The Wol- verines (4-3-1) have won six of the last seven meetings between the two schools including all four last year. In their four losses to the Wolverines last year, the Bulldogs scored only three goals. "Michigan has to be considered one of the top teams in the league," Ferris State coach John Perpich said. "They skate well and they move the puck. It's difficult to find a weakness." He said that his team's success will depend on scoring more goals and playing better with- out the puck on a more consistent basis. Berenson has also seen the inconsistencies in the Bulldogs' play. "On the positive side, they defeated Michigan State and that was a big upset. On the neg- ative side, they tied two games, (against Miami) one in which they were up 4-1," he said. "We have to learn to play with a lead and we have to get better at finishing so we can increase our leads," Perpich said. "It's just a matter of bearing down and challenging teams when they are trying to come at us." The Bulldogs are led by a strong sophomore class, including Norm Krumpschmid, the team's leading scorer (2-8-10), and Chuck Wiegand (5-4-9) who had three goals in the win over Michigan State. Berenson, however, is most concerned with junior John dePourcq. "We know dePourcq is very dangerous and he has~ always played well against us in the past," he said. In his first year for the Bulldogs, dePourcq scored five goals and had one assist in four games against the Wol- verines en route to being named CCHA Rookie of the: Year. JULIE HOLLMAN/Daily on Stone's centering pass is broken up by Bowling Green's Rob Blake during last weekend's home opener Ogainst the Falcons. The Wolverines hope to build upon their perfect home record tonight against Ferris State. Cross country teams travel to Ypsilanti for weekend meets by John Niyo the same regional. According to Taking a break doesn't mean that by Todd Drucker cheff both suffered stress fractures at In addition to the top four tea Daily Sports Writer coach Sue Foster, that makes it a they have quit working, though. Daily Sports Contributor the oia 10 mFst and wil not rha theakns fie ams, The women's cross country team has been enjoying a well-deserved break the past two weeks. But their "preak" will come to an abrupt halt this weekend when they face their maost important race to date - the NCAA Regionals in Ypsilanti. The team last competed in the gig Ten Championships on October 28, finishing third behind Indiana and Iowa which are ranked fourth and eghth in the nation respectively. TIhere will be familiar faces at the starting line this weekend since all the Big Ten Conference and Mid- American Conference schools are in very tough grouping. "Ideally, we would like to finish first or second to qualify for nation- als automatically. But I think if we finished third we could get an at- large bid since the regional is so strong," Foster said. Time off has given Michigan a chance to recuperate from a tiring regular season schedule where it ran five different meets in five weeks. "Having a break probably helps. You can concentrate on training a little more. It's tough when you have a meet every week," Foster said. Practices have taken on a bit of a different look recently, with the squad doing some specialized train- ing. They spent one afternoon work- ing on grass speed running and another afternoon on the Michigan Workout. The Workout is a four-and-a-half mile trial consisting of both track and road work. The team alternates between the two running an initial mile on the track and then running two 1 3/4 mile road-track sets. "The Michigan Workout is some- thing we've done a few times this fall," Foster said. The NCAA District 4 meet in Ypsilanti tomorrow will bring to an end the feelings of inexperience and frustration that marred this year's men's cross country season. The team hit its nadir on Oct. 27 at the Big Ten Championships when the Wolverines came away with a disappointing eighth place finish. This poor performance, however, can be attributed to the predominance of rookies on the Michigan squad. In fact, Michigan will be sporting a team comprised solely of first-year runners this weekend. Vet- erans Darryl Eddy and Dave Dim- There will be twenty-five teams competing in Ypsilanti this week- end, including the entire Big Ten and Mid American Conference schools as well as a number of independents, including Notre Dame and Loyola. The top four teams will go on to the NCAA Championships which will take place November 20 in Annapolis, MD. When asked what the Wolverines' chances were to finish among the top four teams, Michigan coach Ron Warhurst replied "none," without blinking an eye. LIIU LUPj Lve n ,UvIUual rIUiiIns, ex cluding runners from teams that have already qualified, will go to the NCAA Championships if they are, among the fifteen fastest times. 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