Hockey vs. Ohio State Friday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily, SPORTS Wednesday, November 15, 1989 Men's Swimming vs. Oakland University Today, 7:00 p.m. Canham Natatorium Page 9 'M' spikers Clover and Hunter turn small-time backgrounds into success by Ryan Schreiber Daily Sports Writer One is outlandish, the other soft spoken, yet still they are best friends on the Michigan women's volleyball team. "That is really weird," the flamboyant Carla Hunter said about her close relationship with Kim Clover. "I don't know how it happened. Maybe it's from playing the same position." Clover, the more philosophical of the two, gave the more detailed explanation about the seniors' friendship. "I think part of it is that we struggled together," Clover said. "Coming from our backgrounds, we both had to learn, it seemed like, just about everything over again from scratch. So, we were always working right next to each other, side-by-side." As Michigan's dominant middle hitters, Hunter and Clover will cap their outstanding careers against Michigan State next week. Both have already competed in their final home contest, but not before leaving their mark on the Michigan record books. "Both of them will be either first or second in both block solos and assists," coach Joyce Davis said, "and they're going to fight it out among themselves who finishes where." After the last two matches, Hunter's 102 career solo blocks placed her a' Seniors Kim Clover (left) and Carla Hunter are first and second in Michigan's all-time records for both career block solos and assists. just two ahead of Clover with three games remaining. In the career block assist category, Clover holds a commanding lead over the second-place Hunter with 256. But if you ask them, they won't admit to any real rivalry. "We talk each other up," Hunter laughed, "just saying, 'I'm on you,' but that's about it. Still, we talk a lot on the court." Clover agreed: "It gives each other good practice, too." Despite their eventual success, neither had an easy road to Big Ten volleyball. "When they came here, I don't think anybody, including their high school coaches, really felt like they belonged in the Big Ten," Davis said. "Kim and Carla believed that they did and they were willing to put in the hard work and time that it took to develop into the players that they are today. "Carla had the disappointment of being cut from the team," Davis continued, "and then came back and made the team as a walk-on and has since earned a full-scholarship." Said Hunter: "I had been cut from the team, and then Joyce came to me in the off-season in January after I had been playing intramurals. I tried out again and I made the team, practiced real hard and, after our preseason I ,,. opening match, I earned a starting position on the team. While Hunter had the notoriety that comes with an all-city selection See SPIKERS, page 10 RILEY IMPRESSIVE AS SEVERAL PLAYERS SEE FIRST ACTION M' coasts by Poland in by Taylor Lincoln Daily Basketball Writer After losing 100-70 to Michigan in an exhibition basketball game last night, Polish national coach Janusz Mroz was asked to compare the Wolverines with the two other Big Ten teams they have played - Purdue and Ohio State. "The Michigan team is best," he said. "They play very quickly and with good defense." When informed that Mroz had paid Michigan this high com- pliment, coach Steve Fisher laughed. His laughter was an appropriate reaction to this contest, which was an exhibition in practice as well as in name. The 30-point margin was decept- ively close, as Fisher used many different combinations of players against a Polish team which was easily outdistanced by the defending National Champions. Several Michigan players saw their first action aside from intra- squad games. Most visible of the rookies was 6'11" red-shirt center Eric Riley, who led the Wolverines with 18 points, including several fan-pleasing, fast-break dunks. "I watched Terry (Mills) and Mark (Hughes) get their dunks last year, tonight I got my chance," said Riley. Riley's performance, along with that of the starting five, highlighted the easy victory. "In the first half with our starting five we played well. I liked, in particular, the defen- opener sive part," said Fisher. Rumeal Robinson scored 13 points with four assists, and kept the offense flowing when he was in the game. Sean Higgins added 16 points and seven rebounds. With just over 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Fisher substituted Riley, Chris Seter, James Voskuil, Tony Tolbert, and Michael Talley into the game. Michigan's 23-11 lead was soon clipped to 39-35 before Michigan pulled away to a 51-36 halftime lead. "The second unit was an abom- ination," said Fisher. "They played scared, like they were afraid they were going to make mistakes. "In the second half when we filtered them in with the other guys, they played better," he added. First-year guard Tony Tolbert struggled, shooting two-for-nine from the field. But Fisher is not concerned. "Tolbert is a better player than you saw tonight. I'm not worried about Tony's shooting because we know he can shoot." If any revelation can be gained from a pre-season game against an inferior opponent, it might be Fisher's frequent use of a three-guard offense in the second half. According to Fisher, this might be an indicator. "We might use Rumeal, Talley, and Calip all at once with Terry and Loy," he said. "That might create some mismatches for us." Calip agreed. "I feel pretty good about that," he said. "It might get us an advantage on quickness." JOSE JUAREZ/Daily Rumeal Robinson, senior captain of the defending national champion Michigan Wolverines, skies for a dunk against the Polish National team. CCHA Scorecard Standings TEAM (OVERALL) Michigan State (8-2-0) Lake Superior (9-1-0) MICHIGAN (6-3-1) W. Michigan (7-3-0) Ohio State (4-5-1) Bowling Green (4-6-0) Miami (3-4-3) Ferris State (1-6-3) UIC (1-9-0) Scoring NAME Kip Miller, MSU l Pat Murray, MSU 1 Darryl Noren UIC I Eddie Choi, OSU Dwayne Norris, MSU I Paul Polillo, WMU Jim Dowd, LSSU Nelson Emerson, BGSU Derek Higdon, OSU W 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 GP 10 10 10 8 10 8 8 8 8 L 2 1 3 3 3 5 4 6 9 G 15 6 9 10 9 6 3 4 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 P£." 16 14 13 10 9 6 5 5 2 Pts. 27 23 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 Goaltending NAME Brandon Reed, LSSU Darrin Madeley, LSSU Mike Gilmore, MSU W. Sharples, UM Jason Muzzatti, MSU Mike Power, WMU Mike Bales, OSU Marc Felicio, FSU Rob Laurie, WMU Mark Michaud, MIA Gary Mangino, UIC Mike Williams, FSU Paul Connell, BGSU Dave DePinto, UIC a G&A& . = 4 9 2.40 .900 4 102.51 .901 4 102.94 .877 9 262.96.894 6 18 2.97 .860 4 15 3.94 .864 8 35 4.34 .874 7 25 4.39 .870 5 20 4.79 .841 7 29 4.90 .869 5 19 5.25 .840 6 25 5.49 .831 5 30 6.43 .808 7 48 7.54 .811 Saturday's results Michigan State 5, Bowling Green 4 (OT) Western Michigan 7, Ohio Statc 6 MICHIGAN 4, Ferris State 0 UIC 10, Miami 7 Lake Superior 8, St. Cloud 3 Tueday's games Wisconsin at UIC Friday's games Lake Superior at Bowling Green Ohio State at MICHIGAN Miami at Western Michigan UIC at Ferris State Michigan State at Boston College Saturday's games Lake Superior at Bowling Green Miami at Western Michigan UIC at Ferris State Michigan State at Boston University A 12 17 9 7 8 10 13 11 7 Friday's results Michigan State 11, Bowling Green 3 Western Michigan 7, Ohio State 4 MICHIGAN 5, Ferris State 4 Miami 7, UIC 3 Lake Superior 5, St. Cloud 3 Murray Sunday's games MICHIGAN at Ohio State CLASSIFIED ADS! 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