Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 26, 1990 'M' women to play the Spartans, too Avenging icers seek playoff position vs. OSU this weekend by Phil Green Daily Basketball Writer_ Emotions should run high tonight when Michigan's interstate rivalry moves to the hardwood as Michigan State's women's basket- ball team ventures into Crisler Arena. The Spartans, tied for third in the Big Ten (4-2, 8-8 overall), will at- tempt to keep their conference title hopes alive against Michigan (2-4, and 10-6). Michigan State coach Karen Langelhand knows, however, that in a rivalry this strong, team re- cords don't count for much. "I expect the same kind of game we always have between Michigan State and Michigan - highly phy- sical, highly emotional, and highly contested," she- said. Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege agrees, "It's definitely going to be a great game; it's the stereotypical (interstate) situation." One key for Michigan will be to stop the Big Ten's eighth leading scorer, sophomore guard Eileen Shea (15.0 ppg). Shea enters Ann Arbor on a mild shooting streak following consecutive 17 point efforts against Wisconsin and Northwestern last weekend. The seventh place Wolver- ines, though, do not expect to have much trouble getting prepared for Shea and the Spartans. "Michigan State is just the easiest game to get hyped up for all year. We want this bad," senior co- captain Tanya Powell said. "It's usually a matter of who can keep their composure and not get over- excited because both teams are very emotional." Although Michigan State leads the overall series 24-4, the Wolver- ines, who earned a split last season, foresee a large crowd this evening which will strengthen their home Shea court advantage. Michigan could very easily double their home attend- ance for the entire season with an attendance of 2,000. Michigan still believes it has a solid chance of moving up in the conference rankings. Playing the Spartans, a team among the Big Ten's upper division, gives the Wol- verines an opportunity to make that move. "If we beat them maybe we'll get some respect back," first-year guard Stacie McCall said. Blue wrestlers hit the mats vs. NU by Peter Zellen Daily Hockey Writer Winning is the foremost thought on an athlete's mind as he prepares for a game. However, as they prepare to face Ohio State, the foremost thought for the members of Mich- igan hockey team might be vengeance. In their November series the Buckeyes swept Michigan 6-3 and 7- 3 in what was a disastrous display of hockey by the Wolverines. Michigan's penalty killing units were poor as Ohio State scored three power play goals in the first game. The second game wasn't much better as six different skaters scored for the Buckeyes against goalies Warren Sharples and Tim Keough. "Everyone on the team is ration- alizing the games as if they are do- or-die," said rookie defenseman David Harlock. "But there is a large degree of revenge on our minds." Harlock may be right, though, about the do-or-die aspects of the weekend series. Michigan, 12-10-2, is currently in fourth place in the CCHA with 26 points. Ohio State is in sixth at 20 points with a record of 9-11-2. While Ohio State may not be breathing down Michigan's .neck they can certainly make the Wolver- ines sweat. "We're certainly playing a team ,that could catch us," said Michigan coach Red Berenson. "If there is a sweep they could end up being two points behind or 10 points behind so we have to be aware." Some hot scorers for the Wolver- ines as of late have been rookie center Mark Ouimet with an 11 game scoring streak and rookie left- winger David Roberts who has a point scored in each of the last 10 games. These two, as well as others on the Michigan squad, will have to be at their offensive best as the Buckeyes can certainly score goals. The team is led by rightwinger Derek Higdon, fifth in the CCHA in scoring with 39 points (20 goals, 39 assists). Next is leftwinger Don Oliver who has 14 goals and 19 assists for 33 points. Hot newcomer Eddie Choi, a center with 11 goals and 18 assists, supplies additional scoring strength . "We've been playing well lately but so has Ohio State. We know we'll be challenged so we'll have to kill off penalties and get some good KNAPP Continued from page 9 all scorers with 26 points. "I felt I played a strong game. I have to go harder the first half to get the team fired up," Mills said. "Mills made a couple of big plays, he made a couple of turna- rounds (jump shots) that really hurt us," Northwestern coach Bill Foster said. "He's tough to stop inside." Fortunately for Michigan that enthusiasm was contagious, as the rest of the team, most notably senior Loy Vaught, picked up its intensity a notch. Vaught, whose 23 points were highlightedby three rim- grabbing dunks, also added 16 re- bounds to the Wolverines' total. "I wagted to lead the league in rebounds. I go hard after every shot and sometimes I get them and sometimes I don't," Vaught said. "I think the effort I put in is one of the reasons I do get them." "We have good players. They passed by on some shots to try and give it to Terry and Loy," Fisher W said. Mills was, indeed, the spark that ignited the Wolverines in a game that, for the first half, threatened to be an incredible upset for North- western. He responded just when the team needed him the most. He responded like the great player Terry Mills always had the potential to be, and last night was. - goalkeeping," said Berenson. A good sign for the Wolverines could be the return of injured0 wingers Denny Felsner and Ryan Pardoski. Pardoski has recovered from his ankle injury and will play this weekend. Felsner has been skating well in practice on his injured knee and could play, but Berenson still labeled his status as day-to-day. by Matt Rennie Daily Sports Writer When Michigan takes on Northwestern in a battle of national wrestling powers, the outcome may be decided not by the superstars, but by the role players. At least that's the way both coaches see it. After three lopsided victories, the meet promises to be the Wolverines' tightest of the conference season. Northwestern, ranked 12th nationally, evened their conference record at 2-2 with a victory over No. 11 Minnesota last week. Both teams have their share of standout performers, but none of them will face each other directly; there appears to be a clear favorite in the majority of the matches. However, Northwestern coach Tim Cysewski warns that nothing should be taken for granted. "It appears that there are some definite favorites," he said, "but both Coach (Dale) Bahr and I have a lot of freshmen in our lineups. You never know with freshmen. There might be some surprises." "Each team has three or four matches that they're favored in," Bahr said. "It's pretty close at 126 and 142. Those will be the turning point." Michigan's Salem Yaffi takes on Neil Kohlberg at 118, and the Wolverines send James Rawls against Mike Cheatham at 142. Bahr expects to have a fair idea of the outcome of the meet after the first four matches. "If we can come away with two of the first four, we'll be in good shape," he said. "We've got the advantage at four of the last six slots." Northwestern features a pair of nationally-ranked seniors at the two other classes with Brad Traviolia and Mike Funk, at the 167 and 177, respectively. Throw in third-ranked Jack Griffin (118), and things look rosy for Cysewski. Leading the way for the Wolverines is 158-pounder Sam Amine. Amine, who boasts a record of 26-3-1, has been crushing his opponents of late, scoring technical falls in two of his last three matches. Should the meet be close going in to the last two matches, Bahr has confidence in Fritz Lehrke (190) and Phil Tomek (HWT). Tomek is 1-2 in the Big Ten, but his coach is not overly concerned. "He's been nervous before meets," Bahr said. "He's got to get his confidence back." F v ; W I SPARTANS Continued from page 9 their own explosive offensive mach- ine, one that Perles could only dream of having on the football field. Wednesday night, the Spartans upset the 12th-ranked Indiana Hoos- iers in Hoosierville, 75-57. Indiana wins 88 percent of its games in As- sembly Hall, but none of that bothered the Spartans. Coming into Crisler, where Michigan is unde- feated this year, should prove no more of a worry. Manns, a 6-foot-2 senior, is fourth in Big Ten scoring, and aver- aged 20.8 points-per-game before the Indiana contest, in which he threw in 25. Manns represents the Spartans three-point threat, sinking 44 percent of his attempts (18 for 41). Manns' backcourt partner, Smith, has played the last four games for the Spartans after a finger injury. "At first, (Smith) was not able to rebound because he could not get the ball and rebound with one hand," Heathcote said. "He's coming 00 around, though. He's taping two fin- gers together and is getting used to it." And then there's that big Fred Flintstone guy, Perles, who fills the lane easily. Maybe that's the next job he wants. It's a thought that could cause Heathcote to bang his head. Catch a Peak of Colorado Next Summer University of Colorado at Boulder What will you be doing next summer? The same old thing? Or will you ... Catch the challenge. 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