The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 15, 1990 - Page 15 Vignevic leads 'M, stickers to sweep by Rod Loewenthal Daily Sports Writer A finely tuned Michigan field ockey team is putting it into erdrive after cruising home from Columbus this weekend with a pair victories over Ohio State and William and Mary. On a wet Friday afternoon, the Wolverines needed an overtime goal from sophomore forward Katie Vig- nevic to defeat a scrappy Buckeye team (4-7-1) and to insure Mich- igan's 10th victory of the year by a *ore of 3-2. A slow first half by the Wolver- ines kept the score close. "Against OSU we started out a little sluggish but we picked it up," Michigan coach Patty Smith said. The team turned it around and came out strong in the second period, outlasting the Buckeyes with a quick offense and a stingy defense bolstered by first-year goalkeeper *iki Hoover's 16 blocked shots. Smith gave Hoover the nod over fellow rookie Natasha Bach for both games this weekend. Against No. 17 William and Mary, Vignevic exploded for two goals early and the Wolverines (11- 3-1) held on to grab arguably their most impressive victory of the season, 2-1. , "She's a great team player," Watherine Epler said of Vignevic. "She's got great stick work, and on Saturday against William and Mary, she really forced some plays." Smith echoed similar sentiments about Vignevic. "She really came through for us," the coach said. "She had been playing very well for us all season and it was just a matter of time 0e fore she scored like this." Along with Vignevic's heroics, the forwards as a group led the attack. "Our forwards our doing a lot of little things for us," assistant coach Meri Dembrow said. "All of our switching and running off the ball is confusing the defense and opening things up for the other players." Conspicuously missing against @oth OSU and William and Mary was the large-scale substituting used - by the Wolverines successfully last weekend in St. Louis. "We didn't sub at all against William and Mary," Dembrow noted. "We were playing so con- sistently well that there was no need. "All the girls on the field were ready to play this weekend. We're on really big roll right now. We need o come out and crush Miami of Ohio on Tuesday. We have to take it to them and run up the score." RESERVES LOOK FOR NICHE IN WOMEN'S GOLF Dark side of ie l by Andy De Korte Daily Sports Writer, Little could be worse than competing in a sport for a whole season and getting little or no recognition. Except being on a team and not competing. Beginning in late August, five women on the Michigan women's golf team - Carrie Nosenchuk, Maura Hawkins, Jennifer Tejada, and Tegan and Tiffany McCorkel - practiced with the rest of the team without playing in a match all year, aside from the home invitational. The logistics of competitive golf simply do not allow the whole team to play. There are 12 women on the team and, on any given weekend, only five or six can travel. Since the top five or six players remain con- sistent through the season, the lineup rarely changes. What motivates these women? Does knowing that they probably will not play much until the following season alter their play? The players have a multitude of reasons and answers. Carrie Nosenchuk, a sophomore from Cran- brook/Kingswood High School, felt that being on the golf team had many advantages. "Well I really enjoy golf," Nosenchuk said. "It is kind of addictive and playing for free is great." Twin first-year students Tiffany and Tegan McCorkel also explained the benefits of being a team member. "Obviously I really like the game, and the partial scholarship is nice," Tiffany said. Tegan added, "It's really nice to be able to get off of campus once in a while and leave all of my school work behind and forget about it." According to Wolverine coach Sue LeClair, each of the ladies share a number of attributes. Foremost, the ability to compete on the collegiate level is necessary. They obviously need to be talented and dedicated. Most of the golfers were heralded on their high school teams, either being number one or number two. If the women are not strong enough to _.y at this level, they certainly must work to improve. 'e squads' improvement was quite substantial. With hard work over the summer, Carrie Nosenchuk lowered her scores ten strokes from the previous autumn season. "I think it's very evident to everyone that she worked very hard over the summer," LeClair said. "Maura Hawkins has definitely improved her game to the point where she may travel nest year," senior Becky Hayes said. Helping to form Hayes' opinion was Hawkins' 80 at the Michigan Invitational. Sophomore Jennifer Tejada is the unlucky one of the team. With a foot injury last season and minor nose surgery this year, her improvement has been stymied. Working off the golf course over the summer and at school this fall has not allowed her to concentrate fully on her game, according to LeClair. Tiffany and Tegan share more than their looks. While they have both improved, they are not able to shoot under 90 on the tough Michigan course. "They have both improved, but not to the point where I need them to be yet," LeClair said. "They are just having the typical freshman problems of getting used to school and to our course." The five also share a bond with the other players who were once newcomers themselves. The leadership that the more experienced women provide is important to the development of the younger women. LeClair's influence is also tantamount to the continued development of the up and coming golfers. "She really is a great lady, very helpful, very likable. She is really sweet and always accommodating," Tiffany McCorkel said. The most consistent desire among the five is the playing time. With continued persistence and strong play during the off-season, each of these players will be presented with the opportunity to break into the starting lineup next year. First-year setter Erica Badran-Grycan serves Friday night against Iowa. The Wolverines, still winless in the Big Ten, dropped the match. I. U VOLLEYBALL Continued from page 9 from themselves, that they "expected to win." Other players feel the same way. Sturm feels Minnesota could have been Michigan's first Big Ten victim. "I really thought we had thetgame," she said. "Even during the fifth game when we were playing, when we were be- hind a couple points, I really still thought we had this match." The weekend losses extended Michigan's Big Ten losing streak to 19 games. Michigan's overall record this year is 1-15 and 0-7 in Big Ten play. REVENGE IS SWEET! 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