Men's Soccer at Kalamazoo College Tomorrow, 2 p.m. Kalamazoo SPORTS Ice Hockey vs. Bowling Green Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily Friday, October 19, 1990 Page 2, MICHIGAN SPORTsh 1undt* Women's rugby shakes anonymArity by Charlie Wolfe Daily Sports Contributor It's time the Michigan women's rugby team got a little recognition. The team has been working hard to shake its anonymity, not to mention winning games. Currently the Wolverines have a 3-2 record, but that is somewhat misleading because their two losses have come against club squads that contain only older, graduate players with previous experience beyond the undergraduate level. Michigan's club team consists of about one-quarter undergraduate students as well as the veteran players. Rigularly, however, Michigan matches up well with most teams. The Wolverines have racked up three impressive shut-outs including 36-0 and 24-0 victories over Ball State and Purdue respectively, en route to winning the Michigan/Ohio/Indiana Subunion Tournament. After such stellar early season results, the Wolverines are looking forward to facing Purdue again Saturday morning at Mitchell Field. "We beat them 24-0 before, but we don't want to go in over- confident," team president Erika Wolf said. "That's how you lose. "They (Purdue) were down two players last time. They'll bring a bigger squad this time also, so it will be a good match." Although Michigan only sports a club team right now, Wolf expressed the wish to generate enough undergraduate interest to have a team composed solely of undergraduates. Men's cross country preps for Big Tens by Kevin Sundman DailySports Contributor The Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis are a week away. The NCAA District IV Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee are three weeks away. With the two biggest meets of the year looming large in the immediate future, it might seem hard for a team to focus on its next meet. But, that is what faces the men's cross country team as it travels to -Ypsilanti today to take on Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, and Michigan State, among others. With conference championships next week, the meet will serve as a tune-up for most of the teams. But, coach Ron Warhurst has another purpose for the meet. He will hold out his top four runners: Brad Barquist, Tony Carna, Jeff Barnett, and Matt Smith. Instead, the next eight runners on the roster will compete. "I'm using this meet to let those eight runners decide who is going to run for us in the Big Ten meet," Warhurst said. "We have our top four set, but we need to find that important fifth man before the Big Ten meet. This week gives us one more chance to find him." 'M' icers crash at BGSU, 8-3" Jiranek hat trick, third period barrage crushes Wolverines by Matt Rennie Daily Hockey Writer BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Two minutes and 48 seconds into the second period, a section of a light fixture on the ceiling of the Bowling Green Arena came crashing to the ice behind the Falcon goal. Call it a coincidence or call it an omen. Regardless, the roof definitely fell in on the Wolverine hockey team, as they were crushed by Bowling Green, 8-3. Junior center Martin Jiranek led the way for the Falcons (1-2-0) with a hat trick. Jiranek's efforts were supported by sophomore center Brett Hartkins, who tallied two goals to go with a pair of assists. "Martin Jiranek had some jump in him tonight," Bowling Green coach Jerry York said. "He has the ability to be a great:catalyst for our team." The Wolverines (2-1-0) never led in the game, as Bowling Green ex- ploded out of the blocks, apparently eager to redeem themselves after being swept last weekend by Lake Superior State. "We came out and moved our intensity up a notch," Jiranek said. "It's a big rivalry whenever we play Michigan." Jiranek's hat-trick goal came 6:36 into the third period, in which the Falcons chalked up three unanswered, goals to put the game away. Bowling Green established an early lead, as the bulk of the first period scoring took place within a span of 52 seconds. After Michigan defenseman Chris Tamer and Bowling Green center Sean Pronger exchanged pleasantries at the 11:19 mark, both were sent to the penalty box for two minutes for roughing, with Pronger picking up Aris Brimanis pass and slipped it past goaltender Steve Shields to draw first blood. Before the crowd had a chance to sit back down, Jiranek kicked the puck back to defenseman Ken Klee, who blasted it past Shields to make the score 2-0. The Wolverines stormed back from a 3-1 first period deficit when David Roberts scored five minutes into the second period with assists from Denny Felsner and David Oliver. Two minutes later Ted Kramer knotted the game on a power play goal from Don Stone and Tamer, h the Wolverines could not score again. "They were the better team in this game," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "Their goalie made some big saves that kept them in the game." Roberts an additional two for elbowing. Later coincidental roughing pen- alties to Wolverine defenseman Mark Sorenson and Falcon winger Peter Holmes set up a three-on-three situation. The Falcons utilized the extra room on the ice as Hartkins took an IOWA Continued from page 13 these conference contenders is No. 22 Iowa (4-1 overall, 2-0 tied for first in Big Ten). The Hawkeyes are looking to hand Michigan its first homecoming loss since a 27-20 defeat to Indiana in 1967. With a victory, Iowa's chances of appearing in the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1986 improve dramatically. "I think realistically we have an opportunity against Michigan because we just defeated the team (Michigan State) that defeated them this past week as opposed to when we were going down to Miami (Fla.) and there wasn't a way in God's green heaven that I can visualize us to beating those people down there," Hawkeye coach Hayden Fry said. Senior tailbacks Nick Bell and Tony Stewart spearhead the Iowa offense. Bell has rushed for 400 yards and caught 11 passes, while Stewart has churned out 390 yards on the ground and hauled in six receptions. Stewart, sidelined last season with a knee injury, became the first sophomore in Hawkeye history to rush for over 1,000 yards in 1988. "They have two guys that are fast, can run and can catch the ball," Moeller said. "They present the biggest problem because we've had trouble with the run and you know they're going to come in here and' just try to run and possess the ball." Moeller expects more from his defense than it has shown in recent weeks. "I want us to be more of a punishing team when we tackle," he said. "When you play against a great defensive football team, that fumble is going to come out of there." Middle linebacker Melvin Foster makes the Iowa defense one of the strongest in the conference. Foster registered 20 tackles and intercepted a pass in Iowa's 12-7 victory against Michigan State. "They have one strong linebacker in Foster," Moeller said. 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