The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 26, 1990- Page 13 Rugby looks to *continue streak by Charlie Wolfe After starting out its season 1-2, the Michigan women's rugby team has strung together three wins, and has outscored its competition by a combined score of 72-0 in those games. The defense and tackling is crisp and the offense is proficient when it counts. Coach Bryn Chivers is espe- cially pleased after last Saturday's 12-0 shutout of the Purdue Boiler- 'makers. "We've got a big squad with lots df rookies, we've got strong for- wards, we tackle hard, and everyone's enthusiastic," Chivers said. "We're playing well." Now that the fruits of the team's labor have grown into a 4-2 mark, he and the Wolverines embark on a road trip this weekend. Michigan travels to Athens, Ohio, to play in a tournament against Dayton and Ohio' University. Michigan team president Erika Wolf is confident that the team will be able to stay on the winning track. "We're looking strong and are pretty confident right now. We're the strongest team this side of Chicago, and since we beat the Ohio champs from last year (Hiram) already, we should have no problem." The Michigan, squad is led by Julie Liebler and Margo Machen, both of whom are also members of The Eagles, the U.S. National Rugby Team. 1.Machen didn't play in Saturday's game against the Boilermakers be- cause of an injury sustained while playing with the Eagles. Liebler did play in the Purdue game, leading the squad by scoring two tries, which are worth four points each. The Wolver- Ines hope to have both of them back together on the field this weekend. ;t Blue faces road foes OSU, Indiana hope to avoid bido upsets against volleyball team "~'" by Matthew Dodge Daily Sports Writer When it formed its schedule for the 1990 season, the Ohio State vol- leyball team thought it was adhering to a cardinal rule of college sports. The OSU athletic department meant to slot a Homecoming match that would provide scant competition to the powerful Buckeyes - so it called Ann Arbor. The Wolverine spikers play two difficult road matches this weekend, Ohio State (15-5 overall, 7-2 in Big Ten) tonight and Indiana (12-7, 4-5) Saturday. And the two opposing coaches are expecting good things from the young Wolverines. Michigan (4-17 , 0-8) proved in September that it could keep pace with Ohio State. At home, the Wolverines lost a strong five-game match to the Buckeyes, a match that opened coach Jim Stone's eyes. "They played great defense against us," Stone said. "I came away from there saying 'that's a great defensive team'. Michigan is in a learn-ing stage, but it has good potential." The key to tonight's match is whether or not Michigan can control Ohio State offensive hitter Holly O'Leary, the 1989 Big Ten Player of the Year. O'Leary is second in the league in kills per game, averaging 4.7. ally, a ranking which creates the illusion of a mismatch. "We must win the matches we are supposed to win, but we also must throw out the records," Stone said. "You can't just throw lineups on the court and say 'We win'. In no way, shape, or form can we overlook Michigan." The Indiana squad echoes those precise sentiments. "If we look by Michigan," Hoosier coach Tom Shoji said, "they're going to get their win." Indiana began the season at the top of the standings, but have plum- meted to sixth place. "If we don't play well, we're fiot in the middle of the pack anymore, but in the bottom," Shoji said. "We must battle and fight hard. We want to be considered for the NCAA tour- nament. "(Michigan) has a good bunch Qf athletes, with good direction. But hopefully they'll turn things around after this weekend." The Wolverines are anxiously awaiting the verdict on junior setter Autumn Collins' injuries, who may miss the trip. Bradley-Doppes "She had kind of a two or three week period where she was strug- gling, but she's back on track," Stone said. "She was in a slump when we played Michigan last time, but her performance is significantly better. She's now playing at a level better than last year." The Buckeyes rank 12th nation- FILE PHOTO Julia Sturm prepares to spike an Autumn Collins set. The Wolverines play at Ohio State and Indiana this weekend. ts: Stickers host weekend pair by Rod Loewenthal Daily Sports Writer After enduring a disappointing series last weekend, the Michigan field hockey team returns home this Fri- day and Sunday to face talentedconference foes Iowa and Northern Illinois. The Wolverines (12-4-2 overall, 3-3-1 in the Big Ten) bowed to the Hawkeyes (13-3, 5-1) last Sunday in Iowa City, 3-1. Michigan coach Patti Smith hopes that this Friday's outcome will be different. "This year, more than any other year that I've been here, I feel that we can beat Iowa," Smith said. Smith spent this week fine-tuning her squad and making minor adjustments in order to prevent a recur- rence last week's outcome. "We watched the videotape from the second half of the Iowa game. We need to 'mark tighter' defensively and we need to pass more. Last week we let Iowa get too many opportunities," she said. One aspect the Wolverines must improve upon is of- fense. The ball was in Michigan's zone for the greater part of the contest against Iowa. When the ball did travel into Hawkeye territory, miscues and mishaps soured many scoring opportunities. Coach Smith attributed last weekend's futile display of offensive prowess to the play of her forwards. "Our forwards have to be more aggressive," Smith said. "They have to pressure the ball more consistently and use the outside of the field." Sophomore Forward Katie Thomas is one of those players that Smith hopes will add points to the board for the Wolverines this weekend. "We're confident that we can play hard against Iowa," Thomas said. "Playing against them last Sunday showed us that they're not infallible and that they make mistakes also." There is no respite for Michigan after Friday's game against Iowa since Sunday's match-up features a feisty squad from Northern Illinois (4-11, 2-5). Overtime was needed the past two times that these teams have clashed. "I think it's going to be a very tough game," Smith remarked. "Northern Illinois will be looking for revenge for the 1-0 overtime game." Senior co-captain Josee Charvet knows that Michi- gan cannot afford a mental lapse entering Sunday's game. "We beat them (Northern Illinois) last year and it was a very tough game," Charvet said. "One of our goals that we set before the season was to beat them twice this year." 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