Page 10- The Michigan Daily- Friday, September 21, 1990 sports on Big Blue Weekend Golf by Andy Do Korte Daily Sports Contributor With a win two weeks ago at the Lady Wolverine Invitational and a third place finish last week at the University of Minnesota, the Michi- gan women's golf team is showing some of its potential. The biggest test of the season, however, will take place this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin when the team competes in the Lady Northern Intercollegiate Tournament. Besides the Big Ten Champion- ships in the spring, the meet will provide the only competition con- sisting of all Big Ten schools on one course. One of LeClair's concerns centers on the dominance of the sport by perennial powerhouse Indiana. "Every year I've been the coach, Indiana has been the force in the sport," coach Sue LeClair said. Indiana is the defending champion of both the Lady Northern Intercol- legiate Tournament and the Big Ten. Other than Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, the team has not seen any Big Ten teams this year. The lack of exposure is troublesome only because of the surprise factor, certainly not inexperience - the current squad did not lose any golfers to graduation last year. While she is not predicting a victory, LeClair is optimistic. "I think a lot depends on our first round play. The first round is always our high round, after that we seem to settle down and play better." Said LeClair: "We have the potential to beat each of the three teams we have faced and with our improvement, I think we will fare well." Tennis by David Kraft Daily Sports Contributor After a strong finish last year that included a 20-9 record overall, 7-6 in the Big Ten, the Michigan women's tennis team looks forward to the coming season with high expecta- tions. One reason is that there are four returning starters on coach Elizabeth Ritt's squad. Ritt, now in her seventh season, will rely on junior No. 1 singles player Christine Schmeidel to lead a competitive team with great depth. Last year, Schmeidel posted an im- pressive 25-4 record. Schmeidel, of course, is not the only member who will play an inte- gral role. Senior No. 2 singles Stacey Berg (20-9 last year) and sophomore sensation third singles Kelli Beamon (22-7) will pair up to form a tough second doubles team. In addition, the third doubles tandem of juniors Lindsay Aland and Jennifer Lev look to repeat their strong performance of last year sea- son in which they were 7-1. Although another decent season is expected, the team does hope to improve on its fifth place finish in last year's Big Ten Championships. While the Big Ten tournament re- mains several months away, the team will be contested by a strong field this weekend at the North Carolina State Tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina. After the weekend competition, the team will have a month off until the presti- gious All-American tournament in Los Angeles during late October. Men's soccer by Ken Artz Daily Sports Contributor The Michigan men's soccer team is rolling into Ypsilanti this week- end, putting their three-game win streak on the line against the Eastern Michigan Hurons. When asked the reason for the team's recent surge, first-year coach Don Schwartz was quick to reply with, "the midfield." Senior Co-cap- tain Todd Neff has switched over from the striker position to solidify the midfield. Neff is tied for the team lead in goals, along with stopper Tim Puckett and forward Eric Moore. The team is finally beginning to show signs of improvement after a sluggish 2-3 start. In their last vic- tory, over Western Ontario, the team "played better in that game than in the two previous victories," accord- ing to Schwartz. Starting three-year defenseman Rob Albritton echoed his coach's statement by saying, "up until Wednesday's game we were ques- tionable as to the way we were play- ing." Women 'S - Country by Jim Foss Daily Sports Contributor The Michigan women's cross country team heads to London, On- tario this weekend to compete against such teams as Yale, Ken- tucky, and Penn State. Michigan is fresh off of a solid victory at the Michigan State Invita- tional last week, where it took first with a team total of 36 points. If the first meet of the year is any indication of what is to come, this year's squad is going to be dominated by young runners. Sophomore Amy Buchholz was the top Wolverine runner in the meet finishing third in a time of 17 min- utes, 55 seconds. Rookie Jennifer Armstrong, who will be returning home to London, Ontario for this weekend's race, was fourth in 17:57. "We are not as experienced (as last year), but if we stay focused, we should do well," Foster said. Yale is traditionally strong in cross country and Kentucky finished second at the NCAA Championships last year. Men's X-Country by Ken Su aura Daily Sports contributor With an impressive victory at the Michigan State Invitational last Saturday, the men's cross-country team heads into the Western Ontario Invitational this Saturday with ex- pectations of a second straight win. Excellent runs from Brad Bar- quist, Tony Carna and Jeff Barnett, Soph Show ProdUCIOR PRESEN TS 7. DI 0 * 0 o Q o e who finished second, third an* seventh, respectively, give head coach Ron Warhurst reason to be optimistic. "Hopefully, we're going to win," Warhurst said. "We're looking for a nice, solid performance." The Wolverines headline the 14 team field, which includes the likes of Yale, Kentucky and several Canadian schools. The course itself should be to th team's liking. Warhurst said, "It's longer (10,000 meters), and that's more to our liking. Our guys are longer distance runners and it's to their advantage to run longer." As team goals are concerned, Warhurst is looking to close down the time gap between his first and seventh place runners to under 40 seconds. He also hopes to see Ba. quist and Carna finish among the top four in a field of over 100 runners. Co-captain Barquist shares War- hurst's view that depth and talent will allow the team, which finished eighth in the Big Ten last year, to seriously contend for victories this Saturday and in weeks ahead. "We'll be a contender for the Big Ten for the first time since 1980, which is really exciting," Barquist said. UCLA Continued from page 1 of Tommy as a real viable player and quarterback gives everybody renewed hope. "It's a tremendous psychological help to our football team at this particular time." Neither junior Jim Bonds nor Maddox showed any dominance in UCLA's 34-14 opening loss to Oklahoma. Each quarterback threw two interceptions en route to the defeat. "Oklahoma's ? good defensive football team and we were unable to move the football," Donahue said. "We did not really move the ball at all." But the second game of the season proved otherwise. "Last week against Stanford, we certainly put some more points on the board, which was encouraging," Donahue said, "and we also found the missing link in terms of the quarterback position." The missing link proved to be Maddox, who, after a sub-standard performance from Bonds, stepped in to throw a pair of touchdowns on@ 13 for 20 passing to lead the Bruins to a come-from-behind victory over Stanford, 32-31. Defensively, UCLA's top perfor-mers reside in the secondary, anchored by senior Eric Turner, an All-America candidate. 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