Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-- Friday, November 2,1990 Water Polo treads into Big Ten meet Blue seeks defense q first league victory by David Kraft Daily Sports Writer After opening the season with a difficult schedule that led to a 2-8 start, the Michigan men's water polo team (3-4 in the Big Ten, 8-11 over- all) has won six of its last nine matches, including a current four- game winning streak. The squad looks to continue the trend this weekend in Bloomington, Indiana, as it competes in the Big Ten Championships. Michigan, the defending champion, enters the tour- nament as the third seed, behind top- ranked Wisconsin and second-seeded Northwestern. Although not the best team by record, the Wolverines are not lower- ing their expectations entering the tournament. "Our main goal is to win the tournament - we will be disap- pointed with anything less than first," coach Scott Russell said. Russell will rely on a big per- formance from veteran co-captain Keith Cox, who will be competing in his fourth and final Big Ten Championship. Strong goaltending from junior Michael Winkelman will also be a factor. "We consider (Michael) to be the quarterback of our defense," Cox said. "He could have a major impact on how far the team advances." The tournament is broken up into two brackets composed of four teams each. Ohio State, Purdue and North- western are the three teams joining the Wolverines in half of the draw while Indiana, Michigan State, Min- nesota and Wisconsin comprise the other half. After competing in round-robin format on Friday and Saturday, the top two teams in each division ad- vance to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams compete for fifth through eighth place. For Michigan, the biggest test comes Saturday when it takes on Northwestern, who defeated the Wolverines, 6-4 in their previous meeting. Ohio State and Purdue also present concerns for the Wolverines. "OSU and Purdue are the only Big Ten teams we haven't played, so we have no first hand knowledge of their talent," Russell said. Despite these worries, Michigan is confident that its momentum will help carry it to the finals. "The momentum has clearly shifted in our favor, which should transcend into this weekend's per- formance in Bloomington," Russell said. by Albert Lin Daily Sports Writer Michigan volleyball coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes has made' a minor change in her lineup. But she hopes it will have a major ef- fect on the team's performance. "We're getting beat by their hammering the left front, just hit- ting the ball and hitting the ball," Bradley-Doppes said. Middle blocker Chris White will be moved to right outside hitter, switching places with Fiona Davidson. It remains to be seen if the ad- justment will spark the Wolver- ines to their first conference vic- tory. Michigan (0-11 in the Big Ten, 4-19 overall) gets another two chances when it hosts Purdue and Illinois tonight and tomorrow night, respectively. Bradley-Doppes acknowledges that she is surrendering offense by moving White, who posts a team- leading .212 hitting percentage, to the weak side. But she hopes the sophomore transfer can use those skills to stop the opposing strong- side attacks. Davidson, who is hitting .189 with 96 kills,wfavors the move. She feels she hits better in the middle, while White still hits well from the right.' Besides this switch, the lineup remains the same as last Satur- day's. Marita McCahill will again start on the left side for the injured Hayley Lorenzen. McCahill should play the entire match un- less Lorenzen can play effectively on her bad ankle. Four seniors lead the Boiler- makers (8-3, 17-7) into Ann Arbor on a four-match winning streak. Purdue has defeated Michigan in 20 of their last 21 matches, in-" cluding a three-game sweep of the. Wolverines at West Lafayette last: month. "I know (Michigan) is working w hard to win a conference match," Purdue coach Carol Dewey said. "And it's kind of scary to play teams like that because you know, they can get it all together. They, have some size and some good athletes." Dewey hopes to counter Bradley-Doppes' move by isolat- ing her hitters one-on-one with Michigan defenders, and using here team's quickness to its advantage. Thus far, Illinois has been suf- fering a subpar season with a 15-7 record (7-4 in the Big Ten). The Illini have placed either first or second in the conference the last five seasons, including last year's 13-5 runner-up finish. Bradley-Doppes attributes part of Illinois' problems to the loss of Laura Bush. Bush, the Illini'si leading attacker last year, suffered a separated shoulder October 5th against Michigan and has not played since. Nonetheless, Bradley-Doppes is cautious. "Illinois has the most gifted team in the Big Ten, there's no doubt about that," she said. 0 S S fi E T The Chancel Choir of First Presbyterian Church--Ann Arbor presents a benefit performance of Giuseppe Verdi's R&equiem with Julia Broxholm Collins, Soprano--Sally Carpenter, Mezzo-Soprano Mark Beudert, Tenor--Philip Pierson, Bass Augmented ChancelChoir & Orchestra Directed by Donald T. Bryant Sunday, November 11, 1990 - -7:30 p.m. Sanctuary, First Presbyterian Church--1432 Washtenaw Proceeds from ticket sales go to Habitat for Humanity Suggested Donation: $5.00-Suggested Patron Donation: $25.00 Tickets available through Church office: 662-4466 (Office hours: 9 a.m. --1 p.m.) Mail orders (checks only) to: Requiem Tickets, c/o First Presbyterian Church 1432 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Michigan water polo co-captain Keith Cox practices at Canham Natatorium. Cox guides the defending Big Ten champion Wolverines into Bloomington to compete in the Big Ten hampionships. 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