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MEN SWIMMERS HAVE STRONG SIX DRIVE:
Wolverines open
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by Ken ugiura
Daily Sports Writer
Forget the three-peat. The Joy of
Six is the focus of the men's
swimming team as it prepares to de-
fend its fifth straight Big Ten cham-
pionship this season.
The title defense officially begins
tomorrow, as the Wolverines take on
Wisconsin at 4 p.m. at Canham
Natatorium. With the departure of
four-time NCAA champion Brent
Lang, the consensus around the
league is that Michigan is ready to
be dethroned.
"They don't feel we can win the
Big Ten," individual medleyist Eric
Namesnik says of the competition.
The Badgers, despite a ninth-place
finish in the Big Ten last year, have
head coach Jon Urbanchek's full at-
tention.
"Wisconsin is a really aggressive
team this year," the U.S. Swimming
Coach of the Year said. "Michigan is
going to be challenged to the full-
est."
It might sound as if Urbanchek is
perfecting his cliches, but there actu-
ally is a real concern. Last season,
Wisconsin head coach Jack Pettinger
redshirted his three best swimmers,
including 1989 Big Ten 200-yard
backstroke champion Jack Young.
Pettinger's patience apparently
has beenirewarded, as Wisconsin
opened with a sweep in a four-way
dual meet, including a 150-129 win
over Big Ten contender Minnesota.
Distance freestyler Jim Sam-
marco and sprinter Dale Brown,
Wisconsin's other redshirts, team up
with the All-American Young to
spearhead a potent Badger attack.
However, the Michigan cupboard
is far from bare- Despite the absence
of world record holder Mike Bar-
rowman for the semester, Urbanchek
can still rely upon the Erics, returnees will have to cany the load.
Namesnik and breaststroker Wunder- "All these (Big Ten) teams are
lich, as well as butterflyer Brian gunning for us," sophomore butter-
Gunn and backstroker Steve flyer and individual medleyist Jim
Bigelow. Hume said. "We're kind of confident
but at the same time we're not try-
According to Urbanchek, those ing to be cocky."
Men capti
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by Ryan Herrington
Michigan's optimism of a Big
Ten championship in men's rugby
was shattered this past weekend in
Columbus. The Wolverines lost
to Iowa in the semifinals
Saturday, but defeated defending
champion Minnesota Sunday to
capture third place.
The weekend started strong for
Michigan as it soundly defeated
Purdue, 22-6. The game was
marked by strong forward and
flanker play. Bryan Williamson
and John Swis both controlled
their positions and helped Mich-
igan keep possession of the ball.
However, Michigan was unable
to sustain its high level of play
against Iowa. While staying close
during the first half and going into
halftime down only two, the
Wolverines were out of sync.
"We were flat right from the
start," Stroman said. "We did okay
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in the first half, but Iowa was just
too tough."
The Hawkeyes opened the sec-.
ond half by scoring 18 unanswered,
points and sealed a spot in the
championship match.
"I think our inexperience really
hurt us," co-captain Jon Lichter-
man said. "When certain things
happened, we were not in the right
places to capitalize on them.
(Iowa) was very strong. They con-
trolled all phases of the game."
Sunday's third-place game
proved anticlimatic as Minnesota,
who lost to Ohio State in thet
other semifinal, and Michigan
both started many reserves. Brian
Howard scored all seven points in
the Wolverines' 7-3 victory.
For the third straight year, the
host team won the Big Ten tour-
nament as Ohio State defeated
Iowa in the finals.
ish third in,
urnament
very physical tournament, at least
eight opposing players had to
leave the field due to injury. And
while the Subunion squad sus-
tained surprisingly few injuries,
no one emerged absolutely un-
scathed.
"I lost a half pint of blood my--
self," Wolf added, referring to her
reinjuring her previously broken
nose.
The season does not end here
for some players, however, as
K.C. Bemish noted. The tourna-
ment was a showcase for players
to be picked for the Midwest
Select-Side squad and Michigan '
was honored with four selections. '
Juli Liebler and Margo,.
Machcn, both U.S. National
Team players, were chosen again
for the Midwest squad along with
two new selections - Bemish and:
the rookie surprise Louise Aloe.
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Wolverine Michelle Swix competes in the 1500 meter freestyle last Friday against Oakland University. She
placed second in the race, as Michigan eventually won the meet in convincing fashion.
Women tankers open conference season
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by Charlie Wolfe
In a town that has been turned
topsy-turvy the last few days with
Club MTV hysteria and bizarre state
elections, one can travel to Canham
Natatorium tomorrow to see a few
more contestants putting on their
best moves in races of a non-politi-
cal variety.
The Michigan women's swim-
ming team, ranked sixth in the na-
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tion, begins its quest for a fifth con-
secutive Big Ten title versus Wis-
consin tomorrow. While wary of any
given opponent, coach Jim Richard-
son believes the Badgers will give
Michigan a tough fight.
"They're not as strong as we are
on paper," admitted Richardson. "But
they do long course training like us
and have three or four very good
swimmers, so the races should be
competitive."
Richardson remains confident,
though, and hopes for results similar
to the Wolverines' impressive 142-
92 thrashing of Oakland University
last week.
The Wolverines will be led by
junior Lisa Anderson and impressive
first-year swimmer Karen Barnes,
who had three victories apiece last
week. Sophomore Kathy Diebler and
newcomer Kate Girard also hope to
repeat their performances from a
week ago when they each gathered
two first-place finishes.
While Richardson believes that
the diving ranks may not be as dom-
inant as in past years, they can still
provide consistently strong perfor-
mances.
"We have a group of seven that
are very solid and can score well for
us at any time," he said.
With the Wolverines doing more
distance training this season, the in-
creas6d endurance of the swimmers
should give them particular advan-
tage in an increasingly competitive
conference. Richardson noted that
Ohio State, Northwestern, Iowa and
Minnesota would offer particularly
stiff competition this season. Those
four join Michigan in the nation's
top 25, placing half the Big Ten
there.
Midwest to
by Charlie Wolfe
In a bruising "Battle Royale"
where four lone women's rugby
teams gathered this past weekend,
a little blood as well as sweat and
tears were spilled. And only one
team could emerge victorious.
The Michigan/Ohio/Indiana
Subunion Select-Side team, of
which eleven Wolverines were a
part, was not that team. Min-
nesota gained top honors while the
Subunion team garnered third.
But the squad did not exit Iowa
City before making quite an im-
pression on its competitors. Ac-
tually, they made multiple im-
pressions, abrasions, and contu-
sions.
"People didn't expect us to hit
and tackle that hard," Michigan
team president Erika Wolf recalled.
She added that over the course of a
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