Who was the last player from an SEC school to win the Heisman Trophy? (For the answer, turn to the bottom of page 2) Inside S ores Mnday 'M' Sports Calendar 2 Athlete-of-the-Week 2 Fraternity IM Standings 2 Q&A 3 Gill Again 3 Cross Country 4 Football 5 Ice Hockey 6 Swimming 7 Wrestling 7 Soccer 7 Basketball Recruiting 8 Women's Tennis 8 The Michigan Daily Sports Monday-- November 12, 1990 Jeers beat, tie MSU Michigan hang by Dan Zoch Daily Hockey Writer EAST LANSING - It might not have been a sweep, but the Michigan hockey team emerged vic- torious from their first series with Michigan State. The CCHA-leading *olverines (7-2-1) won the first game of the series, 4-2, and tied the second game, 3-3. Michigan State (3-4-3), who was predicted to win the CCHA in the preseason polls, didn't show any signs of greatness on Friday. The Spartans held a 1-0 lead for most of the first period before Michigan forward David Roberts tied up the .gore at 14:53 in the period. Two &d a half minutes later, junior forward Ted Kramer gave the Wolverines a 2-1 lead. "It was a good win tonight," Michigan defender Patrick Neaton. said. "We did what we had to do in order to win. I think we carried the play tonight." ;s on to first place in CCHA The second period of the game belonged to Michigan. Less than two minutes into the period, left winger Cam Stewart took a shot that deflected off a Spartan defender, sailed over goaltender Jason Muz- zatti's head, and went into the net. "It was a big goal," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "It gave us a two-goal lead and, even though it was a strange goal, it counted. It was his first goal and I think he might have been embarrassed by it. But it counted." Michigan forward Denny Felsner scored again at 16:20 in the second period to pad the Wolverine lead. "The intensity level was ex- cellent," Berenson said. "I think the crowd helped that, plus our team now has a little more confidence." "Michigan is a strong club and they played with great emotion," Michigan State coach Ron Mason said. "There was a lot of hitting in the game and their fans made plenty of noise. They deserved to win." Saturday night at Michigan State was a completely different story as the Wolverine defense had to prove itself against a revitalized Spartan offense. Michigan controlled the first period of play, racking up an early 3- 0 lead. When Michigan State put Mike Gilmore in the goal, replacing Muzzatti, the Michigan scoring stopped. "After they switched (goal- tenders), we should've kept coming at them," Michigan goaltender Steve Shields said. "We weren't bearing down on the net like we should have." "It was a funny game for Jason (Muzzatti)," Mason said. "I decided to switch and it paid off. Gilmore did a tremendous job in there." A key turning point in the game See HOCKEY, Page 6 Michigan State goalie Mike Gilmore makes a spectacular save of Denny Felsner's breakaway attempt as time runs out in the second period of Saturday's contest. Gilmore replaced Jason Muzatti in goal after Michigan jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. He didn't give up a goal the rest of the way, allowing the Spartans to salvage a 3-3 tie. Michigan, Carlson give Fightin' Illini the boot, 22-17 Stats reveal bigger margins LIn 'M' victory The statistics largely favored Michigan in almost all areas. But statistics don't win games, only the final score does that. And in Saturday's game, the Wolverines did come out ahead with a narrow five-point victory. David Yet Michigan's 22-17 victory against Illinois was not indicative of Hman the Wolverines' domination of the Big Ten's second-rated defense (312 yards per game). The Michigan offense pounded the Illini defense, churning out 303 yards on the ground, controlling the ball for 40 minutes. In total, the Wolverines amassed 432 yards, 22 first downs and converted 50 percent of their third- down conversions. This marked the second straight week that the opposition gained over 432 yards against Illinois (Iowa gained 540 in its 54-28 victory previous week). With these numbers, you would think Michigan's offense would have scored points like they were going out of style. But once the offense got deep into Illini See HYMAN, Page 5 Fake punt, five field goals pace Blue to victory by Ryan Schreiber Daily Football Writer It would be a fair assessment to say Michigan settled for its 22-17 victory over Illinois. Riding on five J.D. Carlson field goals, the Wolverines managed to stave off a final Illini trick play while capitalizing on one of their own to put themselves in serious New Year's Day bowl contention. With six minutes left to play in the game, Illinois reached into its magic bag of tricks one time too many as quarterback Jason Verduzco came up empty on a flea- flicker attempt. Michigan free safety Vada Murray, playing deep in coverage, waited under the bomb like a centerfielder, intercepted the ball and stepped out of bounds inside the Michigan two-yard line. And much like last year's 24-10 Michigan triumph, the Wolverines were able to sustain a time-consuming drive to run out the clock and run down the hopes of the Illini faithful. "It looked like last year," Michigan coach Gary Moeller said. "When you take the ball in that situation and come off your one-yard line, you've got to be proud." "We thought we would rise to the occasion, but we See FOOTBALL, Page 5 Senior Tripp Welborne brings down Illini running back Howard Griffith in Saturday's contest. BASKING IN THE SUNLIGHT by Ryan Schreiber aily Sports Editor WAt sunrise, July 9, Paula Finnegan worried about the upcoming race. She knew that 10 more nervous mornings would follow this one, too. She was to drive the early shift, beginning at 9 a.m. each day and lasting for two to five hours. Yet, she and her co-driver, David Noles, realized it would take more than d to win this race. Finnegan's task was indeed a challenge. Before her were 11 days and 1,641 miles of road. The trip was to take her from Florida to Michigan as fast as possible, but strategy, not speed, was the penultimate factor. She and her 27 team members - students at the University of Michigan - prepared to drive Sunrunner and challenge 32 gher North American colleges in the Tirst American solar car battle, the GM Sunrayce USA. General Motors' collegiate race stemmed from the World Solar Challenge, a 1,950-mile journey from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia. In 1987, GM won with its prototype solar car, Sunraycer, in 44 hours and 55 minutes. With the second World Solar Challenge slated to begin besterday, the company sponsored its non versionnf the challenge in the Sunrunner co- driver Paula Finnegan battles in the first GM Sunrayce USA approval of Hans Tholstrup, the director of Australia's World Solar Challenge. But as Tholstrup questioned the Michigan team about the weight of the car, Finnegan's hopes faded, along with most of the team. "He asked us how much the car weighed, since in the book it was listed lighter than it actually was," Finnegan said. "After we told him, he pretty much said that we had no chance to win. His real pessimistic attitude scared a lot of us." Only one driver was needed for the first day, so when the race began, a disheartened Finnegan chose to let Noles drive the short, 75-mile journey from EPCOT Center to Floral City, Fla. "There was so much excitement and music and dancing by the Disney cartoon characters, that it helped to take the focus off what was really happening," she said. "It was very distracting and I could feel his nervousness, so I was glad that he drove the first day." Finnegan began her journey, then, on the second day. And though she was already set back by the negative comments, she had yet to experience the worst of the trip. In a sudden moment, not long after she began her shift, one of Finnegan's worst fears became a Netters fall twice to Big Ten opponents by David Schechter Daily Sports Writer The scouting report is out on the Wolverines, and this weekend's op- ponents - Iowa and Minnesota - both got a copy. Minnesota defeated the Wolver- ines, 3-1 (15-12,16-14,13-15,15-2), and Iowa showed no mercy in its three-game thrashing of Michigan (18-16, 15-2, 15-10). Now that Michigan is well ;into the second half of the Big Ten sea- son, other teams know exactly where the Wolverines weakness is - left blocker. Both Minnesota and Iowa preyed upon Michigan's lack of abil- ity on the left side. The Wolverines did make some adjustments at left blocker, but to no See SPIKERS, Page 4 Michigan's Tarnisha Thompson sets up for the kill as teammate Fiona Davidson looks on against Illinois. Aside from Sunrunner itself, equipped with all the necessary automotive functions, like wind- shield wipers, turn signals, and a license plate reading "SUNRUNR," three non-solar cars monitored the Michigan entry. A lead and chase car trve11A in frnnt of and hehind Steinberg addresses 'U' students by Theodore Cox Daily Sports Writer Attorney Leigh Steinberg ex- pected to address students interested millionaire by the beginning of the season. Ware promised he would "be a law student," and leave most of the show to Steinberg, although he did was the need for the people to give something back to their community. Steinberg requires any athlete he takes on to either donate or raise