The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 12, 1990- Page 7 Tankers show depth, 134=108 by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer This season, the NCAA insti- Ytuted a new dual meet scoring format. The change calls for five swimmers, instead of three, to score points in each individual event. The rule, in Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek's opinion, presents prob- lems for teams lacking depth. "In the past, a couple great ' Swimmers could win a dual meet," "Urbanchek said. "You can't do it anymore." * Considering the results of the men's swimming meet against Wis- consin on Friday, the Wolverines have more than a couple great swimmers. '*Michigan relied on their world- class talent, capturing eight first places in the 13-event meet, including both relays, in scoring 76 of the 121 possible first-place " points. The 76-45 advantage almost completely alloted for the margin of victory in their 134-108 triumph over the Badgers at Canham Natatorium. Junior Eric Wunderlich led the way, taking the 200-meter individual medley, the 200-meter breaststroke, and teaming up with Steve Bigelow, Jarret Winter and Rodney VanTassell to claim top honors in the 400 '~medley relay. with a clocking of 3:56.65. Wunderlich was "definitely" pleased considering the team had just finished a week of arduous training. "When I got up on the relay and went a 'four', which is a pretty good {split for right now," Wunderlich said of his time of 1:04 in the breaststroke leg of the relay, "I knew .1I could have a fairly decent meet." * As it turned out, fairly decent meets were the order of the day. Sophomore Brian Gunn swam away with a win in the 800 freestyle, a second place in the 200 butterfly, and anchored the victorious 400 Wrestlers open by Eric Sklar Daily Sports Writer YPSILANTI - The Michigan wrestling team opened its 1990-91 season with a strong showing yesterday at the Domino's Pizza/ Eastern Michigan University Open tournament.; The Wolverines' only first-place finisher was heavyweight Phil Tomek, who won an 11-10 decision in the championship match. Thej victory was Tomek's first tour-; nament championship. "I got a lot of help from the team," he said. "When I wanted to relax and coast on my lead, the guys; started and the coaches started push- ing me. That's the most important thing. A lot of people think that wrestling is not a team sport, but it really is." In addition to Tomek's victory, several other Wolverines placed in other weight classes. Fritz Lehrke (190), Salem Yaffai (126), and Sean Bormet (158) each came in second; - James Rawls (142) finished third; and Lanny Green (177) and Jehad Hamden (190) came in fourth. Hamden, who is normally a 177 pounder, wrestled up a weight class for the tournament. Both Hamden and his Michigan State opponent wrestled evenly during regulation, entering overtime tied at one. Neither wrestler was able to gain an advantage early in the extra period, but 47 seconds into overtime Hamden got his opponent on his back and pinned him. "He was a strong guy, but I knew he didn't have what it takes," Hamden said. "I was just waiting for season the right time to move. I had to wait until he got tired." Hamden pulled a back muscle in the match, and was unable to wrestle for third place. One wrestler who was absent from the top finishers was 134- pounder Joey Gilbert. The Michigan coaches felt that Gilbert would have placed first had he not been disqualified earlier in the tournament. "I think that he was the best kid in the tournament," Michigan coach Dale Bahr said. In general, Bahr was pleased by the effort put out by his team. "Overall, the team looked pretty good, but they also showed that there are some things that we have to work on, from a technique standpoint," Bahr said. Men's soccer prevails in 1990 JENNIFER DUNETZ/Daily Backstrokers waitfor the gun in Friday's dual meet against Wisconsin. The defending Big Ten champs were victorious in the meet. They won eight events and outscored the Badgers 134-108. freestyle relay of Noel Strauss, Winter, and Kent Tschannen, nipping Wisconsin's relay by .26 of a second to finish in 3:36.74. Also turning in a superb performance was backstroker Steve Bigelow. The sophomore stole the thunder from Big Ten 200-yard backstroke record-holder Jack Young. In both of their encounters, Bigelow emerged the better, winning the opening backstroke leg in the medley relay and posting a time of 2:05.69 in the 200 backstroke, nearly a second ahead of Young. "Bigelow, I thought, looked real good," Wisconsin coach Jack Pettinger said. "I thought he did a really good job in both his backstrokes." Friday marked the opening night for the first-year swimmers and divers, and it was VanTassell who shone brightest. In the 100 freestyle, with the outcome of the meet still in doubt, VanTassell faced Badger Torgeir Ekkje, who had earlier won the 50 freestyle. Despite Gunn's assertion of the 100 freestyle as "not a really good event for us," youth prevailed, as VanTassell touched out the senior by .04 of a second in finishing in 53.81. "He is really impressive," Gunn said. "He really kept us in the meet." In the diving well, redshirt Eric Lesser put on his own show. Lesser returned from his fourth-place finish in the one-meter diving event to defeat Wisconsin all-American Terry Butler at the three-meter board, compiling 345.45 points to Butler's 323.85. by Walter Butzu Daily Sports Writer There's something about those teams that seemingly have all the cards stacked against them yet some- how turn hardship into success. Cincinnati's sweep of Jose Can- seco and the rest of the Oakland A's had the nation buzzing over the news. And people are still talking about the U.S. hockey team's upset of the U.S.S.R. in the 1980 Olympic Games. In their own small way, the Michigan men's soccer team and its scant but loyal supporters have also battled adversity throughout its 1990 season. In August, while most students were putting the finishing touches on their tans, the Wolverine kickers began straggling into Ann Arbor, As new coach Don Schwartz began putting the team through condition- ing exercises, many players must have wondered whether all their work was worth it. After all, soccer is a club sport - 100,000 fans would not be greet- ing them at their home opener, no scholarship money was available, and no luxuries of the varsity athlete existed. What, then, was the motivation? Love of the game and wearing the Michigan uniform are possible an- swers. Maybe, in the back of their minds, the players realized what the season had in store for them. Maybe they believed they could go up against some good varsity teams and win. Maybe they could foresee the friendships that would develop. Whatever the motivation, they were a part of the team and with the season fast approaching, all thoughts turned to soccer and preparation. Schwartz brought along first-hand knowledge of the game. "Just now we are starting to see second-generation soccer coaches," Schwartz explained. "It used to be, when I played, that someone's dad (who had never played the game) would decide to coach. Now we have coaches who have grown up playing the game." Schwartz's vigor for the game and his young age made him an instant success with the team. But this young coach, in his mid- twenties, had a demanding schedule staring his team in the face and would have to handle both the highs and lows that are inevitable in a long season. Now, with an 11-7 season behind them, it is safe to say the highs vastly outnumbered the lows. Among the highs: Senior Doug Spamer's heart and dedication. Though plagued with shin splints all season, Spamer's constant hustle was an inspiration to the team. "If we had 11 Doug Spamer's we wouldn't lose a game," a fan said of his enthusiasm. Senior goaltender, Marc Kuiper, and the Blue defense which held opposing teams to only two goals over the last six games of the season. This included a string of four consecutive shutouts. A come-from-behind victory to defeat Eastern Michigan Uni- versity, 21, to end the season with six straight wins: (Credit parent Gary Dikin with an assist in this win. With time running out, the ball was kicked out of bounds. Dikin, his camera in hand, chased the ball down and hurried it to Greg Hake. Hake's quick throw-in, thanks to Mr. Dikin, resulted in a score for the Wolverines). With six games left in the season, the team had only five vic- tories against seven defeats. The team went on a six-game win streak to finish the season with 11 wins to wind up four games over .500. The seniors leaving the team - Rob Albritton, Matt Dikin, Eric Johnson, Eric Moore, Todd. Neff, Kuiper and Spamer - will all take memories with them. Though only an average of fifty fans attended their games, though they paid all their own expenses, and though none of them will be turning pro, it is clear that none will ever forget their years as Michigan athletes. Women swimmers sink Badgers by Charlie Wolfe Daily Sports Writer In a moist and humid Canham Natatorium Friday evening, where infinite hoots, hollers, and victory cheers echoed against the dome walls in resounding fashion, the women's swim team sank the Badgers of Wis- consin in impressive fashion, 153- 90. Michigan started off slowly, tak- ing only two of the first six swim- ming events. However, Wolverine diving victories from senior Whitney Scherer (one-meter springboard) and junior Lisa Cribari (three-meter springboard) seemed to jumpstart the team and the Blue squad went on to first-place sweeps in the final five events. "I thought they were crisp and swam well beginning to end," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. While he had noted before that Wisconsin had "three or four very good swimmers," it became obvious they would not be able to stick with Michigan the entire meet. "Wisconsin just didn't have the depth we do," Richardson said. The Wolverines enjoyed double victories from three swimmers: ju- niors Lisa Anderson and Michelle Swix, and first-year freestyler Nicole Williamson. All three took part in winning relays, but Swix (100-meter. freestyle) and Williamson (400 freestyle) both had individual tri- umphs as well. Coach Richardson added that the experienced Anderson and Swix have "in the past been mainstays in the Big Ten" and he called Williamson "a diamond in the rough." Other team members gaining in- dividual victories were junior Jen- nifer Love (400 freestyle), sopho- more Jenny Sutton (200 breast- stroke), and newcomer Kate Girard (200 backstroke). In all, Michigan garnered first-place finishes in nine of the 13 events. A few of the more exciting fin- ishes included Swix's first-place fin- ish in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:00.55, just barely edging Wis- consin's Erin Jones' 1:00.78. An- other dash to glory occurred between Michigan teammates Love and Kathy Deibler in the 50 freestyle. Love bested Deibler, :28.30 to :28.35. "Actually, I was just hoping to survive the meet," Richardson said. I I . . L :' I k , I I FREE MISTER HARD HEAD CONDOM --t. 1 0 . - AS SEEN ON MTV Investment Banking Opprtuni ties at oFirst Boston First Boston, a special bracket investment banking firm headquartered in New York, will be recruiting for its financial analyst program. Positions are available in the Investment Banking Department. All interested students are cordially invited to attend a presentation. 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