The Michigan Daily- Friday, November 16, 1990 - Page 11 Spikers home win streak to be tested Falcons next for rested Wolverines Preseason meet to test men gymnasts by Albert Lin Daily Sports Writer After its second consecutive home victory over a conference op- ponent, it is probably time for the Michigan volleyball team to take a breather. The squad will get its break, but may not enjoy it. First, as a result of a deal the players struck with coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes regarding Wednesday right's victory over Michigan State, yesterday's practice was called off. Second, tonight's opponent will be Mid-American Conference mem- ber Bowling Green. This will allow some time off from the Wolverines' ig Ten schedule. Bradley-Doppes doesn't feel the day off will hurt. The team will have 4 short meeting today and "do a little serve, serve-receive," and talk about the match. "Right now there's nothing more we can do for this year," Doppes said. "My biggest thing is to keep ,ji kids healthy and fired up. "What we need to do is come in i~ry, very focused and do our job. If play them the way we played Ilinois (Michigan's first Big Ten victory), or even the way we played niost of the Big Ten teams, we'll be fine," she added. Like the Wolverines, Bowling Green is a young team. The Falcons saled by junior middl blockers isa Mika and Tammy Schiller. Bradley-Doppes worked with Schiller *tlast summer's Olympic Festival and feels that she "is a nice - not a Julia Sturm - but a nice player." .However, this match will not be a walk in the park, as Bowling Green comes to Ann Arbor with a 24-6 (4-4 MAC) record. Falcon coach Denise Van De Walle does not know that much about the Michigan team, but she remains undaunted. "We haven't seen them play this year at all, but we{ know they've got some good play- ers," she said. In a scrimmage last spring, Bowling Green "crushed" the Wolverines, according to Van De Walle. But she understands that that was a tough match for the Michigan program, since it came just after Bradley-Doppes' arrival as head coach. With the MAC tournament start- ing next weekend, Van De Walle is happy just to have an extra week of competition. "We haven't really, as of late, been thinking that much about our opponents and what they're doing, as opposed to what we feel like we need to be doing well to win," she said. Bowling Green did nothing spe- cial in preparation for tonight's test. "We've been concentrating a lot on our offense because we feel we've got some pretty good offensive play- ers," Van De Walle said. "We're just working on our passing so we can run our offense well, and we spent a lot of time the past two weeks work- ing on our defense so our transition game would be good." A controversy may be brewing after Bradley-Doppes said that the Falcons have "had some success be- cause they're not playing much of a schedule. You see somebody (with their record) and you think they're pretty good, but (the number of wins) doesn't matter. It's who you're winning against." Van De Walle defended her team, producing a schedule which included victories over four regionally-ranked opponents and games against three others. "I'm surprised she would dare even make that kind of comment about our schedule, because the only teams I see her playing are the Big Ten teams," she said. by Charlie Wolfe Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's gymnastics team will compete in the Wisconsin Open, a preseason meet for the Midwest's gymnasts, this weekend. The Big Ten will be well repre- sented, and the meet will help the Wolverines on two levels, according to coach Bob Darden. On one level, Darden said the competition provides "a unique op- portunity to test some of the move- ments and routines we're going to use on the NCAA level." On the second level, it's the National Gov- erning Board's Senior Regional Qualifying Meet for the United States Gymnastics Federation. That means the National Govern- ing Board selects a team from this meet to compete in the Winter Na- tionals - teams are also chosen from the East and West regions - from which the Olympic team is ul- timately chosen. The six-event meet runs for two days, beginning Friday evening with the Olympic compulsory events, when Michigan will only have one competitor, Jim Round. The rest of the team will join Round, who will compete in all six events, on Saturday as the prelimi- naries begin at 1 p.m. The individual finals will be at 7 p.m. Darden said the meet has generally been a fierce competition, usually with close to 100 gymnasts per event. When the Wolverines start their regular season in January, they will have a tough fight ahead of them to finish near the top of the conference. "The Big Ten perennially has been very strong in men's gymnas- tics," said Darden, who listed Ohio State, Michigan State, and Min- nesota as especially formidable foes. However, conference competition doesn't really mean much. Last sea- son, the Wolverines finished last in the Big Ten, but after defeating Michigan State and Ohio State in the Regionals, they finished ranked No. 17 in the nation. AIM LA AMY FELDMAN/Daily Jennifer Paulson (left) celebrates a point with Fiona Davidson (right) in Michigan's triumph over Michigan State Wednesday. Varsity Arena renamed for former coach Keen Home field no longer provides advantage by Jason Bank ., *Women's lacrosse team expects strong spring by Jim Sagar by Jim Sagar Last night, the University of Michigan officially renamed Var- sity Arena the Cliff Keen Arena in- honor of long-time Michigan wrestling coach Cliff Keen. The Keen building is a versatile ath- letic complex which serves as home to Michigan's volleyball, gymnastics, and wrestling teams. The dedication took about half an hour. Keen stood in attendance as commemorations were given by Michigan athletic director Jack Weidenbach and Keen's former wrestling pupil and current athletic director of the University of Min- nesota, Rick Bay. Cliff Keen coached Michigan wrestling from 1925 to 1970. His 45 years is the longest tenure of any head coach in any sport in NCAA history. During those years, Keen's teams won 13 Big Ten tournament championships and compiled a .747 winning percentage. Keen was also a member of the Michigan football coaching staff for 33 years, and is the only coach in modern times to coach Big Ten champions in two different sports. He also achieved many athletic ac- complishments before his coach- ing days, when he was a three- sport star at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State). Aside from coaching and athlet- ics, Keen received his law degree from the University of Michigan and is a member of the Michigan State Bar. Daily Sports Writer As Keith Jackson would say, hold everything! Ohio State's 27-26 upset of Iowa made the Big Ten football race inter- esting again, but Iowa still controls its own destiny and will go to the Rose Bowl by winning its last two games. This year, home-field advantage has disappeared in the Big Ten. For the first time since 1986, no team will go undefeated in conference home games. Ohio State at Wisconsin After an 0-1-1 start in the Big Ten, the Buckeyes (4-1-1 Big Ten) can still go to Pasadena with two more victories and an Iowa loss. They should roll over the hapless Badgers (0-6). But if Ohio St. looks past Wis- consin to its showdown with Michi- gan, the Badgers could make it close. Illinois at Indiana The Fighting Illini's high presea- son expectations and shattered Rose Bowl dreams are becoming an annual tradition. Indiana's record (5-3-4 overall, 2-3-1 Big Ten) is deceiving. The five teams they have beaten have a combined 12-35 record. Michigan St. at Northwestern' The Spartans will try to improve on last year's 76-14 thrashing of the Wildcats. Then, maybe they'll be ready for the Denver Nuggets. Purdue at Iowa Purdue coach Fred Akers' job is on the line. A blowout victory by probable Rose Bowl participant Iowa could put that final nail in his coffin. The University of Michigan's women's lacrosse team is getting stronger. Many people don't know the school even has a women's t'wrosse squad, but that may change *sthe near future. In its sixth year, the team seems to be putting the ingredients together that it needs to become better known at a school where club sports take a backseat to varsity athletics. Judging by senior attacker Stephanie Andel- man's positive attitude, the Wolver- ines should make their first big im- pact during next spring's schedule. The tri-captain has been with Michi- *gan for her four years in Ann Arbor, and feels excited about the team's chances this spring. "This year is especially good," Andelman said, "because we have some new freshmen who were re- cruited for lacrosse at other schools, and they decided not to go to those schools, so they're playing for us." The Wolverines practice three times a week during the fall, and they will practice indoors during the winter. Michigan is currently weight-training in preparation for their spring season. Burt Engel was named Michi- gan's first coach last season and re- ally began to bring the team together. But even though the team is gaining strength, it still has to worry about scheduling its own matches. Last year, some of the games and tournaments fell through because of a lack of organization. This year, though, Andelman and her teammates see a brighter spring ahead. 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