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OOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Meagerly awai ts
Seminole invasion
by Theodore Cox
Daily Football Writer

SPORTS

Football
vs. Florida St.
Saturday, 12 noon
Michigan Stadium

Tuesday, September 24, 1991

Page 9

PENALTY CORNERS THE DIFFERENCE:
Virginia shuts out Stickers, 3-0
by Tim Spolar
14 JIM ME. &Daily Sports Writer

For the first time since November 8, 1941, Michigan had an idle week
during the regular season. The free weekend couldn't have come at a better
time.
"It's helped a lot," Michigan co-captain linebacker Erick Anderson
laid. "It gave us a chance to really enjoy a win against Notre Dame and sa-
vor it for a little bit. And then at the same time it gives us a chance to get a
little bit of extra work in for Florida State." &
The Notre Dame victory is in the Wolverine history book. It's time to
add more than just another line, but another page. The significance of facing
No. 1 raked Florida State Saturday has become the focus of the team. With
Michigan being ranked No. 3, a victory would put the Wolverines in the
position to win a National Championship.
"Obviously this is a big week for us," coach Gary Moeller said at yes-
terday's media luncheon. "The Florida State game is very important be-
cause you don't get a lot of opportunities to do this throughout a life-
Rime."
The significance of the game has also reached the players.
"With this victory, I think this team has realized that it has a chance for
greatness, that it has a chance to do something a Michigan team hasn't done
in recent years," Anderson said. "We haven't focused on a national champi-
onship, but we focused on this game being a really big game. The fact that
people see Florida State as the pinnacle of a college team, and combined
with the chance that we have to beat them, then people start looking at us
like that."
"This is a tremendous opportunity to really pounce on our goals and
take control of our destiny," Michigan place-kicker J.D. Carlson said.
'About the middle of last week the team just said, 'Hey, this is something
that we've really wanted to do."'
Moeller has attempted to limit the exposure of his players to the media
buildup by cutting off interviews for the rest of the week.
HOMETOWN RIVAL: Michigan place-kicker J.D. Carlson hails from
Tallahassee, Fla., also the home of Florida State. It is a game the fifth-year
senior has looked forward since he left home.
"When I decided to come here, I saw on the schedule that Florida State
would play here in five years," Carlson said. "I thought, 'Wow! I've got to
be red-shirted.' I was a walk-on freshman, probably about fifth or sixth
sring and there I was envisioning myself beating Florida State with a
game winning field goal."
It happened that none of his high school teammates went to Florida
State, but a lot of his other high schools friends became Seminoles.
"My high school sends a lot of people to Florida State, so I'm sure I'll
hear it if we lose," Carlson said.
Carlson was not recruited by Florida State and he's only familiar with
the team as a fan who grew up attending several games. His dream, of
course, is to kick a game winning field goal. But, it is something that also
worries him.
"It's kind of scary," Carlson said. "It'd be awful if I missed, I'd just
Feel horrible."

Michigan forward Kristin Shaiper sees action in a game last season. The No. 14 Wolverines lost games to No.
12 Duke and No. 7 Virginia on the road this weekend.

Kickers down, but

by Caryn Seidman
Daily Sports Writer
It has been a long time since the
Michigan men's soccer club has cel-
ebrated a victory. The Wolverines
are hoping to return to the play that
made them 4-0 at the beginning of
the season when they take on
Central Michigan today.
Under new coach, Aaron Smith,
the Wolverines had a strong start to
their season. After remaining unde-
feated through their first four
games, it appeared as if their season
was simply a continuation of last
year. However, Blue luck has drasti-
cally changed in the past five games
and the men are now 4-4-1, having
lost four of their last five games.
"Michigan has dominated some
games and played very well at
points; but lately we can't find the
back of the net," Michigan forward

Paul Pashkoff said. "Defen
been relatively strong but
there are breakdowns, they'i
costly."
Forward Jonas Saunder
there is a vast difference in1
ship and intensity between th
son and last season. Saunde
the Wolverines are still feel
loss of last years captain, mid
Todd Neff.
"Neff was a very intense
on and off the field who ga
team a real sense of leaders
could really get the team a
game. This years captains
Hillary and Tim Puckett, arel
by example," Saunders said.
The team held a meeti
weekend to discuss solutions

Chips are up
se has up the intensity.
when "We are trying to have some of
re very the older players step forward and
assume leadership positions,"
s said Saunders said. "All the pressure
leader- should not lie on our captains."
is sea- The team has a very positive atti-
s sa- tude going into today's game at
rs the CMU. They have had three days off
Ifielder and players are feeling very rested.
The team is not only feeling good
about tomorrow's game, but it is
person looking forward to going to Purdue
ave the
hip; he Sunday.
p for a The Wolverines have already
Dickfplayed Purdue once this season, but
, Dick the game ended in a 1-0 Michigan
leaders loss. The team hopes to use a strong
performance at CMU tomorrow to
ng this end their winless streak and prepare
to pick for Purdue.

The Michigan field hockey team,
fresh off of a 2-0 loss at the hands of
Duke on Saturday, was shut out for
the second consecutive day. The
Wolverines dropped their Sunday
evening match at Virginia, 3-0.
Although the loss dropped
Michigan's record to 3-3 on the sea-
son, the team retains a positive out-
look on its upcoming matches.
"The score sounds bad, but we
played quite well," forward Katie
Vignevic said. "We played really
well together as a team. Some peo-
ple played exceptionally well, but
we focused on the importance of
team play, and we did very well in
that area."
While the Wolverines could not
put the ball in the net, they were
able to hold the Cavaliers off the
score board through the first half.
However, Michigan gave up two
fast goals early in the second half.
"(The two goals) really hurt us
a lot," Vignevic said. "We were
playing very intensely, and up to
that point, the game was very even.
The two goals just really hurt us
emotionally and we just played very
flat after that."
Although the first two scores
were enough to break the spirit of
the shell-shocked Wolverines, the
Cavaliers notched an assurance goal
late in the second half.
Penalty corners once again had a
decided impact on the game. The
Cavaliers' first and last goals were
both scored off penalty corners. The
Wolverines had only one corner op-
portunity until the closing mo-
ments, when the game was out of
reach.
Michigan viewed penalty cor-
ners as one of the keys to its success
before the team left for the trip. In
those situations, the goalie is virtu-
ally at the mercy of the accuracy of
the offensive player's shot.
Although disappointed by the
loss, Michigan is using the game's
positive aspects as building blocks
for this weekend's upcoming con-
ference matches.
"The loss hurt, but it was to the
seventh-ranked team in the nation,"
Vignevic said. "The score really is
not indicative of how well we
played. We played even with them
for well over a half, and then we
just got down on ourselves. As a
team, we had an excellent perfor-
mance and we will be able to take
that into our preparation for
Northwestern and Northern Illi-
nois."
Despite the loss, goalkeeping
was another positive point for the
Wolverines.
"Nicole (Hoover) started for us,
and Stacy Daly came in late in the
game," Vignevic said. "Both played
really well for us. They each made
some outstanding saves. We should
be able to build from that going
into this weekend's games."
Correction
The correct answer to
yesterday's trivia question: What
was the last team to win
consecutive NL East titles? Was
not the 1980-81 Phillies, but the
1977-78 Phillies.



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VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK
Fresh faces fuel
new attitude,
winning ways
by Ryan Herrington
Daily Sports Writer
One year ago, the Michigan volleyball team was
1-9 under a first-year coach, on its way to a 6-25:
season. Little reason to be optimistic about the
future.
"At this time last year we couldn't even do the
drills were doing in practice this year," coach Peggy
Bradley-Doppes said.
How the times have changed. Michigan's 1991
squad is 8-2 entering Big Ten competition this
weekend with matches at Iowa and Minnesota. The
Wolverines are off to their best start since 1988
when they also won eight of their first ten matches.
A change in attitude is a big part of the difference
between Michigan's 1990 and 1991 squads.
"We are really aggressive this year," outside
hitter Michelle Horrigan said. "There's no doubt
this year that we can win, where as in the past it's-
been like 'well maybe.' We're really excited."
Bradley-Doppes knew she had a rebuilding project
last season. The team had to take a crash course in the
fundamentals of volleyball - setting, bumping and'
spiking. So far, the students have responded well to
their professor.
"The entire program has really come along.
We've done a lot of recruiting and we've really
trained hard," Bradley-Doppes said.'
"I think now the kids are beginning to understand
that the matches are not timed. We have as much time
as fifteen points takes. The kids are beginning to'
understand that they control their own destiny."
H ORRIGAN SHINES: Another part of the'
explanation as to why the Wolverines have made
such a sharp turnaround is the performance of'
Horrigan. The sophomore is currently ranked 17th in
the nation with 4.23 kills per game.
After playing in seven matches last season,
Horrigan was forced to medical redshirt due to
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Horrigan with some serious hang-time at the net.
DePaul. Her efforts were rewarded when she was
named to the all-tournament team.
Bradley-Doppes is pleased with Horrigan's play
and sees her continuing to improve in the future.
"With Michelle we're going to be working on
teaching her a few different shots so that if there is a
double block, she knows how to hit high or how to
wipe off of them," Bradley-Doppes said.
FIRST-YEAR SETTER TESTED: While floor
captain Tarnisha Thompson started Saturday
morning's match against Georgia State, she played
only part of the first game. Thompson gave way to
first-year setter Julie Scherer. Scherer's play did not
disappoint. With 31 assists and seven digs, Scherer
proved that there is more than one person who can
fill the Wolverines starting setter position.
"I wanted to see how Julie would play," Bradley-
Doppes explained. "If Tarnisha went down, I want
to know that Julie can step in for her. I was very

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