The Michigan Daily-Sports Monday- October 7, 1991- page?7 splt hi t V-6 1Offense sputt~cers cs ong in eah gam by Tim Spolar Daily Sports Writer The Michigan field hockey team split its matches last weekend, de- feating Eastern Kentucky, 1-0, but dropping its second game to Ohio State, 2-1. Saturday afternoon in Columbus, the 17th-ranked Wolverines com- pletely dominated the Colonels for their fifth win of the season. De- spite scoring only one goal, Michi- gan outshot EKU, 44-3, and had an 18-to-one advantage in penalty cor- ners. "We totally dominated the (EKU) game," senior tri-captain Sandi Marotti said. "Unfortun- ately, we just couldn't finish our drives. We kept hitting the posts and the back and sides of the net." The Wolverines' lone goal came at the 17:34 mark of the first period from sophomore forward Kalli Hose. Marotti, a defender, ripped a long free hit at EKU's goaltender, who turned it away. However, the rebound came directly to Hose, who put it away for her second score of the season. The Wolverines were not quite as fortunate against host Ohio State. The Buckeyes' Danielle Dayton scored two goals in the first period. "(The Buckeyes) got both of their goals in the first 10 minutes off of penalty corners," Marotti said. "We got a little down after that, but it was so early in the game, we thought we could come back. We fell just a little short." "(Ohio State) shell-shocked us with those first two goals," first- year goalkeeper Stacy Daly said. "We got going in the second half, though, and if the game would have lasted just a few minutes longer, we would have had a really good chance of tying them. We were playing them pretty even. "We were all really psyched up before the game," she added. "For some reason, however, when we got on the field, we lost some of that intensity and couldn't put forth the necessary effort." unassisted goal by junior forward Katie Vignevic, scored off the team's lone corner. Goalkeeper Nicole Hoover had eight saves for the Wolverines. The loss dropped Michigan's record to 5-5 overall on the season, 1-2 in the Big Ten. The Wolverines are anticipating an exciting weekend, when they face fifth-ranked Iowa and Michigan State in two of the final three home games of the season. "We have a hard weekend coming up," Daly said. "We just need to put this weekend behind us." "We're all pretty excited to play Iowa," Marotti added. "We're 0-19 against them (all-time) and they're a solid team, so it should prove to be tough competition. However, they've lost a few key players from last year, and overall, if we play like we can, I think we are the superior team." The Wolverines' success this weekend will greatly depend on their ability to rebound from the poor offensive showings (they were also shutout in three consecutive games against nationally-ranked Duke, Virginia, and Northwestern in the past few weeks) which fac- tored heavily in their past four losses. "We're going to stress shooting drills, among other offensive tac- tics, in practice this week," Marotti said. "We will work on moving the ball from the midfield to the for- wards and into attacking positions. We'll also have to work on our shooting accuracy and our ability to convert our scoring opportunities." AP Photo Michigan State quarterback Jim Miller failed to lead the Spartans to their initial victory of the season. MSU will once again look for its elusive first victory Saturday against Michigan. K. Hose BUMBLING SPARTANS LOSE AGAIN Indiana buries BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Trent Green passed for 265 yards and one touchdown and ran for an- other score Saturday as Indiana shut out winless Michigan State 31-0 in their Big Ten Conference opener. The Hoosiers (2-1-1 overall) also had a punt returned 79 yards for a touchdown by Scott McGowan and a TD run by Vaughn Dunbar as they snapped a streak of four straight losses to the Spartans (0-4). Indiana took a 14-0 lead at half- time, widened it to 17-0 on a 22-yard field goal by Scott Bonnell early in the third quarter and put the game out of reach midway through the pe- riod with a 31-yard scoring pass from Green to flanker Thomas Lewis. Green, who completed 20 of 29 passes, also rushed for 43 yards, in- cluding 15 for a touchdown on Indiana's first possession of the game. The shutout left Michigan State with its lowest four-game scoring total (20 points) since 1917, when the Spartans had only 10 points. The 0-4 start also matched a school record set in 1917 and tied in 1982. NO.14 OSU 31, WISCONSIN 16 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Raymont Harris ran for two touch- downs and No.14 Ohio State's de- fense shut down Wisconsin's rush- ing game for a 31-16 Big Ten victory before the largest crowd in Ohio Stadium history. Harris opened and closed the scoring for the Buckeyes, 4-0 for the first time since 1984, on touchdown runs of 1 and 6 yards. Terrell Fletcher ran for 2 on Wisconsin's second pla) game, but the Badgers were to minus-1 yard on 16 rus rest of the day. Wisconsin fell to 3-1 ov the Big Ten opener for both t Neither starting quarter first-team offense was effect Macias came in to Wisconsin's two touchdown in the final three minutes. Macias led the Badgers yards of total offense on t two possessions, 38 yards m the Badgers had gotten the n vious times they had the b Tony Lowery at quarterback. PURDUE 17, N'WESTERN EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) O'Leary's 26-yard field go 30 seconds left Saturday Purdue to a 17-14 victor Northwestern in a Big Ten oi The Boilermakers (2-2) the winning score by mounti yard drive with Eric Hunt pleting passes of 27 yards t( Calloway and 16 and 31 y Rodney Dennis. Earlier in the period, Bria attempted a 52-yard field1 Northwestern (1-3) but short. The Wildcats had taken lead early in the second half. Trailing 7-0 at the Northwestern scored two downs within 35 seconds to lead. The Wildcats took the half kickoff and marched 71 11 plays with Dennis Lund State, 31-0 Z9 yards ing the final yard for the tying y of the touchdown. limited Purdue's Arlee Conners fumbled hes the the ensuing kickoff and Jason Green recovered on the 27. After a penalty, erall in Len Williams hit Luther Morris eams. with a 29-yard pass and Williams back or scored on a reverse on the next play ive. Jay for a 14-7 lead. direct NO. 22 ILLINOIS 24, MINN. 3 n drives CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Fullback Kameno Bell ran for two to 133 fourth-quarter touchdowns heir last Saturday in leading No. 22 Illinois ore than to a 24-3 victory over Minnesota in line pre- the Big Ten opener for both schools. all with Bell, who carried 16 times for 85 yards, scored on runs of 1 and 9 14 yards. - Joe The Illini (3-1) held the Gophers )al with to 70 yards in 33 carries. y lifted Illinois' Chris Richardson ry over opened the scoring with a 28-yard pener. field goal in the first quarter. set up Running back Steve Feagin capped a ng a 72- 98-yard drive with a 5-yard touch- er com- down run in the second quarter for a o Ernest 10-0 advantage. yards to Minnesota (1-3) trimmed the deficit to 10-3 with a 38-yard field n Leahy goal by Aaron Piepkorn in the sec- goal for ond quarter. it fell Bell's 12-yard punt return started Illinois' first drive at the a 14-7 Gophers 43, and quarterback Jason Verduzco's 21-yard completion to half, Elbert Turner helped move the touch- Illini to Minnesota's 1. take the But Gophers safety Sean Lumpkin sacked Verduzco for a 10- second yard loss and Illinois had to settle yards in for Richardson's field goal and a 3-0 y crash- first quarter lead. Ohio State's biggest advantage in the game came from five players from Holland. Though new to the Buckeyes this year, the European students possess superior skills to those of most domestic players. Also hampering the Wolverines' offense was the lack of penalty cor- ners drawn against the Buckeyes. "The key to winning field hockey games is offense," Marotti said. "We only drew one penalty corner and were unable to convert our opportunities (into goals)." Michigan's only response was an Swimmers dominate at MSU by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer It has been oft-noted that swimmers, in particular breaststro- kers, stray from the beaten path. So it was that former Michigan breast- stroker Mike Barrowman, in the worst of conditions, swimming a race not swum in 67 years, was in his element. "It was 47 degrees, and the wind was blowing like a bat out of hell, and it was pouring down rain. I was enjoying it, everyone else was hating it, but I thought it was kind of cool," the apparently sane Barrow- man revealed. Saturday in an exhibition heat at the Michigan State Double Distance Invitational, Barrowman bettered the 79-year-old 400-meter breast- stroke world mark of Walter Bathe by 1:41.61 with a time of 4:47.99. Because the event has not been rec- ognized since 1924, Bathe's mark has stood and will stand despite Bar- rowman's performance. As for the swim, world record or not, Barrowman found much with which to be pleased. "(It) was much faster than we had expected," he said. "We thought, at best, anything under 5:15 would be really good. I was happy with that." won, 242-170-32, over Michigan State and Eastern Michigan, respec- While finding his wa tory book again, Barrov something else as well. .N- - .- -., r. tively. y to the his- In taking the invitational, which wman found was swum in a 55-yard pool at dou- ble the normal distances, Wolverine coach Jim Richardson's women''s team touched first six times in the event slate, sweeping first through third place in each victory. x Headlining the Wolverine tri- umph were junior Missy Mc- Cracken and sophomore Kate Girard. Both scored victories, McCracken in the 440-yd butterfly, and Girard in the 2,200 freestyle, and combined with Mindy Gehrs and Michelle Swix in the victorious 880 freestyle relay. "I was real pleased with the way we swam," Richardson said. Ac- cording to Richardson, the doubled distances and inclement weather could have resulted in fatiguing and makes the poor stroke technique, but the "he said. "I swimmers turned in consistent and it was kind well-paced races. ng-cold out- The men also collected the six of n, and every seven first places. Junior butter- am came out flyer Brian Gunn held court, claim- ing the 2200 freestyle and 440 but- terfly. Gunn also joined Rodney was great in- VanTassell, Kevin Glass, and Gus- mantled the tavo Borges in the victorious 880 ile the men freestyle relay. McCracken "I realized what Michigan team so great, was swimming this race of obscure, it was freezi side, pouring down rain single person on that tea there and just cheered on The Michigan teamN deed. The women dis. Spartans, 278-202, wh Silverdome survives first cut for World Cup by Ken Sugiura soccer's premier international event. sites for the World Cup. would be better suited than the Su- Daily Sports Writer As one of 19 proposed communi- "The Pontiac Silverdome is perdome's opaque ceiling for sus- As if Super Bowl XVI, ties, the Detroit suburb will receive solidly on the priority list," World taining the natural grass FIFA re- Wrestlemania III and the Cherry a visit from FIFA, soccer's interna- Cup Michigan 1994 chairman Roger quires for World Cup play. Bowl weren't enough for the De- troit populace, the Pontiac Silver- dome has come one step closer to hosting yet another world-class sporting event. Thursday, World Cup USA 1994, the organizing committee for the 15th World Cup, placed Pontiac on the 'priority' list .of possible cities which could host tional governing body, which will conduct a technical inspection of the Silverdome. The evaluations will be held between October 29 and November 7, with the stop in Pon- tiac scheduled for November 4. After the tour of stadiums is complete, between eight and 12 venues will be chosen as the actual Faulkner said. The Michigan bid committee's confidence is well-founded. As Faulkner noted, "FIFA is keen on using an indoor stadium," and the Silverdome has only the Louisiana Superdome as competition. Also, the Silverdome's translucent roof Furthermore, it is believed one Midwest site will be selected in ad- dition to Chicago, and the Detroit area has many advantages over com- petitors Columbus, Ohio and Kansas City, Mo., including a large airport hub and a broad ethnicbase. Equestrian team completes successful weekend at Miami from staff reports The Largest Selection ' of Michigan Sportswear Anywhere. No Books. The Michigan equestrian club had a successful meet at Miami- Ohio this weekend. Sporting a young squad, the team showed itself to be a force in the equestrian society by having several of its players place, or come in second. The meet lasted the duration of the weekend, with a total of four shows in three days. Friday con- sisted of two western shows, which use a cowboy-like saddle, and Satur- day and Sunday had one hunt-seat 0 show each. This is the more tradi- their respective categories. Cori Hardy tied for the high points of all riders by winning two classes - flats and over fences. Dawn Ot- tavaere triumphed in the fences competition Saturday. Club President Julie Wanke was pleased with the players' showing. "We have a lot of new people we haven't seen before," she said. "We really came together, and we im- proved over the weekend. We played much better Sunday than Saturday." The club's next meet will be Save Up to $100 t x K U ii Ii