Volleyball
vs. Illinois
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Keen Arena
The Michigan Daily
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Moeller struggles
with Friday gm
by Theodore Cox
Daily Football Writer
It is becoming very apparent that Michigan coach Gary Moeller does
not like to work on Friday night. Playing Minnesota a day ahead of the
usual Saturday date continues to bother him.
"I don't think it's the right thing to do," Moeller said at yesterday's
teleconference. "I don't think it's in the best interest of the players. I know
it's just one day, no big deal, but it makes a difference academically."
The game was moved because the Minnesota Twins, who share the
Metrodome with the Golden Gophers, might play Game Six of the World
Series Saturday afternoon.
"There's no option unless Michigan asked us to move its game up
there," Minnesota coach John Gutekunst said. "I wouldn't have been in fa-
vor of losing a home game against Michigan. You're creating more prob-
lems than you're solving."
Moeller didn't have any solutions either.
"What are you going to do, not play?" he said.
Moeller also loses a day of practice because of the move. He asked the
NCAA last weekend if he could hold practice last Sunday (the rules state a
#team must take one day off during the week) and not practice this coming
Saturday. But the NCAA said no, explaining the schedule starts Monday.
BOWL REACTION: Every Big Ten coach approved of the new confer-
ence arrangement with the Citrus Bowl and the Holiday Bowl where the
second and third-place teams in the Big Ten will play in either one.
"We wanted to maximize the opportunity for our teams to play in
bowl games by guaranteeing that at least three of our teams have spots,"
Illinois coach and athletic director John Mackovic said.
"A lot can be said for knowing where the second- and third-place teams
are going," Ohio State coach John Cooper said. "One of the worst things is
the uncertainty of what's going to happen to you particularly when all the
other bowls have tie-ins."
Moreover, each Big Ten team will receive $175,000 more than they
would have gotten for attending the bowls with at-large bids.
OVERREACTION I: Michigan State coach George Perles was salivat-
ing over Ohio State yesterday: "They've got more talent than any team
we've played in a long time. You're talking about some of the finest talent
that's ever come out of there," Perles said.
OVERREACTION II: Purdue quarterback Eric Hunter had three touch-
down passes in this weekend's 28-7 victory over Wisconsin, yet Purdue
coach Jim Colletto continues to rip him publicly. "He's got to get the
message of throwing better passes, that's his problem," Colletto said. It
was an improvement over last week when the coach called Hunter
"lethargic."
WHY PRACTICE?: Iowa quarterback Matt Rodgers has not been prac-
ticing at all recently because of swollen fingers.
"He didn't throw a ball last year in preparation for Purdue and he still
threw four touchdown passes," Iowa coach Hayden Fry said. "So as I said
last year, 'Hell, we may have come up with a new way to coach quarter-
backs - just let them rest until gametime.'"
SPORTS
Ice Hockey
vs. Michigan St.
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Yost Ice Arena
Wednesday, October 23, 1991
Page 9
Women's soccer
tops Central, 4-0
by Ken Sugiura
Daily Sports Writer
It seems like the only thing that
can stop the women's soccer team
these days is Mother Nature.
Yesterday, the Wolverines raised
their flawless mark to 18-0-2 with a
4-0 defeat of Central Michigan.
Only the game's being halted due to
darkness could stop the Michigan
onslaught.
The Maize and Blue first got on
the board with a score by forward
Lisa Ashton off an assist from
Alicia Stewart. Stewart's unas-
sisted goal and Heather Marshall's
penalty kick score completed the
first-half scoring.
"The goalie never had a chance,"
Taylor said of Marshall's piercing
blast to the lower lefthand corner
of the net. Marshall was taken
down by a Chippewa defender, set-
ting up the penalty-kick situation.
The last tally came off the foot
of Stewart courtesy of an assist
from Karen Jones.
"We played well, but it was just
wierd because people weren't nor-
mally where they are," stopper
Carrie Taylor said. "It was just a
strange allotment of people."
The Wolverines were forced to
flip-flop their lineup because sev-
eral team members were taking
midterm exams and could not make
the trip Mt. Pleasant. Michigan
usually carries 23 players, but yes-
terday only 15 traveled to CMU.
"We were just kind of discom-
bobulated, I guess," Taylor admit-
ted.
One area that avoided disruption
was the Wolverine net. Goalkeepers
Lisa Bennet and Anne Hollar, re-
placing Michigan's regular starting
keeper, faced only two shots in
combining for the shutout.
Yesterday's victory followed a
pair of Sunday triumphs for Mich-
igan. The Wolverines overcame a
slow start against Western Mich-
igan before finally posting a 3-0
victory. Against Valparaiso, the
Wolverines scored an identical 3-0
conquest.
Ashton accounted for the major-
ity of the scoring attack, racking up
goals and assists in each contest.
Michigan next hosts Michigan
State Thursday.
The women's soccer team scored a 4-0 victory yesterday over CMU.
Men's
by Tim Spolar
Daily Sports Writer
water polo sweeps Buckeye meet
The Michigan men's water polo
team swept all five of its games in
last weekend's Buckeye Invitational
in Columbus. It was the team's sec-
ond-consecutive tournament sweep,
extending Michigan's winning
streak to 11 games.
The Wolverines (11-1 in the Big
Ten, 17-4 overall) opened the tour-
nament with two victories Friday
night. Indiana was the first to feel
the sting of the potent Wolverine
offense, suffering a 15-6 defeat. In
the evening's second match, after
taking a 12-2 lead, the Wolverines
cruised past rival Michigan State,
16-9.
The Wolverines opened play
Saturday against Central Ohio, a
non-collegiate club comprised pri-
marily of Ohio State alumni. The
club's experience provided Mich-
igan with its toughest challenge of
the tournament. However, the
Wolverines prevailed, 9-6, thanks to
a stingy defense. Michigan then
reestablished its dominance with a
15-5 thrashing of Purdue and a 12-6
victory over Ohio State in the
championship match.
The Wolverine offense continues
to produce impressive numbers.
Michigan's 77-goal total in the five
games was up from 61 and 56 in the
preceding weeks' tournaments.
Senior Steve Kulp led the Wol-
verines with 15 goals in the five
games. Junior Glen Shilland and
frosh Ben Ewy chipped in seven
goals apiece.
"Our offensive consistency is
coming together," Michigan coach
Scott Russell said. "Sometimes we
used to have problems putting out
more than ten goals, game in and
game out. But we're clicking well
right now."
Depth is contributing to the
Wolverines' high output. Michigan
has arguably the top two hole-sets
in the Big Ten in Kulp and Aaron
Frame, and have skilled backups at
every position on the roster.
While the Wolverines' offensive
statistics are impressive, the defen-
sive facet of their game is also a big
factor in this season's success.
Michigan's defense continues to
sparkle, constricting opposing of-
fenses into submission. Throughout
the Wolverines' winning streak,
they have not yielded double figures
in goals to any opponent.
"Our defense is definitely our
strength," Russell said. "We al-'-
ways hold a team under 10 goals
now, and that is a safeguard in case
of an off day by some of our
(offensive) big guns. Our defense
also jump-starts our offense, by
providing easy fast-break goals after
we force turnovers."
Blue crew heads for
key East Coast races
Kickers initiate new
defensive strategem
by Chad Safran
Early in the morning the glow
from several flashlights can be
seen on the Huron River each day.
It is the guiding light for the crew
team at Michigan.
Although the sun has not yet
risen, over fifty men and women
are out on the river pushing their*
boats to move faster and faster
with each stroke of their oars.
Six days a week, the squads
practice from 5:45 to 8:00 with a
grueling workout. They begin with
some calisthenics and stretching
before heading down the river.
The team members carry the
boats (shells) from the boathouse
rdown to the dock and begin the
morning row. Each shell is sixty
feet long and weighs over 300
pounds. With eight oars on each
shell, one for each person in the
boat, the team heads down river
doing a basic warmup.
The basic warmup begins with
each member using only their arms,
then back and arms, and eventually
proceeds to full stroke with slide.
The slide is the motion that gener-
ates power by pushing off with the
legs.
As the team continues its 8-10
mile daily row, it enters the
steady-state part of the practice.
The coaches monitor the shells
from their observation boats
(launches) in the water looking for
proper technique and timing. The
coaches then communicate directly
with the rowers or pass their in-
structions on to the coxswains
through a megaphone.
Since the rowers have their
backs to the course, the coxswains
are responsible for directing the
boat. The coxswains are account-
able for everything the rowers do.
They are an on-board coach, giving
directions and telling the boats
when to increase speed. A coxswain
is vital in a regatta, according to
varsity men's crew team member,
Tedd Tennis.
"They can win or lose a race for
a boat," Tennis said.
The final part of the workout is
the power pieces. During a race
piece, the boats will accelerate to
full pressure on the oar (race
speed). This is the crew's version of
a scrimmage. During a fall race,
boats achieve a stroke rating
(strokes per minute) of 26-28 and a
rating of 32-36 in a spring sprint
race.
"Crew is a highly technical
sport," men's assistant novice
coach Scott Bolden said. "It is a
combination of strength, en-
durance, concentration and timing.
You must have all eight rowers in
perfect harmony. It is a sport in
which you thrive on relaxation and
preparation."-
This weekend the crew team
will travel to the East Coast to
compete in their two biggest races
of the season- the Head of the
Schuylkill in Philadelphia Sat-
urday and the Princeton Chase in
New Jersey Sunday.
by Shawn DuFresne
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's soccer club
will be performing experiments to-
day. Not in physics or chemistry,
but on the soccer field.
The club (6-8-1) will test new
defensive strategies when it squares
off in Livonia against Schoolcraft.
"Changing to high pressure de-
fense when Wisconsin (the oppo-
nent last weekend) crossed midfield
worked efficiently," Michigan co-
captain Dick Hillary said.
Although their defense was ef-
fective, the Wolverines lost games
to 11th-ranked Wisconsin and to
Minnesota by 1-0 scores.
Schoolcraft defeated Delta Com-
munity College last week, 8-0, to
improve its record to 10-2-1. It is
tied for first place in Region 12 of
the National Junior College Ath-
letic Association.
"It has been a very successful
season, and our coaching staff has
worked hard to rebuild our de-
fense," Schoolcraft coach Van
Demetrio said.
Jeff VanDemergell, Chris Craw-
ford, and Bobby Hayes will lead the
Ocelots' attack against the new
Michigan defense.
Schoolcraft's young defense, led
by Mike Pressley and Shane Milner,
has allowed only two goals in the
last five games.
"It's going to be a tough game
for us," Demetrio said. "I hope we
can keep them from scoring not
more than three goals, although I
obviously prefer none."
"Right now we have a solid de-
fense," Hillary said. "In fact, our
team has been playing intensely for
all ninety minutes. We want to per-
form well in this game, and use it as
preparation for the Big Ten club
tournament this weekend."
MICHIGAN
CLUB
BASKETBALL
ORGANIZATIONAL
MEETING
THURSDAY:
OCTOBER 24
CALL 668-3154
Early morning practices are part of a normal day for Michigan crew.
The Head of the Schuylkill in Philadelphia Saturday and the Princeton
Chase in New Jersey Sunday await the Wolverines this weekend.
The Schuylkill will feature
crews from the Midwest and East
Coast - fifty teams each in the
men's and women's divisions, in-
cluding crew powerhouses Temple,
Syracuse, and defending NCAA
champion Penn will vie for one of
rowing's most prestigious crowns.
The Princeton race will feature
the best of the Ivy League schools,
including Brown and Cornell. In
these races the teams will compete
against the clock with the lowest
time winning.
The crew program at Michigan
has been growing ever since its in-
ception fifteen years ago. Men's
head novice coach Mike Caviston
has witnessed the growth.
"It has changed a lot since my
freshman year in 1979. We had six-
teen men and only six or seven
women on the team," Caviston
said.
"The crew team is the biggest it
has ever been," according to men's
head varsity coach Will Brewster.
This year over 150 men and women
are participating in Michigan's
largest club sport. There is a crew
recruitment meeting Wednesday at
8 p.m. in Angell Hall, room 25.
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