Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Sports Monday- October 28, 1991 Northwestern, Iowa stifle stickers by Chris Carr Daily Sports Writer Like a brisk wind through an Iowa cornfield, Northwestern and Iowa blew away the Michigan field hockey team's thoughts of revenge and its glimering hopes of an NCCA tournament bid this week- end in Iowa City. The Wolverines dropped their weekend matches to No. 4 Iowa and No. 7 Northwestern, 4-1 and 3-0, re- spectively. Saturday against Northwestern, Michigan (2-5 in the conference, 7-8 overall) was out to avenge a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of the Wildcats in its conference opener. The game was a scoreless defen- sive struggle for most of the first half until rookie Gretchen Scheucr- mann put the Wildcats on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal with 6:26 to play in the half. Three minutes later, rookie Kathleen Sull- ivan put Northwestern up, 2-0. All-American Colleen Senich completed the scoring for North- western with a goal off an assist from Sullivan with 14:24 left in the game. Goalie Donna Barg turned away four Wolverine shots to record the shutout for the Wildcats. "We had a couple of good indi- vidual performances, but we didn't play well as a team today," Mich- igan coach Patti Smith said. "I'm disappointed because that is not what I'm looking for at this point in the season." Michigan's game against Iowa yesterday was a much awaited re- match of the Hawkeyes' 2-0 over- time victory in Ann Arbor two weeks ago. During that game the Wolverines had three goals disal- lowed. The match's extremely close nature left a bad taste with the highly ranked Hawkeyes. "I think revenge was a definite factor for Iowa," Michigan assis- tant coach Meri Demrow said. "Iowa is a very tough place to play with 400 fans yelling 'Go Hawks' for the entire game." The Wolverines were able to stay with the Hawkeyes for most of the first half, gaining hope of an up- set. Lisa Sweeny gave the Hawkeyes a 1-0 lead six minutes into the game. However, the Wolverines' defense tightened, and Michigan tied the game with 11:39 to play in the first half on a penalty corner shot by ju- nior Katie Vignivic. "Scoring on a penalty corner was a real positive thing because we have had trouble converting penalty cor- ners all year," Dembrow said. "Doing it against a team like Iowa means a lot more than it would against a Miami of Ohio because Iowa has a lot of speed and a very talented goalie." Amy Fowler broke the tie for the Hawkeyes with eight minutes to play in first half, giving them a 2-1 halftime advantage. Goalie Nicole Hoover was able to keep the Wolverines in the game with 18 saves, but the Hawkeyes outshot the Wolverines, 15-0, in the second half. In the end, Iowa's of- fensive pressure proved to be too much as Heather Bryant and Jamie Rofrano recorded second half goals, giving the Hawkeyes the 4-1 vic- tory. Men's rugby finishes SIGMA PHI EPSILON ALL CAMPUS 3-ON-3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT $100 First Prize $50 Second Prize $20 Team Entry Fee Friday, November 1, 8:30 pm I.M. Sports Building for more information contact: Larry 663-8234 season with by Rich Mitvalsky Daily Sports Writer Despite losing players to an all- star camp and playing under rainy, muddy conditions, the Michigan men's rugby team finished its regu- lar season Saturday at Mitchell Field with a 26-24 victory over Central Michigan. Six Michigan players traveled to the 'M' select side camp, a camp that determines players to represent the state of Michigan in regional play. However, an experienced Wolverine squad held on for the victory, improving its record to 6-4. "We played a spectacular game," captain John Swis said. "Six guys went to a camp for the 'M' select side, so a lot of players had to fill in." The Wolverines scored oneach of their first three trys, opening up a twelve-point advantage. However, " 1 a victory the Chippewas struck back, scoring the next two. The teams traded points throughout, but Wolverine Dan Mascellino thwarted a final Chippewa scoring attempt with a last second tackle, preserving the Michigan victory. "It was a see-saw battle," senior Ben Hanna said. "The weather wasn't too bad, but there were more dropped balls and sloppy play than usual." "The weather was wet and rainy, and the ball can slip around a lot," Swis added. The Big Ten Championships pro- vide the next test for the Wolverines, held Nov. 2 and 3 at Purdue. Michigan has prepared it- self for the tournament, playing ex- perienced and older club teams throughout the season. The Wolverines hope to improve on their two runner-up and third place finishes in the last three seasons. "We feel pretty confident," Hanna said of the Championships. "Ohio State and Penn State are very good. They (Ohio State) have placed second and third at Nationals." Michigan middle blocker Michelle Ho (actually, the net) in Friday night's 3- SPIKERS Continued from page 1 said. "I think going into game four, we still knew it was going to be very hard to win." Michigan breezed to a 13-9 lead in game four, and the blocking of JoAnna Collias and Smith finally put away the Boliermakers, 15-12. "We wanted to beat them very badly," said Scherer, who had her second consecutive big night with 36 assists. Many didn't give the Wolverines a chance Friday night, but Michigan upset the Illini (8-2, 13-5) in four games, 7-15,15-11,15-6,15-2. Before the match, there was talk that Illinois' Lorna Henderson would single-handedly crush Michigan. In game one, this looked like a serious possibility. Henderson - whom Bradley-Doppes labeled "a monster" before the match - -0 0;.4 a ANTHONY CROLL/Daly )rrigan rises to the occasion ; upset victory over Illinois. had three kills. The Wolverines mis- handled one of Henderson's famous jump serves to give game one to the visitors, 15-7. But Henderson was held quiet the rest of the night. "Our blockers on the right side just shut her down. It was awesome," Horrigan said. Michigan limited Henderson to only one ace and eight more kills, and forced her to commit two ser- vice errors and nine hitting errors. Michigan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in game two, but after a 9-1 Illini run, the Wolverines found themselvesdown,10-2. The Wolverines started to come back. After scoring six straight points, Illinois' Eileen Hawkins killed for side ou. The Illini serve then led to the longest - and most crucial - point of the night, with both teams mak- ing several spectacular digs to keep the ball in play. When Smith finally spiked home a winner, the fans in at- tendance at Keen Arena erupted and the Michigan players celebratedu- bilantly. Michigan went on to take the game, 15-11. Illinois never re- covered. ingmsvecofdnt, an1 al-f2ud den, we have two or three very ten- tative plays by people we are count- ing on," Illinois coach Dr. Mike Hebert said. "Once that happens, there's no one on the team that can realy pull us out. "That (play) definitely gave us a lot of confidence in ourselves," said Scherer, who turned in one of her best performances of the year with 35 assists, four digs and three block assists. Horrigan's play was representa- tive of the momentum swing. Due0 to the rotation, Horrigan and Henderson matched jump serves af- ter side outs, forming a sort of match within a ematch. "Yeah, it was (a showdown)," said Horrigan, who along with Smith led the Wolverines with 14 kills. "She's No. 1 in the Big Ten in kills, and I'm just behind her (in the rankings). I just wanted to beat her so bad." Michigan cruised through game three, scoring the first and last four points for a 15-6 decision and a two games to one lead. Illinois struck first in game four, but after Fiona Davidson's kill evened the score at 1-1, the Illini be- gan to self-destruct. Two straight ball handling errors gave Michigan a.3-1 lead. Scherer's unexpected drop* shot, which gave the Wolverines a 10-2 lead, shocked the Illini. Illinois' return at the net sailed wide to give Michigan the match, 15-2. It was the second consecutive year that the Wolverines have upset a highly-ranked Illinois squad at Keen Arena. "Is this getting to be a tradition? I hope so," Bradley-Doppes said. "I know we're going to have our work' cut out for us when we go to their place, but this one was big tonight." OMFGA SI HIPRESENTS O THE TOURNAMENT OF TE YEAR THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL BIG PRIZES! 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