Ice Hockey vs. Minnesota Tomorrow and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena SPORTS Football vs. Northwestern Saturday, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium The Michiqan Daily Thursday, November 7, 1991 Page 8 - Netters head to District Tourney by Todd Schoenhaus Six members of Michigan's men's tennis team are set to compete in Madison this weekend, but team tennis will surely be of no concern. At the District Four Rolex Sectional Tournament held today through Sunday, it will be every man for himself. Along with 90 other players from the Great Lakes Region, the Wolverine players will battle for bids to the third leg of the Colle- giate Grand Slam in Minneapolis in early February. Around 30 schools will field anywhere from one to six mem- bers, based upon their particular strength. Notre Dame, Ball State, Bowling Green, Western Michi- gan, and all the Big Ten universi- ties except Ohio State will be represented. The two finalists from each of eight U.S. regional tournaments will be invited to play in Min- neapolis. Wolverine star David Kass with his No.7 pre-season colle- giate ranking will have the week- end off because the nation's top 16 players automatically qualify for the Grand Slam event. Dan Brakus, who is expected to be seeded in the top five this weekend, will represent Michi- gan. He'll be joined by Terry Lon- 'M' SPIKERS FALL TO 0-12 MSU IN FIVE GAMES Flat start leads to defeat by Jeff Williams Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - The Michi- gan volleyball team retained the State Pride Flag yesterday. How- ever, most of the pride was felt by Michigan State, after its 3-2 victory over the Wolverines. Michigan kept the flag because it totaled more points over the two- match series which included the Oct. 9 meeting in Ann Arbor which the Wolverines took, 3-2. Last night's victory was the first for the Spar- tans in conference competition this year. "This is what I've worked my whole season for, since the first game that we lost to them," Spartan senior Corinne McNamara said. The Wolverines (7-6 in the Big Ten, 16-8 overall) came out flat and fell behind early, losing the first two games, 15-3 and 15-12. They were unable to take the lead in ei- ther game. "I wasn't pleased with our de- fense," Michigan coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes said. "We didn't pursue the ball the way we should have." The Michigan State attack was led by junior Connie. Thomas who led the Spartans (1-12, 3-20) with 24 kills. McNamara contributed 17 kills to their cause. The Wolverines rebounded to win the third game, 15-8, paced by the play of Michelle Horrigan. She went on to tie her season-high of 24 kills during the match. Rookie Robyn Read helped spark the Michigan offense during the third game with two consecutive blocks to give the Wolverines an 8-6 lead which they never relinquished. In game four, Michigan trailed, 7-4, in what had been a seesaw bat- tie. The lead continued to change un- til the score knotted, 12-12. Consec- utive blocks by Fiona Davidson and Tarnisha Thompson put the Wolver- S' FILE rP"OTO/D Dan Brakus leads six Wolverines into Madison for the District Four Rolex Sectional Tournament for their last tournament of the fall. don, John Lingon, Mitch Ruben- stein, Eric Grand, and Adam Wa- ger. The Michigan players will be spread out to avoid meeting in the earlier rounds. However, it is pos- sible that fellow Wolverines could clash as the tournament progresses. "I feel that any one of these six players has the ability to play well enough to win the whole thing," Eisner said. The coach is looking forward to this last fall tournament be- cause it gives him the opportunity to see exactly where his team stands before Big Ten competition begins next semester. "This tournament is very im- portant to us because we will have the chance to evaluate, not only ourselves, but our oppo- nents for the upcoming season as well," he said. ANTHONY M. CROLUDaiy Wolverine hitter Michelle Horrigan (6) led 'M' with a season-high 24 kills in a grueling 3-15, 12-15, 15-8,15-13, 13-15 loss in East Lansing last night. Big Ten foes shut out- 'M' men's] by Rich Mityalsky Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's rugby team wandered into West Lafayette, hop- ing to improve upon a series of run- ner-up and third-place finishes in Big Ten tournament play during the last few seasons. However, the Wolverines' ef- forts came up short. Michigan lost its first two games, then won by de- fault in the seventh and eighth place game against an absent Minnesota. In Michigan's first game Satur- day, the Wolverines fell to Ohio State, 12-0. In a tightly contested battle, two Buckeye trys, compli- mented with a pair of penalty kicks rugby again completed the scoring; a stringent Ohio State defense held thesWolver- ines scoreless. " We didn't play up to our poten- tial," sophomore Ben Williams said. "We advanced the ball within five yards of the try area, but didn't capitalize on our opportunities." While its first contest was close, Michigan's second game proved to be a disaster. Penn State thrashed the Wolverines in a 42-0 rout. "Penn State really handled us," tackler Jason Kreta said. "We were pleased that we didn't give up, though, when the score was bad." The Wolverines host Michigan State at Mitchell Field Saturday. wina $ it e rtift t% O'Sudflva:t a ::.:: .:.::::::: .......:.: 1. Northwe......t.......a 2. Suth s~rliri at to fia t:to 3. West Virg~~ia im F ines to game-point and gave them momentum for the victory, 15-13. "We did a great job coming out after the second game to win the next two," Bradley-Doppes said. "I was really happy about that." Game five was played under the rally-point system, in which points are awarded after each serve. Michigan kept its momentum, opening up a 3-0 lead. However, the lead changed hands continually after that. The score reached a 12-12 dead- lock. But unlike game four, Michi- gan State took control, taking the game, 15-13, and the match, 3-2. 0'i Blue women's rugby ties Oberlin, 8-8 by Rich Mitvalsky Daily Sports Writer A fairly decimated Michigan women's rugby team took the field at Oberlin College over the week- end. Unfortunately for the Wolver- ines, they only had a tie under their belts for the three hour trip back to Ann Arbor. The women tacklers braved Sat- urday's cold weather by dominating play for nearly the entire 80 min- utes, taking a narrow lead into the final minute. However, Oberlin tal- lied a try to salvage a tie, 8-8. "We really dominated them the whole game, without exaggera- tion," Michigan coach Lisa Ruby said. "The try they scored at the end was really a fluke." Cold weather often increases the difficulty of handling the ball, and this was evident with sloppy play throughout the game. Even more ev- ident, though, were the absent Wolverines. "Apparently the undergraduates are completing their midterms now, and many could not make this trip," Ruby said of the incomplete roster. "Hopefully (the midterm examina- tions) are out of the way now and the whole team can travel to Columbus next weekend." Sophomore fullback Juliet Rodgers paced Michigan by scoring both of the Wolverines' trys and aiding in the depleted backfield's defensive efforts. "Juliet showed both poise and maturity in the backline, and the forwards showed improvement too," Ruby said. "Last week in prac- tice we worked on weaknesses, and the players implemented the strat- egy well." 0 a .~Today'. . i. 0faF Fo ~~ ~ .,cs *.* in the Savings! Save 10%-100% Off Make a selection, then before paying, pick out one of the leaves. Each leaf contains a discount slip worth 10% to 100%. Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-6, Fri. 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