Volleyball vs. Minnesota Friday, 7 p.m. Keen Arena SPORTS Women's Swimming EMU Invitational Friday, 4 p.m. Bowen Field House The Michigan Daily Wednesday, November 27, 1991 Page 8 New NCAA rules send hockey players home MICHIGANSPORTS rbundti9 by Josh Dubow Daily Hockey Writer After a grueling stretch of five games in nine days, the Michigan hockey team gets a week off - lit- erally. This week the Wolverines have no games and no official prac- tices. New NCAA regulations have limited the hockey season to 22 weeks. Because of previous contracts with Minnesota and Notre Dame plus its Central Collegiate Hockey Association schedule, Michigan has filled its 22 weeks of play. To fit all of these games in their schedule, the Wolverines needed to schedule four Tuesday night games throughout the season. They also scheduled this week as an off week. At Michigan State, Spartan coach Ron Mason combatted the new re- strictions by delaying the start of official practices by a week. While Thanksgiving has been a break for the majority of students for a long time, it is a new experi- ence for hockey players and the Michigan icers are welcoming it. "I think it's good for the guys to get a rest," defenseman Patrick Neaton said. "School is getting a little hectic right now, so this will give guys time to catch up. Also, a lot of guys will get to go home and see their families and friends for the first time." Forward Ted Kramer agreed with Neaton's assessment of the week-long hiatus. "I think the time off will help," Kramer said. "A lot of us need to catch up on our studies. It will be good to relax and come back fresh for our trip to the Soo." Even though Michigan will hold no official practices, most of the players will skate on their own this week to remain in game shape. IN THE POLLS: Because of last Saturday's tie with Illinois- Chicago, the Wolverines fell from the top spot in the Albany Times Union College Hockey Top 10. Michigan fell one spot to second behind previous No. 1 Maine. Two other CCHA teams are ranked in the top 10 with Lake Superior ranked fourth, and Michigan State eighth. Spikers finish with Minnesota and Iowa by Jeff Williams Daily Sports Writer Defenseman Patrick Neaton and his teammates will enjoy a Thanksgiving day break mandated by NCAA restrictions. meanit) shot to wna$0 gif certificate to O'Sulvns Eatryad Pub. Get yupik 1.Forida St.at Florida 2. Sn Diego St. at Miam Fa. 3. ent. at Pittsburgh 4Alabama vs.Aubur (a Birming ham1 Ala.) 6Texa atea A&M 7. lemon s.Duke(t Tko & Notre Da~ metHawaii 10 usa at SMU 1.Txas Tcat Hoston Tiebker: Flori.........a ...State: ..........Flori ........a. .. . . . .. ..am e : .. . ... .. .. . ... . . . . . .. . . .. . . . P h o n e:................................... Tankers see by Chad Safran Daily Sports Writer While most of the students at the University will head home to celebrate Thanksgiving and to relax, some members of the men's swim team have different plans for the holiday. They will be in Minneapolis to compete against many of the world's best swimmers in the U.S. Open Swimming Championships. The Open is the most important indoor meet before the U.S. Olympic Trials, which take place March 1-6 in Indianapolis. Many of the competitors will be attempting to qualify for an opportunity to earn a position on the team headed to Barcelona next summer. Eric Bailey, who is swimming in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle and the 200-meter butterfly, plans to use the meet as a gauge of how far his training has progressed. Olympics "Traditionally, Michigan swim- mers do not swim well at the Open," Bailey said. "It is a yard- stick. The meet gives you a chance to see if you need work in sprints and not distances or vice versa." Brian Gunn, who finished sixth in the 200-meter butterfly last year and will be competing in his second U.S. Open, held the same feelings as Bailey. "It is just go, swim fast and have a good time," Gunn said. "We are still looking down the road. Some of the people there are shaved and tapered. (Many men swimmers shave their arms, chest and legs to increase speed. Tapering is a reduc- tion in training schedule.) Many of the guys are focused on going for the time. Different people have differ- ent approaches." Redshirt swimmers Eric Wund- erlich and Eric Namesnik will also be racing along with former i , *v . . . .. S.. .. . - H EADQUAR TERS adsn pfor 00 e Sr7i II 00 i' it Open Michigan swim team member Mike Barrowman. Barrowman will be competing in the 400-meter individual medley, 100-meter breaststroke and his spe- ciality, the 200-meter breaststroke. He holds the world record in the 200 with a time of 2:10.6, which he set at the national championships this past August. But Barrowman, who has not lost a meet in four years, cautioned not to expect any records this time. "The 200 has the fastest field in the meet," he stated. "The French and Spanish champion, along with the the other top two Americans (Roque Santos and Wunderlich) will be there. I'm going to be at my worst. Time is not important. I want to go in with no chance of winning and get a great race. I will get a feel for what the rest of the competition is like and that gives me an advantage for Barcelona." G ridiron h eroes heralded at West in by Theodore Cox Daily Football Writer DETROIT - The award parade for the Michigan football team of- ficially began last night just before the 71st annual football bust at the Westin Hotel. Wide receiver Desmond Howard was named the Walter Camp player of the year, receiving 66 percent of the votes cast by all 105 division 1- A football coaches and sports in- formation directors. "I'd like to accept this award on hehalf of the Michigan Wolverine Two more matches are all that remain for the Michigan volleyball team this season. Two more games to fight through nagging injuries. Two more games that must be won in order to even their Big Ten record. Two more games to say goodbye to coach Peggy Bradley-Doppes. Friday night, the Wolverines (8-10 in the Big Ten, 17-12 overall) will try to snap a three-game losing streak against Minnesota. Similarly, the Golden Gophers (10-7, 13-15) want to rebound after losing to Ohio State. Minnesota won the first meeting between the two teams in September in three straight games, 7-15, 13-15, 3-15. "We're hoping to play better against them this time," Bradley-Doppes said, "but we're a little banged up right now." Injuries have hampered three of the Wolverines' top players. Outside- hitter Michelle Horrigan is being slowed down by shin splints, the same injury that forced her to sit out all of last year. Hitter Fiona Davidson is suffering from knee and wrist problems, and Joanna Collias is nursing a hyper-extended elbow. "We're not easing up on them,".Bradley-Doppes said. "All we have is one more week to play through the pain." Iowa will come to town on Saturday for the final game of the season. The Hawkeyes lost the previous match with the Wolverines, and are struggling with a 1-17 Big Ten, 6-26 overall record. "They've had some trouble trying to hide their shorter players," Bradley-Doppes said. "but they have gotten quite a bit better since we saw them last." The last point of the Iowa match will mark the end of Bradley- Doppes' stay as coach. She will depart after a two-year tenure to devote her full attention to her role as Associate Athletic Director. Bradley- Doppes has amassed a 321-183 record in her 13-year career, including stints at North Carolina and Miami of Ohio. WOME N'S BASKE TBAL L Blue opens season wih age-shoot by Tim Spolar Daily Basketball Writer Although tomorrow is the big turkey-shoot, the Michigan women's basketball team hopes to be shooting birds again Sunday. The Wolverines' weekend prey will be Eagles, not gobblers, as they open their 1991-92 season against Boston College Sunday at 2 p.m. at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines, whose only preseason action consisted of a 97-69 thrashing at the hands of the world-ranked Cuban National team, head into their opener with little first-hand knowledge of the Eagles. Sunday's matchup marks the first-ever meeting between the squads. However, a lack of experience does not necessarily mean a lack of fo- cus. With six and one-half weeks of practice under their belts, the Wolverines are eager to get their season started. "We're expecting to come out and play our best at our game," sopho- more forward Michelle Hall said. "You can't come out thinking 'Oh, they're the quick team.' You have to come out and play the type of game you want to play." The main concern for the Michigan coaching staff will be designing a defensive scheme to contain BC's Sarah Behn. Behn, a 5-10 junior guard, led the Big East conference in scoring last season with 23.9 points per game and is also a preseason Kodak all-American. WRESTLING Youthful Wolverines face off against Lehigh 0 4 a 0r by Shawn Daily Sports' DuFresne Writer After strong individual finishes in the Eastern Michigan and Ohio Opens, the eighth-ranked Michigan wrestling team will square off against Lehigh Sunday at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Penn. All-American Joey Gilbert, who won the 142-pound title at both opens, will drop down and compete at 134 against Lehigh. Junior James Rawls, who competed in junior nationals last year, will represent the Wolverines at 142. Michigan will be led by senior Phil Tomek and returning all-Ameri- can Lanny Green. Tomek was the heavyweight runner-up at the Ohio Open, while Green finished third at 177. A majority of the Michigan lineup is composed of young wrestlers. Brian Harper (150) and Sean Bormet (158) are red-shirt sophomores, while Jehad Hamdan (190) is a red-shirt frosh. Dan Leemaster (118) and Jesse Rawls, Jr. (167) are true rookies, but their contributions should not be overlooked. Rawls finished second and third at EMU and at Ohio, respectively. Lehigh is ranked 17th in the Amateur Wrestling News pre-season poll and should provide stiff competition for the Wolverines. MENS VOLLEYBALL Blue heads to Champaign to defend preseason title by Dan Linna Daily Sports Writer Saturday, the Michigan men's volleyball team will look to step up its endurance and repeat as champions of the Big Ten club preseason tourna- ment in Champaign. Last weekend, the Wolverines finished second in the MSU Comeback Classic after tiring against Notre Dame. "We've got to prove that we can go all the way and finish off a team." Howard football team and coaching staff, be- cause without them none of this would have been possible," Howard said. "I'm glad my family was hear because this is the most prestigious award I've won thus far." In other team awards: Linebacker Erick Anderson took the Roger Zat- koff award (linebacker): offensive