Women's Basketball vs, Minnesota Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's Basketball vs. Wisconsin Tomorrow, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Friday, January 24, 1992 Page 11 * Gophers, H awks await cagers by Adam Miller daily Basketball Writer After a weekend road trip la- beled "embarrassing" by coach Bud VanDeWege, the Michigan women's basketball team (0-4 in the Big Ten, 4-9 overall) returns home to Crisler Arena looking for respect in games against Minnesota (1-2, 6-6) 7:30 tbnight and Iowa (3-0, 12-1) noon Sunday. At first glance, it appears that the Golden Gophers, tied with Illinois for seventh in the Big Ten, slould give Michigan an opportu- nity to earn some credibility. But appearances can be deceiving. Min- nesota's 6-foot-2 forward Carol Ann Shudlick, leads the Big Ten in' scoring with 23.8 points a game, and was last week's Big Ten women's basketball Player of the Week. "We're going to have to make sere she doesn't get the opportunity tp be in good scoring position. We Dave to make everything she tries to coo tough," VanDeWege said. However, VanDeWege cautioned that Minnesota is more than just a one-player show. " This is a much improved Min- nesota team, there isn't any ques- tion," VanDeWege said. "The level of play of some of the other people in the program has picked up." Then there's Iowa. No. 5 in the nation. No. 1 in the Big Ten. 17-2 all-timne against Michigan. Winner of both meetings between the squads last year. * In addition, the game is being telecast live on Sportschannel Chicago - a rare TV appearance for Michigan women's basketball. The Hawkeyes also feature a powerful scorer in 6-foot-1 forward Toni Foster. She averages 15.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. "You handle her like any tough post-player," VanDeWege said. "You just can't let her get the ball close to the basket." Despite the long odds, Van- beWege does not count Michigan out of Sunday's contest. "It's a no-lose situation," he said. "It's the type of game that at the end of the year [if Michigan veins], everybody can look back and say, 'Hey, they pulled off the biggest upset of the year."'' ICERS SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL TO OLUMBUS 'M' faces last-place Bucks by Rod Loewenthal Daily Hockey Writer The all shook-up Michigan hockey team will be twisting and turning its way down to Columbus tonight in the first game of a home- and-home weekend series with the CCHA cellar-dwelling Buckeyes (3- 13-3, 6-13-3). After a relatively flat perfor- mance last weekend against the UIC Flames in Chicago, Michigan coach Red Berenson decided this week in practice to put last year's high scor- ing line of Mark Ouimet, David Roberts and Denny Felsner back to- gether for Michigan (10-4-3 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, 16-4-3 overall). "We're still looking for our best team," Berenson said. "We went five periods with Chicago and only scored one goal. It shows that we have to shake things up." With the departure of Felsner from their line, sophomores David Oliver and Brian Wiseman will be reunited with their playing partner from last year, fellow sophomore Cam Stewart. "I'm hoping that Wiseman's line can be a strong one for us," Beren- son added, noting the emergence of that line toward the end of last sea- son. "When things get stale you have to change. If we're going to take a run at Lake Superior, then we're going to need to get our game in order." Dan Stiver, whose status was un- known after missing the second game of last weekend's series with a strained knee ligament, will return to the Michigan lineup this weekend to center a new line with senior Ted Kramer and rookie Rick Willis. The "Mike" line, so named be- cause each player's first name is Mike, remains unchanged with Mike Stone centering first-year Mike Knuble and senior Mike Helber. Travelling to Columbus against a last-place Buckeye team, the Wol- verines find themselves in a similar position to last weekend when they arrived as favorites in Chicago to face the Flames. Against UIC, Ber- enson thought his squad was slug- gish because it did not anticipate such a heated Flames assault. This weekend Michigan team captain David Harlock expects more from his teammates. "We've had a good week of practice," the junior defenseman said. "Last week, we might have thought we were pre- pared, but obviously we weren't. Going down to Columbus, I feel we're not only prepared physically but emotionally and mentally as well." Added to the Wolverines' emo- tional preparation were comments made by Ohio State coach Jerry Welsh after the Buckeyes' 9-3 drub- bing by Michigan last November. "He (Welsh) left the ice saying that we weren't a great team, just a good team," Berenson said. "I've mentioned that to the team all week in practice." "Obviously, we haven't proven to them that we're a bona fide con- tender," Harlock added. Welsh is not agonizing over his team's task this weekend. "We're trying to tell our team that they're beatable," Welsh said. "We're not worried about any individual (Mich- igan) players, because in the past we've done well against Michigan's premier players." Berenson mentioned when pressed that it was "likely that (Steve) Shields would start" in goal for tonight's game. KRISTOFFER GILLETTE/ Da Steve Shields stops a shot earlier this season against Minnesota. The Wolverines play Ohio State in a home-and-home series this weekend. Conference matchups highlight weekend swimming meets -- % Lt _L by Rich Mitvalsky Daily Sports Writer With only three weeks remaining in the Big Ten dual season, the Michigan women's swimming team will carry an unblemished conference record into Columbus this weekend to battle Ohio State. The Wolverines (5-0 in the Big Ten, 6-2 overall) are aiming to extend their string of consecutive conference titles to six at the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis next month. The Wolverines, who suffered their only losses this season to perennial powerhouses UCLA and USC during the holiday break, hope to extend their three-meet winning streak against the Buckeyes, dating back to 1986. Led by last year's four-event con- ference champion sophomore Holly Humphrey, Ohio State returns seven of eight NCAA qualifiers from one year ago. Last year's Buckeye squad finished fifth in the Big Ten, and placed 12th nationally. Michigan successfully defended its conference title, but a subpar performance at Nationals left the Wolverines 15th. Michigan coach Jim Richardson said he believes that this meet - as well as the Big Tens - may be ex- tremely close. "(Ohio State) returns the fastest 100 and 200 flier this year and re- cruited the U.S. long course national champ in the breaststroke," Richardson said. Because he holds high respect for Ohio State and its swimming pro- gram, Richardson said he is anxious to renew this particular series. "Two years ago we were snowed out of this meet, and any Ohio State-Michigan rivalry - I don't care if it's in tiddlywinks - is a great rivalry," he said. "They are the ones who set the precedent for fast swimming in this conference. They won five (Big Ten titles) in a row before we won our five in a row." While most college dual meets include the diving events, this matchup will not. Ohio State's divers have suffered a rash of in- juries, and the teams agreed to scratch diving competition at the meet. by Chad Safran Daily Sports Writer The Spartans are coming! The Spartans are coming! Michigan State's men's swim team invades Canham Natatorium at 7 p.m. tonight in an attempt to conquer the nationally ranked Michigan men swimmers. As usual, pride plays a big part in this intrastate battle, but it is more E of an individual rivalry , Michigan's Eric Bailey said. "We have a pretty good rivalry," Bailey said. "But, it is not what you think. It isbecauseso many of the swimmers know each other individ- ually and the schools recruit from the same talent base." The meet is Michigan's final dual competition before the Big Ten Championships, Feb. 6-8 in Minneapolis, and the Wolverines are well aware of this fact. Sixteen swimmers will accom- pany coach Jon Urbanchek's squad when it head to the conference championships. Even so, he is look- ing for more from them tonight. "It is the last chance to make the cut for the Big Tens," Urbanchek said. "We want to give everyone a chance to qualify. 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