Ice Hockey vs. Bowling Green Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena SPORTS Wrestling Cliff Keen National Team Duals Tomorow and Sunday, all day Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Friday, February 7, 1992 Page 10 No. 1 'M' icers face hard-luck Falcons Erratic 'M' to face by Andy Do Korte Daily Sports Writer Did you hear about the one that got away? How about eight more times. The last nine losses suffered by the Bowling Green hockey team have each been by a single goal. The nip and tuck affairs go back even further - 14 of their last 16 games have been decided by fewer than two goals. The Falcons' misfortune has dropped them (4-15-4 CCHA, 5-15- 5 overall) into an eighth-place tie with Ohio State in the CCHA. While the second-place Wolverines (14-4-3, 20-4-3) will have every statistical advantage when they play BG tonight in Bowling Green and tomorrow at Yost, Michigan coach Red Berenson is still concerned. "I think they've had some goal- tending problems, and they have suffered from injuries as well," Berenson said. "They have tradition- ally been strong in the second half of the season, if they get the goal- tending, they could stay with us. They scored six goals against Lake (Superior) at home, and we didn't do that in a series. Their best hockey could still be coming." To remedy the goaltending woes, BG coach Jerry York plans to use Will Clarke. "We're probably go- ing to play Clarke Friday," York said. "He'sya freshman but he's been coming on pretty well." York admits his team's best shot at a victory will be tonight because it will be in the friendly confines of BGSU Ice Arena, and Berenson knows it. "When I first came into the league I thought they had the great- together at the right time." However, for this weekend the Wolverines will have to contend with BG's high-scoring duo - Peter Holmes (21 goals, 28 assists) and Martin Jiranek (21, 20). "We always have high expecta- tions," York said. "We're not going to shy away from them. We have been very competitive and feel we have the personnel to.win some of our one goal games. Peter and Marty are both having career years." Injuries have really hurt the Falcons defensive efforts. Last weekend against OSU they suited only four defensemen, one of whom was primarily a forward. Captain Otis Plageman (broken foot) and Ken Klee (knee), perhaps BG's best defenseman, have been out for over a month. The Falcons expect Rick Mullins (knee) to return tonight, but Jeff Wells (back) and Glen Mears (shoulder) are both question- able. Michigan's depth is unques- tioned by York. "I wish I could say one or two players, but they have too many scorers to let us concentrate on any one," York said. "Felsner, (Mark) Ouimet, and (David) Oliver all score well. Ted Kramer is having a great season as well." new Irish by Matthew Dodge Daily Basketball Writer Michigan coach Steve Fisher thinks he has problems. The perfor- mance of his Wolverines has been erratic and frustrating. It must be difficult to integrate five new play- ers into an established program. But first-year Notre Dame coach John MacLeod has it really tough. New coach. New players. New sys- tem. The Fighting Irish will host the No. 15-ranked Wolverines (13-5) on Sunday in a nationally-televised (NBC, 12:30 p.m.) contest. The bright moments of Notre Dame's season have been very bright indeed. The Irish upset No. 6-ranked North Carolina in Madison Square Garden last month. MacLeod's young squad hit rock bottom Tuesday night, when it lost at home to Detroit-Mercy, 72-70. "This is a hungry team," senior Laphonso Ellis said. "We know we can upset some teams and we know we can get beat by anybody." The profound inconsistencies in the Irish fortunes have been at- tributed to experience, talent, and the new coach. Notre Dame has only five juniors and seniors, and the pro- cess of integrating MacLeod's new program has been painstaking. system The talent pool in South Bend is better than average. Ellis, Elmer Bennett, and Daimon Sweet are solid college players. Yet MacLeod took over a declining program which left him with a severe dropoff in basket- ball talent. This disadvantage was compounded by MacLeod's com- plete revamping of the Irish style of play. The growing pains have been extensive. "I like an up-tempo game with man-to-man defense," MacLeod said. "Those are major changes for our guys. Early on, they weren't getting the hang of it. We just weren't executing. But since (January), we've started to score off the fast break. I think we can do it." MacLeod, who came to Notre Dame from the New York Knicks, coached in the NBA for 18 years. He decided to leave the pro ranks to live a new lifestyle - one where he could spend time with his family and recruit his own players. "My last couple of years in pro ball, I thought if a good college op- portunity came along I would be re- ceptive," MacLeod said. "Notre Dame popped up and it appealed to me. I enjoyed pro ball for 18 years. And I'm enjoying this." Michigan, which has won three of its last four, takes a pit stop halfway through its Big Ten road" rally. The diversion may distract the focus of Fisher's squad, but the schedule-makers had the final word. "I'm not strongly in favor of playing non-conference games in' January or February," Fisher said. "We did it because we want to play Notre Dame. The only time they could fit us into their schedule was in the middle of the Big Ten sea- son." The quixotic Wolverines may benefit from the side trip. They fol- low the Irish contest with three consecutive home games - games' which could toss Michigan back into a conference title run. "I would prefer not to do the (trip)," Fisher said. "But it's a good change of pace for us." Wolverine Michael Talley handles the ball during Wednesday's victory over Northwestern. Michigan will attempt to handle Notre Dame Sunday in South Bend. Women cagers look for inspiration at MSU by Ryan Herrington Daily Basketball Writer While the Michigan women's basketball team has had trouble fo- cusing on its opponents thus far in the Big Ten season, tonight's matchup might prove to be some- what different for the Wolverines. Then again, Michigan State is no or- dinary opponent. In a battle for state bragging rights, Michigan ventures to East Lansing looking for the spark which might ignite the Wolverines' dor- mant offensive engine. "I hope (the rivalry) has a great. effect on us," Michigan coach Bud VaxiDeWege said. "We need some inspiration and a reason to get pas- sionate and excited and (the rivalry) will help us. I hope it has a big im- pact on us because we need a boost." The Wolverines (1-7 in the Big Ten, 5-12 overall), who are off to their worst start in the Big Ten since 1989, have had difficulty scor- ing. Michigan has shot over 40 per- cent in seven of its 17 games this season and is 41.9 percent from the field for the year. While the effort has been present, consistency has been missing. As for Michigan State (5-3, 11- 7), a squad which was predicted to finish near the top of the Big Ten in the preseason, its 1991-92 campaign can be characterized as slightly er- ratic. The Spartans have defeated such heavyweights as Purdue and Northwestern but have lost to Ohio State, a squad in the lower division of the Big Ten. "We felt we were going to have a little bit better non-conference season and it didn't work out," Michigan State coach Karen Lange- land said. "However, we've made some improvements and are pretty much where we want to be. Despite that, we're looking for a strong fin- ish in the second half." Michigan will concentrate par- ticularly on two Spartan juniors - guard Marline Ferguson and Sheronda Mayo. Ferguson leads Michigan State in scoring with a 14.6 point average. Co-captain Mayo is averaging 10.2 points per game and is the Spartans all-time field goal percentage leader. "Ferguson and Mayo are the keys to that team," VanDeWege said. "Ferguson runs the whole show with a nice steady hand and she's having a great season and Mayo is a tremendous inside player. Those two pose a particular concern." Yet despite the need to contain Ferguson and Mayo, VanDeWege feels the Wolverines must concen- trate on their own play. "We've got to make sure that we do some things well and make sure we keep them on the run a little bit," VanDeWege said. "We're just going to try and go in there and worry about doing Michigan stuff and make them react to us." Among the Wolverines who must step up is center Trish An- drew. After starting the conference schedule as the lone constant for Michigan, Andrew has been stymied of late. "Trish and Char (Durand) strug- gled last weekend," VanDeWege said. "We need those two to play well (tonight), that's all there is to it. They're two people who have had the spirit and the spunk in practice. We need to see them step forward." But when all is said and done it comes down to one thing - Michi- gan vs. Michigan State. I Jiranek est home ice advantage," Berenson said. "We had guys who didn't want to get on the bus because they knew what it was like down there." Senior Mike Helber character- ized BG's fans as "loud, rude, and obnoxious," - perfect for the home team. Right now, Michigan has several Wolverines who know what it takes to win and will refuse to let last weekend's sweep against LSSU af- fect their play. "No time for a letdown," Denny Felsner said. 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