Ice Hockey vs. Ohio State Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena SPORTS Men's Basketball at Purdue Tonight, 8 p.m. West Lafayette The'Michigan Daily' Wednesday, March 11, 1992 Gordon ready to step in at drop of a puck by Ken Su giura Daily Hockey Writer The pinnacle of Chris Gordon's Michigan hockey experience probably came Mar. .17 of last year. In the deciding game of Michigan's first NCAA tournament appearance in 14 years, coach Red Berenson inserted his backup goalie to face Cornell. "It was a chance for a coach to look like a fool or like a genius," Beren- son explained after the game. "We just felt 'Gordo' had the pressure off him and could come in and be loose." Indeed, Gordon was loose, and Berenson ended up playing the role of genius. The Sault Ste. Marie native gave up an early score, but sparkled from that point on, as the Wolverines rolled to a 9-3 victory. Gordon started the next game, a loss to Boston University in the second round of the tour- nament. With his improvement, the starting job was up for grabs. Coming into this season, the race between him and incumbent Steve Shields started anew, and it was thought Gordon could unseat his fellow sophomore for the starting role. Unfortunately for Gordon, the promise at the season's beginning has not amounted to much. Making only 12 appearances to Shields' 33, Gordon has not had much chance to have another Cornell, another breakthrough. "Gordon had a couple of good games, and (then) it just seemed like the pendulum went toward Shields as the season wore on," Berenson said. "It's not so much that Gordon played poorly as much as Shields played well and the team seemed to respond." Gordon has still had his moments, including getting the starting nod in the opener and a brilliant 35-save performance in a 9-3 victory over Ohio State Nov. 19, but it has been Shields' job to lose. Shields has started the last 16 games. Thus, once again, Gordon finds his team heading into the playoffs, but with someone else playing his position. "I don't think anybody'd be happy (not getting ice time). But the main thing is our team's in first place," Gordon said. On a squad full of team players, perhaps Gordon is the most team-ori- ented. And he has to be. It's easy to be a team player and to be happy with your playing time when you actually get playing time. When about the only ice you see is in your Coke, enduring hellish practices suddenly becomes less attractive. Yet Gordon has kept a buoyant attitude. "Playing on a great team like this, you want to contribute a little more, and be more a part of winning the league championship, or winning any- thing, for that matter," he says. "So it makes it a little harder in that aspect, but then again, anybody would want to be in my shoes, that's for sure. Any- body'd want to be on a first-place team." So it goes for Gordon. A member of a league champion, but far from the spotlight that shines on the Wolverines. And while he doesn't get the atten- tion like Denny Felsner or David Roberts, he's ready to go. "You never know when you're gonna get in and when you get in, you're pretty much expected to be ready, to be like you're in game form, and sharp as a nail," Gordon explains. "It's very, very difficult." Gordon knows this all too well. Feb. 15, Berenson sent in Gordon to clean up a 6-2 lead over Miami. In his first action in three weeks, Gordon and a flat Michigan defense permitted three scores in 4:11. After the third consecutive score, Berenson called time and pulled his keeper. With the season reduced to a maximum of nine games, each of them cru- cial, it appears Shields will remain in the net for all of them. But it is all too simple that a bad fall, or a poor outing by Shields could change all that. "I tell our goalies, 'if you're dressed, then you better be ready to play be- cause you might play at any time,"' Berenson says. And while he's not pinning his hopes on Shields spraining his knee or J getting shelled, Gordon will be waiting for the call, like a fireman at the sta- tion, whether it comes Friday or a year from Friday. "It'd be nice if I was playing more, but I have two more years to go," he says. "It's not the end of my playing time." The University of Michigan William Monroe Trotter House Minority Student Cultural Center presents "Past, Present, and Future: Building a * Multi-Ethnic Society" A Women of Color Panel Discussion Thursday March 12,1992 9 7:30pm William M. Trotter House Featuring: Gail Nomura, M. A., Ph.D. Mavirdia velez, M.A., Ph.D. candidate U. of Visiting Assistant Professor in American Culture Michigan;Lecturer U of M American Culture and Latina/ and the Residential College o Studies; Lecturer MSU Department of Sociology Page 9 'M' wants payback victory at Purdue by Albert Lin Daily Basketball Writer The Big Ten does not have a postseason tournament, so only the regular-season champ gets an auto- matic bid. But the strength of the conference has traditionally led to four or five at-large bids, and Michigan staked its claim to one of those with Sun- day's upset of conference co-leader Indiana. The task of coach Steve Fisher for the last week of the season now is to keep his players from looking ahead to the tournament. "We want to think exclusively about those last two games," Fisher said. "I told the guys I don't want to hear anybody say, 'If we win in Boise (an NCAA tournament first- round site), we'll go here.' I don't want to hear one guy say that." Fisher should have no problem motivating his team for tonight's Jimmy King and the Wolverines took their lumps from the Boilermakers earlier this year, 65-60. Tonight, they hope to avenge the loss. matchup with Purdue (7-9 Big Ten, 15-13 overall) in West Lafayette. The Boilermakers beat Michigan (9- 7, 18-8) at Crisler Jan. 15, 65-60, marking Fisher's fifth consecutive loss to Gene Keady's club. "It will be a tough, tough game for us," Fisher said. "Since I have been head coach, we have not beaten Purdue, and we've gone in with some pretty good teams. So we hope to be able to break that jinx." But the Boilermakers may still need to win their final two games to get into a post-season tournament. Purdue is coming off victories against Wisconsin and Minnesota, two teams which have beaten Mich- igan this season. In Saturday's 68-58 toppling of the Gophers in Minne- apolis, senior guard Woody Austin scored nearly half the club's points, finishing with 33. "He is playing as well as any- body in the league. He was nearly unstoppable against Minnesota," Fisher said. "They have a go-to guy. When they need a basket, they can get a basket with him." Since the Boilermakers outre- bounded the Wolverines in that ear- lier matchup, 40-20, Michigan has been on a carom tear, pulling down 568 to its opponents' 443. They will need that prowess tonight. "They are physically strong and tough. They are a very, very good rebounding team. They have posed problems for several people, not only us," Fisher said. Another key to Purdue's victory was its ability to slow the tempo and capitalize on Michigan's impatience. "We had trouble at our place adapting, and they ran us all over the court," Fisher said. "I know they'll try to do it again, and hopefully the experience will make us a little tougher, a little smarter and a little better." Wymer pushes for perfection by Mike Rancilio Daily Sports Writer The meet was already decided. The women's gymnastics team was easily ahead of Western Michigan heading into the floor exercise, but there was still great anticipation for Beth Wymer's performance. Fan enthusiasm grew with each powerful stride, exploded with each backflip, culminating with an erup- tion when she stuck her landing. Her routine rounded out a first-place 38.65 performance. "This wasn't my best perfor- mance by far," the rookie said when asked about her execution. "I'd rate it a seven." Yes, she has performed better, but because she's a perfectionist, you get the feeling that if she totaled a maximum 40 that she would only give herself a nine. "I've had some good meets, but I'm not yet satisfied with myself," Wymer said. "I need to work a lot harder." That determination has placed Wymer among the college elite. "Beth is the highest level of ath- lete we've ever had at Michigan," coach Bev Fry said. "Her stylistic performance is her best quality. She is incredibly aggressive, but some- times she pushes too hard." This push separates Wymer from other gymnasts. In the middle of October, Beth attempted a flip on the bars and fell eight feet onto solid concrete. She suffered a broken tailbone, and a quick recovery was doubtful. "We hoped I would be ready af- ter Christmas," Wymer recounted, "but I was back on the bars in a week. I just can't be away from gymnastics for long." And she hasn't. Beth began prac- ticing gymnastics when she was 4. She was competing by nine - work- ing out several hours a day, six days a week. She followed in the footsteps of other Wymer gymnasts - her mother, father and her two older sisters. Sports were a family affair. "My twin brother would be learning to catch a football, and I'd be right there next to him learn- ing," Beth said. "My parents were always sup- porting me," she said. "They made me, and they were always there for me." Wymer rode this support to Sunrise Gymnastics Academy, where, competing under Yusaku Hijioka, she won Class One State, Regional and National Champion- ships in 1987. She then competed under the Elite classification, the first of her academy to do so, en route to the U.S. and American Classics. Wymer finished her high school career as a three-time qualifier for the U.S. Championships. There she became disinterested with the United States Gymnastics Federation(USGF). "The politics in gymnastics are unbelievable," she said. "I'm so glad to be out of it." And she couldn't be happier in the collegiate ranks. "I love college gymnastics, I re- ceive more support from my team- mates. Now it's like 'this is going to help us - not help me.' It's great See WYMER, Page 10 r Byte into our Apples*... with no bite out of your wallet. You have the right ideas... but you don't have the Mac to make them happen. At Kinko's, we have the solution! 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