Volleyball Football vs. Indiana vs. Houston Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Cliff Keen Arena Michigan Stadium '.:, The Michigan Daily Tuesday, September 22, 1992 Page 10 11 Icers open with Irish Ice hockey makes its debut at The Palace of Auburn Hills when Michigan battles Notre Dame in a Central Collegiate Hockey Associa- tion matchup Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7:00 p.m. The game will be the first ever played on the arena's recently in- stalled state-of-the-art, regulation 85' x 185' ice floor system. Tickets at $17.50, $15.00, $12.50, and $10.00 reserved are on sale now at The Palace Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets may also be charged by phone to American Express, Visa or Mastercard by calling (313) 645- 6666. Groups of 15 or more receive a discount of $2.50, while groups of 50 or more receive $5.00 off by call- ing The Palace Group Sales Depart- ment at (313) 377-0100. Michigan finished 32-9-3 last season and advanced to the NCAA Hockey Final Four. The Wolverines will play a Blue- White intrasquad game Oct. 9 at Yost Ice Arena. The first regular season home game at Yost is against Western Michigan on Oct. 31. -from staff reports Brakus claims title at ND invitational . i, -i , : ~ . '.t + . .. by Matt Theisen This past weekend the men's tennis team traveled to Notre Dame to participate in the 16-team Tom Fallon Invitational Tournament and to begin what head coach Brian Eis- ner labeled "the tennis process." Eisner used the weekend tourna- ment, which tallied individual rather than team scoring, as an opportunity to evaluate and develop many of his young players. Three of the eight players representing Michigan were rookies. "I wanted them to begin to un- derstand the level of play that is needed to win against high caliber competition," Eisner said. The Wolverines were successful in winning 14 of the 24 matches. Eisner admitted that this showing left him unsatisfied. "We would need to win 75 to 80 percent of our matches for me to consider us a dominant team," Eis- ner said. "At the same time, I ex- pected the frosh (Peter Pusztai and Geoff Prentice) to be nervous and I am not disappointed in our players' performances." Michigan junior Dan Brakus turned in the weekend's best perfor- mance, overcoming a one-set deficit to defeat Notre Dame's Chuck Coleman, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, in the championship match. It was Brakus' first victory over Coleman in three attempts. Outside of the championship match, Brakus' most impressive win may have been his semifinal victory over Notre Dame's top-ranked Andy Zurcher, 7-5, 6-2. "Dan's mental toughness and his refuse-to-lose attitude are what car- ried him to the championship," Eis- ner said, while praising the technical aspects of Brakus' game. Eisner also noted the play of first-year player John Costanzo of New Jersey. Although Costanzo lost his first match, he regrouped and d4 DOUG KANTER/Daily John Lingon and the Wolverines will face the nation's top teams in two weeks at the Harvard Fall Invitational. Brakus won his next four en route to the consolation championship. Costanzo defeated Andy Garcia of Nebraska to win the B flight, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1.K Eisner was happy with the victories. , "I hope the players take the expe- rience of the tournament and build on it," Eisner said. Other Wolverines who saw action, over the weekend included senior Mike Nold, junior Scooter Place,, and sophomores Grady Burnett and Adam Wager. The Wolverines will participate in two weeks at the Harvard Fall In-,. vitational. Besides the Crimson, the Wolverines will again face tough, competition as Notre Dame and, Northwestern round out the field. U I (5; d!kcwv) Hou defense wary of DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS : .: .; ston 'S dirty play INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAM GOLF TOURNAMENT (Two Person Team Scramble) Entry Deadline: Wednesday 9/30 4:30 p.m. IMSB Main Office Tourney Date: Sunday 10/4 For Additional Information Contact IMSB 763-3562 by Josh Dubow Daily Football Writer Starting Michigan defensive tackle Chris Hutchinson is probably looking forward to this weekend's matchup with Houston more than any other Wolverine. Hutchinson is from Houston and played at Cypress Creek High School. "I've really always wanted to play a Southwest Conference team," Hutchinson said. "It's fun to play a team from your home town. My par- ents are coming up for the game, and a couple of my buddies from high school are probably coming, too." When Hutchinson left Texas to come to Michigan, he received a lot of criticism from Texans. However, he does not regret his decision to leave the Lone Star state. "I really wanted to get out of the Southwest Conference," Hutchinson said. "Texas is a great state to play high school football in, but it's too narrow for college. Now you don't even leave Texas in the Southwest Conference. Football was so big in high school that I didn't want to see what college (football in Texas) was like. Football is big here, but they also stress other things. "When I took visits out of the state, people told me, 'Don't leave the state whatever you do.' That kind of attitude leaves me to won- der." Hutchinson also wonders about the attitude of the Cougars. "Houston isn't looked at with too high regard in Texas," Hutchinson said. "They run up the score a lot, (coach John) Jenkins doesn't come off well, and they play dirty." The tactic that worries Hutchin- son the most about Houston is chop blocking. Chop blocking is when one blocker ties up a defensive player and another blocks out the defensive player's knee. This type of play is illegal and led to a severe knee injury to Jerry Ball of the Detroit Lions last season. "Against Illinois, there were a lot of illegal blocks," Hutchinson said. "That's just done to hurt someone. They were blocking high and low with either the center and the guard or a lineman and a back. They did it on both the run and the pass. "You are so vulnerable, because you are locked up high with a blocker and someone comes in and drills your knee," Hutchinson added. - See FOOTBALL, Page 11 1, Perles under fire at MSU 4; EAST LANSING (AP) - Play- ers and coaches don't like it, but the boos from angry fans are a part of football, Michigan State coach George Perles said Monday. But widespread booing and "Fire Perles" signs haven't been part of Michigan State football until last year's 3-8 disaster and this year's 0- 2 start, including Saturday's 52-31 loss to Notre Dame. "That's part of the game. Do you like it? Nope. Can you do anything about it? Nope. Are you going to worry about it? Nope. What are you going to do? Work hard," Perles said at his weekly media briefing. "That's the game of football. That's the game of athletics. When you lose, everything you do is wrong. When you win, everything you do is right. It's been that way for a hundred years and it will be that way for a hundred more years. I knew that 40 years ago." Some of the Spartan players still are learning about it. Quarterback RESTAURANT - BAR & GATHERING PLACE OPENING SOON IN--- Jim Miller, who hit 23 of 41 passes for 231 yards against Notre Dame, lashed out after Saturday's loss. "That's uncalled for," Miller said. "We probably have the worst fans in the world. It's tough when, you get booed in your own stadium every week." Perles said he'd be explaining to* his players that "there are boos at every stadium. They've been booing. for a long time, before you were born. They're going to boo when I I'm dead. It's part of the penance;, you pay and it should make you a lit- tle bit better person. "Some of it's made by some of" the greatest people in the world, but, frustration sets in. They want to win as much as you, only thing is they," don't have anything invested. They're reacting like true fans. That's what a fan does. I don't think it's anything for our players or any: of us to get upset about." Michigan State faces No. 25 Bos- ton College (3-0) this weekend. 0 TAKE IT TO THE MAX! MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY AWAITS YOU AT OUR NEW RESTAURANT! Our Managers are professionals at making sure... The Atmosphere is always fun, The Food is always fresh, The Service is always good, The Schedule is always set and The Training is designed to let you shine! *d i/ it you are an energetic, enthusiastic team player looking for a fun, fast-paced environment then come join our OPENING TEAM! 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