* C Men's Swimming and Diving vs. Eastern Michigan Friday, 7 p.m. Canham Natatorium SPORTS Football (Homecoming) vs. Minnesota Saturday, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium The Michigan Daily Thursday, October 22, 1992 Page 8 w Kickers storm by opponents Women declaw Falcons, 5-1 Big get by Michael Rose Daily Sports Writer en lucky to lay Bowl lolk nberg Last season the Iowa Hawkeyes finished 10-1, yet had to play in the lowly Holiday Bowl. The Hawkeyes certainly could have played in a more prestigious bowl, but an agreement stating that the Big Ten's second place team would play in the Holiday Bowl forced them to play there. This year, the second place team will play in the Citrus Bowl. Unlike last year, it looks like the bowl folks are getting the short end of the stick. Here is a rundown of this week's games among the rest of the Big Ten. Michigan State (2-1 Big Ten, 2-4 overall) vs. Ohio State (1=2, 4-2): 'Years ago, a matchup of these two teams might have had Rose Bowl implications. Those days are long gone. Now the only thing these teams are prying for is a potential Citrus Bowl bid. Ohio State looked good against Northwestern last week, but Northwestern could make Ohio Wesleyan look go'd. Still, the Buckeyes appear to be the class of the Little Nine. Watching Michigan State's offense is like watching ice melt: you know it'g'going to move a little, but it's not really going anywhere. The Spartans struggled to beat Minnesota on Saturday night. The Gophers ran through the Sirtans' many defensive holes. When Minnesota does that, it's time to start schduling Central Michigan. Oops. 'Ohio State 31, Michigan State 14. Illinois (1-2, 3-3) vs. Northwestern (1-2, 1-5): CTan you believe that, with our country mired in a recession, people are paying to watch this? Illinois lost to Iowa last week, giving Northwestern fans (there are a few of them out there) hope for victory. Let's not forget, however, that Northwestern has already won one game, thus fulfilling their quota for the season. Northwestern beat Illinois last year. It won't happen again. 111inois 34, Northwestern 20. Purdue (1-2, 1-5) vs. Iowa (2-1, 2-4): A tough schedule makes their record misleading, but Iowa is probably th third-best team in the conference, after Michigan and Ohio State. The problem is that the Hawkeyes could very well finish third... with a losing record. The NCAA requires that any bowl team must have at least six wins. TIjat would mean no Holiday Bowl bid, and humiliation for a once-dominant conference. The Boilermakers really showed something in their heartbreaking loss to Wisconsin last week. They showed that, despite what the media says, Wisconsin isn't that good. Purdue played its heart out against a decent team last week, and came up short. Now they play a better team. Iowa 42, Purdue 17. Indiana (1-2, 1-5) vs. Wisconsin (2-1, 4-2): After Michigan demolished Indiana by 28 points last week, Hoosier tail- back Brett Law said that Indiana is as talented as the Wolverines. We are still not sure what sport he was talking about. If you can explain how Indiana is as talented as Michigan, you can probably also explain how a conference called the Big Ten has eleven teams. aWisconsin has risen from the conference cellar to at least the middle of the pack. They're going to beat some teams they shouldn't, but also lose some tough, close games. These are two fairly evenly matched teams. It should go down to the wire. Indiana 17, Wisconsin 16. West Virginia (3-1-2) vs. Penn State (5-2): Penn State, that other Big Ten team, came out flat against BC last week, arid the Eagles surprised them, winning 35-32. The Nittany Lions received their wake-up call. Joe Paterno is too good a coach to let it happen again. Penn State 45, West Virginia 10. by Jesse Brouhard Daily Sports Writer Speed overcame strategy last night at Mitchell Field as the Michigan women's soccersteam (13-5-5) outran Bowling Green en route to a 5-1 victory. Bowling Green attempted to employ an offsides trapping scheme with little success against the Wolverines. Michigan consistently lobbed over the defense to show- case its superior footspeed, thus outrunning the slower Falcon de- fenders. "Bowling Green uses a very ag- gressive offsides trap. We just tried to get rid of the ball quickly and let our forwards outrun them to the ball," said Michigan coach Peter Manning. Bowling Green paid for its ag- gressiveness as the Wolverine for- wards shot often and very accu- rately at the Falcon netminder. Michigan outshot its opponents 25- 5 with an outstanding 20 of the 25 attempts being on goal. Precise shooting has been elusive for the kickers all year, making this one of the clubs better offensive perfor- mances of the year. "We finished our shots better today," Manning said. "We have been working on finishing all year. The last seven or eight games we have been much better. Mainly we have been trying to convert these opportunities in game situations." Junior forward Lisa Ashton was able to capitalize twice on scoring opportunities. The first, a pinpoint strike from the center of the penalty box, gave the Wolverines a lead they would never relinquish. Ashton's second goal with approx- imately eight minutes left effec- tively put the game out of reach. On the second goal, Ashton re- ceived a lob halfway into the Bowling Green zone and was granted a gift when her shot bounced off the left goal post di- rectly into the net for a 4-1 Blue lead. Senior Shannon Loper, sopho- more Alicia Treadway and junior Alicia Stewart also tallied goals to lead the kickers' scoring. The goal by Treadway was by far the prettiest play of the day. The score was made possible by a backwards pass from Loper to wide-open midfielder Stewart. She completed the play by arching a shot over the outstretched Falcon netminder. The kickers are now focusing their efforts toward gaining a post- season berth in the Big Ten cham- pionships. 01 Lisa Ashton of the women's soccer team attempts to evade a defender. Michigan defeated Bowling Green, 5-1, at Mitchell Field. Macomb offers little challenge for men in 3-1 triumpth by Mike Rancilio Daily Sports Writer WARREN, Mich. - You'd think by playing only a throw-in away from "trucker's row" that the Michigan men's soccer club might be out of its element. But nothing seemed to faze this team as it ran all over Macomb College last night, 3-1, improving its record to 7-9-3. "We played a good second-half with high intensity," Michigan coach Aaron Smith said. "We were faster to the ball then they were, so it appeared like we were a much better team." Appeared like? Michigan kept the ball on the offensive end of the field so much that Wolverine goal- keeper, Knut Peterson, left for Universal Mall before the conclusion. The Monarchs were on defense for nearly all of the second half, so much so, that they began to self-destruct. The frustrated Macomb players were attacking each other verbally, as the Wolverines dribbled through their defense. The Monarch goalie actually ran out of teammates to yell at, so he vented his frustration on the ball girl during a stoppage in play. None of this affected the Wolverines, as two first-half goals quickly made the match a romp. The second half became a shooting barrage on the Macomb net with Michigan players looking for their first goals. "We moved (Dave) Nordwell up to try and get him a goal - since he hasn't scored," Smith said. Scott Lymburner didn't need a position change to score goals, as he tallied two - the first and third. He also had a great opportunity for the hat trick with two consectutive head balls off the crossbar late in the second half. "Scott, squared up, is our best shooter of the ball," Smith praised. Freshman Rick Weinberg added two assists and Guy Metzger pushed home the second goal for Michigan. The offensive surge couldn't have come at a better time for the Wolverines as they head to the Big Ten Club Tournament, the weekend of Oct. 31. "The second half was a good tune-up for the tournament," Smith said. "We have our players game-fit know." If last night's game was any indication, the Wolverines are certainly ready for the Big Ten's best. There is also a sense of urgency to win the tournament, to qualify for Nationals. "Guys like Kelly Kuehne, Rosey (Brian Rosewarne), Scott Seabolt and Dave Nordwell realize this may be their last time to win (Big Ten tourney) and get to Nationals," Smith said. SCHEDULE Continued from page 1 this decision. We're looking closely at what we can do and how we can change." "We need to look and see and have discussions with the city and the university offices about this. Move-in is already a complicated situation and this will make it more complicated." The athletic department made this decision without consulting the housing division; however, Weiden- bach has since started discussing potential problems and solutions with Housing Director Bob Hughes. "I think that regardless of whether this was discussed with us beforehand, what we have to do now is make it work," Levy said. There are other problems that will affect students with this move. With move-in and the game falling on the same day, it may be difficult for some students to attend the sea- son opener. While Weidenbach acknowledges all of these potential problems, he still feels the positives outweigh the negatives. "We had a request to move the game by the networks and if it's a problem, we ha.ve to work at it," Weidenbach said. "We wanted to fulfill the wishes of our coach and have a game before Notre Dame. That was our first priority. We also had four home games in a row this year, and we wanted to spread them out next season. That was paramount in our thinking. This gives us a one- week break." The Michigan football team will get a new season opener in 1993. The 1993 Michigan-Washington State football game originally scheduled for September 18 has been moved up to become the September 4 season opener. Here is how the new 1993 football schedule looks: September 4 WASHINGTON STATE September 11 NOTRE DAME September 18 BYE WEEK September 25 HOUSTON October 2 IOWA October 9 AT MICHIGAN STATE October 16 AT PENN STATE October 23 ILLINOIS October 30 AT WISCONSIN November 6 PURDUE November 13 AT MINNESOTA November 20 OHIO STATE (Home games in BOLD) 0 0 * BRYAN A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE "We are concerned about the dif- ficulty students may have in attend- ing the game. We want to have stu- dents in attendance." This may not be a problem unique to next season. Because of the addition of Penn State to the Big Ten, each team will need to have a bye week in the conference season. Instead of beginning the Big Ten season the first week of October, the season will soon begin the last week of September. This will lead to teams either playing a game Labor Day weekend, or after the conference season. "This is something we will have to think about in our future sched- ules," Weidenbach said. "We will have to sometimes play the week after Thanksgiving. That will give us a problem. We'll be playing Thanksgiving week, the Saturday af- ter Thanksgiving and the week after that." A Book & lyrics by Dick Vosburgh Music by Frank Lazarus Originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by Tommy Tune WAKING UP THE WORLD! WITH SPECIAL GUEST NOVEMBER 19 BRESLIN STUDENT EVENTS CENTER AT M.S.U. ONLY 50 CENTS FAX MACHINE FOR STUDENT USE (sending and receiving) t 1 1 A musical double bill featuring a salute to a6 I