Volleyball vs. Michigan State Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Cliff Keen Arena SPORTS Field Hockey vs. Pacific Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Oosterbaan Field House The Michigan Daily WOMEN'S SOCCER 'M9 cracks Buckeyes in 4-1 win by Mike Hill Daily Sports Writer Who sd~,s soccer isn't a contact sport? A Those who don't think so obvi- ously were not in attendance for the Michigan women's soccer club's bruising affair Sunday afternoon with Ohio State at Mitchell Field. Trailipjg 4-1, the Buckeyes sur- renderedV0 minutes into the second half when one of their forwards went down witlan injury. The Buckeye ~striker, sandwiched by two Michigan players, sustained a back injury. Afraid to move the athlete, offi- cials halted play as paramedics came to her aid. Players waited almost 20 minutes before Ohio State gathered for a tearn meeting which led to the decision to discontinue play. "It was a scary situation," Michi- gan defenseman Kim Chenet said. "Ohio State decided that it would be ~best to stop the game. And I can't really blame them. They were wor- ried about he. and some of their girls wanted to go with the ambulance to the hospital." The Hame, for all practical pur- poses, was over anyway. The Buckeyes drew first blood on a rebound goal off of a fantastic save from Michigan keeper Crissy Rice. Ricse dovefar to her right to block an Ohio State free kick. Rice's team- mates seemed so awed by the spec- tacular save that they forgot to de- fend the rebound. However, the Buckeyes rarely threatened again. "I1 think we're definitely on our way to d the national tournament) ys everyone's very focused." - Kim Chenet After struggling for most of the opening half, Michigan struck back with three unanswered goals before intermission. Junior Carrie Taylor got the Wolverines on the board when she struck a perfectly-placed ,.Jenny Steinhebel corner kick off her head and past the Buckeye goalie. The Wolverines captured the lead for gooibn another header, this time from Lynda Hart on a similar pass from Shannon Loper. Lisa Ashton's left-footerput the Wolverines up, 3- 1, continuing her season-long offen- sive dominaknce. Sophomore Alicia Treadway capped the scoring with the only second-half goal, moments before the game-ending injury. The victory stretched the Wolverines' undefeated streak to 13 games going into the season finale at Eastern Isgchigan on Wednesday. Consi ering Michigan's 4-0 thrashing of the Eagles in its home opener Sept. 16, Wednesday's game should be a nice tuneup for this weekend's Midwest Soccer Chain- pionships in Columbus. The Cham- pionships will decide whether the Wolveriges will return to nationals. "I think we're definitely on our way," Chenet said. "We've been playing better lately. And I think ev- eryone' s very focused." Tuesday, October 27, 1992 Page 8 Too few woes for Mo by Matthew Rennie Daily Football Writer Michigan football coach Gary Moeller is fighting a losing battle. He's trying really, re- ally hard, but even he must know by now that he's never going to win. He's trying to convince the public that his team isn't a lock to win its fifth consecutive Big Ten title. "There's a long way to go," he'll tell you. "Anything could happen." And when he's re- ally desperate, he'll resort to the old football adage: "On any given Saturday ..." However, at yesterday's weekly press gath- ering, Moeller went over the edge. When asked about the return of injured cornerback Alfie Burch, Moeller began his reply with this gem: "He'll be in a cast for four weeks or so. We'll check the healing then, and let him start walking on it. Hopefully, there's a bowl game for us." Everyone in the room tried to hide their laughter. Michigan hits the road the next two weeks to take on Purdue and Northwestern, perennial doormats of the league. The Wolverines then return home to host Illinois, who managed to lose to Northwestern over the weekend. If Michigan wins all three, the Wolverines will make a repeat trip to the Rose Bowl, re- gardless of the outcome of their season finale with Ohio State. Still, despite Michigan's steamrolling of the first half of the Big Ten schedule, Moeller did have a rash of injuries, particularly in his the defensive secondary, to warrant legitimate concern. Besides the injury to Burch, cornerback Coleman Wallace suffered a pinched nerve in his arm and is a "big question mark" for this Saturday's clash with the Boilermakers, Moeller said. This leaves the Wolverines with Shonte Peoples, who has suffered numerous minor injuries all season long, Dwayne Ware and freshman Ty Law as their only healthy corner- backs who have seen significant playing time. Moeller said Law and Ware will start Saturday. Despite these injury problems in the sec- ondary, Moeller did have good news to report at outside linebacker, a position which had been plagued by injuries earlier this season. Moeller said he expected Martin Davis to be- gin practicing again this week, and Greg Mc- Thomas was supposed to begin running more during practice. "We've weathered the storm a little bit at outside linebacker," Moeller said. "We put that position together a little by moving Chris Hutchinson back there. We're glad to have a player who could do that." NOTHING ON THIRD: The Michigan de- fense has not allowed their opponents a third- down conversion in the last two weeks. Moeller said he is thrilled with this defensive domination. "We're a better coverage team this year man-to-man," Moeller said. "The key is that you've got to rush the quarterback. There's go- ing to be guys open, but you've got to get to the quarterback before he finds them." SNAPPING SOUTHPAW: Starting center Steve Everitt dislocated the thumb in his right hand, which he uses to hike the ball. The thumb will be in a cast this week, but Everitt is expected to play, snapping left-handed. G3RIDDES g picks to the Student Publications rd by noon on Friday. If you choose the you can eat, eat, eat yOurlway tO u win your $15 gift certificate to Pub. 11. Colorado at Nebraska0 estern 12. Temple at 8ostoni College 1a. Pittsburgh at Sytacuse 14. North Carolina at Maryland ... 15. Oklahoma St. at Kansas (FLAj 18. $outhern Cal at Arizona odist 1$ Oeon at Wshinn nt 19. Notre Dame at Navy 20. Pennsylvania St. at Brigham Young - Name: Phone: Wide receiver Derrick Alexander, shown here against Indiana on Oct. 17, set a Michigan record with four touchdown receptions in Saturday's 63-13 thrashing of Minnesota. Tamer finds his way into record book by Brett Forrest Daily Hockey Writer Dave Schultz. Tiger Williams. Bob Probert. These hallowed names are both feared and revered across two countries (except in Probert's case - just one country). Aspiring bullies venerate these men and prac- tice their flattering mimicry on ele- mentary school playgrounds and in pee-wee ice rinks. Michigan senior defenseman Chris Tamer is a fine example of a whipper-snapper who longed to wear the skates of his pugilistic heroes. Now, however, he has joined the ranks of his heroes. Friday at Ferris State, Tamer broke the all-time Michigan mark for penalty minutes, surpassing Alex Roberts' record of 415. He currently 'Alex (Roberts) established himself as a tough guy on the ice - that's what I wanted to do.' - Chris Tamer 'M' defenseman has 422. "It's reallya dubious honor," said Tamer's cofch, Red Berenson. "Many of the penalties early in his career fell somewhere between fool- ish and stupid. He has since learned that he can be a good player without sitting in the box." The ideology which enabled Tamer to amass numerous reserva- tions at the Sin Bin Motel has an aged derivation. Roberts was a se- nior during Tamer's freshman sea- son. In this way, Tamer had a chance to learn from a legend. "It dates back to the days of Alex Roberts," said fellow defensman Aaron Ward. "They were Larry, Curly and Moe - with Moe being Myles O'Connor (third on the all- time list). "He followed in Roberts' foot- steps. During a game my first year, I was trying to contain someone in front of the net and a punch came Hlying out of nowhere and hit the guy in the head. It was Tamer." Tamer, for one, is proud to reveal the undying respect he held for Roberts while but an underling on the Wolverine squad. "I really looked up to the older guys that first year," Tamer said. "Alex established himself as a tough guy on the ice - that's what I wanted to do." This desire to construct a feared name for himself among the players in the CCHA has indirectly helped Tamer to steal the overall mark from his mentor. The officials have come to learn the name of Chris Tamer and perhaps look to give him more penalties. It is quite similar to the dilemma Wayne Gretzky faced during his playing days in Edmonton. The offi- cial scorers there were known to have given "The Great One" phan- tom assists on goals because he had a reputation for accruing them on a regular basis. "They definitely view me differ- ently," Tamer said. "They all know who I am and I know a lot of them." "(CCHA official Steve) Pi- otrowski is always yipping at him," Ward confided. "They have conver- sations on the ice. He's the Probert of the CCHA and the refs know it." Turn in your winnin Building at 420 Mayna rmost games correctly healthy body when yo O'Sullivan's Eatery& 1. Michigan at Purdu. 2. Michigan St. at Northw 3. Indiana at Minnesota 4. Illinois at Wisconain 5. Ohio St. atlowe B. West Virginia at Miami 7. Stanford at Washith 9.. Florida St. at Virginia 10. Georgia vs. Florida Tiebreaker: Total points Michigan at Purdue Women's rowers stroke new Vespoli to victory by Seth King Daily Sports Writer Over 200 years ago, George Washington crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania into New Jersey and surprised the British troops in a key turning point of the Revolutionary War. Near that same site Saturday at the Head of the Schuylkill Invita- tional in Philadelphia, the Michigan women's crew team surprised 20 ri- val rowing squads and came away with a first-place finish in the wom- en's heavyweight eight-man race. Junior rower Andrea Level said the squad was pleased with this vic- tory as well as the consequences. "I think the open [eight-man] women's team did especially well," Level said. "We proved to ourselves that we could compete, since we beat all of our league competitors except one. This bodes well for the spring; it shows we're in good shape. It was a great race for them, and a great way to start the career of our new Vespoli." The new boat will help the Wolverines remain competitive with the nation's top crews and replaces an inferior boat. "We had a chance this weekend because we had comparable equip- ment," Level said. "The boat you're racing can make seconds of differ- ence. Our old boat was Princeton's old one from several years ago." Also at the Head of the Schuyl- kill, the women's lightweight eight- man squads finished fifth and 11th in a 15-boat field. The Wolverines' second boat was only one second behind rival Notre Dame's first. In addition, the men's heavyweight eight-man placed fourth out of 24 crews, while the men's lightweight eight-man took 27th out of 42 teams. Sunday, at the Princeton Chase, the men's heavyweight eight-man squad rowed to a 10th-place finish among 24 teams, five seconds be- hind ninth-place Virginia's first boat. The women's heavyweight eight-man came in 13th out of 26 boats, only six seconds behind the Cavaliers. "We raced against a more com- petitive group of teams on Sunday," Level said. FILE PHOTO/Daily Last Friday at Ferris State, senior Chris Tamer surpassed Alex Roberts' 415 penalty minutes to seize Michigan's career mark. I I ATTENTION ADVERTISERS DON'T MISS OUT ON THESE SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS COMING IN NOVEMBER: :SP 5t-ie Help students and faculty make it home for the holidays or help them plan a vacation get away by advertising your travel services and products on this colorful broadsheet. Ad Closing: November 5; 2:30 pm Publication Date: November 12 i *4&ttt ' " " " " " i ! " " " 0 0 " ! i " " " i " " "