Men's and Women's Swimming Speedo Collegiate Cup East Today, Tomorrow, and Saturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m. Canham Natatorium The Michigan Daily SPORTS Thursday, December 3, 1992 Ice Hockey vs. Michigan State Friday, 7 p.m. Yost Ice Arena Page 5 Blue splashes into Speedo Cup Women tankers gear up forfirst major home meet by Wendy Law Daily Sports Writer After splitting its double-dual meet with Penn State and Princeton on Nov. 20, the Michigan women's swimming and diving team now prepares for its first major home meet. The Wolverines host the inaugu- ral Speedo Collegiate Cup East Championships at Canham Nat- atorium, which runs from today through Saturday. The preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. each day with the finals following at 6 p.m. According to Michigan assistant swimming coach Chrissi Rawak, the Speedo Collegiate Cup meet, nor- mally affiliated with the West coast, takes on an unusual characteristic this year. "There's this meet out in California that's been going on for a few years called the Speedo Cup Classic West," Rawak said. "Some- one had the idea of having one on the East coast. So that's what this is. 'And what we'll do is fax results back and forth and kind of keep a running score as far as who is doing better, East or West. "It is an invitational. From what I understand right now, there's (several) women's teams coming. Arizona State is one of them and they'll probably be one of our toughest competitions. (The Speedo) is not Big Tens. Iowa is the only Big Ten (team) along with us that is going to be in the meet." In addition to Arizona State and Iowa, the Wolverines will be joined by three otherhuniversities: Bowling Green, Northern Michigan, and Wright State. The meet will follow Big Ten fonnats. The Wolverines have trained hard for the Speedo Collegiate Cup East and are excited about having a full squad at the meet. "I think we're really well pre- pared," Rawak said. "We have a mix- ture of people. We've got six girls that are taking a two-week rest. They are probably going to swim faster than any of the other girls. There's about six more that are taking a three-day rest. The rest of the team is kind of swimming through it. They are practicing as much as they did before as far as yardage (is con- cened).. "I think they are ready. I think they've swum really fast this semester, faster than we ever have, even though we have a losing (record). We're 3-4, but we have not been to one dual meet yet with a full squad. That's a big factor. We've gone away with no diving. We've had at Penn State a squad of 17 swimmers where we could have had a squad of 21. So we've never been able to swim at our best yet as far as with a full squad." The Michigan divers will com- pete in 3-meter diving today, 1-meter tomorrow, and platform diving, a non-scoring event, Saturday. "We're on at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 12 p.m. on Saturday," Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball said. "It should be a good practice meet, but kind of low key. I don't think there will be a lot of good divers there except for some of ours. It gives the divers a chance to try to make their NCAA cutoffs before we go to regionals." "It's a good one to start with," Rawak said. "We have three big meets this year at home that are re- ally going to matter. They are this one, the Northwestern dual meet, and obviously Big Tens." Invitational tests men 's swimmers endurance ERIK ANGERMEIER/Di Trish Andrew fights off a pesky Toledo Rocket for one of her team-high 11 rebounds Tuesday evening. The Wolverines were crushed at home, 90-67. (A A A(A (A(A A AA(nAAA(n BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK Jury is still out after by Brett Johnson Daily Sports Writer Two different philosophies will be exhibited this weekend in the three-day Speedo Cup challenge as the Michigan men's swimming and diving team takes to the pool. The Wolverines will face Iowa, Bowling Green and Wright State. The Michigan swimmers are us- ing the event as a rehearsal for future multiple-day meets. On the other hand, the divers are looking at the competition as a way to meet NCAA championship qualification stand- ards. "We're not ready to meet NCAA standards yet," Michigan swimming coach Jon Urbanchek said. "We're taking this as a dress rehearsal for Big Tens. We want everyone to swim a lot of events and get used to a three-day event. We're looking for an honest swim." "This gives us some good com- petition," diving coach Dick Kimball said. "We get a chance to meet point standards. It's easier in an 11-dive meet than in a six (round meet)." The toughest competition will be from the Hawkeyes. Iowa was ranked 13th in the preseason coach- es' poll and returns two all-. Americans from their 1991 Big Ten squad. The departure of Artur Wojdat, a 19-time all-American and nine-time NCAA individual title winner, will be a major loss for the Hawkeyes. However, the return of several lettennen and new recruits will help ease the pain. "Artur Wojdat is an irreplaceable loss," Iowa coach Glenn Patton said. "We may never have another swimmer win nine NCAA titles. We know we can't replace Artur singu- larly." Trying to pick up some of the slack will be sophomore Rafal Szukala, who leads Iowa by way of the butterfly. As a freshman, Szukala won both the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events at the Big Tei Chaunpionships, and the 200 distance at NCAAs. In addition, Szukala won a silver medal for the Polish Olympic team in the 100-me- ter butterfly, finishing behind American Pablo Morales. Freshman Krzysztof Cwalina, another Polish Olympian, will be counted on in the sprint freestyle events. Cwalina is the Polish na- tional champion and record holder in the 50-meter freestyle. Bowling Green finished fourth in the Mid-American conference, and Wright State is coming off of a first- place finish in the Mid-Continent conference last season. The Falcons are led by junior Brad Birney in the sprint freestyles, Rob Schaefer in the individual medley and breaststroke, and Guenter Miller in the butterfly. The Michigan swimmers will be led, as usual, by seniors Eric Wunderlich, Eric Namesnik, and Brian Gunn, sophomore Gustavo Borges, and rookie Royce Sharp. The Wolverines are currently ranked fourth in the country. The divers are in only their sec- ond meet, but had strong perfor- mances from Alex Bogaerts, Eric Lesser, Abel Sanchez, and Jeff Jozwiak in the Wisconsin dual meet. "Alex really did a great job that first meet, his first college meet," Kimball said. "He dove one-meter and did an outstanding job. He's got a lot of talent and it may take him a season to live up to the talent he's got." SStevens' first action by Rich Mitvalsky Daily Sports Writer In past seasons, the Michigan women's basketball team has struggled to land top recruits from within the state of Michigan. This season the ebb of change came when highly-touted Tannisha Stevens brought some fast- paced flow to the Wolverine backcourt. After her college debut in Michigan's loss to Toledo Tuesday night, the Mt. Clemens native gained mixed reviews. Stevens showed no signs of nerves, scoring 22 points in her 29 minutes of action. And, as expected, the rookie's style of play complemented first-year coach Trish Roberts' desire for an up-tempo game. But in light of Stevens' numbers, Roberts saw plenty of room for improvement in the rookie's game. "In stretches, I was very pleased with her performance," Roberts said. "I think one thing that she definitely has to work on is her stamina. She can go hard for five or six minutes and then four or five minutes she has a tendency to rest." HACKING AWAY: Roberts has made no bones about involving several players in the offense this season. However, foul trouble in the frontcourt, more than anything else, may have forced her into that decision against the Rockets Tuesday. Very early in the second half, senior Trish Andrew, who has a history of foul trouble, and Nikki Beaudry collected their fourth personals, requiring Roberts to dig into her already sparse bench. The foul trouble was magnified, because Michigan's injuries concentrate on four six- footers. With junior center Rhonda Jokisch out for the season 'following shoulder surgery, and classmates Michelle Hall and LaTara Jones out indefinitely, Roberts will be all too ready for freshman forward Jennifer Brzezinski's expected return to the lineup. Because of the injuries, Michigan dressed only nine players against the Rockets, not quite enough to integrate the effective running game Roberts hopes to use. Turnovers and errant passes plagued the worn-down 'Wolverines in the second half of their contest, and Roberts couldn't put fresh legs onto the court. SIBLING RIVALRY: Although Rocket freshman Noelle Beaudry didn't see much action Tuesday night, she got onto the court just in time to hack sister Nikki on a turnaround jumper. The younger Beaudry got away with one, though, as the foul was charged to teammate Patricia Wagner. GOTTA' GET ON THE BALL: Although Stevens is in the fold, one of Robert's primary concerns entering her first season dealt with recruiting prep standouts from the homeland. Saginaw's Erinn Reed, recently crown- ed Michigan's Ms. Basketball, has declared her intent to play for Vivian Stringer's Iowa Hawkeyes next year. According to Roberts, prep athletes entertain a variety of thoughts when considering Michigan, including intimidation concerning the rigorous academic reputation. Nevertheless, one slipped away. LOOK MA', I'M ON TV: The Big Ten and SportsChannel Chicago reached a recent agreement placing Michigan's February home game with Ohio State on the TV. This game marks only one of nine Big Ten games which SportsChannel has agreed to televise. In the second half of the season, CBS and ESPN will join in the broadcast commitment. Men cagers throw praise on Rice hoops by Ken Sugiura Daily Basketball Writer HOUSTON -- Tuesday night's cliffhanging triumph by Michigan was but a prelude to the postgame contest. No score was kept for this match, but it appeared that the flow- ery-tongued eloquence of the Rice basketball team catalyzed an Owl victory. Michigan coach Steve Fisher, af- ter leading his charges to a 75-71 victory, fired the first volley. "Rice is a very good team," he said. "They have four starters back from a team that won 20 games a year ago. If they continue to play as hard as they played tonight, they will have a very good season." Incensed, Rice center Brent Scott rebutted. "They're the number one team in the country and they showed why," Scott said. "They did what they had to do to pull out the game." Upon hearing Scott's sentiments, Fisher responded with a flurry the likes of which have rarely been seen in these parts. His target was Scott, the 6-foot-10 Lansing Everett gradu- ate. "He's a good player," he said. "He's gonna have every record in the history of Rice University and he's an all-conference player in the Southwest Conference." Not to be outdone, Rice forward Torrey Andrews closed out the evening's session. Andrews toasted forward Chris Webber, who had a mammoth performance. In addition to scoririg 20 points, Webber grabbed 19 boards, 10 of them of- fensive, blocked six shots and had four steals. "It was a tough match. He's a real good player," Andrews said. "I respect him and I think he respects me now." TRADING PLACES: In the battle of Michiganders at Rice vs. Texans at Michigan, in terms of total points, the Owls came out on top. For Michigan, Texans Jimmy King and Ray Jackson scored nine and four points, respectively. On the Rice side, Scott, David Holmes (Jackson), Robert Glaze. (Detroit), and Thomas McGhee (Pontiac) collaborated for 26, led by Scott's 20. NUMBERS GAME: Webber's 19 boards were a career high, while his six blocks tied his personal best, set last season against Central Michigan. Juwan Howard's three steals were a career best. 1. To Make a Difference! 2. To meet talented young athletes from all over the country. 3. To live, work, and play with a great group of people. 4. To have most days free to take classes or enjoy a summer day in Ann Arbor. 5. To have a great summer experience. PLAN HOM ECOM INC r, lf,~Childr'ern' $1.75 Molso I m .os'- A- -n .- I