Women's Cross Country Miami University Invitational Tomorrow, 10:15 a.m. Oxford, Ohio S S Volleyball Colorado Conference Challenge Today, 7:30 p.m. Boulder Th Mchga£aiy.riayeptmer1,19 Wolverines kick Windsor back across the border By CHARLIE BREITROSE DAILY SPORTS WRITER After a sluggish first five minutes, the Michigan women's soccer team took control of the tempo of yesterday's game against Windsor. The Wolverines' (7-1) momentum carried them to a 6-1 vic- tory. Michigan's opponents looked in control of the game from the opening kickoff, when they stole Michigan's first pass of the game. However, after the Canadian team pressed hard on the Michigan goal, the Wolverines charged the length of the field and put the ball in the net. Forward Nicola Armster rolled the ball past the Windsor goalie, who had come to far out of her net. From that point on the Wolverines thouroghly out shot, out ran and prob- ably most importantly, out toughed Windsor. The Michigan players ex- pected the game to be more physical. "This game is usually more of a blood battle," captain Carrie Taylor said. Michigan coach Linda Hamilton concurred with her fullback. "Windsor had a lot of difficulty with the physical play," she said. With the score 2-0, Michigan scored two more before the half, directly off Windsor mistakes. Left forward Lisa Ashton sent a rocket past the Windsor goaltender after her fullbacks couldn't clear the ball. Goal number four was another blast, this time from Alicia Stewart, her sec- ond of the evening. The center knocked in a ball that Windsor left sitting in its own penalty area. "We lost to this team last year," Taylor said. "We wanted to avenge the loss." The secondhalf wasn't much kinder to the team from across the Detroit River. Karen Jones caught the Windsor goalie leaning to the left and put the fifth goal of the evening into the right corner. Windsor ended the shutout when Michigan goalie Alicia Smith couldn't control a hard shot.TheWolverine stop- per had six saves in the game. Midway through the second half, Windsor put on the pressure. Yet each time Windsor threatened, the Michigan defense stopped the.attack without a quality shot. With fifteen minutes remaining Michigan substituted itsentire front five, andreceived good results. Forward Katie Rubin put aheader offacornerkick past Windsor's netminder in the back of the net for the game's final tally. The Wolverines collected their sec- ond straight victory over avarsity squad, having defeated Siena Heights, 4-2, Tuesday. "We're happy to beat a varsity team anytime," Taylor said. "It was a great result," Hamilton said. "We finished a lot of chances. We played real aggressive. We came out attacking. I think that Windsor was@ caught off guard." The Michigan women's soccer team continued its winning ways with a 61 victory over Windsor yesterday, improving its record to 74. NCAA Division I Field Hockey PollSpksge BgTe No. Team Record Pointsget Big Ten North P:.440......120 warm -upout W est 2. Iowa 4-. .114... By SCOTT BURTON DAILY SPORTS WRITER You might think that in the grand scheme of a thirty-match volleyball sea- son, this weekend's upcoming Colo- rado Conference Challenge is nothing more than just another early-season warm-up for Michigan. However, the Wolverines' (3-3) matches with Iowa State (2-5) tonight and No. 11 Colorado (4-1) tomorrow have a great deal more significance than just being matches number seven and eight. "These matches will be a good yard- stick of where we stack up in the region and in the Big Ten," Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "We're also go- ing to determine who is going to be among the seven or eight in our rotation. We will be looking for people to emerge." The only Wolverine that has set her- self definitively in the lineup so far is senior outside blocker Fiona Davidson. In a recent match against North Caro- lina, Davidson became only the sixth Wolverine ever to record 100 career aces. She also leads Michigan in kill percentage. "Fionahasjust been playing great," Giovanazzi said. "She has been carry- ing the team through stretches." Other veteran Wolverines, however, have been pushed by newcomers on the team. Senior outside hitters Michelle Horrigan, who is chasing Michigan's career kill record, and Joanna Collias are being heartily challenged for their incumbent starting spots by freshman Shareen Luze. "I'm not really concerned about who's the senior and who is the fresh- man," said Giovanazzi. "We are going to start whoever proves themselves to be the best. And they understand that. Michelle wouldn't want to be in the starting lineup if she felt someone had been playing better than her." The setting spot has seen a similar showdown between the old and the new. Junior setter Julie Scherer, who backed-up TamishaThompson last year, has been tested by freshman Erin McGovern. At this point, McGovern has won the starting job and will start in this weekend's matches. "Erica has been a real treat," said Giovanazzi. "She came in here and has really proven herself." Many of the individual Wolverines will be looking to emerge from the middle of the lineup situation. Michi- gan, as a team, will also hope to emerge this weekend and find outjusthow good they are. While the previous six matches haven't given a good indication of the Wolverines' stock, the team's perfor- mance this weekend should be indica- tive of how they will shape up for the See VOLLEYBALL, Page 11 4i FILE PHOTO/Daily Michelle Horrigan, who is being challenged for her starting spot by freshman Shareen Luze, is chasing Michigan's career kill record as the Wolverines travel to Colorado. Women try to continue early-season dominance By TOM BAUSANO DAILY SPORTS WRITER When any team tries to win con- secutive championships one of the most crucial steps is developing the younger runners into contributing members of the squad. Michigan women's cross country coach Mike McGuire views tomorrow's competition at the Miami University Invitational in Oxford, Ohio, as adevel- opmental opportunity for his team. Tomorrow's competition is better than the schools the Wolverines faced last week. Besides host Miami, teams scheduled to race include Indiana, Pur- due, West Virginia and Tennessee. "We're going to take a couple people out of the lineup," McGuire said. "I am confident that we will be sending a very competitive team." McGuire has elected not to run jun- ior Courtney Babcock, junior. Karen Harvey and senior Jessica Kluge, who placed second, third and seventh, re- spectively, last weekend at the Lehigh Invitational. In their place, McGuire will call on sophomores Michele Spannagel and Heather Craig, as well as senior Kristi Wink. Craig was an NAIA all-American at Siena Heights her freshman year. How- ever, she transferred to Michigan last winter. Tomorrow's 5,000-meter event will be her first time running for the Maize and Blue. "I am really excited to have my first race here," Craig said. "I am happy I came here with such a great bunch of girls. I am privileged to be able to train and race with this team." Wink is a returning letterwinner and team leader who should aid the team in its search for a second consecutive Big Ten championship. "This should be a very good meet," Wink said. "Many of the teams are comparable to the team that we are sending. It is a flat course, and with nice weather conditions, I'm looking to get a good time in before Montana." The line-up changes serve a dual purpose for the Wolverines. The week- end off will allow the more experienced runners a week to train in preparation for the Mountain Classic West which showcases the top teams in the country. It will also enable the younger runners to work on their racing skills and gain experience for the bigger races. "We have an excellent sophomore class that is often overshadowed by the four All-Americans," McGuire said. "Their performances all warrant the opportunity tocompete in avarsity race. You get a tremendous amount of expe- rience just in practice, but it is not the same as getting out there on the field." One of the standout sophomores is Katy Hollbacher, who took fifth last weekend for the Wolverines. "I was happy with last week's race," Hollbacher said. "I just want to take it one race at a time and see how close I can come to the top four. That is where the biggest gap (between runners) ex, ists on our team." Seniors Molly McClimon and Chris Szabo will both be competing for the Wolverines tomorrow. 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