Football vs. Houston Saturday,1 p.m. Michigan Stadium S Volleyball vs. Illinois Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Champaign Spartans spike Wolverines for Pride MS U gives 'M' the blues in three Rivalry Crosses state boundries By CHARLIE BREITROSE DAILY SPORTS WRITER Lastnight's State Pride match meant a little bit more than last season's com- petition for Michigan's second-year coach Greg Giovanazzi. The California native, an ex-UCLA player and assistant coach, came to Michigan with virtually no exposure to the intrastate rivalry between the Wol- verines and Spartans. "Really,it's that hard to come into a position and just assume a rivalry." Giovanazzi said. "I really did not grasp the whole Michigan-Michigan State ri- valry right off the bat. "I'd been here a month and a half before we first played them, and I'm sorry, but it really doesn't matter that much at that point." ButtoGiovanazzi'sdelight, the Spar- tans hired an old nemesis of his, ex- SouthernCalifornia coach Chuck Erbe. "Being that he was at SC he was automatically the object of a lot of en- ergy," Giovanazzi said. "The fact that he ended up to Michigan State is a great irony, and it makes that rivalry just that much better for me. "I just kind of grew up with the concept of rivalries, and competing, and letting those rivalries fire you up and play at a higher level," Giovanazzi said. School loyalties are just the start of the two coaches differences. 'We come from two different back- grounds," Giovanazzi said. "Just like in many sports there are different schools of thought (in volleyball)." Erbe went to the Far East to learn the Asian style of volleyball directly from their coaches. Michigan's head man acquired his knowledge from his men- tor, long-time UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski. Giovanazzi employs the Eastern European philosophy of vol- leyball which stresses controlling play at the net. On the court the Spartan offense focuses on passing the ball around to different hitters, so that the opponent cannot focus its defense on Michigan State's star, Jennifer Jones. Jones is the Spartans' only big hitter. The Wolver- ines, on the other hand, go to one or two hitters with the vast majority of the sets. "They're two pretty conflicting styles," Giovanazzi commented. "One requires a lot more hours in the gym, that's the Asian style, and a lot more work on technique. "If (Erbe) had the kinds of athletes he would recruit, I'd imagine typically a smaller faster team. Our team's a bigger team." Though the two strategies differ greatly, both have been proven to be successful. While atUCLA, Giovanazzi won the national title once as an assis- tant, and Erbe won four in his tenure at USC. Due to the different types of person- nel each school is looking for, theMichi- gan-Michigan State rivalry will not ex- tend to the recruiting wars. Through all the bitter hatred associ- ated with the Wolverine-Spartan and the Bruin-Trojan rivalries, Giovanazzi insists that his friendship with Erbe is just a "good healthy rivalry." By JEREMY STRACHAN DAILY SPORTS WRITER It was bad news all around for the Michigan women's volleyball team Wednesday at Cliff Keen Arena when Michigan State came to town for both teams' Big Ten opener. Not only did the Wolverines get swept by the Spartans 15-13, 15-6, 15- 12, but they also lost two key players to injuries after the firstgame in the fourth- annual State Pride match. 'We're devastatedbecause wecame in focused on beating Michigan State to open up the Big Ten," senior captain Fiona Davidson said. "We thought we were the better team." Davidson led the Wolverines with nine kills in the match. Second was senior JoAnnd Collias who put seven balls down. Michigan used its whole roster due to the injuries, and had a surprisingly low team hitting percent- age, .055. The Wolverines committed 11 more errors than MSU and were out-dug 42- 37. The team passing also left alot to be desired with errant passes going too high and ball approaches being too late. Michigan head coach Greg Giovanazzi said he knew why the team did not play up to its potential. "Rivalries sometimes bring out the best in the best, but it can also bring out the worst," Giovanazzi remarked after. theloss. "I think weplayedafraid to lose instead of going out to win. I thought going in we were the better team but now I think they're better." The loss was not all on the Wolver- ines shoulders. Spartan senior captain Jennifer Jones led her team to victory with a team high 14 kills while hitting .286. Freshman Stephanie Friedlund was the only other Spartan in double figures with 11 kills and a .200 hitting percentage. Jones, the Big Ten kills-per-game leader, said after the game that the win meant a lot to the team although she never thought about bringing the State Pride flag back to East Lansing. 'Webasicallyoutpoweredthemwith our shots," Jones said, "Every shot was down. I mean they are just not as quick as we are in the backcourt." First-year Spartan coach Chuck Erbe said thathe told his team that they had a chance against the Wolverines. "I told them if they did certain things well thatwecouldbeatMichigan," Erbe said. "We just out-executed them. We had a plan and we took what Michigan gave us." The Spartans won game one by outscoring the Wolverines,8-1, to build a quick 10-6 lead and held on for the win. After the loss of the two Michigan players, MSU ran offeight straightpoints in the middle of game two. And in the finale Giovanazzi moved Davidson to the right side to keep Michigan in the game. "The team is shocked by the out- come," Davidson said. "Most of the team was devastated by losing the first game. Wejust played tighter and tighter as the game went on." Senior outside hitter Michelle Horrigan came down on a teammate's foot and sprained her leftankle on the final point of the first game. Horigan hadralliedthe Wolverines back to within one point of State in game one by scor- ing the last three points for the team before retiring. Ironically, Horriganhadjustentered her first game in over a week due to a previous shoulder bruise that kept her out. The other injury involved outside hitter Aimee Smith's right shoulder. Giovanazzi said that the loss ofthese two players would greatly affect the team's chances this weekend against nationally ranked Illinois. ANASTASIA BANCKL/Daly Fiona Davidson and JoAnna Collias react to a successful block last night against MSU. Womien netters oe al eaoniANC By TYLER BARRETT FOR THIS DAILY The Michigan women's tennis team will see a sneak preview of its winter season this weekend when itplays in the Wolfpack Tennis Classic tournament in Raleigh, N.C. The tournament, hosted by North Carolina State, includes Campbell Col- lege, Duke, Houston, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Big Ten foe Wiscon- sin. The matches played this weekend will not affect the teams' dual meet standings but will reflect on the indi- vidual players' overall records. "Our goal for the tournament is to get an idea where each player stands," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. "We can see their strengths, weaknesses and physical condition. There isterrificcom- petition so our players will be tested." However, Ritt said that the Wolfpack Classic is not an intense tournament because each player is guaranteed four matches. "Being our first tournament, ,we would like to start the season on a good note and have everyone compete well," co-captain Jaimie Fielding said. Michigan will be short three players when they arrive in Raleigh. The team has seven players on the roster, which is one less than the standard, and two of the remaining seven cannot attend the tournament due to illness. Ritt will bring a squad depleted in numbers but not in talent. 'We have several players who could play at the top spot," Ritt said. "They are competitive with each other in practice which benefits the entire team." Fielding holds a similar opinion of her team's ability. 'We stack up very well against our opponents and we have great depth," she said. "Anyone can play any seed on agivenday.Although we are short three spots, we will still put in a very strong showing." The tournament is structured into four flights with two player seeds in each one. Simone Lacher and Fielding will play seeds one and two, respec- tively.Co-captainLizCyganiak, Allison Schlonsky and Tara Graff will fill the remaining three spots. Each player plays in every round under the compass draw system. Play- ers either advance in the championship or consolation bracket but are not elimi- nated as in most other tournaments. The principle of the tournament is to give the players an opportunity to play matches and gain experience before the dual meet season begins. Following their weekend in Raleigh, the Wolverines continue their fall sea- son by playing in the Notre Dame Tour- nament the following Friday, Saturday and Sunday in South Bend, Ind. Tom Fallon Invite chance to test what 'M' learned in '93 By RYAN WHITE FOR THE DAILY With four of the eight players play- ing their first college tennis last year, Michigan coach Brian Eisner described the season as "the year of the fresh- man." And while last season was a grow- ing process, the Wolverines are ready to see if they retained what they learned as they start their 1993 campaign tomor- row at the TomFallon Invitational Tour- narnent in South Bend, Ind. Sixteen other schools will also be competing in the weekend tournament, including more than half of the 11 Big Ten teams. The tournament should be a strong indicator of the team's progress early in the season. Last year, the team finished with a record of 8-14 overall, 6-9 in the Big Ten, and came in seventh place at the Big Ten tournament. While the record may not reveal it, Eisner saidthat his young~team learned so well, that by the end of the season, it was "as good as any team in this part of the country.". Eisner said he felt the only thing that kept them from placing higher at the Big Ten tournament was a number of injuries to key players. This year, however, is a different story. While there was a surplus of freshmen a year ago, no seniors played for the Wolverines. Every player from last year returns. Senior Dan Brakus, the current No. 1 player in the NCAA's District No. 4, which covers the Midwest region, will lead the team. Eisner said that juniorGrady Burnett had a great summer playing tourna- ments. The coach also noted that sopho- more Chris Wyatt made good progress over the summer. The Tom Fallon Invitational Tour- nament this weekend provides Eisner his first chance to look at this year's 'team. Each player competes individu- ally at the tournament, but still repre- sents the school. The tournament is divided into four brackets, A through D. Brakus and Barnett will represent Michigan in the A bracket. In the B bracket will be junior Adam Wager and sophomore Peter Pusztai. Wyatt and senior Mike Nold will play in the C bracket. Brad Kramer, the team's lone freshman in this tourna- ment, will be in the D bracket. 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