8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 30, 1993
.......................Women's soccer
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By ELISA SNEED
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
For the majority of this season, the
Michigan women's soccer team has
run into few snags while losing only
one game - which it has since fol-
lowed with a current ten-game win-
ning streak.
The Wolverines look to continue
that streak tomorrow against Bowling
Green (2-4-1) - which they have
beaten, 7-2 and 4-0, in their last two
meetings.
While the game will be at Bowling
Green, the Falcons don't seem to have
high hopes.
"We're looking to keep the score
down," Bowling Green women's soc-
cer president Tricia Runge said. "It's
been pretty high against us."
The view from Michigan's side is
much more confident, as the team will
be looking to score a lot.
"In the past couple years, it's been
getting closer, but we should be able
to beat them," McQuaid said. "We've
been scoring this year and we can all
score. We're not dependent on one
person."
Senior sweeperMichelle McQuaid
said that the Wolverines are playing
so well because they're playing to-
gether.
"If you compare to last year, we're
doing a lot better," McQuaid said.
"We've got a good mix of people,
everyone's playing for everyone."
Still Michigan went into last
weekend's tournament with a 6-1
record looking to solve a few minor
problems.
Their "Achilles heel" all season
has been an inability to convert off
corner kicks. In their 5-1 victory over
Central Michigan last week, the Wol-
verines failed to score on any of their
14 corner kick opportunities.
"They're (corner kicks) something
we've been having trouble with all
season," McQuaid said. "This week-
end the ratio was good. We didn't
have as many corner kicks, but we
converted off of them.
"We improved in that sense. Hope-
fully we'll score more." W
Another goal the Wolverines had
set for themselves on this four-game
weekend was to come out with a good
record. With extremely muddy condi-
tions and pot-holed fields, Michigan
managed to reach this objective, scor-
ing 19goals in four shutouts.
"We wanted the best record we
could," McQuaid said. "The fields
were torn up, you couldn't run, we
couldn't play our game plan, but to
come out with that ... it's great."
SPORTING VIEWS
Blue runners need
more for Big Ten
By TOM BAUSANO
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
A Big Ten championship has
eluded the men's cross country team
for ten years; furthermore, the Wol-
verines have been the runner-up the
last three years.
As in the past, the team has the
depth and talent to win the title. It just
remains tobe seen if Michigan can get
five runners to click on the same day.
The Wolverines took third place at
the Mountain Classic West in
Missoula, Mont. Although the team
had big expectations heading out to
the meet, the fourth and fifth runners
simply lost contact with the front run-
ners. The lackluster performance was
not really indicative of how this team
will perform in some of the bigger
meets at the end of the year, because
junior Jim Finlayson has been out
with injuries.
Coach Ron Warhurst plans to rest
his top runners at the Michigan
Intercollegiates Oct. 9. This will en-
able him to run juniors Finlayson and
Carlos Paradelo.
Finlayson was 14th at the Big Ten
Championships last year, Michigan's
third finisher at the NCAA District IV
meet and fourth at the NCAA meet.
Paradelo, a member of the U.S.
World Junior cross country team,
should be a major contributor to the
program. These two runners provide
another dimension to this already pow-
erful squad.
The Wolverines have five runners
who competed in last years NCAA
meet. Despite their experience, new-
comer Kevin Sullivan has grabbed
most of the headlines this season.
Sullivan has been Michigan's first fin-
isher in the first two meets, and his
presence has overshadowed the rest
of his teammates.
Sophomore Scott MacDonald had
a solid race in Montana after appear-
ing sluggish at the Lehigh Invitational
held earlier this month. MacDonald
was only the second freshman to fin-
ish at the NCAA meet last year while
earning All-American honors. Sopho-
more Theo Molla has had two solid
races this season and appears to be in
better physical shape than he was last
year at this time.
In order to beat the Badgers, the
team must have a fifth runner who can
run with the top four. Unlike years
past, the Wolverines have many expe-
rienced runners who can fill the posi-
tion. Senior Matt Schroeder, who
redshirted last year in order to give
himself the opportunity to win a cham-
pionship, is a likely candidate to score
for the team. Shawn MacKay, who is
healthy after being plagued by inju-
ries, has the talent to run with the best.
Blue netters take on
mixed competition
By AIMEE BAROCAS
FOR THE DAILY
The Michigan women's tennis
team will travel to South Bend this
weekend to compete in the Notre
Dame Tournament. The Wolverines
will battle Western Michigan,
Marquette, Kentucky and Notre Dame.
"I don't think the competition will
be as stiff as it was last weekend, but
we will see some good tennis at the
Notre Dame Tournament," coach Bitsy
Ritt said.
The team is looking forward to
playing again after a successful week-
end at the North Carolina State
Wolfpack Classic. The toughest over-
all team competition should come from
Notre Dame and Western Michigan.
"We've used this week of practice
to improve on the things we noticed
were wrong last weekend," Ritt said.
"We'll make some changes, but
for the most part, they'll be very mi-s
nor."
The team will be concentrating on
improving their doubles game, look-
ing to find three strong pairs.
"During the fall, we are going to be
working on our doubles game, trying
out different combinations of players
to best suit the team for team compe-
tition beginning in February," co-cap-
tain Jaimie Fielding said.
Freshman BojanaJankovic will see
her first action at the Notre Dame
Tournament since officially joining
the team. She has finally been ruled
eligible by the NCAA after a few
weeks of deliberation. Her high school
records were lost during the turnover
of power in her native Croatia.
"We're really excited to have
Bojana on the team and we are look-
ing forward to seeing her compete for
Michigan," Fielding said.
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Will Clark and the rest of the San Fransisco Giants have four games remaining to win
their first division title since 1989. They play the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend.
Giants drop one game back
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Daryl Bonds walked and pinch-hitter Mark
Boston homered twice as the Colo- Carreon hit his seventh home run of
rado Rockies beat the San Francisco the season.
Giants 5-3 Wednesday and knocked Steve Reed (9-5) got the win.
them out of first place in the NL West. Giants rookie Salomon Torres (3-
Colorado took a 5-1 lead in the 4) lasted only 2 2-3 innings in his
sixth against JeffBrantley on Boston's seventh big league start.
second homer of the game and 14th of Torres was tagged for four runs
the season. and three hits, walked four and struck
The Giants closed to 5-3 in the out one. Boston also homered in the
bottom of the inning when Barry second inning.
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