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Cagers picked first in Big Ten poll
Howard, Rose earn spots on preseason conference first team


By CHAD A. SAFRAN
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
INDIANAPOLIS -If Michigan
basketball coach Steve Fisher was a
professor of Big Ten basketball his-
tory, then he would probably teach
this lesson to his maize-and-blue pu-
pils - do not let conference history
repeat itself.
The reason for that lecture is the
fact that 46 of 80 media votes were
cast in favor of the Wolverines claim-
ing the 1993-94 Big Ten crown at
yesterday's Big Ten media day.
"It scares me," Fisher said at the
annual mediaday andluncheon. "The
media hasn't picked the right one in a
long time."
Last year, Michigan was selected
to finish atop the conference stand-
ings but ended its conference season
with a 15-3 record and second place.
That may have been enough most
years, but last season's Indiana squad
was conquered only one time in Big
Ten play, vanquished by Ohio State,
81-77, in overtime.

Bobby Knight's club was the
media's preseason pick to finish run-
ner-up last year.
Fisher attributed the selection to
past athletes, not the players that will
be squeaking the sneakers on the
Crisler Arena floor this year.
"It's part ripple effect,"Fishersaid.
"We are far from a team that should
be a prohibitive favorite. If we could
go 15-3 again, I say we could win."
Winning the Big Ten crown with
fewer than three losses will be ex-
tremely difficult with a deep Minne-
sota squad, improved Illinois and
Wisconsin teams and traditional pow-
ers, like the Hoosiers, Buckeyes and
Purdue ready to be crowned Big Ten
king.
Iowa coach Tom Davis foresees a
league unmatched in college basket-
ball.
"You are going to see a lot of Big
Ten teams in the top 25," Davis said.
"You could see seven or eight teams
in there in the early part of the year."
Michigan State coach Jud

Heathcote is looking at a more bal-
anced conference this time around.
"There are no two monster teams,
like Indiana and Michigan were a
year ago," Heathcote said. "The con-
ference is strong from bottom to top,
not top to bottom. Teams that are
picked in the middle or bottom could
finish near the top. I hope that will be
us."
One coach that did support the
Wolverines' status as the team to beat
was Illini coach Lou Henson.
"You've got to remember that their
other players are very talented,"
Henson said. "They are very experi-
enced. You've got to go with Michi-
gan."
Two of those experienced play-
ers, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose,
were awarded preseason accolades.
The junior pair was among the five
selected to the preseason All-Big Ten
first team. Rose was the only
backcourt player chosen to go along
with forwards Michael Finley (Wis-
consin), Deon Thomas (Illinois) and

Glenn Robinson (Purdue). Howard,
who was a member of the All-Big Ten
second team at the conclusion of last
season, was chosen forthe centerspot.
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Juwan Howard, seen here against Temple during the NCAA tournament last
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Men kickers triumph at Eastern
Wolverines pull out double overtime thriller, 3-2


By SCOTT BURTON
DAILY SPORTS VRITER
Any soccer team can learn how to
kick, tackle and pass with relative
ease. It's just a matter of tapping into
your physical capabilities.
But you can't learn the intangibles
- teamwork, determination, guts.
You either have them or you don't.
The Michigan men's soccer team
(10-4-5) showed ithad the intangibles
in bountiful supply in Wednesday's
3-2 double-overtime victory over Di-
vision I Eastern Michigan (6-7-4).
"They are the team with both a
practice and game field," Michigan
coach Steve Burns said. "They are the
team with facilities to change in; they
are the team with a trainer; they are
the team that earns varsity letterjack-
ets; they are the team with uniforms
that get washed after every game.
"But we are the team with heart.
We wore our hearts on our sleeves for
this game, and the result was the vic-
tory and the Ypsi-Arbor Cup back in
Ann Arbor."
That heart, which was so preva-
lent for the Wolverines, helped them
battle back from two one-goal defi-
cits in the second half.
Rob Holt scored Michigan's first

goal 10 minutes into the half to tie the
game at 1-1.
Brian Rosewarne accounted for
the Wolverines' second tally with five
minutes remaining to send the game
into overtime at 2-2.
Michigan battled with EMU
through one scoreless overtime be-
fore Wolverine Rich Berry scored off
of a pass from Kelly Keedy with five
minutes remaining in the second OT.
Michigan closed the game out af-
ter withstanding a late Eagle effort to
tie the score.
"We had a couple of starters who
had to miss the game because of class
and tests, but we came through,"Burns
said. "I asked the guys to treat this

game as abig game and play with a lot
of heart and they did."
Michigan featuredanewformationin
thegame: the4(fowards)-3 (midflelders)-
3 (fuillbacks).Itreplacedthe4-4-2thathad
proved too burdensome.
"The 4-4-2 was hurting because
we just weren't sustaining enough
play in the opponent's end," Burns
said. "It's often difficult to play as a
team, to link the three positions all
together.
"What we saw in this one was real
good transition from both defense to
offense and vice versa. One of the
reasons was the defenders got in-
volved in the attack. "

Ashton leads women past EMU

By ELISA SNEED
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
YPSILANTI -- Even before the
game started last night, the outcome
was really neverin doubt. The Michi-
gan women's soccer team totally
outmatched its opponent, Eastern
Michigan, for the second time this
season defeating the Eagles, 7-0.
The first half of the game saw two
goals from Lisa Ashton and one each

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from Carrie Taylor, Alicia Stewart
and Nicola Armster.
Getting out to an early lead al-
lowed Michigan coach Linda
Hamilton to give a lot of people play-
ing time. Two moreWolverines, Katie
Rubin and NeysaColizzi, added goals
in the second period.
"I'm real happy with the fact that
I got to play the seniors for a lot,"
Hamilton said. "I got people in to give
them experience. That way, when it
comes time for a big game, it's not the
first time they've been in a game."
Defender Danielle Jordan agreed.
"It's a good chance to try things,"
she said. "It's good for team unity.
It's a good way to go out before the
Midwest."
Next week's Midwest Tourna-
ment, which will decide the Big Ten
club champion, is Michigan's next
big competition. The winner earns a
spot in the national club champion-
ships later in November.
"We're trying to gear up for the
Midwest Tournament, which is, of
course, next weekend," Hamilton said.
"It all comes from preparation before
the game.
Last nightMichigan definitely did
not take EMU lightly. The Wolver-
ines were playing very aggressively,
and kept going throughout the entire
game. They were able to work the ball
up the field and make passes, things
they will need to do well in the Mid-
west Tournament.

Volleyball heads.
into second half
By BRETT JOHNSON
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
Volleyball season - Take two.
It's time to start over again for the Michigan volleybal
team (3-7 Big Ten, 7-12 overall).
This weekend's games against Minnesota and Iowg
mark the beginning of the second half of the conference
season, and the Wolverines are looking for much better;
results.
After an injury-plagued first half, Michigan hopes to
make a major impact over its last 10 games.
"This is a really crucial weekend for us," senior outside
hitter Michelle Horrigan said. "We're trying to turn this
season around in the second half. To start out with two wins'
would be great."
Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi also sees the week-
end as being important, buthe stressed thathe wants tokeep
seeing team improvement.
"This is a very, very important weekend for us,";
Giovanazzi said. "It's difficult because you don't want to
focus on the weekend when the team is struggling to find
out who it is. I'm afraid to lose focus on how important it
is that we keep getting better."
The Wolverines face two very different teams this
weekend. Minnesota (5-5, 13-8), which will be in town
tonight, is coming offof a weekend sweep over Indiana and
Purdue. The Golden Gophers defeated the Wolverines
earlier this season in a three-game match in Minneapolis:
15-2, 15-8, 15-11.
Minnesota has positioned itself in a tie for fourth place
in the Big Ten and is looking to take over sole possessio
of that key position. A fourth-place finish in the Big Ten
will likely get that team into the NCAA tournament.
Katrien DeDecker leads the Golden Gopher offensive
attack with an average of 4.19 kills'per game. She currently,
ranks third in the conference in this category.
"DeDecker hits sharp cross and down the line,"junior
outside hitter Aimee Smith said."We've worked with ou
middle blockers on getting their left hands over and taking
away her sharp cross court hit and with our right side
blockers on taking away the line."
Middle blocker Shannon Brownlee agreed and said the
team is putting much of its work into blocking her outside:
hitting.
"What we're going to be doing is leaving their middle
hitter and go right over to her," Brownlee said. "We're,
going to release before the set is made and leave our left
side blocker one-on-one with their middle. We're going tol
have two blockers on her all of the time because she gets a
lot of sets and a lot of kills."
Setting for DeDecker, and the rest of Minnesota's
hitters, is Sue Jackson. She ranks sixth in the conference in -
assists. Jackson also impacts the defense as she ranks sixth
in digs as well.
Iowa (1-9, 9-13), on the other hand, is floundering in
last place in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes' lone conference
victory came at the hands of the Hoosiers last weekend
Michigan defeated Iowa earlier in Iowa City, 15-9, 15-11,
15-12, and is hoping to repeat the feat tomorrow night. 0
Iowa's attack is led by Jill Oelschlager who leads the
team in kills and hitting efficiency.
The Wolverines are counting on this being the turning
point of the season, and the team is almost at full strength.
Horrigan returned last weekend after an eight game ab-
sence due to an ankle injury. Senior outside hitter JoAnna
Collias should return to action after missing two weeks
with an ankle sprain.
Unfortunately, Smith's shoulder is still a problem.
Giovanazzi lists her at about 50 percent, although she will
play.
"We'reclose tobeing full staffed," Horrigan said. "That
will be a big difference."

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Michigan's Shannon Brownlee is a key in this weekend's
volleyball match against the Minnesota Golden Gophers
tonight at Cliff Keen Arena.

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