Football
vs. Ohio State
Saturday, 12 p.m. (ABC)
Michigan Stadium
S
TS
Basketball
vs. Croatia Zrinjevac Club
Tonight, 7 p.m.
Crisler Arena
M' men's
.volleyball
defeats
Buckeyes
By MELINDA ROCO
FOR THE DAILY
The Michigan men's volleyball
*team had a change of plans Saturday
when they met Ohio State in
Perrysburg, Ohio.
The Wolverines had planned on
running athree-niddle offense against
the Buckeyes, but coach Pam Griffin
said she decided to stick with the
original two-middle lineup.
"The team didn't feel completely
comfortable with the new offense,"
,Griffin said. "The match against
Michigan State last weekend also took
a lot out of them. We just didn't want
to forgo a victory against Ohio State
by trying something new."
The decision worked to
Michigan's advantage as the Wolver-
ines defeated the Buckeyes,15-11, 4-
15, 16-14, 15-11.
'We started out strong,
and we won because it
was a full team effort.'
-Stan Lee
Michigan junior
Ohio State, who finished first at
the preseason Big Ten Invitational in
Columbus, also had its own change of
' ltans. The Buckeyes were without
two starting hitters and tried three'
different lineups during the match.
"We had expected to see a differ-
ent OSU team," junior Stan Lee said.
"They weren't able to pull themselves
together. We started out strong, and
we won because it was a full team
effort."
Lee and middle hitters Andy
Spitser and Brad Yeager closed in for
We double blocks to dominate the
fIrst game of the match. The Wolver-
ines fell in the second game after a
streak of missed serves and a lack of
communication, but junior Chad
Engel took control in the final two
games with his serving and passing
prowess to help Michigan clinch the
win.
Griffin said she was pleased with
e emotional stamina of the team.
"We saw a big improvement in
our mental game," Griffin said. "Both
clubs are power-hitting teams, and it
was a long match of continual
sideouts. Though we weren't physi-
cally playing at our highest level, we
were able to keep our heads in the
game and come up with the win."
"Last year, whenever we struck
out in one game, we struck out for the
est of the match," Lee said. "Now,
even if we fall behind or lose badly,
we come out to play the next game
with more intensity than before."
The Wolverines have a three week
hiatus before they play at the Tri-
State Invitational on Dec. 5. Griffin
said the team will continue to work
with the three-middle offense.
"We have a lot of time to develop
e new offense," Griffin said. "Our
fense and passing are really com-
ing together, and if the passes are
there, then we have the potential to
bring up our level of attacks."
Moeller jubilant after win
Coach entertains as Ohio State hype begins to build
By ANDY DE KORTE
DAILY FOOTBALL WRITER
What a difference a week makes.
A week that included a58-7 blow-
out of Minnesota, no major injuries
during the game and Ohio State com-
ing to town transformed Michigan
football coach Gary Moeller into an
entertainer at his weekly press con-
ference. He normally recounts the
previous game thoroughly with little
excitement.
Yesterday, he smiled as much as
his co-captain Buster Stanley, a de-
fensive lineman known for display-
ing his teeth like he is in a Colgate
commercial, and spoke with anima-
tion usually associated with coaches
like Florida State's Bobby Bowden
and Minnesota's Jim Wacker.
For example, Moeller is
oftenasked to rank Michigan's rivals
- Notre Dame, Michigan State and
Ohio State -in order of importance.
While he repeated his standard
answer, "We have to win against
Michigan State because we have to
live with them and recruit i. close
proximity with them," his clever re-
tort to an Ohio State reporter belied
his belief that Ohio State is a bigger
rivalry.
After Moeller said his line and
was told "that's not what (former
Michigan coach) Bo (Schembechler)
says.
Moeller replied, "Yeah, I know
but he said the same thing when he,
was here."
Moeller sounded like Notre Dame
coach Lou Holtz when he asked about
Michigan being an early one-point
favorite in Saturday's game against
Ohio State.
"I just can't believe it," Moeller
said. "I don't know how you make
money doing that. I don't how you
gamble, so maybe I'm ignorant that
way.
"There must be a trick to it. I mean
they're No. 5 and we dropped out of
the Top 25. If you asked anybody _
outside of a few people in Las Vegas
--they would all say we're the under-
dog."
Despite being more engaging than
usual, he did not give up all his cli-
ches.
"I'm worried about our ability to
rush, and our ability to stop the rush,"
Moellersaid. "I think those two things
will be the key to the game."
Although Moeller did not want to
talk about postseason implications his
players admitted the importance of
going to a good bowl game.
"There's no question we're using
(the Hall of Fame Bowl) as motiva-
tion," senior center Marc Milia said.
"We want to play in a New Year's
Day Bowl game, but beating Ohio
State is more important. We knew if
we lost to Minnesota we'd be playing
in a secondhand bowl."
Milia agreed with his coach re-
garding being the favorite this week-
end.
"I'dratherbe the underdog," Milia
said. "Then you have nothing to lose."
Tyrone Wheatley had the most
plausible explanation for the Wolver-
ines being the favorite in Saturday's
game.
"It happens all the time," Wheatley
said. "We're Michigan."
INJURY UPDATE: Two days after
the game, Wheatley's return from in-
jury did not appear to be too soon.
"Physically, I feel fine," Wheatley.
said yesterday. "They tried to dis-
mantle me (in reference to a flagrant.
face-masking incident) but I'm OK."
Wheatley's face had a scratch on
his right cheek near his nose and the
inside of his mouth had cuts asaresult
of the facemask penalty by Minne-
sota cornerback Juan Hunter.
Steve Morrison is again question-
able for Saturday's game. As Moeller
pointed out, because this the last con-
test of the season and the final home
game for seniors, some people may
be playing who might sit out another
week if there were more games.
In addition to Morrison, defen-
sive linemen Trent Zenkewicz and
Ninef Aghakhan and linebacker
Trevor Pryce all fit into this cat-
egory.
TV TnM: Saturday's classic will
be broadcast by ABC starting at noon.
EVAN PETRIE/Daily
Clarence Thompson intercepts a pass in Michigan's 58-7 win over Minnesota..
Cagers tip off season vs. Croatia
By TIM RARDIN
DAILY BASKETBALL WRITER
Having battled one another for the last
two weeks in practice, the members of the
Michigan basketball team will finally get
their first taste of non-practice competition
as they host the Croatia Zrinjevac Club at
7:30 p.m. tonight at Crisler Arena.
The Croatian team is replacing the
Slovenia Select team on the Wolverine ex-
hibition schedule. The Slovenia team re-
portedly couldn't get out of the country.
With the regular-season opener Nov.26
against Georgia Tech lurking in the near
future, Michigan coach Steve Fisher will
continue his search for the elusive fifth
starter to join returnees Jalen Rose, Juwan
Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson.
At this stage, the race features sopho-
mores Dugan Fife and Leon Derricks and
freshman Bobby Crawford.
"I'd like to have five guys who earned
spots and kept them," Fisher said. "I would
say that the fifth spot will probably be on a
rotating basis because we've not had any-
one jump forward and claim it."
"Coach Fisher is going to pick who he
thinks is the fifth-best player on the team,"
Crawford said. "Regardless of the position,
whoever is the best player is going to be put
out there."
Those who do end up on the floor for
Michigan will be facing a team with players
averaging more than 24 years of age.
Among that group, head coach Vladimir
Vanjak brings with him four players who
are at least 6 feet 9 and 220 pounds. That
should be a good test for the Wolverines,
who feature only 6-9, 250-pound Juwan
Howard and 6-9, 215-pound Leon Derricks
in the size department.
As a result, the Wolverines are likely to
be experimenting with a more up-tempo
style of play to accent their lack of size and
abundance of quickness.
"I have not historically been a coach that
advocates 40 minutes of up-and-down full
court pressure," Fisher said. "I think we'll
adjust to some degree. You'll probably see
us run a little more."
Coach Vanjak, who is also an assistant
for the Croatian National team, boasts an
impressive resumd himself. Last year, he
coached three-time European club cham-
pion SlobodnaDalmacija. CurrentZrinjevac
members Josip Lovric and Damir Tvrdic
were also members of that team.
After its game with Michigan, the
Zrinjevac team, named for its general spon-
sor Zrinjevac, a horticultural company from
Zagreb, will play Michigan State, Indiana,
Bowling Green, Purdue, Dayton and Ohio
State in the next week.
MICHELLE GUY/Gaily
Jalen Rose and the Wolverines open their preseason tonight.
Women's swimming beats Golden Gophers, 172-125, to remain undefeated
By MELANIE SCH UMAN
DAILY SPORTS WRITER
If you visited Canham Natatorium
last Saturday, you never would have
guessed that those were a bunch of
tired and sore women diving into the
pool. If you missed the events last
weekend, rest assured, you'll hear
about these hard workers for months
to come.
The exhausted Michigan women's
swimming and diving teams emerged
victorious in their first home meet
this season.
Continuing its domination of Big
Ten rivals, Michigan (3-0 overall)
defeated Minnesota (1-1), 172-125,
andwillbe swimming again this week-
end still undefeated.
"We've had two weeks of really
hard training and everyone was really
tired," co-captain Stephanie Munson
said.
"That'show you get better for the
end of the season. If you know you
can get through it now in the tough
part of the season, it makes it easier in
February and March."
Michigan swimmers won 11 of
their 19 races and sophomore Carrie
Zarse won both of the diving
matchups.
Although the overall score was
inclusive of both swimming and div-
ing teams, this is not always the
case.
"As a whole, we did really well,"
Zarse said. "We start off slow in the
fall. It's definitely mostly training
right now. We don't work on specif-
ics (in diving). We just work on learn-
ing new things."
Freshman Anne Kampfe contin-
ued her winning ways as the former
high school All-American won all
three races she swam.
"We have more depth as a team
than (Minnesota) does in a lot of
events," Kampfe said. "They came in
excited to swim, and although they
have really good diving (No. 2 in the
Big Ten), we're just a step ahead of
them."
Of her performance, Kampfenoted
that although she was pleased to be
swimming this fast at this point in the
season, both of her times were slower
than she would have liked. During
this rigorous training period for the
Wolverines, Kampfe does not feel the
coaches have put pressure on her due
to her past success.
"I don't feel anyone at Michigan
puts pressure on me here at Michi-
gan," she said. "Ifanyone did, it would
be me. The coaches always just say,
'Go out and do the best you can."'
Swimming coach Jim Richardson
was away this past weekend recruit-
ing for next year, because this is the
only week for early signing. Already,
two perspectives have signed for next
fall.
Munson said that Richardson
would be pleased with the results.
"It's not much of a problem (to
swim without him)," she said. "The
juniors and seniors have swum these
races for three or four years. It's kind
of like second nature to swim them."
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