2 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 22, 1993 Here is how the top 25 teams in college football fared this week- end. First-place votes are in parentheses. S 0 Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 31, Arizona State 23, Cincinnati 23, Fresno State 23, Louisville 22, Virginia 19, Washington 8, Ball State 2, California 2 At leteif the ~' ~*'~:. ~ ' 8~. ~ '~ xx..' ~ y... 9~ ,~.. ..w.y. Here are the top ten teams in college hockey, as determined by a WMEB radio (Orono, Maine) media poll. First-place votes in parenthe- ses. WHO: Ty Law TEAM: Football HOMETOWN: Aliquippa, Pa. YEAR: Sophomore ELIGIBILITY: Sophomore IHY: Law led the Michigan secondary with two interceptions, helping the Wolverines completely shut down Ohio State's offense in Saturday's 28-0 Wolverine victory. The shutout was the first suffered by the Buckeyes since 1982. BACKGROUND: Law earned all-Freshman team honors from Football Digest in 1992 after recording 49 tackles to go with four pass break-ups. As a senior at Aliquippa High, Law garnered all-America honors from Parade and Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report. Rank Team 1. Michigan (14) 2. Maine (1) 3. Boston University 4. Lake Superior State 5. Wisconsin 6. Harvard 7. Bowling Green 8. New Hampshire 9. Colorado College 10. Michigan State Points 149 132 102 100 79 65 57 53 23 19 Record 9-0-1 6-1 4-3 7-3 6-3-1 5-1 6-1-2 8-1 6-2-2 4-2-3 Pvs. 2 1 6 3 10 4 5 9 8 Streaky men's x-c need fast times at NCAAs Women runners shooting for top at NCAAs By BARRY SQLLENBERGER bAILY SPORTS WRITER "Jekyll and Hyde" is often used to describe an inconsistent team in sports, and the No. 10 Michigan men's cross country team, which has been up and down all season, certainly fits this description. Two weeks ago, the underdog Wolverines burned the competition at the Big Ten Championships to win the conference. Last week, however, Michigan faltered and finished third at the District IV meet. Fortunately, the third-place finish was still good enough to earn the Wolverines a berth in the NCAA championships today in Bethlehem, Penn., on the campus of Lehigh University. "At districts, we had two people run well, two people run OK and two people run badly," Michigan coach Ron Warhurst said. Michigan cannot afford these in- consistent performances today if it is to obtain its preseason goal of finish- ing in the top five in the nation. "We have to get the best perfor- mances out of everybody," Warhurst said. The Wolverines will race the same seven runners that ran at the Big Ten Championships and the District IV meet. Michigan is led by Kevin Sullivan, the Freshman and Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Year, who is rapidly proving himself to be one of the best runners in the country. By TIM SMITH DAILY SPORTS WRITER It's now or never. The Michigan women's cross country team has shown that it war- rants its No. 3 national ranking by dominating opponents all the way from the Michigan Intercollegiates at Ferris State to the District Champion- ships in Indiana. Despite the lofty ranking and al- though the Wolverines are unbeaten, they feel they don't receive the na- Trivia Answer The only two teams the men's basketball team has faced but not defeated in the past two seasons are Duke and Sam Ragnone Attorney. 1 1 i tional respect they deserve. Now is the time when the team must prove the critics wrong, and claim the na- tional title as its own. The Wolverines will be at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Penn., today to prove that they have what it takes to win the national championship. Michigan will once again be led by senior All-Ameri- can and individual title-hopeful Molly McClimon and sophomore All- American Courtney Babcock. "We really want to put ourselves in a position to win the championship," McClimon said. "We're not saying that we will for sure. We're definitely the underdogs. The word around the coun- try is that it's going to be between Villanova and Arkansas, so we're hop- ing to surprise a lot of people." The Wolverines said they won't be hanging their heads and feeling sorry for themselves because they're not get- ting therespectthey deserve. McClimon said it will only make the Wolverines want a championship even more. "This (lack of respect) definitely will motivate us," she said. "We defi- nitely think that people aren't consid- ering our team. Other coaches and the media aren't considering Michigan a favorite. We're going to give them a tougher race than they realize." The No. 3 runner, Karen Harvey, looks to be back in form after a knee injury kept her out of the Districts. "Karen's been training all week," Michigan coach Mike McGuire said. "I'm confident that she'll be ready." Rounding out the top seven run- ners will be senior Chris Szabo, jun- ior Jessica Kluge and sophomores Katie Hollbacher and Molly Lori. In the nationals, only seven runners com- pete instead of the usual nine, so each individual's effort will be that much more important when it comes down to determining the winner. The fifth spot, unlike the top four, has not had a particular runner en- trenched in it this season. However, McGuire feels this will not be a prob- lem because each runner is capable of coming through when it counts. "We've had different fifth runners this year," McGuire said. "We've had40 Katie (Hollbacher) there, Molly Lori there, and Jessica (Kluge) there. I'm pretty confident that one of those guys can step it up on race day." McGuire feels the team has an ad- vantage because it ran the course earlier this year in the Lehigh Invitational. "The fact that we've been on the course at the beginning of the season is going to help us tremendously," McGuire said. "Anytime you're on a course you're familiar with, it seems to make it go faster." Although the Wolverines have their sights set on winning the title, they will not have an easy go at it. Top-ranked Villanova, which won the national title last year, and No. 2 Arkansas will not be pushovers come race time. Villanova is led by last year's NCAA champion Carol Zajac and exceptionally strong runners in the second and third slots, Jennifer Rhines and Becky Sties. McGuire feels his team's chances of victory are high as long as every- thing falls into place. "It will take a little better effort than we've had all season to win it," McGuire said. "We're definitely ca- pable of winning." Many observers feel the race will come down to Villanova and Arkan- sas, with Michigan having little chance of capturing the crown. However, McClimon thinks the Wolverines may open the eyes of some of these critics. 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