8- The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 22, 1993 Men's swimming picks up easy wins. By CHARLIE BREITROSE DAILY SPORTS WRITER Over and over, again and again. Doing the same thing all the time can get very tiring. So the Michigan's men's swimming team decided to liven up its Friday night with variety. The Wolverines swam off-events, ones they probably won't swim for the rest of the year. Despite this fac- tor, Michigan defeated Eastern Michi- gan by a score of 137-93, and South- ern Illinois, 150-77, in the double- dual meet at Canham Natatorium. Eastern Michigan won the third dual meet over Southern Illinois, 127-106. "I think there were some (good) swims," Urbanchek said. "Especially our individual medley swimmers. (They) had a chance to swim the stroke events, which was very good. (Tom) Dolan's backstroke was pretty good." Senior co-captain Rodney VanTassell was glad to mix things up. "Its always fun to come in here and just swim whatever, as opposed to constantly grinding the same event," he said. "If you do poorly in your best event, and you're not happy, you know you get down easier." Backstroker Royce Sharp swam by far the most unusual event, an. event that possibly nobody else in the country will swim this season - the 1000-yard backstroke. To top it off, the sophomore beat the rest of the field, which was full of people swim- ming freestyle, a faster stroke. "I swim a lot of distance back- stroke and stuff, like in workouts," Sharp said. "I did it last year, I went like 9:46. Today I was really tired. I don't know how I did it." To round out a tough evening, Sharp finished with the 200 butterfly. To say that Michigan dominated the competition would be an under- statement. Michigan won all but one event, and swept the top spots in five. The divers also took the top three spots against Southern Illinois in both the one-meter and three-meter events. "John (Kiani) on one-meter did very well," Michigan coach Dick Kimball said. "He would have won everything, but he was only diving against Southern Illinois. But he di* one of his best performances." Kimball did not think the team was close to its top form. "I wasn't real pleased with them. I don't think we dived that well," Kimball said. "We really didn't focus on the meet at all. It wasn't a very important meet." Steven West and VanTassell were Michigan's double-event winners. VanTassell won the 500 freestyl* (4:35.24) and the 200 butterfly (1:54.38). West took the 200 breast- stroke (2:03.87) and his 100 breast- stroke leg of the 400 medley relay. ELIZABETH LIPPMAN/Daily Royce Sharp and the Michigan Wolverines tuned up against Southern Illinois and Eastern Michigan this weekend. IN THE TANK: Swimmers can recover from loss of seniors Volleyball swept by Lions, Buckeyes By BRETT JOHNSON DAILY SPORTS WRITER Every season different people must step up to replace the departing seniors. It's a fact of life in college athletics. The problem for the third-ranked Michigan men's swimming team is that three of the departing seniors were world class swimmers - Eric Namesnik, Eric Wunderlich and Brian Gunn. The team also lost the leadership of co- captain Steve Duttenhoffer. In order for the team to reach its goal of a second place finish at NCAAs, they have to find a way to replace the leadership, and more importantly the points, that these departing athletes took with them. The bulk of this task will be thrust on three seniors and three freshmen. Co-captains Rodney VanTassell and Brice Kopas as well as fellow senior Tom Hay must elevate their level of performance as well as take on the leadership role. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, Kopas has mononucleo- sis and will be unavailable until late December. In fact, he is back in Arizona recovering. As for the freshmen, they represent one of the top recruiting classes in the country, and it is essential that they adapt to college swimming and make an impact. "It's a team effort to replace the big guys that are gone," Hay said. "There is no way we can replace the guys we lost. Everyone is going to have to be a little better than last year. We're going to have to get some guys who placed high to even get a little bit higher. "There's no way we're going to take three new fresh- men or three new guys and put them into where the Erics and Brian were. But if I can improve, and Brice and Rodney can also, and having these freshmen, I think we can make up the difference. I think we can accomplish our goals with what we have." Hay's role will be to try to offset the loss of Gunn in the butterfly events. Gunn finished second in the 200-yard fly at last year's NCAAs. Hay needs to improve at the NCAAs and score in the top eight in both the 100 and 200, if possible. He also needs to compete well in the dual meets. "Hopefully, I'll step up in the dual meets where I'm needed in the butterfly. At Big Tens and NCAAs, I'll be the primary flyer. I'm looking for my best year and to improve every time out. Hopefully by the end, I'll be right there in the top eight at NCAAs." VanTassell must continue to show the team leader- ship. Although he does not swim the same events as the departed swimmers, he can still improve his scoring at the NCAA level to help gain some of the lost points. How- ever, VanTassell's main role will be to keep the team up during the tough schedule, which includes No. 1 Stanford and No.2 Texas, plus top-ten teams California and UCLA. "There are four major losses, the Erics and Brian, and I find myself, as captain, missing Steve Duttenhoffer," VanTassell said. "They were the backbone of the team last year. When people were down, they picked them up. "I thought last week, we came out like 'the s-t.' The attitude was, 'It's the Big Ten and we're going to win easily.' That is not going to be the case. All the teams will give all they have to beat Michigan. My role, to fill those guys' shoes, will be to keep the morale up. I think we have the talent, it just is to get them to perform." When Kopas returns, his role will be similar to VanTassell's. As for the top-ranked freshmen class - Tom Dolan, John Piersma and Chris Rumley - they will also have to step up in their respective events. "Supposedly, they're ranked No. 1 in the country for a recruiting class," junior breaststroker Steve West said. "They could become superstars themselves, but high school and college is completely different. They're all pretty good, but it's hard to say who will step up. Hope- fully, those three can step up and make a big impact." There is no way a team can replace individuals like Namesnik, Wunderlich, Gunn and Duttenhoffer. How- ever, with a total team effort, they can regain the lost points and recapture the NCAA second-place finish they accomplished last season. By JEREMY STRACHAN DAILY SPORTS WRITER Going into this weekend, the Michigan women's volleyball team was hoping for an upset on the road at Penn State or Ohio State. But instead of victories the Wolverines ended up with not-so-unusual results: a senior breaking a school record, a starter getting injured and poor team hitting. The Nittany Lions (16-1 Big Ten, 25-3 overall) and theBuckeyes (16-2, 22-4) are both nationally ranked. Neither team had too much trouble in disposing Michigan. Both schools swept the Wolverines (5-13, 9-18) in three games both nights. Ohio State defeated Michigan 16-14, 15-10, and 15-5 Saturday, while Penn State won 15-5, 15-5, 17-15 the previous night. The Wolverines continue to battle injuries this season and played with- out outside hitter Aimee Smith, who has been out with a shoulder injury, this weekend. Also, to make matters worse, senior captain and starting middle blocker Fiona Davidson in- curred a knee injury in pre-game warm-ups at Ohio State. The severityz of Davidson's injury is unknown but Smith is expected to play in limited action Wednesday at Michigan State if needed. Michigan head coach Greg Giovanazzi thought the team played well against its ranked opponents last weekend. "(Ohio State and Penn State) are the two top teams in the Big Ten," Giovanazzi said. "I thought in three of our six games this weekend we played very well. JoAnna (Collias) and Michelle (Horrigan) played well and Shareen (Luze) played really well coming in for (injured) Fiona (Davidson) against Ohio State." One bright spot of the weekend was the fact that senior Michelle Horrigan broke the Michigan all-time kills record of 1,060, set by Karen Marshall during the 1986-89 seasons. Horrigan only needed four kills to eclipse the mark and broke it Friday against Penn State with her seven-kill performance. Saturday the Wolverines traveled to Columbus to face the Buckeyes. Michigan was led by Collias, Horrigan and Luze, who filled in for the injured Davidson at middle blocker. Luze led the team with 12 digs. The first two games were tight with Ohio State squeaking out 16-14 and 15-10 victo- ries. The Wolverines could not keep its intensity up in the final game, losing 15-5. The Buckeyes were led by Jenny Jackson who had 12 kills and hit a sizzling .476. "The first two games against Ohio State we were in a position to win," Giovanazzi said. "We out-blocked Ohio State and out-served Ohio State. I thought the team played well in general Saturday. "We had a really good serving weekend. (Penn State and Ohio State) are really hard to score against be- cause they are both good serve-re- ceive teams and they have great setj ters." Friday at Penn State the Wolver- ines hit sluggishly in the first two games, losing 15-5 and 15-4. Although the second game was a long one with a lot of side outs, Michigan was un- able to capitalize on its opportunities until the third game. In the deciding game the Wolverines sided-out well and served for the game at 15-14 bu could not come through as the Nittan* Lions came back to win 17-15. The Wolverines were led by se- nior JoAnna Collias who had a team high nine kills and served four aces in the match. Penn State's key player was Jen Reimers who hit blistering .458, and led the Nittany Lions with team highs in kills with 13 and in digs with 24. Women swimmers shock Penn State, 181-118 #Ill II+ I I II + II IIllI#+ IlI II+ By MELANIE SCHUMAN DAILY SPORTS WRITER No matter what the coaches told them or what they perceived them- selves, no member of the Michigan women's swimming team could have predicted it. Penn State, a team who shaved and tapered to prepare for Friday's meet, shocked everyone with its performance - or lack thereof. ar CD CO) . CZ .a CD co me C. C C CD .= CD U2 RECONOWW"I-qNWWRD S 1140 SoutUniversity (Above Good-Time Charley's) AnnAMot, M148104 Pit 653-58M Houns: Mon.-Thurs.9 a.m.-10 p.m. Fd.-SaL9 a.m.-11 P.m. Sun.11 am.-8 p.m. W" EAREA T ICE T As r = 1L ( TICKET CENTER ltti The Wolverines (4-0) overcame both Penn State, 181-118, and the less intimidating squad from Southern Il- linois, 226.5-64.5, to win the lop- sided double dual meet. "Southern Illinois is in the process of building a team right now," coach Jim Richardson said. "They're not on the level of Big Ten teams yet. Penn State was the team we had to concen- trate on, due to the quality of its team." And concentrate Michigan did. The Wolverines met Penn State with a straight-up lineup, matching its best swimmers to PSU's best events. "Everybody picked it up a notch and a lot of people came out, even people we weren't really expecting to, and swam really well," co-captain Eorrise pOOX "Study Lounge " TVLounge COmpuW Ron * LaundnFmacits I Fieat and 'Water lnddeI I Tara Higgins said. "In the first relay, we came out and won it and gotpeople going." Junior Alecia Humphrey, a 1993 NCAA All-American, led the squad winning three of the four races in which she swam. Apparently, the Wolverines' first@ race inspired everyone, including the Michigan divers, who dominated. Sophomore Carrie Zarse won both the one-meter and three-meter dives. "I think everyone was pretty sur- prised we won, the coaches were happy and we were too," freshman Rachel Gustin said. "It was a tired effort, but people swam well for this time in the season." Despite her shoulder injury, Gustin still won the 100-meter breaststroke. "(PSU coach) Bob (Krimmel) was obviously disappointed, not so much as with individual efforts, but that some of his star swimmers got sick before the meet," Richardson said. Wendy Rowe and PSU's No. 1 distance swimmer could not partici- pate in Friday's meet. Christi Swix, sister of former Michigan four-year All-American Michelle Swix, was swimming well last week, but did not fair well Friday due to illness. Although the Wolverines still have yet to be beaten, Richardson is mod- est about his team's success and does not believe that a loss would hamper its chances in Big Tens next spring. "It's not like football, when you have to win every game (to make the. postseason). We train hard all year long," Richardson said. "We won't change our training philosophy for one dual meet. We're not going to take a short-term goal and compro- mise a long-term one." SELF-SERVE COPIES 0 LIVE ? FORMAL WEAR SPECIALISTS GROUP RATES AVAILABLE FOREVER MARTY' S MENSWEAR & FORMALWEAR 310 S. 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