Hockey vs. Bowling Green Tonight, 7 p.m. Yost Ice Arena Men's Swimming vs. Indiana Saturday, 1 p.m. Canham Natatorium Injuries plaguing wrestlers Loss of King, Rawls, subdue Blue at Cliff Keens By RYAN WHITE DAILY SPORTS WRITER When it rains, it pours, and right now the No. 4 Michigan wrestling team is caught in a monsoon. Jan. 8, the Wolverines (5-4 over- all) lost the services of Brandon Howe (126 pounds), when he tore his ante- rior cruciate ligament against Mor- gan State. At the beginning of last week they learned that Jesse Rawls, Jr. (177) would have to have surgery on an infected knee and would be out for two weeks. Finally, last Thursday, the day before the team was to leave for the Cliff Keen National Team Duals in Lincoln, Neb., AllAAmerican heavy- weight Steve King sprained his ankle in practice. As a result of the compounding injury situation, Michigan won only one of its three matches at the Team Duals over the weekend. "You can't win at this level with three starters out," Michigan coach Dale Bahr said. "In athletics, injuries are a strange thing. The last two or three years we haven't had much of a problem with injuries, but this year every time I turn around a trainer is yelling at me." Michigan opened the weekend with a 27-10 victory against Buena Vista (Iowa) College. The Wolver- ines, however, lost their final two matches - the first to No. 6 North Carolina, 29-11, and finally to last years' Division II national champion Central Oklahoma, 24-13. "Sometimes you learn more about your team with a loss than with a win," Bahr said. "You can't give up the ship when you're down. We went out and wrestled tough; it might have been the best thing that could have happened to us." Bahr also noted that Oklahoma with- drew from the tournament - which was eventually won by Oklahoma State - because of injury problems similar to those of the Wolverines. Two wrestlers continued their ex- ceptional work on the mats. Ranked No. 2 in his weight class, Sean Bormet (158) won all three of his matches, two by pins, to improve his season record to a perfect 19-0. No.5 Brian Harper (150) improved to 21-3 on the season with a perfect 3- 0 weekend. One of Harper's three wins was a 4-2 overtime victory against No. 12 Dean Moscovic of North Carolina. Aside from improving his season record, Harper's three victories brought his career record to 99-44-2. As a result, his next win will make him only the 12th wrestler in Michi- gan history to record 100 victories. The loss of Rawls, who will miss this weekend's match at Northwestern as well, has left the team shorthanded, but Bahr be- lieves the injury may be a bless- ing in disguise. "Jesse's been struggling, and the rest might do him some good," he said. "It will give him a chance to recover both mentally and physically." King is expected to wrestle this weekend, but may be forced to miss the National Wrestling Coaches As-@0 sociation All-Star Classic Jan. 31 in Pittsburgh. He was scheduled to compete against No.1 Justin Greenlee of North- ern Iowa. While the team is hurting now, Bahr believes that in the long run the Wolverines will be in good shape. "We just have to go out and fight as hard as we can, and hope that we get everyone back in the end," he@S said. Michigan wrestler Brian Harper (150 pounds) competes against Michigan State in a meet earlier this month. Though the Wolverines struggled at last weekend's Cliff Keen National Team Duals, Harper won all three of his matches. Men spikers finish second in Indiana By DAN McKENZIE scout the opposition. Particularly sur- weekend," Griffin said. "We realize DAILY SPORTS WRITER i inv wa W ii d A TrI. nd inn th t it is mnrP imnn t rt t oln' by . The media guide for the Michigan men's volleyball club lists finishing first in the Big Ten as one of the team's goals for this season. When the Wolverines fell to 0-3 after losing to Tri-State in Angola, Ind., last Friday, the prospects of a conference title seemed to be grow- ing dimmer. "We weren't ready to play," Michi- gan coach Pam Griffin said. "We were standing around waiting for some- thing to happen." However, the loss to Tri-State seemed to give the players a wake-up call heading into the Indiana Tourna- ment the next day. The Wolverines managed to come in second out of 24 teams, losing in the finals to Ohio State, 15-13, 14-16, 16-14. Junior setter Stan Lee and freshman middle blocker Brad Yeager had outstanding games for Michigan over the week- end. After losing to Purdue last week, Lee had said that team chemistry seemed to be lacking. However, in this tournament, Lee appeared to have improved his communication with the rest of his team. Yeager, already a central figure in Michigan's offense, displayed his ability to handle his role in the middle during the tournament. "Everyone had exceptional games," Griffin said. "Our blocking and defense really stood out." With other Big Ten clubs in atten- dance, the Wolverines got a chance to prsui WGIGere scUnsn ann IuWd. Normally considered to be two of the weaker teams in the conference, both gave exceptionally competitive performances this weekend. "We probably won't make any changes to our game, even after see- ing all of the Big Ten teams this lt it is more importantt o play Iy our game plan and not worry about what others are doing." The Wolverines will take that game plan and their newly found momentum into East Lansing this Friday, when they will take on Michi- gan State. No. 1 'M' leers to face low-flying Falcons in rare weeknight matchup MaliVai advances to first Grand Slam quarterfinal MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Todd Martin kept cool in the 102- degree afternoon heat. MaliVai Wash- ington warmed up in the cool evening air. The two Americans battled bro- ken toenails and nose bleeds and un- forced errors yesterday at the Austra- lian Open, but both won and advanced to a quarterfinal showdown. Martin, covering his head and legs with iced towels during changeovers, beat Xavier Daufresne 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-3 in a languid match that lasted three hours, 24 minutes. "After the first seven or eight games, it was just a matter of staying cool and dealing with the heat as well as I possibly could," said the ninth- seeded Martin, who lost seven pounds during the match and had a nose bleed he blamed on the blazing sun. "Our games both went down a bit, and that was attributable to the heat." Washington reached his first ST MARY'S STUDENT PARISH Announces a Lectur by Dr. Leszek Roszkowski, Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Vniversity of Michigan The Divine World; the Physical World The third in a series of presentations on faith and thought and the interplay between a Catholic religious commitment and the profession of teacher and intellectual. Open to all interested students, faculty and others Wednesday,January 26, 7:00 p.m. at the Newman Center 331 Thompson Street Grand Slam quarterfinal by outlasting Mats Wilander in five error-filled sets. He overcame early sloppiness and rallied to win 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-1 in a center-court battle of attrition that lasted four hours. "I think I was up and down throughout the match. There were times, especially in the two tiebreakers, where I was making a lot of errors," Washington said. "It's really satisfying to be able to grind through a match like that." No. 4 Stefan Edberg also advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4, 6- 4 victory over Swedish compatriot Lars Jonsson. It is the 10th straight time Edberg, a two-time champion, has reached the Australian Open quar- ters. Edberg's next opponent will be No. 6 Thomas Muster, who rubbed ice on his face during changeovers while defeating No. 12 Alexander Volkov 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. The other men's quarterfinals were determined Sunday. Top-seeded Pete Sampras will face No. 10 Magnus Gustafsson and No. 3 Jim Courier, seeking his third straight Australian Open title, will play No. 5 Goran Ivanisevic. HUDSON'S and swatch c Invite you to a preview of our Spring/Summer 1994 Watch Collection. Wednesday, January 26, 1994 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be served...A special Swatch Gift Bag will be presented to each guest and you will have the opportunity to pre- order your favorite Swatch Watches. By MICHAEL ROSENBERG DAILY HOCKEY WRITER When the Michigan hockey team last played Bowling Green, the Wol- verines needed a Jason Botterill goal with 41 seconds left to salvage a 5-5 tie. After the game, Falcon coach Jerry York had mixed feelings about the result. "We played well," York said, "and Michigan's a great team, but 40 sec- onds ... jeez, that's close." Between that Oct. 29 matchup and tonight's 7 p.m. game at Yost Ice Arena, the two teams have been like two comets going in different direc- tions. The Wolverines have won 17 of their last 18 conference games, and have been perched atop the national rankings for over two months. Michi- gan now has a sparkling 22-2-1 record, including a 17-1-1 mark in the CCHA, 10 points better than the second-place Spartans. Bowling Green, on the other hand, has not lived up to the promise it showed in the early part of the season. The Falcons, who have been ranked as high as fifth this season, have dropped six of their last eight. They now have a conference mark of 9-6-2 - good for fourth in the CCHA - with an overall record of 11-9-2. The Falcons now will need a strong late-season run just to make the NCAA tournament. Bowling Green is led by two of the top offensive players in the con- ference in centers Brian Holzinger and Sean Pronger. "You have got to respect Pronger and Holzinger," Michigan goalie Steve Shields said. "Holzinger is as quick as anyone in the league. We need to play a better defensive game than the last time we met. We're ex- pecting a great battle." Bowling Green has shown flashes of dominance, but has lacked consis- tency all-year long. For example, the Falcons have won two out of three from fifth-ranked Lake Superior State, but have also lost to second-division teams Illinois- Chicago and Notre Dame. 0. MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily The No. 1 Michigan hockey team expects a tough fight with Bowling Green tonight at Yost. The Falcons tied the Wolverines earlier this season. "I think we've just got to concen- trate on playing well," said Michigan right wing David Oliver, the nation's leading scorer. "They're playing tough hockey." Another of Bowling Green's top players is senior defenseman Jeff Wells, who leads the team in scoring. However, six Wolverines have scored. more points than Wells' 21. WING IT! AT e S This lack of offensive punch is partly a result of the feeble Falcon power play, which has scored just 22 times. By comparison, Michigan has 56 goals with a man advantage. To add to their woes, the Falcons * will be without starting goalie Bob Petrie, who is out a week to 10 days with a sprained medial collateral liga- ment. Manning to announce today NEW ORLEANS (AP)-Highly- recruited high school quarterback Peyton Manning has narrowed to four the colleges he is considering attend- ing next fall. Manning, the 6-foot-5 player from Newman High School in New Or- The top 25 teams in the AP Top 25 poll place votes in parentheses. with records through Jan. 23. First- -1i [Ti V /(1 RED AURANt vy SPORTS "A! Team 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. A UCLA (59) Duke (6) Kansas North Carolina Arkansas Connecticut Purdue Macc rvs se ttc Record 13-0 13-1 17-2 14-3 13-2 16-1 16-1 '1 R Points 1,619 1,542 1,388 1,319 1,312 1,244 1,231 1 _1 R Previous 2 5 1 4 3 10 12 F 5 1.t..r'