14 - Tne Michigan Daily - Friday, December 2, 1994 Blue hosts last-place Irish Berenson adjusts lines to ignite Michigan offense By TOM SEELEY Daily Hockey Writer Those poor Irish. First the potato famine, now this. The Notre Dame hockey team knows it is in for a tough game tomor- row night against Michigan based on the lopsided result of its last trip to Yost Ice Arena. But things have just gotten worse for the Fighting Irish. Last year Notre Dame (1-8 CCHA, 3-10 overall) was the victim of a 13-2 Michigan thrash- ing. Now it must face a similar Michigan team (6- 2, 9-4), with the difference being thattheseWolver- ines have ven- geance on its mind. Willis "I feel sorry for the next team that plays us," Michigan captain Rick Willis said. "We want to take out a few frustrations." This eagerness stems from the re- sultof the lasttime the Wolverines took the ice. In their last game, Michigan lost to Minnesota, 4-3, after leading 3-1 in the third period. Tomorrow's game will also be tough for the Irish because it's the Wolverines' only home game in the month of December, and it's the only game for both teams this weekend - thus making it the focal point for the Wolverines' aggression. "We have something to prove this weekend," Willis said. "(The Minne- sota) game showed us we have some work to do." Notre Dame is also returning to conference play after a brief holiday respite. The Irish skated at the Great Western Freeze-Out in Inglewood, Calif., where they lost to Princeton, 6- 3, and Maine, 4-1. In those games, especially the pen- alty-filled affair with Princeton, the Irish struggled when they had a man- advantage. Against the Tigers, Notre Dame converted on only one of 11 power play opportunities and against the Black Bears they were 0-of-4. Currently the Irish find themselves with the second-worstpower-play av- erage in the league, converting a pal- try 14.8 percent of their chances. Michigan, on the other hand, is lead- ing the CCHA in that department, mak- ing good on 31.4 percent of its extra- man opportunities. Despite their appar- ent advantage and the fact that the Wolverines have defeated the South Bend natives 12 times in the last three years, Michigan coach Red Berenson is not downplaying tomorrow's contest. "The thing that's important is how we play," he said. "Notre Dame is a team that's going to beat Michigan at somepoint; it'sjustamatterofwhen." After the last game, Berenson ex- pressed some worries with how cer- tain lines were playing and has since changed the line configurations. Kevin Hilton, who usually plays left wing alongside center Brendan Morrison and right wing Mike Knuble, will move to the center spot between Warren Luhning and John Madden. Jason Botterill jumps up to 'I feel sorry for the next team that plays us.' - Rick Willis Michigan hockey captain Michigan's top line to join Morrison, the team's leading goal-scorer, and Knuble, last week's CCHA Offensive Player of the Week. Matt Herr joins Robb Gordon and Bill Muckalt, creat- ing an all-freshman line. Finally, sopho- more Mike Legg joins the checking line with senior mainstays Willis and Ron Sacka. i JOE WESTRATE/Daily John Madden and Warren Luhning will try to help the Wolverines continue their domination of Notre Dame. Men spikers prepare for grudge match against Michigan State By ALAN GOLDENBACH For the Daily The Michigan men's volleyball team is go- ing into tomorrow's match against Michigan State trying to prove that its three-game sweep over Northwestern in the season opener was anything but an aberration. However, the Wolverines know that they will be up against much stiffer competition this time, in the form of a veteran Spartan club. "They are a highly experienced team," coach Jennifer Slosar said. "They're also going to be geared up to play us after we beat them in the preseason." Slosar is referring to the preseason tourna- ment at Michigan State, in which Michigan came into East Lansing and defeated not only the Spartans, but all seven other teams in the tournament as well. Michigan State is a talented team with re- venge on its mind. "They are strong in the middle," Slosar said. "We can't afford to make too many mistakes with them because our middles are still learn- ing." "Our middle play will be very important to establish," team president Kevin Urban said. That shouldn't be a problem as long as Michigan plays up to the standards it set for itself against Northwestern. In that match, the Wolverines made a total of only 11 hitting errors. But continuing to play at that high level will not be easy. "We weren't challenged to our fullest poten- tial (against Northwestern)," Slosar said. "They never got into a rhythm. We were picking up free balls in transition and converting them into easy scores." Michigan will also try to take advantage of the Spartans' weakness at the setter position, as they have lost key players from last year to graduation. Urban knows that this will be an important area of Michigan State's game to exploit. "They're weak from the setter (position) and if we can take advantage of that, we can take@ them out of their offense really quickly," Urban said. This is the last match until January, and the Wolverines would like to end 1994 on a win- ning note. But more importantly, they want to beat their archrivals and keep them from gain- ing revenge. "This is our biggest game of the year," Urban said. "When we play Michigan State, we not only play to win but play for pride as well." . SOUTH CAROLINA (82) FQ FT REB MIN W-A M-A OT A F PTS Funderburk 38 2-7 4-6 1-1 6 4 8 Johnson 37 9-24 13-14 2-8 5 3 34 Randall 37 516 5-8 6-9 2 2 16 Timmons 36 4-10 0-2 0-5 4 1 11 Kelly 20 2-4 0-2 3-6 0 4 4 Ramsey 16 2-4 1-6 4-9 0 1 6 Godfrey 10 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 3 Thompson 6 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 1 0 Totals 200 25-49 2339 2045 1716 82 FG%: .362. FT%: .590. Three-point goals:9-31, .290 (Johnson 3-9, Timmons 3-9, Ramsey 1-1, Godfrey 1-3, Randall 1-8, Funderburk 0-1). Blocks: 1 (Johnson). Turnovers: 16 (Funderburk 5, Johnson 5, Timmons 3, Randall 2, Kelly). Steals: 17 (Timmons 9, Johnson 6, Funderburk 2). Technical Fouls: none. MICHIGAN (78) Brzezinski Johnson Shellman DiGiacinto Murray Rloss Willard DuBois MIN 40 40 37 33 22 18 7 3 FO M-A 7-10 12-22 3-11 2-8 4-10 3-6 0-2 0-0 FT M-A 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-1 1-2 3-5 0-0 0-0 RES o-T 2-19 5-6 2-6 1-7 1-4 1-1 2-4 0-0 A 1 2 4 0 3 4 2 0 F PTS 4 16 5 28 4 9 3 4 4 12 4 9 4 0 1 0 GAM ECOC KS Continued from page 13 ine cause. Johnson's 12-of-22 shooting per- formance, her best this year, included a two-of-five night from beyond the arc. The Wolverines continue their Southern swing this weekend. To- morrow, Michigan takes on Georgia State in Atlanta. It will be the first- ever meeting between the Wolver- ines and the Panthers. Georgia State is led by the twin towers, Lakia Hayes and Rhian Jones. Both standing 6-foot-2, they are the Panthers' top returnees. Hayes, a sophomore center, averaged 15.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game last season. Jones, a junior forward, tal- lied 11.1 ppg, pulled down 8.1 rpg and swatted away 35 shots in the 93- 94 campaign. Sunday, December 4 1 p.m. Cowboys vs. Eagles Jets vs. Patriots Totals 200 3169 8413 15-50 1629 78 FG%: .449. FT%: .615. Three-point goals: 8-17, .471 (Murray 3-5, Johnson 2-5, Shellman 2-6, Brzezinski 1-1). Blocks: 4 (Brzezinski 4). Turnovers: 25 (Johnson 7, Murray 5, Brzezinski 4, Ross 4, Willard 3, DuBois 2). 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