The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 28, 1994 - 13 ,Soccer travels to Texas Kickers battle first-year programs Spikers look to repeat success against Purdue By TIM SMITH Daily Sports Writer For the first-year Michigan women's soccer team, membership definitely has its privileges. After spending many years living the life as a club team with the 12- hour road trips and packed hotel rooms, the Wolverines are starting to reap the benefits of being a varsity sport. Michigan (8-6-1) will travel to Aus- tin, Tex. to take on fellow first-year programs Arizona and Nebraska in a round robin tournament this weekend. "Everybody's really excited to go 0 to Texas just to travel and get on a plane and go south," Michigan coach Debbie Belkin said. "So everybody is really psyched and has been practic- ing really hard." The Wolverines face the Wildcats (2-8-0) Saturday and the Cornhuskers Sunday. Nebraska beat Arizona, 2-0, earlier in the season. The Wildcats have struggled some * in their inaugural season. They dropped back-to-back overtime losses to South- ern Cal and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and beat Loyola Marymount, 2-1, Sunday for their second win of the season. Jenn Duran (13 points on the sea- son) and goalie Jen Weibel (77 saves in eight games) lead Arizona. STICKERS Continued from page 12 "I think the game against Iowa, if anything, gave us more confidence," Lupinski said. Confidence was on all sides after Michigan's victory over the Spartans on Oct. 5, which was its last victory over a Big Ten opponent. Coming on the heels of a 1-0 upset of Penn State- * ranked No. 7 in the country - the win was a high point of the Wolverines' season. The Wolverines look to continue their success in East Lansing and Columbus. The 0 ~WAMES Wisconsin at Michigan Ohio State at Penn State Indiana at Michigan State Illinois at Notwsen Iowa at Purdue Celorado at Nebraska Duke at Florida State Virginia Tech at Miami i NC State at North Carolina Aiona at Oregon Last Week IOverall "I expect the teams that we are going to play against are going to be good,"Belkin said. "They have strong records and they have been playing some good teams, soI think it's really going to be a challenge for us." Another challenge for the Wol- verines will be putting the ball in the net. Michigan has had strong perfor- mances recently againstBig Ten pow- ers Michigan State and Penn State, only to lose, 1-0, in each contest. "Maybe if we were an established program we would be getting down," Belkin said. "But being a new pro- gram gives us a comparison how we're doing against other teams." The Wolverines have been play- ing solid defense and the offense has shown some signs of its potential. Belkin hopes someone will step up for the squad and help it break out of its scoring slump. "I don't know what the problem is," Belkin said. "We can just try different people and see who is going to (perform well) for us at that time." This weekend the Wolverines will stick to their usual game plan and hope the scoring slump comes to an end. "We're just going to go out and play the game like we've been play- ing and hopefully (the shots) will go," Belkin said. "We definitely know we have a chance to win the playoffs," junior defender Aaleya Koreishi said. This weekend, Michigan looks to concentrate on the fundamentals of its game. Individual offense and defense were stressedlin practice this week, in order to help the Wolverines recuperate from their weekend losses. Regardless of its record, Michi- gan knows it can compete. The Wol- verines look to start afresh in Colum- bus and put their regular-season de- feats behind them. "We've come so close to beating the top teams in the conference, and I think it's possible," sophomore midfielder Bree Derr said. By DAVID ROTHBART Daily Sports Writer A good memory is sometimes a bad thing to have. The Michigan women's volleyball team, losers of seven straight matches, is doing its best to forget the last 26 days. That is how long it's been since it came away with a victory. The Wolverines (1-9 Big Ten, 5- 16 overall) are trying not to wallow in their past defeats, coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "It's difficult for athletes to keep their heads up with this much fail- ure," the coach said. Giovanazzi tried to identify the common denominators of the losses. He said his squad has committed too many unforced errors and has had trouble playing hard consistently. "There's been a lack of someone to step up and shoulder the team," Giovanazzi said. "We need somebody to take responsibility, to pick everyone up a notch." Junior middle blocker Suzy O'Donnell said if the squad can avoid focusing on the past, it will perform well in the remaining 10 games. Tonight, Michigan begins the sec- ond half of its Big Ten season against Purdue - the last team the Wolver- ines defeated. Giovanazzi thinks his team can beat the Boilermakers again as long as it maintains the error-free play it demonstrated in the teams' first meet- ing on Oct. 1. Purdue (2-8, 4-15) enters the match riding a four-game losing streak of its own. Injuries to Colleen Miniuk and Kristen Ruschiensky have Left Giovanazzi concerned. Freshmen Darlene Recker and Chereena Tennis will start in their places. Miniuk said the pain of not being able to play and help her team was worse than the pain of her shoulder injury. She was encouraged, how- ever, by the motivation the team showed this week in practice. "It was awesome. Everyone worked so hard," Miniuk said. "Los- ing builds frustration, and frustration makes people work harder. We're all psyched up for this weekend." Tomorrow, Michigan takes on Illi- nois (6-4, 14-8), which swept the Wol- verines in Ann Arbor on Sept. 30. , ~MARK F-RIEDMAN/Daily The women's soccer team challenges Arizona and Nebraska this weekend. Cross country at Iwa By DAN McKENZIE Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's cross coun- try team heads into the Big Ten cham- pionships at Iowa Saturday with a chance to win its third conference title in a row. The Wolverines are ranked sixth in the nation after winning four of their five meets, including an upset of No. 4 Stanford two weeks ago. However, a three-peat perfor- mance won't be easy for Michigan. Standing in its way will be No. 5 Wisconsin. Penn State, another top 15 team could also give the Wolver- ines problems. "You never know (about the rankings) on the day of the race," senior Karen Harvey said. "But I don't think that (Penn State) can beat Wis- consin or us." Coach Mike McGuire has selected nine Wolverines to travel to Iowa. The squad includes seniors Harvey and Jessica Kluge,juniors Molly Lori and Katy Hollbacher, sophomores Jennifer Barber and Emily Shively, and freshmen Deanna Arnill, Pauline Arnill and Eileen Fleck. Serving as alternates will bejunior Heather Grigg and sophomore Tanya Manson. "At other meets, it was a mix of people," Harvey said. "We were test- ing people out. Of all of those meets, we've chosen our top nine. This is the all-star team." Despite the fact that they are not the top-ranked team going into the meet, the Wolverines feel confident about their chances. The scoring system ap- pears to favor a team like Michigan. The Wolverines' depth will be advanta- geous since only the top five runners for each team count toward the final re- suIts. Besides Harvey, who earned All- Big Ten honors last year, Michigan has improved its lineup with freshmen twins Deanna and Pauline Arnill. Deanna Arnill has finished first among all Wolverines in each of the races she has competed. She also placed first overall at the Wolverine Interregional two weeks ago. After returning from an injury, Pauline Arnill placed fifth overall in her final meet of the season. Experience in crew's favor By MICHAEL JOSHUA Daily Sports Writer The one thing that coach Mark Rothstein's womens crew team has on its side for this weekend's regatta in East Lansing is experience. And in more ways than you might think. In this weekend's competition against intra-state rivals Michigan State and Grand Valley, the Wolver- ines have the experience they acquired from last weekend. At the Head of the Charles Re- gatta in Boston, the team faced not only powerhouse squads from the col- lege circuit, but also clubs from all over the world. "We went out there to see where we were at the moment and where we have to improve," senior Pam Carroll said. Michigan finished in the top 25 against the field. Yet, even with this impressive outcome, the Wolverines were not satisfied. "We're a little upset that we didn't do better than we did," senior Carrie Hoag said. "(But) whereas some teams peak now, we would like to be in top form in the spring. Then, hopefully, the teams we lost to now, we'll beat then." Experience is also on Michigan's side in regards to the leadership brought to the team. The Wolverines have nine seniors - who all serve as co-captains - leading the squad this year. Having the guidance from the el- ders, the new members have adjusted well to racing against tougher compe- tition. 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