12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 4, 1994 Women swimmers face national powers By REBECCA MOATZ Daily Sports Writer Most athletes enter a competition with one goal in mind - winning. However, the Michigan women's swimming and diving team will prove to be exceptions to the rule once again this weekend. Today, the Wolverines (2-0) enter the Lady Mustang Classic, compet- ing against such national powers as Texas, Southern Methodist, and UCLA. On Saturday, a separate squad will travel to Carbondale, Ill., to compete against Southern Illinois, Kansas, and Nebraska. In this weekend's compe- titions, the Wolverines will not focus on winning. Rather, Michigan will concentrate on the future and the train- ing that must go into achieving an- other Big Ten and possibly a NCAA title. While most teams would opt to taper in preparation for the swimming powerhouses in the Mustang Classic, Michigan is training through the meet with its eyes on much brighter things. "I think we'll do well, but we are training hard now," said Michigan co-captain Alecia Humphrey. "We are in the hardest two weeks of the year now, so we are not sacrificing our training for now but for NCAA's." In fact, the Wolverines will train through the meet, even if it means sacrificing best times. "We're just going to race," said Michigan coach Jim Richardson. "Our prime goal is training to lay a founda- tion for second semester, so we don't want to sacrifice resting." The Wolverines may face their toughest competition of the year at this weekend's Lady Mustang Clas- sic in Dallas. Michigan has never beaten Texas, SMU, USC or UCLA and this is the team's first meeting with Florida. However, the Wolverines' chances of winning may still be good. They are taking their best team with them, and they are not sure where the other teams are in their training schedule. As well, some teams that are usu- ally regarded as strong swimming schools lost some of their best ath- letes. UCLA lost its sprinter and will probably be scoping out its competi- tion throughout the meet. Meanwhile, Texas and SMU are essentially the same teams as in the past. "I'm prepared for the fact that I am not going to swim great," Humphrey said. "We are going to have to suck it up and fight in for the finishes that we need to win because we want to win." HOCKEY " Continued from page 31 getting acclimated with the league, its rinks and its level of play. "We don't have the capability right now to go through major adjustments and put in all new schemes of things to be specific for Michigan," Ohio -State coach Jerry Welsh said. Lake Superior State (2-0, 2-1-1 typically has few problems mounting an attack, especially against Michi- gan. The Lakers beat them in the NCAA regionals, 5-4 in OT, during Lake Superior's national title run. The Lakers, No. 6 in the WMEB poll, are in the midst of a rebuilding season. Nineteen freshmen and sopho- mores fill out the roster. Brian Felsner, brotherof Michigan's all-time leading goal scorer Dennf Felsner, is theonlyLakerin theCCHA's overall top-30 leader board. He has scored six goals and notched four as- sists. Junior defenseman Keith Aldridge has five points in four games with a plus/minus of +7. Freshman goalie John Grahame (.826 save percentage) fills the hole in net left by the departure of Blane Lacher, who finished last season with a natioro leading 1.98 goals against average. "I don't look at (Michigan) as be- ing much less formidable than they were a year ago at this time," Lake State coach Jeff Jackson said. "There are no letdowns available this week- end ... both teams will have incentive against each other." JONATHAN LURIE/Daily Warren Luhning and fellow right wing Mike Knuble return to the Michigan lineup for this weekend's games. 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The NCAA preseason poll ranks the Wol- verines No. I and the favorite to win the national title. Michigan has won the Big Ten title nine straight years. But this season, the team hopes to dethrone Stanford and add a national championship. The quest for the title begins this Saturday in a quadrangular meet at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale. The Wolverines face squads from Southern Illinois, Kan- sas and Nebraska. "The teams will be tough," coach Alex Braunfeld said. "They might not be national powers, but they are the best of the Mid, Mid-West." Michigan possesses a wealth of tal- ent. Nine NCAA All-Americans are back for this year. Seven current Wol- verines also competed at the World. Championships, the next biggest swinf ming event behind the Olympics. After many long hours of practice, the Wolverines are hungry to get in the water and finally compete. Aside from a few members who will be staying back to catch up on their academics, the entire team is going to the meet. 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