2 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 7, 1994 Here is how the top 25 teams in college football fared this week- Blue spikers continue slump in weekend losses to Penn State, Ohio State By RODERICK BEARD Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's volleyball team doesn't have to worry about the NCAAtournamentthis year. With their postseason hopes dashed long ago, the Wolverines are now concentrating on improving team chemistry and build- ing for next year. Looking for improvement - and possibly astunning upset-Michigan hosted two nationally ranked Big Ten foes this weekend. The Wolverines somewhat improved, but continued their losing ways and added two more losses to their already lengthy losing streak. The two matches at Cliff Keen Arena gave Michigan an opportu- nity to gauge where its skills were against the top two teams in the conference. The Wolverines (1-13 Big Ten, 5-19 overall) lost 15-11, 15-8, 15-0 to the No. 3 Lady Lions Friday and stayed with the No. 4 Buckeyes Saturday before falling, 15-6, 15-2, 6-15, 15-5. "Our goal is to have a better second half (of the conference season) than first half," Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi said. That shouldn't be too difficult, be- cause the Wolverines only won one match in the first half of conference play. Winning anything was difficult this weekend, as Michigan had its hands full with the competition. Ohio State (13-1, 20-2) darted out to early leads in the first two games, and the match began to take an all-too- familiar pattern. After a routine first game, the Buckeyes threatened to blow the Wolverines out early in game two behind Gabriele Jobst's serving. Jobst, last week's Big Ten Player of the Week, served first in the game and Ohio State posted nine consecutive points before Michigan even had a chance to serve. The Wolverines scored two points before the Buckeyes closed out the game. In game three, Michigan jumped out to an early 3-0 lead behind three Ohio State errors. The game was close until sophomore Shareen Luze's block put the Wolverines ahead 7-4. After five Buckeye errors and a Shannon 'If (Jobst) hadn't jumped served, we would've won.' - Greg Giovanazzi volleyball coach Brownlee kill, Michigan led 13-4. The Wolverines committed two more er- rors before putting the Buckeyes away - something that they hadn't done with past opponents. Michigan started game four with the same intensity that fueled its play the previous game. The Wolverines jumped out to a 5-3 advantage, then Jobst got the ball to serve -and wouldn't give it up. Jobstjump-served Ohio State back into the game and through the match, igniting a 12-point string by the Buckeyes to end the match. Jobst, who finished with a career- high five service aces, also registered six kills and 15 digs. She said that she was more focused on getting her serve in play than anything else. Her jump serve gave Michigan problems because the Wolverines could not accurately pass and keep the ball in play. "If (Jobst) hadn't jumped served, we would've won," Giovanazzi said. Michigan had problems with Penn State (12-1, 23-1) the previous night. The Wolverines have never beaten the Lady Lions and that perfect record remained intact. Michigan played tough in the first two games, scoring 11 and eight points, respectively, but simply could not play at the same level as Pen State all night. The Lady Lions did allow a point in the entire third game Suzy O'Donnell led the Wolver. ines' offensive attack in both matches with nine kills against Ohio State and 13 versus Penn State; Aimee Smith added eight and 12 kills this weekend, With only six matches remaining in the season, Michigan is looking fog some positive things to take fromthi. season, such as competitive play and* few more wins. Though they are in last place in the Big Ten, the Wolverines are not going to let teams win. "I will never coach this team to be an underdog," Giovanazzi said. Foreman win no surprise to Holmes LAS VEGAS (AP) -It was a last- second pass caught in the end zone, a bases-loaded homer in the bottom of the ninth, a buzzer-beating basket from midcourt. All of those things were packed into the boxing glove that crashed againstMichaelMoorer'sjaw and made George Foreman a heavyweightcham- pion at the ripe old age of 45. But was Foreman's dramatic 10th- round knockout victory Saturday night good for boxing? What does it say about the state of the sport, particularly the heavyweight division? "George got lucky, but it just shows what boxing is like today," said Larry Holmes, a champion from 1978-1985, who will challenge Oliver McCall on Jan. 21 for the WBC heavyweight title. "These young guys can't fight. We older people have to teach these young people that we know what we're do- ing," Holmes said from his home in Easton, Pa. Foreman took advantage of a lapse of concentration by the 26-year-old Moorer in delivering the winning two- punch combination. "All he (Moorer) had to do was use the jab and move side to side," Holmes said. In the 10th round, however, Moorer stood in front of Foreman. "George is a big truck, but if he runs over you, he'll kill you," Holmes said. "He phoned him from Chicago and said, 'I'm coming,' and the fool waited there for him." Promoter Bob Arum bristled at the suggestion that a 45-year-old man win- ning a share of boxing's biggest prize - the IBF and WBA titles - made a mockery of the sport. "When Nolan Ryan pitched a no- hitter, did they say baseball stinks?" Arum asked, referring to the pitcher who was 46 when he retired. "George is going to bring new fans to the sport," said Seth Abraham, presi- dentof Time-WarnerSports."Thecom- bined live and delayed telecast will make it the most-watched fight ever on HBO." "When miracles like this happen, how can it be bad for boxing?" said Angelo Dundee, who worked in Foreman's corner and was in Muhammad Ali's corner when Fore- man lost the undisputed title 20 years ago in Zaire. "Yeah, George's win is good for boxing because people know who George Foreman is," Holmes said. "What's wrong with boxing is the money. People don't get to see fights because the money's so big fighters don't fight much." Athl. et fh W a .* ee *1; WHo: John Madden TEAM: Hockey HOMETOWN: Barrie, Ont. YEAR: Sophomore ELIGIBIUTY: Sophomore WHY: Madden scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in Michigan's 4-2 come-from-behind win over Lake Superior Saturday. BACKGROUND: Entering the weekend, Madden has scored three goals while assisting on another. 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