Women's Swimming vs. Northwestern Friday, 3 p.m. Canham Natatorium Sl Hockey vs. Michigan State Friday, 7 p.m. (PASS) Yost Ice Arena Perles gone at season's end Career with Spartans will conclude with Penn State* EAST LANSING (AP)- Michi- gan State football coach George Perles, accused by a former player of violating NCAA rules, said yesterday he won't be back for the 1995 season. Michigan State president M. Peter McPherson said Perles will coach the Spartans for the last two games of this season. It was unclear whether Perles resigned or was fired. Perles alluded to a "breach of con- tract" in a statement but didn't elabo- rate. He wiped away tears as he re- called his 12 years as coach. "One thing's for sure, I'm a son of Michigan State," he said of his alma mater. Roosevelt Wagner, a former player, has claimed Perles violated NCAA rules. Perles has denied any wrongdoing and said the claims will be investigated. The university hired independent investigators from the Collegiate Sports Law Group to probe the foot- ball program. Wagner claimed some Spartans received cash and had grades fixed to meet eligibility requirements. Wagner's credibility was called into question when The Detroit News quoted him as saying he had once stalked and planned to kill Perles when he was passed over in the 1992 NFL draft. Wagner, of Ravenna, Ohio, later denied talking to the news- paper or stalking Perles. In a report yesterday by the Lan- sing State Journal, Wagner said he had recorded telephone conversa- tions with Clarence Underwood, Michigan State's senior associate athletic director for revenue sports. Wagner told the newspaper that the tapes record Underwood saying the NCAA should be kept from finding out some things about the Michigan State program. Underwood said he was going along with Wagner to try to get in- formation on his allegations. The newspaper said the tape recorded Underwood asking Wagner numer- ous questions. It also said phone logs show Underwood quickly notified Michigan State Athletic Director Merrily Dean Baker and vice presi- dent Roger Wilkinson of his conver- sation with Wagner. Even before this fall, McPherson said Perles had to have an "outstand- ing" season to keep his job. That came after the Spartans went 3-8 in 1991,5- 6 in 1992 and 6-6 last season, includ- ing an 18-7 loss to Louisville in the Liberty Bowl. Michigan State is currently 4-5, including 3-3 in the Big Ten. Th4 Spartans play Purdue this weekend and No. 2 Penn State on Nov. 26. Reports in recent weeks said Perles wouldn't finish his 10-year contract, which expires in January 1998. Perles, 59, makes more than $200,000 a year as coach, and with his television show and other arrangements, it would cost the school some $1.3 million to buy out the final three years of his cone tract. "Obviously, anytime something like this happens, I think it's sad for sport," Michigan football coach Gary Moeller said. "And you know, George Perles, in many, many ways, is going to be missed in the Big Ten, not only as a coach, but as a past administrator and a guy everybody will always re- member." AP PHOTO Michigan State football coach George Perles wipes a tear away as he speaks during a news conference. _ _ 1- p1 FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK By Marc Diller Daily Sports Writer For the members of the Michigan field hockey team, this season was like a roller coaster ride. The Wolverines 3-1 loss to Ohio State Friday in the inaugural Big Ten Field Hockey Championships was the final disappointment in a season filled with them. "Our season was really up and down," Michigan captain Nancy Irvine said. "We played incredible at times, especially in practice. We were really inconsistent all year long." Of course every roller coaster must go up before it falls down. The Wolverines had their share of adrenaline boosts, but they had plenty of downers as well. Michigan opened and ended its regular season on a positive note. The Wolverines conquered Kent State, 5-4, on Sept. 4 to begin the year . They finished it by suppressing Michigan State. 3-2, in East Lansing on Oct. 30. Michigan lost four consecutive games from Sept. 17-30. In those four games, the Wolverines only scored one goal. ® Michigan beat nationally ranked Big Ten foes Penn State and Ohio State within two weeks of each other. The Wolverines beat the Buckeyes at Columbus. Michigan suffered two devastating double-overtime losses. Ball State 'M' stickers ride roller coaster in '94 Wolverines experience numerous ups and downs in growing season beat the Wolverines, 2-1, on Oct. 11. Ten days later, Iowa beat them, 3-2. 0 Three of Michigan's eight freshmen got significant college playing experience. First-year players Julie Flachs and Carolyn Schwarz started all 20 games this season. Flachs finished fourth on the squad in points with 13. Schwarz and fellow freshman Meredith Weinstein controlled the defense. Weinstein started 15 games for the Wolverines. The team's captain and lone senior, Irvine, injured her back and played in only eight of Michigan's 20 games. N Junior Sherene Smith netted two hat tricks in consecutive weekends. Five of her goals were off penalty corners. Smith garnered her first hat trick in a 4-3 win at Ohio State on Oct. 14. In the Wolverines 3-0 domination of Villanova, Smith added two more penalty corners and put in Michigan's only penalty stroke of the season. * Michigan had 151 penalty corner opportunities, but only scored directly on eight of those (.055). Juniors Gia Biagi and Smith, along with sophomore Michelle Smulders, led Michigan in scoring. Biagi tallied 19 points, Smulders scored 18 and Smith had 15 this year. All three will return next year. After a 1-0 loss to Northwestern on Sept. 23, the Wolverines fell below 'The season was a growing year for us. Next year we're coming back with a full team of people who have a lot of experience.' " - Nancy Irvine Michigan field hockey captain .500 and never eclipsed the .500 mark again. Michigan had four opportunities to be earn a winning record but failed in each of its attempts, ending its season with a 9-11 mark. It was head coach Patti Smith's first non-winning season with the Wolverines. Junior Aaleya Koreishi made the successful transition form offense to defense. Koreishi was Michigan's leading returning scorer from 1993 (13 points). She sacrificed her point total to join the defense. Michigan finished 4-7 in the Big Ten, fifth out of six teams. Only Michigan State had a worse conference record (0-11). "The season was a growing year for us," Irvine said. "Next year we're coming back with a full team of people who have a lot of experience." --I Icers to share Yost A I I I I V $1AND4~ ) t~ NC T C ~ ALC V ASON. I I CAN VNLY I ~ ~d iC~~ R ~ with new club team By JOHN LEROI Daily Sports Writer There will be a new hockey team on the ice at Yost Arena this year. The Michigan ice hockey club will be lacing up its skates for its first year as an official club sport. An informal team has been lurk- ing in the rafters of Yost for a few years, but the club will now be offi- cially sanctioned by the University. Even though the University will recognize the hockey club, it will be entirely player funded. "This is more than just a bunch of IM (intramural) players," club presi- dent Karl Stien said. "We've been trying to put this together for a few years now." Stien, an LSA senior, said that this will be an organizational year for the* newly-formed group. The squad will play mostly intrasquad games, though a few contests with other club teams will be scheduled. Stien hopes the team will move into a league next year. Michigan State, which has a varsity squad, and Eastern Michigan support club hockey teams that play in competi- tive leagues. The hockey club is not looking to rival Red Berenson's varsity group but wants to provide a team on which students can compete at a higher level than intramurals. The IM sports program provides only one short Rame ner week. On the .. . ;ti>< : r , . . _ 5". '9 vC 'd.':'. .f. N ORL-D !S YvU Ce 0 NVIRONMENTAL FIE LD STUDIES ABROAD -I..C+,- .,.