10 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 16, 1994
Blue spikers battle Spartans for 'State Pride' "
By RODERICK BEARD
Daily Spoils Writer
Nearing the end of a season marked
by a 13-match losing streak, the Michi-
gan women's volleylball team can only
hope to keep its pride.
But pride can only carry this squad
so far.
The Wolverines face Michigan
Statein the season's final "State Pride"
match at 7 p.m. tonight at Cliff Keen
Arena.
Michigan (1-15 Big Ten, 5-22
overall) will try to avenge its two
losses to the Spartans earlier this sea-
son. Both matches were close - a
tight five-game duel at the Michigan
Volleyball Challenge in September
and a four-game battle last month -
but the Wolverines will need to play
better in order to win this time.
In the last match, Michigan State (7-
9,15-12) stuffed Michigan's hitters with
a stifling defense and blasted the Wol-
verines with a powerful offense.
The Spartans seemed to know
where Michigan was going to hit the
ball. For the match, Michigan State
had 32 block assists, two shy of its
single-match record. Dana Cooke and
Courtney DeBolt had eight block as-
sists apiece, while Val Sterk added
six. The Spartans are second in the
Big Ten in blocks, averaging almost
three per game. Cooke and Sterk rank
third and fourth, respectively, in indi-
vidual block statistics.
Freshman Veronica Morales paced
Michigan State with 20 kills from the
outside hitter position. Morales, an
outside hitter from Argentina, has
continued her outstanding play as she
ranks 13th in the nation with an aver-
age of 4.82 kills per game.
The Wolverines will have to per-
form better on offense to beat the
Spartans. Michigan could only man-
age a .016 hitting efficiency in its last
match - a three-game loss to Minne-
sota. In the last meeting between the
two intrastate rivals, the Wolverines
had a .075 percentage, compared to
Michigan State's .306.
The Spartans are clinging to hopes
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of making the NCAA tournament this
season. This year marks the first time
that Michigan State has won more
than 10 matches in a single season
since 1989. Michigan State lost fifth-
year senior Jennifer Jones, who was a
preseason All-Big Ten selection, to
injury earlier in the season, but have
produced without her.
Last year was the first time Michi-
gan State claimed the banner since
the inception of the State Pride series
in 1990. In order to regain the banner,
Michigan must win the match. The
tiebreaker states that if the teams split
the two matches, then the team that
wins the greater number of games
claims the banner for the year.
Yost ticket
prices go up
to help with
renovation
By CHAD A. SAFRAN
Daily Sports Editor
Someone is going to be paying for
Yost Ice Arena's renovations, sched-
uled to begin next spring. And that
someone is going to be the fans.
It was announced at yesterday's
Board in Control of Intercollegiate
Athletics that all hockey tickets for the
1995-96 season will go up $2 per
ticket to pay for the building's im-
provements. The increase is expected
to net the athletic department one
quarter of the $4 million necessary to
reconfigure Yost's north end, which
consists of the lobby, lockerrooms,
trophy cases and various other infra-
structure systems, such as heating and
air circulation equipment.
The increase in prices means that
end zone and obstructed view seats
will cost $7 next fall, compared with
the current rate of $5. Single game
sideline seats, which are now $8, will
be $10. However, the greatest impact
will be on those who buy season tick-
ets.
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Student season passes cost $75 ($72
for the tickets and a $3 processing
fee) for the 1994-95 season, an aver-
age ofjust over $4 per ticket for the 17
possible home games. Those tickets
include the first round of the CCHA
playoffs. Should the Wolverines win
the first two games of the playoffs,
the 17th game would not be played
and thus a refund issued. If Michigan
did not host any postseason contests,
then the cost of the playoff tickets
would also be refunded.
If the Wolverines play 16 home
games (14 regular season, two play-
off), then the average price per game
is $4.50 for this season. If Michigan
plays the same numberof home games
next year, the 1995-96 package would
average $6.50 per ticket -- a total of
$104 for one set. However, that does
not include any other possible price
hike by the athletic department or any
added administrative costs.
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be hit with new ticket prices. Indi-
vidual football games will be kicked
up $5, from $25 to $30, beginning
next season. However, the increase
will not affect season ticket prices for
students or the general public for the
1995 home slate.
Yet, it does appear that next year's
football schedule will have one change
-an extragame. Athletic DirectorJoe
Roberson said he was "seriously con-
sidering" having Michigan play in the
contest formerly known as the Pigskin
Classic. Disney sponsored the game
for five years but the entertainment
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