12- The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 18, 1994 Volleyball tries to extend its winning ways tomght By RODERICK BEARD Daily Sports Writer Because of its mid-week match, the women's volleyball team only had one day to savor its Wednesday triumph over Michigan State. Instead of resting and thinking back fondly to that five- game battle with the Spartans, the Wolverines (2-15 Big Ten, 6-22 overall) have to hit the road for tonight's match at Indiana. The Hoosiers (5-10,15-13) are having their best season since 1990, when they Luz finished the season 17-11. In 1993, Katie Weismiller, in her first year at Indiana, helped the Hoosiers improve their record by five matches from 1992 to an 11-18 mark last season. Indiana won the first match be- tween the two earlier this season, a 15- 6, 15-4, 16-14 sweep at Cliff Keen Arena. In that match, senior middle blocker Anne Eastman posted 14 kills and five blocks. The Hoosiers will at- tempt to sweep both matches from Michigan for the first time since 1990. Playing so soon after an emo- tional match may be good for the Wolverines, though, because they might still have the drive that kept them in the match and helped them come back to win when they were behind. Sophomore Shareen Luze provides a lot of the emotional spark for the Wolverines. "Shareen is our emotional leader," senior Aimee Smith said. "She's al- ways fired up." Luze will need some help boosting the team. Confidence and a desire to win have been traits missing from Michigan players - that is, until Wednesday night's match. That vic- tory was reminiscent of the Wolver- ines' five-game upsetof Illinois in the last match of the season. Winning may become addictive for the Wolverines. "Now that we've had it once, we want it again," Luze said. MIAMI Continued from page 11 ardShulmistra. Now, however, Miami seems to have found its man. Chuck Thuss has taken over the goaltending duties with conviction - the senior goalie ranks second in the CCHA with a 1.99 goals- against average. His play alone, though, isn't the sole explanation for Miami's turnaround of late. "He'shadastabilizing influence on us," Mazzoleni said, "but we didn't play that badly as a team before (Thuss took over). It was a combination of having a new coach and a new system. Having won four of their last five, the Redskins may be on a roll, but perhaps no team has the locomotive- like momentum the Wolverines now have. Michigan is on a five-game win- ning streak and within three points of CCHA leaderMichigan State. The Wolverines scored 14 goals last weekend, but may be hard-pressed to repeat that feat. Right wing Mike Knuble will miss Friday's contest be- cause of his game misconduct penalty last Saturday. Berenson figures to make some of the same adjustments that were made when Knuble missed games due to injury earlier this season. Then, Warren Luhning stepped in and played with the left wing Kevin Hilton and center Brendan Morrison. 0 0 0 TONYA BROAD/Daily Ron Sacka and the Michigan hockey team had no trouble disposing of Michigan State and Bowling Green last weekend. Tonight, the Wolverines face Miami at Yost, where the Redskins haven't won in their last 18 tries. Women swimmers to take on Nittany Lions By MARC DILLER Daily Sports Writer Two weeks ago the Michigan women's swimming and diving team defeated all of its opponents in what was supposed to be its toughest regular season tournament. Last weekend, the Wolverines devastated their toughest conference foe, Northwestern, 176-116. Then what does this weekend have in store for them? A fatigued Michigan (2-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall) meets Penn State(1-0, 3-0), its most difficult Big Ten road competition, tomorrow at State College. "Penn State has always been a solid, well coached team, but it has become a real solid rivalry for us," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. "It is an opportunity for our fatigued people to put it on the line." The Nittany Lions have raced their opponents tough this year. After finishing fourth in the conference last year (behind Michigan, the Wildcats and Ohio State), Penn State has improved its squad. The Nittany Lions return their top point scorer from last year's confernce meet, co-captain Deni Rudy. She finaled in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyles and also anchored all five of Penn State's relay teams. Freshman phenom Carmen Kondra will relieve Rudy of some ofherrespon- sibilities this year. Kondrais one of Canada's top sprinters and has already proven to be the Nittany Lions most consistent scorer this season. Kondra anchored Penn State's 400 freestyle relay team last weekend in its defeatof Purdue. In an exhibition match vs. Northwestern, Michigan notched a team best 3:29.56 in the 400 freestyle relay. The relay highlights Saturday's competition. "It will be a great challenge for our sprinters to race Saturday," Richardson said. "Whenever we have the opportunity to swim against opponents who are better than we are, it's beneficial." ' The b GAMES Rachel Brett Michael Chad M Mike HMAN ORREST ENBERG AFRAN cGUIRE 0 Michigan at Ohio State Illinois atWisconsin Indiana at Purdue Iowa at Minnesota Northwestern at Penn State Auburn at Alabama Oregon at Oregon State Virginia at Virginia Tech Washington at Washington St. Brigham Young at Utah Last Week Overall Ohio State Illinois Purdue Minnesota Penn State Alabama Oregon VirginiaTech Washington State Brigham Young Michigan illinois Purdue Iowa Penn State Auburn Oregon Virginia Tech Washington Utah. Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Penn State Alabama Oregon State Virginia Tech Washington Brigham Young 8-2 64-33-3 Michigan Wisconsin Purdue Minnesota Penn State Alabama Oregon State Virginia Tech Washington State Utah 8-2 71-26-3 Michigan Illinois Indiana Minnesota Penn State Auburn Oregon Virginia Washington Utah 9-1 23-15-2 8-2 65-32-3 8-23 67-30-3 *This week's guest selector is women's cross country coach Mike McGuire. Walter Harrison, Vice President for University Relations, made the picks in last week's Daily, picking nine of 10 games correctly. Healthy Michigan wrestlers look to win tourney By DANIELLE RUMORE Daily Sports Writer The Michigan wrestling team embarks upon the 1994-95 season with hopes of filling the gaps left by three departed seniors and of hav- ing a healthy season with its new knees. Its new knees? Well, not exactly new. Let's say repaired. Last season was more of a roller- coaster ride as some of the Wolverines suffered lingering knee injuries which included Jehad Hamdan and Jesse Rawls, Jr. This season Michigan has a healthy yet relatively young team and looks to remain healthy to have a balanced and consistent season. It will take its new team, and its new knees, to compete in the Michigan Open in East Lansing this weekend. "Last year, we had three or four knee injuries that really hurt us," Michigan coach Dale Bahr said. "This year everybody is presently healthy, and I think we'll have, at least if we can stay away from the injuries, a better-balanced team. It all depends on how some of these guys develop." One of the prominent injuries last season was that of the All-American Rawls who, despite the injury, still amassed a 20-win season and seventh place in the NCAA Championships. He returned this fall and tore cartilage in his knee. However, it was scoped ANNOUNCING A NEW SET OF COURSE OFFERINGS IN MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY WINTER, 1995 The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Biology will continue with the offering of a new course series set in a modular format. Each one-credit module will run for one third of a se- mester. In many cases, multiple modules can be combined to make up a traditional course. This format is designed to allow students to choose from the various modules to create a program that best fits their educa- tional objectives and interests. Prerequisite-introductory microbiology or permission of course director Module 1 (115-212, T-TH, 10-11:30) Micro 607 - Microbial Pathogenesis I - This course will emphasize func- tional and ecological aspects of microbial pathogenicity. The first series of lectures will include a historical introduction to host/pathogen interac- tions. The remainder of the series will be lectures on colonization mecha- nisms and attributes of pathogens. Module 11 (2/7-3/16, T-TH, 10-11:30) Micro 608 - Microbial Pathogenesis II -This course will focus on molecu- lar mechanisms underlying bacterial infectious disease. This module uses primary research articles to critically evaluate experimental data and de- ATTENTION DISPLAY ADVERTISERS: The Michigan Daily has scheduled the following EARLY DEADLINES for Thanksgiving Break. PUBLICATION DATE DEADLINE Monday, November 28 Monday, November 21 Tuesday, November 29 Tuesday, November 22 Wednesday, November 30 Tuesday, November 22 and he is now clear to wrestle this weekend. "My knee feels good," Rawls said. "I was an All-American before, so I'd like to be the national champ." The Michigan Open is a large meet with a competitive field. There will be 50-60 wrestlers per each of the 10 weightclasses. Bahr said the high level of competition should help give the team the experience it needs to prepare for the upcoming Las Vegas Invita- tional. "It's a strong field. Typically, there are about 600 wrestlers in the tourna- ment, so it's one of the biggest (early season) tournaments in the nation," Bahr said. "There will probably be five or six or seven Big Ten schools in addition to some of the top wrestling schools in the country. The regular season lineup of 10 wrestlers is not yet set and may include some of the new wrestlers. The lower weight classes are still Pizza Hut Now Hiring: " MANAGERS " COOKS " PHONES " DELIVERY DRIVERS Drivers can earn up to $10.00 hr. Apply at: 943 Maiden Lane Ann Arbor, MI 48103 vying for the top spots. However, the Wolverines will use some of their veterans to help replace the holes left by All-Americans Brian Harper, Sean Bormet and Steve King. These will include seniors Chad Biggert (167) and Hamdan (190) and junior Rawls (177). "We lost three All-Americans and that's a lot of points off of our team," Bahr said. "We had a strong recruiting class two years ago. We redshirted a couple of those kids last year, so they are actually sopho- mores with freshman eligiblity and that along with two, three or four of our upperclassmen will give us a better overall team than we had last year." MEN'S SWIM Continued from page 11 The Wolverines will send a high- powered group into the event, con- sisting of 1994 National High School Swimmer of the Year Derya Buyukuncu, 1994 Big Ten breast- stroke champion Steve West, 200- meter individual medley high school record holder Jason Lancaster, and freestyle world record holder Gustavo Borges. The medley relay will not be the only big race of the evening, how- ever. "The whole meet is going to be exciting," Urbanchek said. "It's go- ing to be world class swimming, and it's well worth the price." Michigan meets Texas in an exhi- bition tonight at 7:30. The battle for No. 1 will be tomorrow at 5:30. Ad- mission is free. 0 AIL I mF I