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Lunch at the League
Bob Darden, the Michigan men's gymnastics coach, stops by the
Underground at the Michigan League tomorrow at noon to continue the
'Straight From the Coach's Mouth' series. Darden's gymnastics team was
supposed to be cut by the athletic department following last season but
were given a repreve.
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January 31, 1995
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By Nicholas J. Cotsonika
Daily Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS - Saturday's meet at Indiana
University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Natato-
rium was a big event for the Michigan men's swimming
and diving team. But for one Wolverine, it was extra
special.
IUPUI is Carmel, Ind. native Jason Lancaster's
"home pool." Although his high school team never
trained at IUPUI, it often competed there. Lancaster
gets excited every time he returns.
"I do get pumped up to come here," Lancaster said.
"I like this pool. I used to swim here all the time, and it's
interesting to come back here and to know the pool. It's
like, 'I know the pool better than you."'
He knows the pool and knows what it can do for his
performance.
"It is one of the fastest pools in the nation," Lancaster
said. "Why wouldn't you like a pool that makes you
faster?"
The Michigan freshman's most vivid memory of
when it made him faster was of last year's Indiana state
championship meet. It was his senior year and he ex-
pected to perform well.
What he didn't expect was applause.
Lancaster said he came from a town with an "unjust
reputation for being snobby, rich and too good for
itself." During high school state meets, Carmel natives
were not given recognition by the crowd when they
broke state records, unlike other schools.
But when Lancaster accomplished something that
transcended regional rivalries, that changed.
"My senior year, I broke the national record in the
200 (Individual Medley) and I didn't think anyone
would make that much of an effort to even clap,"
Lancaster said. "But when I looked up, everyone stood
up and was clapping for me.
"It made me feel like, not only am I doing this for
myself, but I'm doing this for my team and my high
school. And when they did that, I felt like I was doing it
for Indiana too."
Lancaster returns to IUPUI in March - for the
NCAA Championships - and he hopes he will get
another standing ovation. This time, for Michigan.
MOTIVATIONAL READING: Michigan has a brand new
decoration for the bulletin board in the lockerroom.
Following the Wolverines' loss to Stanford Jan. 13, the
Stanford Daily ran an article blaming Michigan's loss
on a "lack of spirit and ambition," Wolverine coach
Jon Urbanchek said.
Urbanchek received the article in the mail from a
friend and said he will use it to help the team get ready
to face the Cardinal at NCAAs.
"It's definitely good lockerroom material for us,"
Urbanchek said. "It's definitely motivational. We
needed something to stimulate us.
"When you've been No. 1 for so long you begin to
think you are and you start to get overconfident. This
will help us."
A LATE DINNER: The Wolverines were hungry for a
win against Indiana Saturday, but their hunger for food
made them late for the meet.
Michigan stopped at the local Olive Garden for
dinner around 4:30 p.m., but the team was not served
until after 6 p.m. The meet began at 7 p.m.
"We stopped for a quick eat and run," Urbanchek
said. "It took an hour and a half."
"They only had two people to serve all of us,"
Michigan diver Abel Sanchez said. "We're lucky we
got (there) at all."
SICK AND TIRED: Star freestyler Tom Dolan and
freshman backstroker Derya Buyukuncu both stayed
in Ann Arbor Saturday and did not compete against
Indiana due to illness.
"Dolan and Derya have been sick all week and they
needed a rest," Urbanchek said. "They stayed at home
to get a little 'R and R."'
Both swimmers were back at practice yesterday and
will not be allowed to be sick again due to Urbanchek's
new rule.
"We're cancelling all illnesses after today,"
Urbanchek said jokingly.
FILE±PHOOW/Daiy
Marcel Wouda and the Michigan men's swimming and diving team visited IUPUI Natatorium this weekend in
indianapolis. The Wolverines will return there in March for the NCAA Championships.
Women gymasts sweep trio of meets
Wymer competes for the first time this season in three Wolverine victories
By Sarah DeMar
*Daily Sports Writer
As January comes to a close, so
does the cushy docket of sporadically
scheduled matches for the women's
gymnastics team.
Michigan competed twice this
weekend, tumbling into the regular
season and tearing into their Big Ten
opponents without mercy.
Minnesota and Illinois visited Cliff
*Keen Arena Friday, but the Wolver-
ines failed to be gracious hosts as they
beat the two squads with a score of
193.65. No. 4 Michigan rolled over the
Illini, but found the Gophers a little
more difficult to chew on, winning by
only a couple of points.
All-American Beth Wymer com-
peted for the first time this season after
resting a shoulder injury during non-
conference meets. With the depth of
this year's team, Wymer had the option
of sitting out without the risk of a
blemish on Michigan's currently spot-
less record.
However, now that Big Ten meets
have begun, the Wolverines are pulling
out the big guns.
"As of now, physically and men-
tally I'm not where I want to be,"
Wymer said. "But I want to help the
team get the scores."
Michigan showed up Sunday in
Iowa for a dual meet in which the
gymnasts continued their victori-
ous run. Junior Dianna Ranelli said
that the squad really seemed to jell
against the Hawkeyes.
"We did really well as a team,"
Ranelli said. "Everyone hit - we
seemed really together and we came
out with the scores we needed."
Senior Kelly Carfora competed ex-
ceptionally well in the all-around, and
junior Wendy Marshall, as is her talent,
received top scores on the vault.
After practicing together nearly ev-
ery day for two months, shouldn't the
Wolverines have ageneral ideaof what
to expect from each member?
"Everybody is surprising every-
body," Wymer said. "But we are sur-
prising each other in our consistency.
"We've been so consistent in all per-
formances."
With two meets nearly 700 miles
apart in the same weekend, a lot of
athletes might have been burned out
for the second match. But Ranelli said
that Michigan overcame the fatigue by
not thinking about it.
"At Friday's meet I was only think-
ing about Friday's meet," Ranelli said.
"We got in (to Des Moines) early
enough Saturday that we had time to
relax in the hotel. I guess the plane
made us tired from travelling, but it's
not something that affects you during a
meet.
"We were up for Iowa - the fa-
tigue was felt only in the body."
The Wolverines travel to
Kalamazoo next Sunday for the Michi-
gan Classic.
Spikers take weekend
matches without coach
By James Goldstein
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's volleyball
team coached themselves to three im-
pressive victories over the weekend.
The Wolverines made the weekend
road trip withoutCoach JenniferSlosar
due to the flu.
But Michigan did fine without her
presence.
Last Friday night in Kalamazoo,
the Wolverines defeated Western
Michigan in four sets, 16-14, 15-10,
13-15, 15-5. The following day in
Madison, Michigan manhandled Iowa
and Wisconsin, sweeping both confer-
ence opponents, 15-4, 15-8, 15-2 and
15-10, 15-8, 15-12, respectively.
"This wasaboutthebestI'veseen us
play sinceour victorious preseason tour-
nament," outside hitter/setter Stan Lee
said. "We played great defense and not
too many balls dropped (to the ground)."
What was also encouraging to the
Wolverines was the fact that their top
outside hitters, Ernesto Rodriguez and
Gun Unluer, returned from shoulder in-
juries andparticipatedin all threematches.
This weekend also gave an opportu-
nity for the Michigan players who usu-
ally haven't received much playing time
to get plenty of minutes on the court.
In their first match of the weekend,
Western Michigan surprised the Wol-
verines, making the match much closer
than what Michigan had expected. For
the most part, Wolverine reserves were
on the floor in order for them to get
more experience. After losing the third
game of the match, the second unit put
it together and finished off the Broncos
with solid defense and passing.
In the Iowa match, the Wolverines
were well ahead of the Hawkeyes in all
of the games. The Wolverines were
ahead 10-1 in the final game and then
put in all their second stringers once
again to complete the match.
Michigan got off to a quick start
against Wisconsin, getting out in front
of the Badgers 8-0 in each of the three
games en route to a dominating victory
with the first unit on the court.
"It was definitely a disadvantage not
having Coach Slosaron the floor with us,"
outside hitter Kevin Urban said. "She
controls the tempo of our games and it is
really hard to control the tempo while
playing in the match. You really need
someone external to do that for you."
AP Top 25
Here is the new Associated Press
top 25 men's basketball poll.
First-place votes are in
parentheses. Records do not
include last night's games.
Team Record Prv
1. Massachusetts (53)1.5-1 1
2. North Carolina (10) 16-1, 3
3. Kansas (3) 15-2 7
4. Connecticut 151 2
5. Maryland 16-3 8
6. Kentucky 13-3 5
7. UCLA 12-2 4
8. Arkansas 16-4 9
9. Michigan State 14-2 10
10. Syracuse 14-2 6
11. Iowa State 17-2 11
12. Arizona 15=4 .12
13. Georgetown 14-3 14
14. Wake Forest 124 16
15. Virginia 12-5- 15
16. Arizona State 14-5 13
17. Stanford 13-3 17
18. Missouri 14-3 20
19. Villanova 13-5 22
20. Alabama 14-4 -
21. Georgia Tech 13-6 21i
22. Oregon 12-3 18
23. Cincinnati 15-6 19
24. Oklahoma 15=4 25
25, Florida. 10 23
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