__The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, April 10, 1995 - 7 BACHMAN I* ontlnued from page 3 tar, the face-in-the-turf anguish of felled cornerback. I cover sports or the love of writing, for the love of the game and because I get in y ree. It's been three years since I tarted at the Daily. I've learned a ot since I cautioned into the iewsroom: Never ask women's .asketball coach Trish Roberts, vhen her team is 0-11, if she's going to look back at the season and laugh. Never pick Arizona to ;o past the first round of the 1CAA tournament. Never hire Walter Smith to do P.R. for your .ompany. In addition to learning these *hings, I have developed a solution o the Locker Room Situation. There is one thing that would solve he age-old debate of whether or not vomen should enter athletes' iallowed ground, putting an end to ,he nakedness issue once and for All. I call it The Towel. Final seconds provide glory for men's rugby By Monica Polakov Daily Sports Writer In the last minutes of the game, it looked like the Michigan men's rugby team had no chance ofdefeating Sciota Valley, Saturday at Mitchell Field. The Wolverines were down by five points and a victory looked bleak. However, sophomore Kevin Komer pulled Michigan even at 18 with a try in the final seconds of the game. The play began with forward Deron Albright picked up a loose ball. Before getting tackled, Albright passed the ball to Komer who had a clear run to score the try. Kicker Jay Friedan's field goal made the score 19-18, giving the Wolverines their first victory of the season. "Friedan's kicking enabled us to win," sophomore Jason Wolff said. "His kick put us over the top." The game was as difficult as the Michigan players had anticipated. Sciota Valley was bigger and more experienced than the Wolverine squad. They also used a mauling offense which Michigan is not ac- customed to seeing from its oppo- nents. However, the Wolverines played aggressively and their home-field ad- vantage motivated them to play agood game. "They scored up on us," junior Mike Springs said. "But we never We finally came together and played cohesively," - Mike Springs Michigan rugby team gave up. We continued to persevere." "We tried to cut off their outside so they couldn't cut around us and tried to bunch them up," freshman Carl Wahl said. However, Michigan had some mental breakdowns which allowed Sciota Valley to score easy points. "I felt there were points in the game when we let our guard down and they gained yardage," Wolfffsaid. Although they had difficulties, the Wolverines remained focused when it counted. They relied on their for- wards to win the ball and had strong play from backs Wolff, Scott Salamango and Bimal Kapoor. "Bimal was just outstanding," Komer said. "He was our leader. Ev- eryone got on his shoulders and fol- lowed him." Kapoor, who usually plays scrum half, was moved to fly half. He played well in the unfamiliar position, scor- ing atry along with Wolff and Komer. The Wolverines were extremely happy with this win. They have not been playing together for very long and are still getting used to each other's strengths and weaknesses. This game gave Michigan the expe- .rience that it will need in order to win in the future. "This game is definitely a turning point for us," Springs said.;"It gave us some confidence which we can build on. We finally came together and played cohesively." The Wolverines' next goal is to beat the Louisville Rugby Football Club next week. The culmination of their season will be in two weeks when Michigan heads to the Ohio State Invitational where they will face Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State. r College Life: AFew Tings KN OW: wh;