SPORTS CALENDAR' The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, February 19, 1996 - 8B COMMUNITY SERVICE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK , Who: Jodi Navta Sport: Women's swimming Eligibility: Junior' Year: Junior Hometown: Upper Montclair, N.J. High School: The Peddie School Why: This week, Navta arranged for her and her teammates to visit Wines Elementary School to participate in the SHARE reading ;program. Navta read to 28 second graders. Last spring, she was involved in Family Reading Night at Burns Park School. Navta is a certifiied volunteer at Mott Children's Hospital where she volunteers every week. Background: Navta swims the individual medley and the breastroke for the Wolverines. She is a three-time All-American and a Big Ten champion in the 200-meter breastroke. She has also won Nava Acedemic All-Big Ten Conference as a sophomore. Ulbe Sibciguu &Iil ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Jennifer Brzezinski Sport: Women's basketball Eligibility: Senior Year: Senior Hometown: Warren, Mich. High School: Lincoln Why: The senior totaled 36 points and 20 rebounds in two losses this weekend. Friday the forward notched a double-double against Northwestern, with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Yesterday against Michigan State, Brzezinski poured in 24 points to go with nine rebounds. She was one of the team's few bright spots as the Wolverines dropped both contests. Background: Michigan's lone senior is also the team's captain ... Michigan Offensive Player of the Year in 1994-95 ... Acedemic All-Big Ten Conference last year ... Ranked second in career rebounding average with 7.7 per game ... class valedictorian and president in high school ... Brzezinski enrolled in the School of Architecture ... born April 1, 1974. 0 I 01 'M' lacrosse team dominates Spartans in season opener, 21-11. By Pranay Reddy Daily Sports Writer Wa need tn osrhan rn Over the past eight years, the Michigan men's lacrosse club has established a quiet dominance over the rest of the Big Ten Conference. The Wolverines have won seven of the past eight club championships, including six straight. If Saturday night's game against the Michigan State club team was any indication, the Wolverines will defi- nitely be in the hunt for a seventh straight championship. Michigan dispatched the Spartans, 21-11, at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse in its first contest of the season. "We played very well, considering it was our first game," coach Bob DiGiovanni said. "Our offense played very well." Of the 16 players who played offense for the Wolver- ines, 12 had at least one attack point for either assisting or scoring a goal. Leading Michigan's attack was midfielder Andy Tumpowsky, who scored four goals and assisted on two others, racking up six attack points. Tom Lall, who played both attack and midfield, finished with four attack points, including three goals. Four other Wolverines, attackers Bill Argersinger, Doug Henke, Brian Molitor and Fred Yun, each added two goals and one assist. As excited as DiGiovanni was with his offense, he still was able to point out flaws in the rest of Michigan's game. "I wasn't pleased with our defense," DiGiovanni said. "We need to sharpen our one-on-one defense, as well as our team defense." The Wolverines scored a quick seven goals in the first quarter, but the Spartans kept it close as the quarter ended, 7-4. Michigan continued the offensive onslaught in the sec- ond quarter, scoring nine goals. Michigan State again responded with four goals and the Wolverines led, 16-8. www EURUW iv 'WEE" EN %p us one-on-one defense, as well as our team defense" - Bob DiGiovanni Michigan lacrosse coach "It was a high scoring first half, but then our defense settled," Michigan co-captain Alex Cedro said. In fact, the Wolverines slowed the Spartan output to a screeching halt as Michigan State scored a meager three goals in the entire second half. Michigan continued to pour it on though, scoring five goals in the second half. "They had some pretty poor midfield defense that we took advantage of," Molitor said. In addition to its defensive lapses, Michigan made some mental mistakes during the.course of the game. On mor than one occasion, the wrong unit was sent in for specific game situations. "We made too many first game, logistical mistakes," DiGiovanni said. With little information about the Spartan lineup, DiGiovanni was hard pressed to find a specific strategy coming into Saturday night's game. "Basically, I try to implement an overall strategy, regardless of our opponent," DiGiovanni said. "We run a fast-break offense where we take (the ball) to the hoop with a minimum amount of passing. On defense, we like being in (their) face." DiGiovanni said the Wolverines did less of the latter. "They didn't do much to hurt us, but we hurt ourselves," DiGiovanni said. "We were not aggressive." student I a I d 0 10 0l -------------------------_ 3 m .. . -... .- -.