The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - September 23, 1996 - 7B .olleyball falls short to Irish, splatters Eastern Ry .3. SerapIglia For the Daily Up two sets to one at Cliff Keen Arena Friday night, the Michigan volleyball feam was just three points away from *psetting the No. 12 team in the nation. fut the Wolverines failed to deliver the knockout blow, giving the Irish consecu- tive victory No. 51 against unranked opponents.. Michigan lost to Notre Dame, 15-10, ;8-15, 5-15, 15-12, 15-10, because it .could not put the Irish away. 'We were really taking care of the htch,' Michigan coach Greg (iovanazzi said. "The end of game four id the start of game five is what cost us e atch." ZThe Wolverines' poor play at that juncture spoiled what was otherwise a 'flawless match. They stunned the Irish With their defense, and confused them with their tremendous outside hitting. sophomores Karen Chase and Linsey Ebert and junior Sarah Jackson piled up cills, but it was the play of outside hitter Colleen Miniuk that was especially #ipressive. Coming off the bench, Miniuk regis- tered team highs of 24 kills and 23 digs as Michigan took sets two and three. ..After racing out to an early 8-3 lead in set four, the Michigan attack seemed to let up, allowing the Irish to crawl back into the match. This flat period ultimately turned out to be.the deciding factor in the game. Tied at 12 in the fourth set, the ,-olverines would not score another quint as the Irish came from behind to take the set. Michigan was tentative at the start of game five and quickly fell behind 7-2. It was a deficit they could tot be overcome. Despite the loss, the Wolverines showed continued improvement. "It's there," junior Linnea Mendoza said. "We dominated this game if you look at all the numbers. On paper we won."' And win is exactly what Michigan did the following night. Playing an Eastern Michigan squad that was 6-4 but largely untested, the Wolverines simply pum- meled the Eagles. They allowed no side outs in the first set as outside hitter Jeanine Szczesniak served all 15 points, including two aces, in their 15-0 victory. The Wolverines would go on to clobber Eastern in the next two matches, 15-3 and 15-9. "Last night's finish (against Notre Dame) dictated how we played tonight. We allowed no let-up," Giovanazzi said. "Our serving game was exceptional and we showed a lot of character and intensi- ty," The Wolverines emerged from their last non-conference weekend with a split and find themselves a game under the .500 mark at 5-6 overall. But the mediocre record does not have the team down. "I think we're good enough to go and win the conference. It's just a matter of whether we will." The Wolverines'road to a Big Ten title starts away from home next weekend, when they take on Iowa and Illinois. If the Wolverines are to win the Big Ten, they will have to keep up the level of play that characterized this weekend's play, and they must learn how to knock off a top-ranked team. "We really need a win in (a game against a top-ranked team)," Giovanazzi said. "If this team gets that win, they'll realize how good they really are.' PARADISE Continued from Page 3B -ed his side of the story. "I'm taken care of very well by Ron and our trainers and everything," Sullivan said. "It just got to the point where I was really fed up with it and needed to just voice my own opinion." Sullivan is not the first Canadian ath- lete to be criticized for leaving Canada to go to school in the United States. In sports, many Canadians have an inferi- ority complex when it comes to com- peting with America. "The Canadians have been saying for years that the U.S. takes some of their athletes and ruins them and abuses them," Warhurst said. "Well, that's sour grapes from a lot of the Canadian coaches.' Kevin Sullivan is a senior at Michigan. He is proud to compete on American soil. He is proud to run for the Wolverines. But most of all - like all long-distance runners - he runs for himself. He doesn't owe anybody anything. - Barry Sollenberger can be reached over e-mail atjsol@umich.edu. U U JOE WESTRATE/Daity Junior Sarah Jackson and the Michigan volleyball team lost a close match to No. 12 Notre Dame on Friday but rebounded to destroy Eastern Michigan on Saturday. Sponsored by: Andersen Consulting M idwest Arthur AndersenM dw s Hewitt Associates Leo Burnett Company November 22. 1996 momm . mxo Inconsistent 'M' women golfers place ninth Nancy Berger Daily Sports Writer When most sports fans think of Indiana, they think of basketball, Bobby Knight or maybe even the movie "Hoosiers". 'To those fans that are acquainted with the collegiate golf community, Indiana sparks different thoughts. Thoughts of excellent golf. At last weekend's Lady Northern *nvitational at East Lansing, the Hoosiers ran all over the Big Ten as well as Missouri, Iowa State, Illinois and Northern Illinois by shooting a 50-over par 914 for the 54-hole tournament. Indiana outshot its nearest opponent, Ohio State, by 15 strokes. Ohio State was led by Amy Langhals, who finished first individually with a seven-over par 223. While the Big Ten teams took the first 11 places, Michigan managed to finish in ninth place, with a 95-over par 959. Despite their low finish, the Wolverines said the competition was close between the rest of the conference. "From third to ninth place, the compe- tition was tight;" sophomore Sharon Park said. "We were just eight or 10 shots away after the second round" According to coach Kathy Teichert, the outcome of this weekend's tourna- ment can be deceiving when you size up the conference. "There is a lot of parity in the Big Ten. It is a lot closer than you think," Teichert said. "If you start playing well and get the ball rolling quicker, then things will start to happen." In the first round, Michigan averaged 80 strokes as a team and then improved to a 77.75 average on the second day. The team ballooned to an 82 average yesterday. Teichert cited Michigan's erratic scores as a factor in the outcome of the tournament. "We didn't have one person that shined through," Teichert said. "On the first day Sharon, Wendy (Westfall) and Ashley (Williams) played well. On the second day, Ashley and Wendy did not play well and on the last day, Sarah (Lindholm) was the only player under 80." As a result of the inconsistency in individual scores, not one Wolverine finished in the top 20. Park was Michigan's highest finisher, placing 21st, while Lindholm and senior Molly Vandenbark placed 39th and 52nd, respectively. Inconsistency wasn't the only glaring mistake which hurt the Wolverines this past weekend. Teichert pointed to many of Michigan's difficulties yesterday. "We had a bad day (yesterday), Teichert said. "As a team we had sever- al (double bogeys). We didn't make enough birdies to make up for the dou- bles." For Park, a couple of bad holes in the third round hurt her overall score. "If I would have played better (yes- terday) it would have been different," she said. "It was a couple of bad holes and it shot my confidence. Partial List of Employers: Andersen Consulting Arthur Andersen Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. Central Intelligence Agency Citibank Defense Intelligence Agency Delphi-Saginaw, GMC Federated Department Stores Fidelity Investments First Chicago General Mills Hewitt Associates Leo Burnett Manor Care, Inc. 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