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field hockey open
conference campaign
By Pranay Reddy
Daily Sports Writer tests, 3-0 and 1-0. Yet even after at American University. Wilkins
those defeats, the Buckeyes found a coached the Eagles to a record
With five games under its belt, the way to upend the Wolverines in the 79-83-8 during her tenure, and
Michigan field hockey team is about first round of the Big Ten tourna- 1994 led them to a No. 15 nation
to begin the meat of its season this ment, 3-1. ranking.
weekend at Ocker Field. The One would think the Wolverines With a 1-7 record in recent yea
Wolverines will face Ohio State would still be seething from last against a talented Penn State pi
tomorrow at 4 p.m., with national year's early exit from the tourna- gram, which is currently ranked N
power Penn State following Sunday ment, but Pankratz doesn't think so. 19, the Wolverines will be fighti
at noon. ghosts from the past and monsters
One thing Michigan (3-2) won't the present on Sunday.
have to worry about as it begins its No one knows this better th
trek toward the top of the Big Ten is It s a long ig Pankratz.
a lack of confidence. According to "They are going to be a rca
coach Marcia Pankratz, the Ten easo n ndtough team to play against," s
Wolverines are flying after a stun- said. "They are an excellent tea
ning come-from-behind 3-2 victory with 'a couple of really strong ph
over Ball State last weekend. g e t . 'ners."
"It was a big win that was impor- Strong might be an understaf
tant for (us)," she said. "It built (our) We have to stay ment for the caliber of play of o
confidence a lot, and let (us) know particular Nittany Lion. Senior T&
that we can win at any given even-keeled and Maguire was chosen as an alterna
moment as long as we stay focused for the U. S. Olympic team
on what (we are) doing." focus onevey Atlanta.
But that was last weekend, against Ironically, if Maguire had be
another team from another confer- games chosen to compete, she would ha
ence. This weekend poses an entire- joined two of Michigan's coachesc
ly different challenge to Michigan, - Marcia Pankratz the squad. Pankratz and assista
as it begins to face the rough-and- Michigan field hockey coach coach Tracey Fuchs both represen
tumble Big Ten, in which anything ed the United States this past sun
can happen. "I haven't heard any talk about mer.
"It's a long Big Ten season, and (last year's loss)," Pankratz said. Penn State also will be looking i
there is a lot of great competition," "(The Wolverines) know it is a big retribution as it heads to Ann Arbc
Pankratz said. "We have to stay game, and it is one they certainly are after a pair of difficult losses to t
even-keeled and focus on every ready for." competition this past weekend. T
game." Ohio State, like Michigan, begins Nittany Lions dropped a 2-1 dec
Michigan dominated the Buckeyes this season with a new head coach. sion to No. 8 Connecticut as well
during the regular season last year, Anne Wilkinson makes her way to a 4-3 overtime thriller against No.
shutting out Ohio State in both con- Columbus after spending nine years Massachusetts.
MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily
Junior attacker Aimee Remiglo and the Michigan field hockey team are set to begin the Big Ten season, facing Ohio State
tomorrow and Penn State on Sunday. The Wolverines compiled a 3-2 record in the non-conference portion of their schedule.
UCLA quarterback McNown adjusting
to role as leader of inexperienced offense
By Brent Boyd
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
Last season, Cade McNown did not
even appear on the UCLA football depth
chart.
Twelve months later, he holds the
future of Bruins football in the palm of
his hand. Suddenly, the sophomore has
become the second most experience
member of an offense filled with ques-
tion marks. He faces the daunting task of
leading an offense depleted by NFL
departures and graduations. No longer
will he have the luxury of handing the
ball to Karim Abdul-Jabbar or being
protected by Jonathan Ogden and com-
pany. The majority of the pressure, most
say, will fall on the left-hander.
McNown, however, is hearing none of it.
"I know all of sudden people are
putting a lot of weight on my shoulders,"
McNown said. "I don't put any pressure
on myself because of other people. So,
I'm not really feeling the outside pres-
sure. I know it's there but I choose not to
listen to it."
At first glance, McNown does not
appear to be the one for the Bruins to
rest their hopes on. There does not seem
to be any particular greatness about
him. His passes don't have touch like
Dan Marino's do. He can't throw for
the distance that John Elway can. He
doesn't even have the athleticism that
Steve Young possesses. In 1995, he
completed 122 of 245 passes for 1,698
yards. Respectable numbers, yes, but
by no means remarkable. But, numbers
are not what Cade McNown is all
about. He relies on the desire to com-
pete, the toughness of a running back
and an overall love of the game.
"He's a fierce competitor, a fierce
competitor," former head coach Terry
Donahue said. "I really like the way he
competes." Looking more like a line-
backer than a quarterback, McNown is
not afraid to get hit, or even give hits.
"If they wanted me to change posi-
tions, I probably would," he said. "It
wouldn't bother me because, seriously,
I love football. If I was fast enough or
quick enough I would play receiver, or I
would play running back, or I would
play defense - it's fun." It's not just
talk either, since McNown is the club's
leading returning rusher from a year
ago, having gained 311 yards on the
ground. Last season, he clinched the
game against USC with a 21-yard
scamper on third-and-13, and in this
year's opener against Tennessee,
McNown on numerous occasions
turned potential sacks into first downs.
"During the game, he ad-libs,"
Donahue said. "He has a good ability
to take something that's a disaster and
turn it into something positive."
"It's obvious that he loves the game,"
offensive coordinator Al Borges said.
"All he really wants to do is be around
it all the time. It's probably overkill,
which for a coach is kind of nice. He
has a great thirst for knowledge." As
soon a McNown committed to UCLA,
he called then-offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo and requested a playbook
in order to study it during the offseason.
Those were the intangibles that enable
McNown to become a leader on the
club, despite his youth.
"I think he's won a vote of confi-
dence with the rest of the players,"
Borges said. "I think because of it, it
reflects his attitude with the rest of the
team. There's a lot to be said for leading
the team by example, not necessarily
cheerleading. I think he's done that."
"All my life I've done things like
being a team captain or a leader of a
football team would do," McNown
said. "Being a young QB can be a real-
ly tough thing, because 75-80 percent
of the team was here before me.
Whether or not people are going to fol-
low that, that's up to them." For the
most part, the players have followed his
lead.
"When we're out on the field nobody
has a year, nothing like that," senior
flanker Derek Ayers said. "In order for
everything to work, everybody has to
do their role, and his role is to tell us the
plays and we're supposed to execute
them. Nobody looked at him as a fresh-
man."
McNown became a leader much ear-
lier than planned. Last season, having
practiced with the team for only three
weeks, he entered the game at Brigham
Young in the first half due to an injury
to starter Ryan Fien. He proceeded to
lead the Bruins to a 23-9 victory. The
next week against Oregon, he became
the first true freshman in UCLA histo-
ry to start the team's conference opener.
Two weeks later, he became the Bruins'
permanent starter.
The team very easily could have been
separated along the lines of rookie ver-
sus third-year veteran (Fien eventually
transferred to Idaho). But McNown
remained strong.
"He handled the situation better than
any freshman you could imagine,"
Ayers said. "Most freshmen would
panic and would be scared, but he was
pretty confident and always trying to
make something happen. He was a
good leader." As for McNown, he
couldn't concern himself over anything
other than the game itself.
"I don't know (the players') reactions
because I wasn't really worried about it,'
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