. .... UMfe Sd~~gm ~h Scoreboard MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS NATIONAL LEAGUE ST. LOUIS 5, San Diego 4 Atlanta 3, LOS ANGELES 2 St. Louis leads series 2-0 Atlanta leads series 2-0 Home team in CAPS. '4 Friday October 4, 1996 12 THIS WEEKEND IN MICHIGAN SPORTS 'M' spikers to face Spartans at enison By Kevin Kasiborski Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's volleyball team's orders this weekend, should they choose to accept them, sound like Mission: Impossible. The challenge facing the Wolverines is a trip to East Lansing, and a match against No. 9Michigan State, in front 3,000 hostile fans in Jenison Field House. , A large crowd is expected, because the Spartans receive their Big Ten cham- pionship rings from last season. Michigan (0-2 Big Ten, 5-8 overall) should be familiar with this type of assignment. It has already faced five top 25 teams this season. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, there were no daring escapes or last-minute plot twists to bail them out of the end of those matches, and they lost all five. Those matches were played against non-conference opponents, and were intended to toughen-up Michigan before starting Big Ten play. The Wolverines were disappointed in their start to conference play, however. They built two-games-to-one leads against both Iowa and Illinois, but lost each match in five games. Michigan State '(3-0, 9-4), which went Schedule Today Men's cross country at Notre Dame Invitational, Notre Dame, Ind., 4 P~m. Women's tennis at Eck Classic, Notre Dame, Ind., all day Men's tennis at Tarheel Invitational, Chapel Hill, N.C., all day Volleyball at Michigan State, East Lansing, 7 p.m. Women's soccer at Washington, Seattle, 3 p.m. Tomorrow Men's golf hosts Wolverine Invitational, University Golf Course, all day Football at Northwestern, Evanston, 12:20 or 12:30 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN2, or Creative Sports) to the NCAA semifinals last season, is favored to repeat as Big Ten champion. The Spartans swept both matches against Michigan last season. Field hockey After one half of play Wednesday, the Michigan field hockey team found itself losing to Michigan State. Instead of get- ting mad, the Wolverines got even, and then sone. The result was a three-goal outburst and a 4-3 victory, Michigan's first in Big Ten play this year. The win evened Michigan's record to 4-4 overall, while the Spartans fell to 8- 3. Now the Wolverines have an opportu- nity to go over the .500 mark for the first time since Sept. 21, with a non-confer- ence match against New Hampshire on Sunday at noon. Michigan's chances of winning are good. In eight games this season, the Wildcats have looked more like mild- cats, scoring a total of 10 goals and being shut out three times. New Hampshire is 1-7 this year, with its lone win coming against Virginia Commonwealth, 5-1. See WEEKEND, Page 13 Volleyball at Northwestern, Evanston, 7:30 p.m. Hockey, Blue/White Game. Ann Arbor Ice Cube, 7 p.m. Women's tennis at Eck Classic, Notre Dame, Ind., all day Men's tennis at Tarheel Invitational, Chapel Hill, N.C., all day Sunday Field hockey vs. New Hampshire, Ocker Field. noon Men's golf hosts Wolverine Invitational, University Golf Course, all day Women's soccer at Portland, Seattle, 11 a.m. Women's tennis at Eck Classic, Notre Dame, Ind., all day Men's tennis at Tarheel Invitational, Chapel Hill, N.C., all day icers to cool in Ice Cube By Andy Knudsen Daily Sports Writer Although there has only been on week of practice, the Michigan hockey team will play its first game tomorrow night. But if thb players have gotten sick of seeing the same faces in practice, th n maybe tomorrow won't be very excItr ing. And if they can't wait to deliver a big.. hit, then maybe they should hold back for a few more days. The only opponent the Wolverines. will have tomorrow is themselves in, the annual Blue/White scrimmage. Due. to the continuing renovations of Yost Ice Arena, the game will be held at thc Ann Arbor Ice Cube, off Scio Church= road south of I-94, at 7:30 p.m. "I don't get too excited (about the scrimmage), because you go round and round, and you really don't want to hart anybody on your team," junior rig 16 wing Bill Muckalt said. Assistant captain Blake Sloidi echoed Muckalt's desire to square otTf against a real opponent. "It's getting old after a while going after the same guys," the senior defenseman said. Michigan can release any inhibitions; Tuesday when the Wolverines meet; Waterloo in an exhibition game. But there is a point to the intrasqua scrimmage. "We're trying to go over cverything (in practice), but you don't have a lot f: time for repetition," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We need time to+ get into doing other things - faceoffs, defensive zone coverage, dumping the puck in. We need some game sitL-j tions. "And, of course, you look at the freshmen - how are they going dQo show up in a first-game environment. The Wolverines have three new fresh' faces this year. Freshman Andrew Merrick, who can play either center or left wing, is expected to see a lot ofie time this year. Freshmen defenserrn Kevin Magnuson and Sean Peach wi4 be brought along slower than Merrick.- according to Berenson. Clarence Williams was tackled here, but he scored a touchdown last week against UCLA. Will Michigan get tackled tomorrow at Northwestern? The Wolverines lost to the Wildcats, 19-16, last year at Michigan Stadium. O Winldy City game will, be ng~o bre*V,,.eze flor Blmuwe By Ryan White Daily Sports Writer No surprises this year, just ask Michigan defensive end Glenn Steele. "Northwestern is a great team," Steele said. "They know what it takes to win big ganes. I'm sure it's going to come down to the final seconds." The Wolverines won't admit to taking the Wildcats lightly last season. Michigan will point to its four turnovers, including a late interception thrown by Brian Griese that sealed the game. Those mistakes led to Northwestern's 19-13 upset in Michigan Stadium, but there's a good chance that, even after beating Notre Dame, the Wildcats took the Wolverines a bit by surprise. As a result, the No. 6 Wolverines (1-0 Big Ten, 4-0 overall) know exactly what to expect when they step on the field at Dyche Stadium tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. Michigan is saying all the right things about Northwestern (1-0, 3-1), and in particular, its star theater major and tailback Darnell Autry. "Darnell is a powerful back," Steele said. "He's experienced ,and he knows how to get yards." Actually, he knows how to get a lot of yards. Autry rushed for 1,785 yards last season. His 103 yards against Michigan made him one of only five backs to run past the century mark against the Wolverines last season. Autry has already run up 573 yards this year, but more impressive is the fact that he hasn't been held under 100 yards in 17 straight games. "That is a tribute to his toughness, his ability and his desire," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. But things aren't completely rosy on offense. Quarterback Steve Schnur has already thrown as many interceptions as he did all last season. However, the Wildcats are gaining nearly half a yard more See WILDCATS, Page 13 F A C E F F0CT14 hitil Bil tipirsit ili IE 878 Ds sek out off8 o Eilite IneerligEEI r -anal emeiiemm lookin for ajob? Take a look at We're the fourth lar est publicly owned telecommuniations company il the world and a leading cellular-serviee provider in the U.S. What's in it for Yel? The convergini, technoloiies and exploSive rowth of our business make OTiS the riIght companly in the Fight place at the ight time. Looking for ajob? Why not a career. Take a look at GEYou'll like what you see. 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