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October 14, 1996
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Whistles can't keep 'M'
icers from sinking Lakers
By Mark Snder
Daily Sports Wter
SAULT STE. MARIE - The Michigan hockey
team went to Lake Superior hoping to escape with
a victory. It left happy to escape alive.
Michigan defeated Lake Superior, 4-2, in a game
that was best defined as brutal.
Whistles were the theme of the night as the refer-
ees called 43 penalties between the two teams.
With the score tied at two in the beginning of the
third period, Bill Muckalt took on the role of hero in
the penalty-infested contest.
With a five-on-three advantage, the right wing
received a pass from John Madden and blasted a
slapshot from the point past Lakers' goalie John
Grahame at 2:51, giving Michigan the lead for good.
"Grahame made a huge save on me at the end of
the second period," Muckalt said. "It was a 2-2
game, and we needed to step up. They were two
men down, and I thought I'd put something on the
net, and fortunately it went in for me."
Matt Herr sealed the victory with a shorthanded
breakaway goal at 14:21.
Although the game was a non-conference affair,
it was important nonetheless.
"Anytime you win up here, you have to feel
good," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "The
momentum of the penalties in the third period (hurt
us). (But) I like the way our team got stronger as the
game went on"
Grahame got a full view of the action from the
beginning. At 8:16 of the first period, Grahame
made the mistake of charging out of the net to cor-
ral a loose puck.
The next thing Grahame knew, he was in the air,
pads and all, after tripping over a streaking Madden,
the goaltender flipped head-over-heels in the air.
While Grahame remained in the game, the play was
a sign of the intensity of the contest.
Lake Superior opened the scoring when defense-
man Gino Pulente's shot glanced off center Terry
Marchant's skate and bounced in past Michigan
goalie Marty Turco.
"We knew they would come out strong and they
did," Berenson said. "(Lake State) had us on our
heels for the first period. A big part of that was the
penalties we took. We were shorthanded too many
times in the first period.'
Marchant's goal at the 9:03 mark was one of
those times. Not only did Lake Superior have a
physical edge at the time of the goal, it had two
more men on the ice than Michigan.
The Wolverines, on the other hand, got'he equal-
izer four minutes later at 13:13, when Jason
Botterill scored on a five-on-three. Brendan
Morrison and Warren Luhning assisted on
Botterill's goal, which was a historic moment for
Morrison.
The senior's assist was his 200th career point.
While Morrison had to wait from the Waterloo
game last Tuesday until the first period against Lake
Superior to get No. 200, No. 201 didn't take as long.
At 13:35, Madden scored his first goal of the sea-
son on assists from Morrison and Botterill. The
score gave Michigan its first lead at 2-1.
Lake Superior evened the score with the only
even-strength goal of the night at 16:06, as left wing
Joe Blaznek set up center Bryan Fuss.
The second period was a myriad of strong
checks, physical play and fights, but no goals. After
a brawl erupted between the two teams at 1:13 of
the period, 12 penalties were handed out.
Although the benches did not empty, the ice was
nearly barren.
The penalties were offsetting, so additional play-
ers were able to take the ice to resume play.
The 26 penalties in the period made it difficult
for the players to get into a shooting rhythm, and
Michigan and Lake Superior emerged from the
chaos still tied, 2-2, heading into the final period.
WARREN Z INN/Daily
Michigan's John Madden put the Wolverines ahead, 2-1, at the 13:35 mark of the first period with a power-play goal. The score came just 22 se/-
9nds after Jason Botterill put the Wolverines on the scoreboard. Michigan scored three times on the power play, which was a key to its success
ast year. Thus far, the Wolverines are converting more than 40 percent of the chances with an extra skater.
Blue spikers upset No. 9 Badgers . ;
By Kevin Kasiborski and Sharat Raju
Daily Sports Writers
For the eighth time in 17 matches,
the Michigan women's volleyball team
played a nationally-ranked opponent.
And for the first time, the
Wolverines won.
On Friday, the Wolverines upset No.
9 Wisconsin, 15-12, 15-7, 15-12, at
Cliff Keen Arena in front of 1,383
fans, the third largest crowd in
Michigan volleyball history, for "Rock
the House" night.
"Our hope is that this is the one that
,puts us over the hump," Michigan
coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "We've
played at that level a lot this year, and
not had the payoff we had tonight."
The Badgers (4-2 Big Ten, 14-2
overall) are the second-highest ranked
team that the Wolverines (2-4, 7-10)
have ever defeated. Last season,
Michigan defeated No. 8 Penn State.
In each of the games against
Wisconsin, the Wolverines jumped out
: to early leads, only to have the Badgers
*rally. In game one, the Badgers came
back from 8-3 to tie the score at eight.
Michigan managed to hold off
Wisconsin's final charge.
The second game was an easy victo-
ry for the Wolverines, but the third
game was the toughest one of the
match. Although they surged to an
early 8-2 lead, the Wolverines soon
found out they would have to earn the
three-game sweep. Wisconsin fought
back to 8-7, and again to 10-9, but
Michigan refused to be denied, hold-
ing on for the victory.
"For me, it was not enough to say
anymore 'our stats are good,"'
Michigan middle blocker Sarah
Jackson said. "If we're in the game, I
wanted to beat (a ranked team)."
Jackson had a team-high 16 kills
and a .483 hitting percentage with only
two hitting errors. Linnea Mendoza
had 55 assists and was instrumental in
directing the offense.
"Linnea (Mendoza) was doing such
a good job spreading around the
offense," Giovanazzi said.
"Wisconsin's left front blockers didn't
know what to do."
Michigan's attackers took advantage
of Wisconsin's confusion. Jackson,
Linsey Ebert (12 kills, .524 hitting per-
centage) and Jeanine Szczesniak (12
kills, 15 digs) had opportunities to
make big plays.
"I think Jeanine (Szczesniak's)
attacking was phenomenal,"
Giovanazzi said.
Friday, unlike previous matches
against top-ranked competition, the
Wolverines managed to hang on to
late-game leads and pulled out a victo-
ry.
"I never thought we played the
scoreboard," Giovanazzi said. "I
thought their play fluctuated, but not
ours."
The Wolverines were not able to
carry that momentum over to
Saturday's match against Minnesota
(4-2, 13-6), losing, 15-12, 15-6 and
15-11.
The match was a mirror image of
the previous night. This time,
Michigan was trailing in each game
and Minnesota was getting out to early
leads.
"We decided to focus on Wisconsin
because we match up with them so
well, even though they're the better
team," said Giovanazzi about
Michigan's preparation this past week.
The biggest thorn in Michigan's side
all night was Minnesota All-American
Katrien DeDecker, who had a match-
high 19 kills.
Leading the Wolverines was Karen
Chase with 12 kills.
"It was crucial for us to get one of
two this weekend," Giovanazzi said.
The Michigan vol-
leyball team split
a pair of home
matches this
weekend against
Wisconsin and
Minnesota. The
victory over
Wisonsin came
during Michigan's
annual "Rock The
House" night.
JOE WESTRATE/Daily
Michigan soccer drops below
P.500 mark with pair of losses
...
By Nancy Berger and Mike Rubi
Daily Sports Writers
The Michigan women's soccer team
played solid defense and registered plen-
-ty of scoring opportunities in its two
matches this weekend.
Too bad the Wolverines couldn't put
*he two together in one game.
"We had great opportunities, but our
shots were not killer shots;' Michigan
coach Debbie Belkin said.
As a result of poor shooting, the
Wolverines lost 1-0 to the 15th-ranked
Nittany Lions (2-1-1 Big Ten, 8-2-2
overall), in an intense defensive battle.
Yesterday, the Wolverines were able to
get on the scoreboard by trading chances
with No. 17 Minnesota (1-2, 8-3 ). But
*~in the end, Michigan (1-3, 4-6-2) found
itself on the short end of a 4-2 decision.
Unlike Friday's contest, yesterday's
game featured several good scoring
opportunities for both sides. If not for
superb goaltending, the first half threat-
ened to turn into a shootout.
Michigan resnnfded toi the' first
Minnesota end and sent a pass into the
box, which Ruth Poulin deposited in the
back of the goal.
Berendowsky had a clear breakaway
early in the second half, but was stoned
by Larsen.
"When you are coming in on a one-
on-one situation you have to rely on
instinct," Berendowski said.
One-on-one situations were tough to
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