IScoreboard WORLD SERIES NTOA OKYLAU jAtlanta 4, NEW YORK 0 NATRINALHoCEYgleAGUE Atlanta leaks series 2-0DTOT ,LsAnee Home team in CAPS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Oakland at SAN DIEGO, inc- Tuesday October 22, 1996 Carr's deflated offense needs breath of fresh air 0 By Ryan White Daily Sports WNriter Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr still isn't happy about what happened last Saturday at Michigan Stadium. The Wolverines came out flat and at halftime, trailed Indiana, 17-10. Michigan came out with 17 points in the second half to win, 27-20, but it was much too close for anyone's comfort. Carr took responsibilty for the team's first-half perfomance, saying he didn't do enough to prepare the team. So what did he say at halftime to attempt to fix the problem? "He told us what he told us before the game," wide receiver Tai Streets said. "He just emphasized it a little more." Motivation aside, Carr knows he has work to do before the Wolverines face Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday night. For starters, Michigan needs to get its running game running. Michigan ran for 171 yards against the Hoosiers, but its only big play was a 48-yard Charles Woodson reverse that went for a touchdown. Carr said the problem hasn't been on the offensive line, but in the secondary. Michigan has been able to get backs Clarence Williams and Chris Howard through the line, but they've been met there by safeties - safeties not blocked by the receivers. Streets admitted that there's room for improvement in many areas. "I think we're doing all right," he said. "We just have to keep trying to get better at blocking and running routes as well." Routes, however, didn't appear to be the problem with Michigan's passing game last Saturday - unless the routes were being run 10 yards too short. Dreisbach was just 17-of-35 and consistently overthrew his receivers. He said after the game that he was playing hurt. A shoulder injury he suf- fered Oct. 5 at Northwestern was aggravated in the first quarter against the Hoosiers. Carr said he doesn't know yet if Dreisbach will be ready to go against the Golden Gophers. "We'll find that out," Carr said. Carr added that at no time during last Saturday's game did he think about pulling Dreisbach. Despite the offensive problems, Streets said it was business as usual between Dreisbach and the receivers, against Indiana. "We really didn't say anything to him, and he really didn't say anything to us" Streets said. "We have confidence i* him." Streets couldn't pinpoint exactly what went wrong Saturday, however. He said Michigan simply qame out flat, and it won't happen this week. "This game we're going to be pre- pared - I hope," he said. "No, we'll be prepared." INJURIES, INJURIES, INJURIES: Everyone who saw Saturday's game against the Hoosiers saw Michigan ce ter Rod Payne limping after nearly everr play. Carr said Payne suffered both a bro- ken bone in his right hand and bruised a knee Saturday. But Payne being hurt is nothing new, and Payne snapped a number of games last season with his left hand. "If anybody in this world will play, it will be Rod," Carr said. Carr also noted that inside linebacker Eric Mayes and strong safety Steve Kira were hurt and are questionable for Saturday's game. MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Russell Shaw and the rest of the Michigan receiving corps will be asked to improve their blocking for Saturday's game against Minnesota. That same group of receivers is hoping quarterback Scott Dreisbach is fully recovered from the shoulder injury that hampered him against Indiana. Dreisbach struggled against the Hoosiers, completing just 17 of 35 passes. Michigan sports roundup: 'M' volleyball loses third straight Blue soccer gets revenge with scoreless tie against Wisconsin By Kevin Kasiborski Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's volleyball team was attempting to win for the first time ever in both State College and Columbus this weekend. The Wolverines returned home with- out managing to win a single game. Michigan (2-6 Big Ten, 7-12 overall) was swept by No. 5 Penn State on Saturday and by No. 14 Ohio State on Friday. The largest crowd to watch a Big Ten match this year - 5,043 fans - saw Penn State (6-2, 17-2) top Michigan. 15-5, 15-1, 15-9. "We are a better team than we played this weekend," Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "And we need to get back on the winning track." As a team, Michigan had a .092 hit- ting percentage on the night, compared to .484 for the Lady Lions. Besides being out-hit, the Wolverines were also out-blocked (14- 2) and had fewer digs (44-27). Michigan got 11 kills from sopho- nore outside hitter Karen Chase and eight kills from junior middle blocker Sarah Jackson. Although the Wolverines hadn't won in Columbus in 16 tries, they managed to take a 2-0 lead over Ohio State in game one. It turned out to be Michigan's only lead of the night. The Buckeyes (5-3, 16.3), powered by 18 kills from Vanessa Wouters, swept the Wolverines in three straight games, 15-9, 15-1, 15-6. After taking the early lead, the Wolverines committed six hitting errors, giving the Buckeyes a 6-2 advantage. Michigan cut it to 8-7 and 9-8, but Ohio State pulled away for a six-point win. Already leading 2-0 in the match, the Buckeyes did not let up in game three. They jumped out to a 14-2 lead before a Wouters spike finished the Wolverines. "We just couldn't do anything right, and the stats reflect that," Giovanazzi said. "We didn't hit or serve well, our setting was down and we didn't block well" Jackson led the team with nine kills, and Chase had seven. Shareen Luze topped both teams with eight digs. Soccer The Michigan women's soccer team battled No. I11 Wisconsin to a standstill Sunday, securing a scoreless tie and a measure of revenge in the process. The Wolverines (22-1, 5-6-3) trad- ed chances with the Big Ten champion Badgers (5-0-2, 10-2-3) for two halves and two overtime periods before set- tling for a draw. "The older players really stressed last year's close loss against them for motivation," Michigan forward Marie Spaccarotella said. "I'm pretty satis- fied, but we dominated them and we should have won." Both goalies made several sparkling saves including a stop on a breakaway by Michigan goalie Jessica Jones with an assist from midfielder Shannon Poole, who cleared the rebound out of danger. Friday, the Wolverines ended their season-long four-game losing streak with a 2-0 shutout of Northwestern (2- 4, 7-5-1). Michigan forwards Jessica Limauro and Karen Montgomery provided all of the Wolverines' offense with the team's only two shots of the first half. "The key to this win was solid team play," Michigan coach Debbie Belkin said. -- Mike Rubi Men's Tennis This fall, the Michigan men's tennis team has matched its success in last spring's Big Ten championship season. The Georgia Tech Fall Invitational this past weekend proved no different for the Wolverines. Led by junior David Paradzik and sophomore Will Farah, the Wolverines stood out from the other schools. Paradzik and Farah both fell to the hands of eventual A flight winner, Benjamin Cassaign of Georgia. After four wins. Paradzik lost to Cassaign Tech in the semifinals (3-6, 3-6). "David really beat some key guys on his way to the semifinal," Michigan coach Brian Eisner said. Farah, who faced Cassaign in the first round, was placed in the back draw after bowing out in the first round, 7-6, 6-1. Farah went unbeaten in his next five matches to capture the consolation title. "Any time you can have two of your players reach a semifinal or final, whether it be the main draw, or the con- solation draw, you can feel very pleased," Eisner said. Junior transfer Brook Blain, playing his second match for the Wolverines, fell in the A flight quarterfinals, (6-0, 6-2) to Eddie Jacques of Georgia. "Brook played his best tennis so far in his short career here at Michigan" Eisner said. -Jordan Field Hockey Michigan sophomore defenseman Bubba Berenzweig will not make the trip to Alaska this Thursday due to a pulled groin. The Wolverines can only take 22 players on the road for league games and freshman Kevin Magnuson will be the seventh defenseman. "(Berenzweig) hurt his groin (Sunday)," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "Before we even started practice he came off. ... It's not much better today. It's the kind of injury where you have to stay off the ice and skating is the worst thing for it." - Mark Snyder The Atlanta Braves take a two-games- to-none lead back to Atlanta tonight, after the defending World Series cham- pions handed the Yankees their sec- ond straight loss at home. AP PHOTO MaddUx, Braves take 2-0 lead NEW YORK (AP) - The way Greg Maddux was pitching, one run would have been plenty. The Atlanta Braves didn't need to go on another rampage, relying instead on Maddux's eight shutout innings to beat the New York Yankees 4-0 last night for a 2-0 lead in the World Series. Fred McGriff drove in three runs as the Braves won their fifth straight game in the postseason, a span in which they've outscored opponents 48-2. On this night, though, Maddux put the focus right back on Atlanta's awesome starters. Because of an earlier rainout, there will be no travel day. Instead, Game 3 will be tonight, with 1995 World Series MVP Tom Glavine starting for the Braves against David Cone. Maddux made it look easy, allowing six hits, permitting only two runners past first base and walking none. The lone time the Yankees put two runners on base in an inning, the four-time Cy Young winner induced Wade Boggs to bounce into a double play and got Bernie Williams to ground out to end the sixth. Mark Wohlers struck out the side in the ninth for the Braves, allowing a two-out single to Cecil Fielder. With nothing to cheer for, frustrated Yankees fans took to running on the field in the later innings. In fact, five of the4 touched second base, more people than the Yankees' offense put there. The game ended with a section of Braves fans chant- ing and chopping behind home plate. Maddux struck out two in improving to 7-4 lifetime in the postseason, including a 3-1 mark this year. McGriff hit RBI singles in the first and third innings andliad a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Added to his two RBIs on Sunday night, he set a record with 15 RBIs in a postseason. McGriff broke the mark of 14 set by Reggie Jackson in 1978, although he had only the AL playoffs and the World Series to do it for the Yankees. Prolonged exposure 3 U MWII gri formi_ eat scores... Law School Business School Dental chool Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m. University of Michigan Chemistry Bldg., Rm. 1200 A lecture by David North National Secretary, Socialist Equality Party For more information contact the SE: (313) 327.9421 . Visit the SEP Web page at http://www.rust.net/-Iaborpub: 7 Rapid pulse. Shortness of breath. What kind of job could cause such symptoms? Working at Ralston Resorts will AASAINEPNOW, 'Inwinl W-uwN )1W-7 A