10 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 23, 1996 Pair of 'M' netters to head out West Is Alvarez By Brooke McGahey For the Daily Sunny skies and warm weather are in store for the Michigan women's tennis team's Sarah Cyganiak and Sora Moon as the two head to Pacific -Palisades, Calif., for the NCAA All- American Championship. The duo 'qualified for the main draw of the doubles competition that begins tomorrow. The tournament is an Intercollegiate Tennis Association National event, the second of the season for Moon and Cyganiak, who were the only Wolverines invited to participate. "It is always a great honor to be invited to participate in a national tournament," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. . Cyganiak began qualifying rounds for the singles competition yesterday when she fell to Patricia Zerdan of Southern Methodist, 6-2, 6-0. A year ago, Cyganiak was No. 83 in the ITA national rankings, and Zerdan was No. 50. After winning her first con- solatioti round yesterday, Cyganiak will play Stephanie Tibbits of California today. "Our goal is to the play the best possible tennis that we are capable of and enjoy the process," Moon said. Cyganiak. and Moon participated in the first collegiate Grand Slam event of the season last month at the ITA Clay Court Championship in Baltimore, Md. The tournament was unique in that it was played on a clay court, not the hard-court surface to which college players are accustomed. This weekend's tournament will be played on hard courts, which should favor both women since they are much more comfortable playing on that surface. "Cyganiak's style is more con- ducive to a hard court," Ritt said, "Her game tends to be more intimi- dating." After last month's third-round loss to Kylie Hunt and Christine Sim of Kansas, 6-2, 6-2, at the Clay Court Championship, Cyganiak and Moon have been looking forward to this competition. "The tournament will be extreme- ly competitive, and the level of play will probably be higher than that of the Clays," Moon said. "Knowing that, I'm just going to give everything I can." Both Moon and Cyganiak have practiced well prior to this competi- tion, Ritt said. But there will be some tough competition for the duo as they enter the main draw. Last year, they ended the season No. 31 in the ITA national doubles rankings. Tomorrow, they will play against players from solid teams such as UCLA, Notre Dame, Texas, Mississippi and William & Mary. "There is a lot of strong competi- tion," Ritt said. "It all depends on who you play. Anything you can do at a national event is a bonus." Cyganiak and Moon are not new- comers to the ITA National Circuit, and they have received many honors as players at Michigan, both individ- ually and as a duo. really that d*umb? 0 FILE PHOTO/Daily Michigan's Sarah Cyganiak (above) and Sora Moon travel to the NCAA All-American Championship at Pacific Palisades, Calif. TAN KERS Continued from Page 9 ing the Illini by 26 points. Lutz was so pleased with his team's performance against the nationally-ranked team that he is anxiously anticipating the meeting with Michigan. "I couldn't have been more pleased with what we did this week- end," Lutz said. "To come in and give the No. 10 team in the country a tough battle is saying something about this young team. I can't wait for Michigan." As both teams anticipate the meet- ing, Michigan is also looking forward to competing in the Northwestern Relays the following day. "The Northwestern Relays are fun," Kampfe said. "You get some racing in, but in sort of a different way.' Our goals are oriented toward physical preparation training." - Jim Richardson Michigan women's swimming coach Ohio State foes focus on running game This unique event consists of dif- ferent types of relays and traditional- ly has a playful, upbeat atmosphere, according to Richardson. "It is low pressure but high ener- gy," he said. Joining in on the fun on Sunday will be Northwestern, Michigan State, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin- Milwaukee and Northern Illinois. Northwestern has a talented young team and always gives Michigan com- petitive races. While the Wolverines are planning on enjoying themselves Sunday, they also mean business and do not plan on allowing Northwestern to spoil their fun. "They beat us in the relay meet a couple years ago," Richardson said. "That is one meet that no one likes to lose." Michigan won't be looking to break any records this weekend as the start of the season is geared toward intense distance workouts so that the swimmers will be in better physical shape at the end of the sea- son. "Our goals are oriented toward physical preparation training." Richardson said. "We will see what we have at the end of the week." JOIN THE MOST PROMISING PROFESSION OF THE 21 ST CENTURY Prospective Teacher Education Meeting Thursday, November 7, 1996 6:00 p.m. Whitney Auditorium Room 1309 School of Education Building Call 764-7563 for more information. OPEN-MINDED BIBLE STUDY all dcenon iations welcome all fait hscWlcotm all scxual orientations welcome tll people welcome FRIDAYS 3:30-5:00 at Canter bury House Blue house past the Friee Bldg. 721 E. Huron COLUMBUS (AP) - For years, Ohio State has lived and died with its running game. Brute strength up front, a big back to clear things out, and then a tailback who can turn a small opening into a 50-yard touchdown. Now the Buckeyes, even though unbeaten and ranked second in the nation, are watching other teams take that away. "What's been wrong the last couple of weeks is people have basically been playing us with an eight-man front," Ohio State coach John Cooper said yes- terday. "They're forcing us sometimes to run uphill." The Buckeyes beat Wisconsin, 17- 14, two weeks 'ago and sprinted away from a halftime tie last week to beat Purdue, 42-14. Even though they are winning, it's also clear teams are making them do it in unconventional ways. Ohio State has run for 155 yards each of its last two games. The two pre- ceding games - against No 5 Notre Dame and No. 4 Penn State - the Buckeyes averaged 278 yards on the ground. Cooper uses tailback Pepe Pearson as an example of what can happen when defenses gamble by stacking people along the line. Against Purdue, Pearson had 152 yards on 26 carries - the majority coming on touchdown runs of 64 and 26 yards. "People are devising ways to stop what we're doing," Cooper said. "They're doing a lot of twisting and slanting and stunting and moving, all that kind of stuff. With eight people up there, they're going to give you some bad plays. On* the other hand, some- times you're going to pop a home run. "I've heard people say, 'You take away Pepe's two long runs Saturday.' Hell, you can't take them away. What do you mean, take them away? You take away their two pass plays, and they don't score, either." The eight-man front puts more pres- sure on Ohio State's passing game. So far, quarterbacks Stanley Jackson and Joe Germaine have been up to the chal- lenge, having combined for 539 yards and three touchdowns against Wisconsin and Purdue. But even some of the Buckeyes acknowledge the problem isn't going away. "That's still no excuse," guard Rob Murphy said of the stop-the-run-first strategy. "We have to just go out and block whoever's there. If they bring up 11 guys, we should block them." Offensive tackle Eric Gohlstin added, "Sometimes there's just more guys there than you can block." Pearson said he expects more of the same at No. 20 Iowa on Saturday. "It looks like they'll play eight or nine guys on the line," he said. "It looks like we'll be in for it again." H ow could he be so stupid? That was the question nearly every- one had after Wisconsin fumbled with 49 seconds left last Saturday, basi- cally handing the game to Northwestern. How could Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez be so dumb? Why didn't he simply have his quarterback take a knee and kill the clock as the televisi announcers said the quarterback coul Well, maybe he couldn't have com- pletely killed the clock. Despite what was reported during ESPN's broadcast of the Wildcats' 34- 30 come-from- behind win over Wisconsin, the Badgers needed a first down to be able to run out the clock: If they had downed the ball, RYAN Northwestern would have got- WHITE ten it back with White on a chance for at Target least one more play (see Michigan-Colorado). On first down, Wisconsin picked u eight yards. On second-and-two, fresW man running back Ron Dayne, who had 139 yards on the day, dropped quarterback Mike Samuels handoff, and Northwestern recovered. Two plays later, the Wildcats' D'Wayne Bates caught the game-win- ning touchdown pass. And folks all over the country were lining up to lynch Alvarez. ESPN's Lee Corso, who accumula ed a 41-68-2 record coaching Indiana from 1973-82, suggested that Alvarez resign as a result of the supposed gaffe. Everyone else simply wondered how anyone could be so dumb. The problem was, Alvarez didn't do anything any other coach wouldn't have done. He simply was the victim of some horrible luck. "It's unfortunate and unfair when it's not reported correctly," Alvarez said j the television coverage. "I really beli a lot of people felt it was gospel, and it was not" To ESPN's credit, it fessed up to the mistake. Play-by-play commentator Brad Nessler called in to the weekly Big Ten coaches' teleconference to apologize to Alvarez. "It's a good thing we weren't coach- ing the football game, because we wouldn't have done very well," Nessl said. "Anything we did that caused t Wisconsin coaching staff any undue criticism, on behalf of ESPN, if we blew it, we apologize." Nessler added that it's important not to believe everything you hear, or read. "If that were the case, Princess Di would be married to Elvis by now," he said. Alvarez thanked Nessler for the apology and conceded that everyone makes mistakes. The problem is, in this day of fanat cal fans, call-in-radio and general col- lege football hysteria, one little mistake like that could cost a coach his head. Many Big Ten coaches admitted to hearing something said on television or the radio that was inaccurate. "I hear it all the time," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. "I think it's unfortunate they're so inaccurate some- times. "Some of them should know better. Unfortunately, as Nessler pointed out in his apology, things happen just as quickly in the booth as they do on the field, and mistakes are made. Nobody's perfect, and some credit should be given to Nessler for admitting it. And to Alvarez's credit, he's not as dumb as we first thought he was. RELOADED: Everyone wondered how Ohio State would fair without last se . son's Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George, quarterback Bobby Hoying and receiver Terry Glenn. At this point in the season, the Buckeyes are doing just fine. 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