The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 7, 1997 -11 IWrestlers packing their bags *again By Tracy Sandler Daily Sports Writer On the road again ... . After traveling last week to both East Lansing and Columbus, the No. 11 Michigan wrestlers, who are riding a three-game winning streak, will be pack- ing their bags again to travel to loomington to face the Hoosiers night and Purdue tomorrow evening. The last two wins have come against archrivals Michigan State and Ohio State. The team has been practicing hard all week to keep momentum flowing both emotionally and physically. "I think we've had several good days of practice this week," Michigan coach Dale Bahr said. "Hopefully, the kids are getting up psy- 4ologically. The Hit the 'st couple of road meets have been the best two that Who: Michgan we've wrestled all VS. Indiana and year. We want that Purdue to continue." When Tonight Head to head tomorrow against the Bloomitnton Hoosiers, the and West Wolverines match up well, according ' Bahr. Indiana has the country's No. 2 wrestler at 142 pounds, but their only other All- American is 177-pounder Mike Powell, who has been out for the last several weeks with a shoulder injury. If Powell does not wrestle, Michigan's Joe DeGain will face B. Aaron Del Mar. The Boilermakers pose more of a ,reat to Michigan. "They have their best kids in the lower weight classes,' Bahr said. "We have to win at least one of those matches. I'm more afraid of Purdue than Indiana." Close wins and wins in the lower weight classes, once burdens for the Wolverines, have been the key contribu- tors to Michigan's recent success. "This weekend will be challenging," 150-pounder Bill Lacure said. "They're two Big Ten teams, and they're both pret- * good. I'm hoping guys that have pulled out close wins know that they are right where they need to be and know that they can go with anyone. I hope they believe in themselves" As well as the Wolverines have been wrestling, they know they need to be careful at this time of year "I told the guys that the last 10 days of January and the first 1I days of February when a lot of teams have the tough- time;' Bahr said. "Teams seem to either start going up and getting better to get ready for the Big Tens or go the other way.' The Wolverines are not only aware of what they need to do, but they are also aware of the need for improvement. "I think there's always room for improvement;" Michigan heavyweight Airron Richardson said. "You never, or rarely, wrestle a perfect match. Even ough we beat a team like Ohio State, veryone can use improvements in indi- vidual matches" COPIES Report Binding 1" or less Velo, Spiral or Glue to 65# covers indcted m n ~i e 125 CANON COLOR LASER No editing, 8.5x11 Dollar Dill1 C <3 P Y 1 !V t 611 Church Street S66Mc 9328 LLOW A Ti - 'M' hurt by streaky shooting Women's hoops hopes to warm up after losing 4 of last 5 #' 41 Few teams have been able to keep Michigan down for long. Bowling Green had it- tie luck - only Michigan.State has beaten the Wolverines this year. Title chase s toig ht B for By Dan Stillman Daily Sports Writer Miami (Ohio) is fading, Bowling Green never got going in the first place and Michigan State can barely field a team. There is one team, however, that still poses a major threat to the Michigan hockey team's CCHA title hopes. That team - second-place Lake Superior State - visits the Joe Louis Arena tonight at 7:30 p.m., hoping to beat Michigan for the first time this sea- son and chip away at the Wolverines' three-point lead in the conference stand- ings. Tomorrow night, an intrastate battle between Michigan and Michigan State will complete the weekend of College Hockey at the Joe with a 7 o'clock start. Michigan senior captain Brendan Morrison will continue his chase this weekend for the school-record in career points and assists. He needs seven points to break Denny Felsner's record of 261 (1988-92), and two assists to break Brian Wiseman's all-time assist mark of 164 ('90-'94). Points may be hard to come by against No. 7 Lake Superior (14-5-3 CCHA, 18- 9-4 overall). The series history between the two has been a hotly contested one. Lake Superior is the only CCHA team with an all-time winning record against the Wolverines. The Lakers are at a disadvantage in catching No. 1 Michigan (16-1-2, 25-1- 3), as the Wolverines have three games in hand on them. But Lake Superior has two more shots at the Wolverines after tonight. Michigan has already defeated the Lakers twice this season, but neither counted as a conference game. The most recent was a 5-4 thriller on Dec. 28, in the finals of the Great Lakes Invitational, also at Joe Louis. The Wolverines won that game only after surrendering a two-goal lead in the third period. Lake Superior tied the game with 1:28 left in regulation, but Michigan left wing Matt Herr's goal with 52 seconds remaining was the game-winner. "We were lucky to win," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We didn't prove that we were a better team" Lake Superior first-year coach Scott Borek said that he hopes his team has matured since that game. "When the puck was dropped after we tied it, we were still feeling pretty good about the last goal, not thinking about the next goal," Borek said. After a slow start, the Lakers showed signs of maturing during a midseason 10-game winning streak. Since then, they are 6-4-3, including six games with the Spartans and Redskins, as well the GLI loss to the Wolverines. "We had 12 new players and a new coaching staff," Borek said. "Our slow start is attributed to just getting to know each other" Michigan, a veteran team, comes into the game playing its best hockey of the season after a stretch of defensive prob- lems. "It's a game of momentum and it's a season of momentum," Berenson said. "I think we're earning confidence and we're earning some momentum"' By Kevin Kasiborski Daily Sports Writer Resilient. Michigan women's basketball coach Sue Guevara has used that word on multiple occasions this year to describe her team, This weekend, the coach may get a chance to say it again, as the Wolverines try to bounce back from one of their worst efforts of the sea- son. This past Sunday, Michigan shot only 29 percent from the field in a 73- 56 loss to Indiana. "I was disappointed with our defen- sive breakdown the most," Guevara said. "Sometimes shooters go into a slump. Unfortunately, we had all the shooters in a slump." The Michigan shooters have been inconsistent throughout the season. Against Iowa on Jan. 26, the Wolverines were filling it up, shoot- ing 60.4 percent from the field. But in their next game against the Hoosiers, that percentage was cut in half, as Michigan made only nine field goals in the second half. This weekend, Michigan (4-6 Big Ten, 12-7 overall) is traveling to Penn State to face the Nittany Lions on Friday before returning to take on Purdue in Crisler Arena on Sunday. Perennial power Penn State (4-6, 11-9) is having a down year by its standards. Three starters are gone from last year's Big Ten tournament champions. "We are more experienced inside than Penn State," Guevara said. "We are going to try and get Tiffany Willard going inside." If Willard has early success in the post, that will help center Pollyanna Johns get open. When the Wolverines' outside shooters were fir- ing up bricks against Indiana, the H-oosiers were able to double team Johns on every sequence, neutralizing Michigan's most dangerous offensive weapon. Michigan sophomore guard Ann Lemire, who sat out the first half against Indiana because of a violation of team rules, will again not start but should play on Friday. She had been carrying a large chunk of the offen- sive load' before going scoreless against the Hoosiers. Before last Sunday, Michigan's worst shooting percentage this season had been in a 66-44 loss at Purdue on Jan. 10. First-year coach Nell Fortner has the Boilers (7-3, 11-8) winning despite taking over a team with only three letterwinners returning from last year."Purdue is going to try and slow the ball game down," Guevara said. "They only have seven players and I know they don't want to run a lot. I thought when we played at Purdue we were scared." After facing Penn State on Sunday, Michigan will get to play four of its last five games at home. But Guevara isn't looking that far ahead. "I'm not going to go away from what I have been preaching all sea- son," she said. "And that is take it one game at a time. "I don't think we have peaked yet. I am still waiting to see this team on all cylinders. We have had games with two or three people contributing. I am waiting to see five.". Opponent Ohio State Minnesota NOrRTHWESTERN Purdue ILLINOIS INDIANA Michigan St. WISCONSIN lowa Indiana FG Pct. .373 .419 .493 .333 .493 .333 .415 .484 .604 .292 Hot and cold Much like a Michigan winter, the Wolverines shooting percentage has been scorching one day, and frigid the next. Home games in CAPS 4 ;, Result L, 78-55 W, 82-62 W, 97-90 L, 66-44 W, 93-87 L, 7159 L, 76-67 L, 7772. W, 75-3 L, 73-56 __mi The University of Michigan School of Music R I 1#' F'., 1 I' SAnnouncing the alte ttcl igttn + ttii ' C, 4 Friday, February 7 Concert Band Kevin Sedatole, conductor *Music by Turina, Grainger, Holst and Hindemith Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. Saturday, February 8 Contemporary Directions Ensemble eThe Music of John Harbison H. Robert Reynolds, conductor Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. Monday, February 10 Composers Forum Britten Recital Hall, E. V. Moore Bldg., 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 11 University Philharmonia Orchestra Pier Calabria, Jerry Blackstone, Annunziata Tomaro, conductors Concerto winner Catherine McKeever, contralto UM Men's Glee Club * Haydn: Symphony No. 80 " Brahms: Alto Rhapsody " Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great" Hill Auditorium, 8p.m. Thursday, February 13 Music Engineering Seminar Series: "Advanced Programming Techniques for Algorhythmic Composition" by Mikhail Malt, IRCAM, Paris 2044 E.V. Moore Bldg., 4:10p.m. Thursday, February 13 - Sunday, February 16 Theatre & Drama Production Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel Directed by Kim Rubinstein Mendelssohn Theatre, Thur. - Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets: $18-$7 (313-764-0450) Saturdnv. Februnrv 15 1996-1997 V> V Get the low down on the who's who of the 5alary charts... Check-ut th $alar#StppI~met, av:lbl a .. ca" :,4a :: NOW I