'M' soccer, ranked for first time ever, splits By John Friedberg Daily Sports Writer Playing goalie in any sport is never easy. Well, maybe it is sometimes. ichigan freshman goalie Carissa art had as easy a first game Sunday as anyone has ever had. Stewart posted a shutout as No. 22 Michigan (3-1-0), ranked for the first time in team history, trounced New Hampshire, 6-0. Stewart did not even have to make a save as the Wildcats only managed one shot. The blowout salvaged the weekend for the Wolverines, who dropped a tough 2-1 decision to No. 15 Massachusetts on ichigan led Massachusetts, 1-0, at halftime on a goal by sophomore Emily Schmitt, just 15 minutes into the game. The goal was assistedby fellow sophomore and team scoring leader Amber Berendowsky. Massachusetts provided all of the scor- ing in the second half, as Emma Kurowski tied the game on a penalty kick and Minutewoman freshman Kara Green nailed the game-winner with only three minutes left. The Wolverines outshot the Minutewomen, 21-9, but Massachusetts goalie Danielle Dion was up to the task. Yesterday proved to be a much different story for the Wolverines, as Michigan dom- inated both halves from start to finish. The game was even more lopsided than the 6-0 score would indicate - the Wolverines outshot the Wildcats, 27-1. The list of stars was long yesterday, as seven different Wolverines scored points. Freshman Kacy Beitel opened the scor- ing with her second goal of the season, just 2:56 into the game, on passes from Deb Flaherty and Mari Hoff. Michigan scored once more in the first half when Schmitt added her second goal of the weekend 16 minutes later. Schmitt also picked up an assist in the second half. Berendowsky spearheaded the Michigan charge, scoring five points on two goals and an assist, including a 35-footer at the second-half buzzer to end the game. The sophomore from Brighton now has 11 points in four games and is well on her way to breaking her own team record for points in a season. As a freshman, Berendowsky scored 19 points in 20 games last year. Flaherty assisted on both first-half goals. The two points were her first of the season. Flaherty is the Wolverines' all-time leading scorer with 45 career points. Freshman Erin Gilhart opened the sec- ond-half scoring with her first collegiate goal. She headed in a corner kick from senior Ashley Marks to put the game out of reach. Laura Fedrigo scored her first point of the young season as she and Marks set up Berendowsky seven minutes later, ending a Wolverine flurry of three goals in 10 min- utes. Michigan's defense continued its strong season over the weekend. Over four games, the Wolverines have only allowed 19 shots and three goals. Goalies Jessica Jones and Stewart have two shutouts between them and have both been solid this season. MARGAi EMYERS/Daily The Michigan soccer team split this weekend, failing to Massachusetts, 2-1, then beating New Hampshire, 6-0. To have success, Goss will need to ,tand rm for Blue ere were times in 1968 when All-Big Ten defensive tackle Tom Goss would be sipping water on the Michigan Stadium sidelines, his energy drained from trying to stuff some oppo- nent's drive, and the unexpected would happen. An interception. A fumble. An untimely offensive breakdown. nd suddenly, he'd be back to work. Goss, sore and unrested, ld run out haphazardly with the defense, pulling on his winged helmet as he went. His cup of water would be left on the bench unfinished - half empty or half full, depending on his view, which often depended on how he played. It was gut-check time, one of the brief moments on which the attitudes of entire teams, schools and depart- ments rest. When a person has no time to think - in the case of an athletic director, no time to decide what will be politically popular - he is left to be himself. There can be no faking. And so when Goss is introduced as Michigan's new Athletic Director today, his prepared comments probably will mean little. NICHOLAS J- Performance in crisis situations showed us COTSONIKA what kind of player Goss was decades ago, The Greek and they will tell us what kind of athletic Speaks director he will be, starting today. The athletic department has fumbled, today's the turnover, and the only question now is whether Goss can make the recovery. Joe Roberson, who preceded Goss, had his chances. Too many chances, really. But he and his staff often were beaten backward. here was the Gary Moeller incident, of course. Moeller got drunk, said some things he shouldn't have, and everyone looked'to Roberson for a reaction. Roberson took a firm stand on nothing. He didn't stand behind Moeller like he could (should?) have and didn't even admit to firing him. As football coach, Moeller got o resign. Lloyd Carr was promoted from defensive coordinator to interim head coach. Interim? For nearly an entire season? Unfair. To this day, Carr's credibility remains damaged because of that, as if he doesn't really See COTSONIKA, Page 4B Astickysituation Michigan senior Meredith Weinstein and the rest of the - a , ,Wolverines fail to defending . national chain pion North Carolina on Saturday,63 North Carolina rolls over Michigan, 6-3 By BJ. Luria Daily Sports Writer In most cases, when a field hockey team allows four goals by one player, it has failed to shut her down. But when that player is Cindy Werley of No. 1 North Carolina, holding her to four goals in a game can be considered a success. Werley and the defending national champion Tar Heels defeated Michigan (3-1) Saturday at Ocker Field in a game that saw North Carolina (2-0) take a 5-1 lead in the second half, before eventually winning, 6-3. Despite trailing for much of the first half, Michigan dominated early. At 9:46 of the first half Sandra Cabrera scored her first goal of the season on a penalty corner to tie the score at one. Werley, who scored her first goal early in the game, came right back with her second goal at 7:19 and com- pleted the hat trick with 2:45 left in the half to push North Carolina to a 3-1 halftime lead. "We played toe to toe with them for a long time and there was a good 20-minute span in that first half when we actually dominated," Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz said. "Even though the score didn't look like it, we played them pretty close." The Tar Heels began to blow the game open early in the second half. Abbi Keller scored for North Carolina on a penalty stroke at 29:36 and Werley scored her fourth goal at 27:27. Despite trailing 5-1, the Wolverines did not give up. After Werley was pulled from the game at 24:22, Loveita Wilkinson scored for Michigan through a crowd on a pretty centering pass from Shelley Johnson at 17:48. After North Carolina scored a minute and a half later to make the score 5-2, Julie Flachs scored on a penalty corner to complete the scoring. Flachs leads the team in scoring with five goals, including one in each of Michigan's matches this year. Despite giving up six goals, the Wolverines were sat- isfied with their play against the nation's best player and team. "They're disappointed at losing and I want them to be disappointed at losing," Pankratz said. "But I think they feel good about their effort." North Carolina coach Karen Shelton, who has built a dynasty in Chapel Hill, had plenty of nice things to say about the Wolverines. "This is certainly a program on the upswing," Shelton said. "Marcia's doing a wonderful job and there's no question they're improving. They competed hard with us today." Michigan will draw on the experience gained in this game as it heads into the rest of the season. "I think we really stayed with them and for that we're really excited," Cabrera said. "We're looking forward to what it's going to do for the rest of our season, how it's going to affect us in the Big Ten." The Wolverines will be getting an added boost when four players, including three starters, return to the team this week. FAITH AND OLD OPTIMISM CARRY NEW IRISH By Nicholas J. Cotsonika Daily Sports Editor SOUTH BEND - Gold helmets flooded the field on a sun-splashed Saturday this weekend as the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame rechristened their old stadium, baptised a new coach and revered their precious holy ghosts. Mediocre as the team may be by local standards, noth- ing could quell the carnival atmosphere as the Irish survived a scare from Georgia Tech and won, 17-13. "Anytime you can win your first football game of the season, especiallykvhen you have a new coaching staff, that is a big, big win," said Irish coach Bob Davie, hired as Lou Holtz's replacement last winter. "Looking back, it was a big, big, big win for our football team. It's obvious we've got a strong foundation on this team and in our program." In three weeks, the Irish will travel to Ann Arbor to face Michigan, a team stuck in similar doldrums on the field but one in a much more peculiar position off of it. The two programs arguably atop college football in tradition, prestige and esteem that have seemed so similar for so long may now have a crucial difference: The Irish may be hav- ing more fun. There is renewed spirit and optimism that the Irish are heading into a new golden era, while the mood around Michigan suggests concerns about a slip into the bad old days.. It matters not that Michigan ranks first in all-time victories with 764 and Notre Dame second at 747, nor that Notre Dame ranks first in all-time winning percentage at .759 and Michigan second at .737. It matters not that both were relatively unsuccessful last season, with the Wolverines ranked 20th and the Irish 21st. Change has swooped down here like the breath of life and energized a program that has as much attachment to the past as does Michigan. The contrast is plain to see. A two-year, $50 million renovation of Notre Dame Stadium boosted its seating capacity to 80,225, which was met easily on Rededication Day. As some Michigan fresh- man complained about receiving split-sea- son ticket packages this year, Notre Dame alums cheered their newfound ability to get ahold of tickets for more than one game per season. Davie removed some of the crustiness of the Holtz era, which had gone on just about long enough for Irish fans. When Lloyd Carr was named coach at Michigan, he was scrutinized. Davie was scrutinized, too, but Notre Dame students gave Davie their bless- ing right away, even organizing a new ver- sion of the Holtz cheer for him. "DAAAV-EEEE! DAAAV-EEEE!" For moving the traditional pep rally held at Joyce Center, the basketball and hockey arena complex, to the stadium, Davie earned a lot of love. Students had complained that subway alumni yearning to hear Holtz's rantings in the past had kept out students, so Davie made sure everyone who wanted to attend could. And they did. Friday night, more than 30,000 came to hear Davie and other speak- ers wax poetic about Notre Dame. 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