Pb 3idipnDaig ONDA . _~ ; AM AIF Alw film VEM V Ba....k oN track .., CCHA standings Team W L T Pts. Michigan 16 4 1 33 Michigan State 14 3 3 31 Miami (Ohio) 12 6 3 27 Northern Michigan 12 8 3 27 Ohio State 13 9 0 26 Lake Superior 9 9 4 22 Ferris State 8 9 3 19 Notre Dame 8 10 3 19 Alaska-Fairbanks 6 16 1 13 Western Michigan 4 16 1 9 Bowling Green 3 15 2 8 Heading into this past weekend, Michigan's big-time winter sports teams were reeling. The hockey team was swept last weekend for the first time in more than a year, and the men's basketball team had lost two in a row in its most important regular-season stretch to date. But after the past weekend, Red Berenson and Brian Ellerbe can start their work weeks with smiles on their faces. The hockey team swept a home-and-home series against Notre Dame and the hoopsters visited Iowa and won convincingly. Big Ten Team Michigan State Purdue Illinois Michigan Indiana Iowa Penn State Wisconsin Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State standings Conf. Overall 8-1 15-4 7-2 19-4 7-2 15-7 6-3 16-6 6-3 15-6 4-4 15-6 3-5 10-8 3-6 10-11 2-7 9-11 1-7 8-10 0-7 7-13 ' ., JOHN KRAFT/Daily Ichigan's Matt Herr had a goal and an assist this weekend a pair of games against Notre Dame. a 0 Icers win twice - one big, one small By Pranay Reddy Daily Sports Writer In the blink of an eye, the Michigan hockey team's weekend could have ended in bitter disappointment - even after a blowout road victory on Friday night. The Wolverines (16-4-1 CC HA, 22-6-1 overall) pulled out a 5-4 overtime victory at home over Notre Dame (8-10-3, 13-13- -Saturday night, after crushing the Irish, 7-2, in South Bend Friday. What turned out to be an exciting finish for Michigan fans on Saturday was nearly a disaster for the Wolverines, who held a 4-1 lead heading into the final period. Michigan left wing Greg Crozier won the game in overtime with his third goal of the night on a slap shot from the right point. "It was kind of a broken play," Crozier said. "I just picked up the puck and saw three of the Notre Dame guys going to the net, and I saw the goaltender come out. "I just tried to shoot the puck as hard as I can." With a comfortable three-goal lead in hand, Michigan coach Red Berenson pulled starting goaltender Marty Turco at the start of the third period in favor of backup Gregg Malicke, who had seen action in just five games this season. And with the lineup change, the Wolverines began flirting with disaster. "I think Malicke came in and had a strong period, but he did- n't get the support' Berenson said. The comeback "had noth- ing to do with Malicke, that was just poor play in front of him. "It was breakdowns defensively, and the penalty killing was horrendous." alicke started the period strong for Michigan, stoning a akaway attempt by Notre Dame center Ben Simon just min- utes into the thrid. But with a high-sticking penalty on forward Scott Matzka at 6:59, Michigan's penalty-kill woes began. The Irish put in their first man-advantage goal of the game on a one-timer by left wing Dan Carlson on a cross-ice feed from right wing Brian Urick. Down two goals, the Notre Dame resurgence was in full swing, as the Irish added a second goal just seconds later. Notre Dame right wing Matt Van Arkel skated behind the net and poked in a shot behind Malicke to bring the deficit to one *1 with 10 minutes to spare. With the defense continuing to slip, Michigan forward Scott Matzka was whistled for a high-sticking penalty at 14:57 to give the Irish their third power play opportunity of the period. See IRISH, Page 4B WARREN ZINN/Daily Robbie Reid had five points and six assists yesterday. Ell1rbe'proud) after road romp By James Goldstein Daily Sports Writer IOWA CITY - Iowa's ful-court and half-court traps were supposed to fluster Michigan in rowdy Carver-Hawkeye Arena, a place where the Wolverines haven't won since 1994. Instead, Michigan used pressure of its own and the Hawkeyes' trap proved to be no more than a trap ... for Iowa. The Wolverines used a late S Michigan 80 first-half surge, a few changing defenses and all-around perfor- Iowa 66 mances from their starters - whose poised play proved crucial when Iowa put on the pressure - to defeat the Hawkeyes, 80-66, yesterday in front of 15,500 fans at Carver-H awkeye. The victory snapped the Wolverines' two-game losing streak and improved their record to 6-3 in the Big Ten and 16- 6 overall. Sixteenth-ranked Iowa (4-4, 15-6) dropped its fourth straight game, and third consecutive contest on its home floor. The Hawkeyes hadn't lost three straight games at Carver-H awkeye since 1991 See HAWKEYES, Page 4B aliv4L ee oe wit/i Iowa win OWA CITY -That thump you heard coming out of Carver-Hawkeye Arena yesterday -- it was the sound of the defibrillator paddles (you know, like the ones they always use on E.R.) jumpstarting the Michigan basketball team and reviving not only its Big Ten championship hopes but its entire season. Yesterday's game at lowa was absolutely a must-win for the Wolverines if they had any hopes of staying in the Big Ten race. But it also was a must-win for the momentum of their season overall. Sure, March is still a month away,' DAN but after losing consecutive games to Illinois and Purdue, it would've been STILLMAN difficult for the Wolverines to recover Still the had they lost to Iowa, consequently Man losing all three games in a stretch in which the Wolverines were looking to, at the very least, win two out of three. See STILLMAN, Page 4B WARREN ZINN/Dadiy All Iowa's Kyle Galloway could do was get out of the way of this Maceo Baston jam in yesterday's Michigan victory. Baston scored 13 points and led all players with 12 rebounds. 'Reversal' for women's hoops brings 'M' loss to Indiana MARAGREL MYTR/Uaily The senior women swimmers said goodbye to Canham Natatorium this weekend. " " Seniors g out in Ric ardson's 100th Uma Subramanian y-Sports Writer A 68-6 record in Big Ten competition, 101 victories in 13 seasons and Big Ten champion swimmers in a variety of events are some of the illustrious credentials of Michigan women's swimming coach Jim Richardson. On Friday, Richardson passed the century mark in victories when his team beat a By B.J.Luria Daily Sports Writer As famous baseball player, coach and philosopher Yogi Berra said, it was like deja vu all over again. Yesterday, the Michigan women's bas- ketball team (6-5 Big Ten, 14-7 overall) lost to Indiana, 67-58, in a game that was eerily similar to the Wolverines' victory in Bloomington two weeks ago. The Hoosiers (6-5, 15-9) jumped out to a 12- point half- Indiana67 time lead y e s t8yesterday Mi;higU1 and made their free throws in the second half to hold off a late Michigan run. The last time these two teams met, on Jan. 16, it was the Wolverines that jumped out to the big halftime lead and held on to win, 78-73. "This game was probably just the reversal of the game that was played in Michigan scored the first eight points of the game before its shooters went ice cold for the rest of the first half, making only seven of their 30 attempts. "It was just not a very good night shooting the basketball," Michigan coach Sue Guevara said. "We left the lid on the baskets for us in the first half. We had good looks but they just didn't go." During one 13-minute stretch in the first half, the Wolverines were outscored 32-5, making just one field goal during the Indiana run. Michigan cut the lead to 12 at halftime and came close to tying late in the second half, but Indiana made 17-of-19 free throws in the half to ice it. In addition to their shooting woes, the Wolverines had trouble stopping Indiana's Barnes. The senior center scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while blocking two shots. Barnes was 11I-of-12 from the charity stripe, making crucial free throws. With 4:13 left in the game, Stacey Despite making the game relatively close late in the second half - Michigan actually outscored the Hoosiers after halftime, 38-35 - the Wolverines had trouble mounting any serious runs throughout the game. "We got it down to five and maybe we'd have something go wrong defen- sively and they'd get a three," Guevara said. "Or, we'd get it down to five and then we had an open look and we could- n't score it." In her first full game back from a knee injury, Michigan's Pollyanna Johns poured in 16 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, including nine offensive boards. Though some people billed the game as a Johns-Barnes showdown, Johns downplayed the importance of the matchup after the game. "It was not like a Quacy Barnes- Pollyanna Johns situation," Johns said. "I went out there ready to play like it was any other game." 'T - 17 1....: ,.. ...,.... om ... I 1 I I