8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 19, 1998

Harriers take Interregional title

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By Ryan C. Molonoy
Daily Sports Writer
Unlike some sports, there is no rain
delay in cross country. When it starts to
pour, the tarp isn't rolled out. Instead, the
race goes on as planned.
So when the third-ranked Wolverines
stepped to the line yesterday at the
Wolverine Interregional, the weather
took a back seat to the task at hand -
tuning up for the Big Ten champi-
onships.
"I thought we competed hard,"

Michigan coach Mike McGuire said
after the Wolverines captured the fifth,
eighth, ninth, 22nd and 27th positions en
route to a 71-point performance, good
enough for first place.
The Wolverines were challenged
throughout the race by a competitive
Georgetown team that ended up second
with 87 points.
"Georgetown's got a really good
team," McGuire said. "We're not beat-
ing the sisters of the poor out there."
Leading the way for the Wolverines

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were, as usual, Katie McGregor and
Elizabeth Kampfe, who clocked times of
17:55 and 18:04, respectively.
Following them was Michelle Slater,
who caught up with Kampfe to finish at
18:05, and Lisa Ouellet, who sprinted by
a pack of about five other runners just
before the finish line to clock an 18:33.
Though the Wolverines maintained
their undefeated record, some usually
solid runners admitted to an off day.
"I didn't have it today," McGregor
said. "There were a lot of people out
there who had it and I didn't.
"I'm not indestructible. It can only go
for so long"
The team started out well, with
McGregor and Kampfe running in the
top two spots at the mile mark. But
Michigan seemed to falter as the race
progressed, especially in the second
mile.
"We got out really well," said
McGuire. "We were hanging on a little
bit; we were definitely more points
ahead halfway than at the end."
Ultimately, McGuire was satisfied
with the effort of his team.
"Everybody's got to deal with the
weather" McGuire said. "Sometimes it's
just one of those days. But they hung in
there and competed and that's the thing."

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Katie McGregor couldn't do it all today, but luckily she had help from her Michigan
teammates. The Wolverines won the Interregional, edging Georgetown.


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By Vaughn R. Kiug
Daily Sports Writer
To say the No. 19 Michigan soccer
team dominated in-state rival Michigan
State could be the understatement of the
year.
Michigan achieved near perfection on
Friday by allowing just eight Michigan
State shots and three corner kicks,
thrashing the Spartans who were seek-
ing their first win over the Wolverines
since 1994.
The Wolverines (5-3-1 Big Ten, 1 1-3-
1 overall) blanked the Spartans 4-0 at
Old College Field in East Lansing,
while tallying their fourth shut-out in
seven games.
Sophomore goalkeeper Carissa
Stewart recorded the shutout in handing
Michigan State its third consecutive loss
and brought its season total to 2-10-I.
"She played a really solid game but
did not get a lot of action from Michigan
State," Michigan coach Debbie Belkin
said of Stewart. "She did handle and dis-
tribute the ball well and consistently
when it came her way, though."
On the offensive front, 18 shots on

goal rained from the feet of the
Wolverines with more than 22 percent
of those shots reaching the back of the
net.
At the 22:42 mark of the first half,
Jessica Limauro put Michigan on the
board, thanks to an assist from Amber
Berendowsky.
With less than two minutes remaining
in the half, Marie Spaccarotella notched
her second goal of the year to put
Michigan up 2-0 at the half
"We just could not get it going in the
first half and we paid for it," Michigan
State head coach Tom Saxon said. "The
goal we gave up late in the first half was
a killer.
"You can not allow that to a good
team like Michigan."
The Wolverines maintained the offen-
sive intensity and defensive dominance
of the first half after the break.
Only eight minutes into the half,
Michigan's Emily Schmitt blasted an
unassisted goal to give the Wolverines a
nearly insurmountable lead.
As the game drew to a close
Limauro's pass to Laurie Peterson

allowed her to score the second goal of
her college career and add an exclama-
tion point to Michigan's efforts.
Despite the easiness and complacen-
cy that a serious lead could have
prompted, the Michigan defense never
gave up and constantly pressured the
Spartan offense.
"It was nice to see 90 minutes of solid
defense" Belkin said. "We avoided the
mental lapses that hampered us a few
times earlier in the season."
Michigan's win impacted its post sea-
son future as well. The win over
Michigan State ensured the Wolverines
one of eight berths in the Big Ten tour-
nament to be held Nov. 6-8 in State
College.
Michigan will be defending last
year's Big Ten tournament champi-
onship.
Reflecting on the Big Ten regular sea-
son as it drew to a close, Belkin said she
was satisfied with her team's efforts.
"Every game except for
Northwestern we played well;" Belkin
said. "When we did lose, those games
could have gone either way."

By Jon Zemke
Daily Sports Writer
The ultimate test is playing against
the best. When the Michigan volley-
ball team did just that, it didn't fare
very well.
Friday night, the Wolverines trav-
eled to Penn State to take on the sec-
ond-ranked Nittany Lions. It was a
joyous occasion for Penn State as it
swept Michigan. The Wolverines have
lost five straight matches.
The Wolverines only scored nine*
points the entire match, including as
first-game blanking as Penn State
handed them their seventh loss of the
season.
"Tough, tough road trip," Michigan
coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "Friday
night's match was really tough. They
kept us down the whole time"
Michigan hasn't failed to score a
point in a game since Nov. 4, 1994
when the Nittany Lions blanked them
in the third and final game of the
match. The total of nine points in a
match was the worst output since
Michigan lost to Illinois in '93.
Outmatched in every area,
Michigan turned in a pitiful hitting
percentage of .065, with a season-low
24 kills. The Nittany Lions countered
by posting a .360 hitting percentage
with 38 kills. Their hitting percentage
s for the first game alone was a high
.545.
Picking apart the Wolverine
defense wasn't a problem for the
Nittany Lions, either, as they recorded
nine service aces. Penn State also out-
blocked Michigan 8-2.
Penn State "served us really tough
the first game," Giovanazzi said.
"And (we) really had a tough time in
serve receiving. So we were never
really able to get the offense going."
On a positive note, Michigan fresh-
man setter Shannon Melka recorded
her 100th dig for the season with her
only dig of the match. Senior Karen
Chase again led the Wolverines in
kills with seven, while sophomore
Alija Pittenger led the team with 18
assists. The two combined to lead the
team in digs with six each. Joannna
Fielder had Michigan's only two
blocks.
"They are a for-real team,"*
Giovanazzi said.
Playing Ohio State on Saturday
made up the latter end of the road trip
for Michigan. The No. 21 Buckeyes
looked to be a slightly easier match
than Penn State, but Ohio State pulled
out the win in a closely contested
four-game match.
The first two games fell into the
Buckeyes' favor, even though the
Wolverines played them close each
time, 17-15 and 15-10. The
Wolverines cae back to take the
third game, 15-12, before dropping
the fourth, 15-10, in a tight game.
The key to both losses was
Michigan's inadequacy at service
receiving. Ohio State recorded 1 I ser-
vice aces on top of Penn State's nine
against the Wolverines.
Service reception has "been the
thing we've focused on the most;'.
Giovanazzi said, "and I wonder if
right now we're just not overdoing it.
"We need to just go back, relax, and
pass the ball."
Leading the way for the Wolverines
were Chase, with I5 kills, and Melka,
with 37 assists and three service aces.
Sophomore Sarah Behnke chipped in
14 digs while senior outside hitter
Linsey Ebert recorded six blocks,
including a personal season high of*W
two solo blocks.
Next up the Wolverines will host
No. 6 Wisconsin on Friday in Cliff
Keen Arena at 7 p.m.

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