Scoreboard. CPS WORLD SERIES NHL EwYork 3, DETROIT 5, NIEGO O Nashville 2 MONTREAL 3, Yankees win World Ottawa 2 Series, 4-0. Edmonton 4, NY. ISLANDERS 2 Vancouver 2, WASHINGTON 1 SPORSTSianl~ti Scoring'M' goals Former Michigan hockey player Bill Muckalt was up to his old tricks again last night. No, Mucks didn't take another dive. He did score his second NHL goal, though, for the Vancouver Canucks. Thursday October 22, 1998 11A "W" Athletes pledge to keep Reese s memyo alive I's been 10 months since the tragedy. Ten months since efferey Reese collapsed in Crisler Arena, sacrificing his ife in an attempt to make weight for a match against Michigan State. Ten months since the wrestling world screeched to a halt, all eyes focusing on Ann Arbor. Ten months not to forget. A lot has happened in those 10 months. A president is on the verge of impeachment. A football team, then a hockey team, reached the pinnacle of success. Another president, this one of a high school class not too far from T lg, got a 14-year old girl drunk and then took advantage of her. A Michigan student died in a drug-relat- JOSH ed incident, then another one in an alcohol-related incident. KLEINBAUM It would be easy to forget. A lot is Apocalypse going on in the world, in the state, on Now this campus, it would be so easy. But Michigan's student athletes won't let you. "We're a pretty tight family," Michigan swimmer Andy Potts said. "When he died, we all felt the loss - the whole at letic community. We all share a real strong bond repre- ing the University of Michigan on the athletic field. We view it as an honor to wear maize and blue, to represent something larger than yourself. Jeff never took that for granted." "He fought for everything he got and he deserved every- thing he earned." Ten months not to forget. The Student Athlete Advisory Council wants to make sure of it. They want to make sure that no one forgets, not in the past 10 months, not in the next 10 months, not ever. The athletes want to leave a lasting legacy for Jeff, Anil Bayles, the faculty advisor for SAAC, said. "They know that it could happen to them. So they thought, how could they leave a legacy to him?" See KLEINBAUM, Page 16A RED,, WHITE,. MAIZE AND 'M' ath beyond, BLUE ietes the A com ete B en BY TRACY SANDLER DAILY SPORTS WRITER Competing in any sport at the Big Ten level requires a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication. Athletes at the University of Michigan are among the best in the country. But there are also those who have been fortunate enough to move on to another level. Many Wolverines do not stop competing when the college season ends. In fact, a large number of Michigan's top athletes spend the offseason competing in a number of different events. From wrestling to field hockey, Michigan boasts numerous National, Junior World Cup and Olympic team members. Some of these athletes are seasoned vet- erans, while some are just beginning their national careers. Making an Olympic team would probably be the pin- nacle of success for most amateur athletes. Senior swimmer Tom Malchow has had first-hand experience He won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and is currently a member of the 1999 U.S. Pan-Pacific national swim team. With all of his experience, Malchow is quick to point out the high level of competition at both the university and international levels. One of the main areas where he sees the difference is pressure. "The Olympics is a step up to the next level," Malchow said. "You have the whole country resting on your shoulders, and it gives you a greater sense of pres- sure. I really didn't have a sense of what pressure means until I stepped up with the United States cap." Playing in Puerto Rico, Spain and Poland, Michigan women's basketball player Stacey Thomas gained a lot of experience as a member of the 1998 USA Select See U.S. TEAMS, Page 16A :;'> - . ; -;;N, AP PHOTO Having won a silver medal in the 1996 Olympics, swimmer Tom Malchow is one of many Michigan athletes who have expe- rienced the pressure of international competition. Time is sight for soccer to face Insh By Geoff Gagnon 1 Sports Writer "oing up against one of the best team's in the nation is never especially easy. But if Michigan soccer coach Debbie Belkin and her squad could pick an ideal time to play No. 2 Notre Dame, it would be now. The Irish, consistently regarded as one -of the top teams in the NCAA, enter tomorrow's contest on the heels of a 3-2 loss to Seton Hall on Sunday. The loss marked Notre Dame's first to an u nked opponent since 1990, a span o083 games. Meanwhile, Michigan is riding the momentum of a four-game win streak after Sunday's 4-0 shellacking of Michigan State. The win allowed Michigan to close its conference season with a 5-3-1 mark in the Big Ten while recording its sixth win in seven games. Belkin said she feels that her team's ti ing may be just right to upset mighty 1 e Dame. The Irish are not only reel- ing after Sunday's loss, but also saw a 36-game Big East win streak end as they managed only a tie against Connecticut last Friday. "Now is certainly a good time to play Notre Dame" Belkin said. "But they are an experienced team and they'll come out to play like they always do. Maybe they'll be angry and especially up for the game, but we can't let that e strength of the highly touted Michigan defense, which has held its opposition to a meager three goals in the past seven games, will likely see its biggest test of the year against Notre Dame. The Irish, led by junior Jenny Heft, who scored her 20th goal of the season Sunday, boast perhaps the most potent offense in the country, averaging an i~ressive 4.77 goals per game through 13 contests this year. . rYankees dandy in Series sweep SAN DIEGO (AP) - How appropriate - a sweep. What else could it be for a New York Yankees team that is surely one of the greatest in baseball history. Andy Pettitte and the Yankees put the finishing touch on their most dominant season by beating the San Diego Padres, 3-0, last night for a record 24th World Series championship. "This is the top," weeping owner George Steinbrenner said. "This is truly one of the greatest teams in baseball history. I've never seen anything like this. They don't quit and seem to overcome everything.' It was New York's second title in three years and its first sweep since 1950. The Game 4 victory gave the Yankees 125 wins - a total that ranks right up there with all the other big numbers put up in baseball this year. Their 114 regular-sea- son victories were the most ever for a champion. "This is the most determined team I've been around," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "I don't know if we have the best team of all time, but I do know that we have the best record. We have to take a back seat to no one in my lifetime.' Scott Brosius carried on the Yankees' tradition of unlikely infielders coming up big in huge games - remember Bucky Dent and Brian Doyle? - and was the Series MVP. The third baseman went 8-for-17 in the Series with six RBI. Fittingly, Brosius handled the last ball of the year, a grounder by pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney. "I think the biggest moment is that third out, throwing the ball and knowing it's going to end the game and end the sea- son" Brosius said. "There's nothing better than coming up and seeing the players' eyes and that sense of achievement and accomplishment and excitement. It was just a great scene." The Padres, the only team in the majors that did not get swept in a series this year, beat 100-game winners Houston and Atlanta in the National League playoffs. A record crowd of 65,247 saluted San Diego players who came back on the field after the game. "We got close," first baseman Wally Joyner told the fans, "and it was very special because of you." Pettitte shut out San Diego into the eighth inning while the Yankees' hitters did just enough to bring down ace Kevin Brown. Bernie Williams, perhaps playing his last game for New York, broke a scoreless tie with an RBI chopper in the sixth. In the seventh, Brosius singled home a run and surprising rookie Ricky Ledee hit a sacrifice fly. The Padres tried to rally in the eighth, when Tony Gwynn's eighth hit of the Series finished Pettitte. A single by Ken Caminiti off Mariano Rivera loaded the bases with two outs, but Jim Leyritz, a postseason hero in the past for the Yankees and San Diego, flied out to Williams. DANA LINNANE/Daily The Michigan soccer team is riding a wave of momentum coming into today's matchup with No. 2 Notre Dame, having won six of its last seven games. "Notre Dame will take their shots and our defense will really be tested," Belkin said. "But I know that if we play well they are certainly beatable." If Notre Dame's scoring wasn't enough for Belkin and the defending Big Ten champions to contend with, the Irish's defense has been almost equally dominant. Ranked fifth in the nation a week ago among defenses, Notre Dame defenders have been holding opponents to an average of less than a half-goal per game. But if Michigan's offensive perfor- mance lately is any indication of how it will perform, the team's chances of finding the back of the Notre Dame net will be good. With Michigan's career goals leader, Amber Berendowsky, and senior Jessica Limauro leading the way, the team's offensive attack has been supple- mented by a strong supporting cast that has allowed the team to make a power- ful late-season charge. With the help of key offensive contri- butions lately from Kacy Beitel and Emily Schmitt among others, Belkin said that she is pleased with the way the scoring has remained both consistent and balanced. "I've been very pleased with the way people have been stepping up for us," Belkin said. "Amber has been getting better and better all year, but everyone now is contributing. It shows that if somebody is having a down game we have plenty of people to pick up the slack." And it's this re-dedicated focus on team play that has Belkin excited about the squad's chances in the Big Ten tour- nament next month. "The Big Ten has really been up as a conference this year," Belkin said. "But if we keep playing well and come in at the top of our game, we'll compete" AP PHOTO Last night, the New York Yankees completed a sweep of the San Diego Padres, earning their second World Series title in three years. "Sure, we would have liked it to have worked out better, but the Yankees have a great club - probably the best team we've faced all year," Gwynn said. "They did everything they needed to to win?' For a team that led the American League in pitching and scoring, it was a complete performance that produced its sev- enth straight win in this postseason. Perhaps the Yankees had something else going for them, too - inspiration from slugger Darryl Strawberry, out because of colon cancer. All the Yankees had his No. 39 embroidered on their caps, and they chanted "Straw Man! Straw Man!" in the victorious clubhouse. Pettitte won just six days after his father underwent heart bypass surgery, allowing five hits in 7 1/3 innings. It was reminiscent of his performance in Game 5 of the 1996 World Series, when he beat Atlanta 1-0. Brown, who could not hold a three-run lead in the seventh inning of Game 1, took the loss. Rivera closed out his spectacular postseason, getting the last four outs for his third save of the Series. rot naL~t"4M JOiN Bo SchEMbEChIER, fRIENdS, fORMER pIAyERS, ANd MEdiA