MEN'S NCAA 1)MICHIGAN ST. 80. 15) Iowa 65 (20) SYRACUSE 90, Boston College 51 (8) NORTH CAROUNA, 81,Virginia 47 #22) TCU 114, Air Force 87 (5) Cincinnati 81, LOUISVILLE 55 (11) Arizona 85, OREGON 83 (3) STANFORD 94, Washington State 45 NHL Ottawa 3, BOSTON. 1. DETROIT 4, CarolinaT1 Florida 2 NY RANGERS 1. PHILADELPHIA 4, Washington 1. NY Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 2. te £thig tm ~tig Heaking 'M' track Head on over to the Indoor Track Building tomorrow and check out the men's and women's indoor track and field teams in the 18th annual Red Simmons Invitational at noon against Central, Eastern and Western Michigan, Notre Dame and Toledo. Friday January 22, 1999 9 Bowled over ~ tr Wolverines frepower Strikes dw Falco ns5- -y Chris Duprey Daily Sports Writer The Michigan hockey team knew it would have trouble beating Bowling Green last night if it ,allowed the Falcons' top line to run wild offen- sively. The Wolverines also figured it would be diffi- cult to win if it turned the puck over in its own zone frequently, or if it surrendered goals on Bowling Green's power ay. Michigan 5 Michigan did all of )7 Bowling Green 4 those things, but thanks o a two-goal burst early in the third period, the Wolverines (14-3-1 CCHA, 17-5-2 overall) were still able to hold off Bowling Green (7-9-2, 11-11- 2) 5-4 at Yost Ice Arena. "It was a 0-0 game, for all purposes," Michigan coach Red Berenson said of the third period. "Both teams looked like they could run away with it. The momentum kept shifting." ;'For the second time in as many weeks, Michigan opened up the final period with a full power play, courtesy of Bowling Green defenseman Ryan Murphy's charging penalty at the conclusion of the second. This time, the Wolverines capitalized on the opportunity, as Josh Langfeld completed a daz- zling behind-the-back pass to Mike Comrie for a slam dunk and a 4-3 Michigan advantage. Just 55 seconds later, Scott Matzka found his passing touch, and hit Dale Rominski from across e crease. Rominski's shot was on target, beating wling Green netminder Mike Savard and giving Michigan a two-goal advantage. The Wolverines would never relinquish the lead. For the better part of the third period, Michigan played classic rag-the-puck hockey, both to pre- vent easy scoring opportunities and to save the legs of its five remaining defensemen. Mike Van Ryn suffered a calf injury in the first period after sliding into the Bowling Green net and didn't return. t even strength, the Wolverines stymied the falcons' high-powered offense. But after Matzka was sent off for high-sticking with 5:25 remaining in the game, the Falcons came to life. Just 13 seconds into the power play, Dan Price Both teams powerful with man advantage By Mark Francescutti Daily Sports Writer Last night's Michigan-Bowling Green battle definitely had its power. Both teams combined for six power- play goals, and both netted three of their six opportunities. ----------------- Even though the Hockey Wolverines pre- pared all week to Notod defend the Falcons' ----------------- power play - one of the most prolific in the conference - the Michigan penalty- kill unit still gave up more goals than it had in any game this season. "We knew they had a good power play and we just couldn't stop them," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We also took too many penalties - too many for my liking." The Falcons used their man-advan- tage prowess to haunt the Wolverines all night, keeping within a goal each time. "We had good puck movement. We really finished our chances tonight," Bowling Green coach Buddy Powers said. "When our guys make good reads like they did tonight, we should be suc- cessful." Assistant captain Dale Rominski said, most of Michigan's mistakes were pure- ly fundamental errors, sometimes due to one man positioning himself incorrectly. "On their goals we obviously had a lapse, but they were honest mistakes," Rominski said. "They moved the puck excellently. Maybe we should take notes from them." But the Michigan power play didn't need to take any notes tonight, saving the Michigan's penalty-kill letdown See POWER PLAY, Page 10 DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Bob Gassoff played his second straight game last night at his new position - forward. The sophomore took several shots and made sure that his physical presence was felt. Although Gassoff didn't score, he did take a slapshot from beyond the blue line at Bowling Green goalie Mike Savard. controlled a rebound and fired it past Michigan goaltender Josh Blackburn to make it 5-4 and bring Bowling Green within striking distance. The Falcons continued to buzz around the Michigan net with less than a minute left, as both Price and Adam Edinger had chances to send the game into overtime. But they couldn't get the look they needed and the Wolverines closed out the vic- tory without further threats. "We played hard. Michigan played hard," Bowling Green coach Buddy Powers said. "But it came down to the fact that we made one more mis- take than they did." Role players like Geoff Koch made key contribu- tions to Michigan's cause. Koch recovered from con- cussion-like symptoms suffered this past weekend to tally a power-play goal last night, and as provide much-needed toughness along the boards. Despite being pleased with the victory, it cer- tainly wasn't the type of game Berenson had envi- sioned in preparation for tomorrow's clash against Ohio State in Columbus. Three of Bowling Green's four scores came on their power play, and the Wolverines permitted Price and Edinger, the Falcons' most obvious offensive weapons, to notch a goal apiece. Fundamentally pretty or not, the victory gave Michigan the two points it needed to knot up first place in the CCHA race with Michigan State. And the scrappy nature of last night's game also over- shadows the fact that the Wolverines have won four of their last five. "That was a great challenge tonight," Michigan assistant captain Dale Rominski said. "We're still very confident that we can come out and play a full game." t DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Michigan forward Sean Ritchlin put this shot In the second period past Bowling Green goaltender Mike Savard to give the Wolverines a 3-1 advantage. The goal was Ritchlin's seventh of the season. Men's tennis sweeps William & Mary 3 By Nick Felzen Daily Sports Writer With William & Mary bringing back We same exact team the school had last year, this year's matchup at the Varsity Tennis Center for the Michigan men's tennis team was supposed to be tougher than last year's. The end result though was better than last season's 6-1 victory, as Michigan won 7-0 yesterday. "Because we played this exact same t m last year, we can use this match measuring stick:' Michigan tennis player Will Farah said. In last year's match against William & Mary, Michigan relinquished its doubles point to William & Mary, but won all of the singles matches. : The doubles portion of the dual competition consists of three matches with a combined total of one point. So, the- team that wins two of the three doubles matches wins that point. 4 ut during last season's doubles ch, Michigan won two of the three matches this time. The No. 3 doubles tehm of Jake Raiton and Henry Beam lost a close match, 5-8. The No. 2 doubles team of Will Farah and Brad McFarlane won their match, 8-5. After these two matches were completed, the doubles point was up for grabs - the pressure was put upon the No. 1 team of Danny McCain and Matt Wright. They came through in a very tight and competitive match, 9-7, in extra games. But yesterday marked the first dual match for a team that has three fresh- men on it - Beam, Ben Cox and Danny McCain. "You never know how the freshmen are going to react to the team match- es," Raiton said. "In a team match you are not playing for yourself anymore but for the team. If we can get a win here, it can really help our confi- dence." In singles play, the Wolverines went on to sweep all seven of the matches. Four of the six matches were taken care of in two sets, Wright's and Cox's match went three. Despite the Wolverines' bagel job of William & Mary, some Wolverines felt that the team has room for improve- ment. "Collectively we coul have played better today, on a personal level I think I can play better:' Wright said. "It is a good feeling however, that even though we didn't play our best, we still won." Even though the final score of the match was 7-0, many of the matches in this contest were close. The Wolverines apparently picked up their intensity during the more important parts of their matches. Cox's and Farah's matches, respectively, served as an example of such play. "Ben Cox started out not playing aggressively, and finally he started playing better during crunch time, Michigan coach Brian Eisner said. "Will Farah played exquisitely today," Eisner said. "His opponent, Trevor Spracklin is a very good player - ranked no. 78 in the nation." With yesterday's dual match out of the way, the Wolverines are preparing for the upcoming spring season. "For the first dual match of the sea- son, everyone is playing well and we are meshing as a team," Michigan junior Brad McFarlane said. "We are excited for the upcoming non-confer- ence matches and the season in gener- al." Michigan's next match is Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Varsity Tennis Center against DePaul. 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