efltdbig:uu lg x' u 4PL mom q l 4, MAL, ------- - 9 Blue scores win over 'chippy' Bucks Icers' 6-4 road victory overshadowed by rowdy play, 'ridiculous' fans By Stephanie Offen Daily Sports Writer COLUMBUS - A chippy Ohio State squad and an NCAA-record crowd of 17,343 fans proved to be an aggravating combination for the Michigan hockey team on Friday here in Value City Arena. The Wolverines' 6-4 victory over the Buckeyes was overshadowed by poor sportsmanship and an obnoxiously rowdy crowd. With about 10 minutes to go in the third period, freshman Mike Cammalleri sent a pass in the front of the net to Andy Hilbert on a 5-on-3 power play. Hilbert flipped the puck over Ohio State goalie Ray Aho for the Wolverines' sixth goal of the game. As the Michigan team celebrated what would be its final goal of a terrific evening for the power play, the Buckeyes were quick to jump all over the Wolverines - literally. While Hilbert was celebrating his second goal of the evening, a Buckeye checked sophomore Mike Comrie into the boards behind the net. Sophomore Jeff Jillson, who said he was "trying to defend his teammates," reacted by fighting with Ohio State's Jean-Francois Dufour. Both combat- ants were given game disqualifications, and will sit out this Saturday's rematch at Yost Ice Arena. The rowdy behavior leaked from the rink up to the stands, where fans started throwing Yoo Hoo beverages onto the ice. Two fans made obscene gestures to Michigan coach Red Berenson and the players, and one climbed on the glass and reached into the Wolverines' bench, grabbing sticks and throwing them onto the ice. "They were littering our bench with all sorts of debris," said junior Dave Huntzicker, who was try- ing to defend the bench from the fans. "One kid tried to get in our bench and security took a while to get there so we had to fend for ourselves. It was kind of ridiculous. I wished they had realized it was getting out of hand both on and off the ice." The game took on a rowdy tone throughout, as Michigan and Ohio State regularly exchanged shoves in the first two periods. The first goal of the night was scored short- handed by junior Geoff Koch, taking the Wolverines into the break leading 1-0. Goaltender Josh Blackburn dished the puck out to Koch, who took it down the ice and fired it between Aho's legs for the goal. The Buckeyes tied the game a minute into the second period. And after worrying all week about the play of his power-play unit, Michigan coach Red Berenson was reassured a few minutes later. Koch started a scoring frenzy with the second Michigan goal of the game. Michigan's power-play unit would score on four out of 11 power plays opportunities. "If you have that many power plays and you score on the first couple, you start to get confi- dence," Berenson said. Freshman Jed Ortmeyer took that momentum, scoring 50 seconds later. But the Buckeyes' rough-style of play would get to the Wolverines as the two teams started exchanging words and building up penalties. 'The 3-1 lead didn't stand for long. The Buckeyes would take the momentum into See BUCKEYES, Page 4B DANA LiNNANE/Daily Freshman Jed Ortmeyer and the rest of the Wolverines took a tough victory from Value City Arena Friday, defeating a scrappy Ohio State squad, 6-4. Colderw.. former team Gymnasts notch first Big Ten win By Rohit Bhave ySports Wnter by the outstanding performances ojunior Tim Dehr on pommel horse, sophomore Scott Vetere on sill rings and senior Lalo Haro on the high bar, the Michigan men s gymnastics tean romped Iowa Saturday night, 2282. 2S The Wolverines did not disappoint the 778 fans who braved the frigid Ann Arbor night to witness the defending national champions dominate the first three events and post seen per- sonal bests. After Michigan's solid showing on the floor exercise, Tir Dehr kicked off the Michigan hit parade on the pommel horse. The junior turned in a career best in the event. 4ichigan coach Kurt Golder was impressed by Delr's show- ing, a performance he attributes to the junior steadiness and confidence. "I have tremendous confidence in his ability to hit," said Golder, who was an assistant coach at lowa before coming to Michigan four seasons ago. As a team, the Wolverines did very well on the event, notch- ing a 39.1 - their best showing ever on the pommel horse. See GYINASTS, Page 6B A ~- ~ ~j ---S --~-~-~ ~> Foul play Hawkeyes too much for Michigan, 83-78 By Mark Francescutti Daily Sports Writer IOWA CITY - Michigan knew it had its hands full with Iowa's Dean Oliver, Jacob Jaacks and Rob Griffin of Iowa. The Wolverines shut down the slasher Oliver - check. They blanked big man Jaacks in the first half - check. But Griffin, who scored 29 points against Minnesota and only six the next game at Penn State, re-discovered his shooting touch, leading Iowa to an 83-78 victo- ry over Michigan Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Griffin netted 20 points, and shot 4-for-6 from behind the 3-point arc to break the Hawkeyes' four-game los- ing streak. Unusual suspects Duez Henderson and Ryan Luerhsmann added 14 points to offset Michigan's shutdown of Oliver and Jaacks. "If you take care of Jaacks and Oliver you feel like you have a chance to win, but the other guys stepped up big," Michigan coach Brian Ellerbe said. Remember Minnesota? Things on Saturday began just like the early whipping Michigan received in Minneapolis. Ice-cold weather on the road spelled another ice-cold start for the Wolverines, with Iowa jumping to a quick 12-5 lead. But when Jaacks left the game with his second foul with 18:02 left in the first half, Michigan center Josh Asselin used it to his advantage. "Josh was good offensively," Ellerbe said. "We wanted to go right at Jaacks and go inside, and we still didn't do enough of it. We should have used (Asselin) up until we couldn't get anything else out of him. He should have had more than 13 attempts" from the field. Asselin finished with a season- high 22 points and 11 rebounds. But foul trouble kept the Michigan guards from complementing the inside-out- side package. Freshman Jamal Crawford picked up three fouls and had to leave the with 13:02 left in the first half. Four Wolverines picked up at least two before intermission. But fool trouble in the first half didn't deny freshmen Kevin Gaines and LaVell Blanchard, as the duo helped Michigan build a 41-29 lead with 3:33 remaining in the half. Gaines hit two consecutive jumpers, followed by an eight-point, one-and-a-half minute blitz by Blanchard, completing a 12-2 run. The half wouldn't end for Michigan quickly enough, however, as Iowa cut the lead to seven before the break. Michigan tied the contest at 76 with 2:41 left in the game, thanks to two Asselin free throws. But free throws led to the Wolverines' eventual demise. Junior Brandon Smith missed two straight foul shots with Michigan down four and 42 seconds remaining, which turned out to be Michigan's See HAWKEYES, Page 4B JOANNA PAINE/Daily Michigan State's Greg DeGrand defeated Jason Rawls 3- on Sunday, ending the dual meet in an 18-18 tie. Grapplers xed By Dan Williams Daily Sports Writer Cliff Keen Arena reached higher level oftn (ion 'nd antic- ipation yesterday with each passing mach in ih duw wrestling meet between No. 9 Michigan and No. II Michigan State, Jltimately, both sides went home somwn -s'tis ied. Perhaps it was the incursion of Michgan tae htns that got the juices flowing. Maybe the second meeting beween two i ed rivals caused the collective aniet [ in any case, Ihigan fed off the adrenaline and escaped to ie the Spartans, 18-18, despite having two fewer rinked wrii s r: in th, lineup. "I was proud of the way my guys c'me o.t and wrstled. They wrestled hard," Michigan coach Joe Mcltirland said. "It was a great dual meet, and a little ittersweet." Without the services of injured superstars Joe Warren and Otto Olson, the Wolverines had to scratch and la f or every point. Since each team won five matches. it was important that the top stars for each team attain extra points. 1l-American 184-pound sophomore Andy [Irovat recorded 1 point fall. Freshman Mike KuleIycki a so turned in a key win for Michigan against junior ('orey Poey. his fourth straight Ottory since coming back from a kn i injry. "He's undefeated since he's 1i n hel end h's a great Wrestler," McFarland said. "VIe works raly hard and I like see- ing him have that kind of success." But Michigan's ability to avoid extra point losses kept them AP PHOTO Leon Jones (0) had five points and four fouls in Michigan's loss to Iowa Saturday. The Wolverines fell to 3-2 in Big Ten play. Women overcome tough haf distractions for win By Michael Kern Daily Sports Writer Michigan women's basketball coach Sue Guevara compared yesterday's 82- 78 victory over Iowa at Crisler Arena to the film, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." "The ugly was the first half," Guevara said. "The bad was the dis- tractions we had this week with the injury to Alayne Ingram and the sus- pension of Ruth Kipping. And the good was the second half." Michigan struggled out of the gates yesterday, turning the ball over 13 times and attempting just 21 shots in the first half. In the final seven min- utes of the half, the Wolverines made just one field goal, a LeeAnn Bies tip off of a missed Stacey Thomas jump and took 10 more shots from the field. The Wolverines were also able to cut down on. the sloppy play around the basket that left them five points behind at the break. Michigan was uncharac- teristically outrebounded by Iowa, giv- ing up 11 first half offensive boards to the smaller Hawkeyes. In the second half, the Wolverines utilized their size and athleticism, dri- ving the ball to the basket and drawing fouls. Thomas and Bies both set or tied career marks in free throws made by sinking 12 each from the charity stripe. Bies' performance was especially key for the Wolverines with sopho- more forward Ruth Kipping out due to suspension. The freshman stepped up off the bench to play the extra minutes, see what's going on out there first to get a feel for the game. Then I can go in there and contribute." The key to the turnaround may have been some choice words from Guevara in the lockerroom at halftime. "She definitely got us motivated," Thomas said. "She was hooting and hollering and stomping her feet. She wanted us to be mad at her and take it out on Iowa." Thomas stood out as the player of the game for the Wolverines, scoring a career high 32 points to go with eight rebounds and three steals. In one four- minute stretch halfway through the second half, Thomas took over the game, scoring I1 of the Wolverines' 13 points. The offensive spurt was a key in the "}+' . ! rs~ w . '' # " °5U.± . - . 1 ...:Y sslFt iii}