6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 25, 1999 Bad kanna comes around for stickers By Dave Roth Daily Sports Writer What goes around comes around, and unfortunately for the Michigan field hockey team, it could not have come around at a worse time. In Iowa City, the eighth-ranked Wolverines fell 1-0 to No. 3 Iowa to give up their first-place spot in the Big Ten. The Wolverines had beaten Iowa 1-0 on their home turf Oct. 8, giving the Hawkeyes their only loss of the season. At Iowa's Grant Field, the Hawkeyes avenged that loss and shoved the 1-0 victory back in Michigan's face. Duing the first twenty minutes of play, there were relatively few scoring chances as the teams rarely held posses- sion of the ball in their opponents' arc. But with 15:02 left to play in the first half, Iowa (8-1 Big Ten, 15-1 overall) penetrated the Wolverines' defense to score, when Iowa senior forward Lesley Irvine took a pass from sophomore Anita Miller and put the ball into the net. Controversy surrounded the goal, however, as the Michigan defense knocked the ball out of the cage before the referee blew her whistle. After con- ferring with each other and both coach- es, the referees finally allowed the goal. The goal was a wake up call for the Wolverines, as they immediately began applying more offensive pressure and finished the half strong. Michigan (6-2 Big Ten, 13-5 overall) bombarded Iowa senior goalie Kelly Druley, but to no avail. Druley sealed up the cage and stubbornly defended the goal, preventing any shots from seeping into the net. Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz thought it was Michigan's game to win, making the loss especially tough. "I am really disappointed that we did not win, but it really was some great hockey that was played this weekend" Pankratz said. "It is too bad we could not take advantage of the corners. The game was going back and forth. Pankratz commented that, despite los- ing this crucial game, the Wolverines still have two Big Ten games versus Ohio State and Penn State before the Big Ten Tournament in Columbus. "Nothing changes for us now, we have to get ready for our next two games and not get too disappointed," Pankratz said. "We cannot get too psyched about win- ning or losing." Junior forward KelliGannon was just as disappointed as her coach. "There was nothing that we could do today," Gannon said. "On paper it is easy to see we dominated the game offensively, but nothing was going our way today. "I don't know what hap- pened, we did not play as team and that is unusual for us." On paper Michigan dominated the game, as the Wolverines outnumbered Iowa 12-3 in penalty corners. But Iowa senior Kelly Druley denied Michigan on I I of those opportunities. "I was really lucky that I was in some good places at the right time and had some quick reactions today,' Druley said. "This was an awesome game in every aspect of play and I am glad that we were able to sustain our intensity throughout the whole game" The win ensures Iowa at least a share of the Big Ten championship. Friday, Michigan slaughtered Northwestern (0-8 Big Ten, 4-11 over- all) in a 5-1 triumph. The first half of the game turned out to be the Kelli Gannon and Catherine Foreman show, as Gannon scored twice in the game's first twenty minutes, with Foreman assisting on both her goals. - Ryan Yarborough of The Daily Iowan contributed to this report. SOCCER Continued from Page 1B was two seniors who tallied the goal. Schmitt received the ball on the lc side of the goal after bringing in corner kick, and crossed it to fello senior Poole who headed it past the goalkeeper. The goal was Poole's firs of the year. The half ended with the score 1-0 in favor of Michigan. As the teams took the field for th second half, Clister was replacir goal by the usual netminder, Ca.s Stewart. "Wefelt that we didn't want t change too much because we have consistency," Belkin said. "Laure had a great game, but I wanted to g everyone involved, and keep our selves ready for next weekend" The change in goal would prove t be of little consequence as th Wolverines finally got their offens going. As soon as Berendowsky< freshman forward Abby CrunIrI stepped on the field together in the second half, Michigan took over.C O the first offensive possession with th two in the game, they started a two on-one break which resulted ir Berendowsky passing to Crumpton ir front of the goal for an easy tap-in The assist moved Berendowsky into : tie for the all-time Big Ten assists leac with 31. Hoff also assisted ot play, inching her closer to the 50 pomn plateau. Less than two minutes later, Hof took a pass from Crumpton and put i past the goaltender to give her 5( career points. She became only th< seventh Wolverine ever to reach tha mark, and the third this year. Only 30 seconds later, freshmai Carly Williamson scored unassistet in a shot that was deflected in ba Butler's Erin Murphy. The lead been increased to 4-0 on three goal in 2:06. Michigan finished the scoring witl two more goals in just over a minute with about five minutes left in the game. Berendowsky squibbed a .sho on goal that trickled through thi hands of Partenheimer, and then Abb: Tompkins scored on a pass fron Stahl. All five of the position s r recorded at least a point, and netmin der Clister reentered the game itr th closing moments to complete he shutout. "It's not common in a college gain to go out and score six goals," Belkii said. "That was our goal, to scor some goals. We were happy that w were able to do it, today was a reall: great day for our team." .. . Have a brain you want to use? MONDAY, OCTOBER 25T @ 7 P.M. D V E R T I S I N G MICHIGAN UNION BALLROOM recruiting. lea burn ett.coam GRfND OPENING . a f: v Y ,- S s4 ,r3' ( s >i } t a ^ l ยง E. 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