10 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 12, 1999 Brothers battle at Blue's divine place Stickers begin NCAA play against Duke 0 By Uma Subramanian Daily Sports Writer Michigan freshman Jed Ortmeyer grew up in Omaha, Neb. - not exactly the hockey Mecca of the world even with the addition of Nebraska-Omaha to the CCHA. Regardless, Ortmeyer and his broth- er, Jake, both took to the game by becoming what Michigan coach Red Berenson called "rink rats", i.e. kids who hung around hockey a lot, watch- ing older guys play. Their attention paid off. Two years ago, Jake became the first person from Omaha to win an NCAA Division-I scholarship, unique in itself, not to mention that the scholarship was in hock- THIS W) ey. The sophomore cur- rently plays defense at Who: M Miami. C Jed followed in his I-0CCHA older brother's footsteps overall) vs. by securing himself a 1-2, 5-2 2 spot at Michigan a year and tomorr later. Where: "I really like Jed Center in C Ortmeyer," Berenson Friday. Gm4 ,said.,. " like everything Arena on S about him. He's a real hard worker who has When: ; above average skills. The Lat He's going to be a really Comrie will good two-way player at extend his this level, point streak "If you've been to a junior league game in Omaha, you'd realize that there is some good hockey being played there, but typically they're not Omaha kids." Ortmeyer hasn't seen his brother play since they both played for the Omaha Lancers. He'll get his chance tonight and tomorrow night as Michigan (5-1-0 CCHA, 8-1-0 overall) plays Miami (2- 1-2, 5-2-2) in their first of two weekend series. Interestingly, Ortmeyer will have a chance to square off against his broth- er since they play opposing positions. "It will be a lot of fun, Ortmeyer said. "I talked to him a couple of times this week, but we haven't talked about the game at all. "After the game we'll talk or whatev- er, but we're just going to go out and play like it's any person on any other team. I've seen film and things, but it's been a couple of years since I've seen him play." Tonight's faceoff will be at 7:35 p.m. in Cincinnati's Firstar Center, a special place in Michigan hockey history. The last time the Wolverines skated there, they took home the 1996 National Championship trophy with a 3-2 over- rE id I' Fii GI 5ni k. time victory over Colorado College. Though all the Wolverines who played on that team have graduated, Berenson said the game may evoke memories. "For the coaches, we'll recognize the significance of the building and the huge rollercoaster of emotions' Berenson said. "We didn't go in as the favorites that year. "There was such a good feeling on that team, that you just knew we were going to find a way to win. There was something special about them, and then two hours (after the victory), we were on the bus watching Wyatt Earp. It was like nothing ever happened. It was like a dream." EKEND Though nearly four years have passed since iigan (5- that memorable season 3-1-0 it's become more and . .2- more common for teams 4iami (2- to play games away from onight collegiate arenas. w night. This stems from an rstar NCAA-wide movement nncinati to promote college hock- .in Ice ey throughout the coun- turday. try. But the Red Hawks 30 p.m will not waste their entire St: Mike home ice advantage in an try to his unknown rink. Saturday, ane-game Miami will host the Wolverines on its home ice. Michigan faces its first plus-500 team in By David Roth Daily Sports Writer In tomorrow's first-round NCAA Tournament game against Duke, Michigan will have to depend on senior defenders Ashley Reichenbach and Erica Widder to lead the team. Both were selected to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) North versus South All Star Tournament. Since winning the Big Ten Tournament and beating two of the top five teams in the nation, the Wolverines are going into the tournament with no fear. "I think right now our team has the confidence to beat any team in any con- ference," Widder said. Though the last time Michigan played the Blue Devils was in 1991, when they shut out the Wolverines 2-0 at home, the Wolverines have played practice games against Duke during the spring and have fared well. "We are excited to play Duke," Reichenbach said. "We travel to Duke in the spring to play them, and we have had a lot of success. We have a lot of confidence going into this game based on our past perfor- mances against them as well as the qual- ity of our play right now." The defensive tandem will have to focus on Duke star Corey Ceccolini, who leads the Blue Devils with 19 goals and four assists. But since it is a tourna- ment, the Wolverines will concentrate more about playing their style of field hockey rather than concerning them- selves with other team's opponents. "We haven't talked specifics about marking key playvrs,' Reichenbach said. "We will most likely make note of them and mark them a little bit tougher, but (we're) ultimately concentrating on play- ing our game. High-intensity teamwork is our key to success." The Wolverines have plenty experi- ence of shutting down other team's stars. In the Big Ten Tournament, Reichenbach and Widder helped contain Iowa star Quan Nim and Penn State star Tracey Larson. "Some teams have standout players that we might have to shut down during the game,' Widder said, "but we have been doing that the entire season with the Big Ten teams. I am not worried about Corey Ceccolini." If the Wolverines beat Duke., they will play the winner of the James Madison- Wake Forest game Sunday at 2 p.m. The winner of that game goes to Boston the following weekend to play in the NCAA final four. Michigan will try to shoot past Duke in tomorrow's NCAA Tournament opener by * relying on defense. In their last meeting in 1991 Duke blanked Michigan 2-0. Volleyball seeks revenge against Lions Miami, which is off to a quick start under first-year coach Enrico Blasi. "This (game) will be the toughest test our team has faced," Berenson said. "We thought we were playing a good team when we played Notre Dame, but look at their record now, not to take anything away from them. But we real- ly have to be prepared for this week- end." Berenson said that he was not happy with his team for allowing five goals against Ohio State last weekend, despite netting 14. "You're not going to score eight goals every night:' Berenson said. "If we give a team like Miami four goals, there's no way we're going to be able to score five. Rarely does an offensive team win a shootout" Michigan center Mike Comrie - who currently leads the country in points - was recruited by Blasi at Denver, where his brother also played. "Rico likes to close check you and be offensive also," Comrie said. "It'll be a tight checking game. But we don't have to worry about them. We just have to stick to our game plan." By Richard Haddad Daily Sports Writer At the start of the season, Michigan cruised to eight wins in its first nine matches. Then Penn State came to town. Now Michigan has its chance to exact revenge, when it faces the Nittany Lions tonight. The Wolverines then travel to Columbus on Sunday. In the Wolverines last meeting with Penn State the Nittany Lions delivered a thrashing, needing only 54 minutes to dis- pose of the Wolverines in a sweep. And that thrashing initiated a fall to medioc- rity, as Michigan has posted a less-than- stellar 4-10 record in Big Ten play. The Nittany Lions seemed unstop- pable, allowing only nine total points in the process. "We played very tentatively against Penn State," Michigan coach Mark Rosen said. "They were ranked so high, and that made us nervous. Instead of going out and playing like we had noth- ing to lose, we played passively." No. I Penn State hasn't relinquished that ranking yet, winning all 14 of its Big Ten games and 24 out of 25 overall to entrench itself at the top of the polls. "I don't think volleyball's a game where you can plan on playing a perfect game, especially being a young team like us, you're going to make some mistakes," Rosen said. "But to beat a Penn State - a senior-dominated team who's been ranked one or two all year long, we need to play flawlessly." The Nittany Lions nearly achieved perfection last time. Because oftheir con- sistency, Michigan must "affect them enough to force mistakes,"Rosen said. "They won't make many though, so we need to be aggressive, get in a groove and play as close to perfect as possible." Last weekend's five-game matches against Purdue and Wisconsin hearken back to the earlier victory over Ohio State, in which the Wolverines survived a hard-fought marathon to open their con- ference schedule. The key difference is that Michigan was able to outlast the Buckeyes (15-7, 13-15, 15-10, 13-15, 20- 18), while they fell just short to the Boilermakers and Badgers. Rosen said this week's practices have been more exhausting mentally than physically to allow the team to recover from the fatigue of playing 10 games in two nights over the weekend. In a back-and-forth match that was Goodlow out of the paint tonight closely contested all the way through, Michigan prevailed over Ohio State behind Joanna Fielder's and Alija. Pittenger's career-high performances. "Neither of us played a great fifth game," Rosen said. "A rally game is sort of like a gunfight, you trade blows and whoever flinches first loses." Michigan and Ohio State (6-8, 12-9) have both improved since their last meet- ing, if only because each has had an addi- tional month and a half of experience. The Buckeyes currently sit only one place ahead of Michigan in the Big Ten standings, making the match even more significant. "We need to come out and execute play consistently on serve-receive, and create opportunities on defense. " Rosen said. RECRUITS Michigan signed three recruits for the 2000- 2001 season on Wednesday, the first day of the early November signing period: Jennifer Smith Pos.: C Height: 6'3" Hometown: DeWitt Christie Schumacher Pos.: G Height: 5'9" Hometown: Milford Michaela Leary Pos.: PG Height: 5'8" Hometown: Nashua, N.H. By Dona Beth Kdischer Daily Sports Writer Michigan's women's basketball team will broaden its horizons in more ways than one when it hosts Soproni-Postas SK, a national team from Hungary, at 'Crisler Arena tonight at 7 p.m. The second and final exhibition game will give the Wolverines the opportunity to strengthen their lineup and get a little more time to play their bench players before Michigan travels to Colorado State next Friday. Sophomore starting center Raina Goodlow left this past Friday's game against Athletes in Action with a possi- ble knee sprain. Goodlow is currently undergoing rehab for a dislocated patella, and will sit tonight's game out. "The lineup will stay the same," Michigan coach Sue Guevara said. "Only Ruth Kipping will start for Raina." The center is expected to travel with the team to Colorado next weekend and could be ready to return to the lineup, Guevara said. The Wolverines proved last week that their bench has potential, as it scored 30 points in the 90-75 victory over Athletes in Action. On the plus side, even without Goodlow for a couple of games, Michigan is fortunate in that it has seven other players on the bench that can step in for the starting center. Of the 12 players on the roster, nine saw ample playing time last week, including freshmen LeeAnn Bies and Infini Robinson. "I saw how (Goodlow's absence) affected the team last week,' Guevara said. "But we had people that picked up the slack. We have a little more depth and a little more experience." On the downside, without Goodlow, Michigan is at a slight height disadvan- tage against Soproni-Postas without her. Michigan will try to hold its own 6- foot-3 forwards Estzer Bakai and Eszter Biro and 6- foot-I forwards Eszter Ordog and Erzsebet Ambrus. Goodlow, who towers over many at 6- foot-2, is one of only four Michigan players who stand at 6-foot-I or taller. 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The competition is a public tournament in which approxi- mately 300 wrestlers from such schools as Michigan State, Ohio State and Northwestern will compete in their respected weight classes. "This tournament has no bearing on the rest of the season," Michigan coach Joe McFarland said. "It's a preseason tournament that shows the wrestlers where they are at in terms of perfor- mance and conditioning:' The Wolverines began their preseason with a sterling start, as the team had four first-place finishes at the Eastern Michigan Open. Winners included Clark Forward at 149 pounds, Mike Kulczycki at157 pounds, Otto Olson at 184 pounds and Matt Brink at the heavyweight spot. Michigan returns six of seven NCAA qualifiers and looks to improve on the team's disappointing fifth-place finish in last year's Big Ten Tournament. "The BigeTen is just as tough as it was last year,' assistant coach Kirk Trost said. "But we are improving match by match. We're shooting for a title. 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