2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - November 1, 1999
- CLUB SPORTS CORI
Soccer caps off
undefeated
league season
wth 5-1 victory
After a 5-1 win overToledo on Friday,
he Michigan men's soccer team once
igain proved that it deserves the varsity
status it will be getting next fall.
Under the guidance of coach Steve
3urns, who was named the first varsity
roach in September, the Wolverines
went undefeated in league play - the
First ime they have done so this decade.
The team was 11-0-2 in league play
nd 4-6 against varsity programs it chal-
enged.
A motivating factor for Michigan this
;eason was a change in post-season play,
which emphasizes final league stand-
.ngs.
Michigan is the two-time defending
:lub national champion. But this year's
ournament will be significantly differ-
ant from that which the Wolverines have
won the last two years.
In the past there were two post-season
tournaments, the National Intramural-
Recreational Sports Association's
;NIRSA) tournament and the National
Collegiate Soccer Assocation's (NCSA)
tournament.
For the NCSA tournament, teams had
to win their regional tournament, where-
as the NIRSA tournament gave out 16
at-large bids based on power rankings.
"We had received NIRSA bids in the
past," Bums said. "But we felt that the
NCSA competition was better. Now
NIRSA holds all the cards."
This year, in order to get into the field
,f 16, the teams were required to have
strong regular seasons.
"We're really excited because this
year the two club championships have
been united," Michigan junior defense-
man Brian Peters said. "The field will be
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a lot stronger."
Motivation for the Wolverines this
season was the oppertunity for a third-
consecutive national championship, in
which they could defeat the most elite
club soccer teams in the country.
"Before we only had to win the
regional tournament to get to the
NCSA," Peters said. "But this year the
emphasis was on league play which is
why we went undefeated.
"People knew that every game count-
ed and that if we lost we might not get
back to the tournament. Only two losses
separated first and second place."
Another national championship in its
final year as the outlet for men's soccer
would be a fitting finale for one of
Michigan's most successful club pro-
gram.
"We're on a roll," Burns said. "I like
the way this team has come together.
This year the NIRSA tournament should
be exciting."
--Una Subranianian
Men'sru by
tunishes e fall
season with split
In its final week of the fall season, the
men's rugby club went .500. Michigan
dropped a decision to Marquette on
Tuesday and rebounded to defeat
Cincinnati on Thursday.
Senior Corey Mather and sophomore
Ryan Miller each had strong perfor-
mances in the Marquette loss.
"The match against the Bearcats fea-
tured the hard-nosed play of MVP Mike
Livanos and Dave Liepman," Michigan's
Ryan Gaylor said. "Zev Winkelman was
a major contributor to seal the victory."
After Michigan's final game, Gavlor
said that the team improved tremendous-
ly and the Wolverines should be a strong
contender for the Michigan Cup tourna-
ment this spring.
-James Merrier
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Monday November 1
No events scheduled
Tuesday November 2
No events scheduled
Wednesday November 3
No events scheduled
Thursday November 4
Field Hockey at Big Ten Tournament,
Columbus, TBA
Women's Tennis at ITA Midwest Regional
Championship, Columbus, all day
Friday November 5
Women's basketball vs. Athletes in Action, 7
p.m.
Field Hockey at Big Ten Tournament,
Columbus, TBA
Ice Hockey vs. Ohio State, 7:35 p.m.
Soccer at Big Ten Tournament, Bloomington,
TBA
Men's Swimming vs. Georgia, 4 p.m.
Women's Swimming at Minnesota
Invitational, Minneapolis, 11a.m.
Men's Tennis at Rolex Region IV
Championship, Madison, all day
Women's Tennis at ITA Midwest Regional
Championship, Columbus, all day
Volleyball vs. Purdue, 7 p.m.
Saturday November 6
Football vs. Northwestern, 12:10 p.m.
Basketball - Maize and Blue Scrimmage,
TBA
Field Hockey at Big Ten Tournament,
Columbus, TBA
Ice Hockey at Ohio State, 7:05 p.m.
Soccer at Big Ten Toumament, Bloomington,
TBA
Women's Swimming at Minnesota
Invitational, Minneapolis, 11a.m.
Men's Tennis at Rolex Region IV
Championship, Madison, all day
Women's Tennis at ITA Midwest Regional
Championship, Columbus, all day
Volleyball vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Sunday November 7
Soccer at Big Ten Tournament, Bloomington,
TBA
Men's Tennis at Rolex Region IV
Championship, Madison, all day
Women's Tennis at ITA Midwest Regional
Championship, Columbus, all day
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
EAST
Boston College 24, Syracuse 23
Brown 37, Fordham 18
Cornell 31, Wagner 14
Delaware 37, Northeastern 34 (OT)
Duquesne 49, Siena 17
Georgetown, D.C. 21, Fairfield 14
Harvard 63, Dartmouth 21
lona 34, Canisius 12
Lafayette 38, Marist 13
Lehigh 44, Towson 39
Massachusetts 31, Rhode Island 9
Monmouth, NJ. 37, Sacred Heart 17
Princeton 44, Columbia 15
Richmond 28, Connecticut 21, OT
Robert Morris 30, Albany, NY. 20
St. Francis, Pa. 21, St. Peter's 8
St. John's, NY 21, La Salle 10
Stony Brook 27, Central Connecticut State 14
Temple 56, Rutgers 28
Villanova 31, New Hampshire 28
Yale 23, Penn 19
SOUTH
Alabama 35, Southern Mississippi 14
Appalachian State 62, Chattanooga 14
Clemson 12, Wake Forest 3
Davidson 31, Hampden-Sydney 12
Duke 25, Maryland 22
ELon 38, Charleston Southem 13
Furman 28, North Carolina 3
Georgia Southern 55, East Tennessee State 6
Hampton 39, S. Carolina State 27
Howard 29, Norfolk State 23
James Madison 13, South Florida 3
Louisiana-Monroe 10, Middle Tennessee 0
Louisville 23, Alabama-Birmingham 14
Miami 28, West Virginia 20
Morehead State 47, Austin Peay 7
N. Carolina A&T 19, Bethune-Cookman 18
Northwestem State 36, Southwest Texas 21
SE Missouri 36, Tennessee-Martin 7
Samford 35, Liberty 28
Tennessee 30, South Carolina 7
Texas Southern 21, Grambling St. 20
Western Carolina 40, Virginia Military Institute 2
William & Mary 37, Maine 13
Wofford 47, The Citadel 16
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas State 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 27
East Carolina 19, Houston 3
Fresno State 28, Tulsa 14
Southern Methodist 27, Rice 2
Stephen F. Austin 33, Jacksonville St. 16
Texas A&M 21, Oklahoma St. 3
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 31, Central Michigan 7
Cincinnati 52, Miami, Ohio 42
Dayton 34, Valparaiso 10
Kansas State 48, Baylor 7
Kent 41, Buffalo 20
Louisiana Tech 34, Toledo 17
Missouri 34, Texas Tech 7
Michigan 34, Indiana 31
Northern Iowa 44, Indiana St. 21
Ohio 37, Ball State 25
Ohio State 41, Iowa 11
Purdue 33, Minnesota 28
Penn State 27, Illinois 7
Texas 44, Iowa State 41
Western Kentucky 38, Eastern Illinois 15
Western Michigan 24, Akron 10
Wisconsin 35, Northwestern 19
FAR WEST
Brigham Young University 27, Air Force 20
Boise State 33, Utah State 27
Colorado 38. Oklahoma 24
Eastern Washington 26, Sacramento State 21
Nevada 41, North Texas 28
Oregon State 27, Washington State 13
Portland State 42, Cal Poly-SLO 28
St. Mary's, Cal. 28, Holy Cross 26
Washington 35, Stanford 30
AP POLL
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Who: Tom Caughlan
Hometown: West Des Moines, Iowa
High School: Mason City
Sport: Cross country
Year: Sophomore
Why: In Saturday's Big Ten men's cross country meet in State
College, Caughlan passed approximately 10 runners in the final half-
mile of the race to finish in 15th place and give the Wolverines a sec-
ond place finish in the meet. It was the first time Caughlan finished -
among Michigan's top five runners and scored for the team.
Background: Attended the University of Colorado in 1997-98
1998: Placed 63rd at Big Ten Championship (26:33) ... Prep: Iowa Caughlan
Class 4A 800m champion (1:56,35)
T1i rCswimers crue
to vitor over State
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Associated Press Top 25, Oct. 31
(first p/ace votes in parentheses)
Team Record Pts
1. Florida State (55)
2. Penn State (9)
3. Virginia Tech. (6)
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Kansas State
7. Georgia Tech.
8. Mississippi State
9. Nebraska
10. Wisconsin
11. Texas
12. Alabama
13. Marshall
14. Georgia
15. BYU
16. Michigan
17. Purdue
18. East Carolina
19. Michigan State
20. Ohio State
21. Texas A&M
22. Miami
23. Mississippi
24. Notre Dame
25. Southern Miss.
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By Brian Galvin fatigue, winning
Daily Sports Writer event. Jennifer
The fatigue of intense distance train- Wolverines with
ing wasn't enough to slow the while Sugar an
Michigan women's swimming and div- captured two fir
ing team against Michigan State on Two Michiga
Saturday. The visiting Wolverines won their first career
12 of 15 events in cruising to a 170-129 Kern and Jena
victory in a meet that actually served as 1,000- and 500
a break from their draining practice providing depth
schedule. that Michigan c
"We trained hard all week," said was concerned a
junior Missy Sugar, who won the 100- Another freshma
and 200-yard freestyle races. "The the 200 breaststr
meet was sort of a rest." ished first in the
While the meet may have been a rest Although the
by distance standards, the intensity was the meet a b
still there for the weary Wolverines. Richardson put
They opened the meet with a pool- Even All-Ameri
record setting victory in the medley and Crisman wei
relay. Lindsay Maas, Emily Cocks, heats, in whichr
Lindsay Carlberg and Shannon for an extra wor
Shakespeare combined to cut a half- "We'll probat
second off of the Michigan State pool dual meets as hi
mark. outs," Richardso
While the record was an achieve- Remember th
ment to be proud of, the medley team when the Wolve
was quick to put it out of mind and for a national
concentrate on swimming even faster. would appear to
Admitting that it will be nice to see tition with a h
her name on the Michigan State record variety in the m
board, Maas added that "it's something of training. Poo
to look forward to-breaking it again." Wolverines shou
Michigan refused to give in to er tough week o
Womenshoops
all but one swimming
Crisman paced the
three individual wins,
nd Shakespeare each
sts.
n freshmen collected,
individual wins. Julie
ay Karlson won the
i-yard freestyle races,
in the distance event
coach Jim Richardson
about to begin the year.
an, Traci Valasco, won
roke, and Carlberg fin
200 backstroke.
swimmers considered
break from training,
them to work often.
cans like Shakespeare
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no points are awarded,
kout.
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hat strategy in March,
rines expect to contend,.;
championship. What
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piddle of a long period
DI records in hand, the
uld be rested for anoth-
f workouts.
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SPORTS BRIEFS
Rams go down to
Titans, end their
unbeaten streak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Quick
starts had made the St. Louis Rams the
NFL's last undefeated team. Yesterday,
hey couldn't get going fast enough.
Steve McNair, playing his first game
n six weeks following back surgery,
brew for two touchdowns and ran for
mother as the Tennessee Titans held on
or a 24-21 victory over the Rams in the
unlikely clash of this year's NFL powers.
The Titans (6-1) outscored the Rams
.6-1) 21-0 in the first 14 minutes. But
Kurt Warner, whose two fumbles led to
wo first-quarter touchdowns, rallied St.
Louis by throwing three touchdown
,asses in the second half.
After Warner's 15-yard touchdown
pass to Amp Lee with 2:14 left cut
Tennessee's lead to 24-21, Lorenzo
Styles of the Rams recovered the onside
kick and gave Warner one more chance
'o prove the Rams could win late as well
as early.
With no timeouts, Warner needed
niii-e plays to get them to the Titans 19
wilh time running out.
St. Louis ran Jeff Wilkins out to try a
38ard field goal, but his kick missed
wide right with 7 seconds left.
-The Rams thought they would get one
more chance thanks to a flag. But offi-
cials ruled that Titans linebacker Terry
Killens had been blocked into Wilkins
by Mike Gurttadauria.
:The Rams had .outscored opponents
66-9 in the first quarter this season, but
Tennessee jumped on the Rams from the
opening possession. McNair, who was-
n't named the starter until an hour before
kickoff, moved the Titans 80 yards and
capped the drive with a I-yard toss to
Lorenzo Neal and a 7-0 lead. Then it fell
apart for St. Louis, a team that had
trailed only once this season.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins may now
break out the champagne glasses. The
'72 Dolphins, who went 17-0, celebrate
every year after the last undefeated team
loses its first game, ensuring their record
stays intact.
Woods wins title
in somber Tour
Championship
HOUSTON (AP) - Amidst one
more tribute to Payne Stewart came yet
another coronation for Tiger Woods.
A long and sorrowful week at the Tour
Championship finally concluded yester-
day with several players wearing knick-
ers to honor Stewart.
Woods won his third straight tourna-
ment, his seventh PGA Tour victory this
year in only 20 starts, by closing with a
2-under 69 for a four-stroke victory over
Davis Love III.
Of his 14 career PGA Tour victories
and 17 worldwide, this was more hollow
than any of them. Ultimately, the week
belonged to the memory of Stewart, who
was killed in a plane crash on Monday.
"We've all tried to come to grips with
everything," Woods said. "It's been
tough. I can honestly say I'm pretty
drained. I'm thankful this week is over."
COACHES' POLL
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(first place votes in parentheses)
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1. Florida State (44)
2. Penn State (13)
3. Virginia Tech (2)
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Kansas State
7. Georgia Tech
8. Mississippi State
9, Nebraska
10. Wisconsin
11. Texas
12. Marshall
13. Brigham Young
14. Alabama
15. Michigan
16. Georgia
17. East Carolina
18. Texas A&M
19. Michigan State
20. Ohio State
21. Purdue
22. Miami
23. Mississippi
24. Arkansas
25. Southern Miss.
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searching for equality
NFL RESULTS
Yesterday's scores
Atlanta 27, Carolina 20
By Dena Krischer
Daily Sports Writer
CHICAGO - It wouldn't matter if
the game were played in bikinis, the
NCAA women's basketball league is just
not going to get the attention - or the
respect - that it so rightly deserves.
Basketball stars spent their Sunday
morning answering questions from
story-hungry reporters for an hour and a
half at the Big Ten women's basketball
media conference in Chicago, yesterday.
An hour and a half of redundant ques-
tions geared towards comments on last
year's season, outlooks on the upcoming
season and possible remarks on the dis-
heartening death of Purdue's Tiffany
Young this past summer due to an alco-
hol-induced car accident.
In one corner sat defending NCAA
champion Purdue, whose new coach,
Kristy Curry, took over the same
Boilermakers who beat Louisiana Tech,
in the Final Four last year.
In another corner sat the favored Penn
State, whose own center Andrea Garner
was voted Preseason Player of the Year
in the conference.
In another sat equally favored Illinois,
whose coach Susan Blauser is expected
to lead her team into the NCAA
Tournament.
The Big Ten is full of talented players,
some of which hope to one day make it
to the WNBA.
But what incentive do these female
athletes have, knowing that there are
many people out there who dislike the
up-and-coming association?
Some might argue, like FOX Sports'
The Last Word host Jim Rome did this
past summer, that women basketball
players lack the ability.
"Everybody's entitled to their own
opinion," Purdue senior forward
Michelle Duhart said. "I think that wa
totally out of control. You have to star
somewhere, and you have to build, and I
think women's basketball is definitely
taking the next step."
Some feel it's because the women's
game is played below the rim, much dif-
ferent from the men's 'let's see how higWF
we can jump' style of play.
"Just because you can't play above the
rim, doesn't mean the game is not excit- .,
ing,' Penn State senior guard Hele
Darling said. "I know people who lik
the women's game more because women
are more aggressive, defensively they'r1
more fundamentally sound, and it's a
team game instead ofjust, you know, the
all-star."'
But let's face it, the women's league
hasn't been appreciated because, wel,
it's the women's league. Who would want
to watch women play basketball when
the men's game is still so prominent?
"You have to separate the women
and the men's league to begin with
Curry said. "It's a different game. I think
it's tremendous to watch the level that
our game has gone to."
'Our game.' Precisely.
These women have single-handedliy
taken a sport that has been male-domi-
nant for years and turned it into some-
thing promising.
Something they can call their own.
Something, that in years to come, wl&
be more popular than ever expected.
"Will it get bigger than the NBA?
asked Michigan coach Sue Guevara, ns
though astounded at the idea. "No, it will
not get bigger than the NBA. But I think
that kids these days are getting better.
They know how to play the game. What
you can see now is female role models,
and all of a sudden, it's like, 'Hey, you
know what? That could be me one day."'
Kansas City 34, San Diego 0
Buffalo 13, Baltimore 10
NY Giants 23, Philadelphia 17
Jacksonville 41, Cincinnati 10
Cleveland 21, New Orleans 16
Washington 48, Chicago 22
Tennessee 24, Saint Louis 21
New England 27, Arizona 3
Minnesota 23, Denver 20
Miami 16, Oakland 9
Indianapolis 34, Dallas 24
Detroit 20, Tampa Bay 3
NBA RESULTS
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Friday's preseason scores
Charlotte 103, Chicago 89
Philadelphia 91, New Jersey 88
Houston 79, San Antonio 77
LA Clippers 118, Golden State 108
Portland 103, Sacramento 96
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