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& AGUE TEXAS 4
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DETROIT 1 Tampa Bay 5
Minnesota 5, Kansas City at
OAKLAND 4 SEAT ELE. Inc
Toronto 14, NATIONAL
BOSTON 9 LEAGUE
NEW YORK 5, CHICAGO 5,
Chicago 4 St. Louis 3
Arizona 11
COLORADO 3
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SAN DIEGO 3
PIT TSBURGH 3
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ATLANTA 5.
New York 2
Philadelphia 12.
MILWAUKEE 3
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sJosh Kleinbaum
ILYaily Sports Editor
They sat in the waiting room of a San
Diego high school like troublemakers
waiting to see the principal. After a
moment of awkward silence, Lloyd
Carr turned to the man sitting next to
him.
"Where do you want DeWayne to
go?" the Michigan football coach
.d.
'Honestly, deep down, I want him to
go to Texas," Chuck Patmon replied
The coach paused, then smiled.
"I hope," said Carr,"he doesn't listen
to you."
DeWayne Patmon didn't listen to his
dad. He didn't listen when his dad, and
everyone else with vocal cords, told
him that he wouldn't start in the defen-
sive backfield at Michigan - Texas is
old high-school teammate, who was on
the way to becoming college football's
all-time leading rusher at Texas, who
told him they could be together again.
He didn't listen to that third faction,
either, the one from South Bend - the
one that told him he could play in the
shadow of Touchdown Jesus.
Instead, he listened to his heart. For
Patmon, who grew up with a Michigan
hat on his head and a maize-and-blue T-
shirt on his back, -that heart said Ann
Arbor.
But it shouldn't have surprised any-
one. If people said he wouldn't get
playing time at Michigan, that's where
Patmon would most likely want to go.
When he drives to the airport, he pur-
posely waits as long as he can, cutting
the flight as close as he can.
"It's like a challenge," Chuck Patmon
said from San Diego. "It drives me
See PATMON, Page 11A
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DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily
Jessie Veith didn't score here, but her teammate, Kelli Gannon, fired home a penalty corner with seven minutes left to give Michigan the win. Despite the close
score, Michigan State could have shot 100 percent and still not have been assured of victory. Michigan's defenders held the Spartans to just one shot.
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-0 score not as close as it sounds
A .J. Berka
Daily Sports Writer
Manchester, Mich., is in the middle of
Wolverine country. Stationed roughly 20
minutes southwest of Ann Arbor, much
of the town bleeds Maize and Blue.
Wisconsin kick returner Nick Davis
isn't one of them. Although Davis has
lived in Manchester since kindergarten,
the sophomore flanker had no qualms
about leaving the Ann Arbor area for the
tand white of the Badgers.
wouldn't really say I was really a
die-hard Michigan fan," Davis said. "I
liked Michigan and Michigan State pret-
ty equally when I was growing up."
Manchester, on the other hand, is pret-
ty much a Michigan stronghold. So
when Davis - who is third in the coun-
try in punt returns with 19.5 yards per
return - was being recruited during his
senior year of high school, there were
e a few Michigan suggestions
o Bred to him.
But after wooing Davis heavily during
the first part of the recruiting process,
the Wolverines backed off, allowing
Davis to sign with the Badgers.
"My stepfather went to Michigan, so
he wanted me to stay home for college,"
Davis said. "Michigan went after me
hard at the beginning, but then they
seemed to lose interest.
"I think my parents were more disap-
pointed then I was when Michigan
stopped recruiting me. But they both
were behind me 100 percent with the
decision that I made"
Although Manchester is a pretty
devout Michigan community, there was-
n't any negative backlash towards
Davis's decision to leave home. The sto-
ries of recruits being badgered by their
community after forsaking the home-
town team didn't happen in Davis' situa-
tion.
"I was really the only kid that has ever
See DAVIS, Page 11A
By Michael Kern
D)aily Sports Vriter
EAST LANSING - Once again, intensity
and pressure were the keys to victory for the No.
12 Michigan field hockey team, as it dominated
in-state rival No. II Michigan State on the road
yesterday night in the Big Ten opener for both
teams.
While the 1-0 score may not have reflected
Michigan's dominance of the game, the
Wolverines held the Spartans to just one shot all
night, forcing play into Michigan State's half of
the fiekl for the majority of the game.
A Kelli Gannon goal with a little more than
seven minutes remaining in the game provided
the margin of victory
"This is one the best games we've played,"
Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz said. "All of
our players played really well."
After their disappointing weekend two weeks
ago, losing to James Madison and Virginia, the
Wolverines reset their focus on being more
aggressive to the ball and pursuing the play
relentlessly.
That focus was clearly in full force against
Michigan State yesterday night, as Michigan
took the play to the Spartans at both ends of the
field, especially during the second half.
Michigan State was unable to advance the ball
past midfield for almost the entire half and did-
n't get the ball into scoring position until the last
minute of the game.
"We were on every ball," sophomore forward
Jessie Veith said. "We beat them to every ball,
and that's how we won the game. We just stuck
it out and finished "
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