ScoreboardcL AMERICAN Baltimore 7. & AGUE TEXAS 4 Uveia n 9, ANAHEIM 8 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 C ncinnat A SAN DIEGO 3 PIT TSBURGH 3 Houston 2 ATLANTA 5. New York 2 Philadelphia 12. MILWAUKEE 3 'Adommobib- - r--Mqt ELI Tracking 'M' tickets The deadhne for purchasing Michigan basketball stu- dent season tickets istmorrow Sept . Season tickets are $100. Appiy at the Maie Hartwig Budding, 1000 S. State St. Thursday September 23, 1999 9A Michigan 1, Michigan State 0 ; , 4 Y y F " Y / l ,y '*a F M f .roc T at much better sconsin's Nick Davis, who grew up near Ann Arbor, has found many a happy return away from home in Badgerland. AP PHOTO / /i FOR THE ROAD Patmon not the Lone Star at 'M' 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 I 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. re to go to get some1 didn't listen to Ricky' playing time. Williams, his Davis gains happy return in Wisconsin 1 -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 " See SPARTANS, Page 16A I_ - , Martin J. 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