2B - The Michigan Daily - SpurtsMonday -- September 27, 1999


CLUB SPORTS CORNER

EDITED BY DAVID DEN HERDER
AND MARK FRANCESCUTTI

M' SCHEDULE
Friday October 1
Soccer vs. Indiana, 4:00 p.m.
Field Hockey at Ohio State, 3:00 p.m.
Hockey Blue/White game, 7:35 p.m.
Volleyball at Wisconsin, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday October 2
Football vs. Purde, 12:10 p.m.
Hockey vs. Wilfrid Laurier, 7:05 p.m.
Volleyball at Purdue, 7:00 p.m.
Soccer vs. Purdue, 1:00 p.m.
Field Hockey at Penn State, 12:00 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Virginia 45, Brigham Young 40
W. Washington 20, St. Mary's, Cal. 7
Washington 31, Colorado 24
Wyoming 10, Air Force 7
AP POLL
Associated Press Top 25, Sept. 26
(first place votes in parentheses)

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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Michigan rifle club captain Neil McNeight looks down the barrel of a .22 caliber
small-bore rifle at team tryouts last Wednesday.
100 aim for spots on rifle club
Shooters forced to narrow roster to 20 after tryouts

An unprecedented 65 shooters tried
out for 18 spots on the Michigan rifle
clu b last Wednesday at the NUBS rifle
range on central campus. Between
ROTC hopefuls and returning members,
the club had over 100 candidates vying
for positions on this season's roster.
The club must limit its membership to
20 shooters, including the captain, Neil
McNeight, and the assistant captain,
Kenneth C. Dennison, so competing
this year was extremely competitive.
Shooters fired shots from 50 feet
using a .22 caliber, small bore rifle.
Riflers tried out in the "prone," or lying
down position, and each fired 20 shots,
aiming five bullets each at four different
targets.
The rifle club members not only com-
pete against one another, but also against
other teams in the ROTC League.
Michigan will fire against Eastern,
Western and Central Michigan as well as
Howell Military Academy in the league.
The . Wolverines have been ROTC
League champions for the past 14 years.
The squad also attends regional com-
petitions, and has square'd off against
opponents such as Northwestern and
Ohio State.
Though some consider shooting to be
a male-dominated sport, several women
hopefuls came to tryouts. One rifle club
hopeful, LSA senior Nicole Paglia, said
-that women actually may have a physical
advantage when it comes to shooting.
"Girls might have a genetic advantage
because of the way their hips are posi-
tioned," she said.
M' rugby working
out kinks vs. BG
They don't wear helmets They
don't wear pads. Protective cups?
Nah.
Practicing twice a week at Elbel
Field, the Michigan rugby team tries
to improve its game.
The Wolverines arc often prepar-
ing. for opponents who sometimes
practice much longer than the
Wolverines.
The experience seemed to show in
Bowling Green this past weekend
when the Falcons defeated Michigan
56-5.'
Bowling Green practices every
day and even has its own pitch -- or
in-rtgby terms - a field.
tMc higan faces off again ' p.m.
I ay at Elbel Field against
' iigan State.
ugby's fun to watch," sopho-
,more fullback Matthew Moersfelder
said. "It's a fast-paced sport, and

Paglia shot for the team her sopho-
more year, but decided to skip a year
before shooting again. She seemed very
impressed with the female presence at
tryouts. "I'm happy to see so many girls
come to try out," Paglia said.
The shooters took aim at targets the
size of silver dollars. Coaches empha-
size precision over accuracy. As long as
all the shots end up close to each other,
the coaches can help the shooter group
them in the center of the target.
The club meets for two hours every
Wednesday night. Once a shooter is in
the club, he or she learns to shoot from
three different positions: standing, also
called the off hand position, kneeling
and lying down.
The rifle club prospects varied in
experience level.
While some shooters were new to the
sports, others were greatly experienced.
One experienced prospect was LSA
sophomore Brian Whitmer, from
Freemont, Neb.
Whitmer's high school had a trap
shooting team, where it competitively
shot moving clay discs. Whitmer trav-
eled internationally in high school with
the junior Olympic team.
"My gun has taken me places I've
never been before," Whitmer said.
The Olympics actually have 17 differ-
ent competitive shooting' sports.
Whitmer only learned about the club this
year at Festifall, and said he is eager to
get back to shooting. "I'm happy to be
pulling the trigger again," Whitmer said.
- Dave Roth
people get hurt a lot."
- Mark Francescutti
Men's volleyball
tryouts tonight
The Michigan men's volleyball
club will hold open tryouts for the
1999-2000 season tonight and
Wednesday at the CCRB.
The tryouts will be held from
6:45-10:00 on both nights on court 4
of the recreation building.
Volleyball club president Ben
Gerhold said all those wishing to
tryout should bring $15 for a club T-
shirt.
More info on the Michigan men's
volleyball club is available on its
Website, www-personal. umich.edu/
-onordstr/vbal//.

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Army 41, Ball State 21
Boston College 27, Rutgers 7
Brown 35, Lafayette 28
Bucknell 38, Delaware St. 28
Colgate 35, Dartmouth 3
Columbia 28, Tow son 13
Connecticut 34, Maine 20
Cornell 42, Fordham 14
Duquesne 31, Marist 0
Fairfield 59, Canisius 20
Harvard 25, Holy Cross 17
Hofstra 38, Cal Poly-SLO 3
lona 24, Sacred Heart 0
Lehigh 31, Princeton 0
Morgan St. 24, Rhode Island 21
Penn State 45, Indiana 24
Siena 32, St. Peter's 11
Stony Brook 7, Monmouth, N.J. 3
Syracuse 30, West Virginia 7
Villanova 34, Penn 6
Wagner 45, St. Francis, Penn, 13
William & Mary 42, Northeastern 30
Yale 48, Valparaiso 2
Alabama 35, Arkansas 28
Alabama A&M 27, Prairie View 3
Appalachian St. 51, The Citadel 0
Austin Peay 36, Campbellsville 35
Bethune-Cookman 28, Morris Brown 16
E. Kentucky 17, Samford 16
ETSU 38, W. Carolina 10
East Carolina 27, Miami 23
Elon 40, N. Carolina A&T 15
Emory & Henry 17, Davidson 13
Florida 38, Kentucky 10
Florida A&M 76, S. Carolina St. 17
Florida St. 42, North Carolina 10
Furman 58, VMI 0

Team
1. Florida State (61)
2. Penn State (5)
3. Florida (3)
4. Michigan
5. Texas A&M
6. Nebraska
7. Tennessee
8. Virginia Tech (1)
9. Georgia Tech
10. Georgia
11. Purdue
12. Ohio State
13. Kansas State
14. Michigan State
15. Texas
16. Mississippi State
17. Marshall
18. Miami
19. East Carolina
20. Arkansas
21. Alabama
22. Syracuse
23. Oklahoma
24. Virginia
25. Oregon

Record
4-0
5-0
4-0
4-0
3-0
4-0
2-1
3-0
2-1
3-0
4-0
3-1
3-0
4-0
4-1
4-0
4-0
2-2
4.0
2-1
3-1
3-1
3-0
3-1
3-1

i Pts
1,740
1,659
1,623
1,500
1,447
1,433
1,273
1,255
1,153
1,052
1,050
1,036
885
853
676
568
513
451
408
344
318
288
204
175
158

Pvs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
13
12

Why: Gannon scored four goals and assisted on another in the
Wolverines' three victories this week. She also scored the game
winner with 7:10 left against Michigan State on Wednesday. Gannon
leads the team this season with eight goals.
Background: Gannon was named a second-team All-American last
year as a sophomore. She led the team with 11 goals and 27 points.
Her 27 points were the ninth-best single season point total in
Michigan history.


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COACH ES' POLL
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Top 25, Sept.
(first place votes in parentheses)

Team Rec.
1. Florida State (52) 4-0
2. Penn State (5) 5-0
3. Florida (2) 4-0
4. Michigan 4-0
5. Nebraska 4-0
6. Texas A&M 3-0
7. Virginia Tech 3-0
8. Tennessee 2-1
9. Ohio State 3-1
10. Purdue 4-0
11. Georgia 3-0
12. Georgia Tech 2-1
13. Kansas State 3-0
14. Michigan State 4-0
15. Texas 4-1
16. Mississippi State 4-0
17. Marshall 4-0
18. Arkansas 2-1
19. Syracuse 3-1
20. Miami, Fla 2-2
21. East Carolina 4-0
22. Alabama 3-1
23. Southern Cal 2-1
24. Virginia 3-1
25. Oklahoma 3-0

Pts.
1,468
1,394
1,366
1,285
1,223
1,171
1,071
1,042
945
920
911
886
745
642
618
517
455
288
278
270
259
238
215
204
177

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Gannon

15
19
22
23
21
9
14
26
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1
2
3
4
5
6
8
7
10
11
9
12
15
21
20
23
22
14
13
16

Who: Kelli Gannon
Hometown: Escondido, Cal.
High School: San Pasqual

Sport: Field hockey
Position: Midfielder
Year: Junior

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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Loroupe breaks
own women's
marathon record

Georgia 24, Central Florida 23
Georgia Southern 49, Chattanooga 10
Hampton 27, Grambling St. 7
Howard 32, Texas Southern 20
Jackson State 63, MVSU 0
James Madison 21, Delaware 7
Liberty 48, Fayetteville St. 14
Louisiana-Monroe 38, Northwestern St. 37
Marshall 34, Temple 0
Mississippi 24, Auburn 17, OT
Mississippi College 16, Jacksonville 13
Mississippi St. 17, South Carolina 0
Morehead St. 50, Dayton 39
Nicholls St. 45, Jacksonville St. 42
Oklahoma 42, Louisville 21
Richmond 27, New Hampshire 17
Southern U. 36, Alabama State 13
Tennessee 17, Memphis 16
Troy St. 41, South Florida 24
UAB 29, Houston 10
Vanderbilt 31, Duke 14
W. Kentucky 21, SE Missouri 10
Wake Forest 31, N.C. State 7
Wofford 35, Charleston Southern 13
MIDWEST
Butler 34, Wesley 19
Drake 48, Quincy 7
E. Illinois 42, Tenn.-Martin 21
E. Michigan 38, Akron 17
Illinois St. 46, SW Missouri St. 42
Kansas St. 35, Iowa State 28
Kent 41, Bowling Green 27
Miami, Ohio 24, Central Michigan 16
Michigan 21, Wisconsin 16
Michigan St. 27, Illinois 10
N. Iowa 34, S. Illinois 14
Nebraska 40, Missouri 10
Ohio 45, Buffalo 6
Ohio St. 34, Cincinnati 20
Purdue 31, Northwestern 23
San Diego St. 41, Kansas 13
Toledo 24, Massachusetts 3
W. Michigan 24, N. Illinois 21
Youngstown St. 28, W. Illinois 24
SOUTHWEST
Ark.-Pine Bluff 33, Alcorn St. 17
Hawaii 20, SMU 0
N. Arizona 29, SW Texas 26
Rice 20, Navy 17
TCU 24, Arkansas St. 21
Texas 62, Baylor 0
Texas A&M 23, Southem Miss. 6
Texas-El Paso 54, New Mexico State 23
FAR WEST
Arizona 30, Washington St. 24
Boise St. 20, New Mexico 9
California 24, Arizona'St. 23
E. Washington 48, CS Northridge 41
Fresno State 49, Nevada 24
Montana 81, Weber State 22
Oregon 33, Southern Cal 30, 30T
Portland St. 52, Idaho St. 13
S. Utah 30, Montana Tech 12
Sacramento St. 41, Montana State 10
San Jose State 34, Tulsa 10
Stanford 42, UCLA 32
Utah 52, UNLV 14

Records as of Sept. 26
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
NY Yankees
BostonE
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa BayE
Central
Clevelandc
ChicagoE
MinnesotaE
Detroit E
Kansas CityE
West
Texas
OaklandE
Seattle
Anaheimf

--- David Den Herder
NOTE: The ultimate disc photo that
ran in last Monday's Club Sports
Corner was by Joanna Paine for the
Daily.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
Atlanta
NY Mets
Philadelphia
Montreal
Florida
Central
Houston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Chicago
West
Arizona
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Colorado

MLB STANDINGS

9
9
7
6
6
9
9
7
a
E
9
8
7
6

w
94
89
79
76
66
94
69
63
63
62
91
84
76
65
w
98
92
73
64
62
94
92
75
72
70
64
94
83
73
73
69

Pct.
.610
.578
.510
.494
.426
.606
.448
.412
.409
.400
.591
.542
.494
.419
Pct
.632
.594
.471
.413
.400
.603
.594
.487
.468
.455
.413
.610
.535
.471
.471
.445

BERLIN (AP) - Aided by three
male pacesetters, Kenya's Tegla
Loroupe broke her world record in the
women's marathon by four seconds yes-
terday, winning the Berlin Marathon in
2 hours, 20 minutes, 43 seconds.
"I'm very happy to win," the 4-foot-
10, 88-pound Loroupe said. "I didn't
expect the record. I was so tired around
the (halfway) mark."
Loroupe had set the previous mark of
2:20:47 at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on
April 18, 1998.
Her record gave the Berlin Marathon
the fastest times in history for men and
women. Brazil's Ronaldo da Costa set
the men's record of 2:06:05 last year.
Loroupe, a two-time New York City
Marathon winner, was about 30 sec-
onds off her Rotterdam pace at 21.7
miles of the 26.2-mile race. She was
having problems with her left leg and
with fatigue. Then, a downhill slope to
the finish helped her.
She reached 24.8 miles only three
seconds off her best mark and started a
final kick that had thousands cheering
near the finish line in downtown Berlin.
"Two weeks ago, I ran the last 10
kilometers in practice, so I knew exact-
ly where I was," Loroupe said. "The
crowd really helped me."
In a race that attracted about 26,500
runners, Kenya's Josephat Kiprono won
the men's division race with the third-
fastest time in history, 2:06:44. He ran
alone for most of the second half of the
race.
His only challenge came when
Japan's Takayuki Inubushi closed with-
in five seconds of him at 21.7 miles.
The little-known Inubushi then fell
back and wound up second at 2:06:57,
the fifth-fastest ever and a Japanese
record.
"I thought the Japanese was going to
catch me, but I knew I had enough in
reserve," Kiprono said.
Kiprono's time is topped only by that
of da Costa and South African Gert
Thys, who clocked 2:06:32 Feb. 14 at
Tokyo.
Kenya's Samson Kandie was third at
2:08:34 and Morocco's Hicham Chatt
fourth at 2:09:56.
Loroupe, the dominant women's
marathoner in recent years, had said she
wanted to set the record in her Berlin
debut and was hoping to crack the 2:20
barrier. She ran out front with her three
Kenyan pacemakers from the start.
With the three men calling out splits
and running ahead as a shield when
headwinds blew on some streets,
Loroupe was 90 seconds ahead of her
Rotterdam pace early in the race.
But she ran into trouble just after the
halfway point, where she was timed in
1:06:04, gradually falling behind her
previous world record pace until regain-
ing her speed.
Marleen Renders of Belgium, the
1998 champion, finished second at
2:23:58, a national record. Russia's
Svetlana Zakharova was third at
2:27:07.
Loroupe had been given the entry
No. 219, as in 2:19:00, with both orga-
nizers and the Kenyan hoping she
would become the first woman to break
2:20.
"I'm sorry I didn't run 2:19,"
Loroupe said. "I tried so hard but it did-
n't work. But now I know I can run
2:19." Loroupe collected $28,000 for
winning and another S100,000 for the
record.
Former Spartan
Underwood stabbed
on Lansing streets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Miami
Dolphins defensive end Dimitrius
Underwood was found on a city street
Sunday, bleeding from a neck wound

Former Wolverine
Grbac lifts Chiefs
past Lions, 31-21

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that police described as a life-threaten-
ing injury.
"He was cut. We're still investigating
the nature of the injury," said Sgt. Liffctl
Doherty-Wright, a Lansing police
spokesw'omain.
Underwood disappeared from the
Minnesota Vikings training camp after
one day this summer. When he was'
found he talked of giving up football for
the ministry but signed with the
Dolphins after being released by
Minnesota.
Doherty-Wright said police discov-
ered Underwood lying on a street about
two blocks south of the state capitol in
downtown Lansing about 12:45 p.m.
The site was near a park and a library
and about a block from the business dis-
trict.
He was taken to Sparrow Hospital for
surgery. WLNS-TV reported he was in
stable condition, but a hospital spokd-
woman declined comment.
Lansing police said Underwood had
been arrested Saturday night aid 0
released on bond, but said it had no
information on what the charge was
because he had not been arraigned. A
message was left at the home of
Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III. WLNS-
TV and WSYM-TV reported that
Underwood had been arrested on a
charge of failing to pay child support.
"We know Dimitrius has been admit-
ted to Sparrow Hospital, and we will be
getting additional information about.
him tomorrow," Dolphins vice presi-
dent of media relations Harvey Greene
said. "Our hopes foremost are about his
health, but until we have additional
information, it would be premature for
the club to comment on his situation."
The Dolphins were not scheduled to
play this weekend and Greene said all
the players had the weekend off.
Underwood was taken with the 29th
overall pick in the draft by Minnesota
out of Michigan State, but he disap-
peared from the Vikings' training camp
after one practice. He considered
career in the ministry after leaving the'
Vikings, and they released him Aug. 1
He was claimed on waivers by Miatp
after 23 other teams passed on him. -
Underwood sacrificed a $1.75 ni ,;
lion signing bonus by leaving "11_*
Vikings, and he's getting a base salary
of $395,000 in the first season of a fi
year contract with Miami.
Underwood dislocated his left sho
der during an exhibition game
missed several weeks of practice. He.
was expected to begin working
again this week.
Michigan State coach Nick Saban
said he -was deeply concerned.
"Our thoughts and our prayers arc
with Dimitrius and we hope for a full
recovery," lie said.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -
Appearing to miss its superstar running
back for the first time this year, the
Detroit offense spent much of the dnr
misfiring yesterday as the Kansas City
Chiefs rolled to a 31-21 victory.
. Elvis Grbac threw two touchdown
passes as the Chiefs (2-1) won their sect
ond in a row and stopped the Lions (2
1) and their patchwork offensive line
from starting 3-0 for the first time sine
1980.
In five of their first six possessions
the Lions were sacked three times,
a pass batted down, were penalized
twice and punted five times. The Chif
led 24-7 late in the third.
With two new starters on the offen-
sive line, Charlie Batch was sacked fotr
times altogether, intercepted twice and
had two passes batted away.
It was 31-13 before Batch threw;'
short pass to Ron Rivers, who weaved
his way 31 yards for a TD with 2:1 1La
play.
Batch wound up 16-of-34 for 211

NFL RESULTS
Yesterday's scores
Baltimore 17, Cleveland 10
Buffalo 26, Philadelphia 0
Carolina 27, Cincinnati 3
Kansas City 31, Detroit 21
Washington 27, New York Jets 20
Seattle 29, Pittsburgh 10
Saint Louis 35, Atlanta 7
Tampa Bay 13, Denver 10
Tennessee 20, Jacksonville 19
Indianapolis 27, San Diego 19
Green Bay 23, Minnesota 20
Oakland 24, Chicago 17
New England-16, N.Y. Giants 14

yards.
Kansas City's defense set up
Chiefs' last TD when Ty Parten
Batch just as he was throwing.

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