Joreboard- ERICAN TEXAS 10, LEAGUE Seattle o New York 9. Oakland at BALTIMORE 5 ANAHEIM, Inc. Toronto 8., TAMPA BAY 2 NATIONAL Cleveland 2. LEAGUE KANSAS CITY 1 Florida 5, Detroit 7. MONTREAL 3 MINNESOTA 4 Chicago 8. PHILADELPHIA 2 Atlanta 9. NEW YORK 3 Cincinnati 4, HOUSTON 1 Pittsburgh at MILWAUKEE, ppd. San Diego at ST. LOUIS. ppd. ftme iduimi kil Tracking 'M' clubs The Michigan men's volleyball club will hold open try- OUts Monday, Oct. 4 and Wednesday, Oct 6 at the CCRB. This was incorrectly reported in Monday's Club Sport s Corner. Wednesday September 29, 1999 CS ratings: ne year too lgte for'M' oozballjans re are certain letters that strike fear into the hearts of people everywhere. IRS. FBI. STD.And now, for col- lege football coaches, there's a whole new set of letters hat may keep them up at night. BCS. &roduced a year ago, the Bowl Championship Series aings is a complex formula designed to produce an ndisputed national champion by having the two top-ranked eams play at the end of the season. For Michigan fans, the emergence of the BCS before last eason was bittersweet. If the system ere in place during 1997's national hampionship season, Michigan Andy ouldn't have split the national title Latack ith Nebraska, instead the Wolverines ould have squared off with the ornhuskers after the season. On see- , hought, maybe sharing isn't so ad. Now, when the rankings are nnounced beginning on Oct. 25, a tatistical mayhem ensues that lasts COUNTER he rest of the season. With so many LATACK bscure criteria included in figuring a eam's BCS ranking - strength-of- chedule, strength-of-opponent's-schedule, the square root f the head coach's social security number - it's easy to e aught up in the minute details. don't act like you weren't excited when Rice beat avy last weekend for its first victory of the season, boost- ng Michigan's strength-of-schedule quotient .0001 points. nd be aware, as you exault in Notre Dame's futility, that very loss the Irish suffer lowers the Wolverines' BCS tanding. But despite all of the factors to consider, there is one hing that will cause a team's BCS rankings to plummet like he Pac-10's respect this year. A loss. With all the focus on numbers this season, losing a game as assumed almost mythical proportions. A loss, particu- late in the season, will surely dash a team's national it!ehopes. To title-spoiled fans in Florida and Nebraska, his seems like the end of the world. Since when was an I I - record a disappointment? ,But the sad fact is if you don't go undefeated, you don't lay for the ring. Unless you follow Florida State's recipe: alter early against N.C. State, then go on to pound mediocre ACC foes by an average of 67 points per game ttil the BCS has you at No. 2 again. -So, while teams like the Seminoles rack up double-digit victories and get their walk-ons some reps, schools that play irgitimate conferences don't have it so easy. Consider the Big Ten. With five of the 11 conference members currently in the top 25, there isn't a tougher bunch in the country. The Big Ten schedule will undoubtedly claim more than a few conference teams' national title aspi- rations before the season is over. No. I Purdue, undefeated and possessing the most lethal passing game in the country, probably has visions of I W Hockey sales up; prices constant By Geoff Gagnon Daily Sports Writer You won't see the long lines you used to. You won't see stiff hockey fans wip- ing the sleep from their eyes as the tick- et office throws open its doors to hun- dreds of students who camped out the night before. But you also aren't likely to see an empty seat in Yost Arena this winter. Four seasons after replacing long lines that forced students to camp out for hockey tickets with an application process that rewards seniority, today the athletic department will deliver season tickets to the 1,664 students who applied. Director of ticket opporations Marty Bodnar says this year's application fig- ures represent a 10 percent jump from a year ago - impressive considering last year's squad was defending a national title. 1 "We're very pleased," Bodnar said. "I think clearly the numbers speak for themselves. We had 10 percent more students request tickets for this season. Last year we had 1,580 and this year we had 1,664." In 1997-98, with student ticket pack- age prices around $80, the Athletic Dept. sold 2,276 packages. Despite the slight increase in demand from last year, student ticket sales are still down more than 26 percent from the 1997-98 season, when the Athletic Dept. implemented an unprecendented student package price increase of nearly 100 percent. Bodnar said ticket prices remained the same this year as they had been a year ago. Last season Athletic Dept. officials allocated some 2,200 student tickets only to see roughly 1,600 apply for season tickets before the initial deadline. But those same prices certainly didn't seem to deter students this fall who sub- mitted their applications by Sept. 15 along with $160. And it doesn't seem prices have had any impact on the hun- dreds of non-student hockey fans that have been placed on a long waiting list in hopes of possibly securing season tickets. See SALES, Page 14 FILE PHOTO After being blind-sided by a near 100 percent increase in ticket prices last season, students have come out in slightly larger numbers this year for season hockey packages - still no comparison to sales before the hike. CAUSE AND EFFECT? THE STUDENT TICKET PACKAGE I Capacity of Yost Ice Arena: About 6,340 Initial student package sales 1997-98: Initial sales in 1998-99: Initial sales in 1998-99. Student ticket package price 1997-98: Price in 1998-99: Price in 1997-98: 1,580 1,664 ....... «... $80 + s wsoe+e oewewe...@ 2,276 $160 $160 $9-11 $9 - 11 Avgerage student ticket price 1997-98: $4 - 5 Home record in 1998-99: Home record in 1999-00: See LATACK, Page 14 Uurns named men's arsity soccer coach Scoring depth key to Blue soccer success jeff Phillips Fordhe Daily -After 51 years of club status, the Ujiversity of Michigan has named its- f men's varsity soccer coach. Xerday, University Athletic Director 'I2M Goss officially announced Stephen Horns as head coach. "It's time for things to change," Burns siid after practice yesterday. "This Is a big step for Michigan soccer." murns has been coaching the men's ckib team since 1993. During this time, the v4lverines have compiled 101 wins and two national club titles in 1997 and * hile the team has had success at the c level, Burns is keeping the club and vasity teams separate. "The varsity game is much different thainthe club game." Burns said. "In the first year we will have to work in recruit- ifng. I expect six to eight players to carry oler to the varsity." Burns wants to follow the lead of the %omen's soccer team, currently No. 15 ii.the nation. t took the women four years to reach the upper level of collegiate soc- er," Burns said. "I have a three-year plan for the men's team. In year one, I am going to teach the players the colle- giate game. Division I is very difficult." The new Michigan coach hopes to recruit top club players from around the ers the national level;' Burns said. "By year three, I want to add the names. It will be time to play with the big boys." By the third year, Burns hopes to compete with top teams such as Maryland and North Carolina. In Burns' first year, the Wolverines will compete in the already tough Big Ten schedule. This schedule will include Penn State and Indiana, currently ranked No. I and No. 6 respectively. In the third year of his plan, Burns expects Michigan to fin- ish in the conference's top three. Bums also believes that Michigan's exceptional academics will attract per- spective players to the team. "When you take a look at the top teams, Duke, Stanford, academics play a role," Burns said. "I hope that we can do the same here at Michigan." Burns hopes that Michigan's decision to make soccer a varsity sport will start a trend throughout the nation. Numerous Division one schools lack a soccer team. "I hope that the rest of the country looks to Michigan as a leader" Burns said. "Many schools in the southeast do not have a varsity soccer team." Today at 5 p.m., the club team will play Schoolcraft College in Livonia. But the big game of the season will be on Oct. 16th at 2 p.m., when the team will take on llinois here in Ann Arbor. "We expect about 1,100 to 1,500 peo- By Rohit Bhave and Dan Williams Daily Sports Writers Going into this Friday's match with Indiana at the Michigan Soccer Field, the Michigan soccer team is poised to continue their success in the Big Ten season. At 3-0-1, they are currently atop the conference standings, coming off home victories over Illinois and Iowa. At the heart of this season's success has been the solid leadership of the vet- eran core, led by Emily Schmitt, Michigan's season leader in assists and in shots on goal. Freshman forward Abby Crumpton is leading the team in goals, just a part of a very talented freshman class that has made a strong impact on the team. Kacy Beitel has drawn the praise of Michigan coach Debbie Belkin for her clutch scoring and high shooting percentage (20 per- cent). Belkin attributed their early success to the Wolverines' scoring depth - seven different players have scored this year, creating a balanced offensive attack. Backing up the offense has been a quick and aggressive defense. The dominant quartet, consisting of fresh- men fullbacks Amy Sullivant and Andrea Kayal, sophomore sweeper Alissa Shaw and senior stopper Shannon Poole, has overcome its inex- perience with pure speed and an I've- got-your-back approach to defense. "We have the attitude that every loose ball is ours, and that aggressive- ness filters throughout the team," Belkin said. 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