2B- The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 4, 1999

- CLUB SPORTS CORNER

EDITED BY DAvlD DEN HERDER
AND MARK FRANCESCUTTI

'' SCHEDULE

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Tuesday October 5
Volleyball at Notre Dame, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday October 7
Hockey at Notre Dame, 7:05 p.m.
Friday October 8
Field Hockey vs. Iowa, 3:00 p.m.
Soccer vs. Michigan State, 4:00 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Minnesota, 7:00 p.m.
Hockey at Notre Dame, 7:05 p.m.
Men's Cross Country at Michigan
Intercollegiate Invitation, in Hinsdale
Saturday October 9
Football at Michigan State, 12:00 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Iowa, 7:00 p.m.
Women's Cross Country at Murray Keatings
Invitational, 11:00 am. in Orono, Maine
Sunday October 10
Field Hockey vs. Northwestern, 1:00 p.m.
Soccer at Northwestern, 1:00 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL


SOUTHWEST
Arkansas State 45, Sam Houston State 20
Baylor 23, North Texas 10
Kansas State 35, Texas 17
Prairie View 47, Grambling State 19
Rice 20, Tulsa 10
Texas Tech 21, Texas A&M 19
FAR WEST
Air Force 23, San Diego State 22
Arizona State 28, UCLA 27
Boise St. 26, Utah 20
Cal. State-Northridge 41, Idaho State 27
California Polytech SLO 38, Southern Utah 10
Central Washington 27, St. Mary's, California. 7
Colorado State 46, New Mexico State 7
Eastern Washington 14, Northern Arizona 10
Fresno State 26, Texas Christian 19
Hawaii 33, Texas El Paso 3
Nevada 26, UNLV 12
Portland State 51, Montana 48, OT
San Jose State 44, Stanford 39
Southern California 37, Oregon State 29
Washington 34, Oregon 20
Washington State 31, California 7
Weber State 52, Sacramento State 49
Wyoming 28, Idaho 13
Yale 17, San Diego 6

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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Who: Jay Cant in
Hometown: Camiachie, Ontario
High School: St. Claires

Sport: Cross Country
Year: Senior

Why: Cantin ran the second best time at Friday's Notre Dame
Invitational. His 23:54 run over the 8.000 meter course was just t wo
seconds slower than the top mdividual time. Coach Ron Warhurst
called his co-captain's performance one of the best races he's ever
run.
Background: Three time All American -twice for relay, once individ-
ual... Fifth at Canadian Olympic trials n 1996 3:4244 - 1500 ant n
meters). Seventh at last years trials (4:00,44 - 1 mile indoors)... Two
time winner at Big Ten Tournament -one in mile, one in 1500 meters.

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'AVID'KATZ/Daily
The Wolverines could do little to hold back the offensive prowess of Michigan
State Saturday at Elbel Filed.
Scrummer! Spartans win, 39-0
Women's rugby club shutout by State on Elbel Field

As many students made their way
to Michigan Stadium Saturday
morning, the Michigan women's
rugby club could be seen clashing
with Michigan State on Elbel Field.
'In the early season contest the
Wolverines could not match the
experience of the Spartans, and were
shut out, 39-0.
The team is open to all female stu-
dents, experienced or beginner.
"Any interested player is welcome
to come to practice," coach Rosie
Wywrot said.
The team practices from 6 to 8
p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
Elbel Field. All home games are
played at 10 a.m. on Saturday, also at
Elbel Field.
Michigan plays two seasons dur-
ing the year. The fall season began in
September and concludes at the end
of October. Play resumes for the
spring season in January.
The Wolverines will practice
indoors during the winter months,
Dance club busts
a move at football
pregaerally
Before the Michigan football team
squared off against Purdue this
Saturday, the Michigan Dance Club
put on a performance of its own.
Twenty dancers performed a routine
to-the song "It's Raining Men" at the
Michigan Experience, a pep rally
held at the Track and Tennis building
three hours before each Michigan
football home game.
-The dance club is booked to per-
form before the Illinois,
Northwestern, and Ohio State home
games, and will also be featured at
Michigan men's home basketball
games. Club captain Amy Friedman
said the dancers will be courtside for
every game, and they will be fea-
MICHIGAN ROLLER HOCKEY:
Michigan 4, Western Illinois 0
Michigan State 6, Michigan 4
Michigan 5, Southern Illinois 4
,Purdue 5, Michigan 4
MCHIGAN TABLE TENNIS:
Michigan winners at Erie, Penn. -
Ashoo Jain, open singles
:Sungill Kim and Robert Billington,


then move outside when the weather
becomes acceptable in April.
The women will be celebrating the
20th anniversary of club rugby in the
spring of 2000.
Rugby pits two teams of 15 play-
ers to do battle on an 80-yard pitch,
or field. The offensive team's goal is
to score by carrying, passing, kick-
ing and finally grounding the ball in
the scoring area, while the opposing
team tries to tackle them - all with-
out the luxury of pads.
The Wolverines will take on
Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant
this Saturday.
Wywrot said that all those interest-
ed in joining the team should come
to practice tomorrow or Thursday
evening, or call the rugby hotline at
332-9009.
More information on the Michigan
women's rugby club is available at
the team's Website, http:// www.
umiich.edu/-umvwirfc/.
-Jeff Phillips
tured during two minute time-outs.
They will also perform occasionally
during halftime.
Over 100 students tried out for
only five available spots on the club
this fall. Out of the five new dancers
to make the team, four were fresh-
men.
The quartet of Leslie Frankel,
Brittany Johnson, Jenna Williams
and Kim Nemic dropped jaws with
their performances at tryouts to
assure themselves a spot on the
squad.
The club practices seven hours per
week, Tuesday from 8-10 p.m. at the
CCRB, Thursday from 6-8 p.m. in
the lobby of Yost Ice Arena, and
Sunday 7-10 p.m. at the CCRB.
The club holds spring tryouts, and
captain Amy Friedman encourages
anyone interested to email her at
amvlf@urnich.edu or to call her at
930-9775.
-Dave Roth
U-3200 doubles
Giancar Anselmo, U-1500 singles
MICHIGAN MEN'S HOCKEY CLUB:
Home game at Yost Ice Arena -
Fri., Oct. 8, 10:00 p.m.
MICHIGAN MEN'S VOLLEYBALL:
Open tryouts at CCRB, court 4 -
Today, 6:45 p.m.
Wed., Oct 4, 6:45 p.m.

EAST
Boston College 33, Northeastern 22
Bucknell 23, Penn 16
Colgate 24, Harvard 21
Connecticut 20, Rhode Island 9
Cornell 33, Brown 28
Delaware41, Richmond 33
Duquesne 51, St. Peter's 6
East Carolina 33, Army 14
Fairfield 41, Central Connecticut State 14
Georgetown, D.C. 28, lona 0
Hofstra 27, Massachusetts 14
James Madison 23, Villanova 20
La Salle 17, Siena 7
Lafayette 20, Dartmouth 10
Lehigh 63, Columbia 13
Maine 35, McNeese State 7
Marist 49, Canisius 7
N. Illinois 45, Buffalo 21
Navy 31, West Virginia 28
New Hampshire 38, Stephen F. Austin 28
Pittsburgh 55, Temple 24
Princeton 27, Fordham 0
Robert Morris 23, Wagner 21
St. Francis, Pa. 24, Sacred Heart 23
Syracuse 47, Tulane 17
Towson 14,;Holy Cross 0
sOUTh
Alabama 40, Florida 39, OT
Alabama St. 35, MVSU 27
Alcorn St. 41, Morehouse 27
Appalachian St. 23, Eastern Tennessee State 19
Cent. Florida 31, Eastern Illinois 21
Charleston Southern 14, Lenoir-Rhyne 7, OT
Clemson 31, North Carolina 20
Davidson 28, Guilford 21
Delaware State 43, BethuneCookman 29
Florida A&M 66, Morgan State 10
Florida State 51, Duke 23
Furman 27, Western Carolina 19
Georgia 23, Louisiana State 22
Georgia Southern 62, Viginia Military Institute 0
Jacksonville 28, Austin Peay 21, 20T
Kentucky 31, Arkansas 20
Liberty 38, Johnson C. Smith 2
Louisiana Tech 41, LouisianaLafayette 31
Louisville 45, Eastern Michigan 10
Mississippi 36, South Carolina 10
Mississippi State 42, Vanderbilt 14
Missouri 27, Memphis 17
North CarolinaA&T 28, Norfolk State 14
Northwestern St. 42, Nicholls State 17
Samford 34, Jacksonville State 18
Slippery Rock 45, Clarion 7
South Florida 21, Southern Illinois 14
Southern U. 21, Hampton 6
Tennessee 24, Auburn 0
Tennessee State 36, Alabama A&M 15
Tennessee Tech 28, Tennessee Martin 2
The Citadel 20, South Carolina State 14
Troy State 48, Middle Tennessee 31
Alabama-Birmingham 47, Louisiana-Monroe 0
Virginia Tech 31, Virginia 7
Western Kentucky 21, Murray State 15
Wake Forest 17, Rutgers 10
West Georgia 34, Morehead State 28, 20T
Wofford 41, Chattanooga 34
MIDWEST
Akron 31, Ball State 9
Bowling Green 34, Toledo 23
Dayton 42, Butler 7
Eastern Kentucky 37, Southeast Missouri 28
Illinois State 47, Northern Iowa 28
Indiana 34, Illinois 31, 20T
Kansas 27, Southern Methodist 9
Marshall 32, Miami, Ohio 14
Michigan 38, Purdue 12
Michigan State 49, Iowa 3
Minnesota 33, Northwestern 14
Nebraska 38, Oklahoma State 14
Notre Dame 34, Oklahoma 30
Ohio 31, Kent 3
Southwest Missouri State 27, Western Illinois 17
Valparaiso 27, Drake 17
Western Michigan 38, Central Michigan 16
Wisconsin 42, OMo State 17
Youngstown State 31. Indiana State.28

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iated Press Top 25, Oct. 3
place votes in parentheses)

rida State (64)
inn State (5)
chigan
braska
ginia Tech (1)
nnessee
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isas State
aeorgia
Michigan State
labama
exas A&M
Mississippi Stat
Marshall
ast Carolina
urdue
iyracuse
Miami (Fla.)
isconsin
hio State
outhern Cal.
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righam Young
Iinnesota

Record Pts
5-0 1,744
5-0 1,672
5-0 1,606
5-0 1,537
4-0 1,427
3-1 1,346
3-1 1,294
4.1 1,211
4-0 1,151
4-0 1,145
5-0 1,111
4-1 858
3-1 855
e 5-0 851
5-0 692
5-0 690
4-1 649
4-1 586
2-2 487
3-2 425
3-2 313
3-1 281
4-2 218
3-1 121
4-0 102


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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Pastor: Underwood
incident, bod in
Wonders Half not
linked to church
LANSING (AP) - The pastor of a
church that gained attention after
NFL player Dimitrius Underwood
slashed his throat and another man
with ties to the church was found
dead said yesterday it was unfortunate
that both tragedies occurred, but his
church isn't responsible for them.
"I got people here that have car
accidents in the same week. I hate to
put it on that level, but ... we can't
control those types of things," the
Rev. Phillip Owens told reporters
shortly before leading the service
Sunday at Immanuel's Temple
Community Church.
Underwood, a 22-year-old rookie
for the Miami Dolphins who played
three years for Michigan State, used
two steak knives Sept. 26 to slash his
neck while visiting his children and
their mother in Lansing. He now is in
an inpatient mental health clinic.
Underwood's mother, ordained
minister Eileen Underwood, last week
referred to Owens' church as a "cult
that's posing as a church."
On Friday, her son's agent issued a
statement quoting her as saying that
since she and Owens are both born-
again Christians, they "should both
be on the same accord, rather than
creating conflict caused by misinter-
pretation."
Owens said it's clear that Mrs.
Underwood has changed her mind
about Immanuel's Temple being a
cult.
"Now that she's got her son in a
safe environment, she's now backing
off that," Owens told Lansing station
WILX. "We never have been a cult.
Our doctrine is sound."
Mrs. Underwood could not be
reached for comment.
Another young man who had
attended Immanuel's Temple, 23-
year-old Neftali Valdez Greene Jr.,
was found suffocated in a cramped,
unused cooler in a Michigan State
dorm basement on Sept. 22.
Police think the former Michigan
State student got into the cooler on
his own, then could not get out when
the door closed and locked behind
him. But they are continuing their
investigation and hope to know more
when toxicology reports are in. Police
said Greene had attended Immanuel's
Temple for about a year.
Owens said Sunday that Greene
had stopped attending the church a
month ago, when he left to start his
own ministry.
"The police have said it's an acci-
dental death," he said. "There is no
connection here" to Immanuel's
Temple.
Owens also dismissed comments
by two Battle Creek women who say
they are worried their two 20-year-old
children are being encouraged to give
to the church beyond their means.
"We went to the church records to
check out their giving,", he said. "I
can't give you a dollar figure, but the
giving is (in the) low hundreds" of
dollars. 4
Upon retirement, AL
umpire remembers
Tiger Stadium fondly
CHICAGO (AP) - Asked to name

one of the greatest events he had seen
in his 22 years as an American
League umpire, Durwood Merrill
only had to look back a week to the
closing of Tiger Stadium.
"You could not see that stadium
close without bringing a tear to your
eye," he said.
Tiger. Stadium closed Sept. 27, 88
years after it opened. A sellout crowd
of 43,356 and more than 60 past
Tigers helped to close it down.
Merrill, who is retiring, said the
highlight his career was being behind
the plate for the 1995 All-Star Game

in Texas.
The 61-year-old Merrill, who
joined the AL staff in 1977, wa
behind the plate Sunday at Comiske
Park. The Minnesota Twins and
Chicago White Sox wound up in a I-
I tie when Merrill called the game
after 6 1/2 innings because of rain.
Merrill will work the AL playoffs
and then retire to his home in Hooks,
Texas.
"If I tried to reflect on (my career),
I'd get kind of emotional," he said.
"I've had a good ride and it's been a.
good career and I've enjoyed it
"I'll miss the people I work with,
Rocky (Roe) and John (Hirschbeck)
and Jim (Reynolds). You miss your
compadres. I'll get over the game," he
said.
Merrill's crew gave him a pair of
dark denim overalls embroidered with
his lame in red and "Retired
American League Umpire 33."
Minnesota manager Tom Kelly sent
over a bottle of champagne - atetO
the crew took the field for yesterday s
game.
Former Wolverine
Harbaugh leaves
game with injury
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego
Chargers quarterback Jim Harbaugh
left yesterday's game against thz
Kansas Chiefs with a bruised. right
elbow and wide receiver Jeff Graham
sustained a concussion on the next
play.
A third starter, cornerback Charlms'
Dimry, left with a sprained right knee
early in the second quarter and wasn't
expected to return.
Harbaugh landed on his right side
when he was hit by defensive end Eric'
Hicks after releasing a pass late in th*
first quarter. He was taken into the
locker room and the team said his
return was questionable. Harbaugh-
returned to the bench early in the sec-
ond quarter with his elbow wrapped
as Erik Kramer remained in the game.
On the first play after Harbaugh
was hurt, Kramer threw a long pass to
Graham. The pass was broken up by
Eric Warfield and Graham hit his
head on the turf. His return was ques
tionable.
Dominican president
throws first pitch at
Cubs-Cardinals game
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sammy Sosa
may not have won the home run race
but he is number one in the hearts of
his countrymen, including the presi-
dent of the Dominican Republic. -°
Leonel Antonio Fernandez threw
out the first pitch at Busch Stadittm
yesterday and watched Sosa hit his
63rd homer for the Chicago Cubs
But Fernandez also had to watch
Mark McGwire hit his 65th home run 
for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Fernandez said he wanted to tell
Sosa and the other players from the
Dominican Republic on both team.
how important they are in their hom
country. He met with Dominican
players from both teams before the
game.
"Considering that he and Mark
McGwire are the only two players in
baseball history to ever hit more than
60 home runs in two straight seasons,
we are very proud of him and what he
has done," Fernandez said.
"He is a national hero and a nation-
al source of pride, we love him ver
much."
Fernandez was accompanied by
another Dominican hero, former

pitcher Juan Marichal.
Out with a drip:
Tigers end dismal
season with rainout
KANSAS CITY (AP) --The reg
lar-season finale between the Detro
Tigers and Kansas City Royals wa
canceled Sunday because of rain.
The Tigers finished 69-92, third in
the AL Central. The Royals, who set a
team record with 856 runs, ended the
year 64-97.




FL RESULTS
erday's scores
more 19, Atlanta 13
Orleans 14, Chicago 10
lina 27, Cincinnati 3
ouis 38, Cincinnati 10
England 19, Cleveland 10
s 35, Arizona 7
esota 21, Tampa Bay 14
York Giants 16, Philadelphia 15
son 17, Pittsburgh 3
York Jets 21, Denver 13
Diego 21, Kansas City 14
Francisco 24, Tennessee 22
Ale 22, Oakland 21

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