28 - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - December 11, 2000 CLUB SPoTSWEEKLY No. 1hockey thumps new Purdue By Brad Hoffman Daily Sports Writer This weekend, the Michigan hock- ey club played a two game set against Purdue, which is in its inaugural year in the MCHL. On the other hand, Michigan is No. I in the Southeast region of the ACHA and the league. The team has dominated its opponents throughout the season, and is off to a stellar 17-1 - 1 record. Put these two facts together and it's easy see the outcome: A 10-1 Michigan victory over Purdue on Friday, and then a 16-1 thrashing on Saturday. "We played very solid hockey and basically carried play and outmatched them," club president and team cap- tain Jeremy Motz said. "We knew if we played well, we would handle them." Senior forward Dan Lutz opened the scoring on Saturday with a wrap- around goal just 1:37 into the game. Lutz finished with four goals, equal- ing the output of another senior for- ward, George Stien. Seven other play- ers combined to score the other eight Michigan goals. After Michigan jumped out to a seemingly insurmountable 4-0 lead, Purdue's strategy seemed to shift to a more physical style of play. It appeared as if they were looking for moral victories, trying to land the big hits. Numerous scuffles broke out dur- ing the game, but did not faze Michigan. The team continued to put the puck in the back of the net. In Friday's game, junior forward Kent Bednarz led the way with two goals and one assist, and junior defenseman Matt Passen chipped in with a goal and two assists. There was no individual player that dominated this game, as everyone contributed to the victory. Like all good teams, Michigan's success is due to a total team effort. "We have lots of skilled players, but out success is due to our cohesiveness as a team," Motz said. "We have jelled very well together and right now we are clicking on all cylinders." The team is improving every day and is primed to continue their quest for a national title. "You always need a little luck," Motz said. "But i f everyone goes out and plays their game, we should have a serious chance to win the champi- onship." SOUND OFF! Your chance to speak out on issues in Michigan sports ® Comment on Michigan's performance against Duke N Tell us which is the best bowl preview, and why * Be creative! Daily Sports wants Michigan sports feedback! Select fanfares will be printed in SportsMonday every week. This is your chance to sound off! daily.fanfare@umich.edu. MARJORIE MARSHALL/DAILY UI~e mi nganIl4 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: AJ. Grant Sport: Wrestling Hometown: Clarkston Year: Sophomore Position: 125 Why: Grant has solidified his role on the team with a 17-2 record this sea- son. This week, he beat childhood training partner chris Williams from Michigan State and avenged one of his season's earlier losses by defeat- ing Ahmad Sanders of central Michigan. Background: Grant was an NCAA qualifier last season as a true fresh- man and was named to the Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie team for his efforts. Tomnorrow Hockey vs. U.S. NTDP U-18 Team, 7:05 p.m. (exhibition) Wednesday, Dec.13 Men's basketball vs, Bowling Green, 7 p.m Thursday. Dec. 14 Men's gymnastics in Maize and Blue; Intrasquad, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16t Women's basketball vs. Toledo, 2 p.m. Women's gymnastics in intrasquad meet, 5 p.m. SaturdayDec. 23 Men's basketball vs. Morris Brown, Noon Wednesday,_pep. 27 Men's basketball vs. Towson, 7 p.m. Women's swimming and diving vs.Texas A&M (Honolulu, Hawaii), BA EASTERN CONFERENCE At iantic Divison a I ,i," fglo Boston Wiw Jersey Wash ngton central Division Cleveland Charlotte Toronto Indiana Detroit Milwaukee Atlant Cli cago W L 16 4 14 8 10 10 9 11 8 11 7 13 4 17 W l 12 7 13 9 10 9 10 10 9 11. 9 11 4 16 2 18 t Pct .800 .636 500 .450 .421 .350 .235 GB 3 6 7 7.5 9 12.5 Weinke Florida State Quarterback Total points: 1,628 First-place votes: 369 Second-place votes: 216 Third-place votes: 89 Purdue Quarterback Total points: 619 First-place votes: 69 Second-place votes: 107 Third-place votes: 198 Heupel Oklahoma Quarterback Total points: 1,552 First-place votes: 286 Second-place votes: 290 Third-place votes: 114 Texas Christian Running back Total points: 566 First-place votes: 47 Second-place votes: 110 Third-place votes: 205 Two women soccer players earn honors Kacv Beitel and Abby Crumpton were named to the 2000 NSCAA Division I All-Great Lakes Region teams. Beitel, a senior midfielder was granted first-team honors while Crumpton, a sophomore forward, earned second-team honors. This season, Beitel became Michigan's career scoring leader wiih 114 points. She led the Wolverines assists, goals and points this season. Site was also honored by the Big Ten as shy was named to the All-Big Ten first team and Big Ten All-Tournament team. Crumpton also earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Tournament team and ws named to the All-Big Ten second team. She was third in both assist and goals this season for the Wolverines. Michigan advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and finished 6-3-1 in the Big Ten and 13- I overall. - Staff repor/s :Softball Inks three In ' early* signing -period The Michigan softball team has announced the signing of three recruits for the 2002 freshman class. The Wolverines signed Jessie Merchant (Wayland), Nicol Motycka (Sarasota, Fla.) and Michelle Tesehler (Casco). Merchant was a first-team Division II all-state selection as a junior last season, and was an all-state honorable mention selection as a sophomore. Teschler was also named to the first-team Division II team after earned the same honors in Division III in 1999. - Staf fl v WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Stephen Davis falls just short of the endzone In Washington's 32-13 loss at Dallas to complete the Cowboys' season sweep of the Redskins. AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Miami N.Y. Jets Indianapolis Buffalo New England central W L T 10 4 0 7 6 0 4 100 1 3 0 104 0 7 7 0 7 .7 0 3 110 3 120. Pct PF .714 283 .692 287 .538 334 .538 243 .286 239 Pct PF .786 291 .714 286 .500 328 .500 263 .214 161 .200 161 Tennessee Baltimore Pittsburgh Jacksonville Cincinnati Cleveland PA 182 246 283 270 301 PA 191 138 282 231 329 395 PA 256 340 318 339 376 West Oakland Denver Kansas City Seattle San Diego W L 10 3 10 4 6 8 5 9 1 13t T 0 0 0 0 0 Pct .769 .74 .429 .357 .071 PF 372 440 322 270 226 Yesterday's games CHICAGO 24, New England 17 Philadelphia 35, CLEVELAND 24 GREEN BAY 26, Detroit 13 TENNESSEE 35, Cincinnati 3 KANSAS CITY 15, Carolina 14 Tampa Bay 16, MIAMI 13 NY GIANTS 30, Pittsburgh 10 JACKSONVILLE 44, Arizona 10 BALTIMORE 24, San Diego 3 DENVER 31, Seattle 24 DALLAS 32, Washington 13 ST. Louts 40, Minnesota 29 New Orleans31, SAN S 27 OAKLAND 31, NY Jets 7 Tonight's game Buffalo at Indianapolis, 9 p.m. Saturday's games Washington at Pittsburgh Oakland at Seattle Sunday's games New England at Buffalo Jacksonville at Cincinnati Tennessee at Cleveland Green Bay at Minnesota Denver at Kansas City Atlanta at New Orleans San Diego at Carolina Detroit at NY Jets Chicago at San Francisco Baltimore at Arizona Indianapolis at Miami NY Giants at Dallas Yesterday's games Phnoeni ,x 9.T ,-onrn7 V r,104. Dcenvr 102 tOT) Dallasv99, wJ r~73 Detroit At LA LA. 3s Inc. Today's games Minnesota at Phiadlhia. 7 pilm. Pn Px at Chicago h8.0 p.m. San ntornio at 10tah. 5 P n). F,,;,.';on at Vancouvr. 10 p.m. Oriando at LA Clippers. 10:30 p.m, EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Utah San Antonio Dallas Minnesota Houston Dener Vancouver Pacific Division Sacramento LA Lakers P hnnix Porland Seattle Golden State LA Clippers NIATIONAL CONFER~ENCE WEL 16 4 12 7 13 8 12 11 9 10 11 7 13 W L 13 4 14 7 12 6 14 8 10 12 6 15 6 16 Pct GB .632 - .591 .5 .526 2 .500 2.5 .450 3.5 .450 3.5 .200 8.5 .100 10.5 Pct GB .800 - .632 3.5 .619 3.5 .6004 .550 5 .476 6.5 .350 9 Pct GB .765 .667 1 .667 1.5 .636 1.5 .45 5.5 .286 9 .273 9.5 The old man does it: Weinke wins Heisman East Brees N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington Dallas Arizona W E T 10 4 0 10 5 0 3 110 W L T 11 3 0 8 6 0 7 7 0 4 10 0 Central Minnesota Tampa Bay Detroit Green Bay Chicago Pct .714 .667 .500 .357 .214 Pct .786 .643 .571 .500 .236 Pc .643 .643 .429; .357 ,214, PF 283 335 258 281 200 PF 359 336 277 303 193 PFr 310 479 271 362 216 PA 208 238 242 313 410 PA 307 217 277 281 318 PA 272 412 236 384 377 Now Jersey NY FnE . o r NYIlnor Northeast Division Montral Southeast Division Wosigon Alo I W 13 13 15 12 8 W 't16 17 15 10 9 W 10 10 11 9 E T OTL PtsGF 105 0 3193 11 3 1 30 80 150 0 30 102 1.4 0 28 71 134 2 22 63 L T 74 8 4 9 2 14 3 18 3 E T OTE PtsGF 11 6 1 27 67 11 6 1 27 80 123 1 26 65 14 2 2 22 77 135 5 20 59 OTL Pts (GF 2 38 96 0 38 91 1 33 77 3 26 76 0 21 73 WESTERN CONFERENCE CentralI Division GA 72 78 106 79 77 GA 64 (67 70 104 90 GA 74 90 79 98 82 GA 50 79 76 88 92 GA 62 80 82 89 74 GA 57 85 59 64 95 West New Orleans St. Louis Carolina San Francisco Atlanta w 9 6 3 L 5 5 8 9 11 T 0 0 0 0 0 Next Monday's game St. Louis at Tampa Bay I Northwest Division Colorado Vancouver Mines6ot a Pacific Division San Jose Los Angeles Dallas Phoenix Anaheim w 21 16 15 8 8 w1 16 14 14 13 10 L T 5 3 8 4 124 13 6 15 4 L T 6 4 96 84 8 7 14 4 W L T 19 4 3 17 10 1 10 13 5 10 152 9 181 OTL Ps GF 0 41 89 2 37 91 1 26 65 2 24 75 1 20 58 OTL Pts GF o 45 92 2 38 106 O 34 89 4 26 68 2 22 58 OTL Pts GF 0 36 79 0 34 100 1 33 74 0 33 73 3 27 75 NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Weinke's age didn't matter - his sen- sational season did. The 28-year-old Florida State quar- terback capped a rema-kable back-to- school story Saturday night, winning the Heisman Trophy in one of the clos- est votes in the history of the award. In the final weeks before his name was called, Weinke's age became a huge issue. one that even worried the quarterback. "If people wanted to leave me off the ballot because thcv didn't think I was the best player, that's OK," Weinke said after becoming the oldest player to win the Heisman in the 65-year history of the award. "But don't leave me off because in 28. It's too bad those things have to come up. Weinke, who spent six years playing minor league baseball before retuting to school in 1997, finished offa record- setting season by leading the Seminoles into an Orange Bowl matchup against No. 1 Oklahoma with a chance for a second straight national championship. "With apologies to Lou Gehng, I feel like I'm the luckiest man in the world," Weinke said, his voice catching with emotion at times during his acceptance speech. "I got to pursue two dreams, The first one, baseball, didn't work out the way I would have liked. But the sec- ond one, football, did." The 6-foot-5, 229-pounder from St. Paul, Minn., led the nation with a school-record 4,167 yards passing, threw 33 touchdown passes and had only II interceptions. He recovered from a serious neck injury late in the '98 season to become the Atlantic Coast Conference's career passing leader with 9,839 yards. Weinke edged Oklahoma quarter- back Josh Heupel for college football's most coveted individual prize by 76 points in the seventh-tightest Heisman COLLEGE FOOTBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS Heisman (Outstanding Player): Chris Weinke, Florida State Maxwell (Outstanding Player): Drew Brees, Purdue Davey O'Brien (Outstanding QB): Weinke Doak Walker (Outstanding RB): LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU Fred Biletnikoff (Outstanding WR): Antonio Bryant, Pittsburgh Jim Thorpe (Outstanding DB): Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin Outland (Outstanding Lineman): John Henderson, Tennessee Ray Guy (Outstanding Punter): Kevin Stemke, Wisconsin Butkus (Outstanding LB): Dan Morgan, Miami, Fl. Lou Groza (Outstanding Kicker): Jonathan Ruffin, Cincinnati Inside: College Football bowl previews - Page 6B race. The closest Heisman vote was Bo Jackson's 45-point victory over Chuck Long in 1985. Weinke had 369 first-place votes and 1,628 points; Yleupel, who led the Sooners to the title game against the Seminoles by passing for 3,392 yards and 20 touchdowns, had 286 first-place votes and 1,552 points. "I don't think age should have been a factor to determine it - it's for the best college football player in the country,' Heupel said. Oklahoma running back Billy Sims was the previous oldest winner, receiv- ing the 1978 award at 23. Purdue quarterback Drew Brees was third, followed by Texas Christian's LaDainian Tomlinson and Northwestern running back Damien Anderson in voting by 796 of the 922 eligible Heisman voters. Pirates sign 38-year old lefty pitcher DA[LAS (AP) -=The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free-agent left-hander Terry Mullholland to a S6 million, two-vear contract yesterday. Mullholland went 9-9 with one sa and a 5.11 ERA in 54 appearances for Atlanta last season. After starting the year in the rotation, he pitched ekclu- sivelv out of the bullpen after July 21. Mullholland receives a 5500;000 signing bonus, S2.5 million this sea- son and S3 million in 2002. Pittsburgh finished 69-93 this sea- son, 26 games behind NL Central win- ner St. Louis. The Pirates were 12th in the league in pitching with 4.93 ERA and converted just 27 of 48 sa' chances. Mullholland, who will be 38 years old at the start of the season, had a 112-124 record with five saves and a 4.28 ERA in his 14-year career. U.S. wins second straight World Cup BELLA VISTA, Argentina (AP) - Tiger Woods and David DuVA stormed to victory in the World Cup of Golf yesterday, shooting a 4-under 68 as the United States won its second consecutive championship yesterday. Starting the day three strokes ahead, Woods and Duval combined for five birdies in a final round of alternate- shot play. Argentina chipped away at their lead over the front nine and pulled within a stroke by the 10th. The Americans wound up winning b three shots. Shooting a combined 34-under 254, the Americans split $1 million for the S3 million event, played on the 6,939- yard course at the Buenos Aires Golf Club. It was the 23rd U.S. title in 46 World Cups and the second in a row for Woods. Two-man teams from 24 nations competed in the event, which mixed alternate-shot and best-ball play. 'Yankee Killer' dies at age of 72 ROME, Ga. (AP) - Willard Nixon, known as the "Yankee Killer" for his mastery of the New York Yankees dur- tINDOOR IWinter 1 Season: --m Jan. 2nd - Feb. 26th t Now accepting Registrations for Winter 1 Leagues vRegistration Deadline: December 14th A Youth Leagues: Under 7 to Under 18 Available Ad it Leagues: Open, Over 30 and Over 40 Available Call (734) 913-4625 for Details __ WIDEWORLD WWW.wwSp0rtS.C0 SPORTS E4TIIR i Yesterday's games NOville 2. MNN.soTA 1 Pittsburgl 4. D rrii 3 Pi", A 5. NY Islanders 2 Dallas 1. ANi.°.i 0 - St. Louis at c.i Inc. Colunbous at P Inc. Los Angles at VAcouvnei. Inc. Today's games Atlanta at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado. 9 p.m. But do we need a recount? NEW YORK (AP) - When the winner of the Heisman Trophy is announced, rarely are questions asked about the voting process. Maybe now there will be. In the final results yes- terday, which gave Florida State quar- terback Chris Weinke the Heisman Trophy over Oklahoma quarterback Josh Heupel by 76 points, only 86.3 by the deadline (the day before the announcement), some forget to vote, and others do not follow specific vot- ing instructions. "It's a concern, sure, Ingram said. "We try to get all the voters and would like to have 100 percent, but at an aver- age of more than 85 percent, that's a pretty good return" - ,.i.. 7T.. ., ~. -,- - -irc nn ,..7 rv'"b:. x K I y rY ), r r, r Mr O pp 1, " . t n 'tf to .rr. .frfr:?itar..tkr tr+'r..,"t?'aif... .,'r. t:. , . r. .. tt . " tL{ . a, .. : W . .. .Yi' @ . :Y.._ .. :t..a? I