The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 16, 2000 - 7B Blue drives to two wins at Nissan By Ryan C. Moloney equilibr Daily Sports Writer ond gar last we For the Michigan hockey team, their game, trip to Alaska was a growing experience Wolveri in many respects. goalten Aside from the trip's underlying inten- games,f tion - team bonding - it was what the a wayt Wolverines did inside Sullivan Arena that when it could set the collective tone for the sea- Agai son's travails. Wolveri Michigan won the Johnson-Nissan tern -t Classic in cardiac fashion this weekend, then an beating Merrimack 4-2 Friday and one off Alaska-Anchorage 4-3 Saturday. ment's fU The wins were Michigan's first two of insanity the season, following two bittersweet ties periodm in the Ice Breaker. games 1 Though the weekend's games were not started t nearly as penalty-riddled as those of the with the Ice Breaker, the course of both games of the thi were reminiscent of the season's first two On Fi games. Michigan dominated the defen- Merrim sive zones of both Merrimack and Alaska Josh L Anchorage and still found themselves in again 2 come-from-behind situations. by ane As a whole, Michigan reached an Merrim ACC foes tra By David Roth Diy Sports waiter Drawing a blank. In Scrabble, it's a blessing. When it defines your offensive production in a field hockey contest against Wake Forest and North Carolina, it's a nightmare. The Wolverines' offense came up empty-handed this weekend, and fifth-ranked Michigan broke its 12-game winning streak. Michigan lost to No. 4 Wake Forest 2-0 on Saturday and No. 3 North Carolina 4-0 Friday to start a new streak the team would rather keep to itself. The ,ames were a benchmark to see if Michigan really was of the NCAA final four caliber that they proved to be last year. Michigan's ranking - not in the top four - was elucidated by its poor play. Playing such strong competition exposed Michigan's problems with penalty corers and goalkeeping. "We really struggled with our corner execution the whole weekend," Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz said. And Pankratz, who had planned to find a con- sistent starter in goal, was shown that sharing the job means each keeper has half as much experience as her opponent does. All this, combined with play- ing viable competition, meant a weekend where Michigan should have thought twice before cross- ing the Mason-Dixon line. "It was one of those weekends where things did- n'tgo urway. Pankratz said. Saturday, Michigan and Wake Forest went back and forth during the first 30 minutes, but neither ium ofsorts by the end of the sec- me. The power play, erratic at best ek, performed solidly in each as did the penalty kill. The nes have pressured the opposing der in all four of their close but in the past two they've found to penetrate two tough goalies counted most. nst Alaska-Anchorage, the nes fell into a cat-and-mouse pat- the Seawolves started the scoring, swered every Michigan tally with their own. Langfeld, the tourna- Most Valuable Player, stopped the at the 13:49 mark of the third with his fourth goal in as many this season. Jed Ortmeyer, who he scoring for Michigan, ended it e go-ahead goal at the 16:12 mark hird. riday, Michigan fell behind 1-0 to ack, tied the game back up on a angfeld goal, then fell behind -t all in the first period. Buoyed excellent Tom Welby in goal, ack held off a voracious Michigan attack until the midway point of the second period when Mark Kosick poked in a Mike Cammalleri rebound for the equalizer. Andy Hilbert scored the go-ahead, and first goal of the season on another rebound shot, this one off of a Matzka blast. John Shouneyia added the insur- ance midway through the third period. "In the first game we knew we were going to get the 'W,"' Hilbert said. "We outplayed that team." Individually, the Wolverines were bol- stered by a revitalized Langfeld and time- ly jumpstarts by Hilbert and Ortmeyer. Since the season's outset, Langfeld hasn't made any bones about it - --last year's disappointment, nine goals and 21 assists, will become this year's triumph. "We're really counting on Josh to step up and have a great year," Hilbert said. Freshman defenseman Andy Burnes came up with superb defensive plays in both games, in part filling the void left by Jeff Jillson, who was left out of both games after straining a groin muscle dur- ing Thursday's practice. Classic ... just classic Friday night: Michigan Merrimack Mich igan State Aaska-Awhotage Saturday night: ichnigan - Alaska-Anchorage Michigan State Merrimack 4 2. 5 4 Mich-ig n4, Mrrimack 2 Mchign 1 2 1-4 Merrmac 2 0 0-2 F Rrsekio-1. .C e,,c he1 ayCleve~er), .4:C. ieL, {k.Hhert), 13:34 :~; . MC Gr~2 ~ctv~ Mcxi~,16:5£. Pera -s Mq~ey~~sicbdrig 2:£)2: ferece) 1137;MC, State (t Jripig), 16:35: MC,. ; rcl dej io- o4, «; _ 2 (Camalld Orixr )s108 5",M ,rbt Mazka, Laogfel4) , :A85 4 Pens- tJM. satz (hooking), 6:23:1%MC, cle ver (tingthe gaiei.9:02:CM, Komtis !rterfe ee. 1"':1.2. TIriipl ad - 5 j&,au e i2 (A vgoski, 12:10 5 is on ,i- CC'9.-9 -X20 hCM 211-11 34. PowaPi)6 -' Mc ro 3. M. 2 6 s -Mc w AA1.10 -- 3t};M, lackbr 29 183 Re-ree - 11Mike Schiint# Lirtrso -. Kent A , r nBrent Johnson. A: &tvai Aea nhn Att8wkanr*: 4,3S9 Michigan 4, Alaska Anchorage 3 Michigan 1 1 2-4 AlaskaAnchorage 2 1 0-3 Fst period - 1. U pAS -~ 2 Cm, Or eyer 2 R1KOmcky cam. 9:4atis - UA, A SthasbY 2 1C rd, 7gorzsi , 1: :35> pp). uft CAA , Tt sI rf}(ifigL!, 4.12. !i C i'i. Ortmeye trugh g), 3:52; AAcScottUM53 C, . (cross ch-ec22ng),18224. Second period - 4. CM, Hibet 2 (taig M,4 Kosick:,: 18W 5. UAA. Nov*I fSchneil, Cf 'tka), 6:13. ~ a UM2,-CM ik 2 t inj, 2:33 CMU Stnuneyia (hooking), 4:46, CM, Burnes (tripping) 12:1$ ITRW pe~od-6. UM, Laigeid4 (Vaticik:7. M, O tmeer 2 (R eisky, Catmnttal~eie)n e -U!A, Scott (ro*Ngir, , 347; OAA, Cygan (interference), ,0:19. Sog - UM, 1295-26; CM, 1010}12,-. 32. Pwr Pays- UCM. of 4 UM 0of 3 Saws - CAA, King 99 10 - 28, UM, Backburn 10-5 -23. Reemv--Mtike Sctidt, n Brent Jhsn, Kent Aspid. At SuNttA.rmaAoo ~e. Attendaice'5,713 4 3 1 1. Michigan wins the Johnson Nissan Classic by winning both its games (2- 0.0). Michigan State took second place (1-0-1). Merrimack took third (0-1-1), and host Alaska-Anchorage went winless in the Classic. The media voted Michigans Josh Lan fetd to be tournament MVP. Upcoming schedule After two pre,,c Itnce turna- ments, the wolve rines will open CX A-A play this wekrith a home- and home aant towling Green. FriLay's contt wnill be at Yost Ice Arei,wvhile Sunda ys will be at Pk3SJ Ice Arena rin) Bowlinml(reen. Here's a limpse at Michilan's next few weeks. Friday Sunday Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov..j1 BOWuLING RKU at Bowling Green Nu ill at Ferris State mple stickers. team could score until Jenny Everett and Maria Whitehead set up Wake Forest's Jemima Cameron. Off a penalty corner, Cameron smacked the ball past Michigan goalie Maureen Tasch to put the Demon Deacons ahead 1-0 with 4:02 left in the half. Minutes later, Whitehead again set up another goal, this time dishing it to Kelly Dorton with 27 seconds left in the half. Neither team would score again. Wake Forest avenged a 2-1 double overtime loss last year where Michigan knocked the Demon Deacons out of the NCAA semifinals on Wake Forest's home turf. "Wake Forest caught us off guard in the first half," Pankratz said. "We played them even the rest of the game. toe to toe.' The Wolverines outshot the Demon Deacons 1 5- 13, but the shots missed - though not by much - each time. "We hit the post a couple of times and had a goal called back,"Pankratz said. Friday, North Carolina owned the Wolverines for the second time this season. Neither team could score early, but when the goals rained, they poured. Carrie Lingo knocked the ball past Michigan freshman goalkeeper Molly Maloney with 8:28 left in the first half, and Kristin McCann insured the lead with another goal less than a minute later. Two goals late in the second half followed to give North Carolina a 4-0 victory. Pankratz felt the score didn't tell all. "The North Carolina game was pretty close," Pankratz said. "It was a great battle of two of the top teams in the country. The difference was that they were able to capitalize on their penalty corner opportunities, and we weren't." Fiveahve The past weekend in field hock- ey featured four games of top five teams battling it out. The fifth-ranked Wolverines found out why the other teams were ranked above them, as a 12-game winning streak was snapped. THE STX/NFCHA RANKINGS 1. Maryland 13-1 2. Old Dominion 14-1 3. North Carolina 14-1 4. Wake Forest 12-2 5. Michigan 14-3 THIS PAST WEEK'S RESULTS Volleyball splits road trip Yesterday No. 2 Old Dominion No. 1 Maryland Saturday No. 4 Wake Forest No. 5 Michigan Friday No. 3 N. Carolina No. 5 Michigan Oct. 10 No. 3 N. Carolina No. 4 Wake Forest 2 2 0 4 0 4 3 .OT By Adam Kaplan For the Daily In its weekend road tripto Northwestern and Wisconsin, Michigan earned a split by beating the Wildcats 3-2 Friday. But the team lost 3-0 Saturday against the seventh-ranked Badgers. The Wolverines (3-5 Big Ten, 12-6 overall) were competitive in both matches but they have some glaring concerns - closing out matches and consistency. "We are starting to play fluidly, focusing more on our side," Shawna Olson said. "We are worrving about what our team is doing on offense and how we use our skills." Against Wisconsin, the Wolverines battled but were clearly outmatched, falling 15-7 in all three games. "Wisconsin is definitely one of the best teams we have played this year." sophomore Katrina Lehman said. "We really need to work on being more consistent and disciplined and not worry about what we have done in the past." The Badgers kept Michigan at bay all evening, though Lehman, outside hitters Nicole Kacor and Reedus had nine kills. The night before, Michigan's play against Northwestern was characterized by a strong beginning but a shaky ending, something that has plagued this year's team from time to time this season. "Our goal for every match is to play solid until the end of the game,'" Olson said. "We let up towards the end of each game and give up easy points." There were many bright spots. Lehman had a team-leading 21 kills, and five blocks and senior Alija Pittenger had 18 kills and 24 digs. But the most intriguing aspect of Michigan's play was the emergence of freshman outside hitter Chantel Reedus. She contributed with 10 kills in the clutch and added another nine kills against Wisconsin. "I was a little surprised about Chantel start- ing her first game," Lehman said. " She filled some pretty big shoes with her consistent play." While inconsistency may have hampered the Wol erines' play. there also seemed to be "a lack of firepower," coach Mark Rosen said. "I don't know itf it was a lack of firepower. It's about putting the ball over-- a lack of exe- cution," Lehman said. After this past weekend, the Michigan Wolverines have the second half of Big:Tcn play to look forward to. In some ways, the team has reached the fork of its season --- a point at which they will ultimately decide how the rest of the season will be played. Lehman said the. second half of the season will be a fresh start. By no means does this suggest that the first half of the Wolverines' season went for nothing. Despite dropping out of the top 25, Michigan has played competi- tively against virtually every team it has played this season. The Wolverines host Notre Damc on Wednesday and Minnesota and Iowa next weekend at Cliff Keen Arena at 7 p.m. MICHIGAN'S REMAINING SCHEDULE Oct. 20 Oct. 271 Nov. 3-51 at Penn State 7 prn. Michigan State 3 p.m. Big Ten Tournament at Ocker Field STATE Continued from Page 1B scored a goal at the 34-minute mark of the first half. The Wolverines' defense seemed invincible until a key giveaway near Michigan's goal led to a foul and a penalty shot for Michigan State with just over 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Michigan goalie Brad King, who had been stopping everything to that point. was not able to stop the blast, and the game was tied at one. With the loss, Michigan's confer- ence record now stands at 0-3 (4-6 overall). Two of the three conference losses have been double-overtime losses, one to Penn State, and one yesterday. The players were disheartened after the loss, but were proud of the overall team effort. "I'm disappointed, but not because of our effort today;' Michigan fresh- man Steve Walton said. "We played hard and left evervthing out on the field." The Wolverines, who are still searching for that elusive first confer- ence victory, travel to Madison this Friday to face Wisconsin. "We have lost a lot of tough games this year," 3urns said. "We just have to find a way to come out on top and win these games. 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