SportsMonday - Monday, October 23, 2000 - Blue wins 3-2, recovers from physical weekend Volleyball swept again iij latest Big Ten weekend By Kristen Fidh DAily Sports Writer By Jeff Phillips 1)'aly Sports Witer The Michigan women's soccer team (6-3-1 Big Ten, 9-6-1 overall) entered yesterday's game against Wisconsin- Milwaukee bumped and bruised, and left the 3-2 victory over the Panthers more so. A day after the Wolverines wrapped up the Big len season with a tie against Northwestern, Michigan rested their wounds in preparation for No. I Notre Dame. But it got more than it expected from a physically punishing Wisconsin- Milwaukee team. "We had no idea how physical they were going to be," Michigan coach Debbie Belkin Rademacher said. Michigan got off to a quick start after Kacv Beitel scored a goal just five min- utes into the game. The Wolverines continued the offen- sive explosion by scoring two goals within two minutes at the end of the first half. Marie Spaccarotella knocked in an Erika Kleinholz cross with 18 minutes Michigan's third goal. The Wolverines narrowly missed a fourth goal after Beitel leapt above the Wisconsin-Milwaukee defenders for a powerful header that bounced off the crossbar. Michigan ended the half with a 3-0 lead. but returned in the second half to an opponent that was ready for battle. The Panthers and Wolverines kept the referees at attention with constant shoving, grabbing and tripping. Despite the physicality, neither team drew a yellow or a red card. Each team drew about the same amount of penal- ties, with neither team showing them- selves as the aggressor. Physical play "is a characteristic of weaker teams and college teams in gen- eral," Spaccarotella said. The style of play favored Wisconsin- Milwaukee as the Panthers were able to keep the Michigan at bay while finally earning a genuine scoring chances. With the game seemingly in hand with 15 minutes left in the game and the Wolverines still ahead by three, Rademacher put in many players who have not had the opportunity to play much of the season. DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily The Michigan women's soccer team plays in the Big Ten Tournament in two weeks. Wisconsin-Milwaukee took advan- tage of the inexperienced players and finally notched a goal with just over ten minutes left. "We had a lot of new faces in and we were just getting used to" (playing together), goalkeeper Carissa Stewart said. The Panthers continued to pressure the defense and it paid off. With less than two minutes to play, Wisconsin- Milwaukee earned a free kick from just outside the penalty box. The Panthers' Erin Blaedow shot the ball toward the short side of the goal while avoiding the four-man wall and Stewart never had a chance. In the final minute, the Wolverines' defense stood strong and held on for the win. On Friday, Michigan hosted Northwestern (2-6-1, 3-10-1) for its final Big Ten game of the season. The Wolverines battled to a 0-0 tie with the Wildcats, despite firing 39 shots. In the final two minutes of the second overtime period, Michigan's Stephanie Chavez - who leads the team in points - had a chance to win with a break- away, but her shot sailed high. "We're very disappointed," Beitel said. "It hurts to dominate a game and not put a goal in." The tie puts Michigan back into third in the Big Ten, behind Wisconsin and Penn State. Both team's defeated the Wolverines in head-to-head com- petition. It is called the actor-observer effect. Human nature bids people to blame oth- ers for mistakes and claim all accom- plishments. Defeated by Iowa this past Friday and Minnesota on Saturday, the Michigan volleyball team knows how to lose with humility. Coming off a close loss to Iowa on Friday, the Wolverines prepared to face their toughest match of the year on Saturday. First-place Minnesota hoped to intimidate Michigan as the team is only seventh in the conference. "Minnesota wasn't going to give us anything" Michigan coach Mark Rosen said. "Everything we take will have to be earned." The Wolverines (3-7 Big Ten, 12-8 overall) lost in three games to the Golden Gophers 5-15, 9-15 and 9-15, but, aside from the sloppy first round, games two and three arguably showed the best team work Michigan has uti- lized thus far. "We really had nothing to lose," sophomore Katrina Lehamn said, "Minnesota is ahead of us in every sin- gle poll. In the locker room we decided to just put everything out on the court and play our hardest" Freshman Erin Moore and senior Shawna Olson briefly stepped on the court, aiding the team in scorng and defense while Nicole Kacor and Sarah Behnke consistently rotated. "We were trying to stabilize some- thing, shuffling a lot as we tried to find domination," Rosen said. But leading the Wolverines was fresh- man Chantel Reedus. Racking up 10 kills and I I digs for the game, Reedus showed the crowd at Cliff Keen arena exactly why she was selected in 1999's High School top 50 by Volleyb' Magazine. "It feels good to be able t come and be able to play," Reedus sa "Every time I go up the girls cheer me, and it really means a lot." The previous night, Reedus w* to shine despite a loss to lowa. Winni in five games, the Hawkeves, sixth I the Big Ten, pulled out of a 2 Michigan lead going into the'thi game. The Wolverines dominated gdn one and two as Iowa huged the n lacking in their hustle. Reedus was al to dominate the ball, leading the team win 15-10 and 15-12. To Michigan's dismay, the next th games were in Iowa's favor. Mic9 failed in getting under the ball qui enough and in attacking the ball, hi enough, losing 6-15, 14-16 and 13-L: Though Reedus was able to rack-ul career-high 19 kills and 13 blocks, t team was not in unity. "It was our attacking that made th blocking look good. I didn't think attacked well at all in -the lasC tht games," Michigan coach Mark P said. "I thought we had our attack one-on-one situations. And when thc is one of our attackers to one blocke expect them to put the ball away, a they didn't." Coach Rosen attempted a blocki strategy in game three by bringing freshman Nicole Poquette for jun Shannon Melka. "We were trying to get better bloc ing," Rosen said. "They had a big pl er matched up with our smallest p Shannon, and we tried to spin th but it obviously didn't work" Looking to the future, the team p, pares to face Penn State andIndiana the road in the upcoming weekend. remaining Tompkins in the half, and Abby finished a B3eitel pass for *1 (U) Q) Q 01 "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And when I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" 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