14 The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 18, 2000
' JAG UARS
Notre Dame thorn In Blue's side four years running Continued from Page 11
By Jeff Phillips
-Daily Sports Writer
SOUTH BEND - The Michigan
women's soccer team's season came to
~ar emotional end on Saturday with a
-Iloss to Notre Dame (21-0-1).
Perhaps hit hardest by the loss were
E eniors Kacy Beitel, Canissa Stewart,
Marie Spaccarotella and Stephanie
McArdle.
Down 3-I with three minutes left in
lthe game, they didn't want to let go.
jBeitel sent a pass to Spaccarotella down
tlke sideline, setting up the Wolverines
{ -final scoring chance - an Ahby
C Crumpton shot that sailed high.
'As the final seconds clicked down,
the seniors were still tackling and chal-
lenging for the ball, never giving up.
The seniors left the field red-eyed, as
most of the team did.
The class leaves behind a strong lega-
Qy of four consecutive NCAA tourna-
ment appearances and numerous
-Michigan records.
But the seniors also leave behind a
record that they aren't too proud of - a
winless record against Notre Dame.
"We've played Notre Dame six times
-- it would've been nice to win one of
them in four years, " Stewart said.
Sunday's game was Michigan closest
contest with Notre Dame over the span.
Michigan played well, but unfortu-
nately for the Wolverines, this may be
the best Notre Dame team ever -
which speaks volumes for a perennial
Final Four team. Perhaps the most
telling fact from Notre Dame's season is
they defeated No. 2 Washington 5-0 on
October 24.
"This is a different team playing
Notre Dame today than four years ago
or even last year," Beitel, a team cap-
tain, said. "We played with confi-
dence."
The Fighting Irish haven't lost a
match all year and 14 of Notre Dame's
21 wins have been shut-outs. Notre
Dame has allowed just six goals all sea-
son - two of which were scored by.
Besides Beitel's goal Sunday,
Spaccarotella beat the Notre Dame
goalkeeper in the previous matchup.
The road to the championship is
[he real concerns for Mvichigan
were on defense, though. In particu-
lar, the range of Jones was a constant
nuisance for a Wolverine team still
tooling with their defensive strategy.
She ended an extraordinary 7- 11
from behind the arc, finishing with a
game-high 25 points.
"Our perimeter defense was not as
strong as we had hoped," Ingram said.
"That's something we need to work on:'
Guevara cited the loss of last year's
seniors as the immediate cause of the
defensive collapse.
"You don't want to just keep outscor-
ing people" Guevara said. "You've got
to get a defensive stop."
Inside, the Wolverines had the most
success when both the 6-3 Bies and 6-3
Jennifer Smith were on the floor. Their
inside presence allowed the Michigan
guards some freedom marking at the
top of the key and around the perimeter.
Smith was at times a liability under-
neath, allowing Houston center Tatum
Brown room to maneuver. Brown fin-
ished with 10 points.
Michigan plays at 7 p.m. Friday, also
at Crisler Arena.
HOUSTON (T4)
FG FT REB
MIN M-A M-A' O-T A F P
Lucky 34 5-10 1-2 0-3 1 2 1
tones 34 8-15 2-2 1-4 1' 2 2
Brown 30 5-12 0-2 2-5 1 3 1
Yedsena 40 1-3 0-0 1-2 6 2'
Milton 33 11-16 1-1 2-4 3 2 2
Leonard 6 0-1 0-0 1.1 0 0
Morrs 12 0-0 0-0 0-3 0' 2
jMurray 11 0-2 00 0-0 0 0
Totals 200 30-59 4-7 9-25 12 13 7
FG%)t: 508 FT%: 571 3-pont FG: 10-16, .625 (Jones 7
j11, Milton 2-2, Lucky 1-2, Leonard 0-1). Blocks: 2
(Jones, Milton). Steals: 6 (Lucky 2, Yedlsenia 2; Jones
Milton), Turnovers: 14'(Lucky 4, Yedsena 3, Jones
jMilton 2, Brovwn, Morris. Murray). Technical fouls:
MICHIGAN (86)
FG FT REB
OetreMIN M-A' M-A 0-T A :F P
Ostde 28 5-9 2-2 2-6 5 2 1
Goolow 22 4-5 0-0 1-4 11 8
Bies i 37 6-8 6-7 3-8 1 3 1
Thorius 39 5-8 0-0 0-1 8 3 1
Ingram" 37 3-7 1-2 0-3 3 1 2
Leary 4 0-1 0-0" 0-0' 0 0 0
Schumacher 3 '0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0
Robinson 7 1-2 1-2 2-4 0 2 3
Gandy 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Smith 21 5-8 0-0 2-4 1 1 1
Totals 200 35-58 10-13 8-30 20 13 8
FG%,: 603 FT%:W .769 3-point FG:.6-15, .400 Ingram
3-7, Thorius 2-3, Oestedle 1-3, Schumacher 04;
Robinson 0-1). Blocks: 4 (Bies 2, Ingram, Smith).
6 (Bies 2, Oesterle, Ingram, Robinson, Smith).
Turnovers: 11 (Thonus 4, Goodlow 2, Bies 2, Smith 2,
Leary). Technical fouls: none.,
JEFF HURVITZ/Oaily
Michigan's seniors, including Kacy Beitel (right) never beat Notre Dame in six tries.
Houston.- ........-.37
Michigan--------....:....44
37 - 74
42 - 86
paved for the Fighting Irish and barring
an upset, they will indeed win the title,
their first since 1995. But that doesn't
make it any easier to swallow for the
Wol verines.
"We came out and played with a lot
of character'" Beite] said through tears.
Notre Dame "is a great team:'
At: Crisler Arena
Attendance: 564
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