2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - Monday, February 12, 2001 M'SCH1EIDUb1E Monda Feb. 12 W Golf at San Diego State Invitational W Golf at San Diego State Invitational Wednesday. Feb. 14 M Basketball vs. Iowa, 8 p.m. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Kris Zimmerman Sport: gymnastics Hometown: Winnetka, III. Year: sophomore Height: 5-10 Why: Zimmerman began the week by winning the all-around title with af score of 52.050 when Michigan defeated defending national champion Penn State on Feb. 3. Zimmerman followed that up by placing sixth at the Winter Cup Challenge all-around finals in Las Vegas this passed weekend, missing a spot on the U.S. National Team by ony two places. Zimmerman CLUB PORTS WEEKLY Thursday, Feb. 15 W Swimming at Big Ten Championships Softball vs. Stanford (Portway, Calif.), 11 W Basketball vs. Iowa, 7 p.m. (Bloomington, Ind.), o.m. PST 11 a.m./7p.m. Prrday, Feb. 16 W"Swimming at Big Ten Championships (Bloomington, Ind.), 11 a.m./7p.m. Softball vs. Sacramento State at Campbell/Cartier Classic (Portway, Calif..), 1 p.m. PST Softball vs.Stanford at Campbell/Cartier Classic (Portway, Calif..), 1p.m. PST Wrestling Vs. Penn State, 7 p.m. Ice Hockey vs. Notre Dame, 7:35 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 17 W Swimming at Big Ten Championships (Bloomington, Ind.), 11 a.m./7p.m. M Basketball vs. Minnesota, 12:17 p.m. M Tennis at Northwestern, Noon CST So1illvs LagBeahStae/FresoStae t Ca /CarerClasic (Partway, CiJ),1 pm PST W Gymnastics vs. Southeast Missouri State, 4 p.m. Ice Hockey vs. Michigan State (Detroit, MI), 7:35 p.m. M/W Track hosts Harold Silverston Invite Water Polo hosts Michigan Invitational Sunday. Feb. 18 Sotbls. San Dego StateatCampbl/Cartier Classic (Portway,Calif..),1p.m. PST M Gymnastics vs. Oklahoma and Massachussetts, 1 p.m. W Basketball at Indiana, 2 p.m. Wrestling at Northwestern, 2 p.m. Water Polo hosts Michigan Invitational DAILY 3C(R EBOARD DAILY TRIVIA RESULTS AND THE WINNER IS ... By answerin 10 questions correctly (including an insanely diffult one about Geoff K 's music prefer- ences - Dave Matthews Band, by the way), four people qualified to win two tickets to this weekend's Michigan- .Michigan State hockey game at Joe Louis Arena. Since the Daily could only afford four tickets (and who wants to go to a game with three people that you don't S - , know?) two were chosen from the qualifiers to win a pair of tickets. The names were pulled out of a hat. To Anne Deptula, Christina Chopra and our two winners, our knowledge of matters relating to the Michigan ockey team is somewhat alarming. Everyone at The Michigan Daily hopes that you were aide by a media guide. But now for the winners: Gary Levenbach and Alan Hibino both survived the Daily's trial. They ot all 10 questions correct, and their names sur-, vived the final test - the beaten-up Michigan hat. if you are in attendance on Saturday night, head over to section 102, row 3, seats 1-4 and meet two people that must be slipping money to Michigan hockey players under the table in exchange for answers. Because really, who knows that Mel Pearson's birthday is February 5? Keep reading the Daily for future contests. M'NoTIES In its first intercollegiate contest as a varsit sport, the water polo team dominates foes - Edited by Seth Klempner and Naweed Sikora NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Philadelphia New York Miami Oriando Boston New Jersey Washington central Division Milwaukee Toronto Charlotte Indiana Cleveland Detroit Atlanta Chicago w L 36 14. 29 18. 30 20. 25 23. 22 27. 17 34. 12 37. W L 29 18. 26 23. 26 25. 21 27. 20 27. 19 31. 16 33 6 42. Pct GPl .720 - .617 5 .600 6 .521 10 .449 13 .333 19 .245 23 Pct GB .617 - .531 4 .510 5 .438 8 .426 9 .380 11 .327 14 .125 23 Pct GB .681 .660 1 .640 1 .620 2 .529 7 .500 8 .265 20 New Jersey Philadelohia Pittsburgh NY Rangers NY Isianders Northeast Division Ottawa Toronto Buffalo Boston Montreal Southeast Division Washington Carolina Atlanta Forida Tampa Bay w 28 28 27 22 14 w 29 26 28 24 19 w 24 24 17 14 15 L T RT Pts GF GA 13103 69 189 133 189 1 66 168 156 196 2 62 180 167 293 1 48172196 335 3 36 124 176 This past weekend, the Michigan women's water polo team traveled to the Princeton Invitational for its first compe- tition as a varsity team. The Wolverines began the weekend by stomping Villanova 18-6. Michigan was led by sophomore two-meter Stephanie Morse and junior two-meter Maribeth Sitkowski, who both posted hat tricks in their first varsity contest. With momentum from the first match behind it, Michigan dominated Massachusetts 8-3 and proceeded to fin- ish off Hartwick 11-4, finishing the day unblemished. Assistant Coach Bernice Orwig called the Massachusetts victory the most impressive win of the weekend - the Minutemen were ranked fifth at the end of last season. The Wolverines were lead by Morse who scored two goals, and freshman goalie Camille Clarendon who tallied seven saves ver- sus Massachusetts. Clarendon, wh* added eight saves in the Hartwic match, was helped by a hat trick from junior utility Mandi Hagedorn along with freshman two-meter Julie Nisbet who scored two goals in the victory. On the final day of the invitational, Hawaii handed Michigan its first loss of the season 12-6. The Wolverines rebounded quickly after the loss, stomp- ing Princeton 14-5 in its own invitational. Making this victory even more phe- nomenal is the fact that goalie Camil Clarendon did not play in the match. probably would not have mattered who was in goal, given the performances by Sitkowski who scored goals and Megan Hayes who added four goals. - J. Brady McCollough L T RT Pts 15 8 2 68 19 8 4 64 205 1 62 216 5 59 295 3 46 L T 19 9 21 6 28 9 28 8 33 5 RT Pts 1 58 2 56 2 45 7 43 3 38 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division WESTERN CONFERENCE central Division GF GA 174 137 170 139 139 145 144 163 140 158 GF GA 143 135 139 145 154 195 130 171 136 198 GF GA 184 119 164 145 140 149 150 157 122 161 GF GA 180 129 176 163 148 154 139 156 119 128 JEFF HURVITZ/Daily Han Jo Kim of the Michigan Taekwondo club received a bloody nose and eye after getting kicked in the head during the Big Ten Taekwondo Tournament yesterday. ae kwondo club -so rty skill Utah San Antonio Minnesota Dallas Denver Houston Vancouver W L 32 15 31 16. 32 18. 31 19. 27 24. 25 25. 13 36. Pacific Division w L Pct GB Portland 35 15 .700 - Sacramento 31 15 .674 2 LA Lakers 31 16 .660 2 Phoenix 28 20 .583 6 Seattle 28 24 .538 8 LA Cippers 16 34 .320 19 Golden State 15 33 .312 19 NBA SCOREBOARD Yesterday's games EAST ALL-STARS 111, west All-Stars 110 Today's games no games scheduled XFL SCOREBOARD Yesterday's games Birmingham 19, NEW YORK/NEW JERSEy 12 Las Vegas 25, MEMPHIS 3 Saturday's games Los ANGELES 39, Chicago 32 (OT) ORLANDO 26, San Francisco 14 'M'STATS St Louis Detroit Nashville Chicago Columbus Northwest Division Colorado Vancouver Edmonton calgary Minnesota Pacific Division San Jose Dallas Phoenix Los Angeles Anahiem W 36 32 24 22 18. w 35 28 25 20 20 w 30: 30 24 24 16 L Tf 11 8 19 5 23 8 2110 238 RT Pts 2 80 4 65 1 59 4 54 3 51 L T RT Pts 11 6 2 80 16 5 4 73 257 2 57 255 3 52 276 4 46 L T RT Pts 15 100 70 194 1 65 16 122 62 228 1 57 316 4 42 GF 152: 146: 136 185 132 GA 123 129 127 169 177 NHL SCOREBOARD Yesterday's games New Jersey 1, NY RANGERS 1 MINNESOTA 4, Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 4, BUFFALO 3 St. Louis 3, DALLAS 2 Carolina, ANANHIEM Chicago, Phoenix Today's games NY Islanders at OTTAWA, 7 p.m. NY Rangers at cOLUMeUs, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Los ANGELES, 10:30 p.m. Men's basketball -Through yesterday Player alanc hard Robinson Asselin Young Groninger Queen Moore Searight Jones Dill Gibson Gotfredson Adebiyi Garber Gonzales G 22 22 22 22 21 22 21 19 22 6 9 11 8 5 2 Min 33.1 28.4 26.2 26.2 19.0 27.4 12.2 13.2 14.7 1.5 1.4 4.5 1.4 1.6 2.0 A 1.8 2.2 0.6 0.2 1.6 4.0 0.1 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 Reb 7.9 5.0 6.4 5.1 1.6 2.5 3.0 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 Avg. 18.1 13.7 9.6 8.4 5.5 5.0 4.5 2.6 2.9 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 Hockey Through yesterday Player GP Hilbert 30 Cammalleri 30 Shouneyia 33 Jillson 31 Kosick 30 Langfeld 33 Matzka 33 Ortmeyer 27 Mink 33 Koch 28 Komisarek 29 Murray 30 Trainor 31 Vancik 27 Roemensky 33 Burnes 32 Blackburn 33 Kautz 24 Wyzgowski 11 Swistak 24 G A 2131 20 27 9 18 8 17 1112 1111 7 15 1011 8 13 8 13 4 9 6 6 2 6 1 6 2 4 0 4 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 PTS 52 47 27 25 23 22 22 21 21 21 13 12 8 7 6 4 4 3 3 1 By Jim Weber Daily Sports Writer At the final practice prior to the sec- ond-annual Big Ten Taekwondo Tournament yesterday, club president Joshua Rosenblatt stressed resiliency to his team. "The first time you get whacked upside the head, you are going to want to stop'" Rosenblatt said. "Don't." At the time, Rosenblatt obviously had no way of knowing that team member Han Jo Kim would - get "whacked." During the men's advanced semifinal match, Kim was kicked in the head after the referee stopped action, resulting in a bloody nose and eye along with a trip to the hospital. Taekwondo, a sport that resembles kick-boxing, consists of martial artists kicking in the chest and head to draw points from the judges or a knockout blow. The competition takes place in two rounds of one-and-a-half minutes or two-minute. intervals. The competitor with the most points - or the one left standing -is declared the winner of the match. As a result of the cheap shot Kim took outside of these rounds, his oppo- nent was disqualified, and Kim's three- member men's advanced unit went on to win the event. This contribution was one of many successes for the Wolverines as they ended up winning the tournament. "We have got a lot of motivation to win because this is our home field," said Chrissy Dallas about the team's attitude. But, this tournament was about more than just a Big Ten Championship. "We are trying to make a good impression since we are trying to beef up our status at the University of Michigan," explained Dallas. Although it will take a long time, +/- +20 +22 +4 +11 +5 +5 +11 +7 +4 +16 +11 +4 +3 +7 +22 +13 0 +4 +2 -4 Rosenblatt said one of the long term goals for the team is to obtain varsity- club status, a significant upgrade from the club label. Currently, all of travel and equipment costs are handled inde- pendently. But if the club were to achieve varsity-club status, it would receive "significant support from the University." "Basically, we have this plan. As we grow more and more competitive, more and more people will get interested," said Rosenblatt. In order to increase its level of com- petition, the team is starting intercolle- giate activity and trying to get as many teams involved in the Big Ten Tournament as possible. The tourna- ment ended up with five schools - Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State and Indiana. The club also worked hard to increase attendance at the Sports Coliseum by spreading the word about the tourna- ment. Along with posting flyers across campus, the members encouraged friends and family to come by word of mouth and via e-mail. Brendan Gray, one of the students in attendance, point- ed out the most important aspect of the marketing scheme - "I came because it was free. That was a great idea" The extensive campaigning appeared to work. "There are about 30 percent more people here (than last year)," Kim guessed. "We got a good turnout." It appears that the sport and team also has a new fan in Gray, who said, "I want to try it. If I had some extra time, I'd be out here." Rosenblatt's plan also appears to be working a little earlier than expected, as student Daniel Lee said he hopes the team achieves Varsity-club status. As a resident of South Quad and reg- ular attendant of the cafeteria, Lee found one expense he thinks that could make way for Taekwondo on the University expense list. "They make me pay for that food? Come on." Iverson named MVP as East edges West WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) - Turns out the West isn't all that better than the East. Anyone who said so this season - and anyone who said so early in the fourth quarter yester- day spoke a little too soon. Allen Iverson turned that notion on its head with an outstanding fourth- quarter performance that transformed the NBA All-Star game from a blowout into a thriller .as he led the Eastern Conference to an improbable 111-110 victory. Iverson scored 15 of his 25 points in the final nine minutes, and Stephon Marbury hit two 3-pointers in the final 53 seconds as the East came back from a 21-point deficit. While presenting the MVP award to Iverson, NBA commissioner David Stern, with a sly grin on his face, told Iverson that great basketball "can be wrapped - if you pardon the expres- sion - in very small packages." The East trailed 95-74 with nine minutes left after the West dominated the first 39 minutes of the game behind its superior size. It appeared the game would come out looking like a mismatch' that would back up all the Western Conference superiori- PORTsBRIEFS ty theories that have been thro around so frequently this season. But the East started pecking away, and Iverson walked over to the scor-, er's table during a timeout and asked if anyone wanted to wager whether the East would make a comeback. That's exactly what the East pro- ceeded to do, with Jerry Stackhouse and Vince Carter making 3-point shots that were followed by a three- point play by Iverson to cut the Wes* lead to 100-96. Iverson scored the East's next two points from the line, and Tracy McGrady tied it on a putback with 3:10 left. Thousands witness implosion of Three Rivers Stadium PITTSBURGH (AP) - A clcud of dust went up, and Three Rivers Stadium came down. Yesterday saw the end of the site of one of football's most famous plays and a Pittsburgh pro sports resurgence in the 1970s. Thousands of onlookers cheered the implosion of the 30-year-6d home of the Pirates and Steelers. Experts loaded 4,800 pounds 5 dynamite into the mammoth circular stadium last week to clear the way for separate baseball and football stadiums nearby. The stadium's western wall tum- bled inward and the rest of the struc- ture collapsed into a cloud of dust. The implosion lasted about 19 sec- onds. "This is a very bittersweet day f me," Mayor Tom Murphy said. Three Rivers opened in 1970 at a cost of $36 million. It immediately boosted the sagging fortunes of the Pirates and Steelers. Field-goal percentage leader Young 71-111 .640 Free-throw percentage leader Robinson 84-101 .832 Three-point percentage leader Blanchard 39-96 .406 I AP PHOTO Sixers guard Allen Iverson was the key to the East's comeback against the West. 1 DITi f MW JM RUTG ERs A we throw all kinds of [bsta tuition isn't one of them. Your invitation to A Career in Health Care Management Dual Degree MPH/MBA Master in Public Health/Master o/ Business Administration Jointly sponsored by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- School of Public Health, Piscataway/New Brunswick Campus and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey h .. cThi - nninp tirvp nart't it tak~e the myrit d 7e to onen the ripght doors. I