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Battle in Seattle
Noise, tough Husky 'D' await
the Wolverines in Washington
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By Jeff Phillips
Daily Sports Editor
Last Saturday, No. 11 Michigan defeated
Miami (Ohio) 31-13 and remained relatively
unchallenged by the RedHawks.
And now the Wolverines are in for some-
thing completely different:
Tomorrow, Michigan will take on No. 15
Washington in Seattle. The Huskies are com-
ing off a Rose Bowl win over Purdue and are
expected to battle with Oregon and Oregon
State for the Pac-14 title.
Washington lost much of its offensive pro-
duction from a year ago with the departure
of quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo, last sea-
son's Pac-10 Player of the Year.
Tuiasosopo led the Huskies with
nearly 2,500 yards of total
offense. Junior Cody Pickett was
named the starter this fall and is
expected to step in where he left
off.
"With the departure of Marques
Tuiasosopo, we have to make
subtle changes to our offense to
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John Navarre got his first taste of the Pac 10 last year at UCLA. Another west coast trip to Washington will again be his first test of the year.
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'Dawgs'
By Arun Gopal
Daily Sports Writer
The tuneup is out of the way. It's now time for the
Michigan fans have been pointing to this Saturda
tilt at No. 15 Washington since the end of last see
personnel losses on offense, coupled with the fear
Seattle have combined to make this game a water
Michigan's season.
Win, and the Wolverines could be on their way to
cial. Lose, and, well ... perhaps the Alamo Bowl
bad. San Antonio does have Riverwalk, after all.
MICHIGAN RUSH OFFENSE VS. WASHINGTON RUSH
earning the starting tailback spot in fall practices, B
decent job against Miami (Ohio), rushing for 94 yar
Chris Perry, Walter Cross and David Underwood all
tions as the Wolverines rolled for nearly 200 yards.
hold avantage over Bue
The Pac-10 has a reputation as a league without much defense.
But Washington bucks that trend, largely thanks to senior defensive.
tackle Larry Tripplett - an All-America candidate. Tripplett will
main event. get constant double- and triple-teams, but this year he gets help
y's heavyweight from Kai Ellis, a highly-touted defensive end who transferred from
ason. All of the San Francisco City College. Ellis and Tripplett have added pressure
rsome crowd in on them thanks to the departure of linebacker Jeremiah Pharms.
shed moment in Even though Michigan's running game might not be as dominant
as it was last year, the Wolverines should be able to run on Wash-
something spe- ington. Oregon gained over 230 yards rushing against the Huskies
wouldn't be so last year, which will have Michigan's offensive line salivating.
Edge: Michigan
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suit Cody Pickett," Washington head coach
Rick Neuheisel said.
Pickett will have the benefit of a strong
running game and a potential All-American
in tight end Jerramy Stevens.
"If you take the tight end (Jerramy)
Stevens and the nose guard (Larry) Triplett, I
think they are both first-round draft picks,"
Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr said.
"Stevens' presence will force us to defend
the center of the field and doing that help on
the outside."
Sophomore Rich Alexis and senior Willie
Hurst will likely share time at running back
for the Huskies.
Alexis led the team with 740 yards and
nine touchdowns, while Hurst battled from
deep in the depth chart to split time with
Alexis by the end of the season.
"Their two running backs are as good as
any two that we have faced in many, many
years," Carr said.
With the status of Michigan senior line-
backers Larry Foote and Eric Brackins still
in limbo, Carl Diggs and Zach Kaufman will
again have to step up on defense to stop the
Huskies' powerful ground game.
Freshman Reggie Williams is expected to
make his highly-anticipated debut against the
Wolverines.
"Reggie will play this weekend, how
much, we will have to wait and see,"
Neuheisel said. "But he has been what we
expected. He is a talented young man who
has learned quickly, so there is no reason to
save him."
Williams has been given the opportunity
to play due to injuries in the Huskies' receiv-
ing corps. Fellow freshman Charles Freder-
ick returned to the team this week after
leaving the team due to feeling homesick.
Frederick will likely not see action.
On defense, the inexperienced Michigan
offense will face one of the top
a units in the country - led by
TTLE senior defensive tackle Larry
Michigan (1-0) Triplett, a preseason first-team
shington (00) All-American selection by many
.m. preview magazines. Triplett led
olverines face Washington with six-and-a-half
est of the sea- sacks and 11 tackles for a loss.
visit fast sea- Jonathan Goodwin will likely
wv champs have the daunting task of pro-
tecting John Navarre from the Huskies' star.
"Triplett is probably one of the best guys
I have ever seen on film," Goodwin said.
Washington returns five other starters
from last season's team, including first team
All-Pac-10 selection, senior strong safety
Hakin Akbar. Akbar led the Huskies in tack-
les last season and will be a key component
in stopping the Michigan running'and pass-
ing game.
In addition to facing a talented team,
Michigan will play in Husky Stadium, one of
loudest and most intimidating places in the
nation.
"I have said through the years that there
are lots of stadiums in this conference that
are loud, but the loudest stadium I have ever
been in was at Washington," Carr said. "The
only way to control that factor is to get
ahead. The stadium and playing in the noise
is all part of growing as a team."
The Washington fans will do their best to
hold up their reputation.
As if the match-up wasn't enough motiva-
tion for the fans, the game will be ABC's
featured game on Saturday, airing at 3:30
p.m.
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Former sticker returns as coach
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By David Roth
Daily Sports Writer
When Michigan field hockey
defe.nseman Ashley Reichenbach
stepped off the field after her freshman
season, she knew she had to turn and
face the strain.
The Wolverines had an abysmal 7-
11 record and were sniffing the pants
of every other Big Ten team.
Nobody comes to Michigan to lose.
So Reichenbach and her teammates
made some changes. Over the next
three years, Reichenbach would help
her team to a 50-12 record and co-cap-
tained the squad that made Michigan's
first-ever National Championship
appearance.
The Wolverines' turnaround wasn't
jdst in their physicality. It was in their
philosophy..
Now Michigan is always a threat,
always THE team to beat. Last year
the team placed first in both the Big
Ten regular season standings and the
Big Ten tournament.
In: July, the Wolverines announced
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the hiring of Ashley Reichenbach as
one of its assistant coaches. Michigan
can't ever have back the brawn that
Reichenbach brought, but at least it
can have the brains.
"She's tactically incredibly smart
and strong and has helped the defense
a lot," Michigan coach Marcia
Pankratz said. "She's stepped right
into a whole other role and she's done
a fantastic job."
Reichenbach, who was also a pow-
erhouse in academia, used her under-
graduate degree in English to get her a
job with Quest Personnel in Norris-
town, Penn. But her connection to
field hockey remained strong.
During the gap year after gradua-
tion, Reichenbach coached several
camps as well as serving as a volun-
teer coach at her high school in
Palmyra, Penn.
In addition, Reichenbach has partic-
ipated in the United Airlines Field
Hockey Summer League for the past
four years, most recently playing for
the Philadelphia Fury. This August, 9
Reichenbach was selected to lead one
of eight teams during the 2001 AAU
Junior Olympic games.
Reichenbach also kept close ties to
Michigan. She served as one of two
students on, the University's Board in
Control of Intercollegiate Athletics
from 1998-2000 and was part of the
search committee that selected current
Michigan Athletic Director Bill Mar '
tin.
Coaching at Michigan so soon after
she left, Reichenbach finds herself
instructing former teammates.
"It's definitely been a different
role," Reichenbach said. "Because I
did play with (the current juniors and
seniors), I do feel like they are my sib-
ling sisters. But-maybe more like an
extended big sister now."
Coaching has expanded the way -
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