16 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 12, 2001 Field hockey searching for offensive punch -! By Brian Steere Daily Sports Writer In the 2000 Michigan field hockey campaign, goal- keeper Maureen Tasch recorded a total of three shutouts. After just six games in the 2001 season, the senior has already surpassed her mark from a year ago. The No. 4 Wolverines (4-2) have yet to surrender a goal in each of their four victories. "We've really stepped it up this year," Tasch said. "The defense believes in each other, and I am confi- dent in myself." Even more incredible is the fact that Michigan earned three of its wins by the narrow score of 1-0. In each of those games, Adrienne Hortillosa was the dif- ference, scoring the Wolverine's only goals. "It's exciting when you score and also end up win- ning the game," the freshman Hortillosa said. "I just wish those outcomes had not been so close." Despite playing in just her first season of collegiate competition, Hortillosa already leads the team with three goals and six points from her forward position. "I do not look at myself as a freshman at all," Hor- tillosa said. "If you start doing that, things might go your way, but they might not. I also try not to think about the goals. I do not want to get a big head this early in the season." Depending on further developments from yester- day's terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C. and New York, Michigan will head back on the road this week- end for the Big Ten/Big East Challenge in Connecticut. The Wolverines will battle the No. 14 Connecticut Huskies on Saturday and then finish the weekend on Sunday against Boston College. "It will be another weekend of great competition," head coach Marsha Pankratz said. "Connecticut always has an outstanding team, and Boston College is playing solid as well." The Huskies will definitely be eager to upset Michi- gan. In the two teams' only meeting two years ago, the Wolverines defeated Connecticut 4-3 in the NCAA Final Four to advance to the championship game. This weekend will be Michigan's final tune up before the Big Ten season begins next Friday against Indiana. Michigan is the reigning conference champion and two-time defending Big Ten Tournament winner. "It's a good mentality to think that you can battle for the conference championship," Pankratz said. "But there are certainly some good teams out there. Penn State will have a good club, and Michigan State is up and coming as well." If the Wolverines are going to win their second straight Big Ten title, they will need to find a way to put more points on the board. With only five goals in their four victories this season, Michigan is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on Tasch. But this is something Pankratz has seen before. "The offense always takes a little longer to get going early in the season," Pankratz said. 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"First of all, I was chasing a 37- year-old record that nobody ever thought would ever be broken," McGwire said. "He's chasing a 3- year-old record and the number 70. "And there's only (three) weeks to go in the season. He hasn't been under the microscope all year. I was under the microscope basically for two and a half straight months, to hit 62. "It's two different situations, but his stamina, if you want to call it that, to sustain this level for so long has been unbelievable to watch. I "But as far as the media coverage, as far as the scrutiny, there's no way what he's trying to do would even come close to what I tried to go through. "Just look at it. I was leading national TV spots for a month. He's barely leading the sports. Right there says that the magnitude is a lot less." McGwire said a major reason for Bonds' home run outburst has been his ability to stay healthy. "Everything has been right," McGwire said. "(Bonds) usually gets injured one time through the year with his back, and he hasn't. It's just a phenomenal feat if he gets there. It's really neat to watch. "If he does it, when he does it, I'll be the first one to congratulate him."0 Then, McGwire identified a possi- ble plus about his record being bro- ken. "Maybe it's a blessing in disguise if he does do it. My life would get much easier. People would forget about me,"McGwire said. "I just wish I was healthy to 'be right there with him - or maybe edge him out." NHL scout. aboard hijacked plane 0 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - Garnet "Ace" Bailey, director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings, was one of 65 passengers aboard one of the flights that crashed into the World Trade Center on yester- day. Bailey played for the Detroit Red Wings for parts of the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons. Kings spokesman Mike Altieri said Mark Bavis, an amateur scout for the Kings, also was aboard Unit- ed Airlines Flight 175 - the second plane to hit the skyscrapers in New York. The Boeing 767 was sched- uled to fly from Boston to Los Angeles, where the Kings open training camp today. "We've received confirmatio from both of their families that they were on Flight 175," said Altieri. Bailey, 53, who won two Stanley Cups as a player, was entering his 32nd season as a player or scout in the NHL - his eighth as Kings director of pro scouting. He spent the previous 13 years as a scout with the Edmonton Oilers, who won five Stanley Cups during that time. Bailey broke in with the Boston r .