8B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 8, 2001
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'M' soccer stymied by Indiana
By Chris Burke
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's soccer team
entered yesterday's game against No. 6
Indiana look-__
ing to erase INDIANA 3
the memory
of last year's MICHIGAN 0
7-0 schooling
the Hoosiers handed out in Michigan's
first varsity season.
But instead of employing the same
attack as last year, Indiana turned to a
newcomer to burn the Wolverines (1-2
Big Ten, 7-2-1 overall) in the Big Ten
rematch.
Freshman forward Mike Ambersley
found the net three times for Indiana,
providing all the offense in a 3-0 win for
the Hoosiers at Varsity Field.
With Michigan trying to contain Indi-
ana early on, Ambersley slipped past the
defense on the left side of the field. He
beat Michigan goalkeeper Joe Zawacki
to a pass by Josh Reiher at the top of the
goal box and scored into an open net in
the 11th minute.
"Josh made a great run," Ambersley
said. "He slid the ball right through into
the box and I put it in - it was all his
effort."
Ambersley completed his huge day
with goals in the 21st and 47th minutes
to give Indiana more than enough insur-
ance to hold off the Wolverines.
"I think the most deflating goal was
the third one," Michigan forward Robert
Turpin said. "After the second goal we
were still in there, but the third one real-
ly took the wind out of us."
In spite of struggling offensively,
Michigan was able to generate a few
scoring chances in Indiana's zone.
In the 16th minute, Turpin made a
run down the right side of the field and
sent a shot into the box that was deflect-
ed just wide of the net. Later in the first
half, J.J. Kern took advantage of a
restart, and floated a pass into the box
that Andrew Balazer headed on net
where goalkeeper Colin Rogers made a
diving save.
Time and time again during the
game, Indiana bunched up to eight men
into their defensive box in an attempt to
prevent Michigan from utilizing its
offensive strength - playing balls into
the center for midfielder Knox
Cameron. This occurred despite Michi-
gan using three forwards in contrast to
its traditional two topressure Indiana's
defense more.
"That's their trademark, they bring in
good attacking players and instill that
defensive mentality that makes it diffi-
cult to break through," Michigan coach
Steve Burns said. "Later in the game
when we switched back to our normal
offensive setup, we had a lot of success
in that central midfield area - often the
team that can control that area can win
the game, so that's a nice step for us to
move forward on."
One of the few bright spots in the
game for Michigan was the ability of
Turpin to create when given one-on-
one opportunities in the Indiana zone.
Turpin, however, was frustrated like
the rest of the team by Indiana's ability
to take the Wolverines out of their
game.
"They were playing long balls in, and
really winning every ball in the middle,"
Turpin said. "It's hard to go forward
when the ball keeps going at your
defense and they start to get tired back
there."
Michigan must now regroup with
Bowling Green coming to Ann Arbor
on Thursday - but the Wolverines will
attempt to do so knowing that they gave
the highly-ranked Hoosiers a fairly solid
test .
"The thought at halftime was 'let's
make sure we don't back down one step
from this team,' " Burns said. "So the
next time we see them - be it the Big
Ten Tournament or next year -they'll
be concerned about us as a team."
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Junior forward Robert Turpin and the Wolverines came up short against Big Ten
powerhouse Indiana 3-0 yesterday, but they earned some respect in the process.
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