The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 22, 2001 - 7B

Field hockey returns to form against Central
The Wolverines developed a new attitude after struggling during the Big Ten season

By Blake Fillion
For the Daily
MOUNT PLEASANT - After a disappointing
2-1 loss to Penn State on Saturday, No. 4 Michi-
gan's field hockey team went on to defeat Central
Michigan 4-0 yesterday. In dominating Central
Michigan, the Wolverines improved their record to
12-4, with just one match left versus Northwestern
Saturday in Evanston.
The Wolverines were led by a strong perfor-
mance from goalie Maureen Tasch. Early in the
first half with the Wolverines leading 1-0, Tasch
prevented a breakaway goal with a sprawling save.
"Central took the opposite corner and I had to
adjust. I just reacted," Tasch said. "Overall I was
very happy with how I played today. I really tried
to fill a certain role after a tough loss and I think I
succeeded."
While the defense was being lead by Tasch, the
offense was returning to its former dominance
after struggling through the past few games. Led
by Gannon and Jessica Rose, the Wolverines
opened up an early lead and continued to control
the game by placing tremendous pressure upon
Central Michigan's defense.
"We wanted to get off to a fast start and get
some positive momentum in our favor," Gannon
said "The past few games we've struggled and

fallen behind early. This game was different."
After Rose scored the Wolverines second goal
late in the first half, their defense stiffened and
their ball-control abilities dominated the second
half.
"We have the No. I ranked defense in the Big
Ten," Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz said "It's
solid. I've never questioned our ability to defend
and make huge saves when we need them."
The Wolverines put the game away late in the
second half on a goal by Ashley Chod, assisted by
Rose. Michigan's final goal came from Stephanie
Johnson with two minutes left in the second half.
The Wolverines controlled the tempo of the
game and the possession of the ball from the first
few minutes of the game on.
"We tried not to dribble the ball so much," Gan-
non said "We passed much better today, which
makes us a much more difficult team to defend."
But the Wolverines still saw a lot of room for
improvement, since they've struggled in their last
two Big Ten games.
"It's healthy for us to find the weaknesses in our
game before the Big Ten and national tourna-
ments," Tasch adds "We see what we need to work
on and now we have the time necessary to make
the changes."
After the Penn State loss the Wolverines seem to
of come together. Starting with yesterday's match

BIG TEN STANDINGS
Team Big Ten Overall
Michigan State 4 1 14 4
Ohio State 4 1 11 4
Iowa 3 2 10 3
Michigan 3 2 12 4
Penn State 2 3 9 6
Northwestern 1 4 2 10
Indiana 0 4 1 13
THIS WEEK'S RESULTS
Michigan 4, Central Michigan 0
Penn State 2, Michigan 1
Iowa 2, Southwestern Missouri State 0,
SW Missouri State 1, Indiana 0
Michigan State 2, Ohio State 1
Iowa 8, Indiana 1
Michigan State 3, Ball State 1
Ohio State 3, Miami (Ohio) 1
against Central Michigan, the team has an all new
approach to what is left of their season.
"We just began a brand new season today," Gan-
non said. "It will continue through the Big Ten
Tournament and through the national champi-
onships. This is an eight game season and right
now we're 1-0."

TOM FELDKAMP/Daily
Michigan's Jen Zangara reacts in disbelief after Penn State's Timarie Legel scored
the game-winner to spoil senior day for the Wolverines.

Swimmers show promise
in defeat to ranked Florida

By Kyle O'Neill
Daily Sports Writer
A loss is a difficult way to begin a season, but the
Michigan women's swimming and diving team proved
Friday that it is ready to compete with the best teams
in the nation.
Going up against a Florida team with two wins
already under its belt was not easy for the Wolverines,
who competed for the first time this season.
But Michigan won half of the races against the
Gators and came within 15 points of defeating them.
The Wolverines also took second at the Florida Relays
on Saturday.
"We probably couldn't have hoped for better
results, said assistant coach Stefanie Kerska, filling in
for head coach Jim Richardson, who was on a recruit-
ing trip this weekend. "Across the board we were real-
ly strong and focused. We've had a tendency in the
past to start slow and build off that. This year we start-
ed well and hopefully we will continue that."
Michigan's sophomores led the way as breaststroker

Kelli Stein and diver Tealin Kelemen each earned two
first places in their individual events. Sara Johnson
also claimed a first in the 200-yard individual medley.
The Florida dual meet was Stein's first as a Wolver-
ine and was a great start to her career with the maize
and blue. a
"Putting on the Michigan cap (on Friday) I felt like
a Wolverine for the first time," said Stein. "With my
times I'm always looking to improve, and the team has
been great:'
Also performing well in her first collegiate contest
was freshman Amy McCullough, who made her debut
against one of the best freestyle swimmers in the
world, Janelle Atkinson. Two races (500- and 1,000-
yard freestyle) against the All-American could have
been intimidating. But McCullough paid no attention
to her highly-ranked competitor and earned an NCAA
Zone B qualifying time in the 500 free while taking
second in each event.
Senior Lindsay Carlberg and junior Laura Kaznecki
each had first places in the 200-yard backstroke and
50-yard freestyle, respectively. The wins, though, were

First impressions
Several new faces were able to competefor the
first time when the Michigan women's swimming
and diving team faced Florida this weekend.
Kelli Stein, sophomore transfer from Kentucky
Had two first-placewfinishes in the 100- and 200-
yard breaststroke with respective times of
1:04.72 and 2:20.00.
Amy McCullough, freshman
Had an NCAA Zone B qualifying time of 4:53.56 in
the 500-yard freestyle. She finished second in that
event as well as in the 1,000 freestyle (10:02.61).
not what Kerska was looking at the most. She was
more impressed with the way each raced for times that
normally are not seen at the beginning of a season.
Kerska attributed these strong performances to the
hard work and competitive success over the summer.
Carlberg was a Michigan representative at the World
University Games this past August and earned a sixth-
place finish in the 200 backstroke.
After this summer "we came in looking a lot bet-
ter," said Kerska. "We're at a higher level right now."
Michigan heads out east next weekend to face an
Ivy League duo of Harvard and Brown.
Friday's contest against the Crimson begins a tough
stretch for Michigan, which has two dual meets and
three invitationals during the next four weeks.

Rowers thrive despite competition, crowd

By Melanie Kebler
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan rowers may have
claimed that the fall season doesn't
mean much compared to the spring,
but they didn't act like it yesterday at
the Head of the Charles regatta in
Boston. Top finishes in both the cham-
pionship eight and the cchampionship
four races showed that the team is
ready and willing to compete, regard-
less of the time of year.
In front of thousands of spectators,
the Wolverines faced top rowing
teams from around the nation in what
many consider the biggest rowing
regatta of the year. National crews
such as the U.S. Rowing team joined
the talented field of collegiate teams
like Princeton, Southern California
and Yale. Overall, Michigan raced,
well and finished fifth in the champi-
onship fours and sixth in the champi-
onship eights.
"We're right in there and that's

where we want to be," Michigan coach
Mark Rothstein said.
The varsity four boat placed fifth
out of 31 boats overall and turned in
the top collegiate time of 18:44.46. In
the women's championship eights,
Michigan placed sixth overall in a
field of 53 boats and was fourth
among collegiate teams, behind
Princeton, Ohio State and Yale. Roth-
stein said he was very pleased with his
team's performance Sunday.
"I thought our coxswains steered
really well today, even though this is a
difficult course to navigate," Rothstein
said. "I was pleased with both boats.
We still have a lot of technical work to
do, and we need to row more efficient-
ly and keep training hard."
Christina Meyer, a senior who
rowed in the eight boat yesterday,
described the race as "very aggres-
sive," and said the team is still in the
process of arranging and perfecting
lineups.
"We haven't practiced a whole lot in

our line up that we used today," Meyer
said. "We are still getting used to each
other. Usually during the fall the
coaches assign random lineups for
each race. This is the one race where
the coaches choose a lineup the week
before and we actually practice togeth-
er before we race."
The excitement of the race - the
largest and most-attended event
Michigan participates in each year -
also factored into the team's perfor-
mance.
"It created a new kind of dynamic,"
Meyer said. "There was a lot of excite-
ment and it was a little bit distracting.
But I think we got through that."
"It's an amazing venue and the
excitement is really motivating, as
long as you keep your focus," said
senior Jennifer Bryant, who was in the
varsity four boat. The four boat placed
extremely well despite three rowers
who were competing in the Head of
the Charles regatta for Michigan for
the first time.

"We raced really solidly today,"
Bryant said. "This is one of the best
races we've had this year."
The Wolverines will work to
improve on their strong performance
yesterday through the rest of the fall
season.
Rothstein agreed that the team
raced well at the Head of the Charles,
but was reluctant to use those results
as an accurate predictor for the rest of
Michigan's season. The format of the
race, in which the teams race against
the clock and not against each other,
didn't allow the team to get a good
chance to size up its other opponents.
"Some crews do well here in the
fall, then not so good in the spring,
and vice versa," Rothstein said. "It's
too early to tell. The only thing I can
say is that there are a lot of crews here
that could beat us, but there's no one
that's unbeatable. That's a good thing."
Next up for Michigan is the Head of
the Elk competition in Elkhart, Ind.
this coming Sunday.

UANYMOVLOSHOK/Daily
Freshman Jennifer Gandolph scores one of her 20 kills as she beats two Nittany
Lion defenders to score a point down the sideline in the Wolverine's upses win'
Moore's heroics too
_much for Penn State,

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only able to post a .154 attack per-
centage as she repeatedly commit-
ted attack errors - eight in total. A
large part of this was because of the
play of Michigan's Shannon Melka
and Erin Moore. Each recorded
four blocking assists as they contin-
ually deflected Schumacher's
attacks.
Schumacher's impotence was
never felt more keenly than at the
end of the third game. After drop-
ping the first two games, Penn
State was determined to come out
of the intermission and steal at
least one game from Michigan.
It looked like the Lions had a
chance as they led the Wolverines
22-18. But Michigan regrouped to
tie the game at 23, and the teams
traded points up till 27-27. Then,

Penn State decided to set their star.
"We knew they were going to go
to her, because when it is a critical
time you are going to go to your
big gun," coach'Rosen said.
The Lions went right to Schu-
macher, a decision that would prove
to be their downfall. Schumacher's
attack was blocked by Melka and
Moore. Now down by one point,
the Lions again went to Schumach-
er who was again rejected by the
two Wolverines.
On match point, Moore rose to
the occasion as she slammed a stray
Penn State pass that had floated
over the net. Three incredibly plays
by Moore sent Penn State packing
back to Happy Valley.
"My coaches said to me in the
timeout 'If you ever press over the
net in your life, do it now'," Moore
said. "Then the overpass and I
knew it was over."

" Mad 'Hatter' can't stop rolling Wolverines
Fourth win in four tournaments is school record for golfers heading into winter break

By Kyle O'Neill
Daily Sports Writer
If the fall season was a sign of things
to come for the spring, the Michigan
women's golf team can begin talking to
its travel agent now for deals in May to
the state of Washington - the site of
the 2002 NCAA Championships.
The Wolverines claimed their fourth
title out of four fall events yesterday at
the Hatter Fall Classic in Orlando. The
four wins are a school record for most
consecutive wins and also for most
tournament wins in a season.
"It is one of the top five wins in my
career," said coach Kathy Teichert.
"This is definitely a great team and you
know what, I'd say it's actually top
three."
Michigan was led once again by
junior Kim Benedict, who tied for
fourth with a score 231. It was the third
time this year that Benedict has posted
the Wolverine's best score.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win,"
Benedict said. "The team victory is a
big boost of confidence. We know we
deserve to be up there with the other
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ond and third day's scores of 75 and 76,
respectively. Wicks' 237 earned her a
tie with fellow Wolverine Laura Olin
for 14th place.
Also placing high for Michigan was
Cortney Reno who took sixth place
overall with a score of 232, one back of
Benedict. Seniors Misia Lemanski and
Bess Bowers equaled each other's score
of 240 for 27th place.
"I was kind of frustrated with the
course," Reno said after posting a
round of 76 on the final day. "The pins
there are kind of tricky. After the first
two days I made sure I was patient."
The Wolverines will now take a well-
deserved one week vacation from golf
before starting their winter training.
During that time they will rely on
A Fall Classic
Domination: Sept. 23, 2001, began
what is now a record-setting streak.
The Wolverines won the Lady Northern
in Urbana, Ill. by an impressing 14-
stroke margin. They also had all five of
their scorers in the top eleven.
Determination: Michigan won the
Wolverine Invitational for the first time
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indoor hitting, as it will soon be too
cold to practice outside.
"The winter practice will be impor-
tant with our weight training and condi-
tioning," Olin said.
This will be the freshman Olin's first
winter training as a Wolverine but it
will also be a new kind of first for
many Wolverines - they have never
had this much success going into their
three month hiatus.
"We're going to have to really work
hard to continue playing well," Teichert
said. "The first tournament back will be
tough for us. There is a big difference
hitting off grass and hitting off mats.
"Winter will also be a time to reeval-

uate our goals. Everyone will be able to
add onto them after the success during
the fall."
. When Michigan does return to
action in the spring it will be going into
events against Ohio State, currently No.
1 in the nation, and Michigan State, the
conference champions, for the first time
all season.
"They have very talented teams and
we're looking forward to playing
them," Teichert said. "But equally we
have a team just as talented. This group
of student athletes have brought the
program a long way. It's become
expected for everyone to play well.
"They're good and they know it."


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