The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 1, 2001-
Icers hope to
grow during
Alaskan trip
By Naweod Sikora
Daily Sports Writer
As the Michigan hockey team left Ann Arbor for its
12-hour flight to Alaska-Fairbanks yesterday, it was
clear that the Wolverines had seen better days. After
looking so strong in its season-opening tie against
Michigan State, the team faltered, splitting its next
four games and then getting swept at home by North-
ern Michigan. The last thing the team needed was a
weekend series in Alaska, against a team that, at 6-2,
is off to its best start since 1992-93.
Although Michigan holds a 20-2 all time record
against Alaska-Fairbanks, this seems to be the season
when past records can be thrown out the window.
It is certain that winning both games will be diffi-
cult for the Wolverines, but Michigan coach Red
Berenson feels that the trip to Alaska could help the
team in many ways.
"I think the trip does a lot for team camaraderie and
chemistry, Berenson said. "The players can really get
to know each other better because they have the
opportunity to spend more time together.
"When we're home, they have their hours together
at practice every day, but then they go home and they
have busy schedules. But in Alaska, we'll be together
literally 24 hours a day."
"I think that the trip will be a good way for us to
regroup and start over as a team;' Michigan freshman
Michael Woodford said. "If you're not too close with a
guy, then this is your chance to get closer. It is time to
start putting it together.
"We kind of dug ourselves a hole so far, and every
game is much more important. This is a huge week-
end for us to go up there and prove that we can play
well on the road, and hopefully we will be able to
come through."
Once its flight landed in Alaska yesterday, the play-
ers hit the ice for a short practice session before they
went to sleep. After its weekend series, the team will
depart Sunday morning and arrive in Ann Arbor at
about 10 p.m.
Coming out of this weekend with at least one win is
crucial, if not necessary, for the Wolverines if they
want to get back on track. But Berenson wants to
make sure his team has the right mindset as it prepares
for this weekend.
"We're going up there with the idea of having to
win," Berenson said. "But we can't put the weight of
the world on our shoulders. We have to take it one
Schilling pitches gem,
but Yanks win in 10th
GAME FOUR
NEw YORK 4, ARiZONA 3
NEW YORK (AP) -' Baseball fans,
meet the first Mr. November - Derek
Jeter.
Four minutes after midnight, Jeter
earned that distinction by hitting a
home run with two outs in the bottom
of 10th inning to lift the New York Yan-
kees over the Arizona Diamondbacks
4-3 and tie the World Series at two
games each.
Tino Martinez saved the Yankees on
last night with a two-out, two-run
homer in the ninth off Byung-Hyun
Kim, who had relieved a gutsy Curt
Schilling.
Then Jeter, who usually shines in
October, connected off Kim. The Yan-
kees spilled out of the dugout to greet
him at home plate, where he landed
with a two-footed hop.
Jeter said it was the first game-end-
ing homer he could remember, and it,
came shortly after the Yankee Stadium
scoreboard flashed: "Welcome to
November Baseball."
"We always feel as though we have a
chance to win a game," Jeter said.
"When you get to the postseason, you
can throw everything out that you've
done in the regular season."
Schilling, pitching on three days'
rest, did everything Arizona could have
asked. But when Kim relieved, the
game turned spooky for the Diamond-
backs on Halloween night.
"We had a lead, we had six outs left
to go in the ballgame," Arizona manag-
er Bob Brenly said. "That's the way we
hoped it would work out. Unfortunate-
ly, it didn't."
Now, the defending three-time cham-
pion Yankees will send Mike Mussina
against Miguel Batista in Game 5
tonight.
Mariano Rivera broke three bats in a
perfect 10th inning for the win.
A crowd that included Mr. October
- Reggie Jackson - had been crazy
all night then turned quiet in the ninth
inning with the Yankees in trouble.
Kim, who struck out the side in the
eighth, gave up a one-out single to Paul
O'Neill before striking out Bernie
Williams.
But Martinez, who had been hitless
in nine World Series at-bats, launched a
drive over the center field fence to tie it.
The sellout crowd of 55,863 roared, and
several Yankees jumped over the railing
in front of the dugout to celebrate.
Kim set down the first two batters in
the 10th. But Jeter, who had been only
1-for-15 in the Series, rose to the occa-
sion.
Jeter fouled three two-strike pitches
and then sent an opposite-field drive
into the seats in right.
Making Brenly look like a genius,
Schilling showed no ill effects in giving
up three hits over seven innings. His bid
for a record fifth win in a postseason,
however, ended when the Yankees
allied.
Since 1999, starters working on three
days' rest had been just 1-9 with a 9.73
ERA in postseason play.
Everyone at Yankee Stadium was
energized, a sharp contrast to the sub-
dued crowd on hand for President
Bush's visit for Game 3. And while
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani hollered from
the front row, Yankees starter Orlando
Hernandez was the most excitable of
all.
El Duque shouted at plate umpire Ed
Rapuano, firmly shook off catcher
Jorge Posada and accidentally smacked
into Arizona's Tony Womack.
Hernandez made up with Rapuano
when he was pulled in the seventh.
He made a beeline to meet the umpire
along the first-base line and patted
him on the chest, and both men
smiled.
With Hernandez gone, the Diamond-
backs scored twice in the eighth for a 3-
1 lead.
Reliever Mike Stanton had retired 22
straight batters in Series play before
Luis Gonzalez singled to start the
inning and Erubiel Durazo followed
with a go-ahead double.
DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily
Michigan's Jason Ryzner will return to his home state of Alaska this weekend. But the freshman will be
nowhere near his home town of Anchorage, a six hour drive from Fairbanks.
game at a time.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we came back with two
wins, but on the other hand, I think we could come
back with two losses."
Coming back with two losses would not be the best
thing for Michigan (1-3-1 CCHA, 2-4-1 overall) con-
sidering that the team is currently tied for eighth in the
CCHA and has gotten off to its worst start in 15 years.
Plus, the schedule is not going to get any easier for
the Wolverines.
Two weeks after the Alaska trip, the Wolverines
will travel to Nebraska-Omaha for two games against
a Mavericks team that is coming off a sweep over No.
1 Michigan State.
Still, Berenson said that he's been pleased with
what the Alaska trip has done for his team in the past,
and hopes that this year will be no different.
"I usually feel pretty good about the team after the
Alaska trip," Berenson said. "But every year we have
a different team. This year we have a young team, and
we have a tough schedule after the trip, but hopefully
we'll start doing better.
"I think last weekend was a huge wake-up call for
us, not because we played terrible, but because it
showed us how important all the little things are in
winning games. It's not the skill or the talent with us,
it's just awareness."
ICERS INK TWO EARLY RECRUITS:The Michigan hock-
ey team recently received commitments from two
recruits: Jeff Tambellini, a 5-foot-11, 183-pound for-
ward from Moody Port, British Columbia, and
Danny Richmond, a 6-foot-1 175-pound defenseman
from Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Tambellini is currently in his second season with
the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hock-
ey League. He has tallied 29 points on 10 goals and
19 assists through 15 games.
His father, Steve, is Vice President of Player Per-
sonnel for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL.
Richmond is currently competing with the Chica-
go Steel of the United States Hockey League. He
leads his team in scoring with 9 points after 10
games. He has also posted a team-high 26 penalty
minutes.
FIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Lakeside Field - Evanston, Illinois
Nov.2 - Nov. 4 2. Ohio State
1. Michigan St. Tomorrow 10 a.m.
7. Indiana
Saturday Sunday, Saturday,
11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
4. Iowa 3. Michigan
Tomorrow, Noon Tomorrow, 2 p.m.
5. Penn State 6. Northwestern
Stickers gun for
third.straight title
Swimmers face difficult task finding depth
By Kyle O'Neill
Daily Sports Writer
In this young season, the Michigan
women's swimming and diving team's
two meet losses can't be attributed to its
inability to be victorious in individual
races.
In an exhibition match against Har-
vard and a dual meet versus Florida, it
has placed first in 19 of the 28 events,
including 11 of 12 versus the Crimson.
Yet, the Wolverines still managed to
lose both meets.
The inability to finish with more than
one swimmer in the top three of an
event has led to the Wolverines being
outscored in races that they have won.
MINNEAPOLIS
Who: Michigan (0-1) at Minnesota Invitational
When: 7 p.m. tomorrow, 10 a.m. Saturday
Latest: Michigan will be competing in the Min-
nesota Invitational for the fourth time in the
last five years.
Michigan had five cases against Florida
where two of the Gators' two swim-
mers were in the top three.
A reason for this has been the depar-
ture of last year's top swimmers and the
injuries hurting the development of
those to fill their spots.
"We lost three Big Ten finalists from
last season, two who were NCAA scor-
ers," swimming coach Jim Richardson
said. "Jenay Karlson (freestyle) has
been out for three weeks with a virus,
Tracy Egnatuk was too sick to take with
us last Friday and Traci Valasco (breast-
stroke/one meter board) is now out for
the rest of the season as we are looking
for someone to graph her knee.
"So yeah, our depth has been impact-
ed. We're not at 100 percent, but we
don't plan to be all season."
While Richardson is adjusting to the
losses from last year, diving coach Dick
Kimball is right on the pace he wants to
be with his group.
Sophomore Tealin Kelemen is unde-
feated this season and is the team's best
chance against the two top individuals
that Minnesota and North Carolina will
bring with them. Minnesota's Kim Bah-
mer has already qualified for the
NCAA Diving Zones in the one-meter
competition while North Carolina's
Ashley Benner will provide a challenge
in the three-meter, an event Benner has
yet to lose in this season.
The other three looking to continue
their success this weekend are senior
Lindsay McElroy, junior Kelly Vander
Kuyl and the rising star Alexis Goolik.
"Alexis is just a freshman and she's
already come a long way," Kimball
said. "As a team I just want them to
compete well. We never concentrate
much on dual meets, but they help us
get ready for championships."
The Wolverines will have to compete
this weekend without Kimball as he
will be coaching the men's divers for
their weekend meets in Ann Arbor,
meaning that it will be tougher to get
the scores they want, or perhaps
deserve.
"In a subjective sport like diving, not
having a representative (talking) with
the judges can be a disadvantage,"
Kimball said.
On the other side of the pool, breast-
stroke swimmer Kelli Stein will also
face a huge task this weekend as she
will go up against two of the nation's
best in North Carolina's Katie Hath-
away and Minnesota's Keri Hehn. Since
an all-Wolverine top three in the two
breaststroke events is unlikely, it will be
necessary for others to dominate the
second-tier of swimmers for the
remaining possible points.
"Katie Peterson, Lisbeth Goebel,
Kera Drake and Andrea Kurrle will
have some good competition at the sec-
ond level," Richardson said. "Hathaway
and Hehn are elite and it will be a good
challenge for Stein, who is in their
league.
"I don't think Kelli knows how good
of a swimmer she is. She's discovering
a lot about work this year and is not the
physically mature swimmer she will be
in a year."
Richardson hopes that the rest of his
team can rebound from last weekend's
performance where some of the indi-
vidual successes against Harvard and
Brown were overshadowed by the team
adjusting to the harsh workouts it
endures every week.
"We swam tired last weekend. We
had a couple people that performed will
despite the team. A couple people real-
ly crashed," said Richardson.
By Bob Hunt
Daily Sports Writer
With five of the nation's top 20
teams descending on Evanston this
weekend for the Big Ten Tourna-
ment, the Michigan Field Hockey
team has a lot to handle. But such a
challenge is exactly what this team
is looking for.
"You have to go in with the men-
tality that each game could be your
last," said forward April Fronzoni.
"It's not like playing one of the
other non-ranked teams in that
everyone is at the same level, and
it's the one that
comes that day
to play that's
going to win."
The quest for
Michigan's third
straight Big Ten
Tournament title
begins tomor-
row afternoon
EVANS
Who: Michigan (13-4 over
at the Big Ten Tournamen
When: Tomorrow through
Latest: The fifth ranked W
rally from the third seed in
ment to grab a champions
Buckeyes are heavily favored in
their games on Friday, a rematch
looks imminent; Michigan should
have the chance this weekend to
avenge its previous loss.
. "Wheng we played Ohio State we
definitely didn't have a good
game. A lot of us had a really off
day, we didn't put in the pressure
we needed," said defender and
Michigan all-time assist leader
Catherine Foreman. "Northwest-
ern is going to be tough. They
think they can take us. So, we got
to go hard against them. Then if
we happen to get Ohio State the
next day we'll
J really be bring-
TON ing it because
we're ready to
rall, 4-2 conference) prove to them
Sunday that they
Volverines will look to shouldn't have
n the Big Ten Tourna- got us the first
ship. time."
This tourna-
ment is not only important
because it is for the Big Ten title,
but also because it will severely
affect the Wolverines' seeding
when the NCAA Tournament
brackets are announced next Tues-
day night.
Currently, Michigan is No. 5 in
the country and the nation's top
four teams get to host a regional.
If Michigan wins the Big Ten
title, it will have a shot of being a
regional host because No. 3 Wake
Forest and No. 4 North Carolina
look to face each other in the ACC
Tournament.
But the Wolverines don't have
time to worry about their NCAA
nrns+etc ih the tnc1k at hand.
DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily
Sophomore Traci Valasco will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
Health a concern as
tennis heads toOhio*
when the Wolverines take on host
Northwestern at 2 p.m. at North-
western's Lakeside Field. Michigan
defeated Northwestern last Satur-
day in Evanston 2-0, extending the
Wildcats' losing streak to five
games. If Michigan wins tomor-
row, it will take on the winner of
the Ohio State-Indiana quarterfinal
for the right to play for the confer-
ence title on Sunday.
While Michigan is ranked high-
er than any other Big Ten team in
the STX/NFHCA coaches poll, it
will be seeded third in this week-
end's tournament. This is because
Michigan lost against both No. 9
Ohio State and No.13 Penn State
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By Melanie Kebler
Daily Sports Writer
For Michigan's men's tennis team, the
fall season has been filled with opportu-
nities for individual improvement.
The Wolverines fared well at large
tournaments like the ITA All-American
Championships and last
weekend's Rolex Region-
als. But for junior Chris TOLEDO
Shaya, the past few INVITA
months have also been Who: Michiga
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to form after a wrist injury Sunday
last season.Latest: Three
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the summer, when Shaya made the deci-
sion to undergo surgery.
Doctors repaired the cartilage dam-
age in his left wrist and also removed
loose particles. The right-handed Shaya
could still hit forehand shots, but his
backhand was severely impaired.
"It's kind of hard to play without a
backhand," Shaya said.
"It's a long grueling
LOCKET process to come back from
ONAL an injury."
men's tennis The junior saw his first
through action last weekend in East
Lansing at the Rolex
rsity mem Regionals. Michigan
ms like ll coach Mark Mess is confi-
lame this dent in Shaya's return to
41, both doubles and singles
Doubles pair Chris Shaya and Henry Beam shake hands after winning a point.
Shaya said. "Every day it's feeling a lit-
tle better."
running hills and sprints on the court at
the very beginning of the season.