ahe Arichiiaau fi SPORTS Sports desk: 763-2459 sportsdesk@umich.edu SECTION B VIT M ITR I Azi i i.- 1 0 -l - -- - -- - - - --- - - --I W1 =II -I Wolverines beat up Bulldog By Chris Burke Daily Sports Writer Entering Friday night's game at Ferris State, the Michigan hockey team was floundering in a tie for sixth place in the CCHA. But a little more than 24 hours after the weekend's opening faceoff, the Wolverines were completing a two-game sweep of the Bulldogs. All of a sudden, first-place Michigan State is now looking over its shoulders at No. 13 Michigan (6-3-2 CCHA, 8-5-2 overall) as the Wolverines find themselves in a second-place tie with Nebraska-Omaha. The Wolverines rallied with two goals in the final three minutes of play for a 5-4 comeback win on Friday night in Big Rapids, and then thumped Ferris State, 6-1, on Saturday at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan is now 5-0-1 in its last six conference games, including a 4-0-1 mark on the road. "It was a good weekend for the Michigan hockey program," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We're trying to move up in the league and this was a weekend that we needed to move up." The Wolverines' special teams dominat- ed Saturday's action. Michigan tallied goals on four of nine powerplay opportunities and held Ferris State (5-7-1, 7-7-1) to 1- for-8 on its powerplay chances. Freshman center Dwight Helminen and junior Mike Cammalleri tallied first period powerplay goals while freshman Milan Gajic added a goal with 1:16 to go in the stanza to put Michigan ahead, 3-0 at the intermission. Ferris State's Phil Lewandowski notched the Bulldogs' lone goal with 13:17 left in the second period. After splitting the Michi- gan defense, Lewandowski was caught from behind by a sliding Mike Komisarek - but the sophomore defenseman slid into goalie Josh Blackburn, knocking Blackburn and the puck into the net. The Bulldogs kept the pressure on the Wolverines immediately after the goal. Fer- ris State received a powerplay as Derrick s, earn sweep McIver was tripped up by defenseman Eric Werner following a turnover by Werner. But Blackburn made two big saves on that powerplay, and another man-advantage opportunity that Ferris State had was wiped out when McIver took a penalty to set up a 4-on-4 situation. The Wolverines took the wind out of Ferris State's sails during the 4-on-4 as senior Craig Murray scored his first goal of the year. Wern- er matched Murray when he lit the lamp for See BULLDOGS, Page 4B Since Oct. 27... On Oct. 26 and 27, Michigan was swept at home by Northern Michigan and held a 1-3-1 CHAtrecord. Since that time, Michigan has b'een the best team~ in the CCHA. Team GP W L T Pts Michigan 6 5 0 1 11 Ferris State 10 5 4 1 11 Michigan State 6 5 1 0 10 Nebraska-Omaha 10 4 4 2 10 ALYSSA WOOD/Daily Mike Komisarek was one of the most dominant players of the series, both offensively and defensively. The blueliner scored the game-tying goal Friday night, and added three assists on Saturday. Beasts of the Big East Blue avenges NCAA loss to Notre Dame By Charles Paradis Daily Sports Writer GRAND RAPIDS - What a dif- ference a year makes. After losing to Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year, the Wolverines got their revenge, handing the Fighting Irish a 78-63 defeat. "I don't care who is returning on t h e i r team," senior g u a r d Alayne Ingram said. "I was out for blood." Just three minutes into the first half, Ingram tied the game at seven as she drained a 3-pointer. With that shot, she broke the record for career 3-pointers set by Molly Murray. Ingram finished the game 3-of-5 from behind the arc and set a new Michigan career 3-point record at 137. Ingram did not even realize she had broken the record at first. "I forgot about it actually," Ingram said. "I was so focused about doing it at home on Friday and so I just forgot. So when I hit it, coach G (Guevara) was like,'nice record."' Ingram's 3-pointer sparked a 24-6 run by the Wolverines. That all but knocked out the Irish in the first 10 minutes of play, and the Wolverines went into the lockerroom with a 45- 27 lead over the defending national champions. The Irish would barely be able to chip into that lead. "I think for a first half, it was the best first half we've played," Ingram said. Michigan's depth and ability to bring scorers off the bench has been a boon to it all season. Yesterday was no different as two players came off the bench and provided solid play. "You saw Stephanie Gandy come off the bench and you saw a big girl by the name of Katrina Mason who gave us 16 really good minutes of play," Michigan coach Sue Guevara said. While Gandy has been a staple of the Michigan offense, providing a spark off the bench on numerous occasions, Mason, a freshmen, made her first appearance yesterday. Raina Goodlow was sidelined with an injury and it was up to Mason and others to fill her role. Severe back spasms prevented Goodlow from playing, but she was in attendance to watch the Wolver- ines down the Irish. In tribute to the injured tri-captain, Guevara sported Goodlow's name and number on her jacket. See PAYBACK, Page 3B DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Chris Young and the Wolverines had their dreams of an upset rejected by Kenny Walls and his Boston College teammates, 83-74{ B.C. guards drop 57;'M' drops third straight By David Horn Daily Sports Writer It wouldn't take more than five minutes to walk from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School to Crisler Arena. But Boston College guard Ryan Sidney didn't walk to the home of Michigan basketball fol- lowing his graduation. In fact, it took him a trip east and two years before he ended up at Crisler. But when he finally arrived Saturday afternoon, he did so magnificently. Sidney and fellow guard Troy Bell led the Eagles (5- 0) with a combined 57 points as Boston College managed to defeat the Wolverines (2-3), 83-74. "They can go inside, they get offensive rebounds, tha ia t. ,, n t" Mn an ahd Tnmmv Amaker of the Boston College guard tandem. In addition to their 57 points (69 percent of the Eagles' total), the two combined for 19 rebounds, eight assists and seven steals. Sidney alone claimed 15 rebounds, including nine on the offensive glass. Coming into the game Michigan was aware of the strength of the Eagles' guards, which is perhaps why sophomore point guard Avery Queen - the most defensively-abled of the Michigan guards - started for the first time this season and played all 40 min- utes. Despite the leadership of Bell and Sidney, the fif- teenth-ranked Eagles' was not able to put down the Wolverines. Michigan played what was perhaps the best first half of basketball of the season. Quick cross-court and perimeter ball movement enabled an offense of swingmen to score consistently. Whule otonAn oege mws noticeblv niicker - and scored repeatedly on fast break opportunities - Michigan slowed the game in the half-court set, and gave its players - especially senior center Chris Young - opportunities to score. Young was the difference in the game. As long as he could remain in, Michigan succeeded. When he was forced to the bench early in the second half due to foul trouble, Boston College went on an 11-0 run. Defensively, his presence prevented Sidney and Bell from penetrating so easily and also kept the ball from ending up in Sidney's hands on rebound oppor- tunities. But it was the benching of Young after his fourth foul that turned a four-point Michigan lead into a nine-point Boston College lead in a matter of min- utes. "When I picked up that fourth foul, on Sidney, I See EAGLES. Page 5B LESLIE WARD/Daily Katrina Mason was a sparkplug off of the bench for the Wolverines. She I i I