A 14 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 6, 2002 Ortmeyer and Shouneyia fill leadership roles for Michigan By Charles Paradis Daily Sports Writer For the second straight year, Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson took the duty of naming the team's captains himself, and for the second straight year, senior forward Jed Ortmeyer will bear the captain's "C" on his shoulder. Ortmeyer will become just the seventh Wolverine to be captain of the team in back-to-back seasons. Not only was he the team's leader last season, but Ortmeyer was also one of the recipients of the Hal Downes Trophy, presented to the team's Most Valuable Player. Leadership, which was a question on occasion last season, is no longer an issue. "I like the captains going into the season," Berenson said. "Last year, there was some concern or certainly some unknowns about our captains, but this year with Ortmeyer coming back after having a strong first year as captain, we'll have no leadership problems, particularly with John Shouneyia, another senior, as an assistant cap- tain." While Ortmeyer says he leads mostly by example, Berenson knows that his captain will speak up when someone has to take charge. "I look back to the playoffs last year and the Denver game," Berenson said. "Ortmeyer just grabbed the bell himself, not only in the lockerroom, but on the ice. He was saying it off the ice and he was doing it on the ice." Junior defenseman Andy Burnes will join Shouneyia as an assistant captain. The role is nothing new to Shouneyia, who like Ortmeyer, held the position last sea- son. Michigan's. leading active goal scorer, Shouneyia is once again expected to be one of the Wolverines' leaders on offense. "I thought (Shouneyia) accepted that role well last year and will be even stronger this year," Berenson said. While Burnes was not a captain last year, he has had experience as a leader in junior hockey. Berenson believes Burnes is "captain material" and will lead in his own way. "This is Andy's first experience as a captain, he will speak up in a quiet way," Berenson said. "I think most of his leadership will come in the way he plays and the way he practices." The return of two of Michigan's three captains from last year made this year's choice a natural one for Berenson and the coaching staff. "I think the process kind of worked itself out," Beren- son said. "It was obvious to everyone that Jed Ortmeyer did an outstanding job as a captain last year. We could have had an election, and I'm sure the players would have elected the same captains. But I wanted to show Jed and Johnny that we had the confidence in them, and we didn't have to have the election for it." DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Senior forward Jed Ortmeyer will captain the Wolverines for the second-straight year. Undefeated Blue ready for MAC By Brian Schick Daily Sports Writer In recent years, the Michigan women's soccer team has become used to beginning the nonconference season with a losing record. In the past two seasons, the Wolverines have started the season 0-2, dropping nonconference matches to some of the nation's top teams - like California and Missouri, both ranked in the top 15 at the time. This season has seen the exact oppo- site. The Wolverines will enter this week- end's homestand 2-0, facing an in-state series against Western Michigan tonight and Eastern Michigan on Sunday. "Every year we play top competition early in the season," Michigan coach Debbie Rademacher said. "We've come up short in very close games (in the past two seasons), and it was a goal for us to get off to a strong start." The strong start this year began 36 seconds into the season off the foot of freshman forward Therese Heaton against the favored Florida Gators last week. Heaton added another in the first half, and the Wolverines upset them, 2-0. Monday, Michigan found itself behind early in the game on a Bringham Young goal in the 11th minute but came from behind with two second-half goals to win its second game of the season. Rademacher felt that both games provided a unique experience for her team in the early stages of the season, giving the Wolverines the chance to protect a lead in one game and rally for a comeback all in one weekend. "There's a lot of times when the team is behind, and we're not sure what to do," Rademacher said. "These two games gave us experience that might have taken (longer in the season) to get those situations; having both extremes in one weekend was a plus. r 1P Do you H ave Acne? 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"Against Florida, we were up the whole game and defending that 2-0 lead is a difficult task, especially for that long of a time. Against BYU, for us to come from behind against such a great team was another tough task." Now that the Wolverines are experi- enced in both aspects of winning, they can prepare for two teams they faced during the spring season. Michigan won both exhibition matches back in Febru- ary and March, defeating Eastern Michigan 4-0 and Western Michigan 4- 1. Both squads bring different strengths to the pitch this weekend: The Broncos rely on their quickness while the Eagles tend to play more physically. Rademacher indicated that she is happy for the opportunity to face in- state competition. "We haven't played them consistently in our regular season, and we feel it's good to play them," Rademacher said. "We're excited because (Western and Eastern) are going to play Michigan State this season, so this is kind of like an in-state Big Ten/MAC round robin." 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