2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsWednesday - October 16, 2002 CLUBSPORTSWEEKLY I I Ultimate commitment is ATbHETE THunE WEEK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK. 9 vital to team By Sharad Mattu Daily Sports Writer For club sports, full commitment from the players can be difficult to achieve. The Michigan men's ulti- mate frisbee team, known as "Mag- nUM," has been working hard to break that trend. When asked what the team is doing to improve, Max Puchtel, who is in his fourth year with the team, focused on making players dedicated to the team. "To make this team better we have had more rigorous recruiting sessions and had more clinics to generate interest in the program," Puchtel said. "We have also stepped up the expecta- tions and commitments we demand from the players. We now do more off-season training and conditioning than ever before. Over the four years I've been with the team, we have become much more organized, dedi- cated and committed." These efforts have been worth- while for the team. The growth in the ultimate frisbee club team is demonstrated by the fact that it has had a "B" team the last three years. It also has around 50 players right now, more than ever before. This past weekend, MagnUM visited Northwestern primarily to give its 'S success Who: Suzie Grech Hometown: Narberth, Pa. Position: Goalkeeper Sport: Women's soccer Year: Junior newer members some experience. MagnUM went 2-3, beating Hope College and Oberlin's "B" team while losing to Illinois twice and Northwestern. MagnUM has been one of the top 10 clubs for the last three years, and last season it lost to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals at the national tournament. MagnUM has high hopes for this year, and to achieve those goals, Puchtel thinks the team needs to keep doing what they have been doing. They practice three times a week all year, usually on Mitchell Field, so the players on the team must be committed. "Right now the team is focusing on specific skills and trying to work together and become real unified," Puchtel said. "Conditioning is what's most important for pretty much every- one on the team. Because we have stressed off-season training, we're in pretty good shape." This weekend MagnUM hosts a tournament at Mitchell Field. "I am real excited to play at home this weekend," Puchtel said. "A lot of good teams from the area will be there, and I hope a lot of people come see us play. That's the best way to get interest in the team." Why: Against Indiana on Sunday, Grech recorded her fifth shutout of the season with a 2-0 win over the Hoosiers. With two saves, she moved into second place on Michigan's all-time wins list. With 27 wins, she is behind Carissa Stewart's school record of 41. Grech LiISCHEDULE Tomorrow W Soccer vs. Notre Dame, 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 Field Hockey at Indiana, 6 p.m. Hockey vs. Merrimack, 7:35 p.m. Volleyball at Northwestern, 8 p.m. W Golf at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (Knoxville, Tenn.) Saturday, Oct. 19 W Cross Country at NCAA Pre-Nationals (Terre Haute, Ind.), Noon Football at Purdue, 12:05 a.m. M Cross Country at NCAA Pre-Nationals (Terre Haute, Ind.), 12:35 a.m. Hockey vs. Merrimack, 7:35 p.m. Volleyball at Wisconsin, 8:30 p.m. W Golf at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (Knoxville, Tenn.) Sunday, Oct. 20 Field Hockey vs. Northwestern, 1 p.m. W Soccer at Northwestern, 1:30 p.m. M Soccer at Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m. W Golf at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (Knoxville, Tenn.) W Rgwing at Head of the Charles (Boston) STROrs BRIEFS 41 AP PHOTO Great Britian's Paula Radcliffe, left, and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya finished the Chicago Marathon, Sunday. Radcliffe finished first, with a world record time (2:17:18). 11 Rally Monkey, Bonds to make World Series debut on Saturday SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Baseball will have another wild-card champion. The San Francisco Giants won the National League pen- nant on Monday night, setting up a World Series matchup of second-place teams when they play the American League champion Anaheim Angels. Game one is Saturday night at Edison Field, with Barry Bonds hoping to succeed in his first trip onto baseball's biggest stage against the Angels, who have never been to the Series and don't have any players who have, either. "Saturday, I'll get there finally," Bonds said. "It's pretty nice. Any World Series is nice." Neither team has much World Series experience, but they do have some head-to-head matchups to look back on. Anaheim won all three spring training Cactus League matchups this year. But the Giants hold an 11-5 edge in the regular season, with Bonds homering five times in those games. None of that matters now. { Bonds has waited his entire career for this moment. He was so close in 1991 and '92, when he fell one game short with Pittsburgh. After struggling in his first five trips to the postseason, Bonds has shined this year with four homers and 10 RBIs to put himself in position for the title that would punctuate has sparkling career. Bonds can ask five of his teammates what the Series is like. Livan Hernandez and Robb Nen, who were on the only other wild-card champion with Florida in 1997, when Her- nandez won the MVP. Reggie Sanders, Kenny Lofton and Jay Witasick have also been to the Series. This year's playoffs have shown that second place truly was best. In the first seven years of the wild card, only two second- place teams made it to the Series, with Florida winning it in 1997 and the New York Mets losing two years ago. The Angels won a franchise-record 99 games in the regu- lar season but still finished four games behind Oakland in the AL West. But Anaheim knocked off the four-time defending AL champion Yankees in the first round and blew away AL Central champ Minnesota in the ALCS. "To be with this organization as long as I have, and to feel the emptiness of the fans all these years, and the pain and frustration, it's like we're paving a new road here," said Ana- heim's Tim Salmon, who waited 11 years for this trip. The Giants (95-66) couldn't catch defending World Series champion Arizona in the regular season, finishing 2.5 games back in the NL West. But San Francisco beat NL East winner Atlanta in the first round, and knocked off Central champion St. Louis in the NLCS. San Francisco won its third pennant since leaving New York after the 1957 season - losing in 1962 to the Yankees and 1989 to Oakland. The Giants last won it all in 1954. This will be the first all-California matchup since the Bay Bridge Series 13 years ago, and the fourth ever. "A World Series in California. That's crazy," Hernan- dez said. After San Francisco defeated St. Louis Monday night, it joined Ana- heim in the World Series, which will begin Saturday night. Game 1, Saturday, Oct. 19 San Francisco @ ANAHEIM, 7:30 P.M. Game 2, Sunday, Oct. 20 San Francisco @ ANAHEIM, 7:30 P.M. Game 3, Tuesday, Oct. 22 Anaheim @ SAN FRANCISCO, 7:30 P.M. Game 4, Wednesday, Oct. 23 Anaheim @ SAN FRANCISCO, 7:30 P.M. Game 5, Thursday, Oct. 24 If necessary Anaheim @ SAN FRANCISCo, 7:30 P.M. Game 6, Saturday, Oct. 26 If necessary San Francisco @ ANAHEIM, 7:30 P.M. Game 7, Sunday, Oct. 27 If necessary San Francisco @ ANAHEIM, 7:30 P.M. ALL GAMES ARE ON FOX. Former 'M' player rescues man in car LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - For- mer Michigan running back Anthony Thomas helped pull a man front a burning car. t The 2001 rookie of the year for the Chicago Bears was on his way to visit another former Wolverine, David Ter- rell, late Sunday when he saw a smol- dering car on the road. "The car was smoking at first, but it wasn't really on fire," Thomas said. "But when I got there and I pulled over, it sounded like, 'Boom,' and then a tire popped and a big fire blew out. "When you see a car fire you never know if it's going to blow up or not. So the main thing, I was try- ing to get the guy away from the car and get me and my wife away from the car." No one was injured. The police said their report on the incident was not available. The Bears had a bye Sunday and play the Detroit Lions this week. "Good time to have a bye week, I guess," Bears coach Dick Jauron said. "I'm glad I gave him the time off. He was in the right place at the right time. "It doesn't surprise me. He's really a solid person. That's a greatwstory." After Terrell found out what hap- pened, he was quick to tell the tale to teammates on Monday. "We've got a super hero on the team now," Terrell said. Roar of '84 is being restored in Detroit DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers, looking for more leadership, added Kirk Gibson to manager Alan Trammell's staff yesterday. Gibson, who won World Series rings with the Tigers and Los Angeles, will be Detroit's bench coach after signing a 3- year deal with the team. "I think by bringing Gibby aboard shows we mean business and that we're serious about turning this around," Trammell said yesterday while traveling to Lakeland, Fla., for meetings. The Tigers also hired former Detroit catcher Lance Parrish as bullpen coach and retained Juan Samuel as a third base coach. Both signed 2-year contracts. Last week, Trammell - also a for- mer Tigers star - became Detroit's fifth manager since Sparky Anderson's 17-season tenure ended in 1995. "We're trying to create a structure, and I believe we've done that with a staff that includes Gibby, Lance Parrish, Juan Samuel and (hitting coach) Bruce Fields," Trammell said. A .. - -1. Football Officials N eedd! 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