6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsWednesday - October 16, 2002 Powers leads Blue to 11th straight win By Brian Schick Daily Sports Writer After going on the road for the first time in a month, the Michigan field hockey team kept the nation's longest winning streak alive with two more victories. This weekend in Iowa City, the Wolver- ines (3-0 Big Ten, 12-1 overall) maintained their impressive 11-game winning streak, defeating No. 13 Iowa 2-0 and Southwest Missouri State 5-2. Michigan's winning streak is one away from the school record of 12 games, which was set in 2000. "I'm very pleased with the way we played," Michigan coach Marcia Pankratz said. Sunday's game saw forward Molly Powers record her second hat trick of the season against Southwest Missouri State (1-2 Northern Pacific, 4-8 overall), beginning with a goal 18 seconds into the first half off an indirect corner. Powers added two more off penalty corners. But at the beginning of the second half, Michigan didn't seem to be in control yet. The Bears' Bethany Henrick scored off a penalty stroke to cut the Wolverines' lead to 2-1, but defender Kristi Gannon answered back with her first goal of the season to take the lead back to two goals. The Wolverines didn't look back, and neither did Gannon, who assisted on two of Power's goals. Powers "has been improving year after year, and this year she has a lot of confi- dence," Pankratz said. "She has a knack for good timing in the circle, and her skills are sharp right now. She's been using her speed coming into the circle, which is dangerous for her opponents." Goalkeeper Molly Maloney had her shutout streak halted at three games on Sun- day, but she did make three saves against Southwest Missouri State. Maloney's sixth shutout of the season against Iowa placed her two behind the team record, which her former teammate Maureen Tasch set last year. Pankratz indicated that Maloney's suc- cess is just part of the team defense, so the defenders share in her success as well. "The team defense includes (Maloney), so there's a lot of communication and a lot of organizing that goes on back there," Pankratz. "And it's subtle, so it's underap- preciated. When (Maloney) is playing well she makes us very tough to beat." Saturday's win against Iowa (2-1, 8-4) improved Michigan's record to 4-0 against ranked opponents this season. Forward April Fronzoni provided all the Wolverine scoring with a pair of tallies in the second half, and the defense allowed just four shots and no penalty corners in the second half. "This was definitely not an easy win in beating Iowa," Pankratz said. This weekend's games had an added degree of difficulty, as a few players were out of the lineup to rest some nagging injuries. Midfielders Jessica Rose and Krista Meckley didn't play this weekend, and other players had to fill the large roles left behind. "We were forced to overcome a lot of adversity today with Jessica Rose and Krista Meckley out," Pankratz said. "We had players playing out of position through- out the game like Jen Zangara, Jessica Blake and Anneke Huntzicker. But they really stepped up and they played great. Erica Banuelos played the entire match in place of Meckley." JESSICA YURASEK/Daily Forward April Fronzoni scored both goals in Michigan's 2-0 victory over Iowa on Saturday. The Wolverines beat Southwest Missouri State, 5-2, on Sunday to continue their winning streak. 'M' golf struggles at Xavier By Matt Kramer Daily Sports Writer Men's golf coach Andrew Sapp has been looking for three rounds of consistent golf from his team all season long. He'll have to wait another few weeks. The Wolverines, coming off a ninth-place finish in their own tournament last weekend, shot rounds of 294-303-292-889 to finish 14th at the 18-team Xavier Provident Invita- tional in Cincinnati. Wright State won the tournament with a total of 853 - 36 shots in front of Michigan. "We shot ourselves in the foot badly," Sapp said of his team's second round on Monday. "We came out with a real nice score in the first round and then, when most teams improved during their second round, we moved backwards." Michigan found itself in fifth place after the first 18 holes of the 54-hole tournament thanks to rounds of 72 from junior Rob Tighe and a pair of 73s from freshmen Mark McIn- tosh and Jimmy Wisinksi. But the wheels fell off for the Wolverines during their afternoon round, when the team shot a 19-over 303. "It's still the same deal with some of our guys," Sapp said. "One guy will go out and have a good round and then the rest play poorly." Wisinksi, playing in just his second tourna- ment this year, led the Wolverines with rounds of 73-76-71-220. Junior Dave Nichols was the next best Wolverine, shooting rounds of 77-74-73-224. "Jimmy played real solid," Sapp said. "He got off to a poor start on the final day but made three birdies in a row and finished off well." While Wisinksi's 71 during his final round yesterday was the lowest score all week from any of the Wolverines, the 6,550 yard par-71 Kings Island Resort Course was conducive to low rounds for the competition. Xavier's Miles Maillet, who finished sixth at the Wolverine Invitational last weekend, fired a 63 during the second round. "This wasn't a difficult course," Sapp said. The Wolverines will play one more tourna- ment this fall before resuming play during the spring season. Michigan will travel to Wilmington, N.C. on Nov. 1-3 to play in The Landfall Tradition. Sapp said his lineup for The Landfall is still up in the air. "We're still looking," he said. "We're going to go home and have qualifying next week for a few spots." 0 DAVID KATZ/Daily Junior David Nichols and the Michigan golf team are still looking for consistency after finishing 14th this weekend. Volleyball swept by Penn State By Nazoema A11 For the Daily Despite an impressive defensive performance this past Friday, the Michigan volleyball team lost three grueling games in State College against the ninth-ranked Nittany Lions. Penn State took all three games to defeat Michigan (30-21, 30-21, 30-24). "Penn State served aggressively and passed well," Michigan coach Mark Rosen said. "We just didn't control the ball well from the offen- sive side. We didn't play as well as we are capable of." 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