ALLEN THE FAMILY GENNARO FILICE: Fifth-year senior Sarah Allen has gone from inexperienced freshman to role-model cap- tain for Michigan's volleyball team. PAGE 8B The Marlin Jackson of U 2002 is back. Just ask Taylor Stubblefield. PAGE 4B The SportsMonday Column October 25,2004 M iSPcia1, du1 Michigan 16, Pur due 14 lB 4 D -railed Defensive linemen LaMarr Woodley, left, and Alex Ofi, right, pressure Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton. Once a Heisman Trophy candidate, Orton struggled mightily on Saturday against Michigan's physical defense, completing less than half of his passes. TONY DING/Daily Purdue passing attack no match for 'M' defense By Sharad Mattu Daily Sports Editor WEST LAFAYETTE - Time after time on Sat- urday, Michigan's defense stymied Purdue's explo- sive passing offense and hoped the offense would give it some breathing room. But that cushion would never come; the defense would be awarded no margin for error. It turned out the defense didn't need it. The Wolverines forced 10 punts, blocked a field goal and forced two turnovers on Saturday, and they needed every one of those 13 stops to defeat the Boilermakers 16-14 at Ross-Ade Stadium. "I think our team, as a whole, is one of the most mentally tough teams I've ever been around," defensive coordinator Jim Herrman said. "I told our defensive kids, of the nine teams I've been coaching defense at Michigan, I would've picked this one to go play this game against Purdue." Garrett Rivas ended an up-and-down day by loft- ing a 35-yard field goal through the uprights with 2:45 left in the game. Then the Wolverines' defense aced one last test. When Orton found receiver Dorien Bryant open in the middle of the field with room to run, Purdue appeared to be in good shape. He got all the way to Michigan's 41-yard line, where cornerback Markus Curry took out his legs to send him airborne. Bry- ant was on his way to landing harmlessly on the turf when safety Ernest Shazor leveled him with a vicious hit, forcing a fumble in the process. Cor- nerback Leon Hall, who was beat by Bryant on the play, fell on the football while rolling into Michi- gan's sideline. The win keeps No. 12 Michigan (5-0 Big Ten, 7-1 overall) in a tie for first in the conference with No. 6 Wisconsin (5-0, 8-0), and gave No. 17 Purdue (2-2, 5-2), which fell to Wisconsin 20-17 last week on a fumble by quarterback Kyle Orton and a late missed field goal, a crippling second Big Ten loss. "They're a great team, but they're not a Michi- gan-caliber team," Shazor said of Purdue. On offense, the Wolverines were led - once again - by running back Mike Hart. With the passing game struggling, the freshman, who ear- lier in the season was dubbed "midget," ran for 206 yards on 33 carries. Hart, who ran for 234 yards last week against Illinois, is just the second player in Michigan history to run for 200 or more yards in consecutive games, joining Jon Vaughn in 1990. Hart now ranks 10th in the nation with 936 rushing yards, despite having a limited role in the team's first two games. "He's a great back. He's breaking off tackles - you don't think he's going to get any yards and then he just breaks it off," quarterback Chad Henne said. Hart, who ran for 134 yards in the second half, ran for three first downs on the Wolverines' game- winning drive. But when the drive stalled at Pur- due's 18-yard line, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr called on Rivas, who had hit two-of-four field goals at that point. With 14 mph winds aiding him, Rivas - who had an earlier kick blocked - had no prob- lem on his fifth attempt. "Anytime the offense goes out there in the fourth quarter, I don't have a shadow of a doubt that we're going to win the game "Shazor said. "I always think we're going to win." While the defense led Michigan to victory, the game's first drive won't be the one it will want to remember. Starting at its own 35-yard-line, Purdue marched down the field in just 10 plays. But it was the legs of Jerod Void that led the offense. While Orton com- pleted two passes for first downs and drew a pass interference for a third, Purdue ran for 36 yards, capped by a one-yard touchdown run by Void. With Purdue's offense seemingly back to its usual prolific self following its touchdown drive, Michigan's offense needed to answer, and it did. The Wolverines' offense looked even better than Purdue's on its first drive, as it went 80 yards in just seven plays. The drive was capped by a 25-yard pass from Henne to Hart, who used his blocks well and then, as usual, fought for extra yards all the way to the goalline. The Boilermakers' other touchdown came when they used the spread offense with five receivers and See BOILERMAKERS, Page 5B Icers' talent too much to handle 0 FIELD HOCKEY Blue gets revenge on pesky Buckeyes By Gabe Edelson Daily Sports Writer DETROIT - Lake Superior State hock- ey coach Frank Anzalone feels good about his team, and he wants you to know it. "We played a game that could have won a national champi- onship - if we had three more play- A ers," said Anzalone after his team's 5-2 loss to Michigan at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday night. Those may seem like strange words from the man at the helm ofa winless squad (0-2-0 CCHA, 0-4-0 overall), but Anza- lone is a coach who knows what it takes to climb to the top of the mountain. After all, he guided the Lakers - who finished 11th in the conference in the coach's debut season of 1982-83 - to the 1988 NCAA Championship before the program's recent decline, during which Lake Superior has for the win. Sophomore center T.J. Hensick led all scorers with a goal and two assists. "(Hensick) is a great talent, and that may be the thing that Anzalone doesn't have," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "So the talent did show tonight in our favor." Falling behind early is becoming a trademark of Berenson's team this season. Michigan looked weak in the first half of the game, allowing Lake Superior to remain on the offensive for long stretches. On Thursday, the Wolverines trailed by two goals late in the second period before scrambling back for a 4-3 victory. "We have to play better early in the game," Berenson said. "Lake State had us on our heels for at least a period and a half. They were out-working us, out-hitting us, out-muscling us, out-hustling us. We just couldn't catch up with them, but we finally did, and I think our team played better in the second half of the game" The game-winning goal came at the By James V. Dowd Daily Sports Writer Rain was pouring and wind was roar- ing up above, but it was the cloudy mem- ories of past defeats that hung over the Michigan field hockey team when it faced Ohio State on Saturday. During Michi- gan's national title run in 2001, Ohio State derailed the Wolverines in the Big Ten tournament. Last season, the Buckeyes ended the Wol- verines' chances for an outright Big Ten title, forcing them to share it with Michi- gan State. With these emotional defeats in the back of their heads, Michigan's seniors took advantage of their chance to avenge those losses in their final home game. The Wolverines sent Ohio State home with a 1-01 defenat nresrns drea, of .nm orn test to overwhelm them. "It's an anxious day," Pankratz said. "There are a lot of things going on and it could be distracting or emotional for the upperclassmen." After Blake's goal, the game was less than half over, and with such a slim lead, it was up to Michigan's defense to seal the victory. On the defensive end, senior midfielder Katy Moyneur left her mark at Ocker Field, turning aside the Ohio State attack time after time. "I think (Moyneur) played very nice defense today,"Pankratz said. "(Curlynne Wynn) is a very strong player for Ohio State who can open up the match, and I thought Katy really marked her up and shut her down." - Michigan's defense allowed just three shots, none of which made it to the goal. Sophomore Beth Riley and senior Molly Maloney split time in the goal, and shared credit for the shtout. TOMMASO GOMEZ/Daily T.J. Hensick, Brandon Kaleniecki and Chad Kolarik celebrate a goal on Saturday. got caught in the ice. After unsuccessfully struggling to get to his feet, he was helped to the locker room, where he was told he might have sprained his ankle. Despite the injury, though, Ebbett returned later in the period and scored a goal 5:15 into the third "We're not that good," Berenson said. "We have to play harder and better, and maybe then we'll find out how good we can be. We were lucky to win both games (against Lake Superior)." From the two coaches' reactions to their t*flf lav ~ ior t ,rrirlA can, that A n~,alnnio