Thursday, September 21, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 11A
Insh will avenge last
year's loss to Sparty
Here at Around the Big Purdue needed overtime to beat (Does 47-17 sound familiar to
Ten (ATB), we like to Ball State but has looked good in you, JoePa?). The Buckeyes
hold ourselves to a high its other two wins. Neither team's won comfortably against Cin-
standard of excellence. So, our defense is terribly concerned cinnati last weekend, and they
apologies go out to Iowa State with keeping the opposing team will be hungry to avenge last
for incorrectly stating it hadn't out of the end zone, so this match season's loss in Happy Valley.
beaten Iowa since 2002 (The between two mediocre Big Ten The Horseshoe will be rocking,
Cyclones had won six of the last teams should turn into an excit- and Ohio State will be rolling. It
eight). Way to go guys, you real- ing shootout. Alert the Pentagon won't be a repeat of Notre Dame,
ly showed the Hawkeyes - and about this game because there but Penn State still comes out
made ATB look "great" while will be plenty of bomb testing with a loss.
AARON HANDLESMAN/Daily
Freshman Amy Klppert Is the only freshman to start all eight games this season.
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By Kevin Wallace
For the Daily
Starting as a freshman in
college soccer is rare. Starting
after making a position switch
is impressive. But freshman
Amy Klippert of the women's
soccer team is doing both.
The Newport Beach, Calif.,
native usually played for-
ward in high school. But
when Michigan coach Debbie
Rademacher recruited her, she
saw that-Klippert had potential
to blossom as a defender.
"I had seen her play defense
in a couple films, so I knew
it wouldn't be completely for-
eign to her," Rademacher said.
"I believed that because of
her versatility and speed, that
defense was a position better
suited for her."
Klippert - the only Michi-
gan freshman to start all eight
games - has solidified a
defense that has allowed mul-
tiple goals just once (against
No. 1 Notre Dame).
Senior captain Katelin Spen-
cer has also noticed Klippert's
outstanding play. Thanks to
the freshman's adjustment to
defense, Spencer has been able
to move from defense to mid-
field.
"Her level of confidence as
a freshman has been really
impressive," Spencer said.
"Fundamentally, she is very
confident to the ball, can spot
teammates easily, possesses
great speed and is not afraid to
tackle hard."
Although others perceive
Klippert as having the demean-
or of a veteran, Klippert her-
self is still riding high about
starting as a true freshman.
"I was actually stunned
that I have been able to start
as a freshman," Klippert said.
"This team is so deep that I
had figured I would be riding
the bench."
Klippert has impressed
everyone with her solid play,
but she said that the adjustment
from West Coast high school
soccer to Midwestern college
soccer wasn't easy. Klippert
indicated that the physical
play at Michigan differs great-
ly from the "fancier style" she
learned in California.
"And here at Michigan, they
don't necessarily care about
all the little technical nuances
of the game," Klippert said.
Rather, they just care that you
put in a hard effort and you get
the job done."
Klippert has definitely
been getting the job done
for a team that has recorded
five shutouts in its first eight
matches, including a 1-0 win
against No. 17 Arizona on
Aug. 27. As the Wolverines
move on to the Big Ten sea-
son, Klippert has set some
personal goals that will help'
the team succeed.
"Overall, I would just like to
help lead the team to victory
as much as possible and help
make this a memorable season
for the seniors," Klippert said.
"I want to get better with my
feet skills and get more expe-
rience with the physical nature
of college soccer."
Michigan is looking to
improve on last year's sub-
par 3-6-1 Big Ten record last
year, and with Klippert's help
on defense, it has a good shot
at doing so. The team wraps
up the nonconference sched-
ule tonight at 7 p.m. against
Oakland at U-M Soccer Field
before opening the Big Ten
season at Penn State on Sun-
day.
doing it. That's the last time we
trust a Big Ten injury report.
Drew Tate's "abdominal strain"
didn't seem to bother him a bit.
Anyway, without further ado,
here are the (we think) factually
correct picks:
No. 14 Iowa (3-0) at Illi-
nois (1-2), Saturday, Sept. 23
- Noon
This may not be the most
exciting matchup in the world,
but it's two Big Ten teams squar-
ing off, so it can't be that bad,
right? Who are we kidding?
This won't even be close. The
Illini are the only Big Ten team
with a losing record and that list
includes Indiana (The Hoosiers'
lone loss came against Southern
Illinois, 35-28). What does that
say about Illinois? It says that the
Hawkeyes will have a field day
and make Champaign their new
home away from home. Here's
one more thing to think about:
Illinois has won one conference
game since 2003.
Iowa 56, Illinois 14
Minnesota (2-1) at Purdue
(3-0), Saturday, Sept. 23 - 7
p.m., ESPN2
A Laurence Maroney-less
Minnesota looked sensational
against cupcakes Kent State and
Temple but embarrassed itself
against California in week two.
Acrss the Dig Ten
with H. Jose Bosch
going on at Ross-Ade Stadium
(Maybe rename it Los Alamos?).
Expect Boilermaker quarter-
back Curtis Painter and Golden
Gopher quarterback Bryan Cupi-
to to look like Dan Marino and
John Elway. Purdue slappys will
be happily beating on their repli-
ca "World's Largest" bass drum
after this one is finished.
Purdue 42, Minnesota 38
No.24 Penn State (2-1) at No.
1 Ohio State (3-0), Saturday,
Sept.23 - 3:30 p.m., ABC
Question: What is the per-
fect way to rest those feet after
the long walk down Hoover
and State Streets on Saturday
afternoon? Answer: Watching
these two Big Ten powerhous-
es clobber each other. Lost in
the excitement of Penn State's
exceptional loss to the Wolver-
ines last season was the fact
that the Nittany Lions defeated
then-No. 6 Ohio State the week
before. But Penn State's missing
someone named Robinson this
season, and we've already seen
what happens when Joe Paterno
leads his troops into hostile ter-
ritory against a top-five team
No. 1 Ohio State 24, No. 24
Penn State 17
No. 12 Notre Dame (2-1) at
Michigan State (3-0), Satur-
day, Sept. 16 - 8 p.m., ABC
Everyone knows what hap-
pened after the game last sea-
son, and don't think Notre
Dame has had this date circled
on its calendar since. Fighting
Irish coach Charlie Weis has
instructed his players to not dis-
cuss the Michigan loss, or the
event-that-shall-not-be-named,
for the rest of the week, which
is a good idea considering what
happened 'to him last season
when he talked too much. The
night before the Michigan State
game Weis told those attending
a pep rally, "The last thing I'm
going to say to you is I'm going
to be looking for you at about
5:40 after we're 3-0." You must
have thought you were still in
New England, Charlie. This sea-
son will be different since the
Fighting Irish have already gone
through their embarrassing loss
of the year, and they won't have
to play in South Bend. The loyal
sons will be marching onward
to victory on this night. Let's
hope they remember to bring
their flag.
No. 12 Notre Dame 31, Michi-
gan State 28
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Short-game focus angers fans
STRAFFAN, Ireland (AP) - starting each hole from about 120 "We walk down the first hole to
There are times when the Ameri- yards away. The gallery wasn't about 120 yards short of the green
cans just can't win, such as the Ryder aware of this, so when Tiger Woods, and started from there, and kind of
Cup. Phil Mickelson and the rest of the left everybody sitting in the stands
And sometimes, they don't even Americans walked from the fourth by the first tee waiting'" Lehman
have to wait for the matches to get green, past the fifth tee and kept said. "That was a mistake. We
under way. marching down the middle of the should have hit a tee shot at least on
The weather turned so nasty fairway, the Ryder Cup got its first the first hole. To all of those fans left
Wednesday morning, with 40 mph dose of booing. waiting, I apologize. That was my
gusts that toppled a few trees and "You don't give a damn about mistake"
brought the rain sideways, that The Ireland's public," shouted one man There's always something at the
K Club was closed to the public for behind the tee, and hundreds of oth- Ryder Cup.
nearly three hours. U.S. captain Tom ers nodded. Woods riled the English fans
Lehman sent his players back to bed, Another man asked Jim Furyk to at The Belfry four years ago when
and only later did both teams believe stop for a picture. He walked over to captain Curtis Strange allowed him
it best to play for thousands of spec- man's wife, put his arm on her shoul- to practice at 6 am., as he normally
tators who eventually got onto the der and posed with a smile. does, finishing about the time fans
course. Walking back toward the fairway, were just showing up.
But it was no time to take golf Furyk said, "I guess we're just the Last time outside Detroit, the
seriously, not with the wind blowing ugly Americans" Americans were criticized by their
the ball all over the place. Lehman later asked for a mul- own gallery for not signing auto-
Lchman fulfilled a prediction he ligan. graphs during the practice rounds.
made in February by creating what He realized his squad should have There was a policy against auto-
was believed to be the first "twelve- performed at least on the first tee, graphs, which the Europeans gladly
some" game in Ryder Cup history, where the grandstands were packed violated with hopes of winning favor
his entire team playing nine holes on with people. And when he caught up on foreign soil, and it worked.
a gray, miserable afternoon. with his team on the seventh hole, Lehman's apology was sincere,
But there was a twist. he told them to tee off on No. 9, the but he had no regrets about what
They worked on their short game, only drives they hit all day. unfolded on The K Club.
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