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enne says shoulder is feeling fine
By DANIEL BROMWICH
Daily Sports Editor
Two days after self-diagnosing
his health at 80 percent in East Lan-
sing, Michigan quarterback Chad
Henne said his separated throwing
shoulder from the Illinois game is
almost back to full strength.
Henne added at
yesterday's press NOTEBOOK
conference that
he'll "definitely" play this weekend
against Wisconsin.
"It feels really good," Henne said.
"I got treatment this morning, and
everything has definitely gotten a
lot tighter, and it feels a lot better.
Obviously it's going to move around
a little bit, but right now, it's not
really moving around at all and it's
back to normal."
The quarterback spoke exten-
sively about the injury yesterday for
the first time since it happened.
"I knew I felt it crack and I knew
as soon as I did it," Henne said.
"I felt it dislocate because it hap-
pened once inhighschool.Ithought
to myself once it happened, 'This
isn't good. But
it didn't com-
pletely pop out,
it kind of went
back in itself. I
stood up and it
felt all right. But
when I tried to
pick my arm up,
I knew some- H
thing was tre-
mendously wrong."
Henne elaborated on the pain
he's suffered, saying his shoulder
painfully slides back and forth and
clicks in and out on throws. He also
attributed some of his early deep-
throw inaccuracy to the pain in his
shoulder.
But there was one mistake Henne
couldn't blame on the shoulder.
Following the win over Michigan
State, while most of his teammates
participated in a mock "moment
of silence" at midfield, Henne ran
towardthetunnel.Ashe approached
the field-goal post, he jumped to
avoid the pad being removed from
the post. But the person removing
the pad moved it back at the last
second, Henne said, and tripped the
quarterback in midair. Not wanting
to hurt his shoulder, Henne "did the
Superman" and fell flat on his face.
Quickly recovering, the senior
made sure to jump and hit the big
Spartan "S" at the top of the tunnel
before disappearing from view.
But Henne should appear more
dignified next week when he is
almost certain to break the all-time
Michigan passing-yardage record.
He's currently just nine yards
behind former quarterback John
Navarre (9,254).
"It's a tremendous opportunity
and an honor for me, but it's only
nine yards," Henne said. "Records
are meant to be broken. Having
played fouryears and definitelyhav-
ing been around a lot of great play-
ers, when you get to this point, it's
a team game. I'm doing a lot to help
myself, but there are a lot of other
guys making plays for me."
RING AROUND THE RINGER:
More reflection on linebacker
Shawn Crable's missed-then-made
tackle of Michigan State running
back Javon Ringer at the end of the
third quarter came Monday.
Crable fought off two blockers
to attempt to tackle Ringer several
yards behind the line of scrim-
mage. But he couldn't bring the
back down, and Ringer escaped
to the other side of the field. The
speedy runner looked to have a
sure touchdown, but Crable got up
off the ground and chased Ringer
down the right sideline, fighting
off another potential blocker on his
way to making the tackle after the
72-yard run.
"I think the play that Shawn
Crable made ranks with the best
plays I've ever seen on a football
field," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr
said. "I could not believe what he
did. I didn't realize until later in
the game that he had made that
tackle. I knew he had been unable
(to get Ringer) to the ground, and I
could not believe that he made the
play.
"I just think it's an unbelievable
play, and it's certainly one of those
plays that in Michigan defense, it
will be there in the future to stand
as an example of what great effort
is."
0-LINE SHUFFLE: After switch-
ing numerous times throughout
the year, offensive linemen Jus-
tin Boren (right guard) and Adam
Kraus (center) seem finally to have
settled in.
Former center Mark Bihl's
graduation forced Boren to start
this season at center after playing
guard all of last year.
But several fumbled-snap prob-
lems have caused Kraus to take
over Boren's spot a number of
times throughout the early part of
this season. And the change finally
appears to be permanent. Kraus
played the entire Michigan State
game at center and is listed on this
week's depth chart as the starter.
"Adam really gets the ball up
when he's underneath center, he's
consistent at that," Henne said.
"He's also right-handed, and every
quarterback is used to a right-
handed center. Not to bash Justin,
I never really had a lot of problems
with Justin. He's done a great job,
and he's a great center.
"There might be one slip-up
where he's going one way and
doesn't get the ball up all the way.
We just can't have fumbled snaps
at this point in the season, and we
feel Adam is a lot more comfortable
in his position."
Less time
in penalty
box goal for
Wolverines
By COURTNEY RATKOWIAK
Daily Sports Writer
OMAHA - Michigan has
scored at least one power-play
goal in six straight games, and in
this weekend's two-game series
against Nebraska-Omaha, it cer-
tainly didn't lack opportunities to
continue the streak.
The Wolverines had 12 power-
play opportuni-
ties duringFriday NOTEBOOK
night's 6-3 win,
but tallied 11 penalties of their
own. The high number of penalties
contributed to the choppy pace of
the game and Michigan's failure to
get in sync until the five-goal third
period.
Michigan coach Red Berenson
said there were some debatable
penalties during Friday's game,
including a third-period hooking
call against senior Chad Kolarik
that led to Nebraska-Omaha's
third goal. Berenson thought the
Maverick player caught his stick
in Kolarik's glove, which may have
triggered a call.
"We're tryingto be a low-penal-
ized team, and I thought we took
some needless penalties," Beren-
son said Friday. "A couple of those
are questionable, but in the mean-
time, we took too many penalties."
Both teams were penalized six
times Saturday. Though Michi-
gan almost cut its penalties in
half, Berenson still wasn't pleased
when sophomore Chris Summers
was called for elbowing early in
Junior Billy Sauer has improved his goals-against average by an entire toal this
season. He attributes the success to playing higher up in the crease.
Saturday's second period. The
Mavericks capitalized by scoring
their first goal of the game and
destroyed the Wolverines' first-
period momentum.
"I don't like taking a penalty
in the offensive zone," Berenson
said. "Summers got down in the
offensive zone and got a little too
aggressive, I guess. I didn't see
whether it was a high hit. You hate
to see those penalties.
"That was a telling penalty in
the game, but it's emotional hock-
ey. You know there's going to be
some penalties, but we can't tell
the referee what he sees and how
to interpret it."
PLAYING ON THE EDGE: It's a
little unnerving to see the goalie
nearly out of the crease while
making saves.
But Michigan goalie Billy
Sauer has been making an effort
to do just that. And through eight
games, Sauer said his new style of
playing high in the crease has been
working well. During this week-
end's games, Sauer wasn't afraid
to sprawl on the ice, half-out of the
crease, to trap the puck and stop
play.
"That's definitely something
I'm trying to add into my game,
just being out more," Sauer said.
"It gives the shooter so much less
to shoot at. I think it's really help-
ing me so far."
Sauer finished with 25 saves
Friday and 28 saves Saturday, con-
tributing to his 2.49 goals-against
average this season. He continues
to distance himself from lastyear's
3.49 GAA through eight games.
NOTES: Sophomore Danny Far-
dig was injured Friday night while
blocking a shot and was scratched
for Saturday's game. Berenson
said Fardig may have broken his
knuckle, and his status is unclear
for next weekend's series against
Alaska.... Summers's first assist of
the season Saturday means fresh-
man Tristin Llewellyn is the only
Wolverine (including Sauer, who
was credited with an assist against
Boston University) who has played
in a game and not recorded a point.
Twenty-one of the 26 rostered
players have seen game time, and
13 of the 21 have scored at least one
goal. ... Five of captain Kevin Por-
ter's eight goals this season have
come on the power play.
Senior Stesha Selsky became the third player in Big Ten history to register 2,000 digs in last night's win against Iowa.
'romps Iowa in
record- setting night
By RUTH LINCOLN
Daily Sports Writer
Two-thousand is a magical
number for Stesha Selsky.
The senior made history last
night when she became just the
third player in Big Ten volleyball
history and the 25th NCAA Divi-
sion I player ever to record 2,000
digs.
Selsky reached the historic
mark with her ninth dig in the
first game. She tallied 20 digs on
the night.
"For her, it's not only a good
game, it's a great career," Michi-
gan coach Mark Rosen said.
"When you put in perspective ...
that's just amazing."
Selsky's outstanding perfor-
mance was one of many in Mich-
igan's 3-0 victory (30-19, 30-16,
30-23) over visiting Iowa.
The Hawkeyes countered
Michigan with a unique offen-
sive style, but the Wolverines
took control of Iowa (1-13 Big
Ten, 9-16) early on with solid
blocking and defensive prow-
ess.
Unlike many of the Wolver-
ines' opponents, the Hawkeyes
took balls to the corners and
tipped others right over the top
of the net.
Michigan responded fluidly
by rotating players around the
court and protecting the net
with a defender ready for the
quick tip.
The adjustment served the
Wolverines well. While record-
ing 11 team blocks to Iowa's 5.5,
Michigan surrendered the lead
just once the entire match.
The Wolverines (7-7 Big Ten,
19-7 overall) kept their heads
clear against the Hawkeyes,
who sit at the bottom of the Big
Ten standings.
"I was most pleased with
our consisteicy," Rosen said. "I
thought our team played very
steadyall nightlong,whichishard
to do when you're overmatching
somebody. It's sometimes hard to
keep that mentality, but I thought
they did a really good job."
Michigan jumped to an early
lead in game one with an 11-4 run.
Senior Katie Bruzdzinski tallied
six kills and Selsky contributed
six digs to stifle the Iowa attack.
The Wolverines further estab-
lished their dominance in the
second game with a strong pass-
ing attack. Michigan took a 22-9
lead and forced Iowa to use both
of its timeouts in an attempt to
regroup.
Freshman setter Lexi Zim-
merman was central to the Wol-
verines' offensive attack. Her
hands touched practically every
ball that went over the net. She
recorded 39 assists, four kills,
and 10 digs in the win.
"Lexi's done an excellent job
this year she's doing an excellent
job for a freshman, taking the
pressure very well," Selsky said.
"She's very fast, she's very intel-
ligent and she gets the ball to our
hitters really well."
Iowa tried to gain momentum
in the third game when it trailed
the Wolverines by just one at the
12-11 mark, but Michigan rallied
to take the game 30-23.
Michigan will head to Madi-
son Friday to take on physical
powerhouse No. 11 Wisconsin
and then Champaign Saturday to
face Illinois.
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