Booters to
Share Elbel
with students
By Arun Gopal
Daily Sports Editor
The Michigan men's soccer team
I begin division I play in
eptember. After several dominant
years at the club level, the Wolverines
finally received a promotion to varsi-
ty status - along with the women's
water polo team - in March of 1999,
So, it is with much excitement and
anticipation that Michigan will kick
off its' inaugural varsity season this
fall, and what better place to call
home than the Varsity Soccer Field,
right?
Well, not exactly.
OThe Wolverines won't be playing
at the Varsity Soccer Field, the 1,500-
seat venue that was constructed in
1995 forthe women's soccer team.
Instead, the Michigan men will be
playing their home matches at Elbel
Field, which has been home to intra-
mural softball, pickup football, crick-
et and ultimate frisbee for several
vars.
The obvious question that comes
o mind is, 'Why are the Michigan
wen being forced to play on what is
]early not a varsity-level field?' This
s especially troubling considering
hat, in the Varsity Soccer Field,
ichigan has a topflight facility that
s only five years old.
"It strictly has to do with conflicts
n schedules," interim Athletic
irector Bill Martin said. "The men's
nd women's soccer teams have the
e seasons, and there is just a lack
vailable fields. So, we had to make
ther arrangements"
Adding fuel to the fire is the fact
hat, at present, it appears that nothing
as been done to ready Elbel Field for
ny sort of major sporting events.
On any given day, numerous stu-
ents use the field for any number of
creational purposes, ranging from
er to sunbathing. With the start of
school year only a month and a
alf away, one might think that the
thletic department would be showing
lore urgency to make certain that
lbel Field will be serviceable for the
ccer team.
"The field is pretty rough," Martin
id. "But, I've had numerous conver-
tions with coach Burns and he's
ver really said anything to me about
To my knowledge, we don't have
y plans at this time to improve the
before the season."
Currently, students don't have
limited access to any of Michigan's
hletic facilities. Consequently, the
nversion of Elbel Field from a stu-
nt playground into a varsity com-
ex raises another issue - will stu-
nts be able to freely use Elbel in the
ture?
"The soccer field isn't going to take
i of Elbel Field," Martin said. "To
extent that students aren't interfer-
with the soccer matches, I don't
why they wouldn't be able to con-
ue to use the field."
The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2000 - 13
Blazing the recruiting trail
Every year, one of the top notch
football programs gets off to a red
hot start in the recruiting game.
This year, Michigan seems to he
holding that title, with nine verbal
commitments already under its
belt in July.
Making the pot even sweeter' for
the Wolverines is the fact that
they have already whisked a num-
her of recruits out of states usual-
ly dominated by rival schools. This
includes highly rated players from
Wisconsin, Tennessee, Texas and
Player(position) City
three from Pennsylvania that have
already announced for Michigan.
With the quantity and quality of
the Wolverines class,
www.rivals.net, a recruiting base
lists Michigan as the early leader
for the top class.
But although the recruiting
efforts to date have proved fortu-
itous, Casey Paus, a highly rated
quarterback from Illinois that
Michigan was heavily pursuing,
chose the University of
Washington.
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Andy Hilbert and the rest of the Michigan hockey team have one of the
toughest schedules in the country.
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By Dan Williams
Daily Sports Editor
Despite the balmy weather at pre-
sent, the announcement of the
University of Michigan hockey
schedule Thursday signals that icier
days are just around the corner.
Michigan's season will commence
with the annual Blue/White
intrasquad scrimmage on September
29, and then it will face Wilfred
Laurier the next night.
The daunting schedule features
potential contests with three of last
year's Frozen Four teams, as well as
four in-season tournaments.
"It's a real tough schedule," sopho-
more Andy Hilbert said. "There's no
time to get into things, it's hard right
from the get-go."
Michigan will host the annual Ice
Breaker tournament October 6-7. It
will feature four of the twelve
NCAA playoff teams last year,
including defending NCAA champi-
To be the best...
The Michigan hockey teamisgoing into its
2000-2001 season with the philksophy that to
be the best team in the nation, you have to go
through the top competition in the nation. Here
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MichiganState Nov.4
at Wconsin Nov. 23
St. Lawrence Dec.8
St. Lawrence Dec.9
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Michigan State** Jan.27
Michigan State** Feb.?,7
at Michigan State Mar. 2
'at the annual Ice Breaker Tournament to be
hell at Yost Arena.
"played inJe Lois Arena
on North Dakota.
In the first round, Colgate will get
a rematch with the Wolverines, who
bested the Red Raiders in overtime
in the East Regional opener last sea-
son.
The other tournaments Michigan
will compete in are the Johnson
Nissan Classic in Anchorage, Alaska
(Oct 13-14), the College Hockey
Showcase (Nov 23-25), and the
Great Lakes Invitational (Dec 29-
30).
The Wolverines will play 28
CCHA conference games this sea-
son, featuring four games each
against Michigan State, Northern
Michigan and Lake Superior State.
Two of the games against the
Spartans will take place at Detroit's
Joe Louis Arena. Michigan will also
square off with the Lakers at the Joe.
The postseason will begin with the
first round of the CCHA tournament
March 9 at campus sites. 10 ofithe 12
teams qualify for the playoffs.
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