Men's Swimming
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Friday, 7 p.m.
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SWIMMING NOTEBOOK
Tankers preparing
by Adam Miller
Daily Sports Writer
This is where the fun starts. After 12 weeks of competition, the
fourth ranked Michigan men's swimming team (6-1) begins Big Ten
competition Friday with a dual meet at Michigan State.
"Dual meet swimming is what college swimming is all about," as-
sistant coach Mark Noetzel said. "It's our team against their team.
Head to head. You win or I win. That's the way it ought to be."
The Wolverines have won the Big Ten championship the last five
years. While confident in their ability, they know that a sixth straight
title will not come easy. They have already heard about Iowa's
"Mission: Michigan," and expect stiff competition from Minnesota,
which came in second last year.
w"I think we have a real good shot at repeating," junior breaststroker
Eric Wunderlich said. "We'll have to see when it comes down to it,
who can step up and race with us."
In its quest for six, Michigan will have to contend with a change in
dual meet scoring rules. Previously, the top three finishers scored
ints in each event. This year, the top five all score points, and the
hange should favor teams with greater depth.
While this did not affect the outcome of the team's earlier dual
meets, at home against Wisconsin and at Hawaii, -Cal-Berkeley, and
Stanford, it could be significant February 9, when the Wolverines
compete in Bloomington against both Indiana and No. 1 Texas.
"(The IU/Texas meet) should be very hard," junior individual-med-
leyist Eric Namesnik said. "Indiana feels that they can beat us, and
they have a real strong team. I don't know how well we'll do against
Texas. They're ahead of us depth-wise, and with the new scoring sys-
tem, that could hurt us."
Excluding its earlier meet with Wisconsin, Michigan's entire Big
en schedule is on the road. The only two remaining meets' at Can-
ham Natatorium are the Michigan Open, March 1-2, and the Michigan
Senior Meet, March 16-17.
Namesnik and Wunderlich had different views on the effects of
tavelling, though. Namesnik felt that the home-pool crowd's support
makes it "a lot harder" for the visiting team. While Wunderlich ad-
mitted "it's tough to travel a lot," he thought life on the road had its
positive aspects.
"Being on the road actually brings the team really close together,"
he said. "You get to know all the guys that are going to be there at the
end of the year for the Big Ten's and NCAAs. It's really good for
building team togetherness."
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Men's Basketball
at Minnesota
Tomorrow, 8 p.m.
Williams Arena
Wednesday, January 30, 1991
Page 9
Fencing competition sliced
Wayne State nixes men's events; women prepare for tough field
by Ryan Herrington
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan fencing club has found itself
all dressed up with no place to go. Literally.
The squad was scheduled to compete on
February 2 in a meet at Wayne State Univer-
sity. However, its plans were altered last Sat-
urday when Wayne State informed the
Wolverines and the other schools competing in
the tournament that because of scheduling dif-
ficulties, only the women's foil competition
would be held in Detroit Saturday.
"They told us that there was not enough
room for the men's foil and mixed events to
compete," Michigan team president Sarah
Hipp said. "In scheduling the meet, they must
not have been able to reserve the whole build-
ing where the competition would be."
Because many of the fencers will be idle
for the second time in the past three weeks,
the change upsets their plans.
"Unfortunately, we just do not have time to
schedule another event on such short notice,"
Wolverine senior Phillip Issa said.
Nevertheless, practices will continue, and
those members who will compete at Wayne
State need to prepare for a tough field that in-
cludes squads from the host school, Detroit,
Ohio State, Illinois, Case Western Reserve
and Oakland.
To the Wolverines' advantage, they have
competed against all the schools except De-
troit and Oakland in previous meets this sea-
son.
Two weeks ago, the women's foil team lost
to Ohio State in a meet where it also saw, but
did not compete against, the Fighting Illini.
Last weekend, the Wolverines defeated Case
Western Reserve and witnessed Wayne
State's women's foil team in action.
"We know Ohio State is going to be really
tough," Hipp said. "We need to try not to psy-
che ourselves out and just fence the best we
can.
Hipp and the rest ofthe women's foilers -
Laura Eiler, Bonnie Chen and Leah Beecher
- are working to improve their attacking
moves, after observing the Case Western
squad last Saturday.
"We feel that we can exploit other teams,
especially (Case Western) by attacking their
fencers," Hipp said. "I think our play Saturday
showed this."
Hipp senses this weekend's meet between
the Buckeyes and Wayne State will be close.
However, she feels that the rest of the teams
should be evenly matched.
With this in mind, the Wolverines are look-
ing forward to this weekend's festivities, hop-
ing they have not worn their good clothes for
nothing.
BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
OSU, IU contend for title
after sluggish MSU start
by Phil Green
Daily Basketball Writer
And then there were two. Almost halfway through the Big Ten sea-
son, defending champion Michigan State has almost dropped out of
what was supposed to be a three team race. This has left No. 3 Ohio
State (7-0 in the Big Ten) and No. 4 Indiana (6-1) alone at the top.
The Spartans (5-3) were the coaches' preseason pick to win the con-
ference, yet they presently reside in third place, only one-half game
ahead of Illinois (4-3) and Wisconsin (4-3).
Things aren't getting any easier for the Spartans, as the Buckeyes
venture into Breslin Arena tomorrow night. But last season, Michigan
State's record also stood at 5-3. The Spartans travelled to West
Lafayette and upset then-undefeated Purdue.
"I think if we have any hopes of being a conference contender we
have to win this game," Spartan coach Jud Heathcote said. "If Ohio
State does, they're off to the races."
The Buckeyes may have jumped to an early lead, but Indiana re-
mains right behind them. Meanwhile, Michigan Stag's drop off the pace
should make the rest of the conference season much more interesting.
"This is about what I expected," Purdue coach Gene Keady said of
the standings, "except I thought maybe there would be a third team. But
there still may be."
"It'll get extremely competitive in the second half," Wisconsin
coach Steve Yoder said. "Indiana and Ohio State have the advantage
right now, but a lot of other teams have to finish somewhere."
Yoder's Badgers have surprised some people with their intelligent
play and steady improvement. Center Patrick Tompkins leads the con-
ference in rebounding, and as a team they are shooting close to 50 per-
cent from beyond the three-point line.
"After the first two and possibly three, we're still trying to figure out
how good Michigan State is. Wisconsin is as good as any of them," Illi-
nois coach Lou Henson said.
SCHEDULING COMPLAINTS: Although Michigan has only one
game this week, Big Ten teams occasionally play three games in a sin-
gle week. Besides tiring them and making their preparation more diffi-
cult, the crowded schedule also places scholastic strains on the players.
"Last year we missed little school," Keady said. "It's going to be a
lot more time out of the classroom this season."
Iowa coach Tom Davis concurred. "We're missing twice as much
school as we did a year ago because of scheduling," he said.
However, Henson sees no problem. "You can't satisfy all factions,"
he said. "If you're going to get the coverage and the financial rewards
for the schools, you may not get the two games a week schedule."
DOES IT EVER GET EASIER?: Ohio State's Jamaal Brown received
the dubious honor of covering Indiana's Calbert Cheaney last week.
Brown followed that with Minnesota's Kevin Lynch and tomorrow he
will defend Michigan State's all-American guard Steve Smith. Remark-
ably, against Indiana, the 6-foot-4 Buckeye guard scored a career-high
29 points and then tallied 17 in Minneapolis.
TEAM (OVERALL)
Rec. Pts. GF
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1. Lake Stiperor (2-3-4)
2. Michi an 22-5-3-
3. Ferris tate (18-7-5)
4. Western Mich. (15-12-3
Michigan State (12-13-5)
6. Bowling Green (11-17-2)
7. Ohio State 10-17-3)
8. Ill-Chic o (9-18-1)
9. Miami 4-22-3)
Friday's Results
Michigan 9, Ferris State 2
Lake Superior 4, Miami 2
Western Michigan 3, MSU 2
l-Chicago 8, Bowling Green 2
*a~turday's Results
ichigan 5, Ferris State 1
Lake Superior 10, Miami 3
Western Michigan 8, MSU 1
UllChicago 4, Bowling Green 2
Pure A , I - A A ---
2U--4-
19-4-3
12-7-5
12-10-2
9-10-5
9-15-2
8-13-3
7-18-1
2-19-3
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41
29
26
23
20
19
15
7
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93
87
92
92
72
87
59
85
81
90
76
122
105
117
135
Upcoming Games
Fid ay, Fe bra 1
Mich gan at io State
Illinois-Chicago at Lake Superior
Ferris State at Michigan State
Miami at Western Michigan
BGSU at Northern Michigan, 7 p.m.
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Illinois-Chicago at Lake Superior
Michigan State at Ferris State
Miami at Western Michigan
(PASS, Live, 7:40 p.m.)
BGSU at Northern Michigan, 7 p.m.
Ohio State guard Jamaal Brown has proven he can excel against the
conference's top players. Brown faces Michigan State's Steve Smith
tomorrow night in the Big Ten's featured game of the week.
B ig Te n Through Jan. 29, 1991
Men's Basketball Leaders
Scoring pts. Rebounding
Steve Smith, Mich. St 26.8 Patrick Tompkins, Wisc. 9.3
Andy Kaufmann, Illinois 22.0 Eric Riley, Michigan 8.2
Calbert Cheaney, Indiana 21.9 Perry Carter, Ohio St. 8.2
Demetrius Calip, Mich. 19.7 Chuckie White, Purdue 8.0
Kevin Lynch, Minnesota 18.4 Kevin Rankin, N'western 7.7
Jimmy Jackson, Ohio St 17.6 Eric Anderson, Indiana 7.4
Jimmy Oliver, Purdue 17.0 Mike Peplowski, Mich. St 7.4
Acie Earl, Iowa 16.8 Deon Thomas, Illinois 6.8
Todd Leslie, N'western 16.0 Andy Kpedi, Illinois 6.5
Deon Thomas, Illinois 15.6 Acie Earl, Iowa 6.3
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Scoring Leaders
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Fetsner, Denny
Roberts,. David
Dowd, Jim
Harkins, Brett
Weight, Doug
Jiranek, Martin
Taylor, Rod
DOumet, Mark
Wiseman, Brian
Jeff Napierala
Holmes, Peter
dePourca, John
Michigan
Michigan
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BGSU
LSS U
BGSU
FSU
Michigan
Michigan
LSSU
BGSU
FSU
26
25
25
26
25
25
24
26
26
26
26
22
29
18
12
17
13
19
26
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17
13
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26
25
16
8
24
21
15
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