Men's Swimming at Michigan State Friday, 7 p.m. McCafree Pool Toe Michigan Daily 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." CCHA Scorecard Standings SPORTS 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 GA . . .. y w . r : pie--ie- w:e w ' . .: v . V _ 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 44- 41 29 26 23 20 19 15 7 14/ 149 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. . . ganat ioState 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. 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