Spikers sweep *weekend ma tches by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer The Michigan Daily--Sports Monday-April 8,1991- Page 7 Spikers symbolize what Like a baseball player on a hit- ting streak, the Michigan men's vol- leyball team went three-for-three over the weekend. The Wolverines racked up victories over traditional rivals Notre Dame, Illinois and Michigan State. As expected, the Michigan State match was a hard-fought struggle. Michigan rallied to win, 15-6, 13- 15,7-15, 15-13, 15-13. Trailing, 13- 12, in the last game, the Wolverines finished out the match with the last three points. "It was a great team effort. Everybody from starters to bench, everybody gave great contribu- tions," defensive setter Seth Fire- stein said. Adding to the victory's glory, Michigan rebounded from thorough whitewashings at the hands of the Spartans earlier in the season. Yesterday's conquest followed victories over the Fighting Irish in South Bend, Friday, and the Illini in the IM Building, Saturday. Against Notre Dame, the Wolverines overcame the effects of a lengthy car ride to take the match, 4-15,15-6,15-9, 15-11. "It took us awhile to just get some momentum going after travel- ing in the cars for three hours," * Michigan coach Tom "Fish" Johen- gen said. "Starting in someone else's gym, sometimes you don't get out fast, and we didn't." Saturday's start was like Friday in reverse for Michigan, but the re- sult was still the same. The Maize and Blue ambushed Illinois at the outset, running out to a 5-0 lead be- hind frosh Rico Latham's serving to win the game, 15-7. After that, Michigan never looked back, defeat- ing the Illini, 15-7, 15-3, 2-15, 15-8. Saturday marked the last home match for the Wolverine seniors, Brad Kuhlman, Jim Striebel, Jeff Timberlake and Firestein. Fittingly, those four led the way to the Mich- igan victory. "Michigan played well - passed well, executed on a nail. The seniors played awesome. They were really psyched," Latham said. Members of the Michigan men's volleyball team congratualate each other after a Wolverine spike in Michigan's defeat of Illinois last Saturday afternoon at the IM Building. W ebber dunks West to all-star victory college sport "COME JOIN THE VOLLEYBALL CLUB," a flier read on the wall of the CCRB. Having nothing better to do my first semester at Michigan two years ago, I thought this would be a good chance to get a lit- tle exercise and meet some new people. When I arrived at the mass meeting, I found hun- dreds of others who had the same intentions. I did not realize that there was only one team - not the intramural Theodore league I expected. One of the players got up and Cox gave a speech about the history of the program and the quality of play. I was impressed, but con- sidering my biggest attribute to the team would have been getting in the way, I left. Upon revisiting the squad this weekend for the Wol- verines' last home match of the . year, I discovered I wasn't the only one who got fooled. "We mostly get people interested through fliers who just show up. They don't know that it's somewhat serious," Michigan co-captain Jeff Timberlake said. However, this is how a club sport has to operate. There are no recruiters, no public relations staff, no academic counselors, etc. The players do everything from washing uniforms, to scheduling matches, to driving on road trips. And because this is not a varsity sport, things are never highly organized. After Saturday's match, one of the coaches was heard yelling out, "I've got one driver to go to East Lansing tomorrow. I need two more. Who can drive?" Securing a home arena can even be a chore. Originally, Saturday's match was scheduled for 7:15 p.m. at the CCRB. However, it was changed to 3:30 p.m. at the IM Building only a few days beforehand. Funding the program also causes a problem. The University donates a little over $2,000 for van rentals and gas. However, all hotel fees and food money must be supplied by the players. This has to be raised though T-shirt sales, working souvenir stands at football games, and player dues. But before you start feeling sorry for players on club teams, consider this - most of them are not good enough to be on a varsity program. The club program gives them a chance to represent Michigan and to per- form at a very competitive level. Clubs represent what college sports teams used to be. The objective is to have fun. There is no pressure to win by coaching staffs. There are no recruiting viola- tions. There are no huge crowds. "I'm really happy with how our club runs, where it's equal doses of fun and serious volleyball," Timberlake said. The amount of jokes cracked and smiles raised dur- ing their matched prove that the Wolverines do this more for enjoyment than anything else. But this does should be Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Chris Webber dunked from the right side with six seconds to play Saturday, giving the West a 108-106 victory over the East in the 14th annual McDonald's All-American high school basketball game. The East, led by James Forrest of Atlanta (headed for Georgia Tech) with 22 points and Don Williams (headed for North Carolina) of Garner, N.C., with 20, built a 61-51 lead early in the second half. But Webber, who is headed to the University of Michigan in the fall, then dunked and combined with Glenn Ronbinson (headed for Purdue) of Gary, Ind., to send the West on a 10-point run. Webber finished with 28 points, 18 on dunks - including one- handed, two-handed and backwards jams - and 12 rebounds. He was named most valuable player for his side. "For me, a dunk is easier than a layup, so that's what I wanted to do," the 6-foot-9 Webber said. The East's guards kept it close with Williams hitting three 3- pointers, while Eric Brunson (headed for Temple) of Salem, Mass., who was named most valuable player for the East, added 19 points and seven rebounds. "It was fun having these guys come down to Springfield," Travis Best (headed for Georgia Tech) of host Springfield said. "We've been playing against each other in camps for the last two years and we've be- come real good friends." Webber was one of four U-M re- cruits in the game. Fellow forwards Jalen Rose (Detroit Southwestern) and Juwan Howard (Chicago Vocational) joined Webber up front, while guard, and slam dunk champion, Jimmy King (Plano (Texas) East High School) solidi- fied the West's backcourt. Michigan setter Jeff Timberlake passes the ball in Saturday's victory over Illinois. It was the senior co- captain's last home match of the season for the volleyball team. not mean they lack in effort. Outside-hitter Rico Latham dove head-first into the hardwood several times. Fear of a career-ending injury is not on the play- ers' minds as this is probably the highest level of com- petition they will see. There is also Michigan's sense of tradition for these players. For senior Timberlake, his father was an All- American quarterback for the Wolverines in the 1960s. Bob Timberlake led Michigan to a Rose Bowl victory in 1965. Oddly enough, Timberlake's father was the reason Jeff played volleyball instead of football. "My parents said no football ever for you," Timberlake said. "I wasn't allowed to play football because of the knee injuries that are career-ending that you see kids getting at such a young age. I complained at first, but then I started playing volleyball and just completely fell in love with it." His passion for the sport has never died. "This has just been a great experience. I really don't have anything negative to say about it at all. 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