~d .~h64r.~ d - ..d I The Preseason AII-Americans The Associated Press released its 1995-96 preseason women's basketball All-American team yesterday. Here it is: DePaul's Latasha Byears, Vickie Johnson of Louisiana Tech, Virginia's Wendy Palmer and Connecticut's Jennifer Rizzotti and Kara Wolters. Page i Wednesday, November 15, 1995 Football Notebook: ,. , - , . - ig Ten happy with Can Conference coaches pleased that he has the job By Ryan White Daily Sports Editor Michigan football players weren't the only ones happy to see head coach Lloyd Carr get the interim taken away from his title. Fellow Big Ten coaches also said that Michigan Athletic Director Joe Roberson made the right move. "I know I'mpleased," said Penn State coach Joe Paterno, whose team faces Michigan Saturday. "I think more schools ought to do that. "Lloyd's done a good job for a long time and his team's playing well and with enthusiasm." Carr has led Michigan to an 8-2 record, with one of the losses coming to intrastate rival Michigan State. The Spartans' first-year coach Nick Saban said Carr was the right choice. "I think it was a great choice by Michigan," Saban said. "With some unusual circumstances, he pulled the team together and I think he'll do a great job. Indiana coach Bill Mallory may have been the most excited about Carr's ap- pointment. His sons played for the Wolverines. Doug Mallory played for Michigan from 1984-87 and Mike (1982-85) was an All-Big Ten linebacker with the Wol- verines his final two seasons. "My boys played for Lloyd and when 66I think it was a great choice by Michigan - Nick Saban Michigan State football coach we talked they said, 'I sure hope he gets the job."' Doug is now an assistant coach for his father at Indiana. "You go back to when he was named interim coach, and I thought they made the right decision then," Bill Mallory said. "I was very happy to hear that he got the position. "It certainly gives them stability as they get into recruiting and into the final two weeks of the regular season." Paterno thought the move, and the way it was handled, was not only good for the Wolverines, but for the entire sport. "I'm still sad about the way Gary (Moeller) went, but I was glad to see Lloyd get the job." BACK TO WORK: Carr was ready to put the events of Monday behind him and get back to work preparing for Penn State. "I'm happy Monday was a day off," Carr said. "It shouldn't be any kind of a distraction for our players. "I feel good that it's over and that we JOE WES TAT/Daily Michigan running back Tshimanga Blakabutuka is expected to play Saturday after pulling a calf muscle against Purdue. Hockey Notebook: i ro d defense key to icers'success By Danielle Rumore Daily Sports Writer The Michigan hockey team's de- fense is hotter than the Arizona desert in the middle of July. The No. 3 Wolverines (5-1-0 CCHA, 7-1-0 overall) put on a defen- sive show this past weekend when they traveled to Miami (Ohio) (0-3, 1- 6) for a two-game set. Michigan came back from a 4-2 third-period deficit to pull out a 5-4 win Friday night. Saturday night, Miami was not nearly the competi- tion it had been the day before. The Wolverines blanked Miami, 8- 0, for its second shutout of the season. The defense allowed just 12 shots on goal, the third time this season the defense held its opponent to 12 shots or less. In the second period of the game, Michigan took nine penalties but allowed just two shots. "I think (we played well because) of a combination of our defense and our offense," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "When our forwards are forechecking and controlling the puck in the offensive zone, that takes a lot of pressure off our defense. "But when the puck turns over and our forwards are back, our defensemen stand up and create turnovers and take the pressure off." Michigan's penalty-killing unit, currently No. 6 in the CCHA at 84.2 percent, is beginning to resemble lastr year's successful penalty-killing unit, which finished second in the CCHA. Saturday, the Wolverines successfully killed all 10 of Miami's man-advan- tages. GAME DISQUALIFICATION: Right wing Warren Luhning and left wing Jason Botterill will not play in Friday's game against Alaska- Fairbanks. The two wingers were is- sued game disqualifications for fight- ing in Saturday's game. Luhning and Botterill skated with their respective lines in Monday's practice, but skated in red yesterday. Players skating in red jerseys do not See ICERS, Page 11 can move on." BIA-OW-KABUTUKA: Taiback Tshimanga Biakabutuka, who pulleda calf muscle in Saturday's win over Purdue, should be ready to play Satur- day against the Nittany Lions. Biakabutuka missed most of the second quarter and all of the secord half of Saturday's game. The biggest problem, however, wasn't the injury, but the cola. Biakabutuka was unable to loosen the muscle up enough to play because tie windchill factor dropped the tempera- ture to minus-8 degrees. "We expect (Biakabutuka) to be full go Saturday," Carr said. THoMPsON HONORED: Michigan strong safety Clarence Thompsonas named Big Ten Defensive Player f the Week for his effort against Purdue. Thompson had four tackles against the Boilermakers. His biggest play came in the fourth quarter when he tackled Purdue qafr- terback Rick Trefzger in therend zone for a safety. heads t0 wann Phoeni By Susan Dann Daily Sports Writer They've made it to Michigan, an in- stitute of higher learning, because of their academic prowess. However, men's soccer coach Steve Burns is hoping to teach the Wolver- ines an elementary lesson. The Wolvr- ines are relearning their ABCs. "Success only comes before workin the dictionary," Burns said. The Wolverines head to Phoenix tis weekend for the National Collegiate Soccer Association's (NCSA) Natioial Championship Tournament, hopingto prove Webster's Dictionary wrong *d show that hard "work" must come le- fore "success." "I have never seen a group this tit, this unselfish, this committed," Butns said. "There has been commitment frm them all along." Michigan joins the nation's best club teams as the No. 9 seed in the 16-team draw. Each team plays a three-gane round robin. The top two teams frim each bracket advance to the quarterfinals Friday, with the semifinals and finals Saturday. The Wolverines face the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Middle Ten- nessee State and New Mexico Stat. "(The seeding) is pretty close to hbw we fared in our regular season," But-ns said. Michigan faces what Burns conid- ers to be a relatively ambiguous bradke" in terms of who the favorite is. "Looking at the strength ofourgriup. there is no clear-cut team that looks likc (it) should win," Burns said. "LaCross has never really had a strong team. It i Middle Tennessee's first year in:thc tournament; when it's your first year you really don't know what to expec and they may get overwhelmed." See SOCCER, Page 13 JOE WESTRATE/Daily Michigan's Jason Botterili slams into Ferris State's goalie Nov. 4 in Big Rapids. Botterill has been suspended from Friday night's game against Alaska-Fairbanks for fighting last weekend at Miami (Ohio). * MULTI COLOR SPECIALISTS * ARTIST ON STAFF * RUSH ORDERS * NEAR U OF M CAMPUS 1217PROSPECT,ANN ARBOR 665-1771 with this ad. Please Read Daily Sports _ DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS WHEN DOING LIBRARY RESEARCH? -r - "MU m I