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The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, September 25, 1995 - 5
Women dug up by
Gophers, trounce
Longhorns at home
By Dan Stillman
Daily Sports Writer
It could be a long season for the Michigan
women's soccer team if its early-season per-
formances against Big Ten opponents are in-
dicative of what's to come.
On Sept. 15, Michigan fell to Ohio State, 2-
0, in its first conference game of the season,
despite mustering 25 shots.
The Wolverines (0-2 Big Ten, 2-5-1 over-
all) could do no better against a solid Minne-
sota team yesterday, losing 5-0.
Like the Buffalo game a week ago, Michi-
gan failed to capitalize on several scoring
opportunities in the first half.
While the Michigan offense struggled, the
defense broke down against an aggressive and
fast Golden Gopher team.
"We gave them too much respect defen-
sively," junior midfielder Kim Phillips said.
"We didn't put enough pressure on them and
they had time to receive the ball and turn."
Minnesota virtually shut down Michigan's
offense in the second half.
"(The Gophers have) real dominant players
all overthe field," Michigan coach Debbie Belkin
said. "Their center-midfielder is especially
good."
After junior goaltender Jori Welchans al-
lowed two first-half goals, Belkin replaced
her with freshman Jessica Jones to start the
second half.
Jones was no brick wall herself, however,
allowing three Minnesota goals.
Belkin says she will continue to alternate
between Welchans and Jones as she has
throughout the season.
The weekend began on a positive note when
the Wolverines defeated Texas (3-5), 2-1,
Friday at'a blustery Michigan Soccer Field.
Playing with the wind, Michigan struck
early when junior midfielder Kim Phillips
nailed a rebound shot in the lower left corner
past the diving Texas goaltender at 9:18.
Phillips now leads Wolverine goal scorers
with two.
Just 3:15 later, the Wolverine offense oper-
ated with precision as sophomore Ruth Poulin
headed in a well placed cross from sophomore
midfielder Debbie Flaherty.
The Longhorns had only two first-halfshots
to Michigan's 10, partly due to the wind fac-
tor.
"We took the wind in the first half to get
early goals and we did just that," Belkin said.
"We were more composed and found differ-
ent ways to put the ball in the net."
With the wind in their favor, the Longhorns
put increased pressure on the Michigan de-
fense in the second half with five shots.
The only shot that made it past Welchans
deflected off a Wolverine defender.
At 60:30, Texas's Carol Firnch launched a
corner kick which hit a Wolverine in front of
the goal and bounced in.
Martin helps
win Davis
Cup semis
LAS VEGAS (AP) - With a shirtless,
bandaged .Andre Agassi watching from
courtside, Todd Martin stepped in to beat
Sweden's Thomas Enqvist in straight sets
Sunday to win the Davis Cup semifinal for
the United States.
Martin, who found out he would play.
only 90 minutes before the match, clinched
a berth against Russia in the Davis Cup
finals for the U.S. team with a 7-5, 7-5, 7-
6 (7-2) win before a flag-waving crowd at
the outdoor court at Caesars Palace.
"It's the best feeling I've had in the game
of tennis," Martin said after becoming the
unlikely hero on a team stacked with the top
two players in the world.
The win put the United States in the
finals beginning Dec. 1 in Moscow against
Russia, which came back from a 2-0 deficit
to win the final three matches and stun
Germany in the other semifinal.
It is the first Davis Cup final for the
United States since 1992, when Agassi,
Pete Sampras and John McEnroe teamed to
beat Switzerland in the final.
Agassi, who had hoped to provide the
deciding win .before his hometown fans;
had to be content instead with a courtside
seat and tender hugs from girlfriend Brooke,
Shields as Martin gave the U.S. team an
insurmountable 3-1 lead..
Agassi, who pulled a chest muscle in,
Friday'stwin over Mats Wilander, woke up'
Sunday to find the injury worse and del-
cided he could not play.
"It's disappointing because you want to
go out there and play," Agassi said. "We all
felt confident in Todd. He's a great backup
singles player."
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Men's soccer club grabs 3 wins this weekend
By Chaim Hyman
Daily Sports Writer
For the Michigan men's soccer team,
the good days are getting better. Open-
ing the Big Ten season this weekend,
the Wolverines were unbeaten in three
games Saturday and Sunday.
In both games Saturday, Michigan
shut out its opponents. Iowa was de-
feated, 1-0, and Indiana State fell by the
score of 5-0.
Against Iowa, junior Dave Colliver
scored the game's only goal from 25
yards out on the left side with two
minutes left in the first half. In the
second half, Iowa pressured the Wol-
verines' defense, but was unable to come
away with a score.
Another game controlled throughout
by Michigan also came Saturday; this
time against Indiana State. By the end
of the first half, the Wolverines were
up, 3-0, with two goals from freshman
Blake Novotny and one from sopho-
more Eric Frickel.
In the second half ofthe Indiana State
game, Michigan looked like a whole
new team and for good reason. As the
Wolverines were dominating their op-
ponent in virtually every aspect of the
game, coach Steve Burns emptied his
bench. Senior Adam Carriere was able
to tack on another goal, as was senior
Ian Kurth, playing forward instead of
his usual sweeper position.
Although happy with their own per-
formance, the Wolverines were unim-
pressed with their seemingly easy op-
ponent.
"ISU is a really weak team," Kurth
said. "They have a decent goalie, but
he's about their only player."
The fact that many of the Wolverines
saw more playing time than usual was a
pleasing aspect of the Indiana State
game for Burns.
"A lot of guys got a good deal of
playing time and this is really important
as the season progresses," Burns said.
"These guys will become a lot more
comfortable, and I'll be more comfort-
able with them out there."
Although the Wolverines were able
to shut out Iowa in their first game, the
victory was not as pleasing for the team.
The reason for this was the new point
system institutedby the Big Ten. Under
this system, the top three teams will get
automatic bids to regionals.
Also, rankings are not decided by
wins and losses alone, but also by the
amount of points a team earns in each
game.
Six points are awarded for a win,
three for a tie and none for a loss. One
point is awarded for each goal with a
maximum of three in a game as well. A
shutout is rewarded by an extra point.
While Michigan was able to amass
the maximum number of points against
Indiana State, it fell short with only
eight against Iowa, a statistic that Burns
is upset with.
"Our emphasis should be on win-
ning," Burns said. "We were emotion-
ally down after winning against Iowa
because we didn't get a lot of points."
The Wolverines were able to win and
amass the maximum points in their third
game played Sunday, against a sub-
stantially stronger team. Michigan de-
feated Purdue, 4-0, with three goals
coming in the first half.
"Purdue is definitely one of the better
teams in the conference," Kurth said.
"We feel pretty good about this week-
end."
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