?QY aIt t4 fI . w Detroit's Mark Howe retires Veteran defenseman Mark Howe, son of Hall of Famer Gordie Howe, is retiring from the Detroit Red Wings, the team announced yesterday. Howe will move into the front office to take the newly-created position of assistant to the hockey department. He will be a professional scout and will coach the organization's minor league defensemen. Page 10A Thursday, September 28, 1995 ........................................................................... 2 f4 ( T i ; . . . DrewsbaI~i iijluze d QB out for1 month;,Griese gets the call By Darren Everson Daily Sports Editor Michigan starting quarterback Scott Dreisbach will be out for at least a month after badly spraining his right thumb in practice Tuesday. During a passing drill, Dreisbach hit his throwing hand on a helmet, tearing ligaments in his thumb. He underwent surgery yesterday at University Hospitals to have a pin in- serted in his thumb and will wear a cast for up to four weeks. Sophomore Brian Griese will start in place of Dreisbach against Miami (Ohio) Saturday; fifth-year senior Ja- son Carr will be the backup. Griese entered the Boston College game af- ter Dreisbach suffered a mild concus- sion. Miami coach Randy Walker voiced his concern with the situation yester- day. "We know Griese is a quality player, so it won't change our preparation in any way," Walker said. "Obviously, we're disappointed and concerned for Scott. "You never want to see anyone from the opponent injured. We hope he over- comes his injury and gets back to the team as soon as possible." The thumb injury comes at a time when Dreisbach and the Wolverines have been healing from minor injuries after having last week off. "If Scott was a lineman, he would have his hand in a cast and could prob- ably play this week," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said, "but a quarterback is a much different situation." Dreisbach has completed 56 of 106 passes for 850 yards. His best game was the Pigskin Clas- sic against Virginia, when he set school records for pass attempts (52) and yard- age (372). Dreisbach beat out Griese and sev- eral other quarterbacks for the starting job before the season began. He hadn't taken a snap at the colle- giate level before the season opener against the Cavaliers, and his injury leaves the Wolverines even more inex- perienced at quarterback - neither Griese nor Carr have ever started for Michigan. "We have the utmost confidence that Brian Griese and Jason Carr can step in and do the job," Carr said. Griese has played in three games so far this season, appearing when the Illi- nois, Memphis and Boston College games had long been decided. He has completed two of three passes for 42 yards. Carr, who is the coach's son, is six of 14 for 71 yards in his career, but hasn't seen action this season. I Michigan freshman Scott Drelsbach has led the offense all season, but he will have sit for at least a month due to injury. mwmwmmmimw VOLLEYBALL . { IJ NOTEBOOK: . Intra-state aa 4..a .v b ig....:..t;: t4" *.t:}.:-... ....... . . . . .;....... By Andy Knudsen .. For the Daily .S State volleyball matchaastarted the sixth ar of "State Pride" contests. yEach year the intra-state rivals meet . twice with the overall winner of the two......a matches earning the right to hang the State Pride banner in their arena for the following year. The banner is a State of..... ... Michigan flag-that says'Tuebor,'mean- ing "1 will defend, and lists the prior series winners. "The State Pride series and the ban- ner give players and fans a point of reference and something to fight for '? fa. eachyear,"said Michigan senior Suzy ,. .r t} O'Donnell, a middle blocker. t "Playing Michigan State is a tough match,butagoodone withtherivalry," saidthe three-yearveteran ofState Pride championships. "It is the match I have the most fun playing. to fight for But the strong play of the No. 7 Spartans (3-0 Big Ten, 14-1 overall) ............... .................. did not give Michigan (2-1,8-5) achance ~ The15-5,15-6,15-13Michigan State victory puts it well on the way to its third consecutive series victory which 'a. would tie the two schools with three State Pride championships apiece. The Wolverines will have to knock off the Spartans in straight games when they meet n East Lansing Oct. 25 to have any hope of taking back the ban- ner. The team with the most total points T a~.~~aa. in the two matches would then win the ". . series. LOOKING FOR BREATHING ROOM: The Wolverines play again tomorrow night at Iowa (1-1 Big Ten, 8-5 overall), marking their eighth game in two weeks. But Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi and his players i sisted '..'a. Sn P .......i...w...*r------o- ,. If FYRAIL Pa0i 1.3A MIr'hhunn Q Krkatan RIuiwhlannkv anlknA n of her els~ht kills agiainst Michigan State last niht. ice or spiked by rivals or 'State Pride' By Doug Stevens Daily Sports Writer Sometimes things just don't go quite as planned. This was the dilemma facing the Michigan volleyball team last night at Cliff Keen Arena as it struggled to keep up with Michigan State. The Wolver- ines (2-1 Big Ten, 8-5 overall) came into this "State Pride" confrontation riding a four-match winning streak. However, it was not to be for Michigan as the No. 7 Spartans (3-0, 14-1) swept the match, 15-5, 15-6, 15-13. The Wolverines struggled through- out the match to overcome Michigan State's height advantage. Although the Michigan offense really came together in recent wins over Purdue and North- western, it was unable to get in a groove in the first two games last night as the Michigan State defense combined for 20 blocks. The Spartans showed a particular knack for shutting down Michigan's big guns. The Wolverines' three most produc- tive spikers, Kristen Ruschiensky, Sh- annon Brownlee and Suzy O'Donnell were held to eight, nine and five kills, respectively. In total, Michigan was out-killed 48-40 and out-blocked 20- 12. The Spartan attack was sparked sig- nificantly by Dana Cook (five blocks, I1 kills), Val Sterk (five blocks, 10 kills) and Jenna Wrobel (12 kills). "Their blockers did a really good job of taking away our favorite plays and shots," Michigan coach Greg Giovanazzi said. "From their perspec- tive, our offense was very predictable." This predictability could be reflected in the fact that the Michigan attack was constantly facing one-on-two matchups. The Wolverines were unable to at- tain the one-on-one attack with consis- tency and the attackers often found themselves spiking into a wall of Spar- tan defenders. "For the majority of the night, our hitters were facing two blockers," Giovanazzi said. "I think (attaining the one-on-one attack) will be a good point of focus for us to get better on." Although a lot of Michigan's struggles on the attack could be attrib- uted to Michigan State's strong play, in numerous instances, the Wolverines proved to be their own worst enemy. Due to either execution problems or simply falling victim to the Spartan' defensive pressure, the Michigan of- fense committed 34 errors to Michigan State's 13. "Our problem was on our side," O'Donnell said. "Execution wasthemaii problem. We were hitting out a lot.":" The first two games of the match: were like carbon copies of each other. Both games saw the Wolverines jump out to early leads of 3-0 in the first, and 5-1 in the second, only to fall behind as aresult ofstrong Spartan serving, block- ing and spiking, and Wolverine errors. Particularly evident was the way the Michigan State blockers prevented Brownlee from finishing offkills on the left side of the court. "I was looking for whatever wasa open," Brownlee said. "We were basi- cally, in the first two games,just giving it to them." The third game started off similar to the first two as Michigan jumped out to leads of 4-0 and 7-4 behind strong serv-, ing and execution on offense. Unlikeit the first two games, the Wolverines' were able to maintain their strong early play. Michigan began to gain momen- tum and its offense made adjustments to avoid the Spartan blockers. How- ever, the Spartan serving and blocking proved too much in the end as Michigan State pulled out the third game, 15-13. "I was very glad to win the third and get this road match over with," Michi- gan State coach Chuck Erbe said. "By the closeness of the third game, I didn't want them getting momentum into the fourth (game)." 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