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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 28, 1995 -13A
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New and improved
Northwestern invades
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ngs that make you go hmmm...
There was quite a collection of
$ former Wolverines at Monday
gbt's Lions-49ers game at the Pontiac
verdome. On the field, Anthony
$rter, a star receiver at Michigan in
eearly 1980s, is a receiver and return
an for the Lions.
On the other sideline, former
[chigan quarterback Elvis Grbac is
e holder for the 49ers. He was the
,der on Doug Brien's unsuccessful
st-second field goal that would have
at the game into overtime.
That could be the only way for Grbac
see any action on the field this
ason. With Steve Young in front of
m at the quarterback position, Grbac
)esn't figure to get too many snaps.
Two Michigan alums inhabit the
ons front office.
Executive Vice President and Chief
perating Officer Chuck Schmidt
kined the art of the big deal at the
Michigan School
of Business
Administration.
Schmidt must
have taken
"How To Make
Them Hold Out
101" when he
was a student in
INTOINE the 1970s.
~ITrS Team owner
~itts William Clay
~tap Ford, grandson
,Henry Ford,
ayed tennis for the Wolverines in the
)40s. Ford is the chief contributor to
Le new Michigan tennis center,
:heduled to open next year. The center
ill bear Ford's name.
"I'm looking forward to seeing it,"
rd said. "They've really needed
mething like that for a long time."
In the broadcast booth, there were two
ore former Wolverines. Jim Brandstatter,
lor analyst on Lions' games for WWJ,
ayed under Bo Schembechler from
69-1971. Brandstatter also analyzes
lichigan football games and hosts both
ebasketball and football coaches' shows.
In the booth next to Brandstatter was
is former teammate, Dan Dierdorf, who
as with the ABC crew. Dierdorf played
om 1968-1970 earning consensus All-
nerica honors in his senior season.
Before the game, Dierdorf talked
out wanting to be drafted by the
ions after his career at Michigan. He's
robably glad they didn't select him -
ie Lions made the playoffs just once in
ie 1970s.
The Michigan Marching Band was
iso in Pontiac for the game. Dierdorf
:onducted" the band in a round of "The
'ictors" during pregame warmups,
illing it a great band. He received a T-
iirt as a souvenir from the band.
E Frank Beckmann, the regular play-
y-play voice on the Michigan football
etwork, will miss his fifth Wolverine
ontest of the year this Saturday.
Beckmann also does Detroit Tigers
ames on WJR, which has kept him out
f Ann Arbor for the first month of the
)otball season. The baseball season
nds Sunday, meaning Beckmann will
e ready for the Oct. 7 game against
iorthwestern.
Can you blame him for being anxious
)get back in the Michigan broadcast
oth? It hasn't been what you'd call a
reat season for the Tigers. It can't be
asy watching a team that's 241/2 games
utand giving up 5 1/2 runs a game.
He and partner Lary Sorenson, a
armer Michigan baseball pitcher, have
one their best to keep up with the
olverines. During Michigan's season
pener against Virginia, the Tigers
vere in Cleveland. Beckmann and
orenson watched the second half of
he Michigan game on a monitor while
nnouncing the baseball game.
"When (Mercury) Hayes caught that
ouchdown pass, Lary nudged me in the
rm;" Beckmann said. "It was really
ough trying to concentrate on the
aseball game."
R Everybody always seems to talk
dbout the hard work athletes have to put
brth every week in practice and in
ames. Beyond that you hear how much
ime is required for them to keep up with
ueir classes. What doesn't get mentioned
ough is how some of these athletes
d their free time helping others.
Each week, Michigan athletes spend
ountless hours visiting hospitals,
igning autographs and basically
aking ill people feel better.
Beginning this SPORTSMonday, the
aily will have a feature recognizing
ommunity relations by a specific
thlete. As tough as it is for us to chose
Athlete of the Week every Sunday, I
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By Donald Adamek
For the Daily
Somebody forgot to tell the
Northwestern women's soccer team
how Wildcat teams are supposed to
play.
After finishing in the basement of
the Big Ten last year, without a con-
ference victory, the Wildcats (1-1 Big
Ten, 5-2 overall) have come out roar-
ing this season.
Northwestern facesMichigan (0-2
Big Ten, 2-5-1 overall) Friday on the
heels of an upset of Ohio State and an
overtime loss to No. 17 Penn State.
The Wildcats' improvement has not
gone unnoticed in the Michigan camp.
"They're much improved from last
year," Michigan assistant coach Pete
Kowall said. "They played with a lot
of heart last year and that's just con-
tinuing this year."
The Wildcats have played tenacious
defense so far. They have only sur-
rendered 10 goals in seven games,
five of which came in a match with
Virginia.
"They have a good sweeper and are
very organized in back," Kowall said.
"They also have a dynamic player in
(freshman) Kathy Zimmerman."
Two other recruits have been in-
strumental in Northwestern's im-
provement.
Sarah Joehl is the Wildcats' lead-
ing scorer, having tallied five goals
thus far. Although an injury may
sideline her Friday, Michigan's
Heather Brown has also been a key
player.
Injury problems for Michigan may
be over. Last year's leading goal
scorer, Ruth Poulin, returned to the
lineup last week against Texas and
scored the winning goal.
Her offense will be needed to com-
bat Northwestern's defense. Michi-
gan has only scored seven goals in
eight games.
"We need to play like we did in last
Friday's game (a 2-1 win over
Texas)," Kowall said. "To score we'll
need to be aggressive, go at them, and
have players forward."
The game will be the first Big Ten
match at Michigan Soccer Field.
History may be on the Wolverines'
side. Last year's 4-0 victory over the
Wildcats was Michigan's first Big Ten
triumph ever.
MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily
Michigan freshman Jessica Limauro and the Wolverines will try to beat Northwestern tomorrow.
Men's soccer drops Schoolcraft,2-0
By Avi Ebenstein
For the Daily
The Michigan men's soccer team
been playing well lately. With a 2-0
shutout against an unimpressive
Schoolcraft yesterday, the Wolver-
ines won their fourth consecutive
game, and boosted their record to 6-3-
1.
"Schoolcraft is ranked regionally in
the top three...but they didn't put to-
gether a good game like I thought they
would," Michigan coach Steve Burns
said.
He also noted the good team play by
the Wolverines.
"It's been going real well," Burns
said. "We had a real strong team perfor-
mance and with four wins in a row, it's
starting to come together."
Freshman Blake Novotny scored the
game's first goal off a header only five
minutes into the game.
"(Blake) is a real strong player in the
air, and we like to position him in the
'mixer,"' Burns said.
The "mixer" is an area far enough out
where the goalie doesn't want to leave
the net to meet the offense, but close
enough that a player can score. This
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Continued from page 10A
that fatigue from a hectic schedule
was not the cause of their loss to
Michigan State last night.
"If there's any match that's easy to
get up for, it's this one," O'Donnell
said of the home match against their
state rivals.
On the short preparation time for
Iowa, Giovanazzi said, "I'll do my
usual all-nighter looking at film."
The team will have to study its next
opponent on the flight to Iowa today
and only have a practice tomorrow to
prepare for the Hawkeye spikers.
After tomorrow night, though, the
Wolverines will get a well-deserved
week off before their match Oct. 6 at
Indiana. Michigan will have another
conference battle the next day at Illi-
nois.
WITH HONORS: Michigan's 3-0
record last week did not go unnoticed
within the Big Ten conference.
O'Donnell, a co-captain, was named
Big Ten Player of the Week for her 37
kills behind a .500 hitting percentage,
including a team-high 18 kills against
Northwestern Sept. 23. She also pad-
ded her stats with nine blocks and 13
digs.
The honor is the first award of its
kind for O'Donnell. She is also the
first Michigan Player of the Week
honoree since JoAnna Collias on Oct.
11, 1993.
ROCK WILL NEVER DIE: "Rock the
House" will return for the Wolver-
ines' next home match Friday, Oct.
13. Michigan will tip-off with Minne-
sota at 7 p.m. on an evening filled
with special events, a commemora-
tive T-shirt giveaway, a pep band and
other planned contests.
region is where Novotny buried the
game's first goal.
Senior Adam Carriere scored the
final goal at the 60 minute mark, put-
ting the game out of Schoolcraft's
reach.
"That really broke their spirit," Burns
said.
Carriere's goal had unique signifi-
cance - for him it carried a revenge
factor.
"It was a pretty good feeling scor-
ing against my old team," Carriere
said. "Their talent level is not as high
as it has been. I was pretty sure we
would win."
Also, Carriere felt the team was so
dominant that School craft applied little
pressure on Michigan goalie Mike
Milman.
"He didn't really need to make any
tight saves," Carriere said.
Senior Ian Kurth was also somewhat
surprised by the lack of cohesion in
Schoolcraft's play.
"We expected them to be better, much
more together," Kurth said.
Michigan came away with a victory
in spite of missing two key injuried
players. Seniors Rob Holt and Ryan
Carriere are both out. Playing in their
place were a few substitute players.
Andrew Howard, a freshman, and a
Gronthick Chatterjee, a junior, contrib-
uted in the 2-04victory. But, the Wolver-
ines still await Carriere's return, which
is expected within a week.
Looking ahead, the team will play
Eastern Michigan, on Oct. 11, at Pio-
neer High School. The contest is billed
as the Washtenaw Cup.
"We have some momentum now, with
this bigger game coming up against the
Eagles," Burns said.
Burns also added that the team was
"on the same page" and will fine tune
its game against weaker competition
before the showdown against the
Eagles.
"As far as in-state competition, we
have been picking it up," Carriere
said. "Though Eastern will be tough,
I am confident we will come out on
top."
Carriere's sentiments were echoed
by Kurth
"We have been able to put together a
good string," Kurth said. "We're hop-
ing to build on these club games, and go
on to national games."
Dave Colliver battles with a Western Michigan player earlier this year. The
Wolverines shut out Schoolcraft, 2-0, yesterday in Uvonla.
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