_- - - , '_' " The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 28, 1995 -13A SZverdome rawls zvih New and improved Northwestern invades Ann Arbor tomorrow 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 :h- wi,, h PVn tnh-r_ 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 VOLLEYBALL 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. START YOUR CAREER ON THE FAST TRACK. JOIN DETROIT EDISON. We have several developmental opportunities for top-notch liabilities management and accounting app college graduates. You can jump start your career in a Degrees: BS in Finance, Accounting structured developmental program - and gain valuable Computer Science. Detroit Edisons Infon exposure in different parts of the company. The following Organization has opportunities for comput are examples of the exciting opportunities available atOaiations wellcaspute .eri Ei. assist with office automation, as well as fir Detroit Edison. work management. Degrees: BS in Comp Engineering. We need engineers in several parts of the Information Systems, Management Inform company. Come and help us design, operate and maintain our facilities, power lines, equipment, substations, fossil-fuel Business Administration. Our Human Res powe~rnlants and the Fermi 2 nuclear Energy Marketing and Distribution and Re plications. mation Systems er specialists to nancial, credit and uter Science, nation Systems sources, egulatory