4 * f Etdu~wnJ~atlg Michigan swimmer honored Junior Tom Dolan was named Male Athlete of the Year Monday by the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. Dolan is a five-time NCAA Champion and holds the World Record in the 400-meter individual medley and two American freestyle records. He was also the 1995 NCAA Swimmer of the Year. Page 13 Wednesday, October 11, 1995 I I Berenson readies icers for Guelph aacl - : . 4 "T4 :. Nr. rorward Warren Luhning (28) Is expected to be an Integral part of the Wolverines' offensive attack this season. JOE WESTRATE/Daily omen's soccer blanks geiF)s~t ginm of victor' By Dan Stillman bined, and a school record for most his Daily Sports Writer goals scored in a game. Michigan scored six second-half The eight-goal margin of victory is pl goals and the Wolverine defense did also the largest in the brief two-year go ot allow Valparaiso a shot on goal as the visiting Michigan women's soc- r team slammed the Lady Crusad- rs, 8-0, yesterday. The victory marks the first time this season Michigan has won two con- ecutive games. Michigan also shut out Creighton, -0; Sunday. The Wolverines (0-3 Big Ten, 4-7- l overall) could not have picked a etter time for a winning streak, as hey prepare for possibly the most mportant weekend of the season. Michigan hosts Big Ten powers isconsin Friday and Penn State Sun- The Wolverines dominated alparaiso (1-11), firing shot after hot from deep inside the box, 29 in 11. The barrage of goals forced alparaiso to change goalies during he game. Seven different Wolverines scored, ncluding sophomore forward Karen ontgomery who scored twice. The game remained scoreless until 4:35 when sophomore midfielder shley Marks knocked in her second oal of the season. Junior defender Mindy Longjohn nd sophomore forward Betsy Axley otched their first goals of the season, hile junior midfielder Kim Phillips cored her team-leading fifth goal. Sophomore midfielder Debbie laherty and junior forward McKenzie ebster also scored for the Wolver- Valparaiso, 8-0, for Y school story of the program. Freshman goaltender Jessica Jones ayed the first half, and junior altender Jori Welchans took over hlistory for the second. The two goalies have been sharing playing time throughout the season. Now, the Wolverines turn their atten- tion to the heart of the Big Ten sea- son. Michigan will play four of its last seven games against Big Ten oppo- nents. The Wolverines, winless in the Big Ten, hope, to launch themselves back into contention with victories over Wisconsin and Penn State this weekend. Women's soccer remaining schedule By John Leroi Daily Sports Writer Things are supposed to start clicking about now. The Michigan hockey team has battled through a week and a half of practice and its first game is only two days away. Now is the time for things to start coming together. And by most accounts, they are. "We're coming to an interesting part of the season," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We've only skated for a week or so, but we have to be ready for a game on Friday. "I don't expect us to look perfect out there, but we're coming along at a good pace." The coaching staff picked apart the team's performance in the Blue-White game and has been focusing practice on the things that need work. Berenson said the team looked good Friday, but still needed to work on a lot of little things like supporting the puck, communicating and timing. Berenson has had the opportunity to focus on line combinations. So far, he has mixed it up a little from week to week. The lines that skated together in practice this week didn't look anything like last week's combi- nations. Berenson warned not to try to figure out who would play on what line, guar- anteeing that the lines would change on a regular basis at the beginning of the season. And when injured center Brendan Morrison returns to the lineup, forward trios will probably be shaken up even more. "It's hard to tell if players can skate with other players until they actually do," Berenson said. "So we'll be run- ning all sorts of different lines for a while." One pair of forwards he did keep together from last week wasjuniorright wing Warren Luhning and freshman left wing Greg Crozier. The duo skated together, along with center Matt Herr, and combined to score three goals for the victorious White squad in Friday night's scrimmage. Crozier finished his first game in Yost Arena with a goal and two assists while Luhning netted two goals and assisted on another. The pair skated with center Mike Legg in practice this week, but seemed to retain the same chemistry that they displayed in the Blue-White game. "I like playing with Crozier," Luhning said. "He's big and fast and he can score - he's got a great scor- ing touch. We play a really similar style of hockey." The Crozier-Luhning combination may not be a welcome sight for oppos- ing teams. Crozier stands 6-foot-3 and Luhning, who is listed at 206 pounds but looks even stronger, is widely re- garded as one of the most physical players in the league. "We're looking at those two guys together," Berenson said. "There seems to be some chemistry there." Defenseman Peter Bourke was an- other player who seemed to boost his stock in the scrimmage. Bourke, a jun- iorwho hasn't seen much ice time in his Michigan career, scored a goal for the White squad and made a diving stop on a shot headed towards the net when goalie Marty Turco got caught outside the crease. "Peter's had a real good start this year," Berenson said. "He had a pretty good game (Friday)." Bourke's performance seemed to lift him into the top six defensemen, but Berenson said he had no idea which six defenders would dress Friday when the Wolverines host Guelph in their first game of the season. One thing he could guarantee is that Michigan will not be in mid-season form this Friday and he expects his squad to make a few mistakes. "There were some good efforts in the Blue-White game," Berenson said. "We look further along than we did last year at this point." Oct. 13 Oct. 15 Oct. 18 Oct. 22 Oct. 24 Oct. 27 Oct. 29 Wisconsin Penn State at Michigan State Butler Eastern Michigan at Indiana Wright State Bmves' corM CINCINNATI (AP) - On a night of empty seats and empty bases, Mike Devereaux kept the Atlanta Braves from coming up empty. Devereaux singled home the go- ahead run in the I11th inning Tuesday night for a 2-1 victory over the Cincin- nati Reds in the first game of the NL championship series. John Smoltz, who has beaten the Reds three times this season, will oppose John Smiley, who has never won a playoff game, in Game 2 Wednesday night at Riverfront Stadium. There were more than 10,000 empty seats when the first pitch was thrown Tuesday on a clear, 69-degree evening, a sign thatbaseball still has along waytogo teback nips to win back fans. The Reds sold only 40,382 tickets and had 3,620 no-shows. David Justice tied it in the ninth with an RBI forceout, and Fred McGriff drew a leadoff walk in the 11th off Mike Jack- son. Luis Polonia sacrificed, and Devereaux -a late-inning defensive re- placement-linedasingleup the middle. Brad Clontz gave up a leadoff double to Thomas Howard in the bottom of the 11th, and Steve Avery - demoted to the bullpen for the playoffs - came in and walked pinch-hitter Mariano Duncan. Greg McMichael then got Reggie Sanders to ground to shortstop, starting a game-ending double play. The two startingpitchers gave the stun- ningly small crowd little to cheer. Tom Redsin11 Glavine allowed just one run on Ron Gant's infield single inthe fourth, and Pete Schourek took a four-hit shutout into the ninth before Atlantapulledoffitsthirdlate-inningcome- back of the playoffs. Reds manager Davey Johnson let Schourek try for only his second career shutout, but it quickly backfired. Chipper Jones opened with a single - only the fifth hit off the left-hander - and took third on McGriff's single. David Justice then hit a grounder to second baseman Bret Boone, who was able only to get the force at second. Johnson pulled Schourek after he bounced a breaking ball for a wild pitch on his 102nd pitch, putting the go-ahead run in scoring position. nes. Michigan's eight goals are one more han the Wolverines scored in their irst 10 games of the season com- MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Michigan Improved to 4-7-:1 overall with an 8-0 shutout of Valparaiso yesterday. Wraners take Game 1 from Indians SEATTLE (AP) - All the Seattle dariners asked Bob Wolcott to give hem was a few good innings. Instead, he 22-year-old rookie gave them a game : remember forever. Wolcott, pitching because the Mari- ers had no one else, pulled one of aseball's greatest escapes, wriggling tew from a bases-loaded, no-outs jam n the first inning and beating the Cleve- andIndians, 3-2, Tuesday night in their kL playoff opener. "It-was definitely nerve-wracking," Volcott said. "It's a tremendous relief. anything could have happened. We ould've gotten blown out." "We used so much of our pitching taff in the other series, I just wanted to ive. them a rest," he said. "I have to dmit, I had my doubts in the first ning: But it all worked out." Showing poise that belied his baby ice, Wolcott--added to thepostseason ster Monday and making only his ighth major-league appearance - pent the whole evening putting him- If in trouble and then getting out. The nly sign of stress was the sweat creep- ig out farther and farther on the bill of is cap. "It was hard work out there," he said. Meanwhile, Luis Sojo's tiebreaking double off Dennis Martinez in the sev- enth inning whipped the Kingdome crowd of 57,065 further into a frenzy, and stopped the Indians' march through the postseason. Cleveland, coming off a three-game sweep of Boston in the opening round, will try to get even in the best-of-7 series Wednesday night when Orel Hershiser starts Game 2 against Tim Belcher. At the outset, it looked as if the Indi- ans might run away with this game. Wolcott, who began the season at Double-A Port City, walked the bases loaded by throwing balls on 12 of his first 13 pitches to Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel and Carlos Baerga In fact, his first six pitches were balls, prompting a visit from manager Lou Piniella. "He just said try to relax and throw strikes," the right-hander said. "The same things the manager always says." Piniella recalled it a little differently. "I told him I didn't care if we got beat 11-0," Piniella said. "I told him we needed five innings." By then, the weary bullpen, which the Mariners hoped Wolcott would give a break, was already warming up. Wolcott had other things on his mind- facing the team that led the majors in batting, scoring and home runs, he was about to see the heart of the order. "I didn't notice who it was, but I knew the 'pen was going," Wolcott said. Somehow, Wolcott found a way. First, he struck out Albert Belle, get- ting the slugger who hit50 home runs to swing through a high, 2-2 fastball. Next up was Eddie Murray, a career .413 hitter with the bases loaded. Murray, like Belle, swung and the first pitch and he fouled out. "As much as anything, I think we got a little impatient," Indians manager Mike Hargrove said. With the crowd sensing it was seeing something special, Wolcott ended the inning, thanks to a diving stop by sec- ond baseman Joey Coraon Jim Thome's hard grounder up the middle. Wolcott paused for amoment to watch the completion of the play, then ran off the mound as the Mariners rushed from the dugout to greet him. First to meet him was Randy Johnson, who patted the rookie on the chest as other team- mates gathered around. mmIVRS R n-~mm -