1 ne VIIm.II9wga umy J- rnuoy, co.A , u mo .,. J-1 Harriers fl home to host meet Michigan Intercollegiates pit Wolverines against state schools By Nancy Berger For the Daily After flying off to the west coast the last two weekends, coach Mike McGuire and his No. 15 Michigan women's har- riers will remain grounded for the next two weeks in Ypsilanti. Tonight the Wolverines will be run- ning in the Michigan Intercollegiates. Michigan is hoping that the familiar confines of the Huron Golf Club will prove to be much friendlier than the courses in Missoula, Mont., and Se- attle. The Wolverines were outrun in both meets by two highly regarded teams in Arizona and Washington. The field at the Michigan Intercollegiates shouldn't pose any serious threats to Michigan's chances of repeating as the Intercollegiate's champion. The meet attracts schools from all over the state of Michigan. There will also be representatives from both Di- vision II and III schools. This year there will be 22 teams and over 190 runners competing on the five-kilo- meter course. Besides Michigan, the other notable schools competing are Michigan State, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Detroit. "We are more worried about what we have to do, rather than worrying about the rest of the competition," McGuire said. "Our focus is working on pack- ing." The pack of harriers scheduled to compete Friday is led by sophomore Pauline Arnill. She is among one of Men's soccer improves Washtenaw Cup win gives team confidence the favorites to win the race and could join Jessica Kluge and Courtney Babcock as previous winners of the meet. The other eight members ofthe squad joining Arnill are Heather Grigg, Katy Hollbacher, Mayrie Richards, Jen Stuht, Jen Barber, Eileen Fleck, Tiffin Goodman and Katie McGregor. McGuire noted that Babcock and sophomore Michelle Slater won't be seeing action, due to injury and illness. Senior Kelly Chard will most likely sit the race out as well. Michigan, however, will still have to keep one eye out for the competition. "Michigan State, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan each have run- ners that could break up the group," McGuire said. VOLLEYBALL Continued from page 12 "Both ofus (Michigan and Wiscon- sin) will have our hands full on Fri- day. We'll have to see who has any- thing left on Saturday," Giovanazzi said. The Wolverines equaled their best five-match conference start since 1992, with a 4-1 opening record. This also matched their total number of confer- ence wins last year, which was a disap- pointing four (Michigan posted a 4-16 Big Ten record). Giovanazzi credits this year's suc- cess to the Wolverines' experience. "The maturity is a really big issue (in our improvement), as well as Shannon (Brownlee) and Kristen's play," Giovanazzi said. "We're a lot steadier on the outside." After this weekend, Michigan will close out the first half of its conference schedule on the road against Big Ten powers Penn State and Ohio State, who are currently tied for second in the con- ference with 5-1 records. The Michigan field hockey team faces two of the nation's top ten teams this weekend. Blue stickers to face top teams By Avi Ebenstein for the Daily The Michigan men's soccer team just keeps on rolling. After a thrilling 1-0 victory over Eastern Michigan, the squad travels to Terre Haute, Ind., tomorrow. The key victory over the Eagles in the Washtenaw Cup gave Michigan a win over a Division I school. "We finally know how to win the 1- 0 ames," coach Steve Burns said. "This was a quality win over a good team." Burns was also pleased with Michigan's progress. "We were up 1-0 against Western Michigan, a club team, and lost," he said. "In another game, we hung on for a 1-0 victory over a club team. But now, we beat a varsity 1-0." With the victory over Eastern Michigan, Michigan carries the mo- mentum of nine consecutive victories into the weekend tournament. "We've got some momentum now. Our confidence is really up," senior Mike Presley said. "We are the team to beat." Senior Ian Kurth felt that the vic- tory over Eastern Michigan was key. "That game was a big stepping stone. We're happy to keep the streak going'and we are hoping to keep roll- ing," Kurth said. Most of this weekend's matchups will be against weaker club teams. "We should win all our games," Blake Novotny said. "We should win easily." But Michigan will face a more com- petitive opponent in Illinois, also play- ing at the tournament. Burns, how- ever, is not too worried. "We'll meet Illinois and we both are undefeated in the conference," Burns said. "But I would pick us to win." If Michigan is succesful this week- end, they will move on to the regional tournament. By Jed Rosenthal Daily Sports Writer Two ofthe toughest field hockey teams in the Big Ten travel to Ann Arbor this weekend to square-off with No.8 Michi- gan. One will be seeking revenge, while the other will hope to avoid revenge's reper- cussions. Today, No. 9 Northwestern plans to avenge its loss to Michigan. The Wolver- ines waltzed into Evanston and shocked the Wildcats, 1-0 in overtime, two weeks ago. Michigan (3-2 Big Ten, 10-4 over- all) left Northwestern in disbelief when co-captain Aaleya Koreishi slipped a shot by Cody Stephens with under one second remaining in overtime for the victory. The loss to the Wolverines sent the Wildcats into a downward spiral, as they have been unable to put together a bonafide winning streak since. As a result, Northwestern dropped three spots from eight to 11 in the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Poll. Last weekend, the Wildcats were blanked again, this time by No. 3 Iowa, 2-0. Still, with this sudden turn of events, Michigan can't afford to look ahead to its own contest Sunday against Iowa. North- western has beaten the Wolverines in 25 of 27 career meetings. But this season has proven to be differ- ent forbothprograms. Northwestern won the Big Ten last season, cruising to a 8-1- 1 conference record. This season, the Wildcats have a 2-3 Big Ten record and 8-4 overall, behind Michigan. The Wolverines sudden surge this sea- son may be credited to its better passing and ball control. Their improved defense has been a sizeable factor in this season's success and will try to avoid a collapse of its own Sunday against the Hawkeyes. Two days before its triumph in Evanston, Michigan found itself relin- quishing a seemingly insurmountable three goal lead in Iowa City. The de- fense suddenly became lackadaisical and the Hawkeyes fought back to knot the score at three before sending the game into overtime. There,juniorDiane DeMiro beat Wolverine net-minder Rachael Geisthardt for the game-win- ning goal. Michigan had its best chance to beat Iowa that Friday for the first time'in school history. Instead, the Wolverines added to its all-time losing streak of'28 contests to the Hawkeyes, and seek'to counter their second half debacle of two weeks ago. That will begin with Geisthardt and seniorSherene Smith. The two havepow- ered Michigan to its 10 wins, eclipsing last year's total of nine. Smith leads the Wolverines with four game-winning goals, including the one in last Sunday's contest against Ohio State. Smith has 13 goals for the 1995 campaign. Geisthardt has been one of the steadiest Michigan players all season, posting six shutouts and breaking her career bestof five. The senior from British Columbia owns a 9-4 record with a 1.20 goals- against-average. With 19 more saves, Geisthardt will surpass Gillian Pieper for fifth-place on the all-time saves mark, a possibility ofoccurring in this weekend's contests. GUELPH Continued from page 12 "Our players have usually already been looked at and passed over, so it's about over for them," Wise said. "(The CCHA) is a more developmental type league, but we are still competitive." There have been some NHL players to come out of the Canadian collegiate ranks. Anaheim's Steve Rucchin heads a list that includes Mike Ridley, Todd Elik and Paul MacLean. Yet, success stories are few and teams are usually hurting for budding stars. So Guelph will find a big contrast to its norm tomorrow night - a young, ambi- tious team loaded with NHL draftees. They will also have to face a hungry group of freshmen who will be in maize and blue for the first time. "The guys will be up for this game," Wolverines captain Steve Halko said. "This will be our first real test." Wise, whose Yeomen have already dropped two games to Guelph this year, said the Gryphons (5-1) will give the Wolverines a rough ride. He expects Guelph to be as strong as it was in 1994- 95. "Look for a good, physical game," Wise said. "They might surprise some people against Michigan." Guelph, Canadian national runner- up the last two years, is coming off of a fifth-place showing at the Waterloo Oktoberfest Tournament and a first- place finish at the York Invitational in Toronto. Muyleart's team is winning and, if his sentiments are telling, it doesn't intend to stop for souvenirs. "What (the crowd) will see is a club with a lot of balance," he said. "We're not fancy, but we get the job done. I want the crowd to say, 'this is a hard- working hockey club."' 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