2B - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 16, 1995 '' ".' ^'' ,. s # w .,~og e«,eI Wildcats and Hawke hockey in corner in By Michael Levy Daily Sports Writer It was the biggest weekend of the year thus far for the Michigan field hockey team. The Wolverines battled for the Big Ten conference regular season title. The weekend, however, was a disappointment for them. Michigan battled Northwestern Friday and met Iowa Sunday at Ocker Field. The Wolverines fell to both the Wildcats, 2-1, and the Hawkeyes, 3-2. With the losses, Michigan dropped to 3-4 in the conference and 10-6 overall. Northwestern and Iowa improved to 3-3 and 9-4 and 6- O and 11-2, respectively. In the first matchup, the No. 11 Wildcats tried to avenge their last second loss to the Wolverines earlier in the season. Michigan attacker Michelle Smulders scored on a penalty corner at 9:48 in the first half. The goal was Smulders seventh of the season and was assisted by Bree Derr and Jennifer Lupinski. Northwestern came back in the second half with two goals to pull out the victory. Betsy Voyce tied it and Shanel Gohsler scored the game winner. Michigan goalie Rachel Geisthardt made nine saves in goal and Northwestern goalie Cody Stephens had six. The teams registered seven penalty corners apiece. In the second game, Michigan battled the No. 3 Hawkeyes and came up short once again. The Wolverines lost to Iowa earlier in the yes stick Blue field veekend matchups season, 4-3, after leading 3-0. Iowa has dominated the series, winning all 29 career meetings between the two teams. "We'll beat those guys before I leave," senior Sherene Smith said But Smith's last chance would have to come in the post-season. Iowa's Mary Casabian scored the first goal with 11:59 left in the; first half on a penalty stroke. Michigan came back late in the half' after Sherene Smith scored on a penalty corner. She was assisted by Gia Biagi and Jennifer Lupinski. At the end of the first half, Michigan had two shots on goal aid Iowa had seven. In the second half, Iowa's Quan Nim stole the show. She scored two unassisted goals, the second coming with 10:25 left. The Wolverines rallied as Sherene Smith scored another goal from a penalty corner at 7:22. She was assisted again by Biagi and Lupinski. Despite the loss, Michigan coach Patti Smith had good things to say about her team's effort. "The team worked really hard, played with a lot of heart and gave a good effort," Smith said. "(But) we need to work on our position- ing. We need to stay low, but when (we) get tired (we) start to stand up. Sherene Smith tallied her 14th and 15th goals of the season and Biagi and Lupinski added to their assist total with their 11 th and 13th, respectively. Michigan's next game is against Michigan State Sunday at noon. WALKER VANDYKE/Day The Michigan field hockey team fell to 34 In the Big Ten and 10-6 overall after consecutive losses to Northwestern and Iowa this weekend. Michigan buried by Big Ten foes r <~ By Donald Adamek Daily Sports Writer Eight seconds to glory. Only eight seconds stood in the way of a Michigan women's soccer upset victory over No. 16 Wisconsin and a three-game win- ning streak. Michigan (0-6 Big Ten, 4-10-1over- all) was leading Wisconsin, 2-1, with only eight ticks left on the clock. But the Badgers tied the game and started a downward spiral for Michigan. Wisconsin won in overtime and Michigan then dropped a decision to Penn State Sunday, 2-0. Badger sophomore Ruth Brennan tapped a looseball past Wolverine goalie Jori Welchans to tie the game at two near the end of regulation Friday. The Badgers got the game-winning goal, four minutes into overtime. "(The game tying goal) was a big. letdown at the moment," Michigan de- fender Vanessa Lewis said. "To be beat- ing Wisconsin, with Wisconsin sup- posed to be this big team, and hearing the crowd counting down made it a big letdown." Wisconsin freshman Lindsay Hoetler converted on a give-and-go with Ann Kerber, to give the Badgers the lead, which they held for the two overtimes. Michigan had several chances in the overtime periods to tie the score, but Badger goaltender Julie Johnson, an Ann Arbor native, kept the ball out of the Wisconsin net to preserve the vic- tory. Friday started out well for the Wol- verines. They had already tallied five Emotional wellness is afamilyaffair Frances Neel acsw Licensed marriage and family therapist c *"Couples Individuals " Adolescents" Families " Short Term Women's Groups LeaI1n to b1ild c/oser relahtionshbIs 2500 Packard Road Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Telephone (313) 973-2055 COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL SLIDING FEE AVAIL. shots when Michigan midfielder Debbie Flaherty netted her fourth goal of the season at the 18:13 mark of the first half. Michigan continued to dominate the play for the rest of the first half. The second half started as a midfield battle, with neither team taking any chances. The Badgers tied the game on a Heather Willihnganz shot that went through Welchans' grasp. Only 15 seconds later, Wolverine freshman Jessica Limauro booted in the "We have to go hard at the ball. We can not be intimidated by anybody." -Vanessa Lewis Michigan soccer player game-leading goal on aturnaround shot. A win over Wisconsin would have been the first time Michigan had ever defeated a rankedteam, and would have been the biggest upset in Big Ten soc- cer history. No ranked team in the Big Ten has ever lost to a conference oppo- nent that was in last place. The biggest Wolverine upset in school history was last year's penalty-kick tiebreaker victory over Penn State in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. Revenge was on the Lady Lions' minds Sunday. In the teams' first meet- ing since last year's Big Ten tourna- ment, Penn State jumped all over Michi- gan. After just eight seconds, the Lady Lions had already started to establish dominance. Penn State used superior size and aggressive midfielders to stay in con- trol for most of the game, although the Wolverines actually outshot the Lady Lions, 15-14. Michigan was lucky several times early. Darci Hite and Rachel Hoffman each had opportunities to score with only Wolverine goalie Jessica Jones to beat, but neither could convert. Michigan luck did not hold out though. At the 26:34 mark, Hite crossed the ball past a diving Jones and Lauren Olmsted tapped it in. Like they did against Wisconsin, the Wolverines attempted to come back. Flaherty launched a shot from just out- side of the box ten seconds after the score, but it flew a foot over the goal. The start of the second half saw a more aggressive Michigan team. The Wolverines fired eight shots in the second half, but none found the net. Lady Lions' goaltender Dara Christante gave up several rebounds, but the Wolverines were never able to get to the loose balls before she re- covered. "We have to go hard at the ball," Lewis said. "We can not be intimidated by anybody." Penn State added an insurance goal with 20minutes left in the half. Hoffman carried the ball from midfield, dribbled past Michele Brach and shot it into the corner of the net. MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily The Michigan soccer team nearly upset No. 16 Wisconsin before failing, 3-2, in overtime Friday. The Lady Lions shutout the Wolverines. 2-0. Sunday. forcing Michigan deeper in the Big Ten cellar. -.6K M' swimmers beat the By Avi Ebenstein Daily Sports Writer The Michigan's women's swim-r ming team is back in the water andi back in form. Last season's NCAA runner-up, began the '95- '96 season with a 96-35 trouncing of Michigan State. Top-ranked Michigan defends nine consecutive conference titles this sea- son in its quest for the NCAA title. "We can definitely win it all," sopho- more Talor Bendel said. "If we work together well, we can do as good as last year and maybe better." Three-time All American Jodi Navta is also pleased with last year's suc- cesses. "Last year, all we wanted to do was do our best," iunior Navta said. "We Spartans, prepare for St did, and we broke into the top three in the 400-yard breastroke and Beth Jack- the country. This year, we have high son captured the 400-yard backstroke. hopes." "We won most of the events so ev- The Wolverines extended their win- eryone on the team was pretty happy," ning streak over the Spartans to nine Navta said. straight. In the lopsided victory, Michi- The meet was a double-distance meet gan took six of seven events. which means that each event was twice Karin Bunting easily won the 400- as long as normal. yard freestyle, Anne Kampfe won the Many teams have such meets in 800-yard individual medley, Navta won October to prepare for the six-month Stanford Friday and Saturday in its home-opener at Canham Natatorium. "We are working hard to get in shape for the big meet," Navta said. "Fatigue was a factor (against the Spartans). The first meet was getting us ready for Stanford." Much of Michigan's success this sea- son depends on the freshmen class. Jenny Kurth won the 400-yard butterfly in her first appearance as a Wolverine. - "The freshmen class is great,- Bendel said. "When I was a freshman last year, our class came together as a group and worked together and were successful. 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