Uatin Elvis enters the building The shoulder injury to San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Steve Young has forced coach George Seifert to start ex-Wolverine signal-caller Elvis F .Grbac. Grbac will be making his first professional start as the 49ers take on the first-place St. Louis Rams Sunday. Young will be out of action for about four weeks. Page 0 Tuesday, October 17, 1995 Carr to start with Carr? Griese may miss Indiana game y Antoine Pitts Daily Sports Editor The Michigan football team may have another problem at the quarterback po- 'Iition. Starting signal caller Scott Dreisbach is already expected to be out until the end ofthe month with asprainedthumb. Now his replacement, Brian Griese, is ,questionable for Saturday's game at Indiana. Griese has not practiced since Michigan's 19-13 loss to Northwestern Oct. 7. In that game, he sustained a bruised right shoulder. His status for the game against the Hoosiers will be assessed following today's practice. "(Head trainer) Paul Schmidt told me (yesterday)thathethought Brian would be able to throw some (today) and we would have to evaluate how well he throws," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "It's a thing that you just have to evaluate and see, first of all, when he does throw, if there's any soreness after he's done and what that does to his recovery. It's just a day-to-day thing." After being out of action for more than a week, Griese will have to prove he is healthy enough to quarterback the Wolverines again. If he can not, Carr will go with another one of his backups. "If Brian does not practice with the same ability that he had before he banged 'M'golfers disappoint at Nortern *Invitational By Riyaz Bhimani ,For the Daily The trials and tribulations continue for the Michigan men's golf team. Amidst a season full of disappoint- ing performances and frequent roster changes,the Wolverines returned from the Northern Invitational at Penn State after tying for ninth place in a field of 18 teams. Ohio State placed first at the tourna- ment and beat its nearest competitor by a commanding 20 strokes. The field con- -sistedofall 11 Big Ten teams, Kentucky and other teams from the region. The Wolverines finished behind ev- ery Big Ten team with the exception of Michigan State. Inconsistent perfor- mances have plagued Michigan as the golfers have yet to play to their poten- tial this season. The Wolverines began the tournament in good shape and were in fifth place early on before subpar play and rain affected them. Inclement weather canceled the first round of action and the tournament was restricted to only 36 holes. "We started the tournament in de- cent shape," Michigan coach Jim Carras said. "But when the weather became windy and cold, the scores went up." The only bright spot for the Wolver- ines was the performance of junior Kyle Dobbs. He finished the tournament with the second-best indivi dual score. Dobbs' back-to-back rounds of 72 added up to a par score, but left him three strokes be- hind the tournament's leader. Still, Carras is extremely disap- pointed in his players' individual per- formances. So far this year, there have been four lineup changes on the squad. "I'm particularly disappointed with the scores on this team," Carras said. "I'm definitely planning on some final changes and I'm going to stick with them for the rest of the year." Michigan at Indiana When: Saturday Where: Bloomington Kickoff: 12:20 p.m. EDT TV: Channel 7 his shoulder up, then we would go with Jason Carr at quarterback and Tom Brady would be the backup," Carr said. Jason Carr, a fifth-year senior, has played once before this season. In Michigan's 38-19 win over Miami (Ohio), he threw two incomplete passes, including an interception. Last season as the backup to Todd Collins, Carr completed two of eight passes for 10 yards with one intercep- tion. He is the coach's son. "I think as a coach you just try to put him in a situation where he can be successful with the things he does best," Lloyd Carr said. "I told him this sum- mer that, in my view, it was important for this program if the backup competi- tion was close that I would go with the younger guy because, for the future of the program, that was best thing." Lloyd Carr expects his son to do a fine job if called upon. "One ofhis strengths is that he's been around here," he said. "He's a good leader, he plays within himself, he's smart and I expect him to step in there and do a good job." Jason Carr's backup would be Brady, a 6-foot-4 true freshman from San Mateo, Calif. Brady got some extra snaps in last week's practices in prepa- ration for this week's game. "You would prefer to give most of the snaps to two guys - we always try to get the third guy a few," Carr said. "In this situation, you just have to give three guys snaps. It's a lot different when you're taking snaps with the sec- ond team or the first team in terms ofthe mental pressure it puts on a young kid." The Wolverines expect tailback Chris Howard to return to action this week. He has been out since the Memphis game. Carr said there are several other Wolverines battling injuries. "We are a very banged up football team, but I anticipate that everyone will be ready to go," Carr said. "There are guys, though, that are limited this week." For the second time this season, the Wolverines are coming offan idle week- end. Last month, Michigan had a week off before beating Miami. "I hope we never see another bye week," Carr said. "There are some posi- tive things, but by and large, when you get ready to play, you like to play every week. They're not something as a player or coach that you look forward to." B. DAMIANCO/Daly Michigan sophomore Brian Griese is suffering from a bruised shoulder and might miss Saturday's game against Indiana. Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said he would go with his son, Jason Carr, at quarterback If Griese is unable to play. WE Men's soccer struggle .' 'of ties against Iniana By Susan Dann Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's soccer team found two fields in Terre Haute, Ind., that reminded it of home. The Wolverines traveled to the In- diana State University tourney this weekend to battle Indiana, Illinois and two horrible fields. The Wolverines have gotten quite used to poor play- ing conditions. Michigan tied both the Hoosiers and the Illini, 0-0, and 1-1, respec- tively. "The field for the (Indiana) game was really tiny," senior Rob Holt said. "The playing conditions weren't that good at all. For Sunday's game (against Illi- nois), the field was really choppy, kind of like Elbel, but worse." Freshman Blake Novotny agreed. "The overall appearance of the fields got the team in a down mood," he said. "Looking at the fields didn't make us really excited to play." Michigan fought Indiana to a score- less deadlock giving both teams four points toward the overall Big Ten standings. Neither Novotny nor Holt could pin- point Michigan's biggest weakness in its failuretobreak thescoreless tie Saturday. "This game was one of the unlucki- est games I've seen," Holt said. "All of our balls were going to IU players, whether we were playing three-touch or one-touch. We had tons of chances on goal, we just couldn't put it in the net." Michigan, unable to capitalize on its scoring opportunities, allowed In- diana to remain in the game. The Hoosiers never really threatened to score, though. "They never really had a great chance," Holt said. "It was really lucky for IU that it was 0-0. They were definitely just playing for the tie." The Wolverines faced off against Illinois Sunday under equally miser- able weather and field conditions. Again, Michigan could not find its rhythm. "We started out a little flat," Holt said. "We were starting to play a little better. For about 20 minutes, we re- ally stepped it up." Illinois took a 1-0 first-half lead. "It was a cheap goal," Holt said, "which deflected off (goalkeeper Mike) Milman's hand." Michigan tied it,1-1, on a direct kick in the second half. Junior Dave Colliver took the kick from about 25 yards out. The wind, that had hindere Michigan's performance all weekend bent the shot around the defensiv- wall and over the goalie's head. "Coll iver had agreat shot," Novotn said, "but that was really the on] bright spot of the game." Michigan's poor performance ma be due to an exhausting schedul which carried the Wolverines into th weekend. Michigan has faced strong varsit teams recently in Schoolcraft,,Albio and Eastern Michigan. "Coming off a big game like Eas ern," Novotny said, "I know myse and a couple of the other guys we like, 'These are just club teams, can relax'." Despite the disappointing result Holt wasn't discouraged with the tie "I think this was a good trip for t sake of bonding," Holt said. "I act ally think (these ties) put us in a bett position for regionals and hopeful for nationals. "For some reason Michigan alwa 'does better as the underdog. I tli we'll come out and the effort will there because we aren't walking in the tournaments as the favored team MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Dave Colliver scored Michigan's only goal this weekend. Men'sI By Jennifer Hodulik For the Daily The Michigan men' turned in a solid per weekend at the Tar He in Chapel Hill, N.C. The No. 26 Wolveri midable opponents in P No. 18 Notre Dame al clubs from Wake Fo Virginia. However, the team direct competition. It tennis impressive against individual tournament in that the re- tion levels ranging from A to D. 's tennis team sults were not counted toward team Michigan won three flight cha formance this standings, but toward individual onships. fel Invitational NCAA rankings. Senior standouts Peter Puszta "The results were outstanding," John Costanzo captured the Fli ines faced for- Michigan coach Brian Eisner said. doubles championship. No. 7 Duke and "We won more matches than any of The tandem, which finished N ong with solid the other teams. (If they) had calcu- nationally last season, is expect rest and West ed the team scores, we would have play an important role for the rsan Wetfinished first." verines this season. s were not in The tournament was arranged ac- Michigan freshmen Jake Raito Scording to flight in order of competi- William Farah squared off ag No. 7 Duke, No.18 Iris4 I each other for the Flight C singles championship. Raiton prevailed, but Eisner was pleased by the success of the first- year competitors in general. "The goal of this tournament," Eisner said, "was to give every player as much opportunity as possible, par- ticularly the younger players." Junior Brad Kramer and freshman Tomas Filipcik notched another title for the Wolverines in the Flight D doubles division. But those results do not reflect the L I (. if they) had $v calculated the, team scores, we would have finished first" - Brian Eisne Michigan men' tennis coac Iwas only an v ..+ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND PACIFIC STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Prepare yourself for the career opportunities of the future. The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego offers a Master of Pacific International Affairs (M.P.I.A.) and Ph.D. in International Affairs SCOREKEEPERS SHOD SpEC1p 75 1 1 1 i 1 total achievement of the Michigan team, which lost in the final round of advanced to championship compe three singles events. tions. Sophomore Arvid Swan dropped a Last weekend's event in Chapel H close three-set match to Notre Dame's marked the only tournament in whi Brian Patterson in Flight B singles. the entire 12-man squad will co Swan, who excelled in Big Ten com- pete. Most competitions require ei petition last season, is expected to be players. a major contributor this year. The competition for the eight sp Freshman Jordan Szekely and Farah is expected to be intense as Eis' suffered disappointing losses in the said he was impressed by each'in. Flight D and C singles champion- vidual effort. ships, respectively. "All of our players did a lot Four of the five first-year players winning," Eisner said. ciosE PflTTI q