The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, October 30, 1995 - 7B Soccer wins, heads to Big Ten tourney By Dan Stillman Daily &rts Writer The Michigan women's soccer team enters the Big Ten Tournament with its first significant momentum of the season The, Wolverines (1-5-1 Big Ten, 7-10-2 overall) finished the '0g1ar season with a three-game winning streak, includ- iog :thir first conference victory, a 1-0 defeat of Indiana drda nd yesterday's 4-1 win over Wright State. '"Wehave been playing better at the end and now we are more confident," Michigan coach Debbie Belkin said. "Any- thing can happen in the tournament. We're looking to get the other teams back." Michigan faces the No. I seed Minnesota in the first round ofthe tournament Friday in Bloomington. Yesterday at Michigan Soccer Field, the Wolverines struck first against Wright State (7-9-1). Sophomore forward Karen Montgomery scored the only goal of the first half at 32:30 off freshman midfielder Kelly Lukasik's cross in front of the goal. Throughout the second half, freshman goalkeeper Jessica Jones and the Michigan defense continued to shutdown the Raiders while the Wolverine offense scored three times. Sophomore forward Ashley Marks gave Michigan a two- goal lead at 71:21 when she booted in sophomore midfielder Debbie Flaherty's pass from 25 yards out. The goal was Marks' fourth of the season. Wright State's only goal of the game, which came at 83:03, was sandwiched between two more Michigan goals from sophomore forward Betsy Axley and Flaherty. On ' Friday, Michigan shutout host "Indiana (2-3- "Every game 1, 6-9-1) for its only Big Ten vic- that we played ,ory ofthe season. - r~man for- (this Season), we wad-Jessica js Limauro scored dominated; we just the lone goal of the contest, unas- didn score a y sisted,at29:27 Jus;niotr goal- goals. I think if W c ch an s we're in it stoped11Ooo'" w ca sier shots while menoao-yW the Michigan of- uanu fense'generated W N .nine .shot at- - Jessica Limauro tempts, The Wolver- Michigan soccer ines return to'In- player diana for the Big Ten Tournament Thursday. Noticeably absent this weekend was top goal-scorer Ruth Poulin. Despite spraining her ankle early in a game at Miebigan State Oct. 18, the sophomore forward had her ankle taped up and played the remainder of that game. ,However, Poulin re-injured her ankle when she twisted it .n practice last week. She will consult with doctors early this week to determine whether she can play this weekend. Evei though Michigan comes into the Big Ten Tourna- ment as the lowest seed, the Wolverines maintain hope that No surprises in field hockey victory, loss By Mary Thewes Daily Sports Writer In the immortal words of Porky Pig, "That's all, folks!" Michigan's field hockey team con- cluded the regular season with a split of its two weekend games against Ohio State and Penn State. If there's one quality that the Wol- verines have against these teams, it's consistency. The No. 14 Wolverines rolled into Columbus Friday and rolled all over the Buckeyes, defeating them for a second time this season. The last time that these two teams met resulted in a Michigan shutout, 3- 0. The Wolverines blanked Ohio State again Friday, 1-0. Sherene Smith scored Michigan's goal with assists by Jennifer Lupinski and Aaleya Koreishi. The Wolverine goalie, Rachael Geisthardt, had 14 saves in the match to earn the shutout. Michigan didn't have much time for celebration, though. The team travelled to Pennsylvania Sunday to take the field against the Lady Lions. In theirprevious match-up this sea- son, the Wolverines fell to Penn State when the Lady Lions rallied from a three-goal deficit to register a huge victory. Remaining consistent, the Wolver- ines walked away with their sticks between their legs again yesterday when they were nearly shutout. The final score wasn't nearly as close as the last time. Penn State didn't allow room for any doubt that they were the better team. The Nittany Lions nailed the Wol- verines 6-1. The Wolverines managed to get the ball in the net in the final 10 minutes to put themselves on the scoreboard. Nonetheless, that didn't add a lot of comfort to the Penn State spanking. The number of shots on goal was one of the key factors leading to the loss. Michigan had a total of 10, while Penn State had 31. Freshman Loveita Wilkinson reg- istered the Wolverine goal on a pen- alty corner with 9:19 left to play. Geisthardt had 13 saves in the game. In comparison, Penn State's goalie saved three. Michigan finishes up its regular sea- son with a record of 4-6 in the Big Ten and 12-8 overall. The Wolverines won't have any chance to relax, though. Play resumes again next weekend with the Big Ten tournament, hosted by Penn State. Michigan hopes to remain consis- tent against teams like Ohio State in the tournament. On the other hand, the Wolverines want to turn things around and get some much sought-after revenge against teams like Penn State. Swimmers eke out win over Northwestern they can make an impact in Bloomington and erase the memories of a frustrating season. "Every game that we played (this season) we dominated, we just didn't score any goals," Limauro said. "I think if we're in it mentally, we can win." Minnesota, the Wolverines' first-round opponent, dealt Michigan its worse loss of the season. The Golden Gophers beat Michigan, 5-0, Sept. 24. "The key is coming out ready to play," Belkin said. "Last time we didn't and it was not indicative of how we can play. We must come out fired up." WALKER VANDYKE/Daily Carrie Brady of Michigan and Wright State's Jody McCord brace themselves for a header during the Wolverines' 4-1 win yesterday. Michigan also picked up its only Big Ten win of the season this weekend, beating Indiana, 1-0, Friday. By Marc Lightdale Daily Sports Writer In a swim meet, depth compensates for a lack of first-place finishes. On Saturday, the Michigan women's swimming team won only six of 16 events, but the team's depth enabled them to edge Northwestern, 151-149, at the Norris Aquatic Center in Evanston. "It came down to the last medley," sophomore Brook Ashley said. "We were down by a couple of points. It was a rewarding victory that made every- body proud." Michigan coach Jim Richardson was cautiously optimistic about the team's narrow victory. "We swam well although we were tired," Richardson said . The top-ranked Michigan squad has prevailed in the last nine meetings against Northwestern. In addition, the Wolverines now lead the dual meet series, 10-2. Junior All-American Jodi. Navta notched first-place finishes in the 100- (1:05.36) and 200-meter breaststroke (2:19.86). "At this point in the season, these are great times for her," Ashley said. Seniorco-captain Megan Gil lam took first in the 50 free (23.91) and partici- pated in, the team's winning medley. Stephanie Morey, Melissa Stone and Kim Johnson completed the winning 400 medley (3:27.71) Michigan (2-1) swept both diving events. Freshman Valerie Pochron won the three-meter event (159.80) while Ashley picked up a victory in the one- meter (161.45). "Valerie Pochron and Laurel Dougherty dove especially well," Ashley said."It was the best I have ever seen them dive. We have a relatively new team. Overall, the divers did ter- rific." Ashley credited the divers with spark- ing the rest of the team's effort. "Their performance was indicative of the whole team's performance, Ashley said. "It was fantastic. We took first, second, fourth and fifth." The Michigan team also finished first in the 200 freestyle and the 200 medley. In Sunday's relays, the Wolverines finished first with 176 points, followed by Northwestern (154), Wisconsin (138), Illinois (106), Iowa (90) and Michigan State (74). FAU tourney is season's last for men S olf Carras taps Dobbs, Brockway, Henker, Jasper and Idalski to represent team in Florida By, Avi Ebenstein Daily Sports Writer w h,'de ichigan men's golf team has one 1tst chance to redeem itself. After, three poor performances at meets this year, Michigan hopes to close jte fall season with a win. The Wolverines will be one of 18 team s participating in the Florida At- lantic Invitational in Palm Beach, Fla., Oct. 30-31. This tourney, held at the PGA National Resort & Spa, is the last W6lverine match until March. After'averaging 307.21 strokes last? season, Coach Jim Carras was sur- prised by this year's drop-off in qual- ity., "I didn't expect this," said Carras. "After-east season, which was a great year for us, I thought we would do as good or better." Michigan, though, will react to this season's failures and try a different approach at Palm Beach. The Wolverines have chosen their