88 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, November 6, 1995 Michigan spikers stunIllini but drop tough contest to Indiana at Cliff Keen Arena By Monica Polakov Daily Sports Writer Defense is key for the Michigan vol- leyball team. When the Wolverines defensive game is strong, they win - as they did Friday against No. 21 Illi- nois. When their defense is weak, they lose to teams they should beat - like their loss to Indiana Saturday. Friday night, Illinois (8-5 Big Ten, 17-5 overall) came into Cliff Keen Arena ready to beat the pants off of Michigan (8-6, 14-10). And that's ex- actly what happened in the first two games, which the Wolverines lost 7-15 and 5-15. However, Michigan volleyball coach Greg Giovannazi made a change. "(Giovannazi), told us we needed to start playing," outside-hitter Colleen Minuik said. "We adjusted our game quite a bit in the third match. We now had two (matches) worth of informa- tion on (the Illini) so we knew what they were going to do." Michigan changed its attitude and its strategy. The defense picked up, with more blocking from Karen Chase and Minuik and the Wolverines gained momentum. "Karen has a way of lighting things up out on the court," Giovannazi said. The change helped Michigan win the next three games (15-12, 16-14, 15-7), and gave the Wolverines one of their biggest victories this season. "Michigan pulled off a spectacular comeback," Illinois coach Mike Herbert said. Giovannazi agreed. "It's a huge win," Giovannazi said. "One of the things they look at for the "We didn't play ,good defense and that really hurt - Shareen Luze Michigan volleyball NCAA tournament is beating a top 25 team." Shannon Brownlee led the Wolver- ines with 26 kills, while Chase added 19. Michigan setter Linnea Mendoza contributed 67 assists. Illini Erin Borske led all players with 35 kills and added 19 digs. Carolien Dikhoff led Illinois with 75 assists. The Wolverines then psyched them- selves up for a match with Indiana (8-6, 16-11), Saturday. And it showed, for a little while. Michigan won the first two games (15-12,15-12), despite its poor defen- sive play. In the next three games, the Wolverines played a little better but unfortunately for them, the Hoosiers played a lot better. The last three games fell in Indiana's favor, 15-12, 15-11 and 15-10. "We were not very aggressive," out- side hitter Shareen Luze said. "We didn't play good defense and that really hurt us. Defense is key and we let a lot of balls drop." Mendoza, however, played an ex- ceptional game with 15 digs, one block and four kills. Brownlee once again led Michigan in kills with 27. Suzy O'Donnell and Luze added 16 kills each. Indiana also played well. Since los- ing to the Wolverines in Bloomington, the Hoosiers have improved. They re- cently beat Michigan State (ranked first in the Big Ten). "Indiana played a nice, even game," Luze said. "(The Hoosiers) weren't going to let us win. We had to create our own success." The weekend left the Wolverines tied for fourth with Indiana in the Big Ten. The Wolverines travel to Wisconsin Friday and Minnesota Saturday. Aichigan's battled back for a five-match victory over Illinois at Cliff Keen Arena Friday night. However, Michigan was overcome by indiana's offensive attack Saturday, and dropped the contest In five matches. Sports agent extmordinaire Leigh Steinberg to address Law students Dy Doug Stevens Daily Sports Writer What do Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Drew Bledsoe and Neil O'Donnell have in common? Aside from being four of the best 'q4uarterbacks in the NFL, there is another distinct similarity that these athletes share. All are represented by sports attorney Leigh Steinberg. Aside from those NFL players, Steinberg's law firm, Steinberg & Moorad, maintains a client list of over IN0 other athletes. That includes profes- sional baseball, basketball and hockey players. Although Steinberg is involved in all aspects of professional sports, his main focus is on the NFL. And lately, his performance could be deemed nothing short of dominating. Steinberg has nego- a ISRMEL FOR WINTER Join your fellow students fo and work with lsrae Ark a ir tiated some of the largest contracts in the league's history and he represents many ofthe premier young players in the game. This is evidenced by Steinberg's sign- ing of the first overall choice in six of the last seven NFL drafts, andthree ofthe last five Heisman Trophy winners. Steinberg is widely recognized as the country's leading sports attorney and has been practicing sports law for over 20 years. Michigan students will have the opportunity to hear Steinberg speak on campus this afternoon when headdresses students in room 150 of Hutchins Hall in the Law School at 2:30 PM. Steinberg will focus his speech on the profession of sports law, the opportuni- ties for success in the occupation, wild anecdotes of negotiating and the impor- tance ofgiving back to one's community. The latter is one thing which truly t6 SUMMER VACATION r a 2 or 3 week adventure. Live lis at an IDF army base. distinguishes Steinberg from his col- leagues. He realizes that professional ath- letes are perceived as role models and have a responsibility to make a positive contribution to society. As a result, Steinberg insists that a portion of every contract require the player to give some- thing back to his hometown, secondary school, university or even a national char- ity or foundation. "Athletes trigger initiative behavior almost if they want to or not," Steinberg said. Steinberg's efforts have produced no- ticeable dividends. 72 of his athletes have established scholarship funds at their re- spective high schools or universities, and numerous others have spearheaded the establishment of charities. Former Michigan football players Desmond Howard and Jim Harbaugh are two Steinberg clients who have devoted their time to charitable causes. Howard has established a scholarship fund at his high school in Cleveland and Harbaugh donates money for every vic- tory to orphanages. In addition, four of Steinberg's clients - Warren Moon, Deron Cherry, Kenny Easley and Derrick Thomas-have been named "NFL Man of the Year," in recog- nition of their contributions to society. Another focus of Steinberg's speech will be his discussion about the emer- gence of sports law as one of the hot job fields of the 1990s. Professional sports salaries have been escalating astronomically in recent years and there is a lot of money to be made by agents. Steinberg will discuss some oftheprime components of succeeding in this increas- ingly competitive field as well as talking about his background and what enabled him to emerge as a leader in his field. "The key is long-term one-on-one rela- tionships," Steinberg said. "(It involves) a thorough understanding of my clients. Relationships have to be based on under- standing athletes as human beings, un- derstanding of revenue sources, under- standing of revenues coming to teams themselves, and the understanding of team's needs. Taking great care of exist- ing clients is important." KRISTEN ScHAEFER/Daily Michigan had a successful day at the Eastern Michigan Open despite leaving behind a few wrestlers due to injury. IneXperienced Blue wrestlers make ,-lANN' ~WTA,7 wow L y, . - ^' IWMV *Plus $100 application fee. Program includes round trip airfare from JFK New York, room and kosher board, tour and lectures. (CAM ob Y IAEL ADENTREeatuin a k on tu * Ask aboet "ISRAE L ADVENTUR E" featuring a week long tour! "° By Jennifer Hodulik Daily Sports Writer The future is now for the Michigan wrestling team. With many of the vet- eran Wolverines injured, younger wres- tlers stepped onto the mat at the Eastern Michigan Open Saturday. The sophomores had standout days as Airron Richardson captured the heavyweight title over Kent State's Stephan Terebeinic, 7-2. Jeff Catrabone and Bill Lacure ad- vanced to face each other for the cham- pionship of the 158-1b. weight class, but did not wrestle. Richardson and Catrabone, both NCAA qualifiers last season, are part of a core of outstanding upper weight class wrestlers in the Wolverines' lineup., Nonetheless, Richardson downplayed Saturday's outcome. "We didn't do as well as we would have liked as a team,"Richardson said. "But it's the first meet of the season." Freshman Phil Klein was more opti- mistic. "I thought the team looked very good for the first meet of the season" Klein said. "People were still shaky,butthere's a lot to look forward to." Several freshmen made significant contributions. Chris Viola fell to Michigan State's David Morgan, 14- 3, in the 118-lb. division finals. Frank Lodeserto turned in a third place fin- ish by defeating John Hansen of Purdue, 3-2. Fellow first-year wrestlers Corey Grant and Joe Warren also added solid performances, finishing sixth at 134 and 118 respectively. "The younger guys showed a lot of poise," Richardson said. "But some guys got knocked out." Because it is the first meet of the season, it is not clear just exactly what the results indicate. However, valuable experience was gained. "It's difficult to project the team's accomplishment from the first meet," Richardson said. "We are still a little rough around the edges." "After a couple more tournaments, we'll get more competition from the conference (to indicate how we stack up)," Lodeserto said. But it would appear that once sone of the more experienced wrestlers re- turn to top form, the newcomers should provide some depth. "Catrabone and Richardson picked up where they left off," Klein -said. "And some (younger) wrestlers siepid up. h Senior All-American and teatcag- tain Jesse Rawls is recoverin, frirm surgery. Sophomore standout Bron Howe and senior leader Jake Youngpe also injured. With the addition of these veteta4s, the team members agreed that the up- coming season looks promising., "I'm expecting us to do well agahnst Big Ten forces Wisconsin and.MM Ii- gan State," Richardson said. t "I think we're going to be ampg the top contenders for the Big Ten titleInd possibly the NCAA title," Klein sad. The team will begin its title runDec. 1-2 at the Las Vegas Classic and its Big Ten season Jan. 4 at Penn State. 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