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…The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, February 28, 1994-5 'M' falls to Spartans, 5-1 Michigan State beats Wolverines for second time By ANTOINE PITTS DAILY HOCKEY WRITER DETROIT - As many…

…- son, 5-1, Feb. 19 before a crowd of 18,398 at Joe Louis Arena. The night before, Michigan held off Miami, 4- 3, at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan State jumped out to a 3-0 lead before the Wolverines could…

… Steve Shields, is a prime candidate to be Michigan's first player to ever be able to answer to "Hobey." Arguably that honor should be- long to former Wolverine Denny Felsner. In 1991-92 the current St…

… Michigan hockey team faced the last extended road trip of the regular season, looking 0o stay focused for the upcoming league playoffs. However, the Wolverines faced a team, in Miami, still fighting for its…

… Goggin Ice Arena. The defeats gave *he Wolverines their first three-game losing streak in four years and dropped them out of the No. 1 spot in the nation. Miami goaltender Richard Shulmistra stopped 41…

… whistled for interfer- ence nearly a minute later and soon a one-man advantage for Michigan turned into a two-man advantage for See MIAMI, Page 5 .......... Wolverine Warren Luhning stretches for the puck…

… WRITER The Michigan men's basketball team is playing like a scratched record. However, the No. 3 Wolverines are skipping on a part they enjoy listening to. * Against Illinois (7-6 Big Ten, 14-8 overall) at…

… Crisler Arena Tuesday, the Wolverines (12-2, 20-4) started the game sluggishly, stormed back to grab a double-digit lead in the second half, nearly allowed the opposition to climb back into the game and…

… the second half, but the Illini shaved it to five points late in the game. Rose would not let his team succumb. "I turned to (Michigan assistant coach Brian) Dutcher at one point and said, 'Boy,he'sgood,"'Wolverine…

… slightly. The Wolverines took the lead after the second event Thursday night, amassed 744 points and cruised to a 154.5 point victory over second-place Minnesota. The Gophers finished sec- ond for the fifth…

… NCAA)." On Feb. 19 the Wolverines (1-7 Big Ten, 6-9 overall) dropped a close meet to Wisconsin, 24-18. The next night, against No. 21 Indiana, Michigan lost again, this time by a score of 31-13. Both…

… pins, a near pin and a major scare for Michigan. The scare came in the form of an- other injury. In the night's featured match be- tween Wolverine Steve King, ranked No.4 in the nation at heavyweight…

… for Michigan, both went into the win column for Indiana. The first for the Hoosiers was by No. 11 Roger Chandler at 134 pounds. Chandlerpinnedthe Wolverines'Bryan Sosinski at 1:30 of the first period…

… Indiana coach Duane Goldman. "Harper's a great wrestler, and Scott's been wrestling really well for us, but that was definitely a highlight for us," he said. No.2 Sean Bormet (158) picked up the Wolverines…

… Michigan was the performance of its seniors in their final appearance at Cliff Keen. Three of the Wolverines' five se- niors won their matches. Matt Stout (118) and Kevin Williams (177) both joined Bormet in…

… recording victories. Harper and King recorded the two losses. Unlike the Indiana meet where the Wolverines were out of it quickly, the Wisconsin meet was a seesaw battle from beginning to end. Michigan…

… jumped out to an early lead when Wisconsin forfeited at 118. Michigan lost its next three matches, but recovered with a win by Harper and a pin by Bormet. Heading into the final match, the Wolverines…

… the country." While the dual meet season has not been kind to the Wolverines, Bahr sees it as somewhat of a positive. "I think we're learning from los- ing," he said after the loss to the Bad- gers…

… Wolverines were as warm as Ann Arbor's early thaw. Michigan connected on 51 percent of its field goal attempts. However, de- fense was the calling card in this game. "We might not always have the recognition…

… to nine points ahead in a span of 4:30. Michigan guard Dugan Fife's three- pointer--his only bucket of the day- came at 7:34 and put the Wolverines ahead for good, 19-18. Michigan needed the run, as it…

… transition buckets. We knew that they could come back." McDonald's trey with just under three minutes remaining shrank Michigan's lead to four, 65-61, and Minnesota could thank Wolverine big man Makhtar Ndiaye…

…/Daily Wolverine Juwan Howard avoids the Minnesota pressure at Crisler Arena. MINNESOTA (65) FO FT RED MIN M-A UMA O-T A F PTS Carter 35 4-8 3-6 1-7 0 1 11 Walton 27 2-5 3-4 3-9 1 2 7 NzigamasabolO 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0…

… medal but a contract with Disney for promotional work, reportedly worth $2 million. Not bad for a runner-up. What does the figure skating fiasco have to do with the Wolverines? Like Kerrigan, they've made…

… of Michigan clothing. "They got those baggy shorts." "Jalen Rose." Most of their responses had noth- ing to do with the Wolverines' actual ability. Considering that there are almost as many CBS game…

…'s freshly-scrubbed per- sona was worth more to Disney than a gold medal, as her contract was not contingent on her winning anything. Similarly, the Wolverines' ultra-hip image is all the convincing the masses…

…, canned two treys and dished out a game-high five assists. The Wolverines ran their winning streak to nine games on the strength of interior defense and formidable foul shooting. Free throws? Michigan? The…

… Wolverines shot 89.5 percent (17-of-19) from the line. "We were concentrating more," Rose said. "Free throws are more con- centration than anything. That's what we've been doing more of." The Illini, who are…

… over spring break, it returned satisfied. The Wolverines accomplished what they set out to do, by finishing strongly in their two California meets. "We needed to get some very strong away meet scores for…

… our ranking aver- age to qualify for regionals," Michi- gan coach Robert Darden said. The Wolverines finished a close second to defending national cham- pion Stanford, 282.30-281.15 atCali- fornia…

… insurmountable, the Wolverines made sure of it early on that day by sweeping the top three places in the 200 back- stroke. Humphrey's record-setting time in the event was followed by Almeida and Jackson…

… backstroke was the last Michigan win in the meet. However, the Wolverines ensured that it would make no difference what hap- pened on the last day with their perfor- mance the night before. Though Humphrey…

… some reason she has found her niche. That is the kind of performance we need. We need her to be a leader and to put up numbers like that." Wolverine point guard Jennifer Kiefer also came through. She…

… women's bas- ketball team has set several records this -year thanks to much-improved three-point shooting, but coach Trish Roberts isn't exactly happy about it. The Wolverines have made more three…

… lot of our offense is geared towards the jump shots." THAT COLUMBUS MYSTIQUE: The Wolverines managed' once again to lose in St. John Arena, this time 80- 73, February 20, keeping the number of Michigan…

… VS. IOWA, IOWA vS. THE WORLD: Michigan's 65-55 loss yes- terday marked its 17th consecutive loss to Iowa. The Wolverines haven't triumphed since a 58-56 victory Janu- ary 19, 1986 - when current fresh…

…-MacDonald said. "They don't care who does the scor- ing; what matters is what the scoreboard says in the end." For the Wolverines, Johnson had another big night, bringing in 25 points. In spite of another…

… a Big Ten Indoor Championship since 1982. Over the years, the Wolverines have steadily declined, hitting an all-time low of 10th place in 1992. After their eighth-place performance last year, the team…

…- provement over his trial run time of 7.46 seconds. The victories weren't over for the Wolverines, however, as Karfontawon 'People don't jump that well at Big Tens. It's due to too much nervous energy.' Jon…