September 10, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 1) • Page Image 60
…Page 4-The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 10, 1987 Gaming at the 'U': a Michigan's Glen Rice and Mike Griffith battle with Michigan State players for a loose ball. The Wolverines will be…
…Page 4-The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 10, 1987 Gaming at the 'U': a Michigan's Glen Rice and Mike Griffith battle with Michigan State players for a loose ball. The Wolverines will be…
…- ching their recordof futility in close contests of '80-'81. With just a little luck, the Wolverines would have attained a better-than-.500 slate. INCLUDED AMONG THE hear- tbreakers was a two-point loss…
…'s opening round. Among the vacancies left by graduation are those of Abby Currier, the second all-time scorer in Michigan history, and Brenda Venhuizen, wh was the catalyst for the Wolverines ;of of the bench…
…. Despite these losses. Soluk shouldin the future be able to look back on 1981- 82 as her first .500 season as the Wolverine coach. Men gymnasts 5th in Big Ten Sports Informotion Photo DIANE DIETZ, THE…
… Wolverines' all-state scoring machine, drives past a defender on her way to the bucket. Last campaign, she set a single-season record by pumping in 540 points (20 per game) for the Michigan women, who finished…
… team - a record of longevity exceeding that of any other Wolverine athletic coach - Newt Loken has seen it all. He has ex- perienced the ultimate jubilation of winning the NCAA championship and the…
… record and a fifth-place Big Ten finish. THE WOLVERINES were plagued by losses to injury all season, the most notable being those of all-arounder Chris Van Mierlo before the season started and Mike Mc…
…. "It was an in- teresting and enjoyable season as far as exposure to top gymnasts," he said, in reference partly to Michigan's trip to the southwest, where the Wolverines faced some of the top squads in…
… in sports," as he closed his second year as the Michigan mentor by again winning the Big Ten championship and the NCAA Mideast Regional, earning the- Wolverines their second College World Series (CWS…
… disappointment, however, as some of the competition, such as Florida International and Miami of Florida, had begun their seasons much earlier than the teams from the snow belt. ,THE WOLVERINES THEN got in the…
… of 13 consecutive Big Ten titles, saw its claim to conference supremacy seriously challenged in last season's Big Ten Tournament, as up- start Minnesota came out of the pack to tie the Wolverines for…
… Leach, made Wolverine tennis history by win- ning four consecutive Big Ten titles at the number two spot. "No one player can fill the gap made when you lose such an excellent tennis player as Matt," said…
… be strong players in the up coming season. In doubles, Wolverine tennis followers can expect key play at the second slot with a Haney-Debryn corn- bination, according to Eisner. The duo was the only…
… Blue doubles team to cap- - ture a Big Ten crown last year. I Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTIROM WOLVERINE NETTER Mark Mees strokes through a backhand during ac- tion in the Big Ten third singles…
…. I Eli I I I Wolverine women'S tennis on the upswing By BARB BARKER At this time last year, things looked pretty bleak for coach Ollie Owens and the Michigan women's tennis program. The rookie…
… will not be as great of a loss." Owens said that the team can look for sophomore Marian Kremer to fill the number one singles slot. Kremer, who sported a 20-6 record last season, was the only Wolverine…
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… Berenson may do the same for his college hockey team. Michigan has not had a winning hockey season since 1982 when it went 18-15-5. Last year the Wolverines were unable to surpass the 14 win mark for the…
… were our younger players. I think our team came together in the last few weeks more than ever." After the poor start the Wolverines started to gel. They went 10-7-1 before dropping two games in their…
… not flashy, and neither is he. Wolverine head coach Red Berenson described Stone as a "quiet player" both on and off the ice whose game performance often goes unnoticed. "He's the kind of player you…
…). However, current 5-8 Wolverines centers, Todd Brost and Rob Brown, have proven that college hockey allows room for smaller players, and Knight indicated that Stone holds his own. "For a guy who's on the…
…," predicted Coach Ron Warhurst. One of the Wolverines' biggest assets is the number and quality of runners they retain from last year's squad, which finished a strong seventh at the NCAA meet, Michigan's best…
…:26 5,000-meters indoors and has a fast 4:53 mile to her credit, which set a Track and Tennis Building record. Fudula also displayed signs of im- provement for the Wolverines during the past year, and…
…-year head coach Bill Frieder. The year before Frieder had led the team to 19 victories. A story titled "The Crumbling 'M"' appeared in a Detroit paper discussing the decline of Wolverine basketball, and…
… Wolverines - or so he thought. The day before the early signing period in November, Higgins told his sister and natural father his choice. But Higgins' 6-9, 250-pound stepfather allegedly intervened with a…
… of playing with Gary Grant and the other Wolverines fill his head. Higgins passed Proposition 48 and is considering majoring in communications. He wants to communicate a message to Wolverine faithful…
… one (Magic) Johnson. But there is only one Sean Higgins, too." School as the junior varsity and varsity coach, or Michigan as an assistant and head coach. In seven seasons at the Wolverine helm…
… other way, so the only pressure Frieder feels is self-generated. "I know in this business every year you create new enemies," said the 12th head coach in Wolverine history. "You keep adding enemies if you…
…, takes over the coaching position that was vacated when Tom Simon retired this summer after five years at the helm of the Wolverines. Simon's retiring in the summer did not give Athletic Director Don…
… expected to be the squad leader. Last season Colbert led the Wolverines in scoring at two of the team's five tour- naments, the Indiana and Spartan Invitationals, and finished in a tie for 27th at the…
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…, care- a meal! (Continued fromurPage I they will not get their $15,000 allotment. "We're going to play the game even if they're not there," he said. ANOTHER HIGHLY-VISIBLE game for the Wolverines pits…
…. The University's continuing defense has been that the federal government has no jurisdiction over the Athletic Department because the Wolverines receive no federal funds. In addition, the University con…
…' Waiting for the season opener Doily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM A lone student relaxes amidst thousands of empty seats at Michigan Stadium. He will soon have plenty of company as the Wolverines shoot for the…