— The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1999 Wolverines use bye; By WILLIAM KALEC Collegian Staff Writer After just four weeks of confer ence play, one team stands alone unblemished in the Big Ten Penn State. In the past two weeks, Top-25 teams have fallen faster than a bowling ball off a 10-story building. Michigan, Michigan State, Min nesota, Ohio State and Purdue each lost during the last two Big Ten weekends, yet all still have remained in the poll. Heading into this Saturday's con tests, only three Big Ten teams have lost more games than they have won. Hail to the bye weeks Michigan coach Lloyd Carr knew that a repeat of the Wolverines' close 34-31 loss to Michigan State would not happen. No matter what, his Michigan football team could not suffer the same fate Carr wouldn't allow it. Neither would the schedule. Sandwiched in the Wolverines' schedule was a bye week that, according to Carr, couldn't have W Volleyball sitting atop Big Ten The No. 1 Lady Lions are the only undefeated team in the conference, while Bremner and Schumacher are put up big numbers. By GWENN MILLER Collegian Staff Writer Once again, the Penn State ',vomen's volleyball team proved it is deserving of its No. 1 ranking. The Lade L:ans, altalost finished with the first part of their Big Ten , chedule. are standing at the top of the conference. Big Ten status report After eight conference matches, just three Big Ten teams have win ning records —Penn State, Min- Lions are undefeated This weekend at Minnesota, the No. 23 Golden Gophers experi enced their last match with a spot less record after falling 3-1 to No. Minnesota had 37 hitting errors to Illinois 22, a fact Gophers coach \like Hebert believed determined the match. "Often the reason a team wins or make Lt , lot of tnrgs better Especially careers. 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Then he decided to haul in 10 more. And just for fun he added another one for a total of 21 recep tions on the day. `4 , nikA CA4 „. loses is the number of hitting errors, - he said. "I thought the teams were pretty evenly matched." In spite of the records, coaches assert the Big Ten is still one of the toughest conferences. Heavy hitters Two Penn State players recorded perfect hitting percentages this we. ; only ,he overall successful hitting weekend. Against Purdue, opposite hitter Katie Schumacher had seven kills on seven attacks and middle hitter Nadia Edwards had one kill after one attack. Edwards followed with another 1.000 match against Wisconsin, notching three kills. "We had an exceptional offensive match against Purdue," Penn State at makes the products you buy better jeans blue Light absorbers that help your ;:Jr stare trom the glare Materials that give your hour .e to Ire ounce Even the performance plastics et hard on knocks From chemicals and s -2,J colorants. 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Fortunately for Saban, his Spar tans travel to Wisconsin, a team buried in the bottom half of Big Ten in passing offenses. Cooper's dash Whether he was trying to dodge reporters or wanted to show off his impression of former Ohio State graduate and Olympic gold medal list Jesse Owens, Ohio State coach John Cooper limited his postgame press conference against Penn State severely. "They have a good defense, hey thanks a lot guys," Cooper said as he used his quick feet to march out women's volleyball coach Russ Rose said. "We weren't as focused the sec ond day (against Wisconsin), but that was a reflection of how good they were." Middle hitter Lauren Cacciamani hit .467 Friday with seven kills and a .405 with 15 kills Saturday. Carrie Schonveld, a senior outside hitter, said her goal was to hit in the .300 range, something she accomplished both nights. She added a match high 17 digs against Wiscosin. But the offense could not have dominated without the help of set ter Bonnie Bremner. The senior had 55 assists against Wisconsin and 23 Friday at Purdue. Sending in the second line On Saturday at Wisconsin, Rose utilized 12 of his players, including freshmen Hilary Sexton and Robyn Guokas. Rose, who is usually not benevolent with playing time, said he substituted in order to improve offensive production. "I was substituting to try to make the team better," he said. Schumacher said it was a reflec tion of the overall skill on the team. "One of our strengths is that we're a deep team," she said. "Our best competition is on the other side of the net at practice." We make careers better, too. BASF 40 .-9 Big' Ten - ' 4 'ss , el is Football 1 •.' , L to • • • k of his press conference. Yeah baby, Purdue's got it Purdue is dominating many cate gories of Big Ten numbers. With Daniels' 310 yards, the Boil ermakers move to first in the Big Ten for total offense. Purdue is averaging 464.6 yards per game The Lions are second in total offense with 459.3 yards per game. Purdue quarterback Drew Brees tops off the total offense and pass ing average per game. The heis man-hopeful has 338.1 yards per game, almost 100 yards more than the second place getter, Indiana's Antwaan Randle El. On special teams, kicker Travis Dorsch has 66 points, followed by Penn State's Travis Forney, who has 63. Martin to break into PGA Tour By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press Writer By Sunday, the most remarkable comeback in golf this year may no longer belong to the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Casey Martin is four rounds away from becoming a card-carrying member of the PGA Tour. While everyone was either debating Ryder Cup revenue, salivating over that shot by Sergio Garcia or still wondering what Jean Van de Velde was thinking, Martin quietly put together four top-10 finishes on the Nike Tour to climb to No. 12 on the money list. The top 15 after the Nike Tour Championship this week are automatically exempt on the PGA Tour next year. Commissioner Tim Finchem will be on hand in Dothan, Ala., to hand out the working papers. For once the cards are stacked in Martin's favor Martin declined interviews leading to the Nike Tour Championship but told Golfweek last week: "It would be a lifelong dream becoming a reality, especially with the kind of obstacles I've been up against." Martin has a rare circulatory disorder in his right leg known as Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syn drome, which causes severe pain and makes it vir tually impossible for him to walk 18 holes. For that reason, he sued the PGA Tour and won the right to use a cart in February 1998. The tour, which argued that walking is an integral part of Purdue's Chris Daniels heads for the end zone Saturday against Michigan State. The wide receiver set a Big Ten record with 301 yards. the game, filed an appeal that could be ruled upon by the end of the year. Martin's talent has never been in question. A teammate of Tiger Woods at Stanford, he won on the Nike Tour last year, qualified for the U.S. Open and nearly played well enough at Olympic Club to get into the Masters. Timing, however, is critical. Martin's leg isn't getting any better. His best chance to make the big leagues could also be his last chance. It is mathematically possible that at least four players from No. 16 on down could play well enough this week and earn just enough money to bump Martin out of the top 15 and relegate him to another year on the Nike Tour. That wouldn't be the greatest tragedy. Imagine Finchem handing Martin his diploma Sunday along with the rest of the Nike Tour gradu ating class. Then imagine the 9th U.S. Circuit Court handing down a verdict in favor of the PGA Tour. A popular solution is for the tour to ban carts from its tournaments, but grant an exception to Martin Jack Nicklaus, who testified on behalf of the tour in Martin's lawsuit and adamantly opposes carts on the PGA Tour, said that's what he would suggest if the tour won the appeal. "I'd grandfather it in," he said. "I think that's the right thing to do in his case." Finchem said Monday that wouldn't he an option
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