Weekly Release #10
11/3/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Upcoming Schedule
Friday, Nov. 6 -- vs. Northwestern (Lady Lion Field), 11:30 a.m.
Looking to the Week Ahead
The Michigan women's soccer team will travel to State College, Pa., to defend its 1997 Big Ten Conference Tournament championship. The Wolverines will enter the tournament as the No. 5 seed and will open against the No. 4 seed, Northwestern.
Big Ten Tournament Pairings
Quarterfinals -- Friday, Nov. 6
Semifinals -- Saturday, Nov. 7
Championship Game -- Sunday, Nov. 8
How U-M matches up against the tournament field:
No. 1 Penn State: The Nittany Lions are the Big Ten regular-season champions and are ranked No. 11 in the nation. The Wolverines defeated the Nittany Lions 3-1 in last year's tournament in Minneapolis, Minn. PSU holds a 3-2-2 advantage in the all-time series. U-M and Penn State played to a 1-1 double-overtime tie earlier this season (Sept. 25) in Ann Arbor.
No. 2 Wisconsin: The Badgers finished the Big Ten regular season in second place. UW holds a 5-1-1 advantage in the all-time series. Wisconsin defeated U-M 1-0 in double overtime earlier this season (Sept. 18) in Madison, Wis.
No. 3 Indiana: The Badgers finished the Big Ten regular season in third place and are ranked No. 22 in the nation. U-M holds a 4-2-0 advantage in the all-time series. Michigan defeated the Hoosiers 2-0 earlier this season (Oct. 9) in Ann Arbor.
No. 4 Northwestern: The Wildcats finished the Big Ten regular season in third-place tie but received the No. 4 seed as a result of their loss to Indiana. Northwestern is ranked 18th in the nation. The Michigan-Northwestern first-round pairing is a rematch of last season's title game, a 1-0 Wolverine victory in double overtime. U-M holds a 4-2-0 advantage in the all-time series. Northwestern defeated the Wolverines 4-2 earlier this season (Sept. 20) in Evanston, Ill.
No. 6 Minnesota: The Golden Gophers finished the Big Ten regular season in sixth place. Minnesota holds a 6-0-0 advantage in the all-time series after defeating U-M 1-0 earlier this season (Oct. 4) in Ann Arbor.
No. 7 Ohio State: The Buckeyes finished the Big Ten regular season in seventh place. Michigan defeated Ohio State 3-0 in last year's tournament. U-M holds a 4-3-0 advantage in the all-time series. The Wolverines defeated OSU 2-0 earlier this season (Sept. 27) in Columbus, Ohio.
No. 8 Illinois: The Illini finished the Big Ten regular season in eighth place and will be making their first appearance in the Big Ten Tournament. U-M holds a 2-0-0 advantage in the all-time series. The Wolverines defeated Illinois 2-0 earlier this season (Oct. 11) in Champaign, Ill.
W-L-T Pct. Pts. 1. Penn State 7-1-1 .833 22 2. Wisconsin 6-2-1 .722 19 3. Indiana 6-3-0 .666 18 Northwestern 6-3-0 .666 18 5. Michigan 5-3-1 .611 16 6. Minnesota 4-5-0 .444 12 7. Ohio State 3-5-1 .389 10 8. Illinois 3-6-0 .333 9 9. Iowa 1-7-1 .167 4 10. Michigan State 0-8-1 .056 1
Tourney Tid-Bits
- Every game of the Big Ten Tournament will be cybercast live on the web at: bigtenchampionships.com.
- Fox Sports Chicago will televise the championship final game on a tape delayed basis throughout the Midwest, airing on Monday, Nov. 9.
U-M at the Big Tens
- Michigan will be making its fifth appearance at the Big Ten Tournament.
- The Wolverines are 5-3 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, with a 3-1 record in the quarterfinals, a 1-2 mark in the semifinals and a 1-0 championship-game record.
- In Big Ten Tournament play, Michigan is 2-0 vs. Penn State, 0-2 vs. Wisconsin, 0-1 vs. Minnesota, 2-0 vs. Ohio State and 1-0 vs. Northwestern.
Looking Back at BYU
The Wolverines suffered their second consecutive shutout to a ranked opponent when they fell 1-0 to No. 20 Brigham Young at the Michigan Soccer Field on Friday, Oct. 30. The Cougars outshot the Wolverines 18-11 and dominated play a good portion of the game. Jessica Jones (Northville, Mich./Northville HS) made nine saves but saw her record drop to 6-2-0.
Looking Back at Kentucky
U-M ended the regular season in specatacular fashion, defeating the Ketucky Wildcats 1-0 in the closing seconds as Amber Berendowsky (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) launched a 15-yard blast to the upper left hand corner with just five seconds remaining in regulation time.
SEASON NOTES
- The Wolverines' 12-5-1 record marks the second-highest win total in school history. Last year's team finished 18-4-1.
- Michigan faced five top-25 teams this season and compiled a 1-3-1 record in those games, with the win over No. 16 Indiana and the tie against No. 7 Penn State.
- During the Big Ten regular season, U-M compiled a 3-3-1 record against opponents in this season's Big Ten Tournament.
- The Wolverines have never faced Northwestern in a quaterfinal match of the Big Ten Tournament. The two teams' only conference tournament meeting was last season's 1-0 double-overtime Michigan victory in the title game.
- Michigan is attempting to be the first team to repeat as Big Ten Conference Tournament champion. Indiana (1996) and Michigan (1997) are the only two teams to win the tournament title after not winning the regular-season crown.
- Junior Amber Berendowsky (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) became Michigan's career leader in goals scored in the 3-1 win over Toledo on Oct. 14 as she tallied her 33rd goal, breaking the previous record of the 32 set by Ruth Poulin (1994-97). Berendowsky owns every career and season offensive school record, with career marks for goals (35), assists (27), points (97) and game-winning goals (10) and season records, set in 1997, for goals (18), assists (17), points (53) and game-winning goals (6).
- Senior Jessica Limauro (Troy, Mich./Troy HS) is one point shy of turning in her highest season point total as a Wolverine. Limauro has registered 25 points on nine goals and seven assists. Her seven assists are a season high for her.
- Senior goalkeeper Jessica Jones (Northville, Mich./Northville HS) is Michigan's career shutouts leader with 17, including two solo shutouts this year. Nine of the 17 were shared.
WOLVERINE SOCCER QUICK FACTS
1998 Record
Overall: 12-5-1 (.694)
Big Ten: 5-3-1
Home: 6-3-1
Away: 6-2-0
Neutral: 0-0-0
Head Coach
Debbie Belkin (Massachusetts, 1988)
Overall Coaching Record (7th year): 76-45-12 (.617)
At U-M (5th year): 58-34-8 (.620)
Big Ten (5th year): 17-18-4 (.487)
Assistant Coaches
Carrie Maier (Wisconsin, 1995)
Scott Forrester (Western Michigan, 1985)
1998 Co-Captains
Jessica Jones (Sr./GK/Northville, Mich.)
Shannon Poole (Jr./MF/Troy, Mich.)
Michigan History
All Time: 58-34-8, (.620) (5 years, 1994-present)
U-M Soccer Field: 23-10-4, (.676) (4 years / 1995 - present)
NCAA Tourney: 1997 (0-1, .000)
Contact: Jeff Conrad (734) 763-4423
