r s THE MICHi4GAN DA ILY Thursday, September 8, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 8, 1977 (sters search r consitency; erienced squad. . ould "provide 1it By GARY KICINSKI "Every year I find myself saying that this year's golf team will be the best since I've been here, but this year I really feel we do have our best team," So says Michigan assistant coach Jim Lipe, who this coming season may finally get ° the" results to back up' his optimism.' WHILE THE LINKSTERS finished fifth in the Big Ten -this past spring and fourth for three seasons before that, .Lipe and coach Bill Newcomb had a sneaky suspicion that the team was really better than its perform- ance had indicated. "Our problem has been one of in- consistencies," said Newcomb,' who is entering his tenth season as Michi- gan's golf coach. "In golf, your sixth man is every bit as important as your first 'man. Sometime we'd have three or four guys who'd play really well, but also one or two who had disaster- ous rounds and would up the team score." This year, though, Newcomb and. Lipe are counting on an experienced squad to eliminate those dreaded in- consistencies. "THIS WILL BE odr oldest team," said Lipe, who is in his sixth year under Newcomb. "We have four re- turning seniors, three of whom were starters for us all last season. We've also got three juniors who were among our top players. Indeed, if upperclass experience, counts for anything, Michigan should have no trouble improving on its Big Ten finishes .of the 'previous four years. Only one player was- lost from last year's squad through graduation. Last year's number :one and num- her two golfers, Doug Davis and John Morgan, will again pace the Wolver- ines. DAVIS, WHO HAD -one of the low- est stroke averages in the Big Ten last season but missed out on an NCAA. invitation because of a weak perforinance'In the conference meet, called by' Lipe "one 'f the best in the Big ':Ten, a guy who is - mentally. tough and hates to lose." champion last year as a member of, Birmingham Seaholm's squad. "I'LL BE VERY surprised if he's not one of our top six," said Lipe eagerly. "Golf is one sport where a freshman can come in and beat out a senior, whereas in football and other sports a youngster may sit on the sidelines while he develops. All we're looking for is a boy with ma- turity and a good. mental attitude." Lipe says Morgan, a native of Southfield, is a "very "good player who is-very mature. I don't see any flaws in John's play - he just had a lot of bad luck last season." The other two seniors are Bruce Patterson and Tim Van Tongeren, who Lipe says has "steadily im- proved each year at Michigan." Re- turning unior starters are Frank Sims and Jim Marshall. But these players don't necessar- ily have spats locked up on the team. The coaches have recruited several Michigan golfers, most notably Dave Koch, who was the state high school more centrally located, and we're limited to golfers within the state, "They also have a much more fav- orable climate, which puts them a good two months ahead of us every year" OTHER THAN THE Buckeyes, Lipe said only Indiana may have a better team than the Wolverines. "We're the third best team, but that doesn't mean we can't finish higher than third," he said. When they begin their regular season, the golfers will be playing big brother'to the newly-formed wom- en's golf team, which will be starting its first" year as a varsity sport at Michigan. Tom Simon, the golf pro and mana- ger of the University course on West Stadium, will coach the women's team. Simon plans on carrying a squad of 10 women to participate in at least four invitationals with other Big Ten teams. As for this year's Big Ten outlook, both coaches concur that Ohio State, as always it seems, is the team to beat. The Buckeyes swept to their second straight Big Ten title last year with a record - shattering team score at the conference. meet. What makes the Buckeye squad even more enviable is that they have their en- tire team returning. "Ohio State has the best location recruiting-wise," Lipe said. "They're yourself or shoes . . ." and socks, and pant, and belt, and shirt, and tie., We have everythingyou'll need for that well-put-together look. Every- thing from suits to polo shirts, socks to bow ties, jeans to suspenders. 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' . i r -. ;, / - w ru'"sv _ 4 ' y . ti ...p.Y I By BRIAN MILLER What is a tennis team supposed to do with a Junior, .two sophomores. and four' freshmen? Why, win the Big Ten title, of course, if that team is Michigan. "This was the year that we were supposed co be rebuilding," said. Michigan's coach Brian Eisner. "But I guess there are no questions anymore about how good our young players are." IF EISNER SOUNDED like a proud father, he had good reason to be. The Wolverines compiled a 16-4 record in -their "rebuilding" year, starting off the season with 14 straight wins - topping all nine other Big Ten schools in the process. The regular season started successfully enough way back on February 12th when Michigan defeated Mid-American Conference champion Miami of Ohio. BUT, MICHIGAN'S BIGGEST weekend came one month later, !on March 7-8 when the Wolverines downed the two other .pre- season favorites-Indiana and Ohio State. But the Wolverines were finally .stopped when tney found Texas Christian too tough to handle down in Fort Worth. Michigan ended up 2-3 on that southern trip and re- turned home to host the Big Ten Champion- ship next. SOPHOMORE JEFF ETTERBEEK, fresh- man Jud Schaufler, junior Brad Holland and freshmen Mark Freedman and Jack Nein- ken won their first through fifth singles, matches, respectively. The doubles teams. of Etterbeek-Schaufler, Holland-Neinken and Freedman-Ollie Owens also advanced. And after the second day of competition, Michigan had virtually sewn up another Big 1'en title. It'wlasSeeman's victory in the consolation finals that clinched the title for the Wol- verines. Michigan wrapped up the, meet with 70 points, easily outdistancing second place In- diana's 40. INDIANA'S BILL RENNIE defeated Etter- beek for first singles, but Schaufler, Freed- man and Neinken won at second, fourth and fifth singles respectively. To top it off, all three doubles teams notched individual Big Ten titles for the Wolverines. Unfortunately though for Michigan, its joy of winning the Big Ten title was short- lived at the NCAA meet a few days later. Texas, who defeated Michigan earlier in the year did it again and convincingly. The Longhorns eliminated the Wolverines from any further competition, 9-0. THE UP AND COMING season should pro- vide as much success as the past season gave Blue tennis fans. Michigan won't lose a single player from this 'past year's title winning team. Not only that, some fine players will be joining the Wolverines in the fall. They in- clude: : Matt Horwich, the best 18-and-under player in the Chicago area. * John Debryn, the number one-ranked player in Michigan. 0 Peter Osler, the top-seeded number four singles player in the Big Ten tournament, who is transferring from Indiana. i 7.:' ,' ? !c h!.e .+r':;r:;rr:!?;r.!r"~ a0 !r~;r;M; 4."' ;,:f^.+! - } ' .:. . 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