Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY lr-v fl w - - Saturday, April 16, 191T1 GOPH ERS, HAWKEYES CHALLENGE NINE: Blue opens Big I By JAMIE TURNER Except for two things, Wol- verine coach Moby Benedict could look with optimism to the opening weekend of the Big Ten season. After winning five out of their last six games, the Wolverines appear to be round- ing into shape for the champion- ship run. Now, if only they didn't have to play Minnesota and Iowa, who just happen to be two of the hottest teams around. The Gophers, Michigan's opponent on Saturday, come to Ann Arbor with perhaps the finest staff of pitchers in the Big Ten. Coach Norm Sie- bert can choose from righties Brian Demnan, Jerry Ujder and submariner Dan Morgan, i hoping to offset Michigan's righthanded power. Should the wind be blowing in from left, then Siebert may choose lefty Perry Bauer for pitching honors. The biggest problem the Go- phers may have is their lack of solid hitting. This Siebert cre- dits to the poor weather his1 team had in spring training. "We simply haven't gained the advantage 'of playing I enough baseball," he stated. "Those rainouts hurt us badly. You can't get ready in baseball without practicing . . . In that respect we are hurting a bit, but we'll be as ready as possi- ble by this weekend." On the other hand Bene- dict's crew, while not yet de- scribed as awesome, has be- gun to show the talent that led most to pick them as fav- orites for 1977. Captain Ted Mahan, Mark Grenowski, Bob Wasilewski and the rest have shown indications. that they are warming up to the season's demands. Ten The hurling cho handled by Bill Steve Howe. Bot strongly in las sweep over Weste Should they geti Benedict will mos on reliever Kevin is carrying a sp ERA. While the Wolve contend with the su ing of the Gophers day will find the b of the Hawkeyes in Booming may not word . . . perhaps J would be more fitti 7-2 ROMP IN BIG TEN OPENER Netm By BRIAN MILLER As the weather turned cooler yesterday, Michigan's m e n' s tennis team got hot. And as a result, the highly regarded Wis- consin Badgers were burned, 7-2. en bounce Badge season ores will be Iowa comes in with a 20-5 Stennett and record and a .347 team batting h performed average, while its top eight t Tuesday's players all carry averages rn Michigan. over .365. into trouble, Led by first baseman Del C likely call Ryan and right fielder Ed Lash, Clinton, who Iowa sends batters to the plate arkling 0.77 who have the potential to cre- rines have to ate a rout. In their last ten uperior pitch- games, all of them wins, the rtoday, Sun- Hawks have averaged over nine ooming bats runs a game. on Iowa coach Duane Banks town, sees the series with Michigan be the right as a pivotal one. An Iowa ng explodingsweep could establish the Hawks ng. as a team of championship cali- ber. "Michigan is supposed to be one of the better teams and it should be a big test for us. We hope to prove that we're not just pretenders to the crown,"~ 1"!0 said Banks. r s Undefeated pitchers Mike Boddicker and Steve Rooks will go for Iowa with Graig d, won over McGinnis and probably Steve Arbor's own Perry starting for the Wol- 5-0), 3-6, 6-3. verines. perling had "It very definitely is (a very all over as important series)," stated Bene- very inch of dict. "When you get two con- advantage. tenders together like Minne- ciady sharp sota and Iowa, it can very well eys into the determine how the season is ~eringto itgoing to go." perling to hit An extra nagging problem for net. Benedict is the fact that start- i Scott See- ing center fielder Rick Leach nsin's Mike will be participating on a field looked as if of a different kind Saturday and e playing as will not be available for duty 6-3 Seeman against the Gophers. e fullest be- Due to the annual Blue-White or the win. scrimmage Saturday afternoon, ry pleased," Leach will be handing off to eally wasn't Harlan Huckelby instead of ubles match- nabbing flyballs. ght we had It creates a big problem be- ngles to win cause we're only allowed 19 players in uniform," Benedict and happy commented. endous pres- he said. f. Barr (w) g S. silverthrn off Michigan started dropping two of its bles matches. out slow, three dou-I beek and Judd Schaufler, on th other hand, played very well together as they downed the Badgers' Mike Barr and Craig Jones, 6-4, 6-3. Schaufler never missed an overhead and Etterbeek's well placed backhands completely frustrated the Badger duo. But Wisconsin went up two points to one early in the match as Ollie Owens and Mark Freed- man lost a tough and disappoint- ing match, to Wisconsin's Scott Huguelet and Ken Thomas, 2-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5-3). "YOU NEVER like to lose those close, tough matches," said Freedman. THE SECOND doubles team of Brad Holland and Jack Nein- ken played with intensity and little else as Wisconsin's team of Rich Silverthorn and Rob White disposed of the Blue netters, 6-4, 6-4. The first team of Jeff Etter- e "We had so many chances to win," lamented Eisner. "We didn't play well with the lead." But once the singles matches started, Michigan took off and left the Badgers far behind. The Wolverines swept all six single matches, but the games were closer than the scores indicated. Etterbeek tied up the match, 2-2, as he totally destroyed his opponent, Mike Barr, 6-0, 6-0. "The Beeker," as his team- mates call him, put on a daz- zling d i s p l a y of two-handed, backhands and drop shots which Barr never came close to han-] dling. SECOND SEEDED Judd Sc- haufler got by the Badgers'] Rich Silverthorn, barely, 7-6 (5- 3), 7-6 (5-1). Silverthorn forced Schaufler to use every inch of his 6-7 frame with well placed' shots, but in the end, Schaufler won on fine half court volleys. Holland, who had disappointed Eisner with some poor play against Michigan State, turned around against Wisconsin's Ken Thomas, 7-6 (5-2), 6-7 (5-3), 6-4. "I'm very pleased," beamed Eisner. "Brad played much, much better."' Freedman, playing fourth sin- gles, downed Rob White, 6-1, 6-2. "I PLAYED to his backhand] for the big points," Freedman said. "I also made him hit only very good shots for winners." Number five Jack Neinken, quite possibly the most intense player on the squa his opponent, Ann. Mike Sperling, 7-6 ( Neinken and Si each other running both players used e the court to their Neinken was espe with forehand volle forecourt, forcing Sr many shots into the Sixth singles saw man s t o p Wisco Starke, 6-3, 6-4. It Mutt and Jeff were 5-3 Starke made exert himself to th fore pulling away fc "Overall, I'm vet said Eisner. "I r worried after the do es, because I thou the manpower in si the match. "I'm very proud because of the trem sure on us to win,"l SINGLES 1. Etterbeek (M) de 6-0, 6-0; 2. Schaufler (M) del (WV) 7-6 (5-3), 7-6( 3. Holland (M) def. 7-6 (5-2), 6-7 (5-3), 4. Freedman (M) del 6-1, 6-2; 5. Neinken (M) def. 7-6 (5-0), 3-6, 6-3; 6. Seeman (M) def. 6-3, 6-4. DOUBLES 1. Etterbeek, Schauf ,Tones, Barr (W) 6-4, 2. Silverthorn, whit Holland, Neinken (A. 3. Huguelet, Thomas Owens, Freedman 7-6 (5-3) Add a new international dimension to your college career with a SEMESTER AT SEA The S.S. Universe sails Feb. 25, 1978, on a round-the-World voyage. Join us. FREE COLOR VIEWBOOK Write or phone INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION, Taj Mahal Bldg., P.O. Box 2488, Laguna Hills CA 92653. (714) 581-6770 Attn: UG Division Doily Photo by CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER WOLVERINE SHORTSTOP Jim Berra shows his power swing a g a i n s t Western Michigan. Berra, who hit his first collegiate home run on Tuesday night against the Broncos, will play a key role in sparking Michigan this weekend against Minnesota and Iowa. The Gophers take the field today and the Hawkeyes invade Fisher Field tomorrow. Game time for both double- headers is 1 p.m. Wo--ennetters triump7 as K Karzen leads the way Academically affiliated with the University of Colorado The S.S. Universe sj registered in Liberia Thomas (W) 6-4; f. White (w) Sperling (W) Starke (W) le- (M) def. 6-3; e (W) def. K) 6-4, 6-4; S(W ) de . M) 6-x, S-7. i By LISA ALLMENDINGER Kathy Karzen's first singles victory highlighted Michigan's 7-2 bouncing of Miami (Ohio). Karzen, the first player off the court, swept Therese Swee- ney 6-1, 6-2, in a short, but well played match. "THIS MATCH wasn't as hard' as Ohio State. It was a nice way to get back into the swing of things," Kathy commented af- ter walking off the court. Michigan coach John Atwood added, "Kathy was challenged. It made her concentrate; it made her work to win points. Sweeney was one of the strong- est opponents that Kathy has !met." Karzen began the match tak- ing her serve and three points on strong well-placed forehands. She continued her sweep until the fourth game when Sweeney broke serve and erased her, SCOES bagel.1 FROM THEN on it was Kar- zen's set. "If I can get my first serve in, I put the opponent on the' defensive and I can control the point," Karzen said. The second set began the same way as the previous oneG with Karzen taking 'her serve. But once again that fourth game nemesis struck. Sweeney broke serve and then took her own serve on a love! game. The set went to 6-2, Kar-' zen' favor.' K.C 4-3 "' ByVUPI KANSAS CITY - Ben Oglvi knocked in three runs with a home run and a sacrifice fly last night to give the Detroil Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Oglivie stroked his second home run of the season after Jason Thompson had doubled in the second in n i n g and then knocked in what proved to be the game-winning run with a bases loaded sacrifice fly in the sixth inning which scored Tito Fuentes. Detroit scored its other run in the sixth inning on consecu- tive singles by Ron LeFlore, Fuentes and Steve Kemp to enable Vern Ruhle to even his record at 1-1. Ruhle went 723 innings before giving way to Jim Crawford. Crawford was relieved by newly acquired Steve Foucault, in the ninth when the Royals got the tying run to second base. Foucault got the final out to pick up his first save. to the hard work, the team work and the consistent sacrifice she makes to her game. "There are very few players in the country with drives and ground strokes like Kathy's," Atwood remarked. "She has great deep, steady strokes. The only thing she has to work on is her volley." The women meet Indiana and Kalamazoo tomorrow when Kar- zen et al will try to better their 6-1 record. Karzen's been working on her S forehand and serve this, week L.K. Karzen (M) der. Sweeney (0) 6-1, 6-2; and the Redskin coach, Elaine 2. Kercher (M) der. wartner (O) Hieber called Karzen an excel- 6-1, 7-6; lent player and well drilled. 3. Heathete (0) def. J. Karzen aasli's :(M) 6-2, 6-3; She's got a deadly cross-court 4. strom (M) def Sweney (o) forehand," Hieber said. 6-0. 6-1; Hieber continued, "I think that 6-.(- my kid played an intelligent 6. Wilson (M) def. Kaute (O) 6-1, game. She tried to keep it (the 7-6 DOUBLES ball) low over the net to negate '. seldon and K Karzen (M) de. Kathy's killer forehand. Therese Heathcote and sweney (0) 6-1, 6-2; worked Kathy the way she 2. Sweeney and wartner (O) def. wanted to." Kercher and Crosby (M) 2-6, 7-6, ATWOOD ATTRIBUTES the 6-2; and J. Karzen (M) del. improvement in Karzen's match K Somtandg imprvemet i Karen' math !Kaute and Ogle (0) 6-0, 6-1. I i NBA Playoffs Cleveland 91, Washington 83; series tied 1-1 Boston 113, San Antonio 109; Boston wins series 2-0 Chicago 107, Portland 104; series tied 1-1 NHL Playoffs N.Y. Islanders 4, Buffalo 3; N.Y. leads series 3-0 Philadelphia 4, Toronto 3 (OT); Toronto leads series 2-1 Major League Baseball American League Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 Oakland 3, Minnesota 2 Milwaukee 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Baltimore at Texas, ppd, rain National League Los Angeles 7, San Francisco 1 Chicago 8, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 7, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 0 Atlanta 4, Houston 3 44e millin Cavs deadlock series By The Associated Press RICHFIELD, Ohio-Campy Russell scored 22 points and Foots Walker 20 to lead the keyed-up Cleveland Cavaliers to a 91-83 victory over the Washington Bullets last night, evening their best- of-three playoff series at 1-1. The Cavaliers, cheered on by a sellout crowd of 19,545 fans, led all the way with the exception of ties at 27 and 68. The Cavaliers broke out of the final deadlock with six straight points, including a pair of baskets by Bobby Smith, and the Bullets never got closer than three points the rest of the way. Bulls even with 'Blazers CHICAGO-Mickey Johnson, Artis Gilmore and Wilbur Hol- land combined for 13 points in the final five minutes to lift the Chicago Bulls to a 107-104 triumph over the Portland Trail Blazers last night and even their best-of-three playoff series at one game apiece. Johnson, who collected 10 of his 29 points in the final quarter, tied the game at 94-94 on a jump shot with 4:55 remaining and the Bulls gained the lead for good on Holland's jump shot mo- ments later. Bill Walton, with 24 points, and Lionel Hollins, who finished with 21, kept the Blazers in the game as neither team could hold onto more than a four-point lead. in the United Slates how to escape. Where House Records and Eastern Michigan Univers 0 ~' -w y y p~ :~u