Page Sixteen THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 24, 1977 Page Sixteen THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 24, 1977 Longhorns stampede ne tters By PAUL CAMPBELL The sweet taste of Michigan's tenth straight Big Ten tennis title soured suddenty yesterday, as the Wolverines were eliminat- ed from the NCAA team compe- tition by Texas 9-0. MICHIGAN'S number one and two singles players, Jeff Etter- beek and Jud Shaufler, will com- pete in the individual competi- tion in the Athens, Georgia tour- nament later this week. It was the Wolverines second loss of the year to the fifth- ranked Longhorns. Texas had beaten them on May 14 by a 6-3 count. But the quick and convincing ouster from post-season play could not dim coach Brian .Eis- ner's enthusiasm about the ac- complishments of his y o u n g team over the weekend. The Wolverines won six of the nine finals on Saturday to run away with the conference team title. They compiled 70 points, while runner-up Indiana had 40. Ohio State and Wisconsin tied for third with 34 points, with Illinois at 23 rounding out the top five. "THIS TEAM has gotten bet- ter from day one," declared Eisner, "and the Big Tens were the culmination. "Individually,, I can say that we didn't have even one bad performance," Eisner added. The Wolverines won three of the six singles titles and all how good our young players Mark F r e e d m a n won his three doubles crowns. Of the six are." fourth straight set match of the p 1 a y e r s involved, three are Shaufler led the way. He tourney at number four, beating freshmen and o n 1 y one a whipped Mike McLoughlin of In- Iowa's Greg Hodgman, 6-3, ", senior. diana 6-2, 6-4 to win the number He also came back in doubles, two singles title, then teamed teaming up with Ollie Owens at THE THREE freshmen were with Etterbeek to win number number three to whip Wiscon, the big story for the Wolverines. one doubles. They overwhelmed sin 6-4, 6-2. All three won singles titles and McLoughlin and Bill Rennie 6-1, Jack Neinken won a tough were members of winning dou- 6-3. three setter at number five sin- bles teams. gles, outlasting Mike Starke of "This was the year that we THE DOUBLES victory was Wisconsin 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. He col. were supposed to be rebuilding," revenge for Etterbeek, who had laborated with the team's only said Eisner. "But I guess there been upset by Rennie at number senior, Brad Holland, for a 6-3 are no questions any more about one singles, 6-1, 7-5. 6-4 victory at second doubles. FACE OKLAH OMA FRIDAY Blue. gain NCAA berth By PAUL CAMPBELL For the third straight year, Michigan's baseball team has gained a spot in the NCAA post- season tournament. This fact was confirmed late yesterday afternoon, when it was announced that the Wolver- ines had received an at-large bid to compete in the Midwest Regional this weekend in Nor- man, Oklahoma. In the other first round game, Southwest Conference titlist Texas A&M (37-14) will face Missouri Valley champion Sou- thern Illinois (35-10). Michigan State spoiled the Wolverines chance to share the title with Minnesota when Spar- tan Jerry Weller smacked a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Spartains to a 6-5 victory Sun- Michigan had beaten the Spartans 3-2 in Ann Arbor on Saturday, as freshman Steve Howe tied a varsity record with his ninth win of the sea- 'son, But Michigan bounced back from a 6-2 loss in thefirst game of a doubleheader to towa to take the nightcap 10-1. The split gave the Gophers a 15-3 season slate in the conference, while Michigan's Sunday loss drop- ped them to 14-4. Weller's home run on Sat- urday highlighted one of the most exciting games Michi- gan has played this year. The two teams combined for four round trippers in cozy Kobs Field, and each one brought new drama to the contest. In the third inning, Michigan second baseman Scott Ander- son hit his second home run of the weekend to bring Michigan back from an early 3-0 deficit and make the score 3-2. The Wolverines tied the game in the sixth, as Bob Wasilewski greeted relief pitcher Brian Wolcott with a solo shot that travelled 390 feet over the left field fence. Ted Mahan and Dave Chap- man rallied Michigan with RBI singles im the eighth inn- ing. But perhaps the biggest play of the game came after the two Michigan runs had scored. With the bases loaded, ike Parker hit a one hop screametr to Spartan third baseman Tony Spada, who stepped on third and threw home to coniplete an inning - ending double ts. KATHY KARZEN displays her powerful service in early sea- son practice. Karzen and teammate Barb Selden combined to win the doubles championship last weekend in the AIAW Re- gional in Columbus. As a team, Michigan finished second be- hind Big Ten champ Ohio State. Ego victimizes thnld By DAVE RENBARGER To repeat an age-old saying: "You just can't win them all." (No matter how good you think you are.) And to coin a brand-new say- ing: "Overconfidence killed the cat." (Or the Wolverine, as the case may be.) In keeping with the old saying, Michigan's track team did not win last weekend at the Big Ten Outdoor Track Championships in Bloomington, even though the Blue thinclads f i g u r e d they would. The worst part of the whole episode was that they didn't even come close to victory, finishing in fifth place with the embarrassingly low point total of 69. Before the Friday-Saturday af- fair began, most of the insiders figured that Illinois was the team to beat and that Michigan was the lone squad capable of doing so. As it turned out, the prognos- ticators batted .500, as the Fighting Illini topped the field with 116 points. Beneath the Ilini in the final standings, however, was I n d i a n a, then Michigan State, then Wisconsin and then Michigan. Wolverine coach Jack Har- vey offered no excuses for the flop in the finale, but was not at a loss for words in his ex- planation of the fiasco. - "We choked, that's what it amounted to," he said. "The times were not that fast. (There were only two meet records set.) We just didn't perform. "I can only attribute that to a lack of desire on the part of a lot of our guys," he continued. "A lot of them have forgotten what it's like to lose, and some of their desire is missing. I'd say we were a bit overconfi- dent," Tim Thomas, a promising freshman half-miler who did not run in the meet, agreed with his coach's analysis. "We were too cocky going into the meet, that was our biggest SC:ORES Basebahl Oaklaad 3, Toronto 0 ;astoa 4, New York 3 taltiamore 6, Milwaukee 5 problem," observed T h o m a s, who has impressed his coaches all season long with his ability and toughness.. thinking like that." After Friday's segment of the meet, things didn't look so bleak for the thinclads. With three events completed, M i c h i g a n found itself in third place with 15 competitors qualified for Sat- urday's finals. But the Wolverines failed to capitalize on their numerous scoring opportunities; usually doing no better than a fifth or sixth place. The rash of slow times did not effect junior sprinter James Grace, however. The speedster from Detroit established a meet record in the 400 meters with a 46.42 clocking, Even that was not good enough for an outright vic- tory, as the race finished in a dead heat between Grace and Indiana's Tim Peters. Greg Meyer rounded out the Arnett Chisholm, Doug Hennigar and Charles Crouther to register a victory in the 400 meter relay with a time of 40.64. Blue recruitf McGee sparkles in cage classic By DON Mac LACHLAN Special to the Daily DETROIT-The Michigan basketball coaches were ver pleased with their recruiting during the off season. Saturdw, afternoon these newcomers showed the fans throughout the state just how well they can play. Recent signees Mike McGee, Johnny Johnson, and th Bodnar twins put their talents on display in the tenth annul Michigan Roundball Classic at the University of Detroit. McGEE, a 6-5 forward from Omaha, Nebraska, hadL fine afternoon mounting 36 points and collecting 19 rebounds in leading his United States All-Star team to a 108-99 victory over the Michigan All-Stars. "It could have been a little better but I think I did pretty well," McGee said of his performance. McGee received the award for the U. S. superstar of the game. McGee netted his points on an assortment of lay-ups, tip-ins and jumpers, hitting on 16 of 30 field goal attempts. He handled the ball very well for his size and was tough on the boards - against taller opposition. "I GO INSIDE or outside - it doesn't make any dif ference to me," McGee said of his reputation as a fine out- side shooter. Johnson, a 6-4 swingman from Buffalo, started at for- ward and canned seven points. "I had a rough game today and never really got start- ed," Johnson said. Both Johnson and McGee are good perimeter shooters and can play as either a guard or forward at Michigan. "I'D LIKE TO play guard," said Johnson, who averaged - 28 points, per game and was named to the All-Tournament team in an Akron Classic recently. "It doesn't make any difference to me," McGee said. "At Michigan they play the type of ball that I like to play" "I wanted to get away from home and go to a very - established program, so I chose Michigan," McGee added. THE BODNAR TWINS played just like the Michigan coaches claimed they would. They hustled and haunted the opponents all over the floor. -Mark Bodnar hit on all three of his shots from the outside and the left-hander dished out two assists. Marty scored only two points but ripped down seven rebounds in the run and gun affair. All - American James Ratiff treated the crowd of 3,364 to a variety of slam dunks, on his way to a 28 point after- noon. Ratiff, a Tennessee recruit, was named the Star of Stars for the United States squad. THE CROWD FAVORITE for the U. S. All Stars was 5-10 guard Rodney Wright from New York. The little playmaker, who is headed for Oral Roberts, fed Ratiff and McGee for easy lay-ups with some pretty passing and scored 13 points himself.