The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 4, 1980-Page F-13*
FROSH TO REPLACE VETS WHO QUIT
Women netters face rebuilding
By DAN CONLIN
Michigan women's tennis coach Ollie
Owens is doing things his own way this
year. He wasn't satisfied with the
status of the team which he inherited
last winter. The women who did play
were only able to produce a 3-11 season
mark. Owens was left holding the bag
as four of his top players quit because of
lack of interest.
But Owens has survived his first
year, and has decided to do things his
own way.
"We've got four aggressive freshmen
coming in; they'll change our style of
play," said Owens. "And the girls
remaining from last year are the ones
who really want to play tennis."
WITH SUFFICIENT funds for
recruiting, Owens has shown what he
can do. The theory that has guided
Owens in his plans is that the big hitters
are the winners in college tennis.
"If you recruit the girls who really
can hit the ball, then you can teach
them consistency," he said. "But if you
bring in girls who just get the ball back
and can't hit a winner, then they'll
usually be beaten at this level. You just
can't teach them the great shots that
make a winner."
In top recruit Marian Kremer, he has
the chance to prove his point. The
freshman from Memphis is ranked in
the top twenty on the national level and
has been ranked consistently
throughout her career.
Mary McTaggart of Port Huron, has
the aggressiveness which Owens wants.
McTaggart, the top player in Michigan
last year, is hoped to fill the second
singles spot behind Kremer. "Mary
comes to the net well," said Owens.
"And she's a great volleyer. She'll be
one of our top doubles players."
Juliet Naft, a freshman from
Chicago, should strengthen the
Wolverines' doubles competition.
"Juliet should be
great for the team," said Owens. "Her
serve in doubles allows her to get to the
net quickly. Hopefully, we can pair her
with Robbie Risdon if they complement
each other."
THE FINAL recruit is one whom
Owens hopes to develop into an
aggressiye player like McTaggart.
Stacy Falled of New York is not
nationally known, but Owens feels she
has great potential. '.Stacy has talent
galore," said Owens. "I don't think
she's had the national tournament
pressure like the other girls, but if she
works, she'll play in our top six."
The lineup for this season will depend
on how fast the freshmen develop,
Kremer should be the number one
singles player and McTaggart is expec-
ted to play in the second singles spot.
Senior Sue Weber will most likely be
third singles with sophomore' Robbie
Risdon at number four. The remainder
of the spots will be competed for by
sophomore Jill Hertzman, Naft, junior
Debbie Klein, and sophomore Daisy
Martin.
Coach: Oliver Owens (second
year)
Last season: A score of prema-
ture departures. Several team
members quit the squad either
before or during the season, and
that ultimately led to disaster.
With veterans Kathy Krickstein
and Whit Stodghill gone, the net-
ters slipped from an 18-3 record
to a 3-13 mark.
This season: Uncertain, to say
the least. The corps of veterans
are not particularly strong, but
Owens' recruiting efforts may
make up for that. The comeback
will not be immediate, however.
WOMAN NETTER Sue Weber displays the steady forehand swing which Coach
Ollie Owens is counting on to bolster his unit at third singles this season. Things
can only get better for Owens after a 1980 campaign in which four of his top
performers quit and the team finished 3-11.
Krickstein
... early departure will hurt
'13' Proves Lucky
For Eisner's netters, another title
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By DREW SHARP
For the 13th consecutive year, the
script has come to the same conclusion.
Michigan's men's 'tennis team took
the 1980. Big Ten championship by a
comfortable margin, with several per-
formers tabbing top individual honors.
SCoach Brian Eisner's team, led by then-
sophomore sensation Michael Leach of
'Weston, Mass., junior Matt Horwitch of
*Highland Park, Illinois, and freshman
Mark Mees of Zanesville, Ohio, ac-
cumulated 68 points, more than twice as
many as runner-up Northwestern could
muster.
"I DON'T THINK anyone can believe
how proud 1! am of this team," said
Eisner. "The competition was probably
the best ever and we doubled our final
score from the previous year. In my
mind, this is the best team that I've had
in five years."
"During the season, the Wolverines
streaked to 18 straight match victories
after an early season setback at the
hands of top-ranked California.
"During that streak, we were con-
stantly rated among the top 10 teams in
the country," continued Eisner. "We
were well prepared when tournament
time came along."
"WELL PREPARED" is quite an-
understatement in describing the
Michigan netters by the time the post-
season tournaments rolled around.
The Wolverines finished the season
with an 18-1 overall record and a 9-0 Big
Ten record and had compiled some im-
singles and Neinken and Haney at third
doubles.
Neinken, the lone senior on the team,
concluded a Big Ten career during
which he won a title in all four of his
competitive seasons.
MICHIGAN THEN WENT on to the
NCAA Championships in Athens,
Georgia, where it lost its opening match
to Arkansas 5-0 and was eliminated
from competition.
Horwitch, however, came back in the
individual competition and gained All-
American status by finishing among
the top 16 singles players.
The Wolverine netters are optimistic
about the future, as they are losing only
Neinken from this year's team.
"I FEEL GOOD about- next year
because all of our key players will be
much better," said Eisner. "And many
of the top schools will be losing some of
their key personnel; we could establish
ourselves as a force to be reckoned with
and have a good shot at the NCAA
title."
Eisner had recruited only one fresh-
man (at press time) for the next
season's squad, Ross Laser of Lincoln-
wood, Illinois.
"Ross has been ranked in the top 30 in
the nation, and I think he will be a
valuable asset to our team in the
future," Eisner predicted.
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Leach
... conference's best player
pressive individual statistics as well.
Number one singles player Leach had a
12-1 record; second singles man Hor-
witch chalked up 14 wins against only
one defeat; number three singles com-
petitor Mees boasted a 20-2 record;
number four singles player Jud
Shaufler went 14-5; senior Jack
Neinken sported a 15-4 record at fifth
singles; and at sixth singles, freshman
Tom Haney compiled a 13-5 slate.
In the doubles category, the team of
Leach-Horwitch had an unblemished
mark of 17-0. The number two team of
Haney-Neinken also had a spotless
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