Page 12-Friday, March 19, 1982-The Michigan Daily LEACH AND MEES KEY 9-0 ROUT Wolverine netter By CHUCK JAPFE The Michigan men's tennis team downed Kalamazoo College, 111-36, yesterday, but the dual match wasn't even that close. Those 111 game wins translated into nine individual vic- tories, as the Wolverines opened their home season with a 9-0 whitewashing of the Fighting Hornets. Michael Leach started things off for the Wolverines with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Chris Burns at first singles. The match was not typical of Leach's play, however, as he used more finesse and less power, to down the overmatched Burns. "I'VE ALWAYS been a power player, but this year I'm adding a touch dimen- sion to my game," Leach said. "I stayed back an awful lot today, but against tougher competition I'll stick with my power game. The touch shots can be the difference in winning a Big Ten title, so I'm happy with the way I played because I varied power with a fair amount of touch, and I buried the guy. I was pleased with my consistency and variety today." Junior Mark Mees followed Leach with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Mark Riley at second singles. The match was a battle of the baselines, and Mees kept Riley running and talking to himself throughout. "My ground strokes have always been the best part of my game, and I was moving him around really well and he got frustrated," Mees said. "I made a few more errors than I would have liked to, but I felt pretty good, and I think I played pretty well." TOM HANEY continued Michigan's domination with a 6-0, 6-2 romp over Ven Johnson at third singles. Haney, recovering from an elbow in- jury that bothered him last season, kept Johnson off balance for much of the match, and forced his opponent into a s squash large number of errors.J "I just don't give my points away anymore," the junior from Ann Arbor said. "If a guy can't hit a winner past me then he's not going to beat me. ' Because my elbow isn't bothering me I can play 100 percent this year, whereas I was playing hurt and at 60 percent my first two years.,, At fourth singles, Ross Laser downed Kalamazoo's Paul Showers, 6-2, 6-2, while Ihor Debryn won at fifth singles, 6-1, 6-4. Senior transfer student Bill Godfrey closed out the singles sweep with a 6-2, 6-4 beating of Adam Bottorff at sixth singles. IN DOUBLES competition, Leach and Mees were untouchable, dumping Riley and Johnson, 6-1, 6-1, at first doubles. The number-one doubles combination played picture-perfect tennis in its sweep. and both Mees and Hornets coach Brian Eisner look for more in the future. "The Leach-Mees team was super today," Eisner said. "They went out and didn't let down or give up anything even though they were winning so decisively." "We were really working well together," Mees added. "We've sort of made a rule that anything in the air is his, because that is his strong point, and I take anything that bounces." GODFREY and Rodd Schreiber teamed at second doubles for a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Burns and Bottorff, and Mark Strem and John Efstatos com- pleted the sweep with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Dave Higdon and Kevin Johnson. The match was the first varsity action seen by both Strem and Efstatos, and Eisner was pleased not only With their performance but with the fact that they got to see front-line playing time. "This really provided a lot of positives for us," Eisner said. "I did expect us to be fairly decisive in the match, but we had a number of players trying to add things to their game and they got to do it in match conditions. In addition, we got nine players into the lineup, and it is important for these guys to get match experience because they might be very important down the line. "I was pleased with the level of con- centration," Eisner added. "When you're winning easily, it is easy not to concentrate, and then you don't im- prove." 4 6. PlfPc.Thi, AlUCIIGAN ThReC rR ARVARD AVALA6L~ tMARCH, 22- )6 EaA- 5Fm N1L&_AUII-r~UM FO5X OFF Haney ... romps at third singles. DWt"rie untol you visit The Tux ,Shop., Ltd. og o S 609 R SSP- rp9 ~ I sO to a "' og a .a 1 J~J ~i of '9~raJr ( C lavo QR Daily rPhoto by Um MAR MICHIGAN'S MARK MEES returns a shot during yesterday's doubles com- petition against Kalamazoo College. Mees and partner Michael Leach won the match in straight sets,'and the Wolverines crushed the Fighting Hornets 9-0. Pistons' playoff drive continues; Detroit downs Sonics, 119-115 By PAUL HELGREN With Wire service Reports PONTIAC- Kelly Tripucka's basket provided the winning margin and Isiah Thomas followed with a pair of in- surance free throws to give the Detroit Pistons a 119-115 victory over the Seat- tle SuperSonics in a National Basket- ball Association game last night. Thomas broke a 111-111 tie when he hit from 19 feet with 79 seconds remaining, and Bill Laimbeer put Detroit in front for keeps after Lonnie Shelton scored for Seattle. "ISIAH IS really beginning to lead this team," said Piston ,head coach, Scotty Robertson. "I call him my or- chestra. He controls the high notes and he plays down the poor ones. This is a young team and he's doing a great job." Tripucka connected with 22 seconds left, and Thomas's two free throws with nine seconds remaining ensured a Detroit victory following a last-ditch basket by Seattle's James Donaldson. The triumph was the fourth in a row and sixth in the last nine games for the Pistons, 31-35, as they battle to make, the NBA playoffs. The Sonics, 42-23, have won only two of five games on their current seven-game road trip. IN THE third period, Terry Tyler ex- cited the crowd with two consecutive slam dunks on offensive rebounds. "For any other 6-7 forward," Robertson said, "those two dunks would have been phenominal, but not for Terry. That was just vintage Terry. He really ignited us when we needed it." Seattle had battled back from an eight-point deficit entering the final period on the hot shooting of guard Gus Williams, who scored 10 of his 33 points over an eight-minute span, while Detroit went cold and made only two of 15 shots from the field. The Pistons had led by as many as 11 points, 46-35, in the second period before taking a 67-64'advantage at the half. Tripucka, who has averaged 30.9 points in the last seven games, topped the Pistons with 23 points, while Thomas had 19 and Laimbeer added 17 among six Detroit players in double figures. I 4 1 r I I I I I Introducing Tripucka ... gets the game-winner DETROIT LOSES 10TH STRAIGHT: Blues top Wings, 7-4, NIGHT MU AATA's new door-to-door, late night. transportation service. U1 I BUMPER5T ICKE RSDETROIT (AP)- Wayne Babych WALL HANGINGS scored two goals and assisted on two others as the St. Louis Blues ended a 10- game road losing streak last night with a 7-4 National Hockey League victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Babych's second goal of the game and 17th of the season snapped a 3-3 tie with 1:03 remaining in the second period. Babych scored on a rebound af- ter Detroit goalie Bob Sauve made the ^«'t;"ni"? m.aerg initial save on a shot by the Blues' Ber- Srnie Federko. Detroit, losers of 10 straight, had tied the game nine seconds earlier on a goal by Paul Woods. PRE-INVENTORY ,o e, Beginning March 15th, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority will begin operating a late night shared-ride taxi service, Night Ride, in conjunction with the Veterans Cab Company. This service, which is being funded by a demonstration grant from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, will provide low cost, door-to-door transportation between the hours of 11:00 pm and 6:00 am, seven nights a week. Night Ride will complement AATA's fixed route service and evening General Public Dial-A- Ride to provide virtually "round-the-clock", low cost public transportation within the city of Ann Arbor. How will Night Ride work? Night Ride service will be available on a demand basis to the general public. Trips must have both their origin and destination within the city of Ann Arbor. Transportation will be provided by specially marked Veterans cabs displaying the AATA Night Ride insignia. Passengers will receive door-to-door service and will pay at fixed fare of $1.50, regardless of the distance traveled within the'city limits. Because Night Ride will be operated as a shared ride service, the cab may pick up more than one passenger along its ride before dropping off each person at his or her destination. How to arrange for a trip on Night Ride. All Night Ride trips must be made by phone reservation only. Passengers will not be able to flag down Night Ride vehicles as they do taxis. Arrangements for Night Ride can be made on a call-in basis for up to twenty-four hours in advance by calling the special Night Ride service phone number - 663-3888. Pick-ups will not start before 11:00 pm and no orders will be taken after 5:30 am. When making a reservation, give the dispatcher the following information: your present location, destination, and the time when you would like to arrive. The dispatcher will then be able The Blues sealed the victory on goals by Keri Eloranta, Blake Dunlop and Brian Sutter in the first 5:22 of the third period. Jody Gage scored Detroit's only goal of the final period. Detroit took a 1-0 lead on Mike Blaisdell's power-play goal at 2:10 of the first period, but St. Louis countered with goals by Babych and Joe Mullen 31 seconds apart late in the period to lead 2-1. Mullen's goal was his 20th, making him the first player to score 20 goals in the NHL and a minor league in the same season. He had 21 goals with Salt Lake City of the Central Hockey League before being called up by St. Louis on Dec. 30. Jorgen Pettersson boosted the Blues' lead to 3-1 at 14:10 of the second period, but Blaisdell notched his second of the game at 15:42 to cut the St. Louis lead to a single goal. BILLBOARD A co-recreational badminton tour- nament will be held this Sunday 6-10 p.m. in the CCRB Main gym. -T-SHIRTS -MUGS 00 -JERSEYS -OLD TEXT BOOKS ... 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