The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 9, 1982-Page 1 1 -D LEACH WINS NCAA SINGLE'S TITLE Netters take Big Ten title-again Bv LARRV MISHKIN Michigan needs in order to hel im- the boy's 18 group Sharton was ranked 1982 seemed like another normal year for the Michigan men's tennis team. It won most of its regular season mat- ches, it won its 15th consecutive Big Ten title, and qualified for the NCAA tour- nament only to lose in the opening round to Georgia. However, 1982 was the year that credibility was restored to Michigan Snnis as Wolverines singles player ichael Leach won the NCAA singles championship, making him the first non-Southern or non-Western player to win the title since Barry MacKay won the title for Michigan in 1957. ACCORDING TO head coach Brian Eisner this credibility is the buoy that prove its recruiting capabilities. "From a team's, coach's and player's standpoint," said Eisner, "Leach's win restores our credibility. A player now knows that he can come to Michigan and be the best. We've always felt that, but it has been difficult when recruiting to get players to come to a cold weather area." Apparently the cold weather was not a 'factor in this year's recruiting program as Eisner landed a fine group of players including two that he is especially excited about. THE FIRST is Jim Sharton, a lefty, from Boston who was the number one player in the New England area this past year. In last year's rankings for 100th nationally and Eisner predicts that ranking may be as high as 30 when this year's rankings come out. "(Sharton) is on the move," said Eisner. "We feel he is the type of player who will improve a great deal in college." Eisner added jokingly that he has always had great success with lef- ties from Boston as Leach, who is lef- thanded, is from Weston, just outside of Boston. Eisner's other blue chip recruit is Hugh Kwok from Montreal. Kwok won the Canadian National Indoors this past year and will be spending the summer representing Canada in the Inter- national Championships in Europe where he will play in a variety of tour- naments in various countries including the Junior Wimbledon tournament. ANOTHER INCOMING freshman who Eisner feels could make a con- tribution to the team is Eric Johnson from Ann Arbor Pioneer High school who Eisner has been working with for the past six years. At the other end of the spectrum, Michigan will be losing three of its top players as Leach, Bill Godfrey and Ihor Debryn have all graduated. Eisner though, is very confident about the players who will be returning citing Mark Mees, Tom Haney, Ross Laser, and Rodd Schreiber as the team leaders for this season. "We're losing three quality players," said Eisner, "but we've got good players coming back and some exciting freshmen. Each year we lose certain players, but we always have players waiting in the wings to do the job." Eisner said that although winning the conference title has become almost a habit, each year is a new and separate challenge. "I feel very positive about this year's team," said Eisner. "Our major con- cern is how we can improve our people and our program. Our primary goal is to win the conference title again. We feel the most pressure at the conference level because we've always won and we're always the team that people are pointing towards." Women netters have experience, 7ook to e By RON POLLACK Every now and then, a single play can alter an entire season for a team. Such was the case this past season for the Michigan women's tennis team. It happened against Indiana when ~ichigan's star player, Marion emer, tore cartilage in her knee. The injury required surgery, and she missed the remainder of the season for the 13-10 Wolverines. "WE WERE 10-5 when Marion got hurt," said head Coach Oliver Owens. "If that hadn't happened, we would have finished higher. We think she'll be okay, but may have to wear a brace to play next year. "She's been working real hard on the abilitation. But she's lost three to ithur months. So a lot will depend on how hard she works in the fall. But I expect her to have'at least as good a year this coming season, as she did this past nationally season (when she was 10-1 in singles and 8-2 in doubles play)." While the team's record may have suffered because of the loss of Kremer, there was at least one positive result that took place because of her injury. And that was that number two singles player Mary Mactaggart got to play number one singles and gain experien- ce against top players. "THAT'S EXACTLY what she needed, because her biggest problem is that she lacks confidence," said Owens. "She got a chance to play top people and she did fairly well against them. When she first moved to number one singles, she was a little nervous, but af- ter awhile she felt more comfortable." Also back for Michigan this season will be Jane Silfen, Jill Hertzman, Karen Milczarski, Robbie Risdon, Juliet Naft and Marianne Ring. These six filled out the singles roster all year behind Kremer and Mactaggart. Of these six, Silfen, Milczarski and Ring all were transfers last season. "That obviously helped a lot," said Owens. "Sometimes when you bring in transfers, it can upset the team. But we were fortunate in that they fit in and were well received." THE ONLY OTHER returnee for Michigan is Lisa Noferi, another tran- sfer, who saw limited action. The only senior on last season's squad was Betsy Shapiro, who also saw little playing time. Owens is also looking for two recruits to contribute to a team that finished third in the Big Ten's last season. In Stephanie Lightvoet (Kalamazoo) and Paula Reichert (Grosse Pointe), the Wolverines will be gaining the services of the Michigan state champions in " number one and number two singles respectively. According to Owens, the two are "among the top 30 girls in the ranked country for their age." Looking at the upcoming seasons as a whole, Owens said, "I expect a lot bet- ter season than this past year's. With all the players that are coming back and the players that I'm bringing in who'll help. I'm hoping to be nationally ranked and move up a notch in the Big 10." Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK MICHIGAN'S MARK MEES rips a forward. Mees along with several other Wolverine returnees will be trying to bring the Big Ten Championship to Ann Arbor for the 16th consecutive year in the spring. RECRUITS SHOULD NULLIFY LOSSES: Top sprinters gone, By RON POLLACK If the Michigan men's track team is to repeat as Big Ten Champion, it will have to do so with new faces in the sprints and hurdles since it will no longer have the services of standouts Andrew Bruce, Shelby Johnson and Butch Woolfolk, who was also a star per- former on the Wolverine football team. During last year's Big Ten Championships, Bruce won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes, Woolfolk came in fourth in both races while Johnson finished third in both the 110-meter high and 400-meter inter- mediate hurdles. IN SPITE OF such losses, Michigan head coach Jack Harvey, who was the NCAA District IV Coach of the Year last season, is not as worried as one might think. "We've been working on that, and we have three or four kids coming in who we think can offset those losses," he said. "We're having Thomas Wilcher coming here, and he'll help in both the sprints and hurdles. Derick Stinson is also coming here and he finished in second, behind Wilcher, in both the high and low hurdles in state. Wilcher is probably ranked number one in the country, so that probably means that Stinson isn't far behind. Earl Allen will also be back, and he finished ahead of Woolfolk (in third) in the Big Ten's in the 100 meters. "The loss of Bruce is the biggest loss. He never lost a Big Ten race the last two years. That'll be hard to replace." WILCHER, LIKE Woolfolk, will be a tailback for the Michigan football team. Allen also is a member of the Wolverine grid squad. Yet another Michigan gridder who will be counted on next year is Vince Bean, who teams with Derek Harper to form a very talented one-two punch in the long jump for Michigan. At the Big Ten's, Harper took the title with a jump of 24.5" while Bean finished fifth at 23'111/2". At the NCAA's, the two reversed positions as Bean jumped 25'2" and Harper 25'0/4". The Wolverines will be strong at the other field events as well, with high jumper Dave 'lugin and shot putter John Nielsen returning. Lugin jumped a career best 7'33/4" at the NCAA's to give him 14th place, after finishing second in the Big Ten's with a effort of 7'0". NIELSEN TOOK THIRD in the Big Ten shot put competition and 23rd at the NCAA's. In the pole vault, Michigan returns Dave Woolley and Don Chevillet, who took second and fifth place, respectively, at the Big Ten's. In the distance events, Harvey says Michigan will count most on Bill O'Reilly and Brian Diemer, both of whom qualified for the NCAA's last season. Diemer competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:25.65) at the NCAA's while O'Reilly took part in the 5,000- meter run (14:55.79). Kremer back from injury SHOT PUTTER John Nielsen shows the type of effort that allowed him to finish third in the Big Ten in the shot put. Women's track team Showed considerable improvement in '82 I 00 T 1XYAGB ..dMMP- 327 S. Main St. Downtown Ann Arbor 769-2000 By JIM DWORMAN Improvement permeates the Michigan women's track team. From 1981 to 1982, the team moved up from fourth place at the Big Ten Out- or Championships to second. Its point Utal increased by more than 50 per- cent, from 60 to 92%. And seven Wolverines earned All-American status with their performances at the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national champion- ship meet, up from two in 1982. LEADING THE WAY for coach Francie Goodridge's squad was shot putter and discus specialist Penny eer. The senior won the national iscus championship with a throw of 183 feet at the AIAW meet. She also won her, third straight Big Ten title in the event. Neer broke school records in both the discus and the shot. Frederick-gained All-American status by finishing third at the AIAW's. Williams, a senior, threw the javelin a school record 167'6". Bullard, known locally for her appearance in Detroit television station WDIV's "Go 4 it" commercial, cleared 5'8" in the high jump. Earlier in the season, the Ann Arbor native set a Michigan record by topping 5'10". Frederick, a junior, crossed the finish line in 4:20.99 in the 1500-meter run. 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