Baseball vs. Aquinas 1:00 p.m. doubleheader Ray L. Fisher Stadium SPORTS Tuesday, April 5, 1983 Softball vs. Wayne State 3:00 p.m. doubleheader Varsity Softball'Diamond The Michigan Daily Page 7 'M' nine face unknown test in Aquinas By JEFF BERGIDA Aquinas College comes in to Fisher Stadium this afternoon for a doubleheader with the 13-1 Michigan baseball team. It is the Wolverines' home opener. Did somebody say, "What's an Aquinas College?" MICHIGAN coach Bud Middaugh admits he's not that familiar with today's opposition. "I don't know a lot about their personnel. We'll find out some things before batting practice," said Middaugh. Exactly what iS known about the school? Aquinas is a small private institution located in Grand Rapids. Its baseball team in in the NCAA's Division III and does not give out scholarships. Coached by Terry Bocian, Aquinas has won over 300 games in the past decade and is coming off a 43-16 season. Although he is rebuilding after losing 15 players from the 1982 squad, Bocian does not seem to be awed by the fact that his team is facing the 11th-ranked club in Division I. "THIS TEAM (Aquinas) has some real good players," said Bocian, who piloted the school to a 6-4 record in Florida during March. "Every year we try to play a Division I school. We play Detroit pretty regularly, also Eastern Michigan and Michigan State. We've only played Michigan once, two years ago. They beat us, 2-1. I think it was in extra innings." There's nothing wrong with Bocian's memory as the Wolverines did face Aquinas early in the 1981 season and it took 13 innings for Michigan to pull out a victory. Middaugh is not taking today's doubleheader lightly. Said the Michigan coach, "It doesn't matter what division they're in. Baseball isn't like football or basketball. If they put a good pitcher out there, they'll be tough." THE WOLVERINES are coming off two victories this weekend over Miami of Ohio, 7-5 and 7-3. As is common in early-season baseball, the weather played an important role as the doubleheaders scheduled for Friday and Saturday were each cut down to single games by inclement conditions in Oxford, Ohio. Although Michigan committed six errors in the two contests, Middaugh was satisfied with the team's play on the whole. He was especially pleased with Gary Wayne's pitching performance on Saturday. "Wayne threw very well for five in- nings and then he got tired," said Mid- daugh. "I left him in because of the (7- 0) lead and he gave up three unearned runs. (Friday's starter Dave) Kopf didn't throw as strong as he did down South but he pitched well enough to win. (Reliever Tim) Karazim threw super." ON FRIDAY, the Wolverines squan- dered a 5-2 lead but came up with two tallies in the top of the eighth on a double by catcher Rich Bair - who had four hits on the day, including his first home run of the '83 campaign. Wayne's pitching and Dale Sklar's power were the stories the next day as a grand slam by the sophomore outfielder gave Wayne all the support he needed in a 7-3 victory. Middaugh believes that this weekend's performance was an in- dication of Michigan's team balance. "It's good that we're getting other people involved in the offense," said the Wolverines' pilot. "Bair had an awesome game Friday and then Sklar on Saturday. I think we're solid through the line-up." Middaugh has not -set his pitchers for this afternoon's twinbill. While Rich Stoll (3-0) will definitely pitch one game, the coach is leaning towards University of Michigan WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB CONCERT Conductor: Rosalie Edwards April 15 8:00 p.m. at Rackham Auditorium Admission Complimentary .Kopf (3-0) as his other starter. On the mound for Aquinas will be southpaw Paul Assenmacher (1-2 in'83, 11-2 last year) of Dearborn and Lyle Myers (0-1, 7-2), a right-hander from Otsego. There's a 30 percent chance of light rain this afternoon for the Michigan home opener. If the weather holds out however, Michigan fans will know a lit- tle more about Aquinas College. Stall ... going for fourth win OPEN AT HOME TODAY VS. WAYNE: Go hersmother 'M'sotballers By TIM MAKINEN Easter came but the only thing that laid an egg was the Michigan softball team. The Wolverines dropped all four games this weekend in Minnesota, losing 1-0 twice on Saturday and 2-0 and 2-1 on Sunday. Michigan, now 12-11, hopes to turn that around today as it faces Wayne State University in the season's home opener. The losses to Minnesota obscured tremendous pit- ching performances by Michigan's Jan Boyd and Sandy Taylor. Boyd pitched both games on Saturday and the first on Sunday, giving up only four runs in 20 innings. Taylor, meanwhile, lost the finale in 11 in- nings despite pitching what head coach Bob DeCarolis called her "best game of the year." Michigan's impotent run production - only one in the four games - did the pitchers in. "YOU'RE NOT going to win many games doing 0that," said DeCarolis. "You would actually have had to be there to believe it, though. We got no breaks. We hit the ball hard, but it was at people or it would deflect off a glove and someone else would make the play." To Minnesota's credit, the Golden Gophers com- mitted only one error and gave up only four walks the entire' weekend. "They certainly didn't hurt them- selves," commented DeCarolis. In today's game, the Wolverines will have to revive their bats if they are to compete against Wayne State. Although a Division II school, Wayne State plays many Division I squads and DeCarolis feels the Tar- ters will finish in the top 10 of Division II schools. Michigan has hit well at times this spring though, and shown it can play with the best. HITTING IS they type of thing that comes and goes," said DeCarolis. "It's contagious. If one person starts hitting, everyone will. Of course, I'm con- cerned, but we'll snap out of it." Since today's game offers Michigan softball fans their first glimpse of the 1983 Wolverines, here is a rundown on how the Wolverines will line up in the field. On the mound, the Blue hurlers will be Boyd, Taylor and Carol Allis. Boyd, last year's ace with a 0.56 ERA, will see the most action, followed closely by Taylor, a senior tri-captain. Allis, who joined the squad this season after sitting out her freshman year, probably will pitch more when the Wolverines get in- to the heavy part of their schedule. WHEN NOT pitching, Taylor will be doing duty behind the plate. Missy Thomas, a junior, will also share the catcher position. Michigan had intended to use freshman Leslie Bean as catcher, but a broken thumb will keep Bean out of action for at least a few more weeks. In the infield, the corners will be the same as last year with Mena Reyman at first and senior tri- captain Karen Pollard at third. Reyman was Michigan's rookie of the year in 1982 and should be even better with a year of experience. Pollard's steady glove, meanwhile, should highlight the Wolverine defense. Karen Crawfis and Lisa Panetta, neither of whom saw extensive action last year, will start at second base and shortstop, respectively. When Bean recovers, Taylor also will help out at second. In the outfield, Michigan will go with Jody Hum- phries in left, Carol Patrick in center and Marcie Smith in right. Patrick has a large task ahead of her as she replaces Diane Hatch, last year's jnost valuable player. Humphries played right field last year, but DeCarolis feels the switch to left poses no problems. Although Michigan is not favored to win the Big Ten this year, DeCarolis believes the Wolverines can take the crown if they play sound ball. "A lot of things can happen," explained DeCarolis. "We didn't help ourselves by going 0-4 this weekend, but I still believe a lot of teams will knock each other off. This week will tell us a lot more." PA NICKIN'G SENIORS Job Hunting Workshop.. -Resume writing -Interviewing -Job Finding techniques SATURDAY APRIL 9, 1983 9:30-12:30 Women netters ace Boilermakers By STEVE WISE The sign on the Track and Tennis building read, "Building closed on Easter Sunday," but the only thing closed that day was the question of whether Purdue had a chance against the Michigan women's tennis team. The answer was a resounding "No!" THE WOLVERINES blasted the Boilermakers, 9-0, and raised their record to an even 5-5 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten. "I keep getting surprised," said head coach.Oliver Owens. "I think we played really well." Owens said the reason for his sur- prise was the lack of trouble from Wolverine injuries. STEPHANIE LIGHTVOET showed almost no sign of the injury that kept her out of Saturday's match against Notre Dame. The Kalamazoo freshman beat Purdue's Molly McGrath 6-0, 7-5 at second singles and then teamed up with Mary Mactaggart for a straight-set vic- tory at first doubles over McGrath and Avra Jain. The doubles win was the fourth of the weekend for Mactaggart. In her first match Sunday, she took a relatively easy 6-1, 6-2 first-singles win, giving Jain a preview of the doubles result. The Wolverine who seemed to struggle most was junior Karen Milc- zarski. Having lost the first set 6-2 and trailing 4-1 in the second, Milczarski made an adjustment that brought a vic- tory at fifth singles. "I HAD TO change my game," Milc- zarski said. "Well, not change it, I just couldn't hit as hard as I like to." "I was too impatient in the first set." Patience paid off as Milczarski took 12 straight games for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Barbi Barnes. OWENS SAID Barnes always has given Michigan trouble. "She's a senior," Owens explained. "Anybody that's ever played her has a hard time." In fact, Barnes was double trouble. She and Barb Burzinski took Milczarski and senior Jill Hertzman to a tie- breaker before losing 7-6, 6-0 at third doubles. In other matches, Paula Reichert, Hertzman and Jane Silfen won at third, fourth, and sixth singles, respectively, and Silfen and Juliet Naft took second doubles. All but Milczarski's match went in straight sets. 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