The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 30, 1984 - Page 11 MATURITY T EMPERS SENIOR'S GAME Fiery Schreiber leads netters with flair By SCOTT SALOWICH For a prospective lawyer, Rodd Schreiber does not approach the game of tennis in a highly reasoned, intellec- tual manner. "My strategy is basically to knock the other guy off the court with my power," said Schreiber, the number four singles player on Michigan men's tennis team who has been accepted at Michigan Law School. SCHREIBER attacks the game with a fiery, emotional attitude which reflec- ts his personality and provides his less- experienced teammates with an exam- ple of the importance of winning. "I'm an aggressive person," he said, "I'm not set up psychologically for a finesse style of play.'' As one of only two upperclassmen on the squad, Schreiber feels a respon- sibility to lead by example, and he believes his aggressive style has a positive influence on the other Wolverines. , "I really feel like I need to help. everyone put themselves in the right frame of mind to play their best ten- nis," he said. "Through my fire and- desire, I express how important it is to win. Naturally everyone wants to win, but it's a big thing for them to see how important it is." COACH 'BRIAN Eisner also recognized the significance of Schreiber's role as a team leader. "Younger players are always looking for direction from upperclassmen," Eisner said, "and this has put pressure on both Rodd and Ross Laser (the other senior on the team). "This pressure had an effect on their games early in the season, but now they are able to see their roles, both as leaders and as players, more clearly and are able to separate them," Eisner added. Eisner said Schreiber's attitude has helped him overcome the pressure put upon him, and that his style is a "positive asset when our players see how hard he's competing." Schreiber's impatience is not always to his advantage on the court, however. "With my ability, I really shouldn't lose at number four," he said, "and if I do it's because of my mind. Unless I focus only on tennis, my mind takes over from my athletic ability and I take losses. "IT BECOMES a self-fulfilling prophecy, I see I'm losing it, I tell myself I'm losing it, and I lose it." Laser, the team's captain, described Schreiber as a volatile player and said "Sometimes his fierceness as a com- petitor interferes with his primary goal, which is winning the match." Schreiber has won enough matches lately to show he can usually put his emotions to good use. Both Laser and Eisner attribute this to maturity. "He has improved about 300 per cent since his freshman year," said Laser. EISNER said Schreiber's play has become more consistent and added that the consistency has come "as he has learned more and more about himself." Schreiber said earlier in his career, his performances were "up and down with some big, impressive wins and some big losses too," but that since last year he has been winning regularly. He has found that by playing well every day he can avoid the highs and lows which once plagued him. Schreiber's major trouble today is that he has been a finalist in the Big Ten Championships three times in the past two years but has yet to win a title. In 1982, he lost in the finals at third doubles and last year at both fifth singles and third doubles. "Right now my goals are to graduate and to win our fourth Big Ten cham- pionship since I've been here," he said. "But for a selfish kind of reason I'd especially like to win a Big Ten title myself. I'm tired of just being a finalist. "This year I want to bring home the hardware," he said. Netters take on Illini in first Big Ten match By ADAM MARTIN The Woverines will not be chewing their fingernails in anticipation of today's match against Illinois (Liberty Racquet Club, 2:30 p.m.), but as Michigan coach Brian Eisner put it, "We'll have our hands full." Last year in Champaign, the Michigan men's tennis team cut down the Illini, 5-4, in a contest not as close as the score indicated. Today, in its first Big Ten match of the season, Michigan may find things a little less to its liking.W "ILLINOIS has much the same team as last year," said Eisner, "so they're better. They are a scrappy team. They really hustle and never give up." The Illini sport a solid lineup from the first through the sixth singles positions. According to Eisner, Illinois doesn't "have a superstar, just solid people who hustle." The hustlers include seniors Neil Adams and David Goodman, junior John Losito and sophomores Mike Meyer andAndre Lambert. ILLINOIS coach Brad Louderback confirmed his club's lack of stand- outs, but he isn't too worried. "Our,strength is our depth," said Louderback. "We're a lot tougher than last year and we feel confident in what we can do." Louderback sees 'his squad as a legitimate Big Ten title challenger. "I expect to finish near the top this year," he said. "We should be a strong contender." Eisner will make a couple of changes in the Wolverine lineup heading into today's match. Fresh- man John Royer will replace sophomore Hugh Kwok at second doubles, teaming up swith Senior Rodd Schreiber. Kwok will move to the third doubles spot with Satish Hiremath, who impressed Eisner last week against Western Michigan in doubles competiton. Daily Photo by REBECCA KNIGHT Wolverine netter Rodd Schreiber smashes a backhand during practice yesterday. The senior's aggressive style of play sets an important example for his less-experienced teammates. .......................... ...................... Mets nip Tigers in 15-14 slugfest LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Hubie Brooks belted a two-run homer and Mookie Wilson had a three-run triple as the New York Mets outslugged the Detroit Tigers 15-14 in a 10-inning Grapefruit League exhibition game yesterday. The game was tied 14-14 in the 10th when the Mets' Tucker Ashford singled, moved to second on a wild pitch by Aurelio Lopez (0-1), and scored on Rusty Tillman's third hit and four- th RBI of the game. THE TIGERS tied the game with four runs in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by John Grubb and a bases-loaded triple by Howard Johnson. The Tigers led 2-0 in the Mets second when Juan Berenguer walked Wilson and Brooks belted a wind-blown shot over the right field wall to tie it 2-2. In the Mets third, Jose Oquendo singled, Darryl Strawberry walked and Danny Heep singled to load the bases, Wilson tripled to drive in all three and Brooks' sacrifice fly scored Wilson to complete a four-run rally. The Mets got four more in the fifth with the aid of two errors by Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans. Scott Holman walked Detroit's Chet Lemon with the bases loaded to force in one run in the seventh. Tom Brookens singled home another, then Chris Pittaro unloaded a grand slam over the right field wall. The Mets improved their Grapefruit League record to 11-10, while Detroit slipped to 10-15. Dawkins' last second hoop nets N.J. victory EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Darryl Dawkins scored 26 points, in- cluding the game-winning basket with four seconds remaining, to propel the New Jersey Nets to a 118-116 victory over the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association last night. New Jersey, 40-33, was leading 116- 114 after Dawkins grabbed a rebound of a shot by teammate Darwin Cook and stuffed it home with 33 seconds left. Bill Laimbeer tied the score when he grabbed Kelly Tripucka's missed shot and banked it in with eight seconds to go. The Nets called time out, and then guard Otis Birdsong passed to Dawkins at the top of the key. The 6-foot-11, 251- pound center wheeled on Kent Benson and drove the left side of the key, laying the ball in for the winning points. A three- point field goal attempt by Tripucka with one second left bounced off the rim. Detroit's Isiah Thomas led all scorers with 34 points, including 10 in the final quarter. Tripucka added 22 and John Long tallied 20 for Detroit. 1\ I .. .,,t " : Tripucka ... three pointer won't go RESERVE NQW FOR Commencement Darryl Dawkins, seen here in a game against Cleveland, pumped in the shot that killed the Pistons last night in New Jersey. 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