6 Men's tennis vs. Purdue Today, 1:00 p.m. Liberty Racquet Club SPORTS Baseball vs. Western Michigan Doubleheader, April 4, 1:00 Ray L. Fisher Stadium Page 8 I The Michigan Daily Saturday, March 31, 1984 Illini nail N By ADAM MARTIN When you've hauled int16 straight Big Ten cham- pionships, you don't expect to lose. But the Michigan men's tennis team learned the hard way yesterday at Liberty Racquet Club that things don't always turn out as expected. The Wolverines succumbed to the Fighting Illini, 5- 4, in an emotion-packed, nip-and-tuck match that wasn't over until the last ball was served. MICHIGAN couch Brian Eisner went into the mat- ch knowing his club would have its hands full against a much-improved Illinois team, but he wasn't worried. Eisner was more concerned with how his own team would perform. "We knew it would be tough," Eisner commented after the Illini had nipped Michigan, "but in this league, it's not who you play, it's how you play." That's just it. AT TIMES, the Wolverines looked brilliant in their first Big Ten defeat, but when crunch time arrived, they faulted. Sophomore Jim Sharton, who looked something less than impressive in1 played with a vengeanci Illinois' David Goodman straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. "I just did the right thin exactly what to do, how 1 him. I came out smoking, me." NOBODY was flattene Wolverine team captain R in the final set to a fiery Jo The match was marre players over controversial cleared, Laser was down, Third and fourth single Rodd Schreiber gave the spiring performances. ROYER, A freshman, Illinois' Neil Adams, los muscled his way back to c the second and third sets. Schreiber likewise rosef etters, 5-4 his two previous outings, loss to pull out a 1-6, 6-4, 7-6, victory over Peter e at first singles against Bouton. , dumping the *senior in "I kept my head and I wasn't going to let (the mat- ch)go," said Schreiber. "I developed a good rhythm gs," said Sharton. "I knew and overpowered the guy." to play. I went right after PROBLEMS FOR Michigan developed at fifth and and things steamrolled for sixth singles. Freshman Todd Cohen went down 4-6, 2- 6 and Hugh Kwok defaulted at the sixth position due d at second singles, but to muscle spasms in his back. oss Laser lost a tiebreaker Deadlocked at three wins a piece, Michigan and hn Losito. Illinois had to fight it out in doubles, and the d by disputes from both Wolverines drew the short straw. 1 calls, but when the smoke Because of Kwok's injury, Eisner played Cohen 3-6, 6-2, 6-7. and Satish Hiremath at third doubles. Surprising s players John Royer and everyone, the tandem downed Losito and Andre Wolverines their most in- Lambert, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. But as Cohen and Hiremath were winning, Laser and Sharton were losing, 3-6, 6-4 came out slow against at first doubles. ing the first set, 1-6, but The match came down to Schreiber and Royer at ut down Adams, 6-4, 6-4, in second doubles. Apparently in control, the two took the first set, only to drop the next two as the Illini from the ashes of a first set prevailed, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0. a Mic higa splits twin bill with Miami Special to the Daily OXFORD, Ohio - Looking to make up for the rough treatment it received from Miami during the spring trip in Edinburg, Texas, the Michigan baseball team managed to split a doubleheader with the Redskins yesterday. Michigan lost the first game, 2-1 as Miami pitcher Scott Arnold struck out three and allowed only four hits, in- creasing his record to 3-0. Michigan's only run was a one-out home run in the first inning by Wolverine designated hitter Chuck Froning. MIAMI TIED the game in the second inning when Mark Mannering singled, stole second, and scored on Chris Maynard's double to left. The Redskins scored the game winning run on .Ken Rieman's second homer of the season. His first also came off of Michigan during the spring trip. Hurler Scott Kamieniecki went the distance, but took the loss for Michigan, matching Arnold with a four-hitter and three strikeouts. Two of Arnold's three wins have come against the Wolverines. In the second game, rightfielder Jeff Minick produced the scoring for Michigan as he knocked in all five runs for the Wolverines en route to a 5-2 vic- tory. LOSING PITCHER Jim Carnegie (1- 1) gave up only three hits, but walked 11, while Michigan pitcher Gary Wayne was reached for four hits and struck out four. The win increases Wayne's record to 1-1. Michigan got enough runs to win in the first inning when Mike Watters, Ken Hayward, and Rich Bair all walked to load the bases with one out. Minick then tripled down the right field line to empty the bases. The Wolverines got their insurance runs in the seventh inning. With two out, Hayward and Bair again walked, setting the stage for Minnick who brought them home with a double to left field. Michigan's record now stands at 6-8, Miami goes to 7-7. The two teams play another doubleheader today in Oxford. a Daily Photo by BRIAN MASC Michigan's sixth singles player Hugh Kwok, is shown here before muscle spasms in his back forced him to default in the second set of yesterday's match. The default turned out to be crucial as the Wolverines lost their Big: Ten opener to Illinois, 5-4. Tigers storm back Minick ... five RBI's to edge Pirates, 7-6 I Raising He1 By PA UL HELGREN Fabulous finish.. . .. give Frieder credit J,.HE END OF another basketball season. A good time to clean out the old notebook and make some final comments. It was a good year to cover Michigan basketball. Next year should be even better. Almost makes me wish I wasn't covering football. Almost. * Congratulations are due all the way around, from Bill Frieder right down to the student managers. The NIT championship has to be especially sweet for the Michigan coach. He took some crap this year (present company included) about this thing or that thing and still came out a winner. After the disappointment of not making the NCAA tournament his team could have en- tered the NIT with its head down. It didn't. The Wolverines were hungry right to the end. That reflects well on Frieder. * Speaking of criticism, I wonder what a certain sports writer from The Detroit News is thinking right now. This guy was simply amazing all year long. Win or lose his questions to the Michigan players were the same. "Are you having as much fun as you did in high school? What do you think of Frieder? Do you agree with his strategy? What's wrong with the team?" He was sure Frieder was completely ruining the players and made it his sacred duty to save them. He really made an ass of himself. Big Ten Favorites? * Frieder will howl when he hears this one but you can make Michigan a pre-season co-favorite to win the Big Ten next year, along with Illinois and Indiana. Sure the Illini and Hoosiers have vir- tually everyone back from teams that were better thap Michigan but with an NIT championship banner hanging from their arena, the Wolverines will ,have the experience and confidence to be serious contenders. " Despite Michigan's exciting run for the NIT crown, I still think the tournament will have to change if it wants to survive. NIT officials better work some sort of alternative to their present format. " Roy Tarpley worked his buns off last summer to get where he is now. Teammates Leslie Rockymore and Robert Henderson should take a cue and do the same this summer or they will be lost in the pine forest again next year. " Here's one vote for a new basketball coach - women's basketball coach, that is. It's time for Gloria Soluk to go. An 8-46 record over the last two seasons speaks for itself. Don't be surprised to see her "promoted" into some other position in the department. " Here's one I'll bet you don't know. Where did Antoine Joubert get the nickname "The Judge"? Wrong. His older brother gave it to him when they were young, in honor of an uncle who was likewise monikered. Here comes the Judge " Speaking of Joubert, I'd like you to know there isn't a nicer guy around. He's always'polite, never too busy to talk and he always gives you a "Hi" before an interview and a "Thank you" after. That smile you see on the court is for real. Somebody sure brought him up right. The same goes, for Eric Turner. * It's very doubtful that Turner will go pro in this year's NBA draft. Let's face it - he's just not ready. His play continues to be erratic and he's not particularly physical. He will have to bear down and have a great senior year for any team to draft him in either of the first two rounds. NBA scouts are much more interested in Illinois' Bruce Douglas. Most overrated player in the Big Ten: Pur- due's Jim Rowinski. The way people were swooning over this guy you would think he could move mountains. Sure he had a good year, a great one considering he's a walk-on. But co-MVP? Come on. He had one blocked shot for the entire season, was fifth in the league in rebounding, and averaged 15 points per game. Purdue's rise to the top was hard to explain so it became easier to give all the credit to Rowinski than teamwork and Boilermaker coach Gene Keady (where the credit really belongs). " The Big Ten needs a shot clock - bad. With all the low-scoring struggles this year I found myself raising an eyebrow when I saw a 62-60 score. A shot-clock would hopefully put an end to the won- derful delay strategies and get some excitement back into the games. And why stop at a 45-second clock? Make it 30 seconds. " Wonder what Quincy Turner's doing these days? * Didn't you just want to strangle Notre Dame's Tim Kempton? That big cry baby made me sick. He complained on every call, just like former Irish cagers and current Pistons Kelly Tripucka and Bill Laimbeer. And one time after he made a bucket he turned and said something nasty to Joubert. It feels so good to beat someone like that. " Pet peeve: Any sports article that makes any reference to "Where's the beef?" Like all things, this will (mercifully) pass. * Sight for sore eyes: Bill Frieder peeking his head through the basket at the end of the Notre Dame game. LAKELAND, Fla. (UPI) - Larry Herndon's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning started a comeback for the Tigers as they defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 last night. The Tigers came tobat in the bottom of the eighth inning trailing 5-4 but Pittsburgh relief pitcher Rod Scurry ran into trouble when he walked Chris Pittaro and allowed a single to Barbaro Garbey. Lance Parrish walked to load the bases and Herndon tied the game with his sacrifice fly. However, right fielder Doug Frobel threw wildly to the plate'to allow Garbey to score the game's winning run. ROD ALLEN singled home Parrish to offset Pittsburgh's run in the top of the ninth inning.° The Tigers were saddled by Pirat( starter Jose DeLeon. DeLeon allowed just two hits and struck out eight in his six innings. Scurry came in in the seventh inning and was victimized by the Tigers comeback. The Tigers are now 11-15 and have won 18 consecutive season-ending home games at Marchant Stadium in its 19- year history. The Tigers finished the season at home by drawing a total of 70,867 in 15 dates, a club record. The previous record was 69,053 in 1982. - Afth SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Softb alle rs go= 1 I -2 Special to the Daily WACO, Texas - The Michigan women's softball team went 1-2 on the first day of the Baylor tournament yesterday. Julie Clark retired the first seventeen batters and picked up the win as the Wolverines defeated Lamar, 6-0 in its first game. Jody Humphries paced the offense with four RBI's. The team lostrits second game, 4-3 to Sam Houston in extra innings despite a Leslie Bean home run. The women closed out the day with a 1-0 loss to 12th ranked Nebraska. The difference in the game was a fence leaping catch by Nebraska's Kristi Aerni who robbed Michigan's Linda Allen of a three run homer in the seventh. Michigan, now 10-7, plays New Mexico State this morning and must win to stay alive in the tournament. Me yer, coach of the year SEATTLE (AP) - Ray Meyer, retiring after 42 years as coach of DePaul, bowed out yesterday by being named The Associated Press college basketball Coach of the Year. Meyer, who had only five losing seasons, beat North Carolina's Dean Smith, 46%-341/2 in a nationwide poll of sports writers and broadcasters. Gene Keady of Purdue and Lou Hen- son of Illinois, who shared the Big Ten championship, tied for third with 12 votes each in this year's balloting. 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