Woman's Tennis vs. Western Michigan Friday, March 22, 10:30 a.m. Huron Valley Racquet Club SPORTS State High School Basketball Championships Friday and Saturday, March 22-23 Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 21, 1985 Page 7 First lady: Reichert determined and consistent as team leader By DEBBIE deFRANCES With her baseline consistency, her in- tense concentration and her ripping backhand, Paula Reichert is the best singles player on this year's women's tennis team. Reichert, a junior from Grosse Poin- te, was named to the All-Big Ten team last year at second singles. This year, however, playing the top spot, Reichert will find her Big Ten com- petition difficult, according to head coach Bitsy Ritt. "FOR PAULA to achieve that (All Big Ten honors) again, would be a real achievement," admitted Ritt quickly. "It's not easy in the Big Ten; it's not going to be automatic." Reichert agrees, saying that she hopes she will be able to also make it to the NCAA Championships at the end of the season. As for the present, Paula has suc- cessfully started the spring season destroying opponents from Calvin College and Eastern Michigan in straight sets during her first two weeks of competition. Reichert, the team capfain, began playing tennis at the age of ten and started competing in junior tournamen-- ts at 13. Although both of her parents play the sport, Paula admits that most of her interest was formed by her best friend and successful tennis pro Susan Mascarin. Mascarin was once ranked as the world's best junior player' and Tennis magazine's player of the month to watch, according to Reichert. "SUSIE AND I still keep in touch so we know how each other is doing," said Reichert. "In fact, I'm going to Europe this summer to practice and tour with her." In high school, Reichert played second singles at Grosse Pointe South. As a junior she was ranked 45th in the nation and third in the Western Tennis Association. Reichert continues to share a very close relationship with both of her parents. She has two older sisters who never picked up the sport. "I guess I was the athletic one of the family," said Reichert with a modest smile on, her face. "I was kinda like the son my father always wanted." ALTHOUGH she chose Michigan so she could stay close to home, Reichert's parents rarely have the opportunity to see her compete. "My father gets so ner- vous watching me play," said Reichert who admits that she too is a bundle of nerves in father's presence at a match. "They don't come very often, because I don't play well when they are wat- ching." Reichert says that one of her strengths is her ability to focus her at- tenion on her own playing. "She relies a lot on her consistency and her concen- tration," said Ritt. "She doesn't quit, she's a fighter and always seems to be able to comeback," Ritt added. According to Coach Ritt, Reichert is definitely a team leader and helps the others more through her idealized style of play than through her instruc- ting ability. "As team captain, she realizes her responsibility and often helps the freshmen with their games," said a proud Ritt. ON THE court, Reichert shows little or no emotion. She said it helps her con- centration and ability to play well. "When I was little, my parents said if I ever got mad on the court, that was it, no more tennis," Reichert recalled. Through her dedication and en- thusiasm to the sport of tennis, Reichert has developed a consistent ground stroke game. Her most pre- ferred style of play is to stay back on the baseline and rally with her op- ponents until she has the perfect oppor- tunity to drill one of her backhand shots past her opponent for a winner. "My best shot is my backhand," Reichert said with a little giggle. And she knows how to utilize it, according to Ritt who says Paula is a smart player. WHEN SHE'S not on the court, prac- ticing approximately 15 hours a week, Reichert can usually be found in the library studying. "My day consists of going to class, going to practice and then to the library," said the Economics major. "And when I'm not there, I might be found at my boyfrien- d's," she added with a quick smile School and studying are as important if not more than tennis to the number one player. Paula enjoys her tennis career, but conceded that she is not con- sidering turning professional upon graduation from Michigan. "My friend Susie (Mascarin) prac- tices five, six hours a day, lifts weights. and tennis is her life," said Reichert. "I don't see that in my future. Once I'm out of college, it's the end of my tennis career and time to work." One of the junior's main reasons for competing at the college level of tennis is to repay her parents for all the time and effort they have devoted to her career. "I got a scholarship to Michigan to play tennis so that I can pay back my parents for all the money that they've put into my training," Reichert concluded. "I want to make them proud of me." Reichert's hard work has proved to be a success. Although there are many talented women on the team, Ritt ad- mits that Reichert is above the rest. "She's definitely the best player on the team," Ritt concluded. Doily Photo by CAROL L. FRANCAVILLA Junior Paula Reichert brushes up on her forehand for Friday's home match against Western Michigan. Reichert, an All-Big Ten performer last year, is the top player and team captain on the women's tennis squad. TROST, McFARLAND REACH FINALS: Michigan matmen finish ifth in NCAA By MARK BOROWSKY Michigan finished fifth in last weekend's NCAA wrestling tour- nament, no disappointment considering the odds of knocking off eternally first -ranked Iowa were as good as Lehigh beating Georgetown. Behind two second place finishes, Joe McFarland at 126 pounds and Kirt Trost at heavyweight, the Wolverines ac- cumulated 52 points in the three day- tourney held in Oklahoma City, behind Iowa, (1451/), Oklahoma (94%), Iowa State (70), and Oklahoma State (56). "WE FELT THAT if we wrestled as well as we could, we'd finish in the top ten," said assistant coach Joe Wells, speaking for head coach Dale Bahr who left for a week's vacation after the tournament. "We were ranked ninth in the tournament poll and anytime you move up in the top ten it's good." The Wolverines had NCAA entries at six weights as a result of each of them finishing in the top four in the Big Ten w tournament. Along with McFarland and Trost were William Waters (118 pounds), John Fisher (126), Steve Rechsteiner (177), and Bill Elbin (190). Fisher, the freshman from ]Flint, went into the tournament as the eight seed, but managed to advance all the way to the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual champion, Wisconsin's Jim Jordan, 6-1. Fisher then went to the wrestlebacks (consolation round), where he finished fourth, thus becoming All-American. He ended his season at 40-7. THE REST OF the Michigan entries were not as successful. Bill Elbin lost in the second round of the preliminaries, 3-2, to Cal-Poly's Mark Tracey. He finished his final year at 33-13-2. William Waters lost in the first round, as did Scott Rechsteiner. Rechsteiner's loss was especially painful, as the senior from Bay City was seventh seeded but lost to unseeded Monte Wilcox of LSU, 8-1. "His opponent's style went against the grain," said Wells - noting that Rechsteiner's weakness is "on the mat" (as opposed to on the feet). "The NCAA (tournament) points out if any wrestler has any glaring weakness. Wrestlers at the tournament are good enough to capitalize on the weaknesses." But whereas Rechsteiner was the vic- tim of an upset, heavyweight Kirk Trost was the perpetrator of one. Trost met number one seeded Rick Peterson of Lock Haven in the quarter finals, and knocked off the heavily favored Peter- son 10-8. Even the coaches were astounded. "I THOUGHT there was a decided difference between the top two seeds in the rest of the field," conceeded Wells. "I felt (the.top two seeds) were a notch above everyone else. Kirk proved me wrong." Or at least partially proved. Although Trost advanced to the final round, he was dominated by second seeded Bill Hyman of Temple 12-2. Trost, a senior from New Lennox, Illinois, finished 44- 8. He will return for a fifth year of eligibility, and is likely to be one of the nation's top ranked heavyweights when the '85-'86 season begins. But if making the finals only to lose proved to be a major success for Trost, it was only a disappointment.,for Joe McFarland. THE SENIOR again failed to win the NCAA championships, finishing second for the second year in a row. Mc- Farland cruised through the tourney before meeting Iowa's Olympic Silver- Medalist, Barry Davis, and falling, 8-4. "I really felt that going into it, that I was going to win it," said the North Olmsted, Ohio native.' "I did all I could." Still no loss could detract from Mc- Farland's career at Michigan. He finished the season at 43-3, was a four time All-American, and had a career mark of 166-24. In addition to twice being runner up at the NCAA tour- nament, McFarland won the Big Ten title once, finished second three times, and was twice the champion of the prestigious Midlands Tournament. - -domb- m I DASCOLA STYLISTS Hairstyling4 with a Flair! ' 4 Liberty off State .... 668-9329 Maple Village ..... 761-2733 I McFarland ... second again -qlmp- --Romp, SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: Tigers' rally sinks Pirates, 11-5 BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Pinch- hitter Ron Johnson hit a three run "double to spark a six-run eighth inning s the Detroit Tigers coasted to an 11-5 exhibition baseball victory over the Pit- tsburgh Pirates yesterday. The Tigers sent 11 hitters to the plate in the eighth as they tagged reliever Rod Scurry for four hits. Scurry, 0-1, took the loss. DETROIT WAS trailing 4-3 before the big inning. Chet Lemon hit his third homer of the spring with one man on in the fourth in- ning. The blast, off starter Rick Rhoden, sailed over the left field fence. The Tigers' Aurelio Lopez was the winning pitcher after working the last four innings and holding the Pirates to six hits and two runs. graves 3, Royals 1 FORT MYERS, Fla. 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