4 Page 10- The Michigan Daily- Thursday, April 2. 1987 'M' netters outlast MSU By WALTER KOPF Winning is always sweet, particularly when it's over Michigan State. And a four-hour, 5- 4, nailbiting victory makes it that much sweeter. Such was the case for the women's tennis team last night at the Track and Tennis Building. Michigan had not beaten the Spartans in three years, so preparation for the match was especially intense. "We've really been getting Psyched to play Michigan State," said Lesley Mackey, who won both her singles and doubles match, "so it was great to beat them." The Wolverines even had blue 'M's stenciled on their racket strings for the occasion. Michigan (8-8 overall, 2-3 in the Big Ten) has had their problems winning close matches recently. It lost 5-4 to both Notre Dame and Western Michigan already this season. But the Wolverines refused to succumb to the pressure last night. THE MATCH came down to a 4-4 team score, with Kathy Schmidt and Susie Patlovich to decide it at third doubles. Schmidt and Patlovich breezed through the first set but stumbled in the second. Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt sat on the bench almost sighing in disbelief when Schmidt and Patlovich dropped the second set, 6- 4. But Ritt relaxed a little when Patlovich held her serve to begin the third set, and Schmidt pounded one winning volley after another. Ritt breathed ever easier as the duo sailed to a perfect 6-0, third set win. "Coach Ritt really pumped us up between sets," said Schmidt. "She said, 'be aggressive and get to the net." "We could've won it in two (sets), but I guess we got a little nervous," said Patlovich. MICHIGAN got the ball bouncing on the right track early with straight set singles wins from Tina Basle (6-3, 6-2), Lesley Mackey (6-4, 6-4), and Allison Miller (6-1, 6-1). Basle stopped Linda Pursell, the Spartans number one singles player, and an All-Big Ten player of a year ago. "She likes to get into a groove," said Basle, "but I hit a variety of shots and just played my game." Mackey, after winning her singles match, teamed up with Anne Marie Floreno for an impressive victory at second doubles, 6-1, 6-2. The victories at second and third doubles gave 4 Mackey ... breezes in straight sets Michigan two rather rare doubles points, and the match. "It's great for our confidence to win two matches in doubles." said Mackey. But it doesn't get any easier for Michigan from here. This weekend the Wolverines travel west to play Iowa and Iowa State. The rest of the season is one Big Ten match after another, culminating at the Big Ten Championships in May. "It was definitely more important to win this one than any of the others, because it was against a Big Ten team." said Mackey. Associated Press Philadelphia Flyers' Tim Kerr scores on Detroit Red Wing's goalie Greg Stefan in the first period of last night's game. Detroit lost 2-1. Flye rs DETROIT (AP) - Tim Kerr scored his 56th and 57th goals and netminder Ron Hextall turned away 28 shots last night as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in the NHL. The loss kept the Red WIngs from clinching the Norris Division, title. Detroit, 34-34-10, needed a victory or a tie to officially eliminate the St. Louis Blues. W, 2-1 Philadelphia, 46-24-8, already has and poked Pelle Eklund's rebound clinched the Patrick Division past Stefan. championship. Kerr increased the lead to 2-0, 45 Kerr, who leads the NHL with seconds into the second period, 26 power-play goals, netted his first again while Philadelphia held a man 3:07 into the opening period while advantage. Mark Howe carried the Detroit's David Barr was serving puck across the Detroit blue line goaltender Greg Stefan's delay of and slid a pass to Kerr, whose 30- game penalty. foot wrist shot found the corner of Stationed at the front of the the net behind backup Red Wings' Detroit net, Kerr fought off a check netminder Glen Hanlon. Gilbert Delorme closed the H margin to 2-1 with 2:21 remaining IR FA E IO NS in the game. SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Robinson grabs Wooden Award i ""' LOS ANGELES (AP) - Navy center David Robinson was a runaway winner of the 11th annual John R. Wooden Award, presented annually to the nation's top college basketball student-athlete, it was announced yesterday. The 7-foot-1 Robinson, who averaged 28.2 points and 11.8 rebounds as well as an NCAA- 1 1 1 1 1 SPRING SPECIAL i Blow Dr and Curl ... .. . .. $12.50 -1 1 Includes shampoo and instant conditioner 1 exp. 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Every one of the have been incredible friends." Three-point rule stays NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The three-point shot will stay at its present distance of 19 feet, 9 inches for at least another season of college basketball, and intentional fouls will be more expensive, th1 secretary of the NCAA Rules Committee announced yesterday. "The three-point rule did exactly what it was intended to do," said Ed Steitz, the committee secretary. It increased scoring, opened up the game, and reduced rough play under the boards, he said. Despite howls of outrage prior to the rule's implementation for this past season, a late-,season pol4 showed overwhelming support for' retaining the three-point shot in some form, Steitz said. Overall, he said, 1,448 coaches returned their questionnaires, and 80 percent favored keeping the three- point shot. Of those in favor, 35 percent wanted it kept at its present distance, and 36 percent, favored moving it back nine inches, lik the Olympic distance, he said. Three changes were voted in-for next season, Steitz said. The most obvious change involves intentional fouls. "All intentional fouls will carry a two-shot penalty plus possession of the ball," he said. Currently, an intentional foul carries a twoshot penalty, but, the offending team gains possession of the ball. c l 7 B 9 - q 5 6 " 3 2 " 3 En O . r t : rr j ' 4 r. V aI s0 9& 4 4-4 34- 50- N Ln CD s Yrr" O =T sH E GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY RDDING MACHINO by Elmer Rice directed by Mikell Pinkney We live in a world of bits and bytes, ones and zeros. In this land of the micro- processor- music, art, and people can be reduced to simple digits- 9 for social security, 10 for your phone, 5 for yourzip code. Join Mr. Zero in his fight against the system. If you liked BRAZIL, you'll love THE ADDING MACHINE! April 2, 3.8:00 pm April 4, 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm April 5, 2:00 pm SUMMER SESSIONS 1987 Programs at home o Over 200 graduate and undergraduate courses O Approaches to Teaching Writing -Q Public Affairs Internships O High School Programs O Intercultural Training Q Interpretation and Translation Institute Q Language Courses Q Theology Conference o Literary Criticism Conference Q Parish Workshop Q Renaissance Institute for Teachers Q Sacred Scripture Institute Programs abroad O Antwerp, Belgium-Int'l. Trade O China-Chinese Language and Culture Q Dijon, France-French Q Fiesole, Italy-Italian Q Florence, Italy- Renaissance Culture Q Greece- Humanities O Israel-Theology O Leningrad, U.S.S.R.-Russian Q Oxford, England-Business Administration Q Quito, Ecuador-Spanish C Dillingen, West Germany- High School Teachers Program I I