Women's Softball vs. Indiana Friday and Saturday Varsity Softball Diamond SPORTS The Michigan Daily Thursday, April 16, 1987 Women's tennis vs. Illinois and Purdue Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m.) Track and Tennis Building Page 10 NINETEENTH-RANKED BLUE PUSH RECORD TO 20-2 M'Netters whi*p. Notre Dame By JULIE HOLLMAN Not even lack of sleep or a string of consecutive matches could stop the men's tennis team from continuing its sweep across the Midwest yesterday at the Liberty Tennis and Fitness Club. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame ran out of fire power and fell to the Wolverines 8-1, adding to the list of Wolverine prey. Michigan's trophies now include Purdue, Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Eastern Michigan, and Miami of Ohio. THE HOME match marked Michigan's fourth contest in five days, including a match against Michigan State on Tuesday, when the team did not return home until 1 a.m. "We are tired," said head coach Brian Eisner, "and right now we have a lot of nagging injuries- nothing serious, but something you have to look out for." Despite this fatigue, Michigan, (20-2), still managed to capture all six singles matches with decisive scores as five of the singles ended in straight sets. "I was very pleased with this match," Eisner said. "It really marks the quality of ' this team being able to play all these matches without much rest. This is really a hard nosed bunch of guys." AFTER LOSING his first regular season match against Purdue's Jim Gray last Saturday, junior Ed Nagel proved that he has returned to form by leading the way for the Wolverines. He disposed of his opponent Tim Carr, 6-2, 6-0. "Ed was just outstanding today," said Eisner "He attacked every ball and just turned in a solid performance." At the number two singles, Dan Goldberg continued his 17-match winning streak by defeating Brian Kabas. Goldberg came out strong taking the first set 6-2 but then the two baseliners engaged in a steady backcourt duel which eventually ended in a tie breaker. For the third and fifth singles, Eisner took out regulars John Royer and Jon Morris for the first time this year. This allowed other players to move up. Brad Koontz, filling in at number four, battled Mike Wallace in the match's most hard fought singles. Koontz finally pulled out the win, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3. In the last two positions, Franz Geiger and Michael Pizzutello sewed up the win, defeating their opponents with similar scores. Geiger finished at 6-1, 7-5, and Pizzutello ended at 6-2, 7-5. After the sweep of the singles, the Fighting Irish refused to return home without a win and took the third doubles, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 for their lone point. Doily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Sophomore shortstop Mary Ann Daviers narrowly avoids senior lef- tfielder Lisa Juzysta in the second game of the Wolverine's doubleheader sweep of Michigan State. Daviers went 3 for 3 in the 6-0 first game vic- tory. 'M' softball team1 deals Spnearltans a oube whamm Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Junior Franz Geiger lunges into this forehand during his straight set vic- tory at number five singles yesterday against Notre Dame. The 8-1 vic- tory over the Irish gives Michigan a 14 match streak heading into the last home matches of the year this weekend. Batsmen shut down Eastern Michigan From Staff Reports: With little hitting, the Wolverine baseball team was forced to rely on pitching in their doubleheader sweep of Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti to raise its record to 25-7 on the year. Infielder Phil Price hit the game-winning home run in the top of the ninth inning to provide Michigan with all they needed to record a 3-1 extra-inning victory. Freshman pitcher Tim Lata went the first seven innings of the opening game, giving up only one run along the way. Senior Greg Everson pitched the eighth and ninth innings to get the win and even his record at 2-2 on the season. MICHIGAN TIED the game at one in the sixth inning due to some good baserunning. Steve Finken beat a potential inning-ending double play to set the stage for Bill St. Peter's run-scoring double to left. The other run came on Greg McMurtry's inside-the-park home run in the ninth. It was his second of the year, both inside-the-parkers and both against Eastern. The Hurons scored its only run in the first inning but threatened to score more. Lata, though, struck out the third and fourth hitter, and retired another on a groundout to leave a Huron player stranded on third. The story was the same in the second game as senior John Grettenberger posted his first win of the season against no losses with a six hit, five strikeout performance. The Wolverines came up with just enough hitting to post a 6-2 victory. MICHIGAN SCORED two in the fourth, to open up the game. Mike Gillette had a run- scoring single that sent McMurtry to third. When the shortstop threw the ball away, McMurtry scored. Rich Samplinski hit his second home run of the year to provide the final run for the Wolverines in the fifth inning. Eastern finished out the scoring when they punched across one run in the fifth, but Grettenberger, who walked none in the entire contest, squelched every chance at a rally that the Hurons possessed. Eastern Michigan outhit the Wolverines 13-8 in the series, but this was not enough as the Michigan pitchers proved to be the deciding factors. The Wolverines accumulated many walks from the Huron pitchers, while the Michigan pitchers were very stingy in giving up walks. The losses drop Eastern Michigan to 12-19 on the year. By BILL ZOLLA The pitching was great as usual, but yesterday afternoon, the Michigan softball team gave coach Carol Hutchins the hitting she has been waiting for all season. The Wolverines exploded for 16 hits, to go along with another brilliant pitching performance by Vicki Morrow, in winning an impressive double-header from Michigan State 6-0 and 2-0. The third-place Wolverines now stand 7-3 in the conference. Morrow earned both victories on the afternoon, improving her record to 10-4 and lowering her ERA to 0.40. STARTING THE first game, Morrow extended her streak of complete-game shutouts to six, limiting the Spartans to three hits while striking out five. Michigan State had only one baserunner in the first five innings of the game. The dominance continued in - the second game when Morrow blanked the Spartans in the final four innings after relieving starter Michelle Bolster, who was struck by a ball on the leg. The combined performance held the Spartans to five hits, and produced the second shut out of the afternoon. Hutchins has been very pleased with the play of her pitchers, and hopes that using both will keep them both strong as the Big Ten race narrows. "Morrow is just a tremendous competitor and a great athlete, the coach said. "She's worked hard for three years and is finally: getting the recognition she deserves. Bolster has pitched very; well, but she hasn't gotten any offensive support." THE BEST news of the day was the Michigan offense, which seems to be finally coming around after a season-long slump. In the first game, the Wolverines racked up six runs on 11 hits, as seven different players got into the action. Mary Ann Daviera, Alicia Seegert, Beth Mueller, and Sara Dyksterhouse led the Wolverine's offensive charge. Daviera was three-for-three, Mueller two-for- two, and Seegert had three hits in four trips, including a run-scoring triple. Dyksterhouse had three hits on the afternoon, including two of the team's five total in the second game. "This is the way we know this team can hit," Hutchins said. "We've just tried to be relaxed and patient, and today it finally came around." The Wolverine bats may have arrived at just the right time. An important weekend series with the first-place Indiana Hoosiers looms around the corner. The Hoosiers are 8-0 in conference play. SURPRISE YOUR SWEETHEART! make an EASTER BASKET at KILWIN'S " Unique gift items " Easter candies " Exceptional chocolates " We ship UPS Kilwiris 4 - Choolates 107 E. Liberty 769-7759 Men Spike By ALVIN BORROMEO Cakewalk. The men's volleyball club may not want to describe it that way, but it is the only way to describe how the team breezed through the competition at the Midwest Tournament in Wheaton, Ill. last weekend. The Wolverines - seeded 13th in the tournament - swept Illinois State in the finals, 15-7 and 15-13, in a best-of-three game match. The team was victorious in 12 of its 13 games in the tournament. David Glaser won the commisioners award win Midwest event for the most oustanding player in the finals. "(THE TEAM) played the best they played all season," said head coach Tricia Wang. "They played very consistently and we got 100% out of everyone." Added team captain Tony Rodriguez, "Everyone (at the tournament) kept comenting on how we played with six player's on the court." Before reaching the playoffs, the squad battled its way through a competitive field of 17 teams, beating Northern Illinois, Ohio University and North Park. In the playoffs, Michigan faced Wheaton (the only team to win a game off the wolverines), Eastern Illinois and, Illinois State in the finals. Clubs from Notre Dame and Ohio State also participated in the tournament. THE TOP seeded club, Wisconsin, was forced to forfeit from the playoffs because one of their vans arrived late. The starting six for the Wolverines were Rodriguez, Marc Miner, Chip Degrace, Adam Craft, Glaser and Jim Kim. I ENSIN THE 1987 YEARBOOKS. ARE NOW AVAILABLE Starting Tuesday, April 14 They may be picked up at Student Publications Building, A 'no., What's Happening Recreational Sports SEMESTER BREAK HOURS: May 2, 1987 - May 5, 1987 Date CCRB NCRB IMSB Sat., May 2 Closed Closed 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Sun., May 3 Closed Closed Noon-7:00 p.m.