Women's Tennis vs. Ohio University Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily TSPORTS Tuesday, April 21, 1987 Baseball Doubleheader vs. Cleveland State Tomorrow, 1 p.m. Ray Fisher Stadium Page 9 '83 champ excells as coach By ADAM SCHRAGER What would you call a coach who embodies the diligence and intensity of a Bobby Knight or Mike Ditka and the humanistic and caring side of a Bill Parcells or K.C. Jones? This type of coach, according to number one doubles player Ed Filer, is men's assistant tennis coach, Mark Mees. "His no-quit, blue-collar type attitude and his ability to work with people makes him the ideal tennis coach to play for," explained Filer. SINCE TAKING over as assistant coach after graduating from Michigan in 1983, Mees' influence on the team has grown every season. "I think the reason for my increased success and involvement with the actual coaching," said Mees, "has something to do with the fact that now I am farther removed from people that I played with and were my buddies. I now can act as a go-between for the players and Brian (head coach Brian Eisner). "I have learned, though that you have to understand that you draw the line between being buddies with the players and being their coach. You have to be able to step on them if need be." This intense attitude for Mees, who played SPORTS OF THE DAIL Y: diligently in both matches and practice, is nothing that people who saw him in his four years as a Michigan star do not already know. IN HIS TENURE with the Wolverines, he earned four All-Big Ten honors and won two Big Ten doubles titles. In 1982, Mees teamed with eventual NCAA singles champion Mike Leach to aid Michigan in capturing the Big Ten title. One year later, Mees and partner Tom Haney combined to win the Big Tens and then advance all the way to the quarterfinals of the NCAAs to garner All-American honors. Mees' success on the tennis court has helped him gain the respect of the team's present players. "We respect his ability on the tennis court," said senior captain John Royer. "We know that for one set, he can beat anybody on this team. His ability commands respect." MEES IS ONLY able to play one set these days, due to a hip injury that kept him from turning professional. Being a pro was his ultimite career goal. "I always wanted to play professional tennis, but when I injured my hip I realized that I could not accomplish this goal," said Mees. "In fact, I am probably hitting as well now if not better than I ever have before. "I chose coaching as a career because I loved college tennis and its team aspect. That idea of playing as a team is not found much in tennis anymore. Plus the fact that I'm a sports nut. I can't imagine doing anything else." This dedication to coaching college tennis does not stop at the assistant coach level for Mees. In fact, the University of Richmond is flying Mees down to Virginia today as one of the finalists for the head coaching job for next year. "I want to be a head coach, but it will be extremely difficult to leave Michigan," said Mees. "I have spent my last eight years here and would come back if the opportunity presented itself, but I cannot wait around for that to transpire. The bottom line is that I would love to coach at Michigan some day." "I kept telling him that he had to wait until I left before he could get a head coaching job elsewhere," said Royer. "He is the reason that I came here. He is the ideal role-model; the ideal tennis coach. He has every trait that it takes to become a head coach. I wish him the best." Men's golf shoots year's 'best' -Sports Information Photo Assistant coach Mark Mees, shown here in his playing days at Michigan, Will offer his services, as head coach, to the University of Richmond. Big Ten Baseball Standings East w MICHIGAN.....7 Purdue ............ 5 Indiana.............. 2 Michigan State..... 2 Ohio State.......... 0 L 1 2 2 6 4 Pct .875 .625 .500 .250 .000 West W Minnesota........3 Iowa .. ...........5 Wisconsin......... 4 Northwestern....... 3 Illinois.............1 L 1 3 4 5 3 Pct .750 .625 .500 .375 .250 Reds place ex-Blue ,star Larkin on DL By BRIAN DELANEY The men's golf team turned in its best performance of the year, finishing fifth out of 23 teams at the Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus last weekend. The women's golf team also played last weekend finishing 12th out of 14 teams at Ohio State. Scott Chipokas lead the men's team, and the tournament field, with a three-round total (74-74-74) of 222. SUPPORTING Chipokas were Hersh Patel (234), Bob Papp (235), John Codere (237) and Mike Seekell (239). Coach Jim Carrass was pleased with the performance of Chipokas and the team as a whole. "Scott did a terrific job of playing solid, steady golf for three straight rounds," said the Michigan coach. "When you consider that he beat the Midwest's top golfers (Ohio State) on their own course, then you know what a great accomplishment this was." "As a team we played the best golf of the year at the Kepler, and probably the best golf of the last two years." THE TEAM has improved in every tournament it has played in this season. This trend has enabled Michigan to gain the respect of the other teams in the Midwest. Said Carrass, "We've been improving each week and the other teams are now starting to look out for Michigan." In the women's tournament, junior Krista Dunton lead the Wolverines with a three-round total (80-80-80) of 240. Terri Mage and Donna Greenbury followed closely with a 247 and a 249, respectively. Brigid Cunningham finished with a 263. The women's team will now prepare for the Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, May 8-10. Women netters split matches A man stood up after the women's tennis match on Saturday and said, "That makes it just a split this weekend." The man was unidentified and walked away quickly, but his words did not gauge the impact of the two weekend matches. The Wolverines did split their weekend matches against Purdue and Illinois. But, to consider it just a split, does not reveal, in the words of coach Bitsy Ritt, "the most important weekend of the year." THE MAN'S words do not properly describe Michigan's agonizing loss to Illinois. The match went down to the last set of the last match before Michigan lost, 6-4. Calling it just a split completely overlooks Michigan's overpowering 7-2, demoralization of the Boilermakers on Saturday. Saying just a split this weekend would be to forget that with two wins Michigan's number one singles player Tina Basle, has almost assured herself all-Big Ten honors. That disillusioned man must have forgotten that Michigan's win came against the same Purdue team that swept the Wolverines last year in the Big Ten team tournament. IN THE Illinois match, Michigan won four out of the six singles matches. Basle came from behind to win, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. -WALTER KOPF ASSISTANT EDITORS Gale Research Company, a major publisher of reference books for libraries worldwide, is seeking candidates for editorial positions to do research and writing for our 'books. { Bachelor's degree- in English, Language or Humanities is *highly prefered; college coarse work and interest in literature of many periods is required. These are entry level positions that offer advancement opportunities. 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He is expected to be ready to play then. The Reds put Larkin on the disabled list to avoid demoting a player to make room for Soto, who opened the season on the disabled list as part of his comeback efforts from shoulder surgery. Knicks fire coach Hill, GM Stirling -NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Knicks fired coach Bob Hill and general manager Scotty Stirling yesterday, in the wake of a 24-58 NBA season and a third straight R last-place finish. The announcement was made by Richard Evans, the new president of Madison Square Garden Corporation. Hill, an assistant coach with the club, replaced Hubie Brown as head coach last Dec. 1 and posted a 20- 46 record, including six straight losses at the end of the season after the return of injured star forward Bernard King. Stirling was hired Jan. 3, 1986, replacing former Knicks star Dave DeBusschere as the team's front office boss. The Knicks, however, continued to flounder and Stirling was under fire for a number of his trades. 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