0 Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 31, 1989 Kass fills voi'd left by former 'M' ace By Phil Green Daily Sports Writer Replacing the nation's best player comes with a lot of pressure. This, however, has not bothered University of Michigan sophomore David Kass. "There's not really that much pressure. I personally like it better. It gives me a chance to play the top players in the nation." With Malavai Washington, the Wolverines' and the nation's best college player last season, opting for the professional circuit, Kass became the No.1 ranked player on Mich- igan's tennis team. He has definitely met his newest challenge. Based on last season's perform- ance, the Columbus, Ohio native began the individual fall season ranked 18th nationally. The team's coach, Brian Eisner, believes that "Kass' performance this season has been just outstanding...The way he has performed so far, his ranking should be somewhere in the top 10 in the nation." Kass came away from the Notre Dame Invitational two weeks ago victorious, despite stiff competition from 16 of the nation's best schools. The previous weekend at the Long Horn Invitational in Austin, Texas, he was only ousted following a hotly contested semi-final match. Last weekend, however, was the biggest tournament of the season. The nation's 32 best players com- peted in the first quarter of the col- lege Grand Slam, the Volvo Masters in Athens, Georgia. "I thought going into the tourn- ament that Dave had an excellent chance to win," Eisner said. "He is as good a player as anyone in the United States." "When it's the top 32 players, there are no easy matches," Kass explained. "Whoever played five good matches was going to win." Unfortunately, Kass was unable to do so. Following convincing vic- tories over Fullerton State's Marcos Garzo and Southern Florida's Jose Campos, Kass lost a tough quar- terfinal match 6-2, 7-6 to Jeff Chiang of Columbia University. Kass emphasized, "I was happy until that match. I was playing well and am disappointed that I lost." Eisner explained that a possible reason for the defeat was endurance. The match against Chiang was Kass' second of the day and "he relies on quickness and movement which makes it difficult for him because he works so hard during the match." Despite his disappointment with his finish in Athens, Kass still has plenty of goals for the rest of the season. "I'd like to make a run at all three (remaining Grand Slam tour- . naments). I'd definitely like to win at least one...as long as I play well, I'll be happy." Kass + TooIM Getting uch Reading IYou Down? 4 P02r a ON AS-0 I 10 _ .rte ,. +" -pop T " ". 1 r S Is f K r iY ., , o.. p P -r ,_ ' . I K s , 1 /" om - - . 7""" '^t I? J y. } W Est ..-, r. ~-,- U _. f**- Al Noma Cut Your Study Time In Half With Equal Or Better Comprehension! Would you like to read at least fast; with better comprehension.. more free time to enjoy yourself. twice as .and have A FREE one-hour demonstration will show you how to save hundreds of hours of drudgery this school year (as well as how to increase your reading speed immediately). i Evelyn Wood works-hundreds of thousands of people have proved it. Learn How To Get A $195 Audio-Cassette Program FREE & Increase Your Reading Speed At Least 100%! TODAY OR TOMORROW IAIE''fJI! A hA U 1 A/"E I A n-.&A f.l "*f.lUAn