Football Annual Spring Game Tomorrow, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium Student Tickets: $3 SPORTS Softball vs. Northwestern Today, 3 p.m. Varsity Diamond The Michigan Daily Netters master Friday, April 20, 1990 MSU Women win 8-1 but lose Schmeidel by Jeni Durst Daily Sports Writer The Michigan women's tennis team won practically every match against Michigan State yesterday, but, in the process, could have lost something far more important. The Wolverines defeated the Spartans overwhelmingly, 8-1, los- ing at only No. 1 doubles because of an injury retire to Christine Schmei- del. Coach Betsy Ritt decided to forfeit the match after Schmeidel strained a leg muscle in the middle of the second set. Schmeidel's out- look for the remainder of the season is still unknown. "I can't comment on (her injury) until I know more about it," said Ritt. "She felt that she could have possibly continued, but really, at that point, there wasn't a need to risk it. It was very cold and we had already won the match. "We're just going to have to wait and see how serious it is. It could be the type of thing, too, where if she takes a couple days off she could be ready to play against Ohio State on Saturday." Outside of No. 1 doubles, the Wolverines turned in a flawless performance. Michigan captured all six of the singles competitions in straight sets. With the win, the squad's record improves to 16-7 overall and 3-4 in the Big Ten; the Spartans now post a 0-7 conference mark. "I thought we played well," Ritt said. We weren't pushed by State, and sometimes it's hard to play well in matches when you're not pushed. Even though Michigan State has been struggling they played better last weekend against Illinois and Purdue and they seemed psyched up for the match. But we had a good day and we're stronger than they are, we "I think Michigan played very well," Michigan State coach Heather MacTaggert said. "We were compe- titive with them in half of the singles matches, we had a couple very close first sets. But they came out strong and kind of took it to us in the second sets. Michigan just has a lot more depth this year." played well." 'M' sluggers to face fearsome Illini bats by Ryan Schreiber Daily Baseball Writer Following their first Big Ten doubleheader sweep of the season, Michigan coach Bill Freehan's base- ball team will try to duplicate the feat twice this weekend versus Illinois. "I've only seen them twice," Freehan said. "We played them in the tournament in Las Vegas at the beginning of the year. We faced them in the second game of the season and the fifth." In those two early meetings between the two squads, the Wol- verines (20-17 overall, 6-8 in the Big Ten) came out on top, 6-2, and were clobbered in the rematch two days later, 10-3. As they proved in that second game, Illinois has an offense that can counter the strength of Mich- igan's pitching. "Their strength is experience, of- fense, and a strong schedule nation- ally," Freehan said. "We have been stronger in pitching and our offense has picked up of late. Hopefully the games we won on Wednesday will keep us going. We swept Michigan State for our first Big Ten sweep of the season." Illinois' power lies in its potent offense. Catcher Sean Mulligan leads the Illini with a .371 average and 14 homers. Third baseman and captain Mark Dalesandro adds not only sen- ior leadership, but 10 home runs and a .334 average. With Illinois' stellar 10-2 confer- ence record (28-11 overall), Mich- igan will depend on their starting rotation to quiet the Illini bats. On Saturday, Michigan's teamu ERA leader Jason Pfaff will take the mound, followed by rookie Dennis Konuszewski. Sunday will see Rus- sell Brock and co-captain Kirt Ojala. While the season has not been up to the caliber of a typical Michigan team, Freehan sees this weekend as a no-lose situation. "With no major goals-we can't win the Big Ten championship- playing the team in the driver's seat, the defending Big Ten champs, we can send a signal that we mean business." Not a bad idea. Interior offensive line coach Les Mi RB'S HEADLINE ANN it's I by Eric Lemont Daily Football Writer Two years ago, Tony Boles secured the job as Michigan's start- ing tailback as he ran for 135 yards in the Spring Game. Last year, Elvis Grbac completed only 4-11 passes for 38 yards. But we all know where he wound up. So, is tomorrow's annual Mich- igan football intrasquad game (1 p.m., Michigan Stadium) a mean- ingful barometer for who will be playing in the season opener against Notre Dame? Or is it simply a spring fashion show to see who looks good in dropback White or breakaway Blue? The answer varies by position with the most heated competition occurring at the running back slot. Page 12 les barks instructions to his players du UAL SPRING GAME Spring tD BUY' NSMO1., dy--6--2 own tans - orSept63.5623. s ibte m PaAarea. 6 -1V 5Se ter& CCO~~~xG ~split a $ a. T~O to burn at Cn Muest , Ps Ch 1 Call~S Senior Allen Jefferson and soph- omores Dennis Washington and Jon Vaughn are all looking to impress the Michigan coaching staff with another Boles-like performance. "They're getting after it," coach Gary Moeller said. "It's a competi- tive situation. I feel like I could make a decision today but I want to keep it a competitive situation." Moeller said he will also be paying close attention to other offensive skill positions including wide receiver and tight end. Defen- sively, the outside linebacker and defensive back position will also be evaluated. One area that is pretty much settled is quarterback. "Elvis (Grbac) will be our quarterback JOSt JUAMEZ/Dailt ring a recent spring practice. Stime regardless of (how he does in) the* Spring Game," Moeller said. 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