Men's Tennis vs. South Alabama Today, 2:30 p.m. Track and Tennis Building SPORTS Men's Swimming and Diving at NCAA Championships Today through Saturday Indianapolis ยง. The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 26, 1992 Page 8_;: Men tankers to race in Indy for NCAA crown Moeller deals with 'M' depth problem'. a ~ , .. . , _; , i. ,, , by Chad Safran Daily Sports Writer At last year's NCAA Men's Swimming Championship in Austin, Texas, the Wolverines came away with a sixth-place finish, over 200 points behind champion Texas. Despite the redshirting of All- American swimmers Eric Wunderl- ich and Eric Namesnik, along with the graduation of Mike Barrowman and diver Steve Hamerski, the Wol- verines will attempt to outdo last year's performance when they com- pete in Indianapolis for the national championship beginning today and ending Saturday. "We're looking to finish between third and sixth," Michigan assistant Jeff Rouse. Rouse is also a member of the 1992 Olympic team. Despite the team's No. 1 ranking at the end of the dual season, Stanford coach Skip Kenney said he does not see his team as the favorite. "Texas is the favorite," Kenney said. "We've got to overcome the hurdle of (the fact that) Texas knows how to win at the big meet, and our group has never won there. "I think there are two teams at the top, and that's Texas and Stanford. There is a big fight for the next four or five spots, which includes Michigan," he added. Noetzel held a different point of view. "Texas is a strong team," Noetzel said. "And they do have the defending champion in the one- meter diving, but Stanford is on a different page." Rookie Gustavo Borges will lead the Wolverines in their quest for the title. Borges, the Big Ten champion in the 100 and 200 freestyle, will be swimming in those events and five others as well - the 50 freestyle, the 400 and 800 freestyle relays, as well as the 200 and 400 medley relays. He is the only Michigan swimmer who will compete in the maximum seven events. Sophomore Rodney Van Tassell will be competing in five events. He will be helping the Wolverines in their attempt to duplicate an eighth- place, All-American performance of a year ago in the 800 freestyle relay. Van Tassell will also take the pool in the 400 freestyle relay and the 100, 200 and 500 individual freestyle events. Brian Gunn is also attempting to recapture All-American status. The junior will swim in the 500 freestyle and the 100 and 200 butterfly. Gunn finished fifth in the 200 last year to earn the honor of one of collegiate swimming's top performers. However, Michigan faces a larger problem than competition - fatigue. This is the Wolverines third big meet in the last two months, after the Big Ten Championships and the Olympic Trials. by Albert Lin Daily Football Writer Spring football practice is only a week old, but coach Gary Moeller is already worrying about more prob- lems than he would like. The team seems to have depth problems at nearly every position - offensive backfield, secondary, line- backer, defensive line, wide receiver - but Moeller is going ahead with all the scheduled workouts. "You constantly gotta scrim- mage," Moeller said yesterday. "We've got different guys - even today - getting their injuries looked at. But you've got to scrimmage to teach the game, and you've got to do that in spring ball." The squad had a scrimmage last Saturday, and will have another this weekend. Moeller was particularly impressed with Ricky Powers' and Walter Smith's performances, in ad- dition to the expected excellence of the seniors. "Ricky ran real well. He's a more dominating type of runner right now," Moeller said. "Walter Smith is a tough son-of-a-gun. He can come in the first day, and if you throw the ball up there he'll come down with it. "I don't want to say this, but he plays too hard sometimes - he plays so physical that he's beating himself up. He's as physical a player as we have on our team - bar none." Smith will play -an important role during the upcoming season. With Desmond Howard turning pro, Der- rick Alexander still out of action and- Yale Van Dyne graduating, Smith'- will be Moeller's top returning re- ceiver next fall, along with Felman Malveaux. "Th'ere are two things that re- ceivers have to learn," Moeller said. "They've got to learn how to catcli' the ball in traffic, and they've got to- learn how to run their routes under pressure, when they've got people trying to bang 'em." Powers' backfield mates are also in short supply right now. Jesse Johnson may be held out the entire spring to concentrate on his aca- demics, and Greg McThomas' move to linebacker leaves Burnie Legette and redshirt frosh Che Foster to hold down the fullback position. See FOOTBALL, Page 10 Ricky Powers breaks through the line in action from last season. Powers will have to carry a big load next year as a key returning offensive starter. 'M' NETTERS HOBBLE TO CAMPUS FOR AFTERNOON CONTEST , Wolverines to face USA today= .hi Van Tassel coach Mark Noetzel said. "The favorite is Stanford. They are far and away the best team." The Cardinal finished second last year with 420 points, far behind Texas' total of 470, but this year is different. Stanford features what is generally regarded as the best group of backstrokers' in collegiate swimming - and possibly the world. In last year's NCAAs, they captured five of the top 12 places in the 100 anI 200-yard events. Each member of the group is returning to the annual meet. Included in the quintet is defending 100 backstroke champion and world-record holder by Adam Miller Daily Sports Writer Don't call the members of the Michigan men's tennis team the Wolverines. Call them the Walking Wounded. As many as four players could be out with injuries when Michigan (3- 4 Big Ten, 3-7 overall) hosts South Alabama (16-1 through yesterday's match at Purdue) today at 2:30 p.m. Due to a lack of available court space at the Liberty Sports Complex, the match will take place at the Track and Tennis Building. No. 1 singles David Kass has fi- nally resumed workouts, but Mich- igan coach Brian Eisner said his playing status won't be known until just before the match. No. 5 singles John Lingon, who aggravated a knee injury in Mich- igan's 5-4 victory over Purdue ear- lier this season, practiced Tuesday for the first time since then, but is also listed as questionable. No. 6 singles Adam Wager missed Michigan's last match with a strained right quadracep, but Eisner said he is "doing better" and is likely to play. Finally, No. 4 singles Eric Grand, who Eisner said has had "an assortment of minor injuries," will also probably play. "I really don't know what to ex- pect," Eisner said of his injured players. "I'd really like to have at least two in the lineup. If we get all of them, that would really be a bonus. But I'm not expecting that to happen." Eisner said he is as uncertain about the Jaguars as he is about his own lineup. "I don't have a great feel for (South Alabama)," Eisner said. "I know what kind of team they've lost to (South Alabama lost, 9-0, to No. 'I really don't know what to expect. I'd really like to have at least two in the lineup. If we get all of them, that would really be a bonus. But I'm not expecting that to happen.' - Brian Eisner Michigan tennis coach 10 Louisiana State), but I don't know much about who they've beaten." Eisner's questions made refer- ence to the primarily small, southern opposition the Jaguars have plowed through - teams such as Oklahoma City (an 8-1 victory), Rollins Col- lege (5-1), and Auburn-Montgomery (6-1). Like Michigan, South Alabama is a top-heavy team. The Jaguars have won over 75 percent of their first through third singles matches, but; only 60 percent of fourth through sixth. Peter Kuhn, a 6-foot-1 sopho- more from Durbin, South Africa, ' leads the team at No. 1 (11-3 through Sunday). The Jaguars are equally strong at doubles. The No. 1 tandem of Kuhn and Clive Ullyett, another import from Durbin, began the season 11-3. "I'm sure they're excellent play-10 ers," Eisner said, "but I'm not really that concerned about them. What. I'm really concerned about is mak ing sure that our team is healthy and'" ready to go" Michigan will be looking to re- bound from last weekend's fiasco in " Houston, in which the team dropped matches to Rice, Tennessee and' Kansas. Inconsistent weather, recui-- ring injuries and a new tournament-""0 format gave the Wolverines fits. n "I'm not making excuses," Eisner said. "But when you lose a nation- ally-ranked player (Kass), and you're playing with people who~ wouldn't ordinarily be in the lineug; and you're playing high-quality; competition, you just aren't going to win those matches." The controversial first-to-four . format will not be repeated today, and Eisner said he is relieved. "I didn't like it at all," he said. "There were several great singles matches that had to be stopped, there were no doubles involved at all, and I found it very discouraging." 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