Men's Swimming and Diving Ice Hockey vs. Wisconsin vs. Miami (Ohio) Friday, 4:00 p.m. Friday, 7:00 p.m. Cliff Keen Arena Yost Ice Arena The Michigan Daily Tuesday, November 10, 1992 Page 8 by Bob Abram Daily Sports Writ kickers fall short again son er So close, yet, still without a title. The Michigan men's soccer team was minutes away from a victory over Illinois and a Big Ten club championship this past weekend, but the Wolverines caved in during the last few minutes and lost the cham- pionship to the Illini, 5-4, in Champaign. With the loss, the men's soccer team was booted from the na- tional tournament for the second year in a row. The Wolverines stormed out to a 4-2 lead in the second half, only to see the Fighting Illini blitz Michigan with three goals in the last nine min- utes to seal the victory. "I've never seen anything like it," sweeper Dave Rindfusz said. "We played great for 80 minutes, and then they scored three goals in the last nine minutes. The Illini coach made a lot of substitutions in the last few minutes and it threw us off. They really got to us." "We folded,"coach Aaron Smith said. "Our guys got real soft towards the end. We could see the momen- tum shifting towards Illinois and there was nothing we could do about it. It was bad." In the other three games of the tournament, the Wolverines shut out both Purdue (2-0) and Notre Dame (4-0), and also won by forfeit over Ball State. The Wolverines' mental collapse against Illinois clearly frustrated Smith. "In order for us to win this championship, we're going to have to get rid of these confidence prob- lems that we have once in a while like in the Illinois game," Smith said. "It seems that we put ourselves down instead of thinking that we de- serve to be in certain spots." The failure to make the tourna- ment marked the end of the season for the Wolverines. They finished with a overall record of 11-11-3, but shined with a club record of 7-1-1. "We improved quite a bit over the year," Smith said. "We started out at 0-6-1, and end up going 11-5- 2 the rest of the way. The team should be much stronger next year because we are only losing three or four seniors and the younger players * gained a lot of playing time this year." The Michigan men's soccer team failed to make the national tournament for the second consecutive year. 1 Hi/Lo " Funk . Cardio Pump " Fatbumer " Interval Training o Butts Gutts and Biceps GRAND OPENING !! Griddes! Just drop off your piCk S at the-secnd lo fthe Student Publications B"ilding at 42f0M aynardbyfnQofon oFriday to win a -1 5 gift ce rtificafte o QcSuiiv rAs atery u .. 1. Illinois at Michigan 2.Piurdue at Michig an State 3. Northwestern at lowa ~4 Indiana at Ohio State 5. MinnesotatWisconsin .. Oregon State at Washington: 7. Temple atMim.(Fla. 8& Alabama at Mississip p State $. Tulane at Florida State 10. Syracuse at Boston College 11. Penn State at Notre Dame. 12. Nebraska at Iowa State 13. Colorado at Kansas; 14.IDuke at North Carolina State. 15. Georgia at Auburn .. 16. Arizona at Southern California 17. Washing ton State at Stanford- 18. H awaii at San Diego State 19. Eastern Michigan at Toledo- 20. Princeton at Yale: Tiebreaker: Total pol nts-illinois at Michigan: Name. Ph-ne: o~,: Lackluster showing for netters at ITA Come join in Ann Arbor's us for a newest on FREE workout AEROBICS studio Monday, November 9th or Tuesday, November 10 at 5:00 pm or 6:00 pm GRAND OPENING SPECIALS: by Vivek Jayaraman Patience is a virtue. For the Michigan men's tennis team, this is a slogan that's been taken to heart. The team finished off its fall season with a sluggish per- formance at the ITA Midwest Championships in Madison. "My feelings are a little mixed," coach Brian Eisner said. "I'm not satisfied, but at the same time I'm not totally disappointed. We're ex- tremely young and we'll only get better with time. Still, I was expect- ing more from some of our players." In all, five Wolverines competed in the singles flight. Of the five, three lost their first match. Freshman Peter Pusztai lost to Brad Dancer from Michigan State, 6-2, 7-5. Freshman John Costanzo lost to Michigan State's Mashishka Washington, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3. Sophomore Adam Wager lost to Indiana's Mark Abelman, 6-2, 6-2. One bright spot in the singles competition was the play of sopho- more Chris Wyatt. In the first round, Wyatt defeated Blang Ly of DePaul, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. In the second round, Wyatt fell to Mark Schmidt of Notre Dame, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. "Chris had an excellent win in the first round," Eisner said. "He played a tough match in the second round against Schmidt. Schmidt was a big part of why Notre Dame fin- *3 class series - $10 *10 class series - $25 ished second in the country last year, and Wyatt was in there 'til the end." Perhaps the biggest disappoint- ment of the singles play was the performance of junior Dan Brakus. Brakus won his first two matches before bowing out in the third round at the hands of Iowa's Eric Shulman, 6-4, 6-4. Brakus, who was seeded fourth, was expected to qualify for the Rolex Indoor Championships in Minnesota. In last year's tourna- ment, Brakus reached the semifinals and was one win away from qualify- ing for the indoors. "Brakus was well prepared phys- ically and mentally for the tourna- ments earlier this fall," Wager said. "However, at Madison he had a nag- ging injury and didn't seem well- prepared for the tournament." In doubles, only one team com- peted for Michigan. In their first match together, sophomore Grady Burnett and Costanzo defeated the fourth-seeded team of David Hold and Tom Weise of Indiana, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. In the next round, the pair lost to Brett DeCurtins and Eric Toth of Cincinnati, 7-6, 6-3. "Grady and John played an excellent first-round match," Eisner said. "This was their first time together, and they defeated a seeded team that was made up of two seniors that had played together for three years." Despite the lackluster perfor- mances over the fall, the team re- mains confident of success in the upcoming Big Ten season. "The Big Ten will be more bal- anced than ever," Eisner said. "We are young, but we should be a strong team. Between now and then there is a lot of work that needs to be done." Regular classes begin Wednesday, November 11th j 'u* 1220 South University . 998-1220 4"' Corner of South University and South Forest (above Kinko's) 1 | Write it. Read it. Recycle it! The Michigan Daily AT&T -C \\\ ~ .aN R E S TA UR A N T O R T B A R MICHIGAN BEAT ILLINOIS Come watch your favorite team on a big screen TV via satellite! U of M games & Lions games are our priority. $.15 WINGS I SI i $3.25/Pitcher I I All Day Tuesday no coupon required f - -- -- - -- --- - -- ----- Sell it . . .find it! The Daily Cassifieds! 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