6 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - Monday, September 27, 1993 Tennis romps at Tom Fallon Invitational Kickers have field day in NFL's fourth week By RYAN WHITE FOR THE DAILY "No one at this tournament per- formed better than we did." Those were the words used by Michigan men's tennis coach Brian Eisner after his team's performance this past weekend at the Tom Fallon Invitational Tournament in South Bend, Ind. Eisner felt that only Notre Dame, who has been ranked in the top 10 each of the past two years, played as well as Michigan, who won a com- bined 15 of 22 singles matches. "If you win 75 percent of your matches, you've dominated the tour- nament," Eisner said. At 68 percent, the Wolverines came close to doing just that. Like all fall tournaments, no team scores were kept at the Fallon Invite. Senior Dan Brakus led the charge, winning the 'A' bracket of the compe- tition for the second year in a row. Brakus got to the final by defeat- ing Ryan Simme of Notre Dame by a score of 6-2, 7-6. In the final, Brakus took out Purdue's Brian Smith, 6-2,6- 3. Eisner felt that Brakus' play was "very solid" in what was a national tournament featuring teams from not only the Midwest, but from all over the country. The other Michigan player in the 'A' bracket wasjunior Grady Burnett, whohadasolidwin againstNebraska's No. 1 player. Burnett eventually lost a tough match to Mashiska Washington of Michigan State, 6-4, 7-6. Incidentally, Washington is the younger brother of former Michigan standout and touring pro MaliVai Washington. In the 'B' bracket, Eisner said sophomore Peter Pusztai did a "great job" in reaching the semifinal round. Pusztai lost in the semis to Mike Sprouse of Notre Dame, 6-2, 6-3. "Sprouse played a near-perfect match with hardly any unforced er- rors," Eisner said. In the 'C' bracket, senior Mike Nold also reached the semis. To reach that stage, Nold had to endure three matches on the first day, all of which he won. He lost his semifinal match to Krunch Kloberdanz of Vanderbilt, 6- 2,6-3. In Kloberdanz, Nold faced a fresh- man who, according to Eisner, will soon be one of Vanderbilt's top play- ers. ASSOCIATED PRESS In what is fast becoming the Year of the Kicker, the field goals kept coming Sunday. Kickers made 29 of 34 attempts during early games. Andnotonly were the kicks going straight, they were going far. Steve Christie of Buffalo hit from 59 yards, Greg Davis of Phoenix struck from 54, Al Del Greco of Houston from 52 and Fuad Reveiz of Minne- sota from 51. Christie's was the third- longest in NFL history. "When you've got the wind, you've got the confidence to say: 'Oh, why not,"' Christie said. Reveiz made five field goals against Green Bay, including the win- ner from 22 yards with six seconds to play, as the Vikings beat Green Bay, 15-13. Kevin Butler made all four of his .....attempts, from 33,40,32 and 31 yards, in Chicago's 47-17 rout of Tampa Bay. Vikings 15, Packers 13 At Minneapolis, Reveiz's winning AP PHOTO kick came one play after Jim McMahon completed a 45-yard pass ccaneer to Eric Guliford to put the ball at the he win Packers' 5. Green Bay blew the cov- erage on the third-and-10 play. The five field goals were a career high for Reveiz, who had been both- field. At ered by an ankle injury. His other removed kicks were from 35, 19, 29 and 51 yards, but he missed from 49 yards t of kids with 2:40 left as the ball hit the t be able crosssbar. 's friend, Bears 47, Buccaneers 17 ping like At Chicago, Jim Harbaugh passed for two touchdowns and ran for an- er that it other in Dave Wannstedt's first vic- to leave tory as coach of the Bears. . The Bears scored four touchdowns oing the in the second quarter and held a 28-10 halftime lead over the Bucs. They }ne went ahead, 41-10, on Myron Baker's eight-yard TD run in the fourth pe- riod. Dolphins 22, Bills 13 At Orchard Park, N.Y., the Dol- phins took a 19-0 lead midway through the second period by scoring on their first four possessions, quieting 80,000 fans. Dan Marino was 20-of-32 for 282 yards. He threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Irving Fryar and ran four yards for a TD as Miami won at Rich Sta- dium for the second straight year. Colts 23, Browns 10 At Indianapolis, Vinny Testaverde came off the bench again to try to lead afourth-quartercomeback. Unlike last week, he didn't succeed. Testaverde threw an interception and fumbled in the. end zone on Cleveland's last two chances and In- dianapolis handed the Browns their first loss of the season. Rams 28, Oilers 13 At Houston, Jim Everett, his play under heavy criticism, completed 19 of 28 passes for 316 yards and three TDs to carry the Rams. Warren Moon could not quiet hs critics, going 19-of-42 for 310 yards with two interceptions and four sacks. Saints 16, 49ers 13 At New Orleans, Morten Anderson's kick was set up by a drive from the Saints' 23 to the 49ers' 32 in little over a minute. Mike Cofer's 30- yard field goal had tied it 13-13 with 1:14 left. New Orleans is the only 4-0 team in the league. San Francisco lost for only the third time in its last 12 games with the Saints. Seahawks 19, Bengals 10 At Cincinnati, Harold Green of the Bengals fumbled in his own end zone with 4:26 left and Rod Stephens re- covered for a touchdown, turning Seattle's 10-9 deficit into a 16-10lead. John Kasay kicked a 35-yard field goal, his fourth of the game, to clinch it with 2:33 left. 0 0 Chicago Bear defensive lineman Chris Zorich attempts to sack Tampa Bay Bu quarterback Craig Erickson in the Bears' 4717 victory yesterday in Chicago. T gave new Bears head coach Dave Wannstedt his first NFL victory. CLEVELAND Continued from page 3 But, as Marc-Aurele will quickly tell you, there are plenty of things to like about the old ballyard. Tickets are never a problem, like they may be in the new place. "What I'm afraid of is that the real fans - the people that won't be able to afford season tickets - won't be able to get good seats," he said. "There's going to be a lot of compa- nies buying up the good seats. It'll turn off a lot of people." The fans who do show up to Cleve- land Stadium are great. The park thun- dered after Albert Belle hit his second home run of the evening in the sixth inning, bringing Belle out for a cur- tain call. "The fans are what make the ballpark," said Frank Krajewski, an usher since 1974. "And the fans are nice. You can't ask for better fans." Rick Berger, who was in town from Saratoga, N.Y., to catch a game "so that I could say that I was here to watch the Indians play before they left," became a Cleveland Stadium- convert Friday night. "Best place I've ever been to see a ballgame," he said. Yes, wise-guy, he has been to other baseball stadiums. And there is some character to Cleveland Stadium, the countless Bil- Jac Dog Food signs notwithstanding. Maybe it has character the same way an ugly dog can be cute, but it is character all the same. "I think there's a lot of memories here," Krajewski said. "Maybe we haven't had a lot of fans, but we've had a lot of fun." The seats are close to the1 the new park, players will ber from the fans. "It won't be as close. A loi want autographs. They won' to do it," said Marc-Aurele' Mimi Dunlap, who looks nott Norm Peterson. There is enough charact will be hard for Marc-Aurele after the final game Sunday. "I'll probably be boo-ho last gamerhis year," he said. He probably won't be alo 01 j MILIA Continued from page 1 strong. He really wanted to be a big- time football player because he was big enough and he had good speed." Milia gives a lot of credit to Fracassa for developing his talents, both on and off the football field. "He's such a great motivator and there's no question that he's really responsible for me being (at Michigan)," Milia said. "He instilled a lot of qualities in me, but most importantly he taught me to be a football player." Like any good doctor, Marc Milia is very conscious of one thing - his golf game. The 15-handicap- per says that golf is one of the main things on his mind, outside football and medicine. But this may be the only stereo- type that can accurately describe Milia, who disproves the myth of the dumb jock. Academic achieve- ment has always been a priority of Milia's. "I was more interested in Michigan as an academic institu- tion, because it's a great school," Milia said. "Michigan was where I would go to school if I didn't play football, so when I was recruited by Michigan it was the best of both worlds." Because of his strong acumen in the sciences, Milia knew he would either be an engineering or a pre- med major. He decided to go the latter route following a summer internship at Michigan's pathology lab after his freshman year. "I've had opportunities to ask a lot of questions and be exposed to both the clinical aspects of medicine as well as the research aspects," Milia said. "I've had a lot of exposure and with each exposure, my interest in medicine grew and grew." However, Milia had to deal with the fact that because he was a football player he wouldn't be taken seriously from an academic stand- point by most of the student body. In order to overcome this hindrance, Milia tried to surround himself with others also interested in studying medicine or other large academic goals. Ironically, Milia's role as a backup also contributed to his success in the classroom. "I guess it just made me concentrate more on academics," Milia said. "I prepared myself to graduate in four years and I wanted to be accepted to medical school in those four years just in case the fact I didn't play made me lose interest in football enough to where I'd want to skip my fifth year and just go directly to medical school." Having completed his under- graduate work in biology last spring, with a grade point average of 3.44, Milia says that he has learned to live with the unfair characterization of athletes. "Regardless of what people think, I know the truth and I always went out on a limb in my classes to make sure people knew I wasn't stupid," Milia said. "There were times when people would come to me for help. They obviously knew what the story was. I guess it was just one of those things where you just have to do the best you can and hope people recognize you for what you are instead of what they think you might be." Life as a backup lacks excite- ment. Michigan quarterback Todd Collins, who played with Milia on the second team for the past three years, said that Marc had his troubles with the lack of playing time. "I think it was tough for him," Collins said. "He knew he had a future first-round NFL draft pick ahead of him. He just knew he had to keep getting better because he was just waiting for this season." Milia himself admits that the waiting game took a toll on him. Having already fulfilled the require- ments to graduate, Milia contem- plated going to medical school immediately, foregoing his final year of eligibility. After all, his ultimate dream was already in his grasp. But Milia felt he had one thing left to do while at Michigan. "I'd be watching Steve play and see the guys he was playing against and I was saying to myself, 'I can do all those things,"' Milia said. "Why should I not take my opportu- nity as a fifth-year guy and my opportunity as a starter to go out there and prove to myself that I was able to do these things in the first place?" Milia used spring practice as his final testing ground. "I just told myself that if I made it through the spring football without an injury and if I was playing up to my expectations than I would come back for this final season," Milia said. "But there's no question that I struggled with the decision to come back for my fifth year." Like almost everything he does, Milia has not taken his role on the 1993 team lightly. Being the lone senior on a line that was heavily criticized in the preseason for being inexperienced, Milia understood that his leadership would be a critical contribution. "If I wasn't going to come back for my fifth-year, who would be the guy who tries to help these guys out?" Milia said. "I feel a responsi- bility to communicate what I know to the younger guys and make sure they come around with me in my understanding of the game of football." Even in his moment as the lead, Milia is conscious of the cast around him. Marc Milia's efforts over the last four years are finally beginning to be recognized. Milia was named academic All-Big Ten last season and given the Honda Scholar- Athlete award two weeks ago. Embarrassed by all the attention, Milia is proud of the fact that his efforts are being rewarded. "Just receiving all these acco- lades, it makes it all seem worth while," Milia said. When the 1993 season ends, Milia will move on to his ultimate dream knowing full well that he gave everything he could to the Michigan football team. In ex- change, Milia says that playing for the Wolverines has been everything he expected, if not more. 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