20 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 11, 1994 SPRING Continued from page 15 11:10 mark of the second quarter - that gave the White a 10-0 margin. Moeller was pleased with what he saw from Lovell. "If he keeps concentrating, he'll be a pretty good kicker," Moeller said. "I was more concerned with the punt- ing than the place kicking." Punters Nate DeLong and Paul Peristeris combined for a 37.4 yard average on their seven kicks. While the kicking game may have been off, one player who looked on was Wheatley. The junior tailback continued where he left off in the Wolverines' Hall of Fame Bowl victory over North Carolina State, accumulating 94 yards on 16 carries in about 20 minutes of action. Wheatley began the game in his familiar starting position but then looked on from the sidelines and signed some autographs for a major- ity of the second and third quarters. "Everybody thought I'd take the game off because I'm a senior," Wheatley said. "But I got to get some work just like everybody else." One player not in his customary position was tight end Jay Riemersma. A backup to Collins last season, Riemersma moved to tight end this spring as a result of an injury to Pierre Copper and Damon Jones' dismissal from the team. The Zeeland native hauled in four passes for 57 yards, including two re- ceptions on the White's first posses- sion. Later Carr zipped one through the tight end's hands and the football ended up in the arms of Blue defensive back Chuck Winters, who raced up the left sideline to the White 18 for a 30-yard return. Michigan quarterbacks threw two interceptions on the day (Ty Law picked one off as well) and the teams combined for four fumbles with three being turned over. The errors were more prevalent on the Blue squad than anywhere, as it committed seven penalties for 47 yards in losses. "The turnovers killed us," Collins said. "We were in the scoring zone a lot. We need to be more consistent. We'd be on one day and off the next." With the exception of summer conditioning, the Wolverines will now be off until mid-August, when they begin full preparation for their season opener with Boston College. 'M' tennis dominates Lions RIEMERSMA Continued from page 15 "He'll be a good player," Dyson said. "He's earned his respect from us. He came in this spring and worked really hard. He wants to play." Injury and graduation left head coach Gary Moeller with no incom- ing tight ends this spring. Marc Burkholder graduated after starting all 12 games at tight end last year for the Wolverines. Pierre Cooper saw action in 11 games but an injury forced him to miss spring practice. Damon Jones no longer remains on the team following problems with the law. "Hopefully, Riemersma can be a tight end," Moeller said. "He's really been a tremendous bonus this spring. "We went into the spring with no tight ends and you come out with a guy like him. It's kind of like a lottery hit." Incoming freshmen Mark Campbell and Jerame Tuman join the Wolverines at tight end in the fall. By JOSH KAPLAN DAILY SPORTS WRITER The Michigan men's tennis team is quickly becoming a team nobody wants to play. Against a tough Penn State team, the Wolverines (3-1 Big Ten, 7-5 overall) demonstrated their strength, blanking the Nittany Lions, 7-0. The Lions (3-3, 9-3) came to the Liberty Sports Complex yesterday on the heels of a big road win in East Lansing, beating Michigan State, 4-3, Saturday. They also brought with them an eight-match winning streak. They would not leave with the streak intact. The Wolverines dominated ev- ery aspect of the match, winning all but a single set. "It's very difficult to beat any rela- tively good team, 7-0, because usually you're going to lose a match or two somewhere along the line," Michigan coach Brian Eisner said. The outcome of the meet was ap- parent from the outset. In the doubles sets, an aspect of play the team has struggled with recently, Michigan won all three matches. In singles the results were equally convincing. All six Wolverines won their first set, leaving Penn State with little room to breathe. Michigan kept the pressure on the Lions from then on, with only Grady Burnett needing a third set to win, battling to a 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 victory over Chad Skorupka. Eisner was not surprised with his team's margin of victory. "Where they have some strength in their lineup happens to be where we're relatively strong also, in number one and two singles," Eisner said. "If you beat a team where they're strong be- cause you're stronger, what could be a close match turns out to be a very decisive match." At number one singles, senior Dan Brakus topped Penn State's Ivan Spin- ner, 6-3,6-3, avenging aclose three-set loss in last year's meet at Penn State. Spinner had upped his personal record to 9-1 Saturday, beating Michigan State's Mashiska Washington, before falling to Brakus. "This was a very challenging match for Dan, and he won the match deci- sively," Eisner said. At number two singles, sophomore John Costanzo stopped the Lions' Greg Gaunt, also by the score of 6-3, 6-3. The most consistent spot in the Michigan lineup lately has been Adam Wager in the number five slot. The junior came up big once again, shutting out Penn State's Chris Cahill, 6-0,6-0. "I'm getting on top of my opponent right away, putting the pressure on early," Wager said. "I make my oppo- nents feel that they can't win a game even. Mentally I'm getting tougher the more matches I play." The Wolverines have improved as a team to the level of a Big Ten con- tender. "This was our best match of the year," Eisner said. "We are getting better every match. Every one of our players has brought their game up an- otherlevel. The most importantthing is that we are really competing very hard and controlling matches, andthat'show you get a score like this." BASEBALL Continued from page I8 Gels in the second game. Shortstop Ryan Van Oeveren also had two hits for Michigan in the sec- ond game. In the opener, the Wolverines took a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning when designated hitter Matt Ferullo scored Kevin Crociata from third with a groundout. The Wolverine advantage, how- ever, was short-lived. In the bottom of the sixth, the Nittany Lions scored the only two runs they would score all day. They were well placed, however, because it was enough to give them the victory. With the bases loaded, Derek Bochna singled to left and Lance Rathmell scored from third base just ahead of the throw from Weaver to tie the score at one. Dave Hall then scored the win- ning run on a fielder's choice. Heath Murray took the loss for Michigan, despite allowing only two runs in five and one-third innings of work. His record fell to 2-4 on the season. "Everyone was pretty disap- pointed," Simmons said. "To give up two runs in two games and only come away with one win is disappointing. "Our pitching was strong, but our hitters just didn't get the job done." Weather permitting, the two teams will play a second doubleheader start- ing today at 11 a.m. WEATH ER Continued from page 18 The NCAA is considering a plan to push the season back to where it would start in late spring and end in mid-summer. This would effectively eliminate the advantage that warm weather schools possess. The problem is that the majority of the season would then be played after the school year ended. The NCAA is not considering any immediate changes in the schedule of the season. Despite these troubles, Freehan said the Michigan baseball program is better off than many other northern programs. "Michigan supports the baseball program extremely well," he said. "With the push towards gender equity, you see a lot of programs in the North being eliminated primarily because of the weather and lack of success." Such schools as Wisconsin, Wyoming and Colorado no longer have teams. Even though the Michigan baseball program is doing . comparatively well, it is not ready to compete on a national level, as evidenced by its current 12-14 overall record. So how can the Wolverines really compete evenly with the warm weather schools? Until the NCAA makes changes that limit the effect of the weather on college baseball, the answer is simple. They can't. 0 Michigan tailback Tyrone Wheatley saw limited action during the spring football game but accumulated 94 yards. YB' r 1 i N ,..,. . .yv..:.q.. 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Still, that couldn't stop Michigan, which, with Campana, Carr, Silver, Gleason and Erin Martino each notch- ing two hits apiece, thumped the Wild- cats, 9-1. Silver, Carr and Campana all had five hits in the series. "Throughout the weekend, we took advantage of offensive situations and Northwestern errors," Hutchins said." Our defense played very well all four games, never falling apart." I e~dk~uuI~aUu I Ira A \ rA C c~z Does waiting in line bug you? w I -. We have all the services to get you in and out FAST! " Automated machines that collate and staple " Report binding while you wait * Canon Color Copies in minutes " Overheads before class begins 9 9. 1 color 1I 1 COli0 I In AMENEW AMEMEMOMMIMINNEEL I I