8B --The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 5, 1998 Freshmen learn tough lessons at Westena -avid Paradzik and the rest of the veterans on the Michigan men's tennis team stayed home this week- end, while their freshman coun- terparts compet- ed at Western Michigan. DANA LINNANE/Daily By NickFezen For the Daily The Michigan men's tennis team is in the fledgling stages of the season. This weekend, three freshmen - Danny McCain, Ben Cox and Henry Beam - were on the road playing in the Western Michigan Invitational in Kalamazoo, while the upperclassmen on the team stayed in Ann Arbor, preparing for the season. Michigan coach Brian Eisner has scheduled this tournament the last few years in order to help ease the fresh- men into the rest of the rigorous season. All three freshmen won their first- round matches, which they played in the most competitive, A-Flight, division of the tournament. Henry Beam won his first match against Michigan State's Mark Jacobson, thrashing him in the opening match, 6-1, 6-4, but lost in the second round to Western Michigan's Ryan Tomlinson in a tough three-set match, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. Danny McCain gave Kalamazoo College's Ryan Shockley a lesson in his first-round match, 6-2, 6-4, but lost in the second round to Michigan State's Francisco Trinidad, 7-6. 6-0. Ben Cox won his first match against Depaul's Greg Tranquada after dropping the first set, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, and lost in the second round to Western Michigan's Mohammed Dakki, 6-2, 7-5. Beam and McCain played doubles in the A-Flight division as well, and won The Medical Scientist Training Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin offers a combined M.D.-Ph.D. degree program. Trainees receive full tuition scholarships and stipends throughout their studies. Highly qualified students with a background in research are encouraged to a pply. 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