Friday, January 21, 2000 - The Michigan Daily - 11 Blue netters open at home with Western By Jeff Phillips Daily Sports Writer This Sunday at 1 p.m., the Michigan en's tennis team will take on defending d-American Conference champion Western Michigan in its first dual meet of the season. "Everyone is really excited for the first dual meet," senior Brad McFarlane said. "We're ready to go" This meet will be the first time that the Wolverines will compete against another team. The previous meets were individual, non-scoring events. "We are looking to come out and real- lv assert ourselves as the team to beat in part of the country," senior John Long said. The Wolverines will have their hands full, as the Broncos return five of their top six players from last year's squad. In addition to winning the MAC, Western Michigan also qualified for the NCAA tournament. "Western Michigan is a very good team," Michigan coach Mark Mees said. "We want to make sure that we carry over from our performance at the Big Tens." Last season, the Wolverines defeated the Broncos 6-1 behind strong singles play and a sweep of the doubles. "Unfortunately, what we did last year has no bearing on this year," Mees said. "We're really looking ahead and not behind." This weekend, the Broncos will be thrown into the regional mix, as they begin a difficult stretch of dual meets where five of six are played against Big Ten opponents. This year, Western Michigan is 1-0 and currently ranked No. I l in the region. TOMORRO7w Wha Michigan (H-) vs Western Michigan (1-0) Where: Varsity Tennis Center Whens: 1 pm. How to get tre Take AATA bus route 36 heading toward Wolverine Tower. The bus pkks up every 15 minutes in front of the Law School and Michigan Union. Admission is free to all home meets. Both teams belong to Region IV, which also contains every Big Ten school, except Penn State. The Wolverines are currently ranked No. 4. For much of the team, the meet will be the first time they will compete in dou- bles this year. "It is the first time that our doubles will be directly matched up with another team," Long said. "I think that, it is important to get off on the right foot." The meet will be a chance for Michigan to play as a team, before start- ing the Big Ten schedule. After Western Michigan, the Wolverines will continue their brief home stretch when they face DePaul on Jan. 29. By Michael Kern Daily Sports Writer Last night's loss to Wisconsin was the Michigan women's basketball team's fourth road game in its last five. The Wolverines posted a 2-2 record in those four games including a win against No. 13 Illinois. The long road trip may have finally worn out Michigan, as some poor shooting cost them a seven point half- time lead. But the Wolverines weren't making any excuses for the loss. It was the Wolverines' second worst shooting performance of the season, as they shot just .353 from the field. "Do you think it effected our play," Guevara asked Stacey Thomas and Anne Thorius. The answer was a resounding, "No." The weary Wolverines return home this Sunday to take on Iowa (2-5 Big Ten, 5-1 1 overall) at Crisler Arena at 2 p.m. A FOND FAREWELL: Michigan State coach Karen Langeland announced Wednesday that she would step down as coach of the women's WVomen on road, shoot poor basketball team at the end of this sea- son and take a position as an assistant athletic director with Michigan State. "She has a great opportunity to go into administration," Guevara said. "She'll do a great job as the assistant athletic director because she can be empathetic having been in the trench- es." Langeland is in her 24th season with the Spartans, posting a 357-278 record in that time. The Spartans have also made three NCAA Tournament appearances. Langeland named fatigue and a lack of passion as the main reasons for her choosing to step down. The search for her replacement is planned to begin within the next few weeks.They also tied for the Big Ten title in 1997. Guevara spent eight seasons as an assistant coach under Langeland from 1987-1995 and one more as an asso- ciate coach for the 1995-96 season. Guevara was sad to see Langeland go. "She's my mentor," Guevara said. "The biggest thing (she taught me) was to always be fair and consistent with my players, and that's something I've always tried to do." FG FT REB MIN M-A M-A 0-T A F PTS Thomas 36 9-23 3-4 7-0 4 4 23 Goodl ow 35 4-12 7-9 6-8 1 2 15 Milker 30 3-7 4-6 3-4 1 5 10 Thonus 39 3-7 0-0 1-2 4 1 7 1rm 25 2-9 0-0 0-3 3 1 5 0-1 00 0-2 00 0 Kipping 3 0-1 0.0 0-1 0 0 -0 Bies 12 !-4 2-2 3-5 0 2 4 Qesterle 12 2-4 0-0 01 1 1 5 Totals 200 2468 16-21 22-39 I4 16 69 SFG e:.353. FT .762.3-point FG: 5-18.278. homas 2.7, Oesterle 1-2, Thodius 1-4, Ingram 1-4, Goolow 0- 1). Blocks: 4 (Thomas 2, Goodlow, Milleri. Steals: 9 (Thomas 5, Goodlow, Thorius, Walker, Bies): Turnovers: 14 (Thonus 6, Thomas 2, Ingram 2, Goodlow Walker Kipping, Bies) Technical Fouls: none. WISCONSIN (72) FG FT REBl MIN M-A M-A OT A F PTS Sims 37 3-13 2-3 313 1 2 9 Moore 35 5-10 6-6 2-4 1 4 16 Stomski 30 5-7 10-10 0-7 2 5 20 Paulus 26 7-10 2-2 0-1 0 3 2 Pate 28 3-6 0-0 1-1 8 2 6 Smith 7 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 0> Black' 18 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 Seeger 2 0-0 . 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bird 15 1"-2 0-0 1-1 0 2.2 Koneny 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200. 25-50; 20-21 8-33 15-19 72 FG% :500. FT%: 952 3-point FG: 2-9 .222: (Paulus 1- 1 Sims 1-2, Black 0-1, Pate 0-2, Moore 3). Steal s: 5 (Pate 2, Paulus, 2, Stomskl?. Turnovers: 19 (Moore 3, Stomski 3, Pate 3, team 3, Sims 2, Paulus 2, B ack 2, Bird). Technical Fouls: none. Michigan.e. A..36 33 - 69 Wisconsin,._. . 29...43-7... At: Kohl Center Attendance: 7,386 runners return to host invite David Moasr Daily Sports Writer The Michigan men's track and field team returns home after a triumphant road trip to Bloomington. On Saturday, the Wolverines host the 19th annual Red Simmons TOM Invitational. The meet pits ......... the Wolverines against Who: Mid Eastern Michigan, Central annual Red Michigan, and the Invitial versity of Toronto.W Track Buildit ast weekend, the Whm: 9:3 Wolverines were spear- Latest 7his headed by their distance fir home s runners, highlighted by the season, Mike Wisniewski's victory in the 3,000 meters. Wisniewski seeks a repeat perfor- mance this week but will have to do it against some stiff competition. "The 3,000-meter will definitely be trace to watch," Assistant coach Fred Laplante said. "Our own team is an SPARTANS Continued from Page 10 bit by bit." Despite their modesty, the Wolverines made a believer out of Michigan State coach Kathie Kleges, whose team has faced five other ranked opponents this s on. What I saw, I was very impressed with," Kleges said. "They have an out- standing team, and I think they can pos- sibly go all the way. Michigan is defi- ;igar fir lng SOD6 event in itself." Laplante refers to Michigan's extra- ordinary quartet of distance runners. Wisniewski, Jay Cantin, Steve Lawrence, and John Mortiper will all take part in the 3,000- 1RROW meter, making for an ..........................interesting race. in hosts 19th Adding some spice to nmmws this weekend's meet is igan Indoor the presence of local Club runners who will Im. take part in the competi- Michigan's 'tion. ing meet of One such club called "Athletics America" boasts 6 runners who any event this week," Laplante said," I look for every guy to have to earn a vic- tory" "Oded is probably a few weeks away," Laplante said. "Look for him to return the second or third week of February." The Red Simmons Invitational, named after Kenneth Simmons, one of the most influential coaches in Michigan track history, is a non scoring team meet. Therefore, the emphasis will be on individual performances. "Our mission is to run guys in as few events as possible," Said Laplante. "We want guys to concentrate on their best events and put up some good scores, trained for the Olympic trials. Paul Mcmullum, a member of the last Olympic team in the 1,500-meter will race in the 3,000-meter. The added competition should make things tougher on the Wolverines. "There won't be any cakewalks in nitely the best team we've seen so far:' As the Wolverines look ahead and see two top-five teams looming on the hori- zon of their schedule, they hope to con- tinue the success experienced against Michigan State. Last night's win was "awesome," Plocki said. 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