The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 31, 2000- 7B
Freshmen lead netters over foes
Beam gets last laugh
over childhood rival
Joe Smith
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Michigan women's tennis assistant
coach Terry Ann Zawacki knows what it's
like to be a successful freshman in a qual-
ity tennis program.
She was the first tennis player in Wake
rest history to reach the NCAA
ampionships as a freshman, which she
accomplished in 1992. Repeating this feat
her next three years, she also was a two-
time All-American.
- After watching two freshman phenoms
in her team's victories over Western
Michigan and Yale this past weekend,
Zawacki knows she's got something spe-
cial. Those freshmen, Joanne Musgrove
and Jen Duprez, won seven out of eight
matches. "The thing that stands out about
, freshmen is their work ethic,' Zawacki
said "Musgrove is the hardest worker I've
ever seen. She always seems to be out on
the court, and I think that influences others
and motivates them to get out there.
"They are both very coachable and
extremely competitive. They don't like to
lose, and they are often hard on them-
selves, with Duprez being more vocal
about it than Musgrove"she said.
With senior co-captain Danielle Lund
still sidelined with a pulled stomach mus-
cle, the Wolverines have used their depth
to their advantage. And the two freshmen
have been instrumental in picking up the
slack. The Wolverines (3-0) swept this past
weekend's competition with a 5-2 victory
over visiting Western Michigan, followed
by an 8-1 thrashing of Yale. Playing to suit
the Ivy League format against Yale, the six
singles matches went first, followed by the
three doubles matches - which each
counted for a point.
"The freshmen have made huge contri-
butions thus far, and really helped us out
against Western Michigan by being the
only ones to win all their matches
Zawacki said.
Duprez was undefeated this weekend,
with two victories at No. 4 singles and
another two in doubles with Jen Vaughn.
Meanwhile, Musgrove teamed up with
senior co-captain Brooke Hart for two
wins at No. 2 doubles. Her singles victory
against the Broncos was her ninth win this
year -- second-best on the team.
Michigan's impressive freshmen, along
with strong performances by sophomore
Jen Vaughn and junior Alison Sinclair,
have solidified the Wolverines' lineup and
have made them tough to beat.
Sinclair, also undefeated this weekend
in her singles matches, made a strong
comeback against Yale after falling behind
5-2 in the second set against the Bulldogs'
No. 6 singles player, Kirstin Gross.
By Brian Steere
For the Daily
MARJORIE MARSHAU/Daily
Alison Sinclair fired off five-straight
games to notch a comeback win.
Almost flawless, women s track takes first
There was more at stake for Henry
Beam during Saturday's men's tennis
match against DePaul than just win-
ning.
The Michigan sophomore from
Kalamazoo had bragging rights on
the line with his childhood friend
John Michael, who was playing for
the Blue Deamons.
Beam and Michael grew up facing
each other in various USTA tourna-
ments and spent a year together at
John Newcombe's Tennis Academy in
New Braunfels, Tex. Although they
weren't slotted to play against each
other, Beam needed to convince his
buddy that Michigan was the better
team.
Prior to the meet, Michael decided
to talk some trash about his long-
time rival.
"Henry Beam is the most overrated
player that I've ever seen," Michael
said. "He'll go down in straight sets
today."
Michael's prediction seemed to be
accurate after his friend quickly
dropped the first set 6-1 to Depaul's
fourth singles player Maciek
Jozwiak. But, Beam rebounded from
the slow start and used his intimidat-
ing size and power to bury Jozwiak,
6-2, 6-2, in the final two sets.
Unfortunately for Michael, his day
was not nearly as memorable.
Michigan sophomore Ben Cox
steamrolled past him, 6-3, 6-2.
Afterwards, Beam had a chance to
express his own feelings.
"Who's overrated now?" Beam
said. "John knows better than. o
shoot off his mouth like that;-1m
glad he ate his words."
Michigan dominated the rest'Of the
matches en route to capturing a7.0
victory over the Blue Demons
No. I singles player Matt Wrigiht
fired himself up after a point pcnalaiy
late in the first set and beat 7bn
Cheregi 6-3, 6-2. Meanwhile, fe~aw
seniors John Long and Ron -No
both won tight two-set matches at the
No. 2 and 6 spots, respectiver ydo
improve the Michigan seniors'si-
gles record this season to 5-1.
Sophomore Danny McCain -D
pleted the singles' triumph at No 3
with an impressive three-set victry
over DePaul's Robert KurekThis
match featured the most controvensv,
as both players received several point
penalties and overrules from the
chair umpire.
The Wolverines secured the dou-
bles point after taking two of the
three matches. Michigan's No. 2
team, John Long and Brad
McFarlane, took advantage of two
consecutive service breaks at the end
of the match to gain an 8-3 victory
over John Michael and Rory
McKinney.
"The first break was definitely the
difference in the match," McFarlane
said. "It gave us the momentum to
finish them off."
Wright and McCain teamed up at
the No. I position and also used sev-
eral breaks to claim an 8-5 victory
over John Cheregi and Andreas
Murfiadakis.
By David Edelman
aily Sports Writer
As Michigan women's track coach
*mes Henry watched St. Louis and
Tennessee yesterday, he might have real-
ized that his own Super Bowl is on the
horizon. The Big Ten Indoor
Championships, of which Michigan is
the two-time defending champion, are
lowly approaching.
justa month away (Feb. 26-27), this
single winner-take-all competition in
Minneapolis is what the whole season
Tocuses around. All Big Ten schools
end this prestigious competition,
Men's traci
regardless of prior record.
As shown by Henrv's decision to root
for the Rams, chances are he won't be
supporting the underdogs at the Big Ten
Championships.
The Wolverines continued their domi-
nance Saturday at the Michigan
Intercollegiate Championships by win-
ning for the third consecutive year .
"The team was able to get most of the
bugs of their systems," Henry said. "The
match supplied a significant source of
confidence to the athletes:'
The win marked their first road victory
of the season for Michigan, which had 10
first-place finishes out of the 16 events.
Triumphant Michigan performances
came from Nicole Denamur and Brandi
Bentley, who won the high jump and
long jump, respectively. Freshman April
Phillips followed up her shot-put victory
in the Red Simmons Invitational with
another win in the Intercollegiate.
Although the Wolverines placed
strong in all events, Henry was most sur-
prised by his freshmen, who have con-
tinually contributed to the team's success
this season.
"I haven't had these types of perfor-
mances before from my freshman ath-
letes," Henrv said. "They have made a
wonderful transition from high school"
Michigan's solid outing will be used
as a tune up for future events. The
Wolverines will increase the intensity of
their practices, placing a greater empha-
sis on better results as the championships
near.
"We will move our emphasis from
endurance to speed," Henry said. "As we
head into our February schedule, the
level of competition will become higher.
"This match was another step towards
the Big Ten Championship. When we
reach that point all the records are
thrown out the window. These matches
are just small gages on the screen of a
bigger picture. The best is vet to come."
k falters in Kalamazoo, places fifth
By David Mosse
'Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's track and field
team suffered it's first setback of the
son at the Central Collegiate
hampionships. The Wolverines placed
fifth out of nine teams with an overall
team score of 76.5 points.
Michigan soared into the competition
on a high after an impressive perfor-
mance at the Red Simmons Invitational
on Jan. 22. The strong showing earned
-the Wolverines a top 25 ranking for the
first time this season.
Saturday was a different story as
Michigan struggled mightily at the Jack
og Arena in Western Michigan.
Only one Wolverine captured first place
in his individual event. That honor went
to Jeremy Schneider, who won the 800
Ineters with a time of 1:54:54.
Michigan's other triumph came in the
distance relay, where the team of Tom
Caughlan, Phil Stead and John Butsic
placed first with a time of 10:07:56.
The 800 meters proved to be
Michigan's best event, as the
Wolverines managed three of of the top
six spots. Dan Snyder placed fourth
while Steve Moffat finished sixth.
Michigan had a host of third place
finishes including Patrick Johannson in
the 35-pound weight throw and Derrick
Applewhite in the 60-meter hurdles.
Charles Dewilt, who won the pole vault
at the Red Simmons, managed third at
Western Michigan.
Sprinting sensation Ike Okenwa had
a rare off week, placing third in the 200
meters and fourth in the 60 meters.
"Overall, we didn't perform as well
as we would have liked," Dewilt said.
"It just wasn't our day."
While the Wolverines struggled,
Eastern Michigan ran away with first
place behind victories in three individ-
ual events. Kent placed second, fol-
lowed by Western Michigan and
Central Michigan.
Michigan will have little time recov-
er as they travel to South Bend next
week for the Meyo Invitational.
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