6B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 22, 2001 'M' swimmers drown Buckeyes Doubles dominate in men's tennis shutout of hexed Broncos By Jim Weber For the Daily Beating Ohio State is nothing new to Michigan or its women's swimming team. As one school dominates another over an extended period of time, the champions begin to look past the sup- posed rivalry. But, don't tell that to Michigan coach Jim Richardson, who made sure these thoughts didn't overtake his team. As a result the team won eight events and beat Ohio State, 132-106, Saturday in Columbus. "Whenever you are swimming against a sister school in the Big Ten, it's a big deal," Richardson said. "1 don't care if it is tiddlv-winks or a 47-man squamish, you have to be ready." Senior Jen Crisman won both the 100- and 50-yard freestyles. She also set a new Peppe Pool record with a time of 23.52 in the 50 free. Freshman Tealin Keleman took a first place in the one-meter diving against a strong group of Ohio State divers. This dual meet also marked the homecoming of freshman swimmer Annie Weilbacher, who is from Columbus. Weilbacher described her perfor- mance as "decent," modest considering how well she placed in her events. Her performance included a second-place finish in the 200-yard individual med- ley and first place in the 400-medley relay. Her success was especially vali- dating because Ohio State recruited her. There were many supporters in the crowd rootingfor Weilbacher at the meet. Combined with the Wolverine fans making the trip from Ann Arbor, Weilbacher said, "It seemed like we had a bigger crowd than they did." This weekend the Wolverines will face No. 18 Notre Dame on Friday fol- lowed by a visit to No. 23 Northwestern on Saturday afternoon. Although these are difficult meets for the Wolverines, coach Richardson said he was not very concerned with their record - he relies on practices to eval- uate his team. Richardson looks to keep the girls fresh for his top priority, the NCAA Championships. In order to do so "we will begin tapering down this week," Richardson said. By Albert Kim Daily Sports Writer For 23-straight matches against the Michigan men's ten- nis team, the Broncos had walked away with a loss. The 24th time was no different. The Wolverines dominated both the doubles and singles matches as they swept their way to a 7-0 victory at the Varsity Tennis Center yesterday afternoon. The Broncos put up a good fight in the singles match- es, but didn't have enough to keep Michigan from winning its ninth-straight season-opening dual match. "We knew they were a good team and we knew we couldn't overlook them," freshman Anthony Jackson said. The Wolverines started the match by emphatically win- ning the doubles point. Junior Henry Beam and sopho- more Chris Shaya dominated at first doubles, 8-4. Juniors Dan McCain and Greg Novak won at No. 2 dou- bles, 8-5, while Jackson and junior Ben Cox finished the sweep with another 8-5 win. "Our doubles were weak last year, but I think we've def- initely improved, and now I think we can beat anybody," Cox said. At No. I singles, Beam needed three sets to prevail against Pillon, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Beam suffered two service breaks in a sloppy second set, but hit some big shots down the stretch to put the match away. Cox, McCain, Jackson and Shaya won in straight sets in the No. 2, 3, 5 and 6 slots, respectively. No. 4 Greg No4 went to three sets, but prevailed, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1. Particularly impressive, Cox dominated his match against a very vocal Fernand Garcia, 6-4, 6-3. Cox jumped out to early leads in both sets, served well and controlled nearly every point. Garcia didn't go quiet- ly, though. Upset by a close call by the umpire, he loudly demonstrated to the official how to call the ball out. Undistracted by his foe's antics, Cox played his best when it counted, fighting off a break point in the first set, then putting the set away with an emphatic overhead. "When Ben is focused and playing well, he can play with anybody;' Michigan coach Mark Mees said. Shaya also played well - showing some toughnespn gritting out a first-set tiebreaker, then hitting some big serves in the second set to earn the win, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. The Wolverines have the second match of a five game nonconference home stand next Saturday against Tularie, which knocked off the Wolverines last season. But tlat was before Michigan improved its depth and doubles play. b ._ . Netters slam Bowling Green we throw all kinds of stacles] at you, tuition isn't one of them. Sure, we'll have you climbing walls. But if you qualify for a 2- or 3-year scholarship, tuition's one obstacle you won't have to worry about. Talk to an Army ROTC rep. And get a leg up on your future. ARMY -R*i Unlike any other college course you can take: For Full-Tuition Scholarships Call Lieutenant Colonel McCormick 734-647-3029 Spring Commencement Stuent Speaker Call for Entries The Office of the Vice President for Communications is making a Call for Entries for a Student Speaker at Spring Commencement. Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:15 a.m. Michigan Stadium The Student Speaker must be receiving a bachelor's degree during the Winter Term 2001 or Summer Term 2001. Submit 9 Typed draft of speech (less than 5 minutes in length) emphasizing academic pursuits and expertences unique to U-M " Audiocassette tape of author reading the speech " Curriculum Vitae (or resume) highlighting U-M scholarship and campus leadership Questions " Contact Elise Schreck at 615-O499 or by email, eschreck@umich.edu By Seth Klempner (sj, jms) Daily Sports Writer Forty-three minutes. That's all it took for freshman phenom Chrissi Nolan to dispose of Bowling Green's top senior Meghan Rhodes. It is the baseball equivalent of a two-hit, two-hour game. Nolan was done with her match before most people were done with their first set. Rarely in tennis can the turning point of a match be pin- pointed, but for Nolan it was obvious. After losing the first two games, she hit a strong forehand straight down the line that Rhodes never had a chance to play, to turn the momentum around. From there on out Nolan played with confidence and dominated the match, winning 6-2, 6-0. "When I had walked over and saw that it was four-love and saw that the first set had been played I thought it was a mis- take," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. Nolan attributed the slow start to having not played a match since the fall. She also played a long doubles match and had only a ten minute rest between her matches - giv- ing her little time to recuperate. This was not the first time these two Chicago natives had faced each other. "Being three years older than me, I haven't seen her in a while, but we have a long history" Nolan said. "I didn't know what to expect. I've played her before and she was playing different today." Once Nolan found her rhythm, she was unstoppable - landing her first serves and preventing unforced errors. "From the warm-up and the first two games I realized she wasn't above my level - I could win the match if I kept my errors down and forced her to make errors," Nolan said. OM ,FELDCAMP/Day Chrissi Nolan used her backhand enroute to Michigan's first victory of the season, a 7-0 win over Bowling Green. The elder Rhodes could tell how much the younger NOn had improved since they last played three years ago. "She did everything solid today, was consistent all around and didn't make any mistakes," Rhodes said. Despite the excellent play by Nolan and the 7-0, dominat- ing performance by the Wolverines, they got off to a slow start falling behind in two of their three doubles matches before rallying to win all three. Fuzesi and Plaushines were down 7-4 in their eight-game set before coming back to win, 9-7, in dramatic fashion. The slow start could be attributed to early season jitters and nervousness that led to many unforced errors. "I was surprised with how nervous we started with the&- bles," Ritt said. "But I was proud of how we settled down." . _ _--L Planning a Wedding? ie8ooeWEDDING FREE BRIDAL SH OW " Enter to win a Sandals® Honeymoon " Meet the industry's best - Our 5-Bride Certified " Specialists - all in one location Joy Manor I Westland, M I January 28, 2001 iiam - 4pm I