The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - October 7, 2002 - 7B Netters don't disappoint at home Invite By Josh Holman Daily Sports Writer If there's one place you should make sure you succeed, it's at your own tournament. The women's tennis team did just that at this weekend's Wolver- ine Invitational at the Varsity Tennis Center. A plethora of Wolverines placed in their respec- tive singles flights, led by junior Chrissie Nolan. Nolan, who was seeded fifth, was runner-up in the "Blue" flight after two upset victories of 4-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 and 3-6, 6-1, 10-6 over the No. 4 and No. 2 seeds on her way to the finals. Nolan finally fell yesterday to top-seeded Dora Vastag of Michigan State 6-3, 6-1. Freshman Debra Streifler also continued the suc- cessful start to her young collegiate career. After a fifth-place finish in her flight at the William and Mary Invitational two weeks ago, Streifler breezed through the "Maize" flight without dropping a set. "There were no surprises," Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt said. "I have a lot of confidence in each player and was certainly pleased with their per- formances." Juniors Kavitha Tipirneni and Kim Plaushines rounded out Michigan's scoring in the "Blue" flight, with fourth- and eighth-place finishes, respectively. Vastag proved to be a Wolverine killer all weekend, as she was responsible for Plaushines' exit in the second round, (6-4, 6-4), and Tipirneni's defeat in the third round, (6-2, 6-1). Senior Jen Duprez recovered from her first- round loss on Friday and continued on to win the consolation bracket of the "Blue" flight. Another senior, Joanne Musgrove, kept the winning trend alive, winning all her matches in the singles Reedus leads Michigan to sweep over Buckeyes DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Michigan junior Kim Plaushines finished in eighth place in the "Blue" flight this weekend, losing in the second round to Michigan State's Dora Vastag, the top-seeded player in the invitational. By Rob Dean Daily Sports Writer She tried her best to hide it, but you just knew that Michigan's Chantel Reedus couldn't wait to celebrate. After netting two early victories, the Michigan volleyball team was down 26-27 to Ohio State in the third game of the best-of-five match, when Reedus emerged as the clutch performer. Call it natural talent, call it killer instinct, but with her team down, Reedus was ready to punish anything that came even close to her personal airspace. She jumped, pulled the trigger, and sent the ball careening down toward Ohio State, tying the game at 27. On the next point, the ball got passed around the Michigan offense and settled on Reedus' side of the court. She drilled a shot toward an. Ohio State defender, who could only cover her face for protection as her team fell behind by one. The Wolverines ran the same play next time around, moving the ball back to Reedus, who delivered a final devas- tating blow to Ohio State. Michigan went up, 29-27. After each winner, Reedus turned toward teammate Erin Moore and smiled; barely able to contain her joy and excitement. A victory, especially the way the Wolverines were chasing it, would be huge. "I just looked at Chantel and told her, 'Give me these last few points, that's all I want,"' Moore said. After battling back from a deficit as large as five points, the game (and the match) finally reached its storybook conclusion with a 30-28 score and a Michigan win. Moore, who had been so stoic in the closing moments of the game, pumped her fist in the air and danced at midcourt. Reedus collapsed into a crowd of her teammates like an exhausted prizefighter, having almost single-handedly tagged the loss on Ohio State. But once the Wolverines gathered by their bench after the match, surround- ing each other in elation, it became obvious why Michigan swept the pow- erful Buckeyes this weekend. On any given night, someone on the team has stepped up and turned in a career performance. On Saturday, it was Reedus, who finished with a team- high 12 kills to go along with four digs. On Friday, Katrina Lehman shined in a 3-1 Michigan victory over Indiana. She eclipsed former Wolverine Julia Sturm to become Michigan's all-time leader in blocks with 377. The Hoosiers came to Ann Arbor with as much hype as the Buckeyes. They had upset Ohio State the previous weekend and subsequently received votes in the USA Today/ACVA Top 25 poll. Michigan, undefeated at home this season, played the Hoosiers aggressively at the net behind the work of Lehman. The Wolverines forced Indiana into 22 attack errors. Coach Mark Rosen couldn't have been prouder of his team's success. "Last week we had some great prac- tice," Rosen said. "We really grew up a lot this weekend, and I can't wait to see where it takes us." round-robin. Along with the play of their singles competitors, the Wolverines were happy to see that the quality of their doubles teams had not declined. The dou- bles point in last year's dual meets was nearly auto- matic for Michigan, and this year has started off as more of the same. After two of their three doubles teams placed two weeks ago, Michigan squads won both the "Victors" doubles flight and doubles round-robin. The team composed of Duprez and Plaushines upset both the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds en route to yesterday's first-place finish. The duo out- did its Michigan counterparts of Nolan and Tipir- neni, who finished fourth. The pairing of Musgrove and Streifler went undefeated in the doubles round-robin. "We have a lot of work to do still," Ritt said. "We need to identify what we are doing well, but we did show good improvement from the William and Mary tournament." Michigan closed out the fall tournament season without two of its brightest stars, sophomores Michelle DaCosta and Leanne Rutherford. The two were invited to this year's Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championship in Pal- isades, Calif. But they were not as successful as the rest of their team, failing to make it out of pre- qualifying, losing their first-round singles and doubles matches. "I think at various times of the year everyone will have to take a leadership role," Ritt said. "Obviously, it should come from the upperclass- men, but we'll see who steps up." The Wolverines will resume play on Jan. 10, when they host the Michigan Invitational before dual play begins. Top players in country too much for M' trio By Mike Wolking For the Daily Anytime you have a field consist- ing of 271 of the best players in col- lege tennis, you can be certain it's going to be tough for your three entries to contend. At the pre-qualifying segment of the Intercollegiate Tennis Associa- tion's All American Championships, a big-time tournament that has featured future professionals such as Todd Martin and James Blake, the Wolver- ines had no qualifiers, but left Ten- nessee with a positive outlook on their experience. "It's one of the college grand-slam tournaments," Michigan assistant coach Dan Goldberg said of the com- petition, which is the largest of the three national championship events during the 2002-2003 men's tennis season, "You get a good feel for where you stack up nationally." Sophomore Michael Rubin got some good news in this regard, win- ning three matches and advancing to the round of 32 before losing to Flori- da's Troy Hahn 6-2, 6-4. Considering it takes seven wins just to reach the main draw, Rubin was the standout for the Wolverines. But Goldberg was satisfied with the outcome of Michigan's other matches as well. "All three of our guys played good tennis," he said. "Every match that we lost was winnable." A prime example was sophomore David Anving, who ran into some unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Inclement weather forced his first-round match to be moved to an indoor court where the alternate sur- face proved to be an adversary to his game. "Having David's match moved indoors didn't help because it hurt his serve," Goldberg said. Anving won his first set, 6-4, before dropping the next two 6-3, 6-4. Junior Anthony Jackson won his first match, but lost in the second round 6- 2, 7-6 (5). One thing missing from the Wolver- ines' journey to Chattanooga was sen- ior leadership. The team sent two sophomores and a junior, but that was not a concern for the coaching staff. "Everyone will take a leadership standpoint on the team at some time this year," Goldberg said. Michigan was poised to field a doubles team, receiving a bye in the first round and winning by default when their second-round opponent did not show up. But with Rubin's loss, the coaches decided to pull themselves out and head back to Ann Arbor. western union kegs bill payment center imported beer sprint payment center wine money ordeis liquor PARTY SHOPPE deli pre-paid phone cards 340 S. 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