Page 20-Wednesday, May 14, 1980-The Michigan Daily s. a ' E E ';u ..";43 f" ":t?},:.,f " .{: v / : ,. {.:":}:. ;{J: v. y {"{fr.; .., .,.{ : . .., ,. ..:" ::;,\UV U L U D ,.44 "{. M: {{:: { ;4.,"{ }," , Y.{ SS/1. : . :'". +},: i "'t' ,., + Lucky 13! eters romp Leach leads Blue to pinnacle 4 I By DREW SHARP It was a lucky 13 for the Michigan men's tennis team as coach Brian Eisner's forces nailed down their 13th consecutive Big Ten Championship in Minneapolis Saturday. If that was not enough the Blue netters put the icing on the cake by taking six of nine individual championships Sunday. The Wolverines had an easy time taking the team crown with a resoun- ding total of 68 points. The Wildcats of Northwestern finished far behind in second place with 33 points. AFTER TAKING team honors Satur- day, Michigan did not have much time to rejoice in their moment of triumph for they had to prepare for their next performance of the season, the Big Ten individual championships. Their per- formance was in aword-magnificent. Senior co-captain Jack Neinken easily put away Northwestern's Steve Quamme 6-4, 6-2 to capture the No. 5 singles. Freshman phenom Mark Mees of Zanesville, Ohio defeated highly- rated Mike Dickinson of Indiana 6-3, 6-0 to reign as king of the No. 3 category. Junior Matt Horwitch took -the No. 2 singles championship for the second straight year by doing away with Ted Kauffman of Minnesota 6-3, 6-2. This set the stage for one of the most thrilling matches ever witnessed in Big Ten competition. All of the talk Sunday centered around the match between Michigan's prize sophomore Michael Leach and the defending No. 1 singles champion Ernie Fernandez of Ohio State. WHAT FOLLOWED was a true grudge match in the tradition of past Jimmy Connors-Bjorn Borg battles. The two tugged back and forth with each player giving nothing away to the other and in the end a tiebreaker was needed to decide the champion. Leach won the tiebreaker 5-0 to cap- ture the title 7-5, 4-6, 7-6. "He (Fernandez) has the most shots of anyone I've seen aside from my own teammate, Matt Horwitch," said the new champion Leach. "HE CAN DO many things. He can come at you with finesse or with power. This match was not decided until the tiebreaker, it was that close." "I think the point of the tiebreaker was the most crucial point," Leach con- tinued. "I missed my first serve for the first time in a long time. I was trying hard to put the pressure on him. When I got the point I gained that much needed Mother's Day." COA -I EISNER was undoubtedly pleased with his group's stunning display. "I don't think anyone can believe how proud I am of this team," said Eisner. "This is the best team that I've had in the last five years. The competition was probably the best ever and we doubled our score from last year." "Anytime you have six teams playing in the finals and all six win, it was a great day; however, I must admit, it's amazing to see one team dominate a league the way Michigan has in ten- nis." THOSE WEREN'T the only cham- pionships that Michigan could boast of. Leach and Horwitch defeated North- western's Paul Wei and Mike Balkin 6- 4, 7-6 at No. 1 doubles and Neiken and freshman Tom Haney of Ann Arbor took the No. 3 doubles title by whipping Northwestern's Bill Shaefer and Mike O'Flynn 6-3, 6-3. The Wolverines now travel down to Athens, Ga. to compete in the NCAA Tennis Tournament to determine the overall champion May 19-25. For trivia's sake, the last Big Ten team to win the NCAA crown was Michigan back in 1957. 0 0 Leach ...reigning singles champ confidence. In a tiebreaker, it's power against power." "For me to win both the number one singles and number one doubles cham- pionship is almost unbelieveable. My mother and grandmother both flew up to Minneapolis to watch me and I was very happy to win the championships in front of my mother since it was I Tiger streak hits 4; defeat A's, 4-3 By JON MORELAND specialtotheDaily DETROIT-The Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-3 victory over Oakland last night at Tiger Stadium. Jack Morris pitched seven strong innings for the Tigers, but needed relief help from Pat Underwood an4 Aurelio Lopez to secure the win and even the starter's record at 4-4. A three-run rally in the bottom of the first inning provided them with the lead that they never relinquished. After one out, back-to-back singles by Alan Tram- mell and Steve Kemp put runners on first and second base. Richie Hebner followed with a triple to left-center, scoring the two runners. Hebner later scored on a wild pitch, giving the Tigers their 3-0 lead.. OAKLAND SCORED a single run in the top of the fourth inning, but Kirk Gib- son countered with his fifth home run of the season off Oakland starter and loser Matt Keough,.giving the Tigers a4-1 lead, and providing them with their eventual winning run. Oakland scored another run on a solo home run by first baseman Dave Revering to narrow the lead to 4-2. Morris coasted through the seventh inning with no problem, but he encoun- tered trouble in the top of the eighth. Center fielder Dwayne Murphy led off the in- ning with a single to center field. This prompted Tiger manager Sparky Anderson to bring in relief pitcher Pat Underwood to pitch to Oakland designated hitter Mit- chell Page. Not to be outdone, Oakland manager Billy Martin retaliated by bringing in Jeff Newman to pinch hit for Page. NEWMAN AND REVERING came through with back-to-back singles scoring, Murphy and putting runners on first and third with nobody out. Underwood, however, came through with a big strikeout by fanning Oakland third baseman Wayne Gross. At this point, Anderson opted to go with relief pitcher Lopez to pitch to Oakland. right fielder Tony Armas. Lopez got Armas out on a soft line drive to second base, and the following batter, Mike Heath, on a fly to left field to put an end to the Oakland threat. AFTER THE TIGERS went out one, two, three in the bottom of the eighth, Oakland mounted yet another threat in the top of the ninth inning. After Lopez suc- cessfully retired the first two batters, Oakland center fielder Ricky Henerson followed with a single to center field. With Murphy at the plate, Henderson proceeded to steal ground and go to third on a throwing error by Tiger catcher Lance Parrish. At this point, with the crowd of 13,332 on their feet, Lopez got Mur- phy to go down swinging, ending the Oakland threat, andsending the Tigers home with a hard-fought victory. BLUE ONE GAME UP Minnesota takes two I MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-The Minne- sota Gophers hit five home runs, two in the first game and three in the second, to defeat Wisconsin 9-1 and 10-5 in Big Ten baseball yesterday. The victories ended the regular season for Minnesota, guaranteeing the Gophers second place in the conferen- ce. IN THE FIRST game, Gonn Van Krevelen hita double and two singles to drive in four runs. Tom Schnell blasted his