The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 6, 1981-Page 27
LOOK TO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
'M' netters smash Big Ten oes
By BARB BARKER
With recent Big Ten victories over
Indiana (8-1), Ohio State (6-3), and
Iowa (7-2), the Michigan men's tennis
team rolled over Northwestern last
Saturday to finish their third con-
secutive undefeated Big Ten season at
9-0 and in first place.
"It was a good week for us," said
Michigan head coach Brian Eisner.
"Matt Horwitch did a super job,
beating Paul Wie of Northwestern, and
Michael Leach had another super week
of singles play."
THE NETTERS proceeded to trounce
Western Michigan, 8-1, on Monday to
wind up their dual meet season with an
overall 17-4 record.
Junior Michael Leach, with a 7-5, 7-6
second singles victory over Paul
Walker, pushed his individual mark to
an undefeated 21-0 this season.
"Mike has certainly done well this
season," said Eisner. "He will be All-
America for sure."
IN OTHER SINGLES matches, at
number one, Matt Horwitch downed
Bronco Steve Winsor, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Mark
Mees rolled over Scott Spoerl, 6-2, 6-1,
at third singles; at fourth, Ross Laser
smashed Dave Sommerville, 6-3, 6-2;
Tom Haney defeated Jeff Stassen, 6-3,
6-3, at number five; and Ihor Debryn
captured the sixth singles match,
defeating Mark Swanson, 6-2, 6-3.
The awesome first doubles com-
bination of Leach and Horwitch chalked
up their 15th season victory, breezing
by Spoerl and Winsor, 6-3, 6-2. At second
doubles, Wolverines Haney and Debryn
lost a close, split-set match to Walker
and Kasson, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. The third
doubles team of Mees and Dan
McLaughlin topped Sommerville and
Stassen, 6-1, 6-1.
The Wolverine netters are currently
preparing to host the Big Ten Tour-
nament, which will be held at the var-
sity courts outside of the Track and
Tennis Building this Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Michigan will attempt to
capture the 26th conference crown in
its history, 14 of them ina row.
Leach
... undefeated at 21-0
Women lose second
on eastern trip, 8-1
By SARAH SHERBER
Special to the Daily
PRINCETON, N.J.-The Michigan
women's tennis team suffered the
second defeat of its east coast road trip
yesterday, as the Wolverines fell to
Princeton, 8-1.
Michigan's only individual 'victory
came when Maryanne Hodges defeated
Emily Prayer, 6-2, 6-2, in the sixth
singles match.
MICHIGAN'S FIRST and second
singles players, Mary Mactaggart and
Jill Hertzman, epitomized the netters'
frustration, as they battled their
respective opponents evenly, only to
fall short in the third set.
In the numbere one singles match,
Mactaggart lost the first set, 7-5, to the
Tigers' Joy Cummings, but took total
control in the second set, breaking
Cummings' serve twice to win it, 6-2.
However, Mactaggart was unable to
capitalize on her aggressive play and
lost the final set, 6-4.
In an equally thrilling match, second
singles player Jill Hertzman managed
to take her first set, 7-5, before Prin-
ceton's Pia Tanyo came back to win the
second, 6-1. Tanyo proceeded to capture
the third set, 7-6, when Hertzman
double-faulted with the score tied at 6-6
in the tiebreaker.
DESPITE THE fact that Michigan
had lost the match before the doubles
competition had even started, coach
Oliver Owens was still "pleasantly sur-
prised" with his squad's play.
"Our number one girl (Marian
Kremer) is hurt, so everyone had to
move up one spot," Owens explained.
"We were playing without our best
player, the girl who wins most in her
position. Princeton is also one of the
best teams in the East," Owens ex-
plained.
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Earlier on the trip, the women netters
were eliminated from the Penn State
Invitational courtesy of the host Nit-
tany Lions by an overwhelming 9-0
score. Then, before facing Princeton,
Michigan downed Maryland, 6-3.
BEFORE MOVING eastward,
Michigan had upended Big Ten rival
Purdue, 7-2, on April 17. The joy ended
the next day, however, as powerful In-
diana handed the Wolverines a close 5-4
setback in Bloomington.
The Big Ten Championships were
next for the Wolverines, and Michigan
started out on the right foot, beating the
Boilermakers again, 7-2. But two con-
secutive losses by identical 6-3 scores to
eventual champion Indiana and
Wisconsin left the Wolverines with a
fourth-place finish in the conference.
Michigan concludes its trip today
with a match against Rutgers.
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