Sports 4 Page 16 Tuesday, May 18, 1982 The Michigan Daily Michigan ties for Big Ten East title by sweeping Michigan State 4 By JOE CHAPELLE The Blue nine finished its winningest season ever Sunday, taking up two more wins and completing a series sweep against Michigan State to clinch a tie for the Big Ten East Division top spot and advance to the Big Ten cham- pionship tournament which will begin in Champaign this Friday. Michigan upped its record to 43-8 by taking two games from the Spartans, 6- 0 and 9-6, Saturday at Ray Fisher Stadium and completing the series sweep 4-6 in a rain delayed affair at Kobs field in East Lansing. IN THE SECOND game Sunday, Michigan senior Jim Paciorek boosted his own single season home run record to 17, parking the ball over the right field fence, for a two run homer in the fifth inning. Paciorek's round tripper gave Michigan a 4-0 lead which held up in the bottom of the fifth when a thun- derstorm cut short the last game of the series. Wolverine pitcher Bill Shuta allowed only one hit in the game to up hs record to 6-2. The first game saw the more im- pressive *performance of junior Wolverine pitcher Steve Ontiveros who picked up his first shutout of the year allowing the Spartans only four hits. "I have a lot more confidence in him (Ontiveros) now," said Michigan men- tor Bud Middaugh. "That's why I left him in there when he was a little shakey towards the end of the game." ONTIVEROS HAD some help from the bat of Paciorek who singled in two runs in the first inning and had a two- run homer in the fifty inning to give the Wolverines their 4-0 edge over the Spartans. The Wolverines locked up their spot in the Big Ten championship tour- nament in the opening game of the series with the Spartans at Ray Fisher Stadium. Rich Stoll started on the mound for the Wolverines to pick up his third shutout of the year as Michigan ran away with a 6-0 win. THE BLUE NINE showed that they were serious immediately scoring three runs in the first inning on sophomore third baseman Chris Sabo's fourth home run of the season. The Wolverines got two more runs in the third and another in the fifth. In Saturday's second game, Michigan State jump into an early first inning lead, 1-0. The Wolverines came back in the second sparked by doubles by Jeff Jacobson and Ken Hayward for a five run inning. The Wolverines added four more runs, garnering two in the third and two in the sixth innings, to boost themselves to the 9-6 win. ALTHOUGH MICHIGAN tied with Ohio State for the East Division top spot in the Big Ten, the Wolverines will have to face the West Division Cham- pion Illinois because Ohio State scored more runs in head to head competition against the Wolverines. "I hope that they won't be as tough as (thi fitat _ sad ;idanoh aftethe Sunday. "We split with them." Middaugh will start Stoll in the first game of the tournament against Illinois. "After that it will depend on who we face," said Middaugh. Stoll will be looking for his 12th win of the season in the game which will take place at 2 am. EDT. 4 Michigan netters ousted from NCAA's by host Georgia, 6-0 By LARRY MISHKIN The Michigan men's tennis team, the giants of the midwest, were cut down to sizein the opening round of the NCAA Team Championships at the University of Georgia on Saturday at the hands of the host Bulldogs, 6-0. Because the outcome of the match had already been determined, the doubleswere cancelled. MICHIGAN HAD gone into the tour- nament with high hopes of pulling off some upsets by continuing to play as it did in capturing its 15th consecutive Big Tentitle, but Georgia, ranked fourth in the nation, quickly put an end to any. hopes Michigan had of playing the spoiler role. In four of the six singles matches, Michigan players took their Georgia opponents to three sets, but no Wolverines prevailed. Michael Leach, at first singles, had the closest match of all, but still lost to John Mangan, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Mark Mees also took his opponent, Tom Foster, to three sets before losing, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. Ton Haney, at third singles, fared no better as he dropped a three set decision to Allen Miller, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Bill Godfrey and Ross Laser put up less of a struggle as they both went out in two sets to George Bezecny, 6-4, 6-2, and Deane Frey, 6-1,6-4, respectively. Rod Schreiber, playing sixth singles, managed to last three sets before bowing out to Peter Lloyd, 3-6,6-1,6-1. WOLVERINES' Leach and Mees are both entered in the individual singles and doubles competition and will learn who their opponents are in the draw to be held this evening. In other first-round action, UCLA defeated Harvard, 5-4, Texas Christian (TCU) defeated Duke, 5-3, Trinity defeated USC, 5-3, Pepperdine defeated Wichita State, 6-3, Cal-Berkley defeated Miami (Coral Gables), 5-1, Clemson defeated Arkansas, 5-4, and Southern Methodist (SMU) defeated Utah, 5-1. In the quarterfinals, UCLA defeated TCU, 6-2, Georgia defeated Trinity, 5-2, Pepperdine defeated Cal-Berkley; 5-2, and SMU defeated Clemson, 5-4. Daily P'hoto by DAN L@IsS MICHIGAN'S RICH Bair safely slides into home during the Wolverines' four-game sweep of Michigan State. Ufer given plaque for eontributions to state By RON POLLACK Phyllis Ufer, widow of the late Bob Ufer the long-time "voice of Michigan football," has received a plaque honoring his contributions to the state of Michigan. The plaque, which was.presented during the Second Annual March of Dimes Bo Schembechler Recognition Dinner in Ann Arbor by Mary Keith Ballantine (R-Jackson), was given in connection with the "say yes to Michigan" campaign. Ufer is the first person to be honored in such a way. THE PLAQUE SAID, "In memory of Bob Ufer, one of those people who in exceptional ways would always say yes to Michigan."The plaque is made of Michigan wood, with a birch outline of the state of Michigan superimposed on a walnut background. "We feel he has contributed substantially to Michigan over a lifetime," said Doug Smith, Director of Policy and Legislation for the Michigan Depar- tment of Commerce. "I think we're (the "say yes to Michigan" campaign) trying to get a spirit that is positive and enthusiastic, and that is what his broadcasts were like. Even in a bad year he never lost faith." As for future plaque honorees, Smith said, "We're going to move to give these plaques to businesses moving into Michigan. We'll be very choosy. We'll also give it to individuals. We'll give these plaques to people or businesses who say yes to Michigan in a big way. For example, I'd say that a new business bringing in 5,000 new jobs would be worthy of being awarded. A business that expands would also be worthy."