SPORTS
Saturday, May 18, 1985
Page 8
The Michigan Daily
Minnesota upends batsmen, 11-10
By BRAD MORGAN
"Anything can happen" is perhaps
the most overused cliche by all
coaches everywhere, but as Michigan
found out yesterday at Ray Fisher
Stadium, it's all too often confirmed
when put to the test on the playing
field.
The Wolverines entered yesterday's
opening round of the Big Ten Playoffs
as heavy favorites, but quickly saw
their 24-game winning streak reduced
to nothingness when Minnesota
scored two runs in the top of the ninth
inning to pull out a see-saw 11-10 win
over Michigan. The loss dropped the
pitching-thin Wolverines into the
tournament's losers bracket, where
they will meet Illinois, Ohio State's 3-2
victim in yesterday's second game, at
10:00 a.m. today. Michigan must win
its next four games to retain the con-
ference title.
DEFENSE and poor pitching
damaged the Wolverines all after-
noon. Starter Jim Agemy was racked
for seven runs in three and two-thirds
innings, and after Casey Close turned
in three and two-thirds of solid relief,
Mike Ignasiak came in and failed to
hold a 10-9 lead in the ninth inning.
More importantly, coach Bud Mid-
daugh thought Michigan's usually
sure-handed defense was below par.
"The defense had some key
mistakes that put us in a hole," said
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Middaugh. "We weren't throwing the third inning when the Golden Gophers
ball to the proper bases, and we scored five runs to erase a 4-0
missed a ground ball early that cost Michigan lead built in part by Barry
us a run." Larkin's eleventh homerun, a two-run
The missed ground ball came in the shot in Michigan's four-run first in-
ning. relief stint to gain 'his fifth win.
WITH TWO runs already scored Ignasiak fell to 7-2 with the loss.
and a man on third with one out, Alex
Bauer bounced a shot over Agemy's For Middaugh, the loss puts even
head that Larkin charged but let slip more pressure on an already over-
under his glove for a liberally scored worked pitching staff. Staff ace Scott
RBI single. One out later, Bill Lentsch Kamienecki is still sidelined with
slammed a two-run homer to give shoulder problems and won't see ac-
Minnesota a 5-4 lead and a shot of con- tion this weekend. The veteran coach
fidence. had wanted to groom Ignasiak as a
"We got behind today, but the team reliever during tournament action,
didn't panic," said Minnesota head but admitted he may now have to
coach John Anderson. "Earlier in the switch him back to a starter.
season we did. I think they have the "He could start for us tomorrow,"
confidence to come back." said Middaugh. "I really have to see
Minnesota built an 8-6 lead, but who we are going to play first and
Michigan's potent offense exploded then go from there. Hopefully our of-
for four runs with two down in the six- fense will continue to score runs and
th to take a 10-8 lead. Chris Gust take some of the pressure off our pit-
walked, Mike Watters singled and chers."
Larkin followed with his second home
run of the game, a three-run shot to Middaugh's team has its back fir-
center. Back-to-back doubles by Close mly against the wall, but he added
and Ken Hayward gave the "You'llsee a lot of character out there
Wolverines their tenth run, but it tomorrow."
wasn't enough. "Anything can happen here," he 4
A DOUBLE, an error, and a single said.
led to Minnesota's ninth run in the
eighth inning and set the stage for it's
ninth-inning heroics. Two singles and ffff
a walk loaded the bases with no outs, JJJ-
and two bounce-outs later Minnesota R H E
had two runs, an 11-10 lead and an Minnesota ......... 00 s 20 s 012 11 17 2
opening round victory. Greg Mau MICHIGAN ....... 402 004 000 10 14 3
faced what he called "the ultimateMs ) ckersak().'M': Agemy, Ever-
pressure" in a three-inning scoreless wP: Mau (5-0); LP: Ignasiak (7-2).
Iowa s Twit blows it
IOWA CITY (UPI) - University of Investigation agent in a school dor-
Iowa football player Randy Twit, a mitory, Feb. 4.
former high school All-America at The freshman was arrested for
West Des Moines Valley, has been public intoxication two months ago
arrested on charges of selling cocaine and didn't participate in spring prac-
to an undercover agent. tice. He planned to practice without a
scholarship this fall, but Coach
Twit, an offensive lineman, is ac- Hayden Fry said Twit's future won't
cused of selling two grams of cocaine be determined until after he stands
for $200 to a state Division of Criminal trial.
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Daily mPoo Dy DAN HABlB
Junior Casey Close threw three and two-thirds innings of strong relief
yesterday, but the Wolverines could not halt a late-inning Minnesota
comeback.
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NCAA TENNIS TOURNEY:
Singles will key netters chances
By PHIL NUSSEL
What would the NCAA tennis championship be
without Michigan in contention?
Last year was the first time in 18 years that the
Wolverines missed the NCAAs: This year,
everything is back to normal as Michigan makes
its 15th trip to the tournament under head coach
Brian Eisner.
THE WOLVERINES LEFT Wednesday for
Athens, Ga. to prepare for today's first round
match against the fourth-seeded Southern
Methodist Mustangs.
SMU stands at 27-2 overall with their only losses
coming at the hands of Stanford and Georgia.
Michigan is 13-3in dual match play.
"I feel very comfortable in knowing a fairly
good amount about them (SMU)," Eisner said.
THE MUSTANGS are led by the brother tandem
of John and Ed Ross who play first and sixth
singles, respectively. John Ross, a strong serve-
and-volley player, holds a 17-10 overall mark while
Ed is 20-4. The pair also usually play first and
third doubles, respectively.
Freshman Richy Renneberg, who was ranked in
the top three nationally thoughout his junior
career, holds a 21-4 mark at second singles. Mark
Styslinger is 17-5 at third.
Eisner is concerned about Michigan's confiden-
ce going into today's match. "Sometimes we have
gone into the .tournament without as much
national exposure as I'd like to have because of
our geographic location," he said.
"SO PEOPLE (Michigan players) haven't been
as confident as they should have been. We're going
to go into the tournament with the attitude that it
doesn't make any difference who we play - if you
play well, you're going to win. I think the players
are starting to believe that."
SMU has dominated Texas tennis, but has not
played all the top teams in the country. The
Mustangs main weakness is doubles.
"The problem is," Eisner noted, "that if we
don't play well enough in the singles, we ain't
going to get to the doubles.
"THE KEY is for us to relax and to play our best
tennis. I want to make sure we play our very best,
so if somebody is going to beat us, they're going to
beat us at our best."
The Michigan lineup is set at every spot. Jim
Sharton, the only player to compete at the same
spot all season and Michigan's only All-Big Ten
player, will anchor first singles with a 16-4 overall
mark.
Ed Filer will play second singles, John Royer is
slated for third and freshman Jon Morris should
play the fourth position. Brad Koontz and Franz
Geiger will round out singles competition.