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Blue Netters advance to NCAA Finals
By DARREN JASEY with a 12-0 record and stands 27-2 advanced past the first round. Morris defeated the Gopher duo of
The heat will be on the Men's overall. In the team's last tournament Chuck Merzbacher and David
Tennis team when it competes with NOW THE Wolverines will appearance, two years ago, it lost to Massart 6-4, 6-2.
the nation's best at the NCAA have to find a way to handle the hot second-seeded SMU. This year if _ Junior Brad Koonz took the
Tennis Team Championship in play of the top southern schools Michigan beats Kentucky it will pivotal No. 6 singles match 6-4, 6-
Athens, Ga., this weekend. that dominate the tournament field. play top-seeded USC. 4 over Minnesota's Anthony Cruz ~
Coach Brian Eisner's Wolverines The 17th seeded Wolverines will "We've usually drawn one of the to give the Wolverines an
proved that they can handle the hot, be the lone representative of the top California or top-seeded insurmountable 4-0 lead.
humid southern weather while Midwest at the championship. They schools," Eisner said. "This year, Koonz held a 5-3 lead in the
winning the Big Ten will face 16th seeded Kentucky hopefully, we can turn that around." second set when rain forced the
Championship last weekend in today at 10 am. IN THE BIG Ten final the match to move indoors. While
Minneapolis. "I was happy we had the heat in Wolverines led tournament-host under the bubble, the New
Michigan breezed by its Minnesota," Eisner said, from his Minnesota 4-2 after completing the Hampshire native overcame the
conference counterparts, despite 90 Athens' hotel room. "That gave us singles competition. They then crowd noise and humidity to win
degree weather and rain, to earn a good preparation for down here. clinched the conference the match.
spot in the 20-team NCAA field. "I feel very confident," he added. championship when the doubles In the earlier rounds, Michigan Koontz
The team finished conference play "Kentucky is an excellent team, but combination of John Royer and Jon swept by Iowa 6-0 and Illinois 5-0. ...wins pivotal i
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Last is ninth for Women Golfers
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championships under Eisner's Women's Golf coach Sue LeClair calls Michigan's
leadership, but in the eight-year finish at the Big Ten Championship last weekend in
history of the NCAA Tennis Team East Lansing a ninth-place finish, rather than a last-
Championship they have not place finish.
"It sounds better," says the fifth year coach. "That
way we don't come in tenth."
HAIRSTYLISTS Indiana won the nine-team;72-hale tournament with
For Men, Women a team score of 1121, 120 strokes better than second-
and Children at place Michigan State. Northwestern does not field a
Women's Golf team at the varsity level.
asco/a Stylkst HOOSIER MICHELE Redman shot a 297 to
lead the 54 player field. Teammate Sara DeKraay tied
Liberty off State - 668-9329 Michigan State's Kelly Holland for second with a 303.
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1978, Michigan has never won the Big Ten
championship. Its best finish came in 1980 when the
team finished in fourth place.
LeClair says that it is difficult to get her team
prepared for the Big Ten Championship because her
team plays most of its tournaments in the fall.
The Wolverines' golf season started in September
with first- and fourth-place finishes in their first two
tournaments. Red-shirt junior Terri Mage has been the
Wolverines' leader.
MAGE SHOT a 317 to top the Wolverines last
weekend. She finished the tournament in 17th place.
"She played very consistent," LeClair says. "When
she makes a bad shot she has the ability to blow it off
and go about her business. She doesn't let the bad
holes get her down."
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