Page 10-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, April 17,1991 Netters served Michigan men lob into South Bend I separate paths Women face their own spitting image by Albert lin Daily Sports Writer Many Notre .Dame followers may be mourning the retirement of longtime basketball coach Digger Phelps. The Michigan men's tennis team will try to prolong the Irish fans' agony when it plays in South Bend today. The Wolverines (5-1 in the Big Ten, 10-3 overall) are trying to bounce back from last weekend's disappointing results. The squad split a pair of matches, falling to No. 18 Indiana Saturday, 5-4, but coming back Sunday to top Ohio State by the same count. The Irish (16-10 overall), the 19th-ranked team in the country, also dropped their match against the Hoosiers Feb. 12, losing, 5-4. Notre Dame took first in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champion- ships last weekend. Top-seeded Wolverine David Kass dropped to No. 11 in the latest Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Rankings, despite not playing any matches in the last ranking period which ended April 1. Perhaps his drop came as a bad omen, as he lost all four of his matches (two singles, two doubles) this weekend. Kass (18-7) will have his hands full against Notre Dame's David DiLucia. DiLucia, ranked third in the country, was named Volvo Ten- nis/Player of the Month after going undefeated in March. He is on a 20- match winning streak and has movbd within .08 points of the top spot in college tennis. His overall record stands at a phenomenal 41-4. "Kass hasn't been himself lately, but hopefully he'll start doing those things that he should against by Adam Miller Daily Sports Writer Notre Dame," Michigan coach Brian Eisner said. Michigan's second seed, Danny Brakus (17-9), was recently selected District IV Rookie-of-the-Year. But he has been in a slump of late, and this match may prolong that slide. Notre Dame sophomore Chuck Coleman (26-20), the Irish's No. 2 player, has moved into the top 100, and is now tied for 97th. The Wolverines will count on No. 5 singles player Mitch Ruben- stein for another victory. Ruben- stein (15-5) has been Michigan's hottest player and is riding an 11- match winning streak. His opponent will be Andy Zurcher (19-12), who was ranked eighth in the District IV preseason ranking. The Wolverines' No. 3 player, Scott Cuppett, also has been on a roll. The fiery sophomore has rat- tled off five straight victories to move his season mark to 14-5. Irish third seed Will Forsyth (13-14) is the only member of Notre Dame's top six under .500. John Karzen, the only senior on Michigan's squad, will once again play No. 4 singles. Looking across the net will be Mark Schmidt (27- 10), who was ranked 20th during the preseason. Notre Dame's No. 1 doubles team of DiLucia and Coleman (20-4) is No. 3 in the new rankings. Mich- igan's top pair of Kass and Brakus lost twice last weekend, dropping its overall record to 8-6. The duo is having problems with its chemistry. Brakus feels that his style of play clashes with Kass', and he would feel more comfortable playing with another partner. Yellow and blue make green! That might be the chant heard on board the Michigan State team bus that brings the Spartans (3-3 in the Big Ten, 14-5 overall) to the Huron Valley Tennis Club to take on the host Wolverines (3-3, 11-6) in a wo- men's tennis match today at 2 p.m. Both squads are .500 in the Big Ten, having beaten Illinois, Ohio State, and Purdue, and having lost to Indiana, Northwestern, and Wis- consin. While this parallel makes Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt cautious, she believes that the teams' sim- ilarity is only skin-deep. "They are solid in all positions and I'm looking forward to a good match," Ritt said. "But we defi- rather large difference. While the two teams' conference records are equal, Ritt feels that the Spartans' record could be deceiving. "They have not had as tough a (non-conference) schedule as we have had .... They have had some nice wins, but they haven't been over the same caliber of team that we've been up against," Ritt said. Last weekend at Indiana, the Wolverines were challenged at the top of the seedings. No. 1 singles player Christine Schmeidel's ab- sence due to illness did not help Michigan's chances against the Hoosiers' Stephanie Reece, ranked No. 19 nationally. Today's test will come at No. 5 singles, where the Maize and Blue will have to contend with Alicia Leone (5-1, 20-1). Leone is unde- feated (11-0) at No. 5 singles. With Schmeidel still recovering and out of today's match, Mich- igan's lineup still remains unset. However, Ritt believes that either junior co-captain Freddy Adam (2-2, 4-2) or junior Jennifer Lev (3-3, 10- 5) will receive the assignment opposite Leone. Today's match will be the third in five days for the Wolverines who conclude the regular season this weekend at home against Minnesota and Iowa. Instead of tiring the team, Ritt believes that the schedule will work to Michigan's advantage. "I think it's good that we have five matches leading up to the Big Ten tournament (April 26-28)," she said. "We should be match-tough and ready to play in Madison. And if we're not ready now, we'll never be ready." l} Ritt nitely have more depth and overall more experience than they do." There's also the fact that Mich- igan was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten in a preseason poll, while State was picked ninth - a ANTHONY M. CROLL/Datiy Not this time! Junior goaltender Lee Tomajian, from OX fraternity, makes a save in last night's indoor soccer intramural finals at the Sports Coliseum. OX defeated X(D, 6-4, to take the Fraternity "A" League championship. Jeff Milius scored five goals for OX in the victory. I TIN E8r ./ r/ I !!" ' A ^p 1.. 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