18 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 8, 1995 Tennis teams to benefit fromupgraded facility By Alan Goldenbach Daily Sports Writer In the past, all but one Michigan varsity sport has had a field or arena that it can call its home turf - and have it actually be on campus grounds. The exceptions to the rule were the tennis teams. However, the Wolverine netters will soon be the recipients of the University's newest on-campus ath- letic facility. The new Varsity Tennis Complex, which will be located on State Street, adjacent to the University Golf Course, is slated to open in May 1996. Construction on the site began in July of this year. It's state-of-the-art design hopes to rival other premiere college facilities throughout the coun- try. The plan calls for 12 outdoor courts along with eight indoor surfaces. The indoor courts will be completed by the May deadline, with completion of the outdoor courts expected later in the year. The complex is also to include mod- ern training facilities, locker rooms, meeting rooms and coaches' offices. "The facility should really upgrade what was already a top tennis pro- gram and further help us in our re- cruiting," Michigan assistant men's tennis coach Dave Goldberg said. The Wolverines currently play their home matches at the Liberty Sports Complex. The courts are located on Liberty Street a few miles west of the university campus, so far away that it's outside of the Ann Arbor city limit. A good deal of seating for specta- tors will be provided by the new com- plex, which is a sharp contrast from the arrangement at the Liberty Com- plex. This has done nothing but excite the Michigan coaching staff. "Ann Arbor is really a big tennis town and we should be able to draw some big crowds there," Goldberg said. The $5 million price tag for The facility was intended to be covered entirely by private donations. Since the fund-raising campaign began about a year ago, only $3.3 million of the necessary amount has been raised - barely two-thirds of the goal. One million dollars came from the pocket of William Clay Ford, co-Hon- orary Chair of the project and mem- ber of the 1944 Men's Varsity Tennis team. Ford's donation was the first contribution to the fund. The complex will not solely befor intercollegiate competition, but xfor student, staff, and alumni recreation, as well. MARK FIEDMAN/Uaily Steve Butler works on the plans for the waterline grids at the site of the new Varsity Tennis Facility on state street, adjacent to the University Golf Course. The facility Is scheduled to open in May of 1996. I Bay area stadium goes from Candlestick to 3Com Park j - SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Candlestick Park, home of baseball's Giants and football's 49ers, was officially renamed 3Com Park on Thurs- day. 3Com Corp., a Santa Clara data networking company, will pay the city $500,000 for the rights to the name through the end of 1995. The city's Recreation and Parks Commission unani- mously approved the change. The company is also paying an undisclosed amount to the San Francisco 49ers for promo- tional considerations. 3Com wants to extend the deal though 2000 for a total of $4 million, but that will have to go before the San Francisco board of supervisors. Shauna Rose, secretary of the commission, said the city needs the money to refurbish the stadium, known by most as "The 'Stick." "This money will be used to begin the design process for the improvements that will need to be made for the 1999 Super Bowl," she said. The city will need an additional $22 million to com- plete the reforms. The most immediate change fans will notice will be a banner hanging over the entrance road to the park, which now says "Welcome to Candle- stick Park." That will be changed to "Welcome to 3Com Park," the 49ers have informed the city, said Rose. Most media organizations, including stations that broadcast the 49ers and Giants games, are expected to go along with the change. But San Francisco residents and the board of supervisors may balk at the long-term deal. Supervisor Tom Ammiano said his office had already begun fielding calls from San Franciscans unhappy about the pending name change. "They're saying that in their heart and soul it will always be Candlestick," Ammiano said. "They object to the commercialization part of sports, and coming on the heels of the recent baseball strike, they feel they're once again being held hostage to the business side of sports." The Candlestick sponsorship is a much smaller deal than the $30 million Shawmut National Bank is paying to connect its name to Boston's new arena for the next 15 years, or the $40 million that Atlantic Richfield Co. paid for the right to give Sacramento's Arco Arena its name for 40 years. But the city has said that with the long-term future of both the stadium and the Giants in question, a short-term deal was the best alterna- tive. Candlestick Park, built for the San Francisco Giants when they moved from New York, held its firstgamein 1960.It wasnamedafterCandle- stick Point, on which it was built, after a 1959 ballot by fans. TIGERS Continued from page 17 thing you can do is (go away) from that philosophy just for one game." It's nosurprise that Scherer intends to run the ball; he ran a ball-control offense at James Madison, his previ- ous school. But as stifling as the Wolverines have been against the run, a smaller team that lives and dies by the run like Memphis probably won't survive for long. "We're not going to take any team lightly," Michigan defensive back Steve King said. "(Upsets) have hap- pened in the past (when) we look past another team." King's statement acknowledges that Memphis is a decided underdog in this one. Out-of-conference games like this often are played because a school is willing to take a pasting on the field in exchange for a huge pay- check off of it. "It's obviously a heck of a chal- lenge," said Scherer, who led James Madison into the Division I-AA tour- nament last season. "(But) we're not coming just to make money on a guar- antee. We are trying to upgrade our program. "You've got to learn how to play against the best people. You can't ask for a better opportunity than to play a great team in a great stadium." Memphis has never had an oppor- tunity quite like this one. The Tigers have never played Michigan nor any Big Ten team in their history. Women golfers look for Big Ten crown McDonald, freshman class hold key to Wolverines' success on the links First-time opponents Tomorrow's game between Michigan and Memphis will mark the first time the two schools have met on the gridiron. So you might be wondering how the Wolverines have fared against previous first-time opponents. Here is a list of the last 10 times Michigan has faced a foe it had never played before: Year Opponent Score Occ asion 1995 Colorado State W 24-14 H oliday Bowl 1_994 North Carolina State W 42-7 Hall of Fame Bowl 1991 Mississippi W 35-3 Gator Bowl 1988 Alabama W 28-24 Hall of FameBowl 1987 Lang Beach Statee W 49-0 Regular Season 1987 Arizona State L 2245 RoseBowl 1986 Haw ai W 27-10 Regular Season 1984 Brigham Young L 24-17 Holiday Bowl 1984 Auburn L 9-7 Sugar Bowl 1976-Oklahoma L 14-6 Orange Bowl By John Lerol Daily Sports Writer If you wanted to watch a women's golfmeet at Michigan, the course might be a little hard to find. Not too many people couldtell you where it's located. Ifyou were looking for women's golf coach Kathy Teichert, you might not even be able to find her office phone number. In fact, not too many people at the University even know that a women's golf team exists. But the third-year coach is looking to change that. She is eagerly anticipating the 1995 season for a number of reasons. The first is Shannon McDonald, the only returning senior on the roster. The team captain has been the No. I golfer since her freshman year and led the team a year ago with an 80.00 scoring average and four top 10 fin- ishes. McDonald feels comfortable as the team's emotional leader in her last sea- son as a Wolverine. "Shannon has consistently improved each year and I will rely on her maturity and competitiveness to lead the team," Teichert said. But McDonald cannot carry the team alone. The Wolverines will rely heavily on the efforts of four juniors if they are to compete for the Big Ten title. Wendy Westfall has been the most consistent of the crop of juniors, play- ing in all 28 rounds of the team's I I tournaments last season. She has been either the No. 2 or No. 3 golfer for Michigan since her first season and finished second on the squad at 82.43 strokes per round last year. Molly Vanderbark has also been a regular contributor in her two seasons with the Wolverines. She finished fourth on the team with an 84.56 strokes per round average and was the only Michi- 'fHaving a player like her on the team makes everyone work harder." - Kathy Teichert, women's golf coach, on freshman golfer Katy Loy gan golferotherthan McDonaldto notch a top 10 finish. Westfall and Vanderbark should be the No. 2 and 3 golfers, respectively, for Teichert in 1995. Juniors Ashley Williams and Ann Arbor Pioneer graduate Jodi Smith should also compete this fall. "The juniors have become the back- bone of this program," Teichert said."I believe they will start reaping the ben- efits of their hard work this season." But two sophomores are pushing Williams and Smith for starting spots. Laura Tzakis and Nicole Green both made significant contributions as fresh- man and should improve this year. The Wolverines also brought in one of their best recruiting classes ever. A Class A All-State pick at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, Katy Loy, leads a trio of newcomers with im- pressive credentials. Loy is almost assured of a starting spot after a spec- tacular high school career, including three consecutive individual state titles. She was also named Miss Golf in Michigan in both her junior and senior seasons. "Katy is going to push everyone in our program," Teichert said. "She has a lot of national tournament experience and she does best under pressure. "Having a player like her on the team makes everyone work harder." Joining Loy as a Miss Golf winner is Kentucky's Sharon Park. Park won the Kentucky state individual title as a se- nior and hopes to add depth to an al- ready potent Michigan lineup. Loy should also be used to playing with Sarah Lindholm, who finished run- ner-up to Loy in two state title runs. Lindholm was also named to the state of Michigan Super Team two years in a row. "All three ofthese players could bein our lineup next year," said Teichert, who believes this class is among the top five in the nation. "You never know how freshmen are going to play and progress though. It will just be a matter of time and gaining confidence." The Wolverines first match is Sep- tember 16 and 17 at the Spartan Invita- tional at Forest Akers West golf course in East Lansing. Michigan plays in only four meets during the fall season before returning in the spring for a seven-meet tour that culminates with the Big Ten Champi- onship April 26-28 at Indiana. Veterans hope to lead Michigan men's golf team to NCAAs By Ryan White Daily Sports Editor In the words of Maxwell Smart, the Michigan men's golfteam, "Missed it by that much," last season. The Wolverines came up just four strokes short of advancing to the NCAA Championships for the first time in 43 years. While last season ended on a disap- pointing note for the Wolverines, all was not lost. In fact only one was lost, one key player that is. Bill Lyle, last season's second lead- ing scorer, is gone but coach Jim Carras returns a veteran squad which he hopes will return to NCAA play. "I'm guardedly optimistic, but I am optimistic," Carras said. "I say guard- edly because one never knows if the players are going to be as good or better than last year." Carras, however, liked what he saw out of his players in various tourna- ments throughout the summer and feels that they will be ready this sea- son. Chris Brockway, the team's only senior and the top golfer from last season, and junior Kyle Dobbs return as the Wolverine's top golfers. "Brockman will be in the lineup continuously," Carras said. "It's not a given because every kid had a chance to work his way into the lineup, but he should definitely be in there." And on Dobbs: "If he's not in the lineup everyday I should find another job," Carras joked. 76.64 average last year. Carras hoping to get a major contri- bution from Mike Emanuel. Emanuel came to Michigan last sea- son as Carras' top recruit, but was unable to play due to what doctors told Carras was the most severe case of mononucleosis they had ever seen. Carras likes what he has seen out of Emanuel so far and expects him to show up among the team's top five this year. Adam Anderson and Keith Hinton also return from last year's team. Michael Harris, the Wolverines'top freshman, is expected to see some time amidst the starting five. One thing that will be tougher than last year for Carras' squad is the sched- ule, mostly due to Michigan's suc- cess last year. "We have a rigid schedule that is very demanding," Carras said. "It is the strongest tournament schedule since I've been here." The Wolverines begin their fall slate next weekend at the RellaStar Colle- giate Golf Invitational in Dellwood, Minn., and then host the Wolverine Classic a week later. 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