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The Red and Black • Tuesday, May 29, 1990 • 7
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Texas’s Bryan wins NCAA singles
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Writer
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - In an
NCAA tennis tournament high
lighted more with the talk of it’s
move from the University of
Georgia because of the home court
advantage for the Georgia team,
Steve Bryan of Texas made his
claim that the courts of the Hyatt
Grand Champions resort are his
own.
The Longhorn sophomore won
the NCAA singles crown Sunday
over unseeded Jason Netter of
UCLA 6-3, 6-4 on the courts where
he has never suffered a collegiate
defeat.
i love the courts here," said
Bryan who won the Adidas Colle
giate Invitational on the same
courts the last two years. “It’s a
slow hard court, which I like. I like
the weather. Plus, I win out here,
so I like that, too.”
Bryan, 16-0 on the Hyatt courts,
more or less won the tournament
in the quarterfinals, defeating Jose
Luis Noriega of San Diego 2-6, 7-6
(7-5), 6-4.
The Peruvian baseliner manue-
vered Bryan from corner to comer
controlling Bryan as if he was a
puppet, not allowing the Katy,
Texas native to step into any balls.
"He (Noriega) was definitley dic
tating the points from the base
line, Bryan said. There was no
way I could have won the match
from the baseline.”
Bryan, himself one of the better
baseliners in collegiate tennis,
abandoned his strength and
showed his versitilty by tactically
changing his game plan by rushing
the net on every opportunity.
“I changed my game a lot and
started coming to the net on almost
every point." Bryan said.
In the second set, Bryan ap
proached 43 times winning 32
points, while in the final set, he
came in 37 times, winning 25
points.
The change in strategy and pace,
lifted Bryan to the victory ana into
the semifinals. There, he rolled
over a flat Jared Palmer of Stan
ford 6-0, 6-1 in 42 minutes. Palmer
had beaten top-seeded Todd
Martin of Northwestern the day
before.
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proven all court player, Bryan,
against Netter, a counterpuncher
with strokes which resemble that
of a recreational player let alone
the Pac-10 singles champion. Net-
tar’s tricky and deceptive grounds-
trokes, which lull opponents into a
false sense of security, had already
helped knock Georgia’s A1 Parker,
Stanford’s Jonathan Stark and
Conny Falk of Miami out of the
tournament.
In somewhat of a routine final,
Bryan dumped Netter in straight
sets to become the first University
of Texas player since Kevin Curren
in 1979 to win the NCAA title.
Netter’s inconsistent play led to
his downfall as he gave away 33
points off unforced errors, against
Bryan’s 16.
“Steve mixed up the pace a lot
and I got a little impatient,” Netter
said. “I just got impatient and went
for too much, too soon.”
In the doubles final, top-seeded
Doug Eisenman and Matt Lucena
of Cal-Berkeley completed a 9weep
of all three Grand Slam doubles
championships with a 6-3, 6-2 vic
tory over Mitch Mitehulka and Mi
chael Penman of Texas. Georgia’s
tandem of A1 Parker and Murphy
Jensen were defeated in the quar
terfinals by Palmer and Stark of
Stanford 6-3, 6-2.
For the 1991 NCAAs, it’s not cer
tain whether the Hyatt Grand
Champions resort will own the
right to host the tournament, but
we do know that the courts are
owned by Steve Bryan.
TOURNEY
From page 1
Rutgers won the first game 4-3
on a sacrifice fly by Ted Ciesla in
the bottom of the ninth to force a
second contest. However, the
Dogs won the second game by a
whopping 20-9 margin to send
home Rutgers, who participated
in its second doubleheader in as
many days on Sunday.
“We had a meeting of all the
players before the second game,”
said first baseman Doug Radzie-
wicz, who went seven for 20 and
had four RBI in the regional’s
five games. “We knew this was
our last chance. If we lose, we
have all summer to sulk about
it.”
Confidence, seen growing
among the team members during
the previous week’s practice,
showed Sunday as the Dogs
fought back from 4-1 and 6-3 defi
cits in the final game.
Third baseman Jeff Cooper hit
a three-run double and Jester
cracked a three-run homer in the
fifth to give the Dogs the lead for
good at 9-6. Cooper had seven
RBI in the game.
Matt Hoitsma pitched two in
nings and gave up four runs on
four hits to earn his sixth victory
against no losses. Mike Rebhan,
who didn’t allow a run after the
first inning against Maine
Friday, relieved Hoitsma in the
fifth and finished the game to
earn his first save.
“We just said, 'What the heck,
let’s just do it, m Georgia coach
Steve Webber said. “It didn’t
make any difference who we were
playing, we just had to play our
best ball."
Several players said before the
regionals that it was just a
matter of time for the Dogs. After
scoring only 17 runs in their last
five games and batting .219 in
the SEC tournament, Georgia
broke out of its offensive slump to
regain its early season compo
sure.
Georgia averaged 8.4 runs a
game before the five-game losing
streak.
“We knew what we could do
coming in," Jester said after the
Connecticut victory. “We really
wanted it, and I think it showed
here."
Jester, who hadn’t hit a homer
since May 1, hit two round-trip
pers and went eight for 19 in the
regional tournament. He hit a
three-run double in the seventh
against the Huskies to break a 2-
2 tie.
Center fielder McKay Smith,
who broke out of a month-long
slump in the conference tourna
ment, continued to be offensively
effective as he went seven for 16
in the regional and hit four dou
bles.
As a team, Georgia hit .298 in
the five regional games.
The Dogs avoided their un
doing in the conference tourna
ment, poor defense, in Waterbury
by getting out of potentially dan
gerous jams.
As a team, Georgia hit
.298 in the five
regional games.
In the ninth inning of
Georgia’s third-round game
against North Carolina, the Tar
heels, down 5-4, put a runner on
second with only one out.
Freshman Tracy Wildes then
came in to force two hard ground
balls, which shortstop J R. Sho-
walter and second baseman Joey
Alfonso handled to make the final
two outs.
Of course, this effort has forced
people to draw parallels between
this team and the CWS team of
’87.
‘The similarities between this
team and the other team have to
do with togetherness and good
team chemistry,” Webber said.
Radzie wicz realizes that the
*90 team is deep enough to do
well in the CWS.
“We’ve had a few tough
breaks,” Radzie wicz said. “We
knew we could show poise out
here this weekend."
In the future, it might be a
good idea to listen to the plavers.
Diamond Dog Doings: With
his four NCAA regional tourna
ment wins this past weekend,
Georgia coach Steve Webber is
only five victories away from the
Georgia all-time record. Jim
Whatley holds the record with
334 wins.
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