The Cavalier daily :: Thursday, May 14, 1970 :: University of Virginia Library

The 1970 season is now history
for most members of the Virginia
tennis team. The Cavaliers posted a
16-3 record and Coach Gordon
Burris feels that the lone
disappointment of the spring was
the loss to Maryland, while the
climax came in the form of
unparalleled play and a third place
in the ACC Tournament.

However, high-level tennis
competition is not over for one,
and possibly two members of this
year's team.

Second-year man Doug
Waterman, who halls from New
York City,. is headed for the
University of Utah in Salt Lake
City and the NCAA
Championships. posted a
16-2 record this year and fought off
11 match points in the process. He
was also ACC champion at the
number six spot by virtue of his
tournament win last weekend.

Another possible Virginia
addition to the NCAA tourney is
Andy Schelnman. A fourth-year
man, and this year's Captain.
Schelnman not only won 14 of 18
singles matches, but was also a great
asset to the team at first doubles.

There are other players whose
play added to the success of this
year's team and who were
instrumental in maintaining a 20-6
mark over the past two years.

John Winter, a fourth-year man
who was plagued by a bad knee for
much of the season, managed an
11-7 ledger at first singles while
often teaming with Schelnman at
first doubles, and will be missed
next year.

Third-year man Biff Cooper
posted an 11-3 singles mark and
teamed with second-year man John
Mertz for a 14-4 mark at second
doubles.

Jeff Podesta and Bob Kain had
identical 17-2 records in singles
competition and as a doubles team,
won 16 of 18 matches.

Hal Jones, a fourth-year man,
added a great deal in doubles play,
and he, along with Schelnman and
Winter, will damage the team by
graduating.

However, the future of Virginia
tennis appears to be just as bright
because of the fine crop of high
school players the University has
admitted this Spring.

They are Ricky Smith, the top
Junior player in Pennsylvania,
Brightfield, who hails from St.
Louis and is a ranked singles player
in the Missouri Valley area, Tim
Rass, the Eastern Junior indoors
champ from Connecticut, and
Frank Spratlin, an excellent
doubles player from Atlanta, Ga.

Despite his new admissions post,
Coach Burris will definitely head
the team for at least one more year,
and in addition, has some goals in
mind for the coming season. They
include a more competitive
schedule with Princeton, Navy, and
George Washington added to the
state.