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The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 15, 1978-Page 7 ,
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Women
By BILLY NEFF
When your team scores only two hawking, whi
more points than its number of turn- points and Te
overs, there should be little chance of (17 tallies) ne
winning. The Knights of Calvin College en again.
found that fact out last night as they NATASHAI
were routed by Michigan's women's dously in thef
basketball squad, 75-45. And if you can points and se
believe it, Calvin had 43 turnovers. portantly, thej
Led by the fine floor play of guards trolled the ins
Jeanne Otto and Deb All6r, both start- Conlin, who
ing for the first time, the Wolverines baskets befor
took an early 13-9 lead and posted ten galloped to a 4
straight points to take control of the Soluk's half
game. Otto, a sophomore from Far- been inspiring
mington, stole the ball several times out roaring in
during this spurt for breakaway layups. ched 14 straig
Calvin, a quintet who had lost to Brenda Venhu
Grand Valley State by a mere five poin- ten, led the st
ts while Gloria Soluk's Miehigan group bombs and th
had suffered a 14 point defeat to Grand leading score
Valley, was very nervous from the out- woman Abby(
set and never recovered. Otto's ball with some fine
Blue Ig-Knights
MICHIGAN CAL
FG/A FT/A R PF T
cag
ch led to a career high 17
erry Conlin's inside play
ver let the Knights threat-
CENDER aided tremen-
first half by posting nine
even rebounds. More im-
junior from Lansing, con-
side play. Teaming with
added three straight
e halftime, the Wolverines
0-19 halftime lead.
time pep talk must have
as the Blue cagers came
the second half and not-
ght points. Freshwoman
uizen, who finished with
urge with several outside
hree steals. The team's
r for the season, fresh-
Currier, did her bit also
e shooting for a total of 16
LVIN COLLEGE
er
rip
points.
HOwever, Soluk substituted freely
and the substitutes allowed Calvin to
register ten straight points. The star-
ters enitered the contest once more and
put the win in the record books, their
seventh against eleven setbacks in
Soluk's initial campaign.
STARTING GUARD Denise Camer-
on, known for her precision-like
shooting in Crisler Arena where the
women have won four of their contests,
played only a minute and a half of last
night's contest and seems to have found
her way into Coach Soluk's doghouse,
Calvin
"We're looking for a team effort,' not4
Soluk.
"Jeanne Otto played a tremendous
game on the floor at the other guard,
and Debbie Allor came in as a fresh-.
man and made a big difference ox
there," Soluk said.
OTTO ATTRIBUTED her succes'
last night to several factors. "We work
together (Deb Allor and herself) a lot irn
practice and it sure helped a lot in the
game; it was a team effort," the;
sophomore noted.
v
4
..
FG/A FT/A
Conlin ..................
Currier .................
Cender.............
Allor .................'..
Otto...................
Venhuizen ...........
Donovan ............
Smolenski............
Cameron.............
Wyckoff............
Team ..................
6/19
8/16
4/6
0/3
5/10
5/9
1/9
1/5
0/1
1/1
5/10
0/1
1/1
0/1
7/8
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
9 0 17 Slotsema ............... 3/13 2/4a
3 3 16 Broene ................. 6/12 4/4
8 3 9 Kuiper................1/3 0/0
2 3 0 Shuiteman ............. 2/5 5/7
3 4 17 Terpstra .......:.......2/9 0/0
2 3 10 Nyenhuis ............... 1/2 0/0
2 1 2 Lipscomb...............0/0 0/0
2 1 2 Flaherty ............... 0/0 0/0
0 0 0 Van Houten............0/1 0/0
0 0 2 Boonstra.............. 1/3 0/0
11 DeBruyn ............... 1/2 0/0
42 18 75 Team ..................
TOTALS ............... 17/50 11/17
R
9
10
7
4
2
0
0
2
5
4
6
50
PF
4
3
4
2
0
T
2
0
0
T
8
16
2
9
4
2
0
0
0
2
MSU investigated
By United Press International
Michigan State, already on probation for football recruiting violations,
is the target of a new round of accusations by one of 'the states's top high
school gridiron prospects.
Luis Sharpe, a 6-6, 250-pound tackle at Detroit Southwestern, has ac-
cused a Michigan State recruiter of making illegal inducements in an effort
to get him to play for the Spartans this fall.
Joe Hoskins, Sharpe's coach, said he was so angered by the alleged
recruiting violation that he reported it to John Dewey, Big Ten assistant r
commissioner and chief investigator.
Hoskins said Jack Marx, an MSU recruiter and alumnus from Bloom-
field Hills, offered Sharpe numerous gifts and inducements if he agreed to
attend Michigan State.
Dr. Joseph Kearney, Michigan State's athletic director, released a
statement late yesterday promising to investigate the charges and share his
findings with both the Big Ten and the NCAA.
Daily Photo by ALAN BILINSKY
Michigan's Brenda Venhuizen (23) shoots over Calvin College's Julie Kuiper
(21) while Jan Slotsema (12) looks on. The Wolverines dumped Calvin Col-
lege, 75-45.
TOTALS ............... 32/78 13/21
17 45
SARA'S MILES ABOVE ALL
Pressure pushes tumbler to peak
By JEFF FRANK
There may be nothing more demand-
ing in the world of sports than the life of
an individual athlete. A person com-
peting on their own has nobody to fall
back on if she has a bad day. Success
for an individual athlete depends solely
on the determination of the' competitor
for the National Junior Olympics she
severely dislocated her knee forcing
surgery which kept her inactive for
seven months.
Sara could have quit at that point, but
quitting wasn't in her. "I've never ex-
celled in anything that I've carried so
far," she said, "as long as I can con-
tinue I will. I can't give it up, it's a big
I've never excelled at
anything that I've car-
ried so far; as long as
I can continue I will.
I can'tgive it up, its a
big part of my life.'
-Sara Flom
by scoring 35.25 against Kent State.
Flom attributes her success to a
combination of factors. Among them
are her early start, superior coaching,
and much natural ability that was
noticed by her first coach.
"My first coach told my mother,
'some girls have it, some don't'," said
Flom. "All I needed were the right
coaches to shape that ability, and I got
them."
Her parents also get a share of the
credit.
"My parents were always there to
back my decisions up and to encourage
me, but they didn't push. Once you're
pushed to do something it becomes a
task," Sara explained. "At one time I
was living and breathing gymnastics
and my father forbid discussing gym-
nastics in the house. He didn't want me
to become a narrow person."
Life at Michigan is quite enjoyable
for this sophomorepsychology major.
She has the perfect balance of academ-
ics and gymnastics in her schedule and
for the first time doesn't feel the pres-
sures placed on a competitor in a pri-
vate club.
"In college you're working to get
points for the team and I like that more
because people can back you up," Flom
said. "U Mass would be a lot of pres-
sure on me, but here it's fun, and I learn
along with that.
"Going to practice here is a release
from other tensions, for two hours I can
forget all my pressures and work out,"
she continued. After practice I can
forget all about gymnastics.
If Sara doesn't like pressure, at least
she admits its presence and even its
value.
"I feel the pressures, they expect a
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lot more out of you at meets," she said.
If you want good scores, you have to
kelp up with what's expected of you.
I don't like pressure, but pressure in a
meet makes me do better."
Flom's immediate individual goal is
to qualify for the AIAW Nationals in
Seattle. The state and regional cham-
pionships precede this. The possibility
exists for her to capture the state all-
around title, which would be the first
time a Michigan tumbler accomplished
that feat.
"It's a privilege to compete, it makes
me feel good that Michigan feels I'm
important enough to pay for my educa-
tion," she said. "The main reason I'm
here is to get a well-rounded education.
I consider myself lucky."
I'm sure Michigan does too.
to achieve.
The road to gymnastics success for
Michigan tumbler Sara Flom was filled
with pressures and hard work. She star-
ted tumbling at eight, and as early as
seventh grade was competing regularly
with a private club team in her home
town of Westport, Connecticut.
During this period she was practicing
35 hours per week after school and fit-
ting in such things as homework and
meals whenever she could.
"I had to do my homework on the way
to practice because when I wasn't
working out, I was teaching younger
kids gymnastics," said Flom. "I
wouldn't get home until after 11:00. I
practically lived at Burger King. The'
funny thing is, that was the only time I
ever got straight A's."
Flom finally quit that team because
she couldn't stand the pressures and
joined others where she competed
regularly through eleventh grade. She
competed in the United States Gymnas-
tics Federation (USGF);national cham-
pionships in tenth and eleventh grades
and also participated in the Northeast
region's Junior Olympics.
The following year, while trying out
part of my life."
After her operation, Flom decided to
compete on a collegiate level rather
than in club competitions. Interestingly
enough, Michigan wasn't even on the
list of schools that she wanted to go to.
"I didn't think there was a women's
team at Michigan so I didn't think of
applying," she said. "Then one day my
brother called and said that there was a
team and that I should apply.
"It came down to a choice between
Michigan and Massachusetts," she con-
tinued. "Massachusetts was better
gymnastically and Michigan
academically. I didn't plan to do a lot of
gymnastics in college, I just wanted to
keep up with it."
With that thought in mind, Flom
selected Michigan over U-Mass and
Clarion State even though she was not
guaranteed a scholarship at Michigan.
From her first days at Michigan,
Sara has re-written the record book of
the still growing women's gymnastics
program. In her first meet as an all-
arounder she set the record of 33.0
which stood until she broke it recently
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