CURRIER, OTTO LEAD 75-45 ROMP The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 15, 1978-Page 7 , :. 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 SANS SOUCI large furnished 1 and 2 bed- room apartments available for fall occupancy Located across from U of M stadium Bus Service every 15 minutes from Hoover St. to State St. call 995-3955 visit resident manager at apartment K-1 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. 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