4 Page 8-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, February 2, 1988 Work study Powell shows discipline, dedication in striving to become true scholar-athlete 4 By MICHAEL SALINSKY "Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work" - Horace Tanya Powell works hard. The sophomore forward of Michigan's women's basketball team works hard under the boards. She works hard year-round to improve her skills. She works hard in the classroom. On the court, Powell has come into her own after a promising, but sometimes troubled, first season. In that season, Powell was named Michigan's Most Outstanding Defensive Player but averaged only 5.2 points per game shooting just 28 percent from the field. THIS SEASON, the 5-11 Grand Rapids native is leading the Wolverines in rebounds with 9.6 per game. In addition to her usual fine defensive play, Powell's offensive production has increased dramatically (13.8 ppg). "Tanya has worked hard at improving her game," says Michigan head coach Bud Van- DeWege, "She's a competitor." A lot of this competitiveness can be traced back to Powell's prep career at Ottawa Hills High School. Her coach there, Camilla Carter, remembers one game in particular. "It was the regional final against Benton Harbor," recalls Carter, "We were down by 18 points at halftime and I remember Tanya (then a tenth grader) had tears in her eyes. I told her, .This is no time for tears. No guts, no glory.' Tanya played her heart out and we ended up winning the game." "She was always pushing me," remembers Powell of Carter, "That was a big thing with us - no guts, no glory." If ever there was an example that hard work and determination could overcome any obsta- cle, the Benton Harbor game was it. BUT THAT GAME was important to Powell's future in another way. Lisa Reynolds, Powell's teammate at Ottawa Hills and now at Michigan, had 28 points and 27 rebounds against Benton Harbor. That performance drew attention to Reynolds, leading to All-State ac- colades and constant visits by recruiters. Those recruiters, drawn by Reynolds, discovered Powell. "Tanya would have been overlooked (if not for Lisa)," claims Coach Carter, "That's a fact." VanDeWege's reaction to Powell was some- thing comparable to love at first sight. "From the first time I saw her, I knew I wanted her at Michigan," says Michigan's coach, "I saw smart play and consistent play." But Reynolds did more for Powell than just draw recruiters. The combination of Lisa's presence and natural talent was an ever-present inspiration to Tanya to work harder and harder. "There was nothing she (Reynolds) couldn't do," recalls Coach Carter, "Tanya had to work harder." Powell herself acknowledges that be- ing somewhat overshadowed helped her a lot In Powell's final two prep years, the hard work really began to pay off. Powell earned all-city and fourth-team all-state honors in her senior year. AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL where hard work is required, Powell fit right in, starting 19 games her rookie season. Despite her shooting troubles, Powell showed a pres- ence on the court that made it clear she be- longed. Over the summer, Powell worked hard to iron out the wrinkles of her game, this year emerging into a real force in the Big Ten. "Tanya is a key to our team," says Van- DeWege. Even in an off game, Powell is a key contributor. Sunday, against Wisconsin, Pow- ell played little more than half the game be- cause of foul trouble but pulled down six re- bounds. Her only field goal came with 13 sec- onds left in the game and two seconds on the shot clock, putting the Wolverines up by three. The shot was a Powell specialty - a post-up down low, turn and shoot. According to long time teammate Reynolds, "I think this year she'll be all-Big Ten...and all-American by the time she leaves. Powell herself is not ashamed to state her goals. "One of my goals is to be all-Big Ten and another is to play in the postseason here." But the main goal right now is to get into the business school and a possible career in accounting. "College is it," says Powell, a fine student, "In the long run, it's the academic things that count." And how will Powell go about accom- plishing these goals? The usual way. "I'm working at it." 4 SPORTS OF THE PDAILY Daily Photo by KAREN HANDELMAN Sophomore Tanya Powell struggles for the ball in last month's game against Indiana. Powell has become a major factor on the Wolverine squad this season. CagesSUrprsse all with weekedwin Tumblers fall By STEVEN GINNS A double dose of defeat was dealt to Michigan's men's and women's gymnastics teams. Minnesota posted a 274.85-254.25 victory over the men's team on Saturday night, while the women's team placed last in a tri-meet in Columbus against Penn State and Ohio State. Michigan's men were the recipi- ents of bad news before the meet be- gan with the loss of key performer Sven Jonnson for the rest of the season. The Golden Gophers made the news even worse by soundly beating the Wolverines. Minnesota dominated the match from start to finish, winning all six events. Mike Miller, who placed first in the still rings, vault, and horizontal bars, and first in the all- around with a score of 55.8, led the way for the Gophers. MICHIGAN HEAD coach Bob Darden, who stated that this meet was a "struggle" added that, "there were many major errors than we would not even hope on our worse enemy." Despite the loss, there were a few bright spots for the Wolverines. Se- nior Brock Orwig turned in his best performance of his collegiate career. Orwig finished first in parallel bars, second in the floor exercise, and third in the horizontal bars to place second in the all-around competition. Senior Scott Moore continued his to Big consistent level of perform coming in third in the flo cises. Teammates Shawn M Nick Lamphier wound up and seventh place in the al competition. "If there is a silver lin knowing that these guys can their routines better and inc score just through consistenc Darden. DESPITE THE women place finish, head coac Kempthorn felt that the fin did not accurately reflect the mance of the Wolverines. O came in first with a scorec and Penn State scored a 1F place second. The Wolverin in a score of 177.45. Kempthorn was disappoin the judging. "I felt it was al sided towards Ohio State, Kempthorn. Tnkers float at SI The men's swim teamf fifth of six teams in the SM tational this past weekend in Tx. Though a fifth place fin not look impressive for a t has risen to new heights i years, and hasn't lost a du since 1984, the SMU perf was no disgrace. The invi field included four of the1 teams in the country. First-ranked Texas won t They were followed by UC B Florida, and the host schoo Defending national champi ford finished sixth, beh Ten foes ance by Wolverines. or exer- "All and all, I think our kids oore and stood up well against the top in sixth competition," said Wolverine head 1-around coach Jon Urbanchek. "We gained valuable experience at the NCAA ing, it's level." perform THE MICHIGAN 400-medley rease the relay team of Alex Alvizuri, Jan-Er- y," said ick Olsen, Marty Moran, and Brent Lang entered the meet ranked number n's third one in the country. They won the h Dana meet's opening event by well over al score two seconds with a time of 3:20.61. e perfor- Lang won both the 50 and 100 hio State freestyle, qualifying for the NCAA of 182.6 meet with his time in the 100. 81.45 to Rookie Mike Barrowman contin- es turned ued to make a graceful adaption to the college level, taking first place rted with by an even second in the 200 breast- little one stroke. " stated MICHIGAN'S team was slightly hampered throughout the VU meet because Mike Creaser caught finished the flu and was unable to compete, IU invi- limiting the Wolverines to seven Austin, swimmers instead of eight (each school was allowed to bring its top ish may eight swimmers). eam that "(Creaser's illness) hurt us in the n recent sprint relays and in the backstroke, ual meet but that's the breaks," said Ur- ormance banchek. tational The portion of the team which top five remained home hosted Eastern Michigan last Friday, winning 65- he meet. 46. Berkeley, Junior Mats Nygren highlighted l, SMU. the meet for the Wolverines, win- on Stan- ning the 500 and 1000 freestyle. ind the -TAYLOR LINCOLN 4 *FREE PLAYDA 24 C SPtT * 0 * AN0RBRSFNSTVDO&PNAe .* 0 * 0 S 25E Candy * 25 Pop * Ann Arbores Only Instant * Photo Booth * Pool Table * Foosball g 603 E. William St., Above Stereo Shoppe limitr1/Person/day * On South University Next to Middle Earth - N valid Fri. & Sat. 7p.mon Midnight, .i fifiiifffiiiiiiifiifiiiiiififfiiiar& apmMgt By MICHAEL GILL and MICHAEL SALINSKY Just when it looked as though the sky was going to fall on the women's basketball team, the Wolverines found themselves climbing to new heights. The team is living in ecstacy - tromping into previously untouched land, as it recorded its first Big Ten road sweep - ever. The Michigan wins were both very tight contests. Both Friday's 66-64 victory over Northwestern and Sunday's 68-65 triumph against Wisconsin featured comebacks. "It was a real good weekend for us," commented Coach Bud Van- DeWege, whose team broke a five- game losing streak. "It was a great boost of confidence." SUPER SUNDAY'S win against the Badgers had more ex- citement than "The Big Game." Michigan found itself trailing by 14 points in the second half, after shooting poorly for the majority of the game. The Wolverines finished shooting 41.6 percent. A late scoring flurry, which saw the Wolverines outscore their oppo- nents 31-14, propelled Michigan to the three point win. Icing the game was the turn-around jumper by Tanya Powell as the 30-second clock was about to expire with 13 seconds left in the game. Michigan was able to climb back into the game after mounting a full- court woman-to-woman defense. Lisa Reynolds totaled 22 points while Tempe Brown threw in 17 to pace the Wolverines. FRIDAY NIGHT, the Wolverines saw themselves in a similar situation. Trailing North- western by six with five minutes left in the game, VanDeWege marched his troops into another thriller. This time, the .Wolverines came away with a lofty two-point victory. The'two wins took a faltering young Michigan team with a 1-4 Big Ten record and instilled some much needed confidence, as they moved to 3-4 in the league, 10-7 overall. 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