Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday- January 29, 1990
Men's track runs
well in Kalamazoo
by Eric Berkman
Daily Sports Writer
The Michigan men's indoor track squad continued their push toward
contention Friday night at the Western Michigan Invitational in Kalamazoo.
Although the Wolverines were unable to match their overall performance
during last week's Michigan Relays they still achieved strong individual
performances including three first-place finishes, a second place finish, and
an excellent time in the mile run.
. Pole vaulter Brad Darr earned his customary first-place showing with a
leap of 17-feet-2 1/2 inches. In addition, Darr narrowly missed an attempt of
17=feet-8 inches. He grazed the bar going over, but it was still standing as he
landed on the mat. However, the bar jiggled and fell at the last possible
moment, robbing Dan of a season-high leap.
Mike Hennessey also performed well for the Wolverines, grabbing first-
place in the shot put with a toss of 48-feet-10 inches. Michigan's other first-
place effort belonged to Aaron Grzymkowski, who recorded a time of 1
minute and 55 seconds in the 800 meter run.
One of the Wolverines' most impressive performances came from miler
Jeff Barnette. Barnette's time of 4 minutes 15.7 seconds only put him in the
middle of the pack, but assistant coach Dan Hekkinen was pleased
nonetheless.
"Evensthough Barnette finished toward the middle, he finished in an
excellent time," Hekkinen said. "He should do real well for us this year in
that event." The coaching staff hopes that Barnette will be able to take five
or six more seconds off of his time in the mile before the end of the season.
The two-mile relay team of Andy Darien, Joe McKown, Kraig Watkins
and Neal Newman gave a strong effort for the Wolverines as well. Their
time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds was enough to give Michigan a second-
place finish in that event.
Despite the absences of high jumper Brad Holwerda, who was being
rested for the weekend, and running back/sprinter Allen Jefferson, who
didn't run as expected, Hekkinen seemed encouraged by his team's
performance this weekend.
"We're going to do pretty well this year," Hekkinen predicted. "The
more we race, the more potential I see in this team, especially for the
future." And, although the coaches feel that the Wolverines are still a year a
way from serious contention, the future looks very bright.
The Wolverines travel to East Lansing next weekend for the Michigan
State Relays.
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Val Hall proved to be
uncontainable for MSU
by Theodore Cox
Daily Basketball Writer
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They grabbed her. They shoved her. They clawed her. They elbowed her.
They fouled out.
But all of the bumping didn't matter. Michigan center Val Hall still
could dominate the paint Friday night as the Wolverines beat Michigan
State in overtime, 71-65. She was a tower of strength at both ends of the
floor. She pulled down 10 rebounds, scored 13 points, and caused both
Spartan centers to foul out of the game.
"I'm bigger than most of those girls and I'm also a little older," Hall
said. "They tried to shove and use their upper bodies, but the strongest part
of your body is your legs. I just tried to keep my position with my legs. It w
was a shoving match."
Hall also seemed determined to grab every rebound physically possible.
"When the ball was up in the air I had it in my mind that it was mine. If itt
was near me I was going to get it. I was boxing out and just going to the
ball," Hall said.
Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege also sung praise of Hall: "Val wass
just incredible. That was probably her finest game at Michigan in myt
opinion. The biggest thing she did was board. She just came down withI
some huge rebounds."
Hall was especially impressive in overtime where she plucked threei
straight rebounds down the stretch. She also put in the game winningc
bucket with 1:37 left. Hall's basket off a pass from guard Carolr
Szczechowski, one of her game high eight assists, put Michigan up, 66-
65. Hall was fouled on the play and made the free throw to complete at
three-point play.
"I've struggled a little bit this year and finally I feel like I'm mentallyt
where I need to be to make the next step to keep this momentum going,"
Hall said.
Hall wasn't the only player to come off the bench and make a big
impact. Sophomore guard Char Durand and senior forward Leslie Spicero
were also major factors in the victory.-
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Senior Val Hall contributed team highs of 13 points and 10 rebounds as
the Wolverines defeated Michigan State 71-65 in overtime Friday night.
With Michigan leading 67-65, the 5'9" Durand somehow wound, up
with an offensive rebound, then, quickly spun in the lane, and landed a
dead-eye pass inside to teammate Tanya Powell. Powell put in the score
with 46 seconds left to back the Spartans into a corner.
Spicer also played well, adding 11 points and seven rebounds. More
importantly, she was 5 for 6 from the free throw line, including both ends
of a one-and-one to ice the victory for the Wolverines. As a team, though,
Michigan struggled from the charity strip,-shooting only .566.
"The one thing I'm most proud of is that I think the true character of
this team showed because we've struggled a little bit and this team really
worked hard at coming together this week," VanDeWege said. "Especially
to have the team that struggled and appeared to let it get away because of
some missed free throws down the stretch, to come back and show that
kind of character in overtime, that's a real special win."
Said Hall: "We played as a team. Everything we wanted to do, we did,
and it feels good. Our team is coming together and that's what we needed
to do."
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"We kept her out of the starting
lineup because we were hoping not
to have to play her too many min-
utes, but it just didn't work out that
way. She came off the bench and
played a great game, she's about the
only person (for us) that did."
Michigan State coach Karen Lang-
eland said about Shea's effort.
The game's opening minutes
belonged to the Wolverines, as they
jumped to an 11-2 lead while Shea
watched from the sidelines. The
Spartans (8-9, 4-3), however, would
not die Friday night. Behind 5-for-5
shooting by Shea, State battled back
to within four at the half, 30-26.
The Spartans' hot shooting con-
tinued in the second half. Following
a 10-1 run they gained the lead, 36-
31, with 16:32 remaining in reg-
ulation. Michigan, though, demon-
strated its character and battled back
behind a tenacious defense and a
bruising inside game led by seniors
Hall, who added 10 rebounds to her
13 points, and Joan Rieger, who
contributed nine of each before
fouling out with 6:39 remaining in
regulation.
Sparked by a
Hall lay-up foll-
owing a series of
offensive re-
bounds, the Wol- I
verines pulled out
to a seven point
lead with just
over four minutes Spicer
remaining.
"I was like, 'That is mine, I'm
gonna make this basket!' I was just
very determined," Hall said as she
described her highly emotional play
that brought the crowd of 1,079 to
its feet. "When I finally got that
basket after I missed three times it
felt real good.
"It really was something to hear
the crowd. The roar of the crowd, for
me, it's just totally uplifting... And
in a game like this, we couldn't have
asked for a better night for the
crowd."
But in this game of spurts, the
Spartans outscored Michigan 9-2
over the last four minutes, and foll-
owing Carol Szczechowski's missed
shot at the buzzer the game was
headed for overtime.
"We were excited (about going
into overtime). We felt very con-
fident at that point," Hall explained.
"We knew what we were going to
do, and went out and we did it."
During overtime the Wolverine
defense really kicked into high gear,
holding Shea scoreless and the rest
of the Michigan State squad to a
total of six points.
"Down the stretch I knew we
were going to force a bad shot, but
could we make sure we controlled
the board...It was just a great
defensive effort," Michigan coach
Bud VanDeWege said following the
game.
An offensive rebound by 5-foot-9
sophomore guard Char Durand prov-
ed to be the decisive play of the
overtime period. Durand spun and
smoothly passed the ball to Powell
for an uncontested lay-up and a four
point Michigan lead with 46 seconds
remaining in the game.
"Char's rebound was one of the
biggest plays we've ever had. It
enabled us to go up four, and that
really put the clamps on (the
game)," VanDeWege said. "That was
a huge play, just huge.
"To win in overtime, againstr
Michigan State, with a big crowd,
you just can't ask for it any bet-
ter... it's just a real special win."
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