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. i-- i i 1 1 i i F / Val Hall proved to be uncontainable for MSU by Theodore Cox Daily Basketball Writer ~ 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.- ea 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." 0 0 EARN $75-$100 ACNE The University of Michigan Department of Dermatology is seeking volunteers to test new therapies for Acne ... Office visits and medications are free to eli- gible participants. For further information please call ... 973-0699 UPSET continued from page 1 "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." - m- - -/ University of Michigan Medical Center INFORMATION MEETINGS FOR: 1990 Study Abroad Programs V SEVILLE, SPAIN (summer) Monday, January 29th 4th Floor Commons-MLB 5:00 pm SEVILLE, SPAIN (Academic Year) Tuesday, January 30th 4th Floor Commons MLB -5:00 pm ST. 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