Page 6-The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - April 2, 1990 ROWAND AND VICTOR QUALIFY FOR NCAA's Women's track runs well on road by Annemarie Schultz DailySports Contributor The Michigan Women's track team made a strong showing this past weekend when they traveled to the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State. Although the weather was cloudy and rainy, Michigan still ran very well. "The weather wasn't totally conducive for running, but it was ideal for us," coach James Henry said. One of the more outstanding performances came from frosh Julie Victor, who won the discus by throwing 162 feet, 2 inches making her a qualifier for the NCAA Outdoor Nationals. She also man- aged to place second in the shotput with a personal best throw of 45'91/4". Another first place finisher was senior Mindy Rowand. She achieved the provisional NCAA qualifying standard by completing the 3000 meters in 9 minutes, 20.6 seconds, the fastest she-has run during the outdoor season and her second fastest ever. Molly McClimon placed fifth in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:57.5. She was also a provisional NCAA qualifier. Megan Nortz also ran impressively, finishing the 1500 meters in 4:36.7 and placing ninth. Nortz and McClimon were part of the 2-mile relay team, along with Chris Tyler and Amy McCormick, that placed third with a time of 9:57. The 4 x 200 meter relay team finished eighth overall. The team was composed of Alison Smith, Michelle Bishop and Jennifer Reed and Dyan Jenkins, who competed with the team as a result of another runner's injury. "Someone got hurt, so I went out and ran it as an anchor and did what was expected of me." "This was a judgment meet for us," Jenkins said. "It was nice to see everyone do well at our first meet, since we didn't run at St. Louis." The meet in St. Louis was cancelled due to snow last weekend. "I was pretty impressed with what came out of it. We seem very team oriented." 'I was pretty impressed with what came out of it. We seem pretty team oriented. - Dyan Jenkins Michigan co-captain A surprise athlete this season appears to be Lisa Adams, -a first year runner from St. Louis, Michi- gan. She competed in the 400 meter hurdles, finishing with a time of 63.2 seconds, a much better time than her previous performances. "She looks like she's going to substantially improve," coach James Rowand HOCKEY NOTEBOOK Michigan State's Miller wins best player award by Peter Zellen Daily Hockey Writer DETROIT - As expected, Michigan State's Kip Miller was announced the winner of the Hobey Baker Award as the outstanding collegiate hockey player of the 1989-90 season. The senior center led the nation in scoring with 48 goals and 53 assists for a total of 101 points in leading the Spartans to the CCHA title. "It's a great feeling of accomplishment and it's a great honor to b given this award," Miller said. He was also quick to dole out praise towards others in his winning the trophy. "I want to thank my coach (Ron Mason) for letting me play my game and my lineinates Pat Murray and Dwayne Norris for playing well," Miller said. "It's great to have a team like Michigan State around you." Miller, who was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques, won the award over nine other nominees including Bowling Green's Rob Blake and Nelson Emerson. SURPRISE, SURPRISE: One of the more amusing moments at the championship game was when, during the post-game interviews, a reporter asked Wisconsin's Chris Tancill, a Livonia native, how he felt about winning the championship MVP award. Tancill, who scored a power play goal in yesterday's game, replied When the reporter repeated the statement the senior right winger continued to look bewildered and, looking down at the table, said in modest embarrassment, "Oh, I didn't know. Really. This is awesome!" Goalie Duane Derkson proceeded to pour a celebratory Coke on Tancill in reward for his performance while everyone laughed at Tancill's astonishment. "Tell you what. I really can't accept the award by myself," Tancill said. "The MVP was the team. Everybody performed well all year." FOOT IN MOUTH AWARD: For comments made during the tournament, coaches Jack Parker of Boston University and Shawn Walsh of the University of Maine were publicly reprimanded and will be suspended for the first game of the next NCAA championships in which either coach participates. Parker had a confrontation with an official after Boston University's March 23 loss to Michigan State in the second round. Walsh was suspended for comments made about the officiating in Maine's March 23 loss against Wisconsin in the second round as well. NCAA committee member Bruce McLeod was angered by the behavior of the two coaches and felt that the punishments were just. "These two incidents were blatant acts of misconduct and detracted from the championship. These sanctions will send a strong message that the NCAA will not tolerate any type of unprofessional behavior in the future." THE DRIVE FOR FIVE: This was Wisconsin's second national championship under coach Jeff Sauer's eight years and its fifth in 21 years; Sauer coached them to a title in 1983 but the Badgers have also won in 1973, 1977, and 1981. Henry said. "She will make her mark (in the Big Ten) this year. Already she's chomping at the bit, excited to compete again." 0 BADGERS Continued from page 1 It didn't take Byce long to get open again. Two minutes after his first goal, he worked himself free on a Colgate power play. As Byce came flying down the ice, all that stood in front of him was Red Raider goalie Dave Gagnon. Byce won the duel to give Wisconsin a 2-0 edge. "After watching Colgate kill penalties, I knew they were going to let us move the puck around," Sauer said. "If the ice held up we were U U-4EI U s going to get our opportunities to score." Livonia native Chris Tancill scored the third goal at the 7:33 mark to give the Badgers a 3-1 advantage. The senior was named the Most Valuable Player for the championship tournament. "I can't accept that award by myself," Tancill said. "I think the MVP of any game this year has been the team. I'm really excited. Man, this is awesome." Wisconsin goalie Duane Derksen didn't have too tough a time yesterday. The sophomore had to make only 13 saves in the game, but when he was tested, he came up with the puck, including one spectacular glove save in the second period. Play was halted often through the first two periods due to penalties. The teams combined for 24 penalties in thesfirst 40 minutes, 32 for the contest. "We took stupid penalties," Colgate coach Terry Slater said. "There's no question about it. We were taking penalty after penalty." Colgate 3, Boston University 2 Junior Gregg Wolf scored his first goal of the season at the 7:10 mark of the first period. That goal by the Colgatedefenseman was the difference in the Red Raiders semifinal win over Boston University (25-17-2) Friday. The other factor in the win was goaltender Dave Gagnon. The goalie made 23 saves in the game to slow the quick paced Terriers. "Dave Gagnon came up very, very big, especially in the third period," Boston University coach Jack Parker said. "We knew if we were to win, we had to solve him and we couldn't solve him. Gagnon may be the best goaltender in the nation.He is certainly the best in the east." Wisconsin 2, Boston College 1 The second semifinal game Friday belonged to the Michigander Tancill. The Badger rightwinger provided both goals in the Wisconsin win. "I think it's especially sweet that Chris is from this town," Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer said. "To come in and score the two goals to win the game was a big thrill for him." "Well, I think more than anything I'm proud to be a member of this team," Tancill said. "Everybody has been talking about it being a homecoming for me, but I think the bottom line is we're just happy to be here and it doesn't matter where we are." Barry Richter passed the puck to Tancill in each period for both goals. The Badgers werea much more physical team, keeping Boston College (27-13-1) from threatening by keeping the action in the Eagles' end. STANFORD Continued from page 1 topping the old mark of 10 by Stephen F. Austin's Mozel Brooks in 1988. The game also produced an attendance record. There were 20,023 tickets sold and 16,595 people in the arena. The previous high for a women's championship game was 15,615 at Austin, Texas, in 1987. The Stanford victory capped a building project that coach Tara VanDerveer began when she took the 9 job five years ago. Stanford was 13- 15 in her first season, 1985-86, but improved each year thereafter and finished 32-1 this season. Henning finished with 21 points to lead a balanced Stanford offense: Steding scored 18 and Azzi, who is from nearby Oak Ridge, Tenn., added 17. Azzi was named the outstanding player of the Final Four. Trisha Stevens contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinal. Auburn, which lost to Louisiana Tech in the 1988 title game and to Tennessee last year, closed at 28-7. Carolyn Jones led Auburn with 24 points, 16 in the first half. Stanford overcame an eight minute shooting drought and nine; point deficit in the first half to get control of the game early in the second half. *The Cardinal ended the first half with a 9-0 run to tie the score at 41. 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