Football vs. Notre Dame Saturday, 9 p.m. (CBS) South Bend, Indiana SPORTS The Michigan Daily., - Thursday, September 13, 1990 ig views he p ting vieW th ? rtinq views * the sprtog w h *the Spor ig ormer Blue stars 0 3n i sruggle in pro ranks Field Hockey vs. Northwestern Saturday, 1 p.m. Tartan Turf Page 9 - ,*:y Theodore Cox ,,Daily Sports Writer 105,000 cheered them as they en- -tired the end zone. 13,000 people rose to their feet as they dunked at Crisler. They felt on top of the world. They had great statistics. Their teams were winning. They were recognized by everyone. Next stop. The pros - where ev- erything was expected to be the same except this time they would get paid. Two years later one is struggling to make the team. Another is recov- ering from a drug problem. And a third is nursing injury-plagued legs. Reality has set in. Over the summer I met three former Michigan athletes - football wide receiver John Kolesar and bas- ketball players Roy Tarpley and Gary Grant, respectively. Life in the pros has not been as glamorous as expected. "Let me tell you, Michigan is a special place with special people," Kolesar said. "Nothing can compare to Michigan. But right now, I've got to just make the team (the Buffalo Bills)." Kolesar said this after the second exhibitiongame against the Detroit Lions. His stats for the day: one punt return for nine yards. « His first year in the NFL was rent on injured reserve and he has been placed on that list again due to leg injuries. I saw Tarpley and Grant at the All-Star Classic in East Lansing. The contest featured former Michi- gan and Michigan State basketball players. Tarpley has spent the past four seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and has fallen victim under the NBA's drug abuse program due to his admitted cocaine usage. Over the winter, he was arrested for drunk driving, committing a possible third offense and this could lead to his banishment from the NBA. After the court trial, the NBA will review Tarpley's future status. / "That's all behind me. I'm trying to finish a complete season," Tarp- ley said. "I'mstired of this on-sus- pension, off-suspension stuff. I have to move on." But one wonders if he is serious. He entered East Lansing overweight and far from midseason form. "I'll be in much better shape once the season starts," he added. "I didn't have any idea we'd be playing a full game like this. That caught me off guard." He seems to be caught off guard too many times. While in East Lansing, his Mav- erick frontcourt mate, Sam Perkins, signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. Tarpley knew what Perkins' depar- ture meant - he would have to make up for the loss. And when the question was raised about what it meant to Dallas, he looked nervous. "It's a whole new team," Tarpley said. Tarpley has the talent to be great, but to be a star NBA player, he has to have the heart. Gary Grant has certainly not struggled, but life in L.A. hasn't been easy either. Grant has been with the Los Angeles Clippers for two seasons after becoming Michi- gan's all-time assist leader. Like the ill-fated Clippers, Grant has been in- jury plagued and only managed to start 44 games last year. Women's soccer remains undefeated by Josh Dubow Daily Sports Contributor The Michigan women's soccer team continued its winning ways with a 3-0 victory over Schoolcraft College yesterday afternoon at Mitchell Field. This was the first win for the Wolverines against the 1988 Junior College Champions to increase their record to 4-0. "I'm psyched. We completely dominated the play. We ran our game plan to perfection," junior Lori Green said. The play was even early in the first half with most of the action taking place in the middle of the field. The best scoring opportunity early came from Schoolcraft, but Michigan defender Molly Douma cleared the ball. The Wolverines often used goalie Heather Marshall to help start rushes up field. Michigan coach Phil Joyaux, in his first year, constantly yelled at his team to play tighter defense and push the ball to the sidelines. The yelling paid off in the 20th minute when Sandy Najarian fed Jenny Stein for a long goal from the left side of the field to put the Wolverines up 1-0. The rest of the half continued in the same way as it started as School- craft was again thwarted when keeper Heather Marshall turned away a shot from in close. Michigan dominated the play when the second half started. Jenny Stein and Lisa Ashton worked the left side of the field to perfection as the Wolver- ines had more scoring opportunities. Two failed chances, one by Stein on a free kick and one by Ashton on a drive that went high, did not discourage the Wolverines. Ashton netted the second goal of the game off of a corner kick from Green. Schoolcraft's only other opportunity came when a back pass to new goalie Krista Towne got away, but sweeper Leslie Martin cleared the ball. The Wolverines' continued domination resulted in their third goal of the game. Maureen Scullen took a pass off a free kick from Stein and put the ball into the upper left corner. Scullen's blast came at the 33rd minute and Douma called the game "a total team effort." Michigan controlled the rest of the game and when time expired, the team dumped the water cooler over Joyaux. The Wolverines do not have any time for celebration as they play Big Ten rival Minnesota on Friday and Penn State on Sunday. JOSE JUAREZ/Daly Former Wolverine guard Gary Grant has suffered through injury-plagued seasons the past two years for the Los Angeles Clippers. Grant returned to Michigan to play in the Michigan-Michigan State All-Star Classic. s e r a .4rpe "This is the second or third time I've played on it (his injured ankle)," Grant said. "(The ankle) feels fine. I've been working on my stamina." Grant has had to adjust to losing with the Clippers. And you could tell he was glad to be back in a Michigan uniform. When it came to the subject of the Clippers, he said something without much conviction, "We're going to do great. We're going to make the playoffs." Then he quickly went back to the game. "How many assists did I have? Only 13. I had more than that." Each one is making a living, and as Kolesar said, "It's a game and I love the game." But all three pro- duced a smile when the subject came to Michigan. Their faces lit up. Ann Arbor was the site of their glory days, and they seemed to know it. As soon as their present situation was mentioned, the smile turned to a frown. 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