Women's Tennis Eck Classic Tournament Today ,all day Notre Dame, Ind. SPORTS Men's Tennis Georgia Tech Invitational Today, all day Atlanta White commits to Michigan Inkster hoopster ny RYAN WHITE Daily Basketball Writer INKSTER -Amidst friends, fam- ily, coaches, teachers and the mayor of the city, Albert White made the announcement that surprised no one. "I have decided to attend the Uni- versity of Michigan," said the 6-foot- 6 forward yesterday as he donned a Wolverine cap. Moments before White made his verbal commitment, Inkster High ath- letic director George Thompson pre- sented him with "the 500 scholar- .ships he did not pick." White, who had narrowed his choices down to Cincinnati, Ken- tucky, Minnesota, Kansas and Michi- gan State, had a number of reasons for choosing to go to Ann Arbor. "One, Michigan is a program that has an excellent academic and bas- ketball tradition," he said. "Two, coach Steve Fisherand assistant coach Scott Perry made me feel that I was very important to the future success of Michigan basketball. Three, with the type of players that are there now, IJam confident that we can win a lot of games and maybe even a national championship." Last season White averaged 20 points, 15 rebounds and 3.7 blocked shots for the Vikings. This summer he competed in the World Junior Cham- pionships in Argentina as part of the United States under-19 team. "I'll compete, I'll tell you that right now," White said. "And as far a minutes, whenever I get in I'll play as hard as I can." White, who compares himself to the Phoenix Suns' Charles Barkley, says he is a swingman capable of playing anywhere. "I don't feel that there are posi- tions on the floor, really," White said. "Once you get on the floor it's time to play." first '95 recruit for Wolverines While positions aren't that impor- tant to White, they probably are to Fisher. White will probably be fit in at the second guard spot. Whether he is playing guard or forward, White will be competing with Jerod Ward and Willie Mitchell, members of this year's freshman class. This season's class of Maceo Baston, Mitchell, Maurice Taylor, Ward and Travis Conlan is consid- ered the nation's best. White is the beginning of what could turn out to be another top recruiting class for Michigan. The Wolverines are still recruiting De- troit Murray-Wright star Robert Traylor and Chicago standout Kevin Garnett. Saginaw Buena Vista's Terrance Roberson is also reportedly close to announcing that he will be attending Michigan. White has known and played with many of this year's class and said that Taylor and Conlan were probably the two players that most sold him on._ Michigan. "I never thought I couldn't cont-- pete (in college), and I never will," he said. "I think that I can compete at any level." White must now wait until November's early signing period when he can sign his national letter of intent. r I :olor * Perms * Nail Care Haircuts * JOE WESTRATE/Daily The Michigan field hockey team defeated Michigan State yesterday on the strength of two Michelle Smulders goals. F Mhgnield hockey sticks Mcia State By RAVI GOPAL Daily Sports Writer Keyed by a sensational perfor- mance by sophomore attacker Michelle Smulders, the Michigan field hockey team dismantled Michigan State, 2-0, last night at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. Smulders, who leads the team in scoring with 14 points, scored both *Wolverine (2-3 Big Ten, 6-6 overall) goals and created havoc for the Spar- tan (0-5, 2-7-2) defense. Whether she was creating penalty corner opportu- nities or blowing by her defender, Smulders was all over the field. "Michelle was focused and did smart things," Michigan coach Patti Smith said. "She won every battle with her back." Early on, it didn't look like 'omulders would get a chance to put on a show for the Wolverine faithful. Michigan State began the game aggressively. The Spartans were able to stop Michigan from penetrating, and kept the ball in the Wolverine half for almost the first ten minutes of the game. Surrendering three early pen- alty corners, Michigan appearedover- onfident after its upset of No.5 Penn "tate last weekend. "We weren't flying, and no one was really creating," Smith said. As if on cue, the Wolverine for- wards began their assault. With Smulders and junior midfielder Sherene Smith leading the way, Michigan began its onslaught of Spartan goalie TriciaGann. Smulders, in particular, was able to blow by the State defenders and flew down the right sideline on numerous occasions. But a weakness haunting the Wol- verines reared its ugly head. Michigan's inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities was clear in the first half. Numerous near-misses by the Wolverines allowed the Spartans to keep the match close. Coach Smith was not pleased with this aspect of her team's game. "If we're going to take a step up, we've got to convert on our shots and our corners," Smith said. Going into halftime, the teams re- mained scoreless. However, Michi- gan knew that it had an advantage on its opponent. After controlling the tempo for most of the half, the Wol- verines knew thatthey wouldtriumph. "We were totally confident," jun- ior defender Jennifer Lupinski said. "We knew it was just a matter of time (before we would score)." Lupinski couldn't have been more right. At the 27:23 mark of the second half, with Smith yelling "You gotta want it, Blue!" Smulders scored. She juked by two Spartan defenders before putting the ball past Gann. After this goal Michigan beganplaying with more emotion. ' The teams then went back and forth for the most part of the second half. Although Michigan failed to con- vert on scoring chances inside the circle, the Wolverines earned their eighth penalty corner. Lupinski cleared the ball from the goal line, and sophomore defender Bree Derr lined up the ball. Smulders took the shot and scored. The goal was Smulders' sixth of the year. She did not score all of last season. Smulders acknowledged that the color of the opponents' jerseys had nothing to do with her perfor- mance. MIRO 119 W. Washington, Ann Arbor 665-1583 Monday 9-6; Tuesday - Friday 9-8; Saturday 9-6 Thi 0 NEck CLIFFS QUICK REVIEWS - When you need help preparing for a test, think Quick. Cliffs Quick Reviews are the new study guides from the leader in study guides: Cliffs Notes. Cliffs Quick Review guides are written to aid understanding of introductory college courses. They are perfect for use as general course notes and for review before quizzes, midterms and finals. Do better in the classroom, and on papers :' and tests with Cliffs Quick Reviews. . P0. 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