Ulipe Sidiug Capriati returns, withdraws Former teen-age tennis star Jennifer Capriati withdrew from the Paris Open yesterday before even playing a point. The 19-year-old dropped out of the tournament after straining her hip and back in practice just before her first-round match, It would have been Capriati's first competitive match in 15 months. ,J1 11 Wednesday February 14, 1996 13 .'Mwomen netters corral Broncos By iten Ghelani For the Daily The Michigan women's tennis team went to Western Michigan with very high expectations. Not only was Michigan coach Bitsy Ritt looking for a complete sweep of the Broncos, she also wanted the team to focus on developing individual lay. Things went according to plan UMnd the Wolverines are satisfied with the match. Michigan might have looked right past this match considering it will be faced with difficult foes this week- end. This was not the case. "We were all very well prepared," senior Sarah Cyganiak said. Michigan swept right through Kalamazoo, making quick work of the injury-plagued Broncos. Western Michigan was forced to give up the No. 6 singles match by default. Western had a long weekend in which it played two matches in one day. Overall, the Broncos played more than 10 hours, which left one Western Michigan player with a hamstring in- jury. The Broncos were left with only five healthy players. The match answered an important *1uestion for senior Angie Popek, who recently came off a knee injury that sidelined her for most of the fall. Popek said her knee held up well in the match. She played No. 5 singles for freshman Jen Boylan, who was forced to stay home due to a swollen knee. Popek also played No. 2 doubles with freshman Tumeka Harris. The duo was bumped one spot because the Broncos also had to forfeit their No. 3 oubles match. Popek won the match 6-1, 6-2 and was victorious in her match with Har- ris 8-4. Her knee was a little sore during and after the match but that isn't what she's worried about now. She is more concerned with her over- all game and feels she needs some work on her movement. "Angie is doing a really good job," Michigan assistant coach Susan #ommerville said. "She definitely has the experience. She is providing lead- ership for the team." Sommerville was also pleased with Cyganiak's performance. The No. I singles player started out dropping a couple games, but kept her focus and concentrated on her footwork. Cyganiak went on to win her match 6- 2, 6-0. Michigan's othersenior, Tara Graff, went into the match looking to de- Oelop her serving and volleying. Sommerville said Graff approached the net well. Another goal of Graff's was to improveupon her doubles game, wasn't addressed as she was left out of the doubles lineup due to the default victory and Boylan's in- jury. Boylan's knee was examined on Monday, but X-rays didn't clarify the roblem. Her knee is still swollen and Oe hopes to test it Thursday to deter- mine her status for this weekend. One other area Ritt was concerned with is the serving game. The doubles teams held serve effectively, going an entire match without being bro- ken. The best sports coverage for the money. Hawkeyes snare Wolverines, 62-55 Blue drops to 5-6 in conference By Brent McIntosh Daily Sports Editor Albert White won the dunk contest. That about concludes the list of bright spots last night for the Michigan Wol- verines, who dropped their second con- secutive game, their second consecu- tive home game and their second con- secutive game against Iowa. White may have taken the slam dunk title with his giant ramming-home of a pretty lob from fellow freshman Robert Traylor, giving his team a 4-3 lead, but it was the Hawkeyes (7-5 Big Ten, MOre ba 17-6 overall) who were in coverag the air all night, hauling a down 19 more rebounds Page 14 than the beleaguered Wol- verines on their way to a 62-55 win. The Wolverines move to 5-6 in the Big Ten and 15-9 overall; that's good for seventh place in the conference, not good for their NCAA tournament hopes and no good for any chance of winning the Big Ten title. The contest was the first time in 15 attempts that Iowa took a win home from Crisler. The Hawkeyes led by as many as 16 in the second half, sparked partly by the their dominance on the boards. Despite turning the ball over 17 times - eight more than the Wolverines - the Hawkeyes went to the free throw line 25 times. Of those, they made 19 - nine more than Michigan even shot. The Wolverines, however, didn't lie down and play dead. They began their customary run with the Hawkeyes up 40- 26 and 12 minutes left. Iowa standout forward Jess Settles helped Michigan's cause, fouling out at the 6:53 mark with only six points to accompany his eight boards. The Hawkeyes' win came in spite ofthe subpar performance oftheirstar big man and the suspension of Chris Kingsbury, the long-range bomber who was suspended for unsportsmanlike con- duct during a game with Penn State. Michigan cut the Iowa lead to five as thrice down the stretch, the last on a rare 3-pointer by Maurice Taylor, who had seven boards and 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting. But by that time, the Wolver- ines were reduced to fouling the Hawkeyes, who calmly stroked six of their eight crunch-time charity tosses. "We had good looks (at the basket)," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. "But we just didn't make them." With 1:07 on the clock and Murray on the line looking to increase the Hawkeyes' 56-49 lead, Iowa guard. Andre ketbaII Woolridge, who finished with agame-high 20points and six assists, turned to ESPN announcer Dick Vitale and did a little an- nouncing of his own. "It's over, baby - it's O-VER," he proclaimed. And so it was, due in the most part to Iowa forward Russ Millard. Millard had 15 boards and 18 points. "It was his best game because of who he's going up against, the big bodies," Iowa coach Tom Davis said. "To outrebound that club by 19 is just an outstanding effort." Other outstanding efforts did not in- clude Michigan's first half. The Wolverines somehow managed° to score 17 points in the those 20 min~ utes despite an offense that couldn't have offended even the most sensiti've ofbleeding hearts. The Wolverines wdre positively tame for most of the half. Besides White's dunk, their offensive highlight might have been Taylor elbow- smashing the ball down under his own basket, only to have it shoot up through .the bottom of the hoop and drop back ii. No basket, but it was among Michigan's stronger attempts on the offensive end: The Wolverines hit exactly zero free throws before the intermission - an' easy accomplishment when you draw, exactly zero shooting fouls and never even go to the line. SARA STILLMAN/Daily Michigan's Travis Conlan got this rebound, but the Wolverines were beaten on the boards, 46-27. Only one dest T he last time the Michigan men's basketball team did not make the NCAA Tournament was 1991. That season (the year before the Fab Five arrived), the Wolverines suffered through a 14-15 campaign, losing to Colorado in the NIT's first round. What does this year's Michigan squad have in common with that one? Not much. The 1990-91 squad had one notable player - Demetrius Calip. The rest were destined to pick splinters out of their backsides the next season while the Fab Five grabbed the spotlight. Indeed, this year's young team is far more talented. Dominated by freshmen and sophomores, the Wolverines' future is bright. But the present is bleak. If Michigan doesn't go on quite a run, it will end its season where the the 1991 team did. In the NIT. Because that is exactly where the Wolverines are headed if last night's 62-55 loss to Iowa is any indication. "I think the (NCAA) Tournament should be our goal," Michigan's Maurice Taylor said. "if we slip up, we could find ourselves in the NIT." Astute observation, Maurice. During the first 20 minutes last night, the Wolverines didn't play fination for like a team that had lost foi their past five games. Inste played like one that hadn't season long. In the first half, Michiga offense was offensively ba Wolverines scored a season first-ha and tra 11 at in sion. Noth right fo Wolver during BARRY openin Duga SOLLENBERGER wouldI Sollenberger three, a he wou air ball next po Albert White would be o mark from long range, and' Conlan would blow the eas putback. Louis Bullock would mis and ... well ... he would m everything. The freshman w for-4 from the field beforeI Michigan did not reach d digits until Maurice Taylor Mrk Zkan - NIT ur of foot jumper with 8:03 left in the ad, they half. At that point, Iowa led, 19-11. won all I could go on and on about how terrible the Wolverines were, but n's this column isn't a term paper. d. The In short, Michigan played like a n-low 17 bunch of fifth graders in the first lf points half. iled by "I never thought we'd be like ntermis- this," Taylor said. "I thought we'd be more mature by now. Right now, ing went you can see we're an immature r the team." rines Yup. the Despite that pathetic first half g period. performance, you half expected the an Fife Wolverines to come out of the hit a lockerroom on fire. nd then Nope. ild fire an The Hawkeyes scored four quick on the points after intermission and Fisher ssession. had to call time. ff the A few minutes later, Fisher had to Travis call time again. Iowa led by 16 with y 13:44 left and Michigan had scored 22 points in a little over 26 minutes. s a trey From there, the Wolverines did iss get back into the game - thanks to vas 0- a couple of idiotic Hawkeye halftime. mistakes. First of all, Iowa's best ouble- player, Jess Settles, fouled out with hit a 15- See SOLLENBERGER, Page 13 F The Hawkeyes drove by Dugan Fife and Michigan last night, 62-55. You sudied what you Now learn what you loved. need. Learn by Doing Earn a master's degree at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and learn the media business hands-on! Columbia's Business Careers Institute is an intensive, 12-week summer certificate program which introduces recent liberal arts and engineering graduates and seniors to the tools they need to make it in the business world or to strengthen their applications to business school. 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