Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 16 2004 — B5 Circle: Venus wins Serena withdraws CHARLESTON South Carolina (AP) — Venus Williams the highest remaining seed at the Family Circle Cup after her sister Serena' withdrew advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday night with a 4 1 victory over Mikaelian Serena Williams seeded second pulled out before her match with Conchita Martinez on Thursday citing a sore left knee She had surgery on the knee in August and was off the tour for eight months The top three Family Circle seeds have now withdrawn for health reasons Defending champion Justine 6-- Marie-Gayan- and Henin-Harden- ne Venus Williams seeded fourth and playing in her first Family Circle said she felt no pressure to win for the family because her sister is out “Sometimes it's easy to think of it that way — I love playing the same events with her I love having her here” Venus said “But in the end I'm out on the court on my own and she’s out there on her 6-- ay own” Asked if she now should be considered the favorite Williams laughed: “I don’t know I’m just a lone wanior’’ Former champion Jennifer Capriati lost to Petra Mandula of Hungary 6 3 in Thursday’s third (3) 6 round 7-- third-ranke- d 3-- Amelie Mauresmo withdrew earlier 2ih-seed- ed n’t getting fatigued at all” she said “She played really well and was teeing off I had a good rhythm (but) just didn’t step up and win those you know key si Mandula plays a quarterfinal 1 against Jelena Kostanic a 3 winner over Dally Randriante- 6-- fy- - quarterfinal of the season Mandula pronounced it “definitely my biggest win” “It’s not that she was not that good or I was lucky or whatever" said Mandula who is ranked 42nd “I played good I think" Capriati said her back wasn’t a problem “I felt fine physically I was In other matches fourth-seede- d Lindsay Davenport — who won her 40th career title last week in Amelia Island Fla — beat Nicole Pratt 1 1 and improved her season record ' to 22-- 2 ' No 8 Nadia Petrova defeated 1 and next Alina Jidkova 1 faces Martinez who won the tournament in 1994-9- 3 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- NHL Continued from B1 Continued from B2 bring or this summer will bring or anything else I haven't known all along” said Sloan who got his 900th career coaching win in Febru- ary “My wife wants me to stay in coaching so that's why Detroit a 0 lead Nashville's Sergei Zholtok scored on the ' power play with 372 seconds left in the period Detroit's Curtis Joseph made 19 saves in his first playoff start since the Red Wings were swept by Anaheim in the first round last season Joseph who has been ' hobbled with an ankle injury for much of the season replaced Manny Legace Tomas Vokoun made 27 saves Vokoun stopped 82 of 83 shots in Games 3 and 4 as Nashville evened the series with two wins at home The Predators went nearly 78 minutes without givjng up a goal before here” AP photo Utah with feeling sorry for him or for Bobbye It has to do with the job he’s done with this team” And the Jazz could be getting newer still Utah has four players who will be unrestricted free agents and four more who are restricted The team also has to leave somebody exposed for Charlotte in the expansion draft and has three picks in this year's draft The result could be even more turnover than the Jazz saw this season first-rou- ut usu Continued from B1 Dennehy said ” It will be a regular game with officials and penalties hopefully that’ll be pretty clean ” There will be no “live” kickoffs or kickoff returns but there will be live punt returns ' 7 The Aggies spent two practices this week cleaning ' up areas after last Satur- 1 Continued from B2 ' nd day’s scrimmage Dennehy was pleased with both practices ' “I thought the last two (practices) we had we the best practices of the spring” Dennehy said “The kids were bouncing around pretty well and playing with a high high level ' ' of tempo” 'Playing with a game clock is theone area that didn’t get much work until late Wednes-- day Dennehy is curious how the quarterbacks will do Alexander said Mustang senior Alex ThatcherfNo (singles) remained undefeated on the season with a 60 6- triumph over Cal Gaddis while younger brother Murf Thatcher and Tyler Beckstrand were victorious at the No 1 doubles : -i Alexander Said after dropping their first set ioRic Jensen ' and Nick Mattson! The duO completed the comeback 6 : 6-- 0 Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan waits for his turn to talk with the media Thursday 6--4 'Spot' “We had a few Conversa- - '7 tions and they just seemed to feel victimized and to feel sony for themselves but (they were able) to get going” : series-clinchin- Thatcher and Beckstrand trailed David Nelson andKyle Trimble 2 in the second set 6 before rallying for a 6--2 3-- 7-- (7-- 2) Victory : “Next year we’ll have different expectations and we’ll try to exceed those" said Raja Bell one of Utah's newcomers and a pleasant surprise this season “We all knew what people expected usto do so it kind of helped us bond We didn’t have any choice If we didn’t we woe going to get smacked around all year so we bonded" The unrestricted free agents include Greg Ostertag who just spent his ninth and possibly last season with the Jazz Ostertag clashed often with Sloan and lost his starting job near the end of the season After making more than $8 million this season he’s definitely headed for a pay cut Ostertag had predicted the Jazz may win 33 games this season “If anybody in here says that they’re disappointed with that season I think they're crazy” Ostertag said “We were a young team and all we did every night was play hard and go out and put ourselves in position to win” tonight with just 23 seconds to get plays off Dennehy said his fifth spring at USU has gone well The Aggi?s haven’t suffered any serious injuries With some starters sitting younger players have gotten the opportunity to see more time “I am real excited about how the young guys have got a lot of reps” Dennehy said “We have been able to take a real good look and I’m excited alma mater A member of the 1989-9- 0 Rebel team that won the national championship and the 1990-9- 1 squad that lost in Continued fawn Bl the Final Four Rice spent the 1991-9- 2 games the last five years season as an assistant Coach Morrill has done a terunder Jerry Tarkanian rific job of putting the proHe returned to the Rebels’ gram on the national radar” in 1994-9- 5 under program An opening was created on and also served Tim ' Grgurich Morrill's coaching staff last under Bill Baypo and Charjie week when Randy Rahe Spoonhour before UNLV announced he was leaving to Lon Kruger as its new hired join the staff 'of Ray Giacolet-t- i coach last month head who was hired as Rick “UNLV has been such a big Majerus' replacement at Utah Rice told the of life” part my With the departure of Rahe Review-Journ“I'll always who had served under Morrill Tark giving coach i 13 appreciate Veil n seasons Don the last me the opportunity tb play bn (1 1 yearsfand Tim Duryea a national championship team (three years) were both moved and later to be a member of up a notch on Morrill's coachhis staff And I'll always be : ' ing ladder 35 Utah comes to Rice gratefultp coach Gerg coach State after spending 11 yean Bayno and coach Spoonhour as an assistant coach at his for giving me the chance to “Murf played the match of his life today” Swan said Grizzlies 5 Bees 0 At Logan now that the Region 4 matches officially count toward the standings the Grizzlies were all busi- ness And it showed Thursday against Box Elder Using its full varsity lineup for the first time in region play Logan didn’t drop a set in rolling past a Bee team expected to be among the Grizzjies’ top competitors ut Jarome Iginla's best-of-sev- en flurry The Red Wings — playing with a sense of urgency scored on their first fourth' and ninth shots Theydid not score in the first period in the first four games Sharks 3 Blues 1 The San Jose Sharks incredible regular season was no mistakeThey're deep fast and a little bit lucky — and they’re moving ahead in the playoffs Injury replacement Mark1 3-- ' Kiprusoff continued his domination over the Canucks mak-- ? ing 32 saves including 12in the third period when the Flames had just two Craig Conroy added a goal in the second period for the Flames power-pla- y work with them as well as the interim head coaches “I’ll always be a Rebel but T’m excited about this” A transfer from Mt San Antonio College in Walnut Calif Rice saw action in 1 6 contests in 1989-9- 0 averaging - miputes and 1 points per game His senior season he averaged 48 minutes and 8 points in 22 games Rice graduated in political science in 1991 with a 395' grade point average was UNLV’s Rhodes' Scholar can- -' didale and was twice named the school's scholar-athleof the year He also earned a master’s degree in business administration from UNLV in 3 1 1 1 al ' third-perio- d goal put Calgary within one win of reaching the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 13 years Calgaiy leads the series 2 with the Flames hosting Game 6 on Saturday' They have not won' ' a playoff series since captur- ing the Stanley Cupin 1989 Flames goaltender Miikka -- te : 1993 Married to the former Mindy Wright Rice is the father of two sons 2004 CHGVV IMPfllfl S6D0N ' MSRP Dealer Discount Rebates 2504500 - 1 10000 A Friday April 16 6:30 PM Romney stadium - si? first-peri- od ond-seed- Ags opump BLUE AND WHITE GAME Detroit’s 6-- Smith scored his first NHL playoff goal and Evgeni ' Nabokov stopped 21 shots in the Sharks’ g victory over St Louis: Mike Ricci got an insurance goal with 3:38 left and Brad Stuart also scored as the sec- -' Sharks took the series 4-- 1 winning three Shark games at the sold-oTank They're the first team to advance to the conference semifinals which probably won't begin for a week Brian Savage scored for the Blues who have just two goals in their last four games in San Jose Flames 2 Canucks 1 4-- Sloan who has two years remaining on the contract extension he signed last summer said he’s planning on coming back for a 17th season although that will depend on his wife’s health — just as it has since they announced the diagnosis Jazz owner Larry Miller said the job is Sloan’s as long as he wants it If Sloan does have to leave Miller said longtime assistant and former Kings coach Phil Johnson will take oyer Johnson has covered in the past when Sloan has been ejected or suspended and this season when he missed a couple of games to be with his wife “He’s an amazing guy For him to have dealt with all he ' dealt with just blows me away” Miller siaid “If he doesn’t win coach of the year travesthis year it's a flat-oty And that has nothing to do 6-- 4 points" 6-- Tennis Vera Zvonareva a 6-0 winner over Anna Smashnova-Pistolemeets Venus Williams Davenport said the tournament is still tough despite the losses of Serena Williams and other top players “It maybe would have lit up my eyes if I was supposed to play her ' today" Davenport said “But we were still many many rounds from playing and regardless if the draw has opened up a bit my next round I believe is going to be very difficult” In the quarterfinals Davenport meets Patty Schnyder a 3 1 winner over Elena Dementieva Sloan I’m ' 7-- Capriati the tournament’s champi- on in 2001 is still trying to recover full confidence after being out with a back injury She was moved all around the court by Mandula who Jelena earlier beat 1 Dokic and now heads to her first "Standard on all new 2004 Impalas - V6 automatic disc brakes Air conditioning with power dual-zon- e temperature controls AMFM stereo - with cassette remote keyless entry Power door locks Power windows Dual power remote V AkV t ’ w SO c 14 087 Does not Include Soles Tax & License W£s&©05 1955 N Main Stroat FREE ADMISSION! 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