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Shannon Adair Katie Kasmiersky Becca Alsup Elaine Lanningham Adrienne Andersohn Stephanie Lopez Laura Appling Melissa Martin Lauren Arquilla Meredith McCune Kristen Bevil Mendi Miller Courtney Blankinship Melissa Montalbano Julie Bone Mandi Murphy Jessica Britton Linda Olvera Christian Brooks Michelle Pinkerton Michele Burgess Grace Rabuk Jamie Clouser Mandy Rapp Melissa Coe Reagan Rhodes Jennifer Dickson Michelle Rico Amber Dugat Courtney Robnett Laura Duvon Rachel Roseberry Joey Eppinger Amanda Sample Adrienne Foret Gillian Sardis Susan Foster Kendra Schroeder Erin Fox Kristina Shane Suzy Green Kim Smith Natalie Hellerstedt Nicole Story Kelly Howard Chrissy Taylor Becky Jenkins Lindsey Trail D'Ann Jennings Kate Vann Star Jones Brandi Ward Lauren Jordan Kristin Williams We are so proud to call you our sisters!! Venus Williams, CapriatiCoj will face off in semifinalpve # 'll : ' r uroup. NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams was erratic, Jennifer Capriati was ecstatic. Now the winners of the year's first three Grand Slam titles will meet for a spot in the final of the fourth major. Not a whole lot went right for Williams at the U.S. Open on Wednesday — the 43 unforced errors, the 48 percent of first The Open has really blown up a loty and tennis y in general is so popular.. — Jennifer Capriati No. 2 seed serves that missed the mark, the eight dou ble-faults. Just enough did go the defending champion’s way, though, to add up to a 6-3, 6-1 quarterfinal victory over Kim Clijsters. Then the No. 2-seeded Capriati went out and pounded her way to a 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 8 Amelie Mauresmo to reach the semifinals here for the first time since 1991, before her well-documented decline. “Everything’s kind of changed. Look at how the U.S. Open has changed. They Ve got a brand new huge stadiunt. The Open has really blown up a lot. and tennis, in gen eral, is so popular. I'm glad that 10 years later I’m able to be part of it.’’ Capriati said. “I’m very happy, joyous, ecstatic. It's a great sense of satisfaction — and I 'm \er\ grateful, also.” Williams and Capriati have been alter nately dominant in 2001. and they’re the only two women who have not dropped a set so far at the Open. That will change in Friday’s semifinals. “It's going to be pretty tough. She’s been playing well, but I’ve been playing well.” said Capriati, who this week has a chance to take over the No. 1 ranking for the firNt time in her career. • “Hopefully, 1 can come out and play my best tennis.” Serena, will play No. I Martina Mm. the other semifinal. They advancedTuc ’ CapriatiN renaissance blossomed ■ ELLER championships trah.ui amiFfriirji sounds lik Opens this year; Williams look her y tanting at d* straight title at Wimbledon. :wol stadium- ’ She’s a ve every thing well. Williams said. ? “Nowadays ball hard ai aifl TIS .k loss 1 c \ . I d She hits ib coining h< l reali May llv >te. ball quite! r next opp try to hit te 1 don’t i t Port Necb - ;>ol. just ea^ nascot is c. pin i and doe Venus’ younger sister. 10th-seeded much pace on every' shot as site doc' Williams bus wor i all three of the ous meetings. inclu< ling twice this hanJcourt.s. ‘Hiat inc ludes their mos encounter, in ihe fin, al of tlie Ericw in March, w hen Capi match points. nail frittered avs She aiul Mauresr the baseline Wcctoc no slugged it c sday. trading f strokes and rarely resorting to 1 Capriati managed v o limit the nui errors better than Mi .mrcs mo. Williams did not I limit hers, bui up OK. hil carrying >eai and shiel rofcboard say: ic Reservation. j^t Keller Uig of tort Word 'eai beaded heu ents do the ”tc 'hen rooting foi id' ll don’t thin idi ins down. I^Arlcadcr Susi :ac ! us to hav Leaf signs on as Dallas’ QB il^es and to Refs consider offei NFL increases offer to officiahfl'^nZ Th IRVING (AP) — Ryan Leaf never saw the welcome the Dallas Cowboys had planned for him. He failed a physical because of a wrist problem and remains one of the NFL’s many unem ployed veteran quarterbacks. Leaf’s name and the number 16 were written in black on a strip of white tape over a locker in the Cowboys’ clubhouse Wednesday. Three pairs of shoes with 16 printed on the heel, a white practice jersey, a helmet and several unused hangars awaited him. “It was an injury that con cerned us enough that we could n't make a decision to put him on the roster,” Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones said. “1 know' he was disappointed. I don’t know that he was surprised. There’s no question he was surprised it would impact our decision as much as it did.” Jones said that after an initial evaluation discovered the prob lem, specialists were brought in to give it a further look. He declined to give any more specifics. Leaf left the team’s head quarters without talking to reporters, ducking in the front to avoid being seat of a van photographed. “Ryan was excited with the Cowboys opportunity and he couldn’t be more disappointed about how it turned out,” said David Dunn. Leaf’s agent. “I think right now. we’re going to explore all our options. The most important thing is his health and getting his wrist right.” Dunn said he hopes the two sides can strike a deal once Leaf is healthy. “I think Ryan thinks the world of Jerry and the Cowboys organization. My feeling is Jerry feels the same way about Ryan.” Dunn said. Leaf, the second overall pick in 1998 draft, was waived by San Diego in March and by Tampa Bay on Monday. The sta tus of his once promising career is in limbo. The Cowboys were interested in Leaf as their third stringer behind rookie starter Quincy Carter and second year backup Anthony Wright. They were ini tially interested in Leaf in March, having considered him to replace Troy Aikman. But they could not afford him then. NEW YORK (AP) NFL Referees Union has a da\ to consider a new offer by the league before replacements are assigned to work the opening week of the regular season. The NFL increased its offer to the locked-out offi cials Wednesday but rejected a call by the union for arbitra tion in a meeting that lasted just a half-hour. Then union negotiator Tom Condon flew home to Kansas City. He was due to discuss the offer in a conference call late Wednesday night with the union’s four-member executive committee — Ed Hochuli, Bill Carollo. Jeff Bergman and Ben Montgomery. The NFL offer includes a 60 percent increase in salaries this year, compared with the 40-per cent jump in the NFL’s last offer. But the rest of the pack age remains the same, with offi cials’ salaries doubled by 2003. Even the new offer is far below what the union has demanded. League spokesman Greg Aiello said the league had to know the union’s response by Thursday in order to make plans for the weekend. We h icmwi vVre proud to 1 But some A >ups say eve Hd intentions ■ exploiting tl far her this 0! commended nd an schools ban don Indian aying they may nd offensive, ■epresentati ’herokee Mix VCGIES Continued j ‘It’s a chall ilocum said o (reparation time pc the will consider it and favorably,” Aiello said Hochuli, the asso president, told Fox Sp lie believed the boan reject the offer ;i replacement officials work this weekend. Messages left by The Associated Press not been returned Wednexi Last week, the lea locked out its officials. ’ have been w ithout a com since March. CommissifiK Paul Tagliabue said the 1 '-, didn’t want to start the U l,h : > t ..if. ■. ..Hu i,iis to SHOPPIr off the field at any time. Last week’s final edit lions were worked wil replacements, most from c» lege or the Arena League, there we re jig major gaffes. B. the league clearly was cerned that once the game counted, small mistakes wou be magnified. Talks resumed Tuesday ai reconvened Wednesday morr mg. w hen the league put itsne offer on the table. Over thek* term, however, the two 'idf' remain 50-75 percent apart. 'ESTGt CENTEP DSL HIGH - SPEED INTERNET ACCESS The hottest thing to hit college campuses since pizza delivery. Just like your favorite pizza, DSL is served up pipin’ hot and comes fully loaded. DSL from Verizon delivers an always-on, high-speed link to the university LAN that’s up to 50 times faster than a 28.8k modem. You can research, upload and download assignments, send e-mail and chat in real time - all at breakneck speed. 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