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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11.2005
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Football vs. Texas, 2:30 p.m., Austin, Texas
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- Cross Country, Midwest Regional Championship, time TBA, Iowa City, Iowa
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**Rowing**, Sunflower Showdown, time TBA, Manhattan
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Aquatic Sunflower Showdown
Jayhawks face Wildcats in dual regatta
BY KRISTEN JABBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
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Kansas will take on Kansas State Saturday in Manhattan for the dual regatta at the ninth annual Sunflower Showdown.
The race will take place on the Tuttle Creek Lake at 8:30 a.m.
The Jayhawks will have momentum on their side from previous meets against the Wildcats this season. In the Head of Oklahoma regatta, on Oct. 1 and 2, Kansas's first head-race beat Kansas State by four seconds. In the Head of Iowa on
Oct. 50, the lajahyes beat the Wildcats by 28 seconds.
"Going by what we've seen at past regattas, I would say that their performance has declined," junior Jelayna Da Silva said.
Kansas State rowing coach Patrick Sweeney said Kansas was the faster team at the varsity level, but Kansas State was quicker at the novice level.
"I actually never predict because I think you should just always prepare as best you can and perform as best as you can," he said.
Senior Jennifer Ebel said the regatta would give Kansas an opportunity to work on its technique and speed. Ebel will race in the first varsity eight race.
"It's about pulling your hardest all the way to the finish," Ebel said. "And we definitely want to beat K-State at the finish."
The team has been working a lot on its speed this week at practice because the two teams will compete in 2,000-meter races. This is shorter than Kansas has been used to in its 4,000- meter races.
The team has been working a lot on its speed this week at practice because the two teams will compete in 2,000-meter races. This is shorter than Kansas has been used to in its 4,000-meter races.
The second varsity eight race will begin the meet and the first varsity eight race will follow.
The first novice eight will start at 8:50 a.m. followed by the second novice eight. The last race of the day will be the varsity four at 9:15 a.m. Rain is in the forecast according to weather.com.
"We're really confident in our first varsity eight boat race," Da Silva said. "We're expecting to come away with a win in that one. Our second varsity eight boat is looking good too. And it's hard to tell with the novice level because it changes a lot of the time."
Kansas rowing coach Rob Catloth said he did not want KU rowers to take anything for granted during the race.
"if anything, things can happen and change so fast so when something goes wrong, it's hard to recover," Catloth said. "You have to be as motivated as you can."
— Edited by Patrick Ross
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team to 90 points, a feat Henrickson had not previously accomplished at Kansas.
The Hornets hope to score more than 46 points on Sunday,and Schneider said his team was willing to run with the Jayhawks.
Emporia State comes into Sunday's game after a Tuesday loss to Kansas State.
The Hornets had a one-point lead with nine minutes to play, but the Wildcats rallied to a 60-46 victory.
Emporia State women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider said that the exhibition
games were an opportunity for him to learn about his team before the regular season.
"I think all exhibitions are about finding out what are your strengths and weaknesses," he said, "and we definitely discovered a lot about our team Tuesday."
The Hornets hope to score
more than 46 points on Sunday, and Schneider said his team was willing to run with the Jayhawks.
"We're sure going to try, because that's how we like to play," he said. "We're not going to try to slow down the game."
The Hornets will start the season ranked ninth among
Division II teams. They led the nation in attendance for a D-II team last season, averaging 2,348 fans a game, about three hundred more than the crowd at Allen Fieldhouse last Sunday.
It will be the first opportunity for the current Emporia State players to play in Allen Fieldhouse. The last time the two schools played was in 1991.
Henrickson will be looking for a victory, but wants to see more from her defense.
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addition, she is fourth in points with 4.91 per game.
Sang makes plays, which is something Bechard said the Jayhawks needed to continue to do in order to have an opportunity to save their season.
"We've done that in the last couple of matches," Beachard said. "We can't wait for our opponents to make mistakes."
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Kansas has won its last two matches, both of which were tough road match-ups. They won many close games in those matches, which was something that Bechard
stressed was important. He said that the Jayhawks had hit their stride, and their success of late had been because they had kept their poise in crucial situations.
"It sounds like a replay of everything we've talked about all year," Bechard said. "Every match is so tough in this league you can't afford to have an off night. We definitely can't afford it at this point."
If the Jayhawks' late-season run is going to continue and end with an NCAA tournament berth, winning on Saturday is vital.
Junior outside hitter Megan Hill said the Jayhawks had no choice but to win.
Ray Bechard Kansas volleyball coach
"Every match is so tough in this league you can't afford to have an off night."
Down for the count
Kansas senior outside hitter Paula Caten was a first-team selection to the ESPN the Maga-
"We have to do it," she said. "We can't lose any more matches."
Notes:
zine/CoSIDA Academic All-District team for district seven. Caten is the first Kansas player to make the team.
Caten, a communications studies major from Canarana, Brazil, has a 4.0 GPA. On the volleyball court she averages 3.20 kills per game, which is second among all active Jayhawks. She adds 2.33 digs a game on defense.
"What a great honor for her," Bechard said. "For a kid to perform that well on and off the court speaks to the balance you want in a student athlete."
Jeff McIntosh/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Edited by Anne Burgard
Zach Lund, of the United States, jumps onto his sled during the men's World Cup skeleton in Calgary, Alberta in Canada Thursday. This is the first World Cup of the season.
MLB
BY MIKE FITZPATRICK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pitcher with prior injury wins award
NEW YORK — Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday, capping a satisfying comeback from shoulder surgery that jeopardized his career only two years ago.
After going 21-5 with a 2.83 ERA, Carpenter received 19 of 32 first-place votes and finished with 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He beat out Florida lefty Dontrelle Willis, becoming the first Cardinals pitcher to claim the honor since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson in 1970.
"I can't believe I won," Carpenter said. "Two years ago, I didn't know if I was ever going to pitch again."
ballots, second on 18 and third on three for 112 points. Seventime winner Roger Clemens got the other two first-place votes and came in a distant third at age 43.
Willis, who was 22-10 with a 2.63 ERA, was listed first on 11
The Rocket led the majors with a 1.87 ERA, but a lack of run support from his NL champion Houston Astros limited Clemens to a 13-8 record, which surely cost him votes.
Balloting for all BBWAA awards is conducted at the end of the regular season and excludes the playoffs, when Carpenter went 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in three starts. St. Louis was eliminated by the Astros in the NL championship series.
The right-hander began his career with Toronto on a late 1990s staff that included three other Cy Young Award winners: Clemens, Roy Halladay and Pat Hentgen.
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