2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31.2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
Volleyball vs. Colorado, 7 p.m., Horeisi Family Athletics Center
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
♦ Men's golf, Del Walker Intercollegiate, all day, Long Beach, Calif.
FRIDAY
- Swimming vs. Iowa and Missouri State, 6 p.m.
Lewisville.
- **tennis** at Western Michigan, all day, Kalamazoo,
Mich.
- Men's golf, Del Wallet Intercollegiate, all day, Long Beach, CAFF
- Women's golf. The Derby Invitational, all day.
Auburn, Ala.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
Football vs Nebraska, noon, Memorial Stadium
Volleyball at Kansas State, 7 p.m., Manhattan
- Tennis at Western Michigan, all day, Kalamazoo,
Mich.
- Women's golf, The Derby Invitational, all day,
Alyra, Alum.
- Rowing, Head of the Hooch, time TBA, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
APTOP25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts. Pts.
1. Southern Cal (57) 8-0 1,617 1
2. Texas (8) 8-0 **1,563** 2
3. Virginia Tech 8-0 1,500 3
4. Alabama 8-0 1,395 5
5. Miami 6-1 1,328 6
6. LSU 6-1 1,262 7
7. UCLA 8-0 1,233 8
8. Notre Dame 5-2 1,097 9
9. Florida St. 7-1 1,094 10
10. Penn St. 8-1 1,061 11
11. Georgia 7-1 972 4
12. Ohio St. 6-2 926 12
13. Florida 6-2 836 16
14. Wisconsin 8-1 769 15
15. Oregon 7-1 756 14
16. Texas Tech 7-1 **593** 17
17. Auburn 6-2 535 19
18. West Virginia 6-1 521 18
19. Boston College 6-2 459 13
20. TCU 8-1 418 20
21. Fresno St. 6-1 301 22
22. Michigan 6-3 294 25
23. California 6-2 212 24
24. Louisville 5-2 141 _
25. Colorado 6-2 **138** _
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 32, Northwestern 22, Rutgers 12, Oklahoma 11, Minnesota 9, UTEP 8, Boise St. 4, Iowa St. 3, Iowa 2, South Carolina 1.
VOLLEYBALL
Texas adds to Kansas' losing streak
BY MATT WILSON
mwilson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Another day, another loss.
Kansas fell to No. 14 Texas 3-0 at the Horejsi Center Saturday night, its seventh straight loss in a season that has spiraled downward and appears destined for a disappointing end.
The Jayhawks are now 12- 10 overall and 4-9 in Big 12 action.
The Longhorns improved to 16-3 overall and 11-2 in conference play.
Texas made several long runs early in the match to gain momentum toward an easy victory. In the first game, Kansas held an 8-5 lead before an 8-0 Texas run silenced the home crowd and gave the Longhorns control. That streak proved to be the difference as they won the opener 30-22.
Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard said his team's inability to thwart Texas' rallies was the difference in the match.
"You can't survive more than a couple of those a game," he said. "It seemed like they had three or four."
The Longhorns did, indeed, have many short runs that added up to lopsided final scores. In game two, however, it was the
Kansas scored four straight points to pull within one at 12-11, but that was the last time during the game that it scored off of the serve.
jayhawks' lack of scoring that led to a 30-20 loss.
The Jayhawks had three service errors and no aces in the frame.
The Longhorns were off and running again in the final game. A 6-0 stretch gave them an early 15-11 lead, and that was soon followed by a 4-0 run that put the Jayhawks down 23-14.
Another four-point streak made the score 29-20, and the match fittingly ended on a KU serving error.
Texas won the game 30-21.
Bechard gave credit to the Longhorns' offensive attack. Junior opposite hitter Dariam Acevedo led Texas with 14 kills. Three Longhorns were close behind with nine kills each.
Texas sophomore libero Alyson Jennings led all players with 17 digs.
"They're really dynamic," Rechard said. "You can be in the right place and have the block in the right place, and they're still tough."
Kansas was paced offensively by sophomore opposite
hitter Emily Brown, who tallied 10 kills. Senior outside hitter Paula Caten had eight blocks and nine digs. Senior setter Andi Rozum had seven kills, a team best.
The Longhorns also outblocked the [ayhawks] 16-8.
The Jayhawks' seven-game skid is their longest since 1997 when they had losing streaks of eight and 10 games. That was the last season before Bechard took over the program.
Brown said the Jayhawks needed to refocus in order to turn the season around. With only seven matches remaining, Kansas needs to win at least five to have a realistic shot at the NCAA tournament.
That mission starts Wednesday against Colorado, a team that Kansas beat earlier this season in Boulder, Colo.
"It's nothing that huge, nothing we can't do," Brown said. "But we've got to go now."
Rozum said the team needed to be on the same page in order to start winning again.
"It takes everyone being in the game at the same time, everyone believing that we can do it," she said.
Edited by Nate Karlin
Kansan file photo
Sophomore opposite hitter Emily Brown comes down from hitting the ball over the net. Brown led the Jayhawks with 10 kills in a 3-0 losing effort against the Texas Longhorns Saturday night at the Horeisi Family Athletics Center. Kansas is on a seven-game losing streak. The Jayhawks fall to 12-10 overall and 4-9 in the Big 12.
CROSS COUNTRY
Men, women climb Big 12 rankings
BY ANTONIO MENDOZA
amendoza@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
Junior Benson Chesang was the Big 12 singles champion for the second year in a row. The only other runner to accomplish this for Kansas was Al Frame in 1954 and '55. Chessang finished with a time of 23:45.
Kansas didn't win the men's or women's Big 12 cross country title over the weekend, but it was a big stepping stone for the program. Both teams improved from last year's standings.
Texas' Joe Thorne finished second with a time of 23:48.
"It feels great to repeat," Chesang said. "I'm really impressed with my team right now. I didn't win this thing by myself. I had all my guys behind me and we just kept supporting each other."
Kansas finished with an overall score of 68. Colorado had a score of 55 and Texas had 52.
The 13th-ranked men's cross country team finished third overall, behind seven-time repeating champions Colorado and second-place finisher Texas.
The third-place finish for Kansas was the best finish for the team in the 10 years that the Big 12 Conference has had a cross country program.
"I was very excited with both teams' performance," coach Stanley Redwine said. "Benson repeating as individual champion was very thrilling. Coach Doug Clark has done an awesome job with the team."
The women finished eighth, two places better than their 10th-place finish a year ago.
Colorado also placed first on the women's side, sweeping the conference race. Kansas finished with a total score of 214, led by sophomore Lisa Morrisey with a time of 22:43. Morrisey finished 39th overall.
"Both teams had a total team effort," Redwine said. "If you look at both teams' performance from the one through five runners, we were exactly where we thought we would be."
The Jayhawks will be off from running this week, but will race in the NCAA Midwest Nationals in Iowa City, Iowa, on Nov. 12.
Edited by Katie Lohrenz
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