SPORTS VERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1994
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Huskers may grab Big 8 title top bowl bid
Kansas loses final home game Missouri loses in final seconds
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Visions of 1992 danced in the minds of the Iowa State faithful as the top-ranked Nebraska juggernaut sputtered in Ames, Iowa, Saturday.
Winless Iowa State, which upset the Huskers in Ames two years ago, stayed within two points into the fourth quarter.
But Nebraska was too big and too strong as the Huskers clinched the conference championship and a trip to the Orange Bowl with a 28-12 win.
"We were running out of energy," said Coach Jim Walden, who may have coached his last game for the Cyclones.
In other Big Eight games, Oklahoma stopped Oklahoma State 33-14, No. 7 Colorado beat Kansas 51-26 and No. 11 Kansas State won against Missouri 21-18.
"I'm very proud of the way our guys played," said Walden, who had announced his resignation effective at the end of the season and then was suspended by the Big Eight for comments he made about the officiating following last week's loss.
Iowa State (0-9-1 overall, 0-5-1 Big Eight) trailed 14-6 when the Huskers scored on a 38-yard pass from Brook Berringer to Abdul Muhammad in the last minute of the first half.
But the Cyclones were close at 14-12 when Todd Doxson connected with Calvin Branch in a 58-yard scoring play with 3:42 left in the third quarter.
Nebraska (11, 0, 6, 0) stopped the 2-point conversion try and then pulled away.
Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs was looking to the annual Nebraska game and past published reports that he and university officials were negotiating his resignation.
"It was their last home game, senior day, the coach's last game, not to mention all the Nebraska guys on their team," said Huskus running back Damon Benning.
"My focus will turn to Nebraska tomorrow morning," said Gibbs, under fire after compiling a 2-14-1 record against Texas, Colorado and Nebraska in his six seasons.
Jerald Moore tied a school record by rushing for five touchdowns as the Sooners (6-4, 4-2) qualified for a bowl bid with one of their best offensive performances of the season.
Moore scored on runs of 8,1,39,6 and 8 yards to match the school record.
"I didn't even think I would get the ball even 10 times," Moore said.
Oklahoma State (3-6-1, 0-5-1) committed five turnovers on its way to its 18th consecutive loss to the Sooners. The Cowboys are winless in 17 straight Big Eight games.
Rashan Salaam of Colorado solidified his Heisman credentials, gaining 232 yards and scoring three touchdowns while breaking three school records. Salaam now owns Buffs records with 122 points, 1,628 yards and 22 touchdowns in a season.
"I don't care about numbers, not at all," he said. "The Heisman would be a beautiful award to win. But it wasn't one of my goals. My goals were to be a first-team All-American, rush for 1,000 yards and be undefeated."
After being criticized by Coach Bill McCartney for being lethargic, the Buffs (9-1, 5-1) trampled the Jayhawks (5-5, 2-4) with one of their best games of the year.
Missouri probably could have gotten an easy tie with Kansas State, but ties won't do for a team that has not won at home all year.
The Tigers had a fourth-and-goal at the 3-yard line with 39 seconds to play, and elected to go for a winning touchdown rather than the field goal. Coach Larry Smith had asked his players what they wanted to do, and everybody agreed there was only one way to go.
"I'd be disappointed if they said tie." Smith said.
Volleyball team falls to Buffaloes
Jeff Handy's intended receiver, Greg Smith, was knocked down. So Handy tried to go torian Sallee in the right corner of the end zone. Wildcats defensive back Chris Canty got a hand on the ball and knocked it away, giving Missouri its sixth consecutive home loss and its 11th consecutive losing season.
Jav Thornton / KANSAN
Kansas freshman setter Trisha Lindgren sets the ball for freshman outside hitter Maggie Mohrfeld. Kansas lost in three games against Colorado on Saturday.
Defense,serves boost Colorado
By Chesley Dohl Kansan sportswriter
The stampede that began in Memorial Stadium continued its rampage through Allen Field House Saturday.
The Colorado volleyball team capped a day of winning for the Buffaloes, defeating Kansas, 4-15, 2-15, 6-15.
Though the Kansas football loss provided little motivation for the Jayhawks going into the match, Colorado coach Brad Saindon said the 51-26 Colorado victory geared his team up for competition.
The Jayhawks were sluggish getting to the ball throughout the three-game match. Meanwhile, Colorado didn't give anything up defensively, recording 50 digs. Kansas was left with a .027 hitting percentage, one of the Jayhawks' worst performances of the year.
"It was a fun drive into town," Saindon said. "We were listening to the game on the way into Lawrence. When we walked in here, it was nice to see fans left over from the football game sticking around to support us."
The Buffaloes' defensive game was not the only area of excellence. Kansas coach Karen Schoonewise said Colorado was a well-disciplined team
"They play a very good transition game with a good left and a solid middle," she said.
The Buffaloes major strength was senior hitter Karrie Downey Larsen, who paced Colorado offensively and defensively with 11 kills and 12 digs.
"Karrie Downey played really well."
Saindon said. "She's played an outstanding three or four matches in a row now. I'm glad she sustained that."
Downey was one of four Colorado servers who sent jump serves over the net, and Kansas could not control them. Many of the serves barely cleared the net, floating away from Kansas passers.
"They were a good serving team," said senior outside hitter Janet Uher, who finished the night with 11 digs to lead Kansas. "Most of the serves were floating, and we weren't moving our feet very well to get to them. We didn't seem together on the court."
Saindon said Colorado found Kansas' defensive holes for easy points. He said it was not a strategy
the team had worked on in practice but something the Buffaloes noticed as the match progressed.
"All of our hitters have good vision," Saindon said. "We created some of that (holes), but Kansas gave up the tip tonight. You gotta' take what they give you."
On a bright note, Kansas freshman middle hitter Kendra Kahler hit a career mark, leading Kansas with eight kills.
Kansas, now 5-19 and 2-8 in the Big Eight Conference, will take on the Kansas State Wildcats Wednesday night in Allen Field House for its last home game of the season.
"I wasn't connecting very well," Kahler said. "But I was getting my fingertips on them, and it was working for me."
Saindon said the victory against Kansas would prepare the team for Nebraska.
Colorado, 9-1 in the conference, will face the No.1 Nebraska Cornhuskers at Boulder, Colo.
"We had to win this game tonight for the Nebraska match to mean anything," Saindon said. "We haven't had a loss since the Nebraska game, so this would all have been for nothing had we lost."
Handy man
Kansas graduate student Steve Gourley jumps to take a shot on goal in a team handball game at Robinson Center. The Kansas team handball club played against the Kansas City club team Friday and the two teams tied. Brian Vendleton / KANSAN
Brian Vandervliet / KANSAN
Women's cross country claims second district crown
Title qualifies team for nationals, men take third
By Kent Hohlfeld Kansan sportswriter
Members of the Kansas cross country team went to the District V Championships in Springfield, Mo., hoping to prove they were good enough to compete in their district.
Some doubted the women's team's ability after a sixth-place finish two weeks ago in the Big Eight Conference meet. As the district champion, the Jayhawks will go to the National Championships next Monday in Fayetteville, Ark. It will be the team's second consecutive trip to the national meet after not qualifying in any of
The women's team proved it by defeating Nebraska by nine points for the district title. The men's team battled with Oklahoma State Cowboys but finished behind them in third place.
its previous 17 seasons.
At the Big Eight meet, Kansas competed without the services of senior co-captain Kristi Kloster, who was out with a sprained left ankle. Senior co-captain Melissa Swartz also saw her performance hampered by a respiratory infection. Those injuries played a big role in the team falling from first to eighth in the coaches' district poll, which was released after the Big Eight meet.
"I think our two-week layoff was crucial," Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said. "It gave us a chance to get some people healthy again."
"I think that really helped us get angry," Swartz said. "Being earned eighth made a lot of teams that didn't know us overlook us."
The women's victory was the second consecutive district crown for a team that prior to last season had not placed higher than third in the district.
"Defending wasn't something we talked about." Kloster said. "We iust
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Both Kloster and Swartz were part of last year's team, which lost three seniors, including All-American Julia Saul.
"Last year really helped us bring in some people to take over for the people we lost." Swartz said.
The team was not hampered by the losses from last year as their top seven runners all finished among the top 40. Swartz, Kloster, junior Sarah Heeb and sophomore Colleen McClimon all finished in the top 20 and qualified for the All-District team.
focused on getting one of the top two spots and qualifying for nationals."
"We had a great overall race," Schwartz said. "They really stepped up, which is what you hope athletes will do."
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While the women's team knows that they will be enjoying next weekend in Arkansas, the men's team will have to wait until this afternoon to find out if they will get to go.
That is the result of the team falling
just short of Oklahoma State. The team finished one point behind the Cowboys.
"At first we thought we tied them," Schwartz said. "Then we went back and recounted the score and realized we were a point behind them."
The Kansas men must now wait to find out if they will receive one of the three at-large bids to the national meet.
Kansas has had trouble defeating Oklahoma State all season. The Cowboys finished on top of Kansas in both of the teams' two prior meetings.
"They're a better team than we are," said Michael Cox, senior co-captain. "I think we ran the best race of the year as a team, though."
Regardless of whether the Jayhawks are picked for an at-large bid, Cox and senior co-captain David Johnston will compete at the national meet as individuals. Cox and Johnston finished eighth and ninth, respectively. The top three individuals not on a team to qualify automatically qualify as individuals.
District Results
Men:
Men:
Iowa State 28
Oklahoma State 92
Kansas 93
Women:
Women:
Kansas 67
Nebraska 78
Missouri 89
Note: The lowest score wins in cross country competitions.
Source: Kansas sports information KANSA
Schwartz credited the men's team for battling the Cowboys the entire race.
"I saw (sophomore) Brian Schultz and an Oklahoma State runner collapse at the finish line from exhaustion," Schwartz said. "They gave it all they had."
Owners prepare a new plan
The Associated Press
Owners will spend the next few days formulating their proposal, which is to be ready when talks resume Thursday.
NEW YORK — For five months, baseball owners clung to their salary cap proposal. After only three days of sitting with mediator W.J. Usery, they agreed to make a new proposal — presumably one without a salary cap
The teams, however, wanted a tax high enough to slow the escalation of player salaries.
Management's new proposal is expected to center around the "luxury tax" concept discussed in early September, when the union had proposed a 1.6 percent revenue and payroll tax on the league's 16 richest clubs. The money raised would be redistributed to the small-market teams.
If owners make a proposal on a tax plan, the union would likely call the number too high. Usery would attempt to force both sides to a middle number.
The only agreement so far has been the assessment of the mediator. Both sides agreed that the 70-year-old Usery was a force who could move them.
"What you have to do is prove you can have an agreement," Usery said. "I hope we are getting to that point."
Women's AP Top 25
rank team record pts. pr
1. Tennessee (26) 31-2 792 1
2. Purdue (24) 31-2 793 8
3. Louisiana Tech (1) 31-4 713 6
4. Connecticut (1) 30-3 690 3
5. Stanford 26-6 891 11
6. North Carolina (2) 32-2 596 4
7. Virginia 27-5 571 10
8. Alabama 26-7 562 16
9. Texas Tech 28-5 546 9
10. Penn St. 28-3 544 2
11. Colorado 27-5 500 5
12. Vanderbilt 28-5 413 12
13. Iowa 21-7 394 13
14. Florida 27-3 343 20
15. Kansas 28-3 308 15
16. FlA. International 28-4 276 19
17. Washington 28-3 273 18
18. George Wash. 28-3 211 —
19. Georgia 17-1 199 —
20. Texas 22-9 186 25
21. W. Kentucky 24-10 99 —
22. Seton Hall 27-5 91 14
23. Texas A&M 24-9 88 —
24. Mississippi 24-9 82 23
25. Southern Cal 28-4 74 7
Others receiving votes: Clemson 68, Ohio St. 65, Oklahoma State. 52, Rutgers 45, Auburn 42, Oregon St. 28, Maryland 27, Creighton 17, Notre Dame 15, DePaul 12, Virginia Tech 11, San Diego St. 6, Toledo 6, Minnesota 5, Montana 5, Stephen F. Austin 5, Wisconsin 4, Marquette 3, Marqueste 3, Bowling Green 2, NLwoulsiana 2, New Mexico 1, Southern Methodist 1.
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Source: The Associated Press KANSAN
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