THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2007
SPORTS
7B
》 SWIMMING
Ruling the pool
BY SCOTT TOLAND
Kansas beat out seven other teams to win the Nike Cup this weekend, accumulating a total of 1,090.5 points on the way to victory and rewriting the record books for the Kenyon Athletic Center Natatorium in Gambier, Ohio.
The meet, which ran Thursday
The meet, wi-
through Saturday, comprised four Division I teams and four Division III teams, including host Kenyon College, a perennial power in the Division III National Championships.
Robinson
Kenyon College placed second as a team, with 894 points.
"We were incredibly pleased with how we did," Kansas coach Clark Campbell said. "The competition was really good because everyone was really prepared for this meet."
Juniors Maria Mayrovich and Danielle Herrmann turned in strong performances for the Jayhawks. Both won individual events and were part of winning relay teams.
Mayrovich won the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 200-yard freestyle events while setting pool records for each race and being named the swimmer of the meet. Herrmann won the 200-yard individual medley and also set a record for the natatorium in the 100-yard breaststroke. Kansas swimmers set a total of 11 records for the natatorium.
"Maria swam very well," Campbell said. "Her time in the 100 freestyle (49.56) is a time that was invited to the NCAA Championships last year."
Sophomore Ashley Robinson set a new mark for the pool in the 1,650-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 16:44.83. Junior Ashley Leidigh was victorious in the 202-yard butterfly and now holds a pool record for the event.
Kansas athletes set five new relay records during the competition. Seniors Lauren Bonfe and Terri Schramka and sophomores Emily Lanteigne and Carrah Haley were all part of winning relay teams for the Javhawks.
Campbell said he was pleased with the team's progress this season and was confident that the team would continue to improve.
"We want them at a certain point," Campbell said. "About 80 percent are there already and the other 20 percent are not far behind."
The team will now have a break from competition before traveling to Puerto Rico for a winter training trip on Jan. 4.
— Edited by Tara Smith
broken records
The Kansas swimming team broke 11 Kenyon Athletic Center Natatorium records in three days.
Day One (Thursday)
1650 freestyle, 16:44.83,
Ashley Robinson
800 freestyle relay, 7:29.42
Day Two (Friday)
50 freestyle, 23.20
Maria Mayrovich
200 freestyle, 1:49.04
Maria Mayrovich
100 breaststroke, 1:03.40
Danielle Herrmann
200 butterfly, 2:02.26
Ashley Leidigh
200 freestyle relay, 1:35.07
400 medley relay, 3:47.15
Day Three (Saturday)
100 freestyle, 49.56
Maria Mayrovich
200 medley relay, 1:44.99
400 freestyle relay, 3:26.04
-KUathletics.com
》 CLUB HOCKEY
Team struggles in final home games
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
Nick Hange, senior forward, left, and Matthew Zellmer, senior forward, right, battle for the pick Friday night at Pepsi Ice Midwest. Kansas, made a comeback and almost won the game against St. Cloud University. The team lost. 5-6.
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
The KU club hockey team played its last two home games of the semester Friday and Saturday at Pepsi Ice Midwest in Overland Park.
Kansas entered the weekend series boasting a six-game unbeaten streak, with its last loss coming in an overtime showdown in mid-October. The team wanted to continue its success Friday night.
As the puck dropped to signal the beginning of the first period, it was clear that the Jayhawks were in for a fight. St. Cloud State dominated the possession throughout the opening minutes and was rewarded with a goal just five minutes into the game.
Daniel Guilfoil, senior forward, races for the puck during Friday night's game at Pepsi Ice Midwest. Kansas, which had been fighting for a top 10 ranking, lost both Friday and Saturday's games against St. Cloud University.
Students kept cheering on their Jayhawks, despite the numbers on the scoreboard and Kansas finally gave them something to cheer about when Matt Zellner, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., scored the first Jayhawk goal and the team some momentum. That momentum
The first period continued in a similar fashion, dictated by penalties and power plays. After scoring a short-handed goal in the eighth minute, St. Cloud State was awarded a penalty shot. They converted on the relatively rare occurrence, bringing the score to 3-0 in its favor.
The fajhwaks came out in the second period and stepped up their performance on defense. They fought through penalties and managed to keep the Huskers from scoring for the first 10 minutes. St. Cloud did break through though, notching two second-period goals to Kansas' zero. The crowd, sure that the game was over, began to leave the arena.
would be halted as the first period came to a close.
That was a mistake. Kansas came out as a different team from the one it had shown fans in the first two periods. Within the first two minutes Kansas' leading scorer, Erik Bredesen, Crystal, Minn. junior, was able to take advantage of a powerplay opportunity. His work in front of the net resulted in the second goal of the game for Kansas. A few minutes later, Zellmer recorded his second goal, narrowing the gap to 3-5. But St. Cloud would not let up, and scored a goal off a deflected shot with just more than 11 minutes left to play.
The goal would only help Kansas prove its resiliency. In the remaining minutes, Kansas put on an offensive show. The stats reflected this, as the Jayhawks recorded 13 shots to St. Cloud State's two. Nick Hantage, Hutchinson, Minn., senior and team captain, scored next. His goal was
tottowed by one from Glenn Brandt, Arlington Heights, III. sophomore. The two goals resulted in Kansas trailing by a single goal with just more than two minutes left to play.
The remaining crowd showed their support with raucous cheering, standing for the final moments. Kansas was able to get a few chances, but its efforts tell just short and the game ended 5-6 in favor of St. Cloud State.
The team's refusal to give up, even when trailing by four goals, was the key factor in the Jayhawks' near comeback. Head coach Tom Prendergast said he could not take credit for the team's determination.
"I didn't say too much, not too much. They know. They're old enough now to know what to do
Obviously, we wanted to limit the number of scoring opportunities they got, and in that (final) period we did well". Prendergast said. "Maybe I should have said that after the first period."
Kansas played its final home game on Saturday against the same St. Cloud State team. The result was a 6-2 defeat. The Jayhawks' first half of the season ends with the current semester, and many players will be going home for the break.
"A lot of our guys are going back to Minnesota, so I'd assume they will be on the ice up there, and the rest of our guys will jump into some men's league stuff," Prendergast said. "I think they all stay pretty active."
Edited Kaitlyn Syring
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