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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007
SWIMMING & DIVING
Victory ends eventful week
BY SCOTT TOLAND
stoland@kansan.com
A victory on Saturday against Drury University capped an exciting week for the Kansas swimming and diving team, just two days after one of the teams athletes was named the Big 12 Swimmer of the Week.
Junior Maria Mayrovich was recognized as the Big 12 Swimmer of the Week on Thursday after outstanding performances in dual meets against Missouri and Arkansas. Mayrovich claimed first place in four events in each of the meets while setting new records for Robinson Natatorium for the 100- and 200-vard freestyle races.
"This is a really nice honor for Maria," coach Clark Campbell said. "We're real excited for her. She had a great summer and fall period of training for the season."
With the victory Saturday, the swimming and diving team improved to 3-2 in dual meets for the season. The Jayhawks defeated the Panthers 171-68, winning all of the meet's events while setting new records for
Drury's Breech Pool.
Mayrovich again helped led the way for Kansas, as she won the 100-yard freestyle race with a new record time for the pool. Junior Danielle Hermann and sophomore Alicia Casillas also clocked new record times for Breech Pool. Hermann set a new mark in the 200-yard individual medley race while Casillas broke the old record in the 1,000-yard freestyle event. Casillas also was victorious in the 500-yard freestyle race.
"They have hosted several big meets in the past," Campbell said. "All three of those swims were really good races."
Sophomores Emily Lanteigne and Carrah Haley and junior Ashley Ledigh also recorded victories for the jayhaws in their respective events.
Edited by Matt Erickson
Kansas also was successful in the diving competitions, as freshman Erin Mertz and sophomore Meghan Proehl each claimed victories in the three-meter and the one-meter board events, respectively.
said. "We went in there, and our goals were to be tough and have energy and enthusiasm. I thought we accomplished all three of our goals for the meet."
"Dryr is as good as any Division
I team we'll face all year." Campbell
The next event scheduled for the diving team is the Houston Diving Invitational on Thursday. The swimmers have a two-week break from competition before they travel to Ohio for the Kenyon Nike Invite on Nov 29.
review
Maria Mayrovich
100-yard freestyle — 50.67*
Danielle Hermann
200-yard IM — 2.05.77*
Alicia Casillas
1,000-yard freestyle — 10:03.50*
*New records for Breech Pool at Drury University.
The Homecoming Steering Committee would like to thank the KU campus for a fabulous Homecoming Week!
From the Spirit Sprint 5k to the Parade participation points were at an all time high!
For more results and 2008 Homecoming Steering applications, go to www.homecoming.ku.edu
HOMECOMING WEEK RESULTS CONGRATULATIONS JAYHAWKS!
E. X.C.E.L. Winners: Ashley Bloom & Peter Curzon Medallion was found by Theta Chi & Alpha Chi Omega Stuff the Bus Bonus Winners: Sigma Alpha Epsilon & Delta Delta Delta
Greek Life Division
NURALS
1. Delta Delta Delta & Sigma Alpha Epsilon
2. Delta Gamma & Sigma Chi
3. Alpha Chi Omega & Theta Chi AND
Alpha Delta Pi & Kappa Sigma
Award Winners
Jayhawk Jingle
1. Delta Gamma & Sigma Chi
2. Alpha Chi Omega & Theta Chi
3. Sigma Delta Tau & Lambda Chi
Chalk n'Rock
1. Alpha Gamma Delta & Phi Delta Theta
2. Alpha Chi Omega & Theta Chi
3. Chi Omega & Delta Upsilon
Parade Moving Parts Float
1. Alpha Chi Omega & Theta Chi
2. Gamma Phi Beta & Triangle
Parade Non-Moving Parts Float
1. Delta Delta Delta &
    Sigma Alpha Epsilon
2. Chi Omega and Delta Upsilon
3. Sigma Kappa and Pi Kappa Phi
Student Life Division Award Winners
Parade Banner
Chalk n Rock
1. Black Student Union
2. AURH - Association of University Residence Halls
Murals
1. Gamma Phi Beta & Triangle
2. Sigma Kappa & Pi Kappa Phi
3. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
   Delta Delta Delta
1. Bhargav Srinivas Adagarla
2. AURH - Association of University Residence Halls
Parade Banner
1. Student Alumni Association
2.From the Inside Out
3. Able Hawks
3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Mens
1st: Phi Delta Theta 2
2nd: Delta Upsilon 3
3rd: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Old Ball
Womens
1st: Chi Omega 1
2nd: Chi Omega 3
3rd: Delta Delta Delta
CoRec
1st: Showtime
2nd: Sigma Alpha Epsilon
& Delta Delta Delta
3rd: Delta Upsilon & Chi Omega 1
Overall Winners
Student Life: Student Alumni Association Greek Life: Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Thanks again and Rock Chalk, Jayhawk Nation!
Hawks recover for victory
VOLLEYBALL
BY RUSTIN DODD
rdodd@kansan.com
After ugly start, Kansas fights back for 3-2 road win
All season, Kansas has fought, scratched and clawed its way through
Big 12 conference schedule. One might have thought all the fight had been drained out of this team after it ground out only four victories in its first 16 conference matches. But after Kansas' 3-2 (16-30, 24-30, 30-24, 33-31, 15-11) comeback victory against Colorado on Saturday night in Boulder, Colo., one thing was evident: This team has plenty of fight left. For Kansas coach Ray Bechard, the theme of the night was simple. Sometimes a team has to win ugly.
Kaiser
"I told them that even if it's not the prettiest of volleyball, we just have to fight, and although we weren't "pretty tonight, we were efficient," Bechard said.
Saying the Jawhaws' play was ugly during the first two games on Saturday is an understatement. Kansas came out flat in game one and Colorado promptly thumped Kansas 30-16. Some of the ugliness carried over into game two, a game the Jawhaws lost 30-24.
But Kansas responded to its coach's demands with one of its
better offensive performances of the season.
Freshman outside hitter Jenna Kaiser had 17 kills and hit 389, and senior right side/setter Emily Brown had 15 kills and 41 assists to lead a Kansas team that finished with a .263 hitting percentage. The layhawks also were buoyed by freshman outside hitter Karina Garlington and junior middle blocker Natalie Uhart. Garlingen had 14 kills and Uhart added 13 in Kansas' second Big 12 road victory of the season.
"We got into a better rhythm," Bechard said of his team's comeback in games three, four and five.
Kansas took game three 30-24, but still had to hold off Colorado in game four. Colorado had a 29-28 advantage and a chance to close out the match. But Brown helped Kansas stave off defeat with a kill, and Kaiser finished a ball on the next play to give Kansas a 31-30 lead. Colorado tied it at 31-31 on the next point, but two straight Uhart kills gave Kansas a 33-31 game four victory.
The layhawks jumped out to a 6-1 lead in game five and closed out the match with a 15-11 victory.
the theatrics came late, but Bechard said he actually thought the momentum changed at the end of the second game.
"At the end of game two, we started playing better," Bechard said. "Before game three, I told the girls, 'If we want to extend the match,
we've got to keep playing better.'"
Kansas improved to 12-15, 5-12 in the Big 12 conference, while Colorado dropped to 6-19, 1-16 in the Big 12.
"I'm just glad they let us play after game two," Bechard said. "Because for the first 45 minutes, it was not pretty."
Edited by Tara Smith
MELISSA MANDA
LEADS DEFENSE
game review
Bechard said he was pleased with the performance of freshman libero Melissa Manda. Wachita freshman. She led Kansas with 27 digs against Colorado, and the next closest Jayhawk, Karina Garlington, had only seven. Manda is averaging 3.97 digs per game this season.
UP NEXT
Kansas travels to Manhattan to play Kansas State on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Kansas lost to its in-state rival 3-0 earlier this season at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
ROWING
Team sees first loss to KSU in 2 years
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheeler@kansan.com
On Saturday, the rowing team traveled to Manhattan to compete against Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown. Kansas lost to Kansas State 16-9, marking the Wildcats' first victory against the Jayhawks since 2005.
The novice team beat Kansas State in three races. The first, second and third Novice Eight crews all finished ahead of Kansas State, scoring all of Kansas' nine points.
After the first Novice Eight crew edged Kansas State by seven seconds, Kansas led the regatta 9-3. Freshman coxwain Elise Langtry, freshmen Melanie Luthi, Cassie Sparks, Meaghan Owen, Julia Matthias and Julia Guard and sophomores Denise Orloff, Jenny Robb and Inga Schuchard comprised the
winning Novice Eight crew.
Following the layhawks 9-3 lead, the Wildcats rallied to win the first and second Varsity Eight races, giving the Wildcats 16 points total for the regatta.
Though Kansas lost the regatta, the Jayhawks are set for success. Sixty of the 75 members of the team are in their first or second years of rowing and will only get better.
"We are really coming around. I think we might be able to turn the spring into a reloading year instead of a rebuilding year," coach Rob Catloth said in a press release following Saturday's regatta.
The regatta was Kansas' final race of the fall. The team's next regatta will be on March 22 next year in Tulsa, Oklahoma against the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes.
Sunflower Showdown results
Kansas State 16, Kansas 9
— Edited by Kaitlyn Syring
Third Novice Eight: 1 point to Kansas A — 8:51.0
Kansas State — 9:33.84
Second Novice Eight: 3 points to Kansas — 8:13.03
Kansas State — 8:48.65
Varsity Four: 3 points to Kansas State, 8:48.5 Kansas A — 9:04.91 Kansas B — 9:36.38
Second Varsity Eight:
5 points to Kansas State
— 7:36.1 Kansas — 7:40.57
First Varsity Eight: 8 points to
Kansas State — 7:26.0
Kansas — 7:29.03
First Novice Eight 5 points to Kansas — 7.53.0 Kansas State — 8.00.12
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