6B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 2007
SOCCER Big 12 hopes end after Oklahoma State shutout
The Kansas soccer team was in San Antonio, Texas, for the Big 12 Championships Wednesday, and the Jayhawks' hopes of advancing in the tournament were squashed. Kansas was shut out by Oklahoma State, 3-0. The Cowgirls scored their three goals within the first twenty minutes of play, and each of the goals were only minutes apart. Kansas' final record for the season is 7-10-4 overall and 5-3-3 in conference play.
Alison Cumbow
OLYMPICS Bibles to be allowed into Olympic village
DENVER — The U.S. Olympic Committee received confirmation from Olympic officials Wednesday that there will be no restrictions on Bibles being brought into the Olympic village in Beijing next year.
The USOC contacted the International Olympic Committee about the issue in response to a story posted on the Catholic News Agency Web site citing a list of prohibited items that was reported to include Bibles.
With the Olympics heading to the largest Communist country in the world, many observers are interested to see how China handles issues like freedom of the press and freedom of religion over the 16 days next August.
IOC rule 51 states"no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."
VOLLEYBALL
Associated Press
Melissa Townsend, freshman specialist/libero, tries to dig a Texas serve Wednesday night. Kansas' volleyball team's next name is at Colorado on Saturday
Caitlin Mahoney, senior middle blocker/right side, and Natalia Uhart, senior middle blocker, jump to block a spike from a Texas hitter in the Horeisi Family Athletics Center, Texas swept Kangas in three games.
Longhorns sweep Hawks 3-0
BY RUSTIN DODD
rdodd@kansan.com
Kansas might have nightmares about this Texas volleyball team. No. 3 Texas, winners of 14 straight matches, swept Kansas 3-0 (30-20, 30-19, 30-18) Wednesday night at the Horesi Family Athletics Center. The Longhorns outplayed the Jayhawks in every facet of the match, and put
on a performance worthy of its No. 3 ranking. Sophomore All-American Destinee Hooker led a sizzling Texas offense with 13 kills, and Texas dominated the net, outblocking Kansas 26 to four.
"They're as physical as any group you are going to see," senior setter Emily Brown, who finished with 11 kills and 17 assists, said.
Brown has been at Kansas for four seasons, and she could only find one
EAT ENGLISH ALTERNATIVE THEATRE
presents two prize-winning one-act plays by KU students
50 years of sex and romance Please Take...Seriously! by Adam Lott Directed by Jeremy Auman
50 years of love and marriage Lights Fade, Curtain by Whitney Rowland Directed by Paul Stephen Lim
Texas finished with a .408 hitting percentage, compared with a .091 percentage for Kansas. Bechard said his team just wasn't able to sustain anything against the bigger, stronger Longhorns.
"Dominance is a good word," Brown said.
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8 finalists from the "How My Parents Met" writing competition will be featured at each performance, and a cash prize of $100 will be awarded to the winner after the show.
word appropriate for Wednesday's match.
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"Against a team like this who might be playing as well as anybody in the country, you just can't take a three or four point break," Bechard said. "Because they're too talented, they're too experienced, they're playing at an extremely high level right now. When you can hit over 400, and we we're playing decent defense too, you know that it's a team that is offensive on fire."
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Kansas fell to 11-15 and 4-12 in the Big 12, while Texas improved to 19-3 and 14-1 in the Big 12. The loss was also Kansas' eighth straight loss against Texas. The Longhorns never looked out of their comfort zone, cruising to easy victories in all three games. Meanwhile, Kansas looked
Despite the loss, freshman outside hitters Karina Garlington and Jenna Kaiser both registered seven kills each.
"Nothing gets in your head more than getting stuffed," Brown said.
more and more rattled after every Texas block.
But the story of the match was Texas. The Longhorns have slowly crept into the national title picture, and they made sure to keep Kansas at a secure distance the entire match.
Kansas was coming off its best victory of the season, a 3-2 win against No. 18 Oklahoma, but Bechard said there was no way his team had a leadown. "We just knew we were up against a very hot opponent and we didn't do the things we needed to do to get the results," Bechard said.
"We were just so tentative, and I know we're young, but we have to get past that," Bechard said. "We're 16 matches in to the Big 12 Conference now"
at a glance
Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
Containing Fauccite
When Kansas lost 3-0 to Texas on Oct. 13, Texas freshman outside hitter dominated Kansas with 22 kills. This time, Kansas held Fauccite to eight kills. Coach Bechard said his team went in with a plan to stop Fauccite."We keyed on serving her, and we thought that might affect other parts of her game, and we did a pretty good job on her," Bechard said.
Senior Day Change
Kansas' Nov. 17 match against Iowa State has been changed from a 7 p.m. gametime to 11 a.m. Fans who bring a ticket from the Kansas - Iowa State football game, which is at 2:30 p.m. on the same day, can purchase a volleyball ticket for $3.
Up Next
Kansas travels to Boulder, Colo.
to play Colorado at 7 p.m. Satur-
day. Kansas defeatedColorado
3-1 on Oct. 10 at the Horeysi
Family Athletics Center.
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