Monday, April 3, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
'Hawks have good showing at difficult outdoor meet
Bv Sarah Warren
by Sara Warren
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas track and field team had its ups and downs this weekend when it competed at the Clemson Collegiate Series Invitational in Clemson, S.C.
The men's team gave Clemson, the Atlantic Coast Conference indoor champion, a run for its money. Kansas' men placed second with 175 points to Clemson's 226 in the Jayhawks' first scored meet of the outdoor season. The Jayhawk women didn't fare as well, however, and placed fourth.
"We scared them a bit," said Kansas coach Gary Schwartz. "Like most track meets we had a few hiccups, but not too many."
The throwers carried the 'Hawks to their runner-up performance, with junior Scott Russell leading the way, Russell scored 34 points after he won three events — discus, hammer and javelin — and placed second in the shot put. Fellow Jayhawk Ryan Speers, a sophomore, took first in the shot put, while senior Chris Dunback placed second in the hammer, third in the javelin and fourth in the discus.
"Russell, Dunback and Speers had great performances," Schwartz said. "And Jennifer Foster for the women."
Sophomore Foster was the highpoint scorer for the women earning 27 points, including taking first in the discus.
In other events, Juniors Andrea Branson and Greg Steele placed first and third in their pole vaulting events, while freshman Sarah Schraeder won the high jump.
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On the track, senior Andy Tate won the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while junior Charlie Gruber took third in the men's 1,500-meter run. Senior Brian Jensen and freshman Mark Menefeen placed second and third, respectively, in the 5,000-meter run.
Gruber said he was pleased overall with the team's performance.
Rowers stumble early but finish strong at regatta
"We did pretty well, I had figured Clemson would win because they're a really strong team," Gruber said. "They really dominated the sprints and did really well."
Schwartz praised all of the teams at the meet — Clemson, Western Carolina and Georgia Tech — for their performances.
"This might have been the toughest collegiate series meet we've done in the past three years," Schwartz said. "This meet was good because it gets them in a competitive frame of mind, which is helpful for the conference meet."
The 'Hawks will see their next action Friday and Saturday at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas.
By Shawn Linenberger
Kansan sportswriter
IOWA CITY, Iowa—On a cold, drizzly day more suitable for November football, the Kansas rowing team raced against Iowa and Tennessee Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.
The No. 23 Jayhawks' first Varsity Eight boat fell to No. 16 Iowa in the morning, soundly losing by nearly eight seconds. However, around one of the dark clouds above Lake Macbride, there was a silver lining.
In the afternoon, Kansas defeated Tennessee by almost 12 seconds. Aside from the commanding win, the Jayhawks finished with a time of 7 minutes, 6.3 seconds. Iowa's time against Kansas was 7 minutes, 7.3 seconds. Take the 'Hawks' performance in the afternoon against Iowa's in the morning, and Kansas would have pulled off the upset.
Senior coxswain Nikia Rosenbauer said that the team was disappointed but not discouraged after the first race.
Jayhawk rowers compete against the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday afternoon on Lake Macbrie near Iowa City, Iowa. Kansas also raced Iowa, who played host to the regatta, in the morning and suffered a loss to the Hawkeyes. Contributed photo
"We were not generating as much speed as in practice." Rosenburger said after the Iowa race. "We were rowing long and swinging together,
we just didn't have enough on the pull-through.
The pull-through is the time the oars are in the water, which needs to be quick to produce winning times.
Assistant coach Miguel Origenes said the first varsity boat had been running 1:42 splits in practice, compared to 1:47 splits against Iowa. The 2,000-meter races are divided into 500-meter intervals called splits.
"They out-techniqued us a little bit," Origenes said. "We were slow getting in the water."
then came the afternoon race against Tennessee. The weather was the same, but the race was much different.
"We were rowing better," Rosenburger said. "We were more aggressive. We were beating them pretty bad, so it was more racing against our earlier time."
In the second Varsity Eight division, Kansas' A and B boats finished behind Iowa. The Hawkeyes finished with a time of 7:19.9. The Jayhawk A boat finished in 7:23.7, while the B boat finished with a 7:42.7 time. In the afternoon, both Jayhawk boats finished ahead of the Volunteers.
Kansas' Varsity Four boat finished the day as the only undefeated team. The Jayhawks (8:05.3) defeated the Hawkeyes (8:15.1) in the morning, and they finished ahead of Tennessee in the afternoon. The Jayhawks finished in 8:09.8, while the Volunteers finished with a second-place time of 8:41.0. The Varsity Four boat consists of four rowers and a coxswain. Varsity Eight boats contain a coxswain and eight rowers.
Namas State also competed at the regatta. K-State's first Varsity Eight boat lost to Tennessee in the morning. The Volunteers' time was 7:21.1, the Wildcats' 7:22.0.
Iowa also defeated K-State in the afternoon. The Hawkeyes (7:10.9) finished almost 20 seconds in front of the Wildcats (7:30.3).
Kansas coach Rob Catloth said he
was pleased with Saturday's races.
"We learned a lot," Catloth said about the first Varsity Eight. "We made adjustments and improvements in the second race."
The Jayhawks will be in competition Saturday in the Knecht Cup in Camden, N.J. They also will compete against Massachusetts and Villanova on Sunday in Camden.
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Iowa Regatta on Lake Mactacre near Iowa City
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Women's tennis nets win against Iowa State
By Zac Hunter
sports@kanson.com
Kansas sportwriter
The Kansas women's tennis team set the tone early for its latest conference victory.
The 'Hawks won five of the six singles matches en route to a 7-2 victory against Iowa State at the Plaza Tennis courts yesterday in Kansas City, Mo. The win brought the No. 59 ranked Jayhawks' overall record to 11-6 and their Big 12 Conference mark to 4-1.
The Jayhawks came out strong as senior Brooke Chiller plowed through Noortje Cornelissen, 6-2, 6-1, at the No.1 position.
"I think Brooke set the tone for today's match after winning her match so easily," said coach Jenny Garrity.
The rest of the team followed suit and lost only two sets in the singles portion of the meet. Sophomore Cheryl Mallaiah began to break out of a mid-season slump by beating Edna Vazuez 6-3, 6-3.
Maliahia had been in a bit of a funk, losing five of her last seven matches. She said her confidence was up and she really wanted to win because of her recent performances.
She took that one step further and applied it to the entire team. Before the weekend's meets, the 'Hawks had dropped four of five meets. Malliaiah said the two wins would give them a confidence boost heading into the home stretch of Big 12 play.
The only bleemish in the singles competition was a three-set loss by senior Julia Sidorova. After losing the first set 6-0, she battled back to win the second set 7-6 in a tie break.
er. However, she was unable to carry the momentum into the third set and lost 6-0.
Following the singles, the rest were just details. The 'Hawks already had sealed the match by earning the five singles points, but they went on to win two of the three doubles matches to bring their point total to seven.
The win brought the all-time series record to 23-1 in favor of Kansas, and extended the winning streak to 18 meets. Iowa State has not beaten Kansas since the early '80s.
Garrity said she was very pleased with the way the team came out and focused in the new environment. She also said she was very pleased with the building they playing at in Kansas City, Mo.
"The Plaza will be a great place to play at for the Big 12 tournament," she said.
Earlier in the weekend the Hawks netted their third conference win of the season against Oklahoma in Lawrence.
In what was a closer meet than the Iowa State meet, Kansas managed to double-up the Sooners 6-3. The Hawks lost both the No.1 and No.2 matches, but the bottom of the lineup rose to the challenge. Sidorova, junior Monica Sekulov, freshman Tiffany Chang and sophomore Christi Wagenaar all won in straight sets. They wrapped up the meet by taking two of the three doubles matches.
"We knew OU was going to come out very strong against us." Garrity said.
Julia Sidorova, Riga, Latvia, senior, gets ready to serve the ball to one of Oklahoma's players Saturday. Sidorova is one of six Kansas tennis players to compete at the matchup. Photo by Brad Dreier/KANSAN
Men's tennis follows big win with close loss
By Brent Wasko
By Brent Wasko
sports@kanson.com
Kansas sportswriter
The Kansas men's tennis team had its most convincing win of the season Saturday, but it then turned around to have one of its most frustrating losses yesterday.
The Jayhawks shut out the No. 49 Oklahoma Sooners 7-0 at the Alvamar Racquet Club on Saturday. It was the first shutout for the team since it beat Missouri 7-0 in 1998. The 'Hawks came back yesterday at the Plaza Tennis Center in Kansas City, Mo., looking to place themselves in the thick of the Big 12 Conference race. Instead, the team fell 4-3 to No. 75 Oklahoma State.
"We played pretty good tennis against Oklahoma, but it really hurt to lose to Oklahoma State," said Kansas coach Mark Riley. "We needed to play better at the top of our singles line-up than we did."
Kansas, 6-9 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12, dominated Oklahoma Saturday from start to finish. The Jayhawks' only loss came at the No. 1 doubles spot.
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The 'Hawks won the doubles point and then extended its lead when freshman Eleazar Magallan beat Jeremy Dunham 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Freshman Pete Stroer beat Julio Martinez 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), and sophomore Quentin Blakeney clinched the Jayhawk victory by beating Charlie Roberson 6-3, 6-4. Sophomore Rodrigo Echagaray, senior Bryan Maier and junior Ed Dus also won their singles matches, completing the shutout.
"Winning the doubles point really set the tone for the
match," Maier said. "After that, we came out fired up, and they kind of gave up a little bit."
Sophomore Alex Barragan, who has been playing in the No. 3 singles spot all season, missed both the Oklahoma and Oklahoma State matches because of a back injury. Riley said his absence caused problems in the loss against the Cowboys.
“Anytime you lose a player of that caliber, it's going to hurt you,” Riley said. “Barragan's record is not that impressive, but he's an important part of our team. When you lose a player, the other people on the team have to pick it up a little, and we didn't do that.”
Oklahoma State lost the doubles point to the Jayhawks to start the match, but it then scored three unanswered points to put Kansas behind 1-3. The Jayhawks came back but ended up losing the match 4-3.
"Everyone played hard, but there was just a few points here and there that we should have won." Maier said. "We knew they were going to be a pretty good team."
Riley said he would protest the Oklahoma State match, but he would not comment on his reasoning. He said the result of the match would be reviewed by the Big 12.
"I don't like the feeling that we lost a close match and were taken advantage of," he said.
With just five matches left in the regular season, Maier said the Jayhawks really needed to post some big wins.
"If we want to finish at the top of the Big 12, we pretty much have to win all the rest of our matches," Maier said. "If all us play as hard as we can, I think we can beat anyone."
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