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Returning receivers ready
By Allan Davis
sports@kanson.com
Kanson sportswriter
Getting open and catching the ball makes a good receiver, but speed kills.
And as spring practice gets under way today, the Jayhawk receiving corps is getting a boost as two experienced, speedy receivers who were medical redshirts last season, 6-foot-4, 204 pound Byron Gasaway and 5-foot-10, 188 pound starter Termaine Fulton, return to action.
Gasaway, a redshirt sophomore, suffered a broken jaw while weightlifting just before the start of the 1999 season. Fulton, a redshirt junior, suffered a high ankle sprain and a chipped bone in the second game of last season.
"It just took forever to heal, so I just had to take a medical redshirt," Fulton said.
Fulton still was having difficulty with his ankle at the start of this semester and had an operation in the middle of February to remove the bone chip. He is expected to be available this week.
Quarterback Dylen Smith was happy to see Fulton return from his injury.
you know he can go deep," Smith said about Fulton.
"He ran a 4.4 (40-yard-dash);
Gasaway also adds blazing speed to the wide receiver position. He ran a very quick 10.29 100-meter dash while in high school. But unlike starting running back David Winbush, who ran indoor track this year for Kansas — Gasaway doesn't run track.
"I'm concentrating on spring ball now," Gasaway said.
As a freshman in 1997, Fulton averaged a 30.2 yards a catch, with four touchdowns on only 10 receptions. As a sophomore, Fulton averaged 20.1 yards a catch, so coach Terry Allen's system must suit him and his abilities.
"We're a passing team," Fulton said. "We have four or five-receiver sets, and I just usually get downfield and get open.
"He (Allen) told me when I talked to him before I came to college here that he was going to pass the ball. We've been passing the ball a lot. I'm a receiver, so I like to get the ball."
Gasaway played as a freshman in 1986, which indicates that he had exceptional ability and was sorely needed Allen's freshmen usually take redshift years. He had
Gasaway also played quarterback for two seasons in high school, but when starting quarterback Zac Wegner was injured during the 1988 season, Gasaway never thought of stepping up behind center to see what he could do.
two touchdowns on only 12 receptions and averaged 12.3 yards a catch.
"We had enough quarter-backs," he said. "The thought didn't really come to my mind at that time."
Smith, more familiar with his teammates this spring than he was last fall, is optimistic about the coming season.
"We left off on a pretty good note," Smith said. "We started winning the last half of the season, and we're trying to get on a roll."
"Harrison's somebody who can go deep," Smith said. Hill averaged 17.4 yards a catch in 1999 and his presence guarantees that the Jayhawks can successfully utilize multiple-receiver sets — a key for Jayhawk success.
Softball finishes third at tourney
By Rebecca Barlow
sports@kansas.com
Kansas sportswinter
A run differential kept the Kansas softball team from the championship game, but it still placed third in the Lady Vol Invitational tournament this weekend.
The Jayhawks, 3-1 in the tournament, were tied with Tennessee and East Carolina going into the championship game. However, tie-breaker rules
— the Lady Vols and Pirates scored more runs in their first two games — kept the Jayhawks from advancing.
Heavy rains and some snow canceled Saturday's games against East Carolina and Eastern Kentucky. Play resumed yesterday, but the Jayhawks lost to East Carolina 10-1.
"We played really well on Friday," said coach Tracy Bunge. "I thought we got on track, but today there is nothing good to say about that."
In the consolation game, Kansas beat Eastern
Kentucky 5-1. Shelly Musser and Megan Urquhart led the Jayhawks with two hits a pace. Sarah Clopton pitched all seven innings, allowing five hits and one run.
"I think we are all starting to play better more consistently, but we still have not played to our potential yet," Urquhart said.
The Jayhawks brought a three-game winning streak to five games on Friday by defeating Eastern Kentucky 4-1 and Tennessee 6-5.
Leah Tabb's first-inning RBI double gave Kansas the early lead on Eastern Kentucky, but the Colonels' Kim Sarrarian hit a home run in the fifth. Kansas retook the lead in the bottom of the fifth, scoring two runs and adding one more in the sixth.
The Jayhawk offense picked up where it left off during the "tennessee game." Urquhart led Kansas offensively going 2 for 3, including a double, a home run and four RBL.
The Jayhawks will play in the Florida State Seminole Invitational next weekend.
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