Tuesday, January 25. 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Hill will concentrate only on football Coin flips make
By Amanda Kaschube
By Amanda Kashube
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
After playing both football and baseball at the University of Kansas, sophomore Harrison Hill has decided to concentrate solely on football for the remainder of his college career.
Hill, a receiver and outfielder for the Jayhawks, said he had toyed with the possibility for a long time.
"I knew I had to work on some things in football if I wanted to be first-team All-Big 12 and go to the next level," he said. "I think I could have played both throughout my whole career and been pretty good at both. But I have a lot higher goals in football. I don't want to be pretty good — I want to be the best there is."
Last season, Hill started 35 games for the baseball team, batting .189 as a switch-hitter and stealing nine bases.
Randall said he decision and his
Coach Bobby respected Hill's commitment to the football team.
"We would love to have an athlete of his caliber on the team," Randall said. "He's a great defensive player, and he was learning how to hit. Whatever Harrison wants is our first priority."
Hill: Says he will miss playing baseball, but his decision is final
Randall said Hill came to him after Thanksgiving with his decision, but Randall did not make an announcement until now in case Hill changed his mind.
"I didn't try to talk him out of it,
because I knew he had already given it a lot of thought," Randall said. "He wants to have a great football year and he wanted to get ready for it."
Last year, Hill skipped the 15-day spring football practices because of the lengthiness of the baseball season. Now, Hill can attend all the practices — something that makes Kansas football coach Terry Allen very happy.
"We're really excited about it — it helps him and it helps us," he said.
Last season, Hill grabbed 29 passes for 506 yards and had four touchdowns for Allen's Jayhawks.
Allen also has another player who splits his time between two sports — Eric Patterson, who plays football and is on the track and field team.
Even though his decision was final. Hill said he would miss playing baseball.
"I've been playing since I was three," he said. "They've got a lot of
new players coming in, and I think they'll have a good team. I was pretty good at it, but this is best for me." Kansas Baseball Notes
"Everyone was ready to practice arms were ready, legs were ready we have a group of very committed guys," he said.
In their first practice, the Jayhawks drilled for two and a half hours at Anschutz Sports Pavilion, and Randall said everyone came out enthusiastically.
Junior newcomer Jay Plye has opted to forego the baseball season to concentrate on academics. Pyle, who was set to catch for the team, transferred to Kansas from Neosho County Community College.
Eli Goodell, a right-handed pitcher from Lawrence, has joined the Jayhawk roster. Goodell transferred from Cowley County Community College and will wear number 39.
Hingis advances in Australian Open; Serena is out
The Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia — Martin Hingis felt sorry to see Serena Williams depart so soon from the Australian Open, only because she wanted to knock Williams out herself.
There was no love lost between the two teen-agers, and the memory of Williams' victory in their U.S. Open final last year still rankles the highly competitive and somewhat imperious Hingis.
On a court she considered her personal playpen, Hingis had looked forward to avenging the defeat in New York and buttressing her standing as the top player on the women's tour.
Hingis won her 25th consecutive match at Melbourne Park Monday, 6-1, 7-6 (3) over Sandrine Testud, moving within three victories of her four straight title Down Under.
Williams, seeded No. 3, might have stood in Hingis' way in the semifinals, but self-destructed with unforced
errors in a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Russian Elena Likhovtesev.
Asked whether it was a relief for her to have Williams gone from the tournament, Hingis smiled and shook her head.
"She didn't do that great, so I thought I would have a good chance to beat her, because it has been my tournament for the last three years," Hingis said. "She's one of the top players. You always want to compete against the best."
Hingis caught only a televised replay of match point in Williams' loss, a backhand into the net that pushed her total of unforced errors to 32 — 12 more than Likhovtseva.
"A champion, even if she's not playing well, still gets through matches like that." Hingis said in a jab at Williams. "But she hasn't played much."
Williams disagreed.
"There's no excuse for me to have lost this match," she said. "I can't say that because I didn't play a (warmup) tournament, that's why I lost.
That's not true."
To become the first player to win the Australian Open four times in a row in the open era, Hingis must get past Anarxta Sanchez-Vicario in the quarterfinals, Likhovtseva or Conchita Martinez in the semifinals, and, most likely, No. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the final.
"All these girls, especially the younger ones, they hit the ball so hard," Hingis said. "They run and they work every day. Then you see Conchita and Aranta still in the draw and they make the quarterfinals again, over and over, because they use what they have. They use their weapons very well, and they are very experienced. They know what to do. Sometimes that's more important than anything else."
As far as Hingis is concerned, Davenport is the one to beat.
"Nobody gives her the credit for what she has done, what she has achieved, but she is always there." Hingis said.
"She doesn't lose to just some girl on the other side. She has been there and she brings the tough result."
Among the 16 seeded men, only five remain, but they include the top four.
Defending champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov, seeded second, beat Belgian qualifier Christophe Rochus 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.
Rochus had eliminated No. 15 Albert Costa in the first round, but against Kafelnikov, was unable to cash in on any of his 12 break points. Kafelnikov served 14 aces to Rochus' three, and beat him 45 to 26 in winners.
Kafelnikov next plays Younes El Aynaoui, who beat France's Arnaud Clement 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinals and join fellow Moroccan Hicham Arazi.
No. 4 Nicolas Kiefer defeated South Africa's Wayne Ferreira 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, and next plays Norman.
In the other half of the draw, Arazi faces No. 1 Andre Aggasi, and unseeded American Chris Woodruff plays No. 3 Pete Sampras.
Aggies, Missouri rebounding from thrill of home-win highs
The Associated Press
The difference, as the two teams prepare for their meeting this weekend, is that Missouri gets to take the week off after stunning No. 12
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri and Texas A&M are both coming off emotional home wins.
Kansas 81-59 on Saturday.
their first win against a
on Saturday.
The Aggies, who upset No.
15 Oklahoma
State 64-59 on
Saturday —
their first win
ranked opponent since 1987 — have to play at Iowa State tomorrow.
Still, first-year coach Quin Snyder isn't sure which team will benefit from that situation.
"They get a chance to play and move forward from a big win."
Snyder said yesterday, during the Big 12 coaches' weekly conference call. "We have to find a way to move forward without playing. So that situation can play out any number of ways."
Texas A&M has its own share of problems.
"We have a tendency not to value the basketball as much as we need to, and we've had some defensive breakdowns," coach Melvin Watkins said.
iowa State, meanwhile, is trying to shake off an 80-75 loss to Oklahoma in double overtime on Saturday. The loss snapped the Cyclones' winning streak at 13 games.
"You can't tell how we're going to come out [in tomorrow's game] or how they're going to come out," Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy said. "But I would say that, as an educated guess, that win has only
helped them gain a lot of confidence. They're after respect, and they're gaining it at a rapid pace these days."
When they start practicing for Missouri, the Aggies will have to prepare for an opponent no other Big-12 team has yet faced.
Freshman forward Kareem Rush
rejoins the Tigers for Saturday's game, after serving a nine-game NCAA suspension for accepting cash from an AAU
In Missouri's first eight games. Rush averaged 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 25 minutes.
coach in Kansas City before enrolling at Missouri.
"If he makes them any better than they were on Saturday, then we're
in trouble." Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "He just gives them another weapon. They're already difficult to guard on the perimeter, and this will make them even more difficult."
Rush has been practicing with the Tigers during his suspension.
"There will probably be a slight adjustment because of his not having played in a game in a while," Snyder said. "But I think he'll fit in immediately. I think he's proved that by how well he played earlier in the year."
While Missouri awaits Rush's return, Texas Tech must deal with the loss of 6-foot-10 center Andy Ellis.
Ellis separated his shoulder in last Wednesday's 70-67 loss to Nebraska. He will need surgery and is out for the season. Coach James Dickey said it will be the first of May before he gets back on the court.
Coin flips make heads or tails of college tennis
By Zac Hunter
sports@kansas.com
Kansan sportswriter
By Zac Hunter
Imagine losing a hard-fought, three-set match because of a coin toss.
The rules of the association
While coin flips don't come into play very often, there is always the possibility of one being a deciding factor in disputed scores according to the rules set by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
are drastic scoring and game judging differences.
are similar to professional tennis in the general aspects of the game, but there
Doubles play is scored differently because it takes eight games to win the set.
If the game is tied at 40, which is called deuce, a player must then score two consecutive points from deuce to win the game.
Unlike professional tennis, Division I tennis requires the athletes to keep their own scores. In meets against other schools, six singles players compete while three doubles teams play. The meets are a best-of-seven matches — six points available in singles play, while the three doubles teams play best two-of-three for one point. The players change sides every two games and indicate their wins at the scoring stand.
However, if there is a dispute between the players, the situation must be resolved. In such a case, there are three solutions to the problem.
The first is for the two players to recount all the points they can remember and replay the disputed points. If that is unsuccessful, the players then must agree on a score that both feel is fair.
The final option for the players is a coin flip — at which point one player will be left feeling unsatisfied with the result.
Kansas coach Jenny Garrity said the coin flip rarely took place because most players were able to come to an agreed score before it got to that point.
"We try to do everything we can not to have that happen." Garrity said.
Junior Monica Sekulov never has had a score disagreement while playing at Kansas, but she said talking out the situation with an official usually resulted in a decision both players could live with.
In addition to keeping their own scores, the players also are responsible for calling their shots in and out. There are three officials required to be at all Big 12 meets, but they cannot watch each point of every game. It is incumbent upon the players to go by the honor system or the code, as the association calls it.
The code requires all players to call their shots honestly. Once a player calls a shot out, the play stands unless an official immediately is contacted for an appeal. If the official was not in a position to overrule the call, it must stand as the player called it.
"Once you make a call, it stands," Garrity said. "And if an umpire is not there to either reverse the decision you've made or to agree with you, then there is nothing that can be done. You can never replay a point if the official is not there."
Sekulov said that while most players were honest about calling their own shots, there were some players that took advantage of the situation when the match was close.
"Everyone has had a bad experience like that," she said.
Outbursts in professional tennis are nothing new to the fans who regularly watch the sport. Arguing close calls and screaming at officials was a staple of any match that tennis great John McEnroe played in.
That won't be the case for those who attend a collegiate tennis match. The association decided that swearing, in any language, or racket abuse was inappropriate and would be punished under the point penalty system.
Any McEnroe-esque antics could get the player deducted a point, game or thrown out of the match.
One violation that went unchecked until recent years was the profanity used in foreign languages.
"Before, it was the international kids that never got penalized because nobody ever knew what they were saying when they opened their mouth," Garrity said.
Now, the rule has been changed to add verbal out-urses of any kind as opposed to just cursing.
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