Monday, May 10, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 9
Baseball team celebrates 400th win
Continued from page 7A
That prophecy held true in the series with Oral Roberts.
Kansas jumped out and played well in all but one of the games, but failed to hold on and execute down the stretch.
That is until Sunday's game.
After starting the game with a run in the first inning, and then four in the second, the Jayhawks, behind starter Rusty Philbrick's best performance in more than a month, quickly ran up a 6-1 lead. That score reached 7-3 on 15 hits by the Hawks.
In the seventh, however, things appeared to be headed in the same direction that they have all season, as ORU loaded the bases and drove in three runs, cutting the lead to
7-6. But then, the often-called upon O'Neal came in to pitch the final three innings
He slammed the door, allowing only one hit and no runs in the closing stretch.
The loss was only the fourth all year at home for Oral Roberts.
On Friday and Saturday Oral Roberts beat the Jayhawks, winning 15-5 and 10-2.
Philbrick went 6/1 3 innings, struck out five and picked up his third win. O'Neal earned the save.
The Golden Eagles pounded out 28 hits and stole 13 bases in the two games and controlled Kansas in all facets of the game.
"It was a tough night," Randall said after Saturday's loss. "ORU really had their bats going tonight, and I just hope we can come back and get them tomorrow."
For the weekend, outfielder Brett Kappelmann picked up six hits, O'Neal and utility man Doug Dreher picked up five hits apiece. Third baseman Ryan Klocksien added three hits.
They did.
In a season that saw few wins, many losses, both poor and exceptional play, coaches under fire and few breaks bouncing the Jayhawk's way. Kansas is finishing on the winning track.
The final home stand of the season will be Saturday and will feature a farewell to the five seniors. Game one will begin at noon and the second will begin approximately 30 minutes after the first ends.
Edited by Keith Burner
Track finishes stellar regular season
Kansas runs away with nine titles; changes focus to Big 12 tournament
By Mike Miller
sports@kanson.com
Kansas sportswriter
The men's and women's track teams concluded the regular season impressively, combining for nine titles at the Iowa Invitational.
It was the most titles won during the outdoor season by the Jayhawks in one meet. In all, Kansas combined for 33 top five finishes.
"We were able to put some people into events to get them ready for the conference championships in two weeks," said Kansas coach Gary Schwartz.
Seniors led the way on the men's side as Kevin McGinn, Colby Miller and Lester Smith each captured first place titles in the final meet of their careers.
McGinn's winning time of 3:54.94 in the 1,500-meter run just beat sophomore Brian Blachly.
"Brian and I decided that before the race we'd concentrate on racing and not going for time. But it turned out he ran a great race and set a personal best," McGinn said.
Miller's vault of 16-10 1/4 gave him his fifth pole vault title of the season and was his second highest vault of the year.
Smith competed in his first meet in two weeks, but captured his second triple jump title of the season with a mark of 49-5 1/4.
Sophomore Scott Russell won his 11th title of the year, throwing 228-0 in the javelin. His 197-7 heave in the hammer throw earned him a second place finish. But, the technical aspects of his throw left him unsatisfied.
"I think I fixed the technical things. Everyone can expect to throw a personal best sometime during the season. I haven't done it yet, so I'm planning on it now," Russell
said.
Other men's winners included sophomore Andy Morris, who won his first title of the year, jumping 6-4 in the high jump. The 1,600-meter relay team of freshman Dorian Jordan, sophomore Jabari Wamble, sophomore Charlie Gruber and Morris won with a time of 3:16.98.
The women's team won three titles, including a shared title for sophomore Andrea Branson and freshman Shannon Agee in the pole vault. The mark of 11-6 1/4 gave Branson her seventh title of the season and Agee her second, but was the first time Agee provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Freshman Jennifer Foster threw the shot put 42-9/3, finishing first. She also finished second in the discus and fourth in the hammer.
Sophonore Marlea Woodman threw the discus a season best 164-8 1/2 for her second title of the year, while garnering a second place finish in the hammer.
A meet next weekend at Emporia is available, but only a few athletes will compete in unattached events.
Meaning, they have to find their own transportation to Emporia to compete, and if they do compete, it will not be in a Kansas uniform.
The Emporia meet allows athletes one more opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships and a chance to smooth out technical problems in certain events.
But, most will focus on the Big 12 Conference meet, May 21-23 in Waco, Texas. A solid year for the men's team could translate into a pleasant surprise at Waco.
"This is the strongest team I've been on since I've been here," McGinn said.
"To win a conference meet, you really have to have all cylinders firing, and I think we can do some things down there."
Edited by Aerica Veazey
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