Monday, April 19, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Softball team boasts five-win streak
By Brandon Stinnett sports@kansan.com Kansan sportwriter
It was all smiles for the Kansas softball team yesterday afternoon, after taking both games of a doubleheader against the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 7-0 and 5-3 at Jayhawk Field. The wins came one day after the Jayhawks beat 23rd ranked Missouri for the third time this season, 7-4, in their conference home opener.
The wins yesterday pushed the Kansas winning streak to five and moved the Jayhawks to within one game of 500 at 22-23.
Leah Tabb was the hero against Missouri. The Jayhawks trailed 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning when Tabb knocked a 3-2 pitch over the left-field wall for a three-run home run to give the Jayhawks a 3-1 lead.
"I was just trying to put the ball in play with a line-drive
base hit," Tabb said. "I knew it was either going to hit the wall or go over. I'm just excited that I was able to help out the team and do my part."
Kansas added four more runs in the inning to go up 7-1. The Tigers scored three runs in the seventh, but the Jayhawks managed to hold on for the victory. Tabb went 1 for 3 in the game with three RBI. It was her fourth home run of the season.
Pitcher Sarah Workman earned the win, allowing four runs on six hits and striking out seven.
In the first game against UMKC, the Jayhawks broke it open early, scoring five runs on five singles in the first inning. Kansas added two more runs in the fifth when freshman Megan Urquhart hit a two-run double with runners at the corners.
Workman earned the win, allowing just one hit and striking out eight. It was
workman's fifth win in a row and her seventh shutout of the season.
"It's like a totally different team out there right now," Coach Tracy Bunge said, "And it all starts on the mound with pitching. Sarah is throwing really well right now."
The Jayhawks had to come from behind to win the second game. The Kangaroos scored two runs in the top-of the sixth inning to take a 2-1 lead. Kansas responded with four runs on five hits in the bottom-of the sixth.
Heather Chambers hit a two-run base hit in the inning. Chambers was 2 for 2 in the game with a career high two RBI.
"I think there is a big difference in the team's execution and it all starts with confidence," Chambers said. "We are a lot different team then we were two, three weeks ago. I think we're relaxed and having fun."
Kansas first baseman Shannon Stanwix swings at the ball during the second game of a doubleheader against the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Stanwix missed the ball but singled in the first run of the game, and the Jayhawks defeated the Kangaroos 5-3 yesterday. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
eight-game losing streak.
"It seems like a long time ago, but it's hard to forget
Bunge said the team had come a long way since its eight-game losing streak.
about losing eight games in a row," she said. "I don't think we would have won this game three weeks ago."
Edited by Julie Sachs
Personal, meet bests top track weekend
By Mike Miller
Kansan sportswriter
Andrea Bulat set a meet record in the javelin at the Arkansas Invitational last weekend, highlighting a split-squad weekend for the men's and women's track teams.
With most of the team in Fayetteville, Ark., 14 athletes competed in the Mt. SAC Relays, in Carmel, Calif., during the last four days. The Mt. SAC Relay competition concluded late last night. Final results were not available at press time.
'Bulat's throw of 167-5 was the fourth best in school history and gave her the first victory of her career. It shattered the previous meet record of 1542 by more than 13 feet,
"I was expecting a big throw," Bulat said. "I just didn't think it would come this early."
She led the way for seven other Jayhawks who finished in the top five of their events.
Besty Cordell finished fourth behind Bulat in the lavelin with a mark of 138-11.
Chris Dunback placed second in the hammer
Chris Dunback placed throw with a mark of 173-11, while Darin Schmitz threw 1724.4, finishing third. Dunback's mark was a personal best.
Ryan Speers threw more than 55 feet in the shot put for the third straight week, tossing the shot 55-10 1/4, finishing second. Speers also finished fifth in the discus with a throw of 152-8.
"It was cold and windy which made it tough to throw, but I was pleased with it. Now I'd like to see a jump in my distance somewhere down the road," Speers said.
Groeb Steele vaulted 15 feet, finishing third in the pole vault, while Justin Stancil finished seventh.
Spinter Jabari Wamble ran 47.46 seconds in the 400-meter dash, finishing fourth.
Andy Tate finished fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:18.40.
Other notable finishers included Katy Eisenmeng, seventh in the 1,500-meter run; Kerry Fink, ninth in the 400-meter hurdles; sophomore Sherre-Khan Blackmon, ninth in the 800-meter run; Shanna Shoemaker, seventh in the high jump; Jennifer Foster, eighth in the discus and 11th in the shot put; and Dave Henderson, ninth in the 400-meter hurdles.
Early competition at Mt. SAC was highlighted by Kevin McGinn's personal best of 3:49.14 in the 1,500-meter run, finishing him ninth overall.
Golf coach's retirement pending this week
- Edited by Amber Stuever
By Brad Hallier
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
By Brad Hallier
Every athlete and coach knows there is a time to step down and retire
Jerry Waugh, coach of the Kansas
women's goal team and a Kansas athletic legend, announced before the spring season that he would retire when the season ended for the Jahlaws.
"It will hit me before long." Waugh said. "When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me to put the ball away
If Kansas does not qualify for regionals, Waugh's retirement will come this week with the Big 12 Conference Championships, played today and tomorrow in Boulder, Colo.
before supper. I would do it right before she got mad, and it's the same with coaching. You have to step down before someone gets mad at you.
"The biggest part for me is to disassiate myself from the athletic department. These are good people here, and that's the part I miss."
Waugh played basketball for Kansas from 1948-51 and has served as assistant men's basketball coach, assistant athletics director and head coach for the men's and women's golf teams at Kansas.
As for the Big 12 Championships, Waugh said Kansas could finish almost anywhere. Other than tournament-favorites Texas, Baylor and Oklahoma State, the rest of the field is up for grabs.
"I'm not sure what team will show up for us, but we can perform well on any day" Waugh said. "We're inconsistent, and we need to put together three rounds. Not necessarily outstanding rounds, just consistent rounds."
the Utah Dixie Classic, her highest career finish.
Waugh: Says this season is his last with women's golf.
"It has been a lot of fun for me," she said. "I would like to see us place in the top-five, but you never know, because we play different tournament to tournament."
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Freshman Ashley Lowery has had a steady year for the Jayhawks, and she said she was pleased with her first collegiate season.
"I had high expectations for myself, and I feel I was let down a little by those," she said. "I would like to get a top-20 finish at the Big 12, because this one is special. It's the kind of tournament when good players rise to the top."
As the North-West Regional approaches, the Jayhawks are right now on the outside looking in. Waugh said that they were not a strong candidate to qualify, but that they have improved their chances over the last two tournaments.
If the Jayhawks do not qualify, Munsch and junior Susan Tessary are candidates to qualify as individuals.
"We started slow, and that may make it difficult for us to qualify," Waugh said.
Edited by Darrin Peschka
'Hawks set dubious record as losing streak reaches 12
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extended his hitting streak to nine games. Freshman Corey Harrington continued to produce as he tacked on a single, a double and a triple. Wedd also homered in the game. It was his third of the season.
Harrison Hill got on track with three hits on the day, including a double and a triple, and added a stolen base. But he said the losing-streak record was tough to swallow.
"When it gets to that point, you've just got to
Yesterday's second game saw Cowboy pitcher Thom Dreier hold the Jayhawks to one run as he dominated the eight innings he pitched. Pitching equally well for the Jayhawks was Ryan Schmidt, who came in to relieve starter Chris Williams in the fifth. Schmidt allowed only one Cowboy hit in four plus innings. He said that although it was nice to pitch well, losing was the only thing that stuck out.
not think about it," Hill said. "You can't get caught up in records; it tears me up just thinking about it."
"You grow up watching OSU play and see them go to the College World Series, so it's really fun to keep them where I did," Schmidt said. "But whenever the team loses, the individual stuff doesn't matter."
The 'Hawks lost the finale 6-1 and dropped their record to 10-30 overall and 4-20 in Big 12 play
The next action will come Wednesday night at Hoglund Ballpark as Rockhurst College comes to town.
Edited by Jon Campbell
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