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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, March 31, 1999
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Softball falls to Oklahoma City
By Brandon Stinnett
Kansan sportswriter
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The Kansas softball team's losing streak stands at six after dropping two games to NAIA powerhouse Oklahoma City, 4-3 and 6-1, yesterday in a doubleheader at Javakh Field.
Stolen bases hurt the Jayhawks in the first game.
Oklahoma City's four steals set up scoring opportunities throughout the game.
"They killed us." Coach Tracy Bunge said. "Stolen bases have been a problem all year long. We haven't even been consistent or inconsistent. We just haven't thrown anybody out."
Sophomore pitcher Jessi Kowal allowed four runs on six hits and struck out eight in seven innings of work, but Kansas couldn't get anything going offensively. The Jayhawks scored just three runs on three hits despite four Oklahoma City errors.
Freshman outfitier Leah Tabb safely steals second base during the first game of a double header against Oklahoma City. The Jayhawks lost the first game 4-3. Photo by Roger Noman/KANSAN
Kansas appeared poised for a rally with two outs in the sixth inning after two runners scored when the Oklahoma City center fielder misplayed a fly ball by junior Shannon Stanwix, which made the score 4-3. But the Jayhawks' rally fell
Bunge said the team was suffering from a lack of confidence.
short when freshman Courtney Wright grounded out with runners on first and third, which ended the inning.
playing, "she said. "We get through to mentally get through this hard time. It's hard to get back on the winning track."
Kansas took a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game when freshman center fielder Shelly Musser scored after a wild throw to third by the Oklahoma City catcher. Oklahoma City scored two runs on two wild pitches by junior pitcher Sarah Workman in the third inning and added four more in the fourth inning on two two-run home runs, which took the team to a 6-1 lead.
wix said. "We've shown some glimpses of great offensive talent, but we've been unable to find the key."
"Anytime you're in a losing streak, it's easy to just go through the motions of
After an improved offensive performance against Oklahoma on Sunday, the Jayhawks struggled with just six hits in the two games.
have that feel for pitching she had before the injury."
Kansas will travel to Columbia on Saturday to take on Big 12 rival Missouri.
- Edited by Steph Brewer
"We are just really inconsistent offensively." Stan-
"Oklahoma City is not your average NAIA team," Bunge said. "They can play with just about anybody in Division I softball. I have a lot of respect for their program."
Workman gave up six runs on eight hits in four innings of work. Bunge said she was still feeling the mental effects of the torn biceps tendon that kept her out of action last season
"Physically (Workman) is fine, but mentally her confidence is shook," Bunge said. "She's having problems feeling her mechanical problems because she doesn't
After 20 years of coming up short, the Kansas men's bowling team rolled a strike and advanced to the Intercollegiate Bowling National Championships for the first time in history.
The victory capped a regular season in which the team placed first out of 29 teams. It didn't just win though — it dominated, winning by 379 pins.
Bowling team reaches national championships
The Jayhawks captured their second tournament title of the year in winning the Midwest National Qualifier tournament in Chicago on March 20 and 21.
Jayhawks advance for the first time with 379-pin win
"Winning by so much was a lot of fun. We won a tournament this year barely, but to dominate like that was a lot of fun," junior Tom Partridge said.
By Christopher T. Wristen sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
Senior co-captains Jeff Ussery, Brian Schmidtberger and Scott Donner led the charge. Schmidtberger got the ball rolling for the team with a 290 in the opening game, while Ussery proved to be the most consistent Jayhawk, rolling a 206 average for the tournament. Rounding out the six-man squad were freshman Mike Keeler (202), Partridge (180) and junior Eric Tophern (165).
In one of the most rewarding seasons in Kansas bowling history, the Jayhawks have knocked off some of the nation's top teams.
Also contributing to the significance of the win was that three of the six rollers on the team are four-year seniors who have stuck with the program through all the adversity it has faced.
"Winning by so much was a lot of fun. We won a tournament this year barely, but to dominate like that was a lot of fun."
Tom Partridge Bowling team member
The men hope their success will continue as they head to the National Championships on April 20-24 at Wichita State University. Scoring will be done by using the Baker Format, where five bowlers roll one game together, alternating frames. If history holds true, then Kansas should make a strong showing because it has been successful each time the format has been used.
The championship field consists of the 16 best teams in the country, and the Jayhawks have aspirations to finish on top.
"I really like our chances," Partridge said. "The format benefits us, and the lane conditions are the same as last weekend, so it benefits us."
Coach Michael Fine agreed.
"We've done exceptionally well every time we've gone Baker this year, so it's a format we think favors us, so we're very optimistic about it," he said.
— Edited by Duane Wagler
Commentary
Game represents new low for NBA play
Congratulations are in order for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Although the T-Wolves won 87-68, both teams were part of the worst professional basketball game I ever have seen, which is a pretty big accomplishment. I had Diana Mavroicks season tickets in 1993-94, when the team won 13 of its 82 games.
Brandon Krisztal
sports@kansan.com
It was March 24. I was in the midst of having an extremely
spring break. Despite the fact that the greatness of the Boston Garden is no more, I had decided to watch two very talented young teams. To top things off, I was going to watch former Kansas All-American Paul
The Celtics are loaded with potential, but most coaches will tell you that potential means that they haven't done anything yet. All of the potential that Celtics Coach Rick Pitino's team has, translated into 30 percent shooting from the field.
Pierce campaign for the NBA's Rookie-of-the-Year award.
Boston captain Antoine Walker was an impressive 1-for-14 from the field. He was booed by Celtic faithful every time he touched the ball and finished with six points in the game. His former Kentucky teammate Ron Mercer was 6-for-20 from the floor, finishing with 13 points.
and the beloved Jayhawk shot 3-for-15 from the field in 36 minutes, leading all rookies in the game with 6 points. Game note — the only other rookie in the contest was Minnesota's Andre Patterson, from Indiana, who played two minutes for T-Wolves Coach Flip Saunders.
It was nice to see All-World (All Hype?) Kevin Garnett come to play.
I may "still love this game," but it's no thanks to the Celtics and the Timberwolves. All they did was make me appreciate the Final Four and the NCAA championship basketball game Monday.
He's listed at 6-11, but he's easily 7-1, and when you factor in his quickness, he is very hard to stop.
The Celtics and T-Wolves shot poorly, and their passing was even worse. It made me proud to go to a school that has a good basketball program that concerns itself with good team basketball.
To which my reply always would be, "Yeah, unless North Carolina still had Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter (NBA Rookie-of-the-Year), or if Kentucky still had Mercer, or if Georgia still had Stephen Marbury, or if Garnett, Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady had decided to go to college."
Because the NBA, or in this case NB-A'int, is nothing but one-on-one, the Celtics had no team defense and no answer for Garnett. He hit 10 of 20 shots and lead all of the scorers with 22 points and grabbed a game high 14 rebounds. Game note — Garnett did not play in the fourth quarter.
The only thing that might get the NBA's approval rating up is if his "Royal Air-Ness" decides to come back to the league.
It's interesting to see how quickly a Pitino-coached team can change its brand of basketball.
While on the subject of players returning, I am glad that the collegiate basketball season is finished for one reason. I was getting sick and tired of people saying "Man, KU would be No. 1 if we still had Paul."
So next year, when teams are a player short here and there, please don't complain because it's the way of the world.
Just be thankful for the players who played college basketball and provided excitement in this year's NCAA Tournament.
Kristalz is a Dallas junior in broadcast journalism.
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