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Friday, April 20, 1973
University Daily Kansan
KU Women's Softball Team Steers for State, Nationals
Although spring has been bouncing in and out of the weather picture, it apparently has not hindered the hitting ability of the University of Kansas women's softball team. The team has claimed 35 runs in only four games; achieving a perfect season thus
Sharon Drydale, coach of the team, credits the women with an overall batting success.
"We have no real weakness in the lineup," she said. "We have power even in the ninth batter, but no particular individual with outstanding strength. We are just consistent and have the ability to get the bat on the ball."
Dryasale described the team as an older and more experienced group with the majority of the starters being juniors and seniors.
"For the most part, the strength of the bench is also junior and seniors," she said. "However, I have started as many as three or four freshmen before, so we do have
Dryadale hopes to participate in the state and national competition to be held in May and speculates that the team's chances look promising.
"We need to pick up more consistency and stability with the pitchers and defense." Drysael said. "We also need some top-rate competition to get read for the state and national states. And we could win the state and the nationals if our hitting stays at the
same level it is now.
"However, we don't have the two exceptional pitchers we need to win at the nationals," she said. "Our pitchers are just inexperienced and it takes a long time to train them and get them some speed, but not a lot. We just need the pitcher, we have everything else."
With only eight games remaining on the schedule, Drysdale said she would like to schedule at least two more games before the first round of the conference of the different pitches of pitchers.
ABA Follows Draft Extension
NEW YORK (AP)—The American Basketball Association, determined to have the last word in draft of college players, postponed Thursday its selection a second time in order to choose behind the rival National Basketball Association.
"I intend to conduct our draft the day after the NBA," said ABA Commissioner Jeff Kinney.
"Our league intends to implement its policy of trying to sign the best basketball players available," Carlson said. "I feel it has been a great opportunity for our league to draft after the NBA."
The University of Kansas baseball team will begin the first of a doubleheader at 1:30 today at Columbia, Mo. Coach Floyd Temple will start freshman Kurt Kniff and either of a pair of seniors, Steve Corder or Bob Cox as pitcher.
game. It has been 16 innings since anyone has scored on the freshman.
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