2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
CORRECTION
SPORTS Up for grabs
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. In the story "Jayhawks garner top honors in Texas," Paul Hefferon's time in the 5,000-meter run was incorrect. Hefferon's time was 14:55.75.
TUESDAY, APRIL 12. 2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
FRIDAY
◆ Baseball vs. Baylor, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
◆ Track at Mt. SAC Relays, all day, Wainut, Calif.
SATURDAY
- Baseball vs. Baylor, 6 p.m., Houghton Ballpark
* Rowing at Knecht Cup, all day, Camden, N.J.
* Softball vs. Baylor, 2 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
- Tennis vs. Colorado, 1 a.m. Johnson Course
* Track at Mt. SAC Lefayre, 1 a.d. walnut, Calif
**Bulldog vs. Baylor 2 p.m.** at Bulldog Stadium
**Tennis vs. Colorado 11 a.m.** Robinson Courts
INTRAMURAL SCOREBOARD
3-ON-3 SOCCER
◆ Men
Goodfellas def. Theta Chi 24-1
Bluth FC def. Beta A-1 5-4
DU 3 def. Amini 5-2
◆ Women
The Jays def. Sigma Kappa 26-1
Sigma Kappa 1 def. Team Kelly 3-0
◆ CoRec
Grasskickers def. Wolverines 6-0
Oliver 6 tied Title IX 2-2
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
◆ Men
Pinkies def. Beta A-2 13-4
Ben Parrot def. Beta A-1 10-1
Phi Kappa Tau def. Kappa Sigma 7-4
◆ CoRec
The Interlocken Farmers def. Destroyers 10-2
SOFTBALL
◆ CoRec
Title IX def. Kentucky Gentlemen 5-0
VOLLEYBALL
Coach: Team served well made some hitting errors
TU
event featured the
The Kansas volleyball team was host to a spring scrimmage Saturday in Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
The event featured the Jayhawks as well as five area competitors, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Fort Hays State University Rockhurst University, Benedictine University and University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Coach Ray Bechard said he w happy about his team's play, but said the event wasn't about results, but opportunities.
"We made too many hitting.
Bechard
Bechard also said the team served well, as indicated by the ace-to-error ratio.
Several players had an opportunity to gain experience at new positions.
errors." Bechard said. "Too many attacking errors on good opportunities."
Freshman middle blocker Kristin Buehler, who took a redshirt last season, saw her first action with the team, and she impressed coaches.
"Kristin got in there and did some good work for us," Bechard said. "We were happy to see her get out there and perform."
The scrimmage proceeded smoothly with the exception of an ankle injury to a Rockhurst player
Each team played three matches consisting of two games. The Jayhawks prevailed over all three of their opponents, UMKC, Rockhurst and Nebraska-Omaha respectively.
"It looked serious and we treated it as such, and that put us a little behind." Bechard said. "but the good news is, it turned out to be less severe than we had thought."
The team will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., this weekend to compete in a similar event against North Carolina and Alabama.
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Ben Walton (left), Lee's Summit, Mo., junior, and Chris Jones, Prairie Village junior, take in the mild weather on the field next to Robinson Center with some ultimate Frisbee yesterday afternoon. They were playing during their HSES 108 class, which Walton said he took to stay in shape.
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FOOTBALL
Gators get program facelift
BY RALPH D. RUSSO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Urban Meyer surveys his squad of Gators as they sprint past, snapping at those who lag behind.
Not this time.
It's the final practice of the spring for Florida and its new coach. Traditionally, the Gators have had a light workout the day before the Orange and Blue scrimmage in "The Swamp."
Nearly three hours later, the Gators are done.
"Another day of work, men." Meyer calls out.
"Another day. Another day. Another day."
Welcome to Urban Renewal at the University of Florida, where optimism abounds, the coach is adored and the buzz words are honesty and accountability.
Meyer has risen through the ranks of college coaching with head-spinning speed.
After two seasons at Bowling Green and two more at Utah, the 40-year-old with the innovative offense and contagious intensity is already being called the next great college coach.
"It's very humbling and, if you know me, it's extremely uncomfortable." he said.
Meyer has done small things such as bringing the bleachers back to the practice field, so fans could sit and watch the spring workouts.
Leading Utah to a 12-0 season and a berth in the Bowl Championship Series made Meyer the most wanted coach in the country last year.
"The key word in this whole thing is ownership," Meyer said. "If they think it's a dictatorship, there's much more resistance."
Rovals' home opener ends in lopsided loss
BY DOUG TUCKER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Royals disappointed a lot of people.
The crowd of 41,788 was the largest ever to see a Royals' home opener, and the third-biggest regular-season gathering in Kauffman Stadium history.
So what reward did fans reap for this rousing show of support on the heels of a 104-loss season?
Members of the ice, the 16-and-under competitive softball team in Lee's Summit, Mo., show their Royals pride yesterday during the Kansas City Royals' opening-day game against the Seattle Mariners. Sea win, 8-2.
Mike Ransdell/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seattle Mariners emergency starter Ryan Franklin took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning, then the Mariners finally settled for a dominating 8-2 victory yesterday.
The Royals' most lopsided loss in any home opener.
The Royals have never been shut out in their home opener since 1971 and had never lost their first home game by more than five runs.
Thrust into the rotation by an injury that put Bobby Madritsch on the 15-day disabled list, Franklin (1-0) kept the Royals flailing for 8 2-3 innings. He retired 15 consecutive batters before Ruben Gotay walked with one out in the ninth.
Franklin, a 32-year-old right-hander who was i-10 on the road last year in a 4-16 season, threw 16 straight strikes to begin the game.
The Mariners batted around in a seven-run eighth as Ichiro Suzuki, Adrian Beltre and Miguel Olivo each had two RBIs.
"I made pretty decent pitches. I didn't leave too much over the middle of the plate. It was just one of those days," he said. "A lot of those balls could have fell in. A lot of those ground balls could have found the hole."
Franklin walked two and struck out one and was charged with two runs. Mike Sweeney followed Gotay's ninth-inning walk with a single, and then with two outs, Emil Brown hit an RBI single to break up the shutout and bring in J.J. Putz from the bullpen. Terrence Long singled off Putz.
"He didn't throw any balls. Everything was strike, strike, strike," Gotay said.
Franklin, who threw an efficient 83 pitches, figures to get at least two
more starts before Madritsch comes back from the DL.
Manager Mike Hargrove admitted he may have to reconsider his decision to put Franklin in the bullpen.
"I think he'll get a couple of more starts at the very least," Hargrove said. "If he keeps pitching like this, then we'll have to look at the possibility of him getting a whole lot more starts."
Franklin, who last year became the first Mariner since 1992 to lose 15 games, gave up a double to Sweeney in the first inning, a single to Angel Berroa in the second and a single to Gotay in the third then shut down the Royals until the ninth.
Runelvy Hernandez (1-1), who missed the entire 2004 season after undergoing elbow surgery, went 7 1-
3 innings and allowed six hits until Jeremy Reed's one-out double in the eighth. Beltre then hit his first home run for a 3-1 lead.
"That one pitch got me out of the game," Hernandez said. "I expected a better outing of myself."
Hernandez gave up eight hits and four runs, with three walks and four strikeouts.
With the bases loaded in the eighth, reliever Nate Field gave up a two-run single to Olivo and a one-run single to Wilson Valdez that made it 6-0.
Suzuki, who earlier extended his hitting streak to 19 games dating to last season, then dropped a two-run double into left.
Bret Boone had an RBI single off Hernandez in the fourth.
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