2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
- Women's tennis vs. Kansas Sate, 2 p.m., Robinson Courts
- Softball at Missouri, 6 p.m., Columbia, Mo.*
* Baseball at Wichita State, 7 p.m., Wichita*
- FRIDAY
- Baseball vs. Baylor, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
* Track at Mt. SAC Relays, all day, Walnut, Calif
INTRAMURAL SCORES
THURSDAY
3-ON-3 SOCCER
Sigma Nu 1 def. AE pi, 1 6-3 ◆ Women's
Irish Carbombs def. Brownie Monsters, 5-0
Sigma U1 def. AEF oil 6-3
Women's AD Pi 2 tied 9th floor Ellsworth. 1-1
SOFTBALL
Weekend series ends in split, Kansas pitcher strikes out nine
The softball team split the weekend series in Stillwater, Okla., against Oklahoma State losing Saturday 5-4 in eight innings and defeating the Cowboys 3-1 yesterday.
The victory yesterday was the first Big 12 Conference victory for the Jayhawks. Christina Ross, freshman pitcher, threw a complete game striking out nine en route to the victory. All three runs came in the second inning for the Jayhawks when Nettie Fierros, junior infielder, drove in two with a triple to right center. Fierros scored off a single by freshman outfielder Jackie Vasquez.
Saturday, the game slipped out of the Jayhawks' hands. The team led 4-3 after six innings, however, the Cowgirls rallied to squeak by Kansas. Oklahoma State's Shianne Cruz, hurt Kansas' momentum when she hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and secured the victory for the Cowgirls.
Destiny Frankenstein, junior shortstop, went deep against Oklahoma State in the losing effort. It was Frankenstein's eighth homer of the season.
The Jayhawks will play the Tigers at 6 p.m.
Wednesday in Columbia, Mo.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Wichita State roughs up pitcher, defeats Illinois State
WICHITA — Derek Schermerhorn had four hits and scored three runs as Wichita State beat Illinois State 9-3 on yesterday.
Wichita State (27-10, 4-2 Missouri Valley) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Schermerhorn singled and later scored on a single by Brandon Hall. The Shockers added three runs in the second and two more in the third to lead 6-2 after three innings.
— The Associated Press
Starting pitcher Ned Schauff (3-3) gave up nine hits and six runs in two innings to take the loss for Illinois State.
BASEBALL
Kansas State falls to Baylor, completing series sweep
WACO, Texas — Kevin Sevigny, Michael Griffin and Kyle Reynolds homered as Baylor beat Kansas State 8-4 yesterday.
After taking a 2-1 lead after four innings, Baylor (22-12, 9-3 Big 12) scored two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth to put the game away
Griffin's homer in the fifth scored Paul Witt, who had singled and stolen second.
Chase Gerdes had an RBI single in the sixth, and two batters later. Witt scored two runs with a double off the left field wall.
Kansas State (15-15, 2-10) scored single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
Reynolds capped Baylor's scoring with a solo home run in the seventh. With the win, Baylor completed the series sweep against Kansas State
Baylor's Corv VanAllen (6-2) allowed one run on five hits with two strikeouts in six innings. Abe Woody pitched the final three innings to earn his seventh save of the season.
Kansas State's Adam Cowart (6-2) took the loss, allowing seven runs on 10 hits and a walk with two strikeouts over six innings.
Kansas stuck in losing trend
The Associated Pres
TENNIS
Freshman tennis player Stephanie Smith strikes a return shot during her match against Tulsa April 6. Smith won her third straight No. 6 singles match Saturday in a meet against Missouri in Columbia, Mo. The tennis team will face Kansas State at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Robinson Courts.
Rydan Howe/KANSAN
Before the tennis season began, Missouri women's tennis coach Blake Starkey said that as long as his team puts itself in a position to win, then the wins would take care of themselves.
Jayhawks in four-match losing streak second longest streak this season
rsharma@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIER
BY RAHUL SHARMA
The Tigers lived up to expectations, knocking off border rival, Jayhawks, 5-2, in Columbia, Mo., on Saturday.
Missouri won four of the six singles matches and was led by senior Katka Sevcikova.
Sevcikova defeated freshman Elizaveta Avdeeva in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1. Sevcikova, who posted a 14-1 mark in the fall, proved superior to the younger Avdeeva.
Despite the poor display in singles, Kansas freshman Stephanie Smith continued to impress at the No. 6 singles position.
Missouri sophomore Yelena Olshinskaya defeated sophomore Brittany Brown, 6-1, 6-3, and freshman Lubica Nadasska defeated Lauren Hommel. 6-1, 6-3.
Sophomore Erika Josbena added a victory for the Tigers in straight sets, defeating Ashley Filberth, 6-0, 6-2.
Smith leads Kansas with 12 victo
ries this season.
Also, junior Christine Skoda earned her sixth victory of the Big 12 Conference season with a straight set victory against junior Hana Kraftova. 7-5, 7-5.
The Tigers (13-5, 3-4 Big 12) earned the doubles point, winning two of three matches from the lavwhaws.
Sevcikova teamed up with sophomore Carolyn Kramer to defeat Kansas' Hommell and Skoda, 8-2, in the No.1 doubles slot.
Kansas' Brown and Avdeevae, who were paired together for the first time this season, defeated Olshanskaya and Josbena, 8-5.
Bellis and Kraftova defeated Filberth and Luiza Loureiro, 8-1.
The defeat dropped the Jayhawks to 3-5 in the Big 12 and are in the midst of a four-match losing streak.
This losing streak matches the second longest of the season for the lavhawks.
The Tigers gained ground in the border showdown competition between the rival schools. Missouri earned three points and trail Kansas 13-12 in the overall standings.
Next up for Kansas is a home match versus in-state rival Kansas State on Wednesday, at the Robinson Courts.
Match play is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
PGA GOLF
Tiger claws his way to Masters victory
- Edited by Nikola Rowe
BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods is the Masters champion once again, turning back a surprising challenge yesterday with a shot of sheer magic and a birdie putt to win a playoff he never expected.
A spectacular finish of birds and boges finally ended when Woods produced the most important shot of all — a 15-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to capture his fourth green jacket and finally put away the gritter Chris DiMarco.
Woods knew it was over when the ball was a foot from the hole, taking two steps to the left as a smile broke out on his face and his right fist punched the air with fury.
Everything else about this Masters was up in the air to the very end.
First came the most improbable birdie on the par-3 16th, when Woods skipped his chip shot up the slope and watched it crawl 25 feet down to the cup, where it paused for 2 full seconds before dropping.
"I would rank that as one of the best ones I've ever hit," Woods said. "It turned things around. It was pretty huge."
Woods closed with a 1-under 71 and won for the second time in a playoff at a major, wrapping up a long and bizarre week at Augusta National that included two rain delays, an eagle putt that Woods rolled off the green and into the creek, a
Then came an even bigger surprise. The greatest closer in golf looked like a first-timer at Augusta National, making a mess out of the last two holes to finish with two bogeys and allow DiMarco one more chance.
record run of birds to get back into the contention and, finally, the fight of his life.
When the ball disappeared, DiMarco walked slowly to Woods to congratulate him.
Woods made sure that was all he got.
DiMarco again came up short of the green, and chipped up for a tap-in in. He took his hat off and ran his hand through his hair, crouched and kept looking up at Woods and down at his feet, afraid to watch, perhaps knowing what was about to happen.
He now has nine majors for his career, halfway home to the standard set by lack Nicklaus.
Tiger Woods goes to his knees after missing his birdie put on the 11th green during final round play of the 2005 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., yesterday. Woods won his fourth green jacket on the first hole of a sudden death playoff against Chris DiMarco.
But this didn't look like the same guy who won his first eight majors.
At times Woods was simply brilliant, especially when he made up a four-shot deficit in just two holes when the third round resumed yesterday morning. He tied a Masters record with seven straight birdies on his way to a 65, giving him a three-shot lead going into the final round.
For DiMarco, it was the second straight year he saw the winning putt on the 18th hole at Augusta National. He played with Mickelson in the final
Ultimately, all that mattered was having defending champion Phil Mickelson slip the green jacket over his shoulders in the Butler Cabin, and being a major champion again for the first time in nearly three years.
But he made the kind of mistakes rarely seen from Woods in the final round of a major.
David I. Phillia/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"I was ready to win." DiMarco said. "I will be ready to win next year. I certainly feel like I can."
He also was up against some magic right out of Woods' glorious past.
group when Lefty rolled in an 18-footer from about the same spot as Woods.
Woods was clinging to a one-shot lead and on the ropes, sailing his tee shot long over the par-3 16th green with DiMarco facing a 15-footer for birdie. Woods played his chip up the slope and watched it trickle down, begging from his knees for it to keep going. When it stopped, then dropped, it looked as though Woods had the Masters won.
But even a two-shot lead with two holes to play wasn't enough.
He sliced his tee shot into the pines, couldn't reach the green and escaped with bogey when his pitch rolled off the green. He sailed his approach on the 18th into the bunker on the right and made another bogey.
That forced the 13th playoff in Masters history
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