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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005
CORRECTIONS
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. A outline for the article "Jayhawks overwhelm Shockers," identified junior center fielder Gus Milner as being in the process of hitting a home run. The photo was of an earlier portion of the at-bat when he hit a foul ball.
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Practice earns Mangino's nod," stated that junior defensive back Greg Heaggins is no longer with the team. Heaggins remains with the team, but is being held out of practice to address "some issues," coach Mark Mangino said.
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The brief "Yankees manager taken to hospital" identified Terry Francona as the Yankees manager, Francona is the manager of the Red Sox.
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The story, "From No. 1 to none-and-done," identified Vermont as Sweet-Sixteen bound. Vermont lost in the second round to Michigan State.
TODAY
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
Baseball at Oklahoma. 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
- Baseball at Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
* Men's golf at The Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate, all day, Holly Springs, N.C.
- Track and Field at Texas Relays, all day, Austin, Texas
- Baseball at Oklahoma, 2 p.m., Norman, Okla.
- Men's golf at The Courtway by Marriott Intercollegiate, all day, Holly Springs, N.C.
- *Rowina at Kansas Cup, all day, Manhattan*
- Rowing at Kansas Cup, all day, Manhattan
* Sockeye at Oklahoma State, 2 n. Stillwater, OL
**+ Softball at Oklahoma State, 2 p., m. Stillwater, OKa**
**Tennis at Oklahoma State, 11 a.m. Columbia, Mo**
Tennis at Missouri, 11 a.m., Columbia, Mo.
Track and field at Texas Relays, all day, Austin, Texas
- Women's golf at Lady Boilermaker Invitational, all day, West Lafayette, Ind.
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
* Baseball at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., Norman, OKa.
- Softball at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., Stillwater, Okla.
- Women's golf at Lady Boilermaker Invitational, all day, West Laffayette, N.J.
INTRAMURAL SCORES
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
3-ON-3 SOCCER
*Men's*
Amazing Ball Whacker Guys defs. Kappa Sig 2 8-0
Fili Seniors. Kappa Sig 1 6-1
FOOTBALL
Athletics Department to hold meetings about point system
The Kansas Athletics Department announced yesterday that it would host a series of town meetings next week to discuss the new football points system.
Those town meetings will occur in Lawrence, Kansas City, Mo., Topeka, Wichita and Overland Park, from Monday through Wednesday.
Members of the University's Williams Fund will be in attendance along with other administrators, sports information director Mason Logan said.
Expected to be discussed at these meetings is the priority points system that is being implemented for football beginning in the fall.
On Monday, meetings will be held in Topeka at the Ramada Inn from 3 to 8 p.m. and in Kansas City, Mo., at the Kansas City Marriott from 3 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday's meeting will occur in Lawrence at the Dolph Simons Conference Room in the Wagnon Student Athlete Center from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Kansan file photo
Wednesday's session will be held in Wichita at the Marriott from 12 to 6 p.m and in Overland Park at the Overland Park Convention Center from 3 to 8 p.m.
Season ticket holders who have donated to the Williams Fund will be able to select their seats at Memorial Stadium beginning in May. The final date for fund donations to be included in the points system is June 1.
If season ticket holders are unable to select their seats at the stadium, requests can be sent to the Athletics Department.
Season tickets remain on sale for next year's seven home games.
Ryan Colaiani
ROWING
Rowing team expects victory
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
The University of Kansas 1st Varsity 8 team stretched toward the finish line ahead of the University of Texas team last spring on the Kansas River at Burcham Park River. The Jayhawks travels to Manhattan tomorrow for the Kansas Cup starting at 9 a.m. Kansas looks to win the cup for the seventh-straight time.
The Kansas women's rowing team is riding on momentum going into tomorrow's rival match-up with Kansas State. The rivalry begins tomorrow in Manhattan. The races for the Kansas Cup will begin at 9 a.m.
Last year, the regatta was hosted in Lawrence, with the Jayhawks beating the Wildcats in every event, except for the Second Novice Eight.
"We pretty much swept it," senior rower Rachel Chapman said. "K-State usually beats us in the fall, and we usually beat them in the spring, but hopefully we'll beat them next year in the fall."
Chapman is confident that the typical spring success will carry over again tomorrow.
"We've developed a lot of new technique," she said. "I think it'll be like last year, hopefully better. I'm looking forward to it."
When competing against a rival, it is easy to look forward to winning.
"We expect to beat K-State," coach Rob Catloth said. "When you race against your rival, you don't want to get beat. That's part of our goal."
"The plan is always to keep improving and build from one weekend to the next," he said. "We want
Kansas is approaching the regatta with K-State after a successful weekend of winning all the varity races against Tulsa and Drake. Catloth is hoping the motivation will carry over.
The K-State team struggled in last weekend's regatta in the San Diego Crew Classic. The team competed against teams such as Central Florida, Sacramento State and Miami. The Varsity Eight boat made the finals, but after the first 1,000 meters, K-State lost its third place position and struggled to get back to it. The team ended up taking sixth place.
"It was good that we made the finals, but we didn't make it to the end like we wanted," K-State coach Patrick Sweeney said. "I was pleased with the way they rowed and their
performance, but I was disappointed with the mishap to strike for the lead."
The team has made a lot of changes throughout its season.
"I've been trying different line-ups and changing seats." Sweeney said. "I'm trying to see where people will fit. We're going to make some changes for this weekend to see if it'll work. I'll have a good idea after this weekend."
Sweeney is not too concerned with his team's times tomorrow. Since rowing is an outdoor sport, it's hard to set a goal for a time because of the variance in weather, he said.
Chapman is anticipating weather that is not as nice as last weekend.
"It'll probably be pretty windy, so I'm not expecting any phenomenal times from us," she said. "What we have to do is start out strong, that's the key to our success. We have to stay strong, especially in the first 350 meters."
The order of the races will be: Second Novice Eight, First Novice Eight, Second Novice Eight and First Varsity Eight. The order is subject to change. The dual will be held on the Tuttle Creek Lake Reservoir.
- Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
MEN'S GOLF
Rain threatening golf tournament
By TIM HALL
talk@kansain.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER.
Kansan File Photo
The Kansas men's golf team might see some of the rain that caused a five-and-a-half hour delay at the first round of the 69th Masters Tournament, in Augusta, Ga., yesterday.
Today, the Jayhawks are in Holly Springs, N.C., to begin first and second round play at the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate at Devils Ridge Golf Club.
Junior golfer Luke Trammell lines up a putt on the back nine of Alvamar Golf Course. The men's golf team will compete at a tournament in Holly Springs, N.C., today and tomorrow.
The forecast is for light rain in the morning and scattered thunderstorms in the late afternoon. If the rain stays to a minimum, it could allow players to post some low scores.
It would be beneficial to the Jayhawks if that the tournament were not cancelled, because a strong showing in what is a difficult 15-team field could move Kansas up in the national rankings.
The team enters the event ranked 32nd in the nation by Golfweek magazine.
Kansas enters today coming off of a second-place finish at the 59th Western Intercollegiate in San Jose, Ca. on March 29. The Jayhawks are playing in their last tournament before the Big 12 Championships, which begin April 29.
The Jayhawks finished second in the event last year at MacGregor Downs Country Club in Carv. N.C.
Duke, Tennessee, Georgia Southern and Wake Forest all rank in
the top 20 in the national polls and are all part of the tournament field.
"We've played very well in our last four tournaments," Randall said. "If we be playing the way we've been playing, we should do pretty well."
Coach Ross Randall said that it would take a lot to win in a field with so many great teams, but he said he liked his team's chances.
The Jaj Hawkws will start senior Kevin Ward, sophomore Tyler Docking, sophomore Gary Woodland, junior Pete Krsnich and junior Luke Trammell.
Trammell will be making his third consecutive start of the spring. He
made his first start at the Stevinson Ranch Invitational in Stevinson, Ca., filling in for injured senior, Andrew Price. Price tore a ligament in his hand in early March, and may be ready to play in the Big 12 Championships.
"It's disappointing for Andrew, and it's upsetting for all of us to see a guy like him go down," Trammell said. "But I'm feeling pretty good with my game, and I feel pretty confident for all of us this weekend."
VOLLEYBALL
The Jayhawks will tee off at the 7,000 yard par-72 Devils Ridge at 8:30 a.m.
- Edited by Kendall Dix
Team opens spring season at home
The Kansas volleyball team will conduct a spring scrimmage this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletic Center. Five other teams will participate: Rockhurst College, Benedictine, Nebraska-Omaha, Fort Hayes State and UMKC.
Kansas coach Ray Bechard said the games would be an opportunity for players to gain game experience and coaches to make evaluations outside of practice drills.
Bechard
Saturday will be important for players who didn't see regular time this fall. It will also be an opportunity for players like middle blocker Kristin Buehler, who took a redshirt in the fall, to participate for the first time.
"It's a win-win situation for us," Bechard said. "It gives the kids an opportunity to show us what they can do."
Admission to the scrimmage will be free. The Jayhawks will play their first of three matches at 10 a.m. against UMKC. The Jayhawks will also play at 1 p.m. against Fort Hays State and 3 p.m. against Nebraska-Omaha.
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