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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2005
Trout
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"It's apples and oranges. They have more fish per mile out there. That means we have to work a little harder, know the fish a little better to know what they're looking for," he said.
Sloss also said there weren't as many miles of trout water in Missouri as there are in the West, which means fishermen rely on spring-fed rivers and tail-waters, which are rivers fed by dams.
In the blue ribbon section — the best trout run on the river — of Eleven Point there are approximately 700 to 1,000 trout per mile, nearly all of which are rainbow trout. The rest are brown trout.
Sloss said people traveled to Eleven Point and took guided fishing trips from him from as far away as New Zealand.
He charges $250 for up to two people, which includes lunch on the river, fly-fishing instruction and your limit of fish.
On a recent day he took a fisherman out who was just beginning to fly-fish and caught between 15 and 20 rainbow trout, he said.
Josh Regan, Fort Scott junior, traveled to Eleven Point River during spring break to camp and fly fish. Regan began fishing in Yellowstone, Colo., and Oregon, but said he enjoyed the fishing at Eleven Point.
Michigan State forward Liz Shimek passes the ball away past Stanford guard Kelley Suminski during the championship game of the NCAA Kansas City Regional at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., yester day.
"Fishing in the West is characterized by big mountains, big rivers and big fish. Fishing the foothills of Missouri, it's smaller all the way around, but it's still beautiful in its own right," he said.
Regan limited out on Eleven Point, catching four rainbow trout above the 15-inch minimum. He ate them on the river.
Reed Hoffmann/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Edited by Jennifer Voldness
▼ WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartan women earn Final Four bid
BY CHUCK SCHOFFENER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Make some room, Michigan State men. You've got company.
Liz Shimek and the Michigan State women also are going to the Final Four — a first for the program.
Shimek made a series of huge plays down the stretch. Lindsay Bowen made her only basket of the game at a critical time and the top-seeded Spartans beat No. 2 seed Stanford 76-69 in the Kansas City Regional last night.
Michigan State (32-3) had never even made it past the second round in five previous NCAA Tournament appearances, but the Spartans looked completely comfortable when they donned their championship caps, delighting a small but vocal band of supporters that included Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and her two teenage daughters.
"Well, I tell you, Michigan State is the best," coach Joanne P. McCallie said. "The people are amazing, the homegrown talent is very special. And we're so proud of our men's team — we're going too, baby! We're going too! I can't wait!"
The Spartans will play in the national semifinals in Indianapolis on Sunday night, meeting Tennessee. The men will play North Carolina in St. Louis on Saturday.
Michigan State becomes the sixth school to send teams to both the men's and women's Final Four. Connecticut did it just last year and each team won the national title, the only time that has happened.
Now, Michigan State has a chance for the double. But booking that trip wasn't easy, even after the Spartans took a 13-point lead against the team that was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll. Stanford (32-3) came back to tie the score three times, but never got the lead and its 23-game winning streak ended, denying the Cardinal a seventh Final four trip.
The Final Four trip continues the Spartans' steady progress under McCallie, who arrived from Maine in 2000 with a goal of putting Michigan State on the national map.
The Spartans have set a school record for victories — nine more than the old mark — and they'll take a school-record 16-game winning streak to Indianapolis.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Tennessee moves on to Final Four
PHILADELPHIA — Tennessee already gave coach Pat Summitt the record for career wins in this tournament. Last night, the Lady Vols gave her something even more meaningful — a trip to the Final Four.
Shanna Zolman broke out of a slump with a couple of big baskets down the stretch, Nicky Anosike scored 14 points and the top-seeded Lady Vols beat
No. 3 seed Rutgers 59-49 in the Philadelphia Regional final.
Tennessee will play Michigan State (32-3) in the national semifinals in Indianapolis on Sunday night. The top-seeded Spartans beat Stanford 76-69 in the Kansas City Regional final last night.
The Lady Vols (30-4) are in the Final Four for the fourth straight year, fifth time this decade and 16th time overall, all under Summitt. She extended her NCAA record with her 882nd career win.
For the first time in the tournament, Tennessee's win didn't come easy.
Cappie Pondexter scored 25 points and made nine of the Scarlet Knights' '18 baskets, but she had little help until it was too late. The Scarlet Knights' physical defense kept them in it until the end.
Rutgers seemed poised to pull within three on Matee Ajavon's shot from the left side, until it was reviewed by officials who determined it was a two-point basket. That made it 49-45. Then Essence Carson had a steal for Rutgers and was
fouled by Loree Moore.
Carson calmly sank the free throws — her first two points of the game — pulling Rutgers to 49-47 with 1:08 left.
Tennessee, though, sank its last 12 free throws and that was just the cushion the Lady Vols needed to win their 12th straight game.
The Lady Vols went more than 12 minutes without a basket bridging the first and second half. They were rushed into bad shots, missed a couple of easy attempts under the basket and committed seven turnovers in the first 8 minutes of the second half.
nutgers used a 9-0 run and grabbed the lead for the first time since scoring the first two baskets of the game. The lead was short lived.
The Lady Vols went ahead on a couple of free throws and Zolman's fast-break layup pushed the lead to 43-39.
Tennessee reached its 15th 30-wins season and first since 1997-98 - the last of its three straight national championships.
Dan Gelston/The Associated Press
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