4B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2005
SPORTS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wichita State loses 7th straight game
DES MOINES, Iowa — Linda Sayavongchah scored a career-high 23 points and ignited a late rally to lift the Drake women's basketball team past Wichita State 67-62 yesterday.
Sayavongchanh also grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds and scored seven of the Buldogs' final 11 points. Brandy Dahir scoreled 15 and Jill Martin added 13 points for Drake (11-12, 6-8 Missouri Valley).
The Shockers, who dropped their seventh straight game, were ahead 57-52 with 5:39 left to play when Niki Stephens connected on a reverse layup.
But Drake scored 15 of the game's final 20 points, with Sayavongchanh leading the way. She connected on nine of 15 from the field and 5-7 from the free throw line for the Bulldogs.
-The Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. — Salim Stoudman sank a school record nine 3-pointers and scored 31 points in his final home game, and No. 10 Arizona won its sixth in a row by routing Oregon State 91-70 yesterday.
Beavers can't dam Wildcats' surge
Oregon State Channing Frye added 15 points and 11 rebounds as the Wildcats stayed alone in first place in the Pac-10. Stoudamire and Frye, both seniors in their last contest at McKale Center, left the game with 9:43 to play and Arizona leading 74-49.
Hassan Adams had 13 points and tied his season high with 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (23-4, 13-2 Pac-10), who finished 15-1 at home.
Nick DeWitz and Jason Fonteen scored 16, and David Lucas had 15 for the Beavers (14-11, 6-8), who fell to 0-7 on the road in the Pac-10.
CLUB HOCKEY
—The Associated Press
Kansas sweeps Oklahoma State
Last home game puts team streak at eight
BY JASON ELMQUIST
jelmquist@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
The KU club hockey team extended the winning streak it started at the beginning of the spring semester.
After a two-game sweep of Oklahoma State last weekend, the hockey team brought the streak to eight and their overall record to 14-11.
The Jayhawks did not show any mercy to the visiting Cowboys, outscoring them 25-3
in two games. Kansas won the game on Saturday in a blowout, 17-2. Junior forward Steve Barbaro led the team with five goals, including the final three goals of the game. Junior forward David Knight, who leads the team in scoring for the season, and freshman forward Matthew Zellmer, both had three goals.
Yesterday, Kansas came out quick and scored the first five goals of the game. The only blemish on the stat line for the Jayhawks was when freshman goaltender Adam Paulitsch, who took over in net for sophomore Zach Sias after the first period, allowed a goal to get past him in the first 2 minutes of the final period. The one goal allowed came among 27 shots
Freshman forward Scott Haman led all scorers with two goals, including one unassisted. On his second goal, Haman put back a rebound off of a shot by freshman forward Dan Guilfoil, who also had a goal to go along with his assist.
by Oklahoma State. Kansas was able to get 40 shots on goal for the game and added three more goals in the final period.
"We were on a two on one and he took the original shot and I got the rebound and put it up top," Haman said.
A few seniors were also able to add some stats in what was scheduled to be their last home game at Kansas. There is still a possibility of playing Division I Oklahoma at home.
Most notably, senior forward David Hall scored a goal in the second period and assisted in the final goal of the game.
"It's good to finish off the year like that, especially my career here," Hall said. "I had my family out and some friends out, so it was nice to do that in front of them."
Both senior forward Alexander Brown and senior defender Kyle Wilson assisted in the first goal of the game. Senior forward Joseph Barhini scored an unassisted, short-handed goal in the second period.
The leadership of the seniors has begun to show on the play and attitude of the younger players.
"The seniors are awesome.
They have good leadership and make this game as fun as possible for us," Guilfoil said. "They're going out and giving it their all every shift and letting us know what to work on all the time."
The Jajahwacks are scheduled to finish their season against Missouri on March 5 and 6. Whether they win or lose both games in Columbia, Mo., the hockey team has done its part to join a league next year.
The team had to finish the season over .500, which it clinched with the victory yesterday. Now it will come down to a vote by the teams in the league whether or not to allow Kansas to join the league next year.
Teams struggle in Indiana
▼ BOWLING
Edited by Lori Bettes
BY JASON ELMQUIST
jelmquist@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
At the Hoosier Classic, the final tournament before sectionals, the KU men's bowling team didn't finish as well as it had in past tournaments.
The men's team, which had won four tournaments this year, struggled over the weekend and finished fourth at the Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis.
After the first day of bowling, the men were in 16th place and needed to jump into the top eight to compete in the baker match games.
Kansas was able to move into seventh after the three team games yesterday and faced off against Missouri Baptist in the first match game. In a best of five match-up, Kansas was able to beat Missouri Baptist three games to two, and advanced to play West Texas A&M.
The Jayhawks lost three games to two and finished fourth.
Coach Mike Fine attributed the finish to some bowlers being under the weather.
The team's top bowler, junior Rhino Page, finished with a 203 average, good enough for 15th overall.
Sophomore Zach Taylor had the second best average on the team with a 194 and said the team made a turn around on the second day of play.
Despite the finish, Fine is very optimistic about sectionals and nationals.
"We should be fine," Fine said, "We showed our youthful resilience, and I'm happy with the effort."
The women's bowling team ended a streak of its own at the Hoosier Classic. A 12th-place finish ended the team's run of top 10 finishes. The low finish also made them miss out on the
match games.
Senior Kelly Zapf led the women's team with a 179 average, followed by freshman Natalie Bennett with a 178.
Zapf said poor accuracy and spare shooting were factors in the 12th-place finish and cost them the opportunity to compete, and were things the team needed to work on.
"We have a month until sectionals, then another month until nationals so I'm going to be working hard with those being my last two tournaments," Zapf said.
"And I'm going to make sure the girls work as hard as I do, so we can end the season on a good note."
the bowling teams will play next on March 19 and 20 at the Intercollegiate Bowling Championship Sectional Qualifiers.
- Edited by Jennifer Voldness
Sunday afternoon crumpets
Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
Justin Gramarye, Fairfax, Va., third-year Ph.D. student, left, beats Robbie Overton, Leawood, fifth-year Ph.D. student, to the ball during their routine field crumpet game that is held at 1:30 p.m. every Sunday in front of Allen Fieldhouse. The game consists of two teams that try to score by forcing the ball by the other team's goalie and into the goal using plastic bats because the ball cannot be touched with your hands. If the ball crosses the front of of the goal it is worth one point, but if it crosses the back line of the goal it is worth two points. The first team to reach 10 points wins. For more information on the field crumpets club, or how to join, check out its Web site at www.fieldcrumpets.com.
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