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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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FC Kansas City falls 3-1 to the Washington Spirit
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkvRolNews
FC Kansas City lost 3-1 to the Washington Spirit in Bovds, Md., Saturday night.
The win for the Spirit was the first of the season, while Kansas City fell to 0-2-0.
Although the Blues recorded more than double the shots of Washington with 21 and 10 on target, the team's chances were not finished as well as the opponent's. The Spirit recorded 10 shots with five of them on goal.
Kansas City midfielder Heather O'Reilly opened the scoring for the day with a long-range shot in the sixth
minute. Her U.S. national team teammate Lauren Holiday provided the assist.
The goal was FC Kansas City's first of the season after being held to a shutout by Sky Blue FC in the first game of the year.
The Blues forced three saves from Spirit goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris in the first half.
The Blues weren't ahead for long. In the ninth minute, Washington Spirit midfielder Christine Nairn-scored with a long-range effort to tie the score at 1-1.
defender Crystal Dunn. Dunn passed quickly to her teammate Laura del Rio, who shot and caused a deflection off Dunn to put Washington up 2-1 in the 46th minute.
Only 45 seconds into the second half, FC Kansas City's Jen Buzkowski was dispossessed by Spirit
In the 64th minute, Nairn scored another goal to put Washington ahead 3-1. The goal came from a free kick 20 yards from the FC Kansas City goal.
The loss is the second in two games for FC Kansas City this season. In the team's 1-0 loss to Sky Blue FC on April 12, Kansas City also recorded more than double the shots of the other team.
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
Adriana Newell, a sophomore from Sparks, Nev., closes in on the finish line in the 4x400 meter relay. Newell anchored for the Jayhawks, who finished in second place.
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Jayhawks yield many top-10 finishes in Kansas Relays
G.J. MELIA
@gjmelia
The Kansas track and field team capped off a wild 2015 Kansas Relays just before midnight Friday night. With severe weather in the forecast on Saturday, meet directors announced Thursday around 9 p.m. the events would be moved up to Friday.
This forced the collegiate open and quadrangular heats to be combined, but were still scored separately. Senior Michael Stigler said although the time change was a surprise, it didn't affect his mindset.
have to get your mind ready the night before," Stigler said. "But it is track and field so you have to be ready at all times regardless."
"With the time change, you know it doesn't really change anything besides moving stuff up a day earlier, so you just
Stigler took third overall in the fifth heat of 110-meter hurdles, but his time of 14.02 was good for a Kansas win in the quadrangular competition. Stigler also ran in the 400 meter hurdles, where he won handily with a time of 50.07.
763 points.
Senior Lindsay Vollmer won the heptathlon in record-breaking fashion Thursday, winning six of the seven total events. Vollmer broke the Kansas Relays record for overall points in a heptathlon with 5,767 points. She also defeated second-place finisher Kansas State senior Sarah Kolmer by
"It was a really good confidence booster. You always want to come out there and do the best you can." Vollmer said. "I know I have a lot more to give and just know where to focus my training on ... hopefully it will skyrocket me to the top."
Freshmen Arnold Dinh and Lucas Shaw finished in ninth and 10th places, respectively, in their first-ever decathlon. Dinh finished fifth in three events: shot put, discus and pole vault. Shaw's top finish came in the pole vault where he jumped 15 feet 5 inches, good for second place.
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