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27-18 record in two years and this season was their best since 1997.
It is truly an honor and a huge accomplishment to be recognized like this by my peers," Waterman said. "It is nice to get this reward because as a team we surpassed our goals for this year, and it did not go unnoticed."
The Jayhawks finished the season with a 16-6 record overall and 9-2 in the Big 12 Conference.
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turned in respectable performances, including an effort against No. 3 Louisiana State in which they lost the lead in the ninth inning and eventually fell 7-6.
"I know early, they had a hard time scoring." Randall said. "Their pitching was very good, and the problem seemed to be getting runs across."
The Jayhawks (18-24) will start seniors Dan Olson (4-3) and jake Wright (2-5) in tomos
Olson is the reigning Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, an honor awarded to him for his strong effort at No. 15 Nebraska last Sunday.
row's doubleheader.
Kansas' next five games are against non-conference foes before they close the season with three games against Oklahoma and three games against Kansas State in mid-May.
"I think it's extremely important to build some momentum at the end," Randall said. "We have some tough games coming up and we need to get it going."
Freshman second baseman Travis Metcalf will be sidelined for the rest of the year with a possible torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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Metcalf suffered the injury Tuesday night in a collision with Illinois-Chicago third baseman Bryan Russo. Metcalf hit .269 in 27 games.
He was one of just two freshman to regularly start for Kansas this season.
"Obviously, I wish I could still be playing more," Metcalf said. "but I hope I helped the
team out somewhat. It was a good introductory season for me."
Russo suffered a concussion and a broken nose on the play. He sat out the remainder of the series.
Randall announced yesterday that a game against Washburn has been added to the schedule.
The two teams will face off at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark.
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"I think it's extremely important to build some momentum at the end. We have some tough games coming up and we need to get
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said of her fall last week
Also traveling to Austin is Kansas' pair of 17-foot-plus pole vaulters, junior Vadim Gvozdeskiy and senior Jeremy Hull, who will take on the NCAA leader in that event, Brian Hunter of Texas.
Senior decathlete Andy Morris will sharpen his skills at several individual events, leading the group of athletes traveling to Iowa City.
Redwine said that except for a few minor bumps and bruises, the team was healthy and ready for a final push toward the conference and NCAA meets.
With senior thrower Scott Russell the only Jayhawk assured of a spot in the NCAA meet, this weekend will be pivotal for a sizable contingent of Jayhawks hoping to join him.
"it's true the weather has hampered our performances, but we can't worry about that." Redwine said. "We have to go out there and do what we do best."
Returning to action for the Jayhawks this week is sophomore spinner Leo Bookman.
An All-American in the 200-meter dash indoors, Bookman has spent the last month and a half going through spring drills with the football team.
Redwine said Bookman would compete the 100 and 200 in Austin this weekend to begin a crash course of preparation for the Big 12 meet.
Redwine said he wasn't concerned about Bookman missing time on the track this spring.
"A competitor will always step
"It's true the weather has hampered our performances, but we can't worry about that. We have to go out there and do what we do best." Stanley Redwine
Stanley Redwine Kansas track coach
up to the competition, and that's what he's going to do," Redwine said.
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Kansas senior Katy Eisenmenger, left, and sophomore Laura Lavoie, right, will both compete in the metric mile this weekend at the Stanford Invitational.
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could get. The Jayhawks exploded for a two-run fifth inning. Freshman pitcher Settlemier singled to left field but was out at second on a fielder's choice by Wright. Wright stole second and was followed by a walk to sophomore infielder Sandy Smith who pinch hit for May. May returned to run for Smith, Musser's double to left field scored Wright and May for the 2-1 lead.
"We didn't get anything
clutch," Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said. "I give the credit to Kansas for getting the clutch when they needed to."
Kansas added to its lead in the top of the seventh. Settlemier drew a lead off walk, and sophomore outfielder Mel Wallach pinch ran for Settlemier. Senior second baseman Amy Hulse's single moved Wallach to second. A sacrifice bunt by Wright advanced Hulse and Wallach to second and third. May's single to right field scored Wallach, and the Jayhawks took the 5-1 victory.
Settlemier (12-7) earned the
complete-game win, allowing six hits and one run to go with three strike-outs.
"We have no preference for tomorrow." Bunge said. "Whoever wins in the Nebraska-Oklahoma State game, we're excited to play."
Kansas will play the winner of the Nebraska-Oklahoma State game tomorrow. The Nebraska-O-State game will take place at 7:30 tonight
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Mystery horse could take derby
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mystery surrounds the foreignbased horses running in the Kentucky Derby. They haven't even raced in the United States this year.
Irish-based Johannesburg and his stablemate, Castle Gandolfo, and Sheik Mohammed's Essence of Dubai are considered as likely to win as any of the 3-year-olds in tomorrow's 20-horse field.
Still, that's no reason to count 'em out.
"We may not know anything about them, but I don't have any doubt they will be fit," said Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who'll try to win his fifth Derby with long-shot Proud Citizen.
"You can't throw them out," said John Toffan, owner of 5-1 co-second choice Came Home.
I they know what they're
doing over there," said Ken McPeek, who trains 9-2 favorite Harlan's Holiday. He has Essence of Dubai and 2-year-old champion Johannesburg on his short list of possible winners.
Johannesburg is a co-third choice at 6-1; Essence of Dubai is 15-1; and Castle Gandolfo, making his American debut, is 20-1.
Lukas concludes: "They're the X factor in here—big time."
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