6B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2002
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Kansas Senior Christi Musser slides into second as Iowa State infielder Molly McNertney waits for the ball. Kansas beat Iowa State in the first game of the doubleheader.
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catcher Katie Campbell.
The Cyclones jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first on two hits, two walks and one batter being hit by a pitch.
Kansas tied the game in the bottom of the third on a stand-up double by senior left fielder Christi Musser and a two-run homer by Tabb. Tabb's home run, the 23rd of her career, tied her for the all-time home run record at Kansas.
"When I recruited Tabb in high school, I expected this would be a
record she would own," Bunge said.
Tabb said she still wanted to break the record, but those thoughts didn't distract her while she was batting.
"I don't ever think home run when I go to the plate. Today I was thinking, hit it hard. It was nice."
Kansas tied the game again on Christi Musser's ninth homer of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Iowa State added another run in the fourth with a single, sacrifice bunt and RBI double.
But Iowa State put the game out of reach in the top of the sixth when
Herrin blasted her second home run of the day, a three-run shot that proved to be a back-breaker for the Jayhawks.
Kirsten Milhoan took the loss for the Iavhawks.
"It's disappointing," Hulse said. "The Big 12 Tournament is a new start to a new season. We knew we were going to have to play games, but now we'll just have to play one more. We want to finish the season strong. We haven't peaked yet, so we're looking forward to that."
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point out that the first tournament of the spring, the Taylor Made-Big Island Invitational in Waikoloa Hawaii, was their favorite competition from this past season.
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"Just a bunch of little stuff of the course, and staying together in a condo for an entire week made that trip great," senior Travis Hurst said.
The Big 12 tournament will start at 8 this morning at the Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson. The first
two rounds will be played this afternoon, and the final 18 holes will be played tomorrow.
Baylor won the tournament last season, but Oklahoma State has brought home three of the five championships in Big 12 history.
In 1999, when the Jayhawks last won the title, Harbour was on the team, but did not compete, and Marshall was a redshirt that season.
Last year, Marshall finished in a tie for 29th place, and in 2000, Harbour had sole possession of fourth place.
Marshall paces the team heading
Hurst leads the team in top-ten finishes this year with six and has recorded eight top-20 finishes.
into today's action with a team-low 18-hole average of 71.84 and a tournament average of 215.54.
Each starter has a different favorite moment from this past year, but Harbour's has yet to occur.
"Hopefully Tuesday afternoon," he said.
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including a two yard touchdown that finished off a 16 play 89 yard drive for the Blue team in the second quarter.
Mangino knows that he has two similar running backs who can block and receive as well as run.
"Reggie might be a little more of a slasher once he gets through the line of scrimmage, but Clark will get his pads down and he'll run you over." Mangino said. "He's not a big guy but there are collisions out there with him, and he'll spin off of them and make yards after the catch."
Mangino said he felt that the defense was also starting to develop a sense of pride.
"I really feel good about our linebackers' play and our secondary play," Mangino said. "I thought today was a good day for our defensive front. There were a couple of situations when we gave up some runs but that's an area we have worked very hard to improve and they made some strides tonight."
Teddleton is listed as 6-foot-6, 340 pounds, but over the past five months he has sworn off his normal fast food diet. He weighed in at an even 300 pounds Friday night
Making strides is commonplace for junior defensive tackle Brock Teddleton who had three tackles and a sack.
"I'd probably get a 20 piece chicken McNugget, super size fries, and a large Dr. Pepper." Teddleton said with a grin. "I enjoy being in shape because I didn't think I was healthy when I weighed 340."
Mangino has the Jayhawks brimming with a new confidence and excited for the possibilities that lie ahead.
Notes:
"I think we just needed to get some confidence in our players, and we're working everyday to build confidence and I believe our kids are responding well," Mangino said. "I can't say enough about our players' willingness to work and make sacrifices to be a good football team."
Seniors Justin Sands, Harrison Hill. Greg Cole and Leo Etienne were announced as the 2002 captains before the scrimmage.
■ Kansas unveiled its new uniforms at halftime of Friday's scrimmage. The new uniforms resemble the New York Giants' uniforms. They have a darker blue than previous years. The new helmets are also a darker blue with a red stripe and a large white KU logo on the side.
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even warmed up yet, so I just started to go."
Higgins pulled away to the victory with a time of 35 minutes, 27.52 seconds. That time places her third on the all-time Kansas list and missed the NCAA provisional standard by 13 seconds.
"I didn't even know what my time was until five minutes after the race and I was happy with that," Higgins said. "Then I was like, '13 seconds off provisional!" and I even ran in lane two for half the race."
Distance coach Doug Clark said on each lap, Higgins kept getting further ahead of the pace the two had planned on before the race.
"I'm sure the adrenaline started snowballing after that," Clark said. "All the other kids were there cheering her on from the infield. It was a great night."
On Thursday, Eisenmenger nearly brought the 4x1,600-meter relay team to victory with a furious sprint in the last 200 meters.
The team of Eisenmenger, sophomore Laura Lavoie, freshman Megan Manthe and senior Courtney Deutsch
ran 19:37.36, losing to Missouri by 1.09 seconds.
Clark said he told Eisenmenger before the 1,500 on Saturday that she could unleash the same kick after sticking with the leaders for the entire race.
And she did, winning the race with a time of 4:26.46, after a strong kick 200 meters from the finish. Lavoe finished third with a time of 4:29.29
"With 200 to go, it was pretty impressive." Clark said.
Other top performers for the Jayhawks were the men's 4x800 meter relay team of freshmen Jeremy Mims and Brandon Hodges and seniors Charlie Gruber and Brian Blachly, who finished second by one-hundredth of a second to Illinois in a time of 7:25.25; senior Erika Hamel, who produced a personal best of 19-4 to place third in the long jump; freshman Brooklyn Hann, who finished fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 40-8 3/4; senior Andy Morris, who finished second in his first decathlon in two years with a score of 7,143 points; and Gruber, who finished fifth in an tough mile field with a time of 4:06.28.
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