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THURSDAY,APRIL 18,2002
LACROSSE
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"It's really a rags-to-riches story," he said. "When you start a club sport, they don't take you too seriously and you have to prove yourself. That got to us and we did what we had to do. Now we want to bring home that trophy, and that's our proof."
The team is 8-1 and the No.1 seed for the Great Plains Lacrosse Championship in Kansas City, Mo. The KU men have a first round bye and will play at 3:00 on Saturday afternoon.
Team co-captain Will Bouchard, Indian Mills, N.J., graduate student, said the first game was vital because it was against the reigning champions, the Kansas City Flying Monkey.
"We beat them earlier this year, so hopefully we'll beat them again. If we lose that game, the best we can get is third," he said.
The KU men triumphed over the Flying Monkey 7-6 in their second game of the season. Their most recent win was a commanding 19-4 victory over Tulsa last Saturday. Tulsa scored two quick goals but KU regrouped and came up on top.
Co-captain Matt Dunkin, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said attitude was the driving force behind their newfound success.
"Sometimes we come out real flat and let them go up a few goals until we settle in and play like we should," Bouchard said. "Other than that, we're pretty solid."
"This team is all heart," he said. "We've never rolled over. No matter how tired we are, everyone just keeps fighting. It's pretty awesome to watch."
pretty awesome to make Dunkin praised the positive attitude and leadership skills of Nate Nacon, St. Louis, freshman, and Jordan Mallin, St. Louis, sophomore.
"Jordan and Nate put a lot of work into this team. They've helped me in every way they can," he said. "Nate has worked his butt off and is a big threat on attack."
Co-captain Bouchard said goalie Mike 'Wild Man' Cook, St.
Louis freshman and Dunkin are an integral part of the team.
"Matt leads the defense and helps coach a lot of the players." he said.
elis, he said. Bouchard, a former Div. III lacrosse player from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., is a threat himself, according to Dunkin.
"He's already played four years in college and is the best player on the team," Dunkin said.
Endurance is another positive attribute that could be instrumental at the championship tournament. Earlier this season, the team won back-to-back games at a tournament
in Sioux Center, Iowa, with only eleven players.
"We beat the University of South Dakota in a big victory and were about ready to drop dead we were so tired," Kaba said. "But we returned around and played Dordt College 10 minutes later. And we beat them. We know we have to push harder when we're tired."
teams' ability to win the match.
"We're not going to go this far and lose now," Kaba said.
Overall, Dunkin and Bouchard are both coaches' ability to win the tournament.
Contact Goettsch at sgoettsch@kansan.com. This story was edited by Gillian Titus.
Gabe VanPeit, Lakeville, MN, freshman, Will Bouchard, Indian Mills, NJ, grad student, and Terry Maloney, Chicago, IL, sophomore, practice a lacrosse drill outside Watson Health Center.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
JILLIAN
THORPE/KANSAN
Kristen Bloom broke the career goal scoring record for the KU women's lacrosse team last weekend.
lactose Bloom, a Wichita senior, scored four goals against Lake Forest on Saturday at Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Her first goal gave 44 for her career and sole possession of the record.
This weekend, the team will play host for its own tournament, which as been rescheduled to Sunday because Texas
Tech pulled out of the tournament
All games have been moved to Sunday at Shenk Field and the schedule is as follows: 9 a.m. — Iowa vs. Washington; 10 a.m. — Washington vs. Kansas; 11 a.m. — Iowa vs. Truman State; Noon — Knox vs. Washington; 1 p.m. — Truman State vs. Kansas; 2 p.m. — Knox vs. Kansas
The tournament is the final set of games in the Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League regular season. If Shenk is too wet because of rain, the games will be played at Broken Arrow Park.
GREENE
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Smith said the team would make sure to be accessible to the fans this weekend as well.
we will sign autographs until the cows come home," he said. "We believe that the kids and our fans, that's the reason why we're out there."
Yesterday was day one of the Kansas Relays and featured the opening of the two-day men's decathlon and women's heptathlon.
Koya Webb of Wichita State is leading the heptathlon with a score of 3,161 points. She won the high jump with a mark of 5 feet 8.75 inches, and finished second in both the 100-
meter hurdles and 200-
meter dash. Kari Diem won
the shot put with a throw of
35-7.75 and Shannon
Mihalian of Hastings won
the hurdles (14.77 seconds)
and the 200 (25.36). The
women finish tomorrow
with the long jump, javelin
and 800-meter run.
Pat Pyle of Kansas State leads the decathlon with a score of 3,758 points. Pyle won the long jump with a leap of 22-11, tied for the best high jump with a mark of 6-4 and was second in the 100 meters with a time of 11.02.
Contact Norton at mnorton@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Guenley.
SOFTBALL
A double steal put Christi Musser and Tabb at third and second, and senior catcher Katie Campbell's ground out to second scored Musser for a 2-0 lead.
The Jayhawks picked up another run in the top of the sixth on doubles by Christi Musser, freshman right fielder Serena Settlemier and Campbell.
Kansas finished off UMKC with three runs in the seventh. Shelly Musser doubled, and senior second baseman Amy Hulse reached first on a bunt. Hulse stole second and Musser scored on a throwing error. Christi Musser followed with a two-run home run to right centerfield. Christi Musser was 2-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored.
Milhoan and Pierce combined for the shut-out.
The Jayhawks play Missouri (26-28 overall, 2-11 Big 12) today at 5 p.m. at Jayhawk Field. The Tigers won the first match-up this season 2-1 in Columbia. Missouri won two games against UMKC earlier this week and split with No. 4 Nebraska last weekend.
Contact Brox at abrox@kansan.com. This story was edited by Andy Gassaway.
PREDECESSORS
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Like Gooden, Pierce struggled to decide whether to leave. Pierce, who averaged 20.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game his junior season, felt so bad about heading to the NBA early that he left Lawrence quickly after making the announcement and had to be coaxed into coming back for the team's annual post-season banquet.
"It was already difficult for me to make the decision to turn pro," Pierce told the Kansan in 1998. "But it would have been harder for me to see the same people every day. I didn't know what the fans' reaction would be."
Gooden, who averaged 19.8 points and 11.4 rebounds per game this season, is facing the same dilemma this week that his predecessors once faced.
Williams said on Monday that he had no idea what Gooden's final decision would be, but he admitted that it would be a tough decision for anyone to make.
Vaughn
LaFrentz
including himself.
"Each person has different dreams, different goals," Williams said. "For me to say what I would do, could be 180 degrees away from what Drew would do or what Jacque did or Paul did, but that's just because of the difference in the personalities, the difference in the individuals."
Contact Wasko at bwasko@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Molly Gise.
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