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The recent popularity of K-State women's basketball has many roots. The Wildcats are led by freshmen Kendra Wecker and Laurie Koehn and sophomore Nicole Ohlde — all Kansas natives. K-State's men's team has been consistently mediocre, making women's sports more appealing.
Still, Scott said one thing stood out. "There's no better promotion than a team winning a lot of games," he said. "That's done more for us than anything."
No love for winners
But even winning teams don't draw crowds to Olympic sports at the University of Kansas.
On Oct. 30, Brianna Valento of the Kansas soccer team played perhaps the greatest game in SuperTarget Field history.
The junior defender scored a team record-tying three goals all on headers and led Kansas to a 3-0 victory over St. Louis University. Thanks to Valento's hat trick, the Jayhawks improved their record to an impressive 12-5, and Valento was named Big 12 Player of the Week.
Valento's award-winning effort. It was one of the lowest singlegame attendance figures in the Big 12 Conference in 2001.
Only 189 fans witnessed
Outside of men's basketball, the Jayhawk soccer team was the most successful team to wear crimson and blue in 2001-2002. The team finished 13-7, grabbing a fourth-place conference finish and securing a berth in the NCAA tournament.
Yet, its attendance figures remained dismal. The team's 2-0 victory over Missouri Nov. 2 drew a season-high, yet meager. 411 fans to SuperTarget Field. For the year, the Jayhawks averaged just 272 fans. The lack of attendance prompted the athletics department to stop charging admission in 2001, in hopes of attracting more fans.
On the same day as Kansas' victory over the Tigers, the Texas soccer team played host to instate rival Texas A&M. The Aggies upset the Longhorns in a humiliating 6-1 rout. More startling than the margin of victory were the 5,376 fans who paid to be there, an impressive turnout for a women's college soccer game. For the season, Texas averaged 1,924 fans, tops in the
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Texas vs. Kansas Soccer
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior guard KC Hillgenkamp takes a jump shot against Nebraska on Feb. 13, in front of mostly empty seats. Women's basketball, as well as soccer and softball, struggled to draw crowds to its games this year.
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