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- THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 2002
Golfers build on fall season for spring
This week marks the beginning of the spring season for the Kansas men's golf team. The Jayhawks are in Hawaii making their final preparations for the Taylor Made/Big Island Invitational at the University of Hawaii.
The team wants to make a statement this spring after a disappointing campaign in the fall. The Jayhawks placed 10th in their first two tournaments of the year, then placed fifth at The Nelson-Stanford Invitational and ended the fall season on a positive note with a second place finish at The Prestige at Palm Desert.
"Our finish during the fall season is definitely encouraging and really close to what I thought this team can do even though this is a young team," coach Ross Randall said.
The team has four seniors along with what Randall sees as a promising group of freshmen.
"This is a really strong freshman class." Randall said. "On paper they look really good and I believe that in the future we will be a very strong team."
Coming into the spring season, the team's strongest player is junior Chris Marshall, who finished in the top 20 in four fall tournaments, and also had two top-10 finishes.
Randall said he was excited about the emergence of sophomore Tyler Hall as one of the top golfers in the collegiate ranks. Hall finished tied for 10th at the Purina Classic and tied for second at the Stanford Invitational despite a slow start to the fall season.
"He definitely has the ability to shoot the low scores." Randall said. "What we are looking for with Tyler is to be more consistent in the spring."
Today kicks off a spring season that will include six tournaments, all of which are away from home.
In the 24-team tournament, Kansas' five-man roster will include Hall, senior Casey Harbour, senior Travis Hurst, Marshall and redshirt freshman Kevin Ward.
-Ryan Greene
By Stephanie Goettsch Kansan sportswriter
ROTC basketball grabs three wins in tourney
Eight army ROTC cadets overcame long travel and fatigue to perform well last weekend at the Notre Dame Flying Irish basketball tournament in South Bend, Ind.
"We left at 5 a.m. and played at 10 p.m. that night," said team captain Pason Stopper, Ulysses senior. "Plus, this is the first year we've done this, and we hadn't had much time to practice."
The looming setbacks had
little effect. They went 3-2 at the round robin tournament and placed a respectable 16th out of 56 teams. Cadets from all the armed services played on the teams.
The University of Kansas team kicked off the weekend with a solid 56-32 win over the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
"We really played well the first night, which opened the tournament and gave us the chance to excel," said Steve Connelly, Leavenworth freshman.
The University of Notre Dame also fell to Kansas, 51-40. The Kansas army cadets were handed their first loss against the Air Force ROTC from South Dakota State University. 35,21
The team's 2-1 record advanced them to the next bracket, consisting of 20 teams. In the first round, they came from behind and beat the University of Wisconsin Army ROTC,32-29.
"Our best game was definitely against Wisconsin. We were tired after the first two games and were down four
points at the half." Stopper said. "But we hung in there and fought our way back to gain control of the game."
The team had one hour to rest before its final game against Colorado, who won in a decisive victory.
"Fatigue was definitely a factor. We had already played three games and Colorado had more time to rest. But they really were a good team and showed they wanted to win," Connelly said.
Team captain Stopper attributed some of the team's success to three key players. Shooting
guard Kyle Parks, Larned senior, was selected as Most Valuable Player by the opposing team three times and was a strong asset to the KU team. Connelly and Wes Wilson, Topeka sophomore, were each selected as MVPs once.
However, Connelly said that team work rather than individual accomplishment was the team's strength.
Contact Goettsch at sgoettsch@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Smarsed
Men's ultimate Frisbee team starts season with wins
By Stephanie Goettsch Kansan sportswriter
The HorrorZontals men's ultimate Frisbee team showed its ability as a "crew" last weekend at the 15th Annual "Krewe of Ultimate" Mardi Gras tournament in Baton Rouge, La.
The 'Zontals finished the tournament with a 4-1 record.
eventual champions, Winina State," said co-captain Brandon Rice, Olathe junior. "The next tournament isn't until spring break so we'll have plenty of time to improve."
"Our only loss was to the
The team was undefeated after Saturday's competition. It won the first game13-6 and finished 13-11 the next two games.
"We were a little over confident with some of the teams, which is why they scored more than they should have." Clay Davis, Topeka junior, said. "We played a lot of new guys who are talented, but have less experience. When it got close in the end, the veterans pulled through."
The HorrorZontals were awarded a bye on Sunday, and then played Winona State in a long, grueling game. The 'Zontals lost 11-8.
"The wind was a huge factor." Davis said of the loss. And they also had a really tight zone defense."
Despite the concluding loss. Rice saw positive improvement over last year.
"We had a couple of close wins, and last year we lost the
close games. So we were really happy." Rice said. "Since we've only had eight or nine practices, we're still rusty. But it was a good start."
The Bettys women's ultimate Frisbee team also competed at the tournament. The highlight was its 13-4 win over South Point.
"It was our last game of the day and we had finally learned how to balance out our weaknesses and read each other," said team captain Ellen Schieber, Fairway junior.
The Bettys went 1-3 for the
tournament.
The HorrorZontals and the Bettys will compete next in the Terminus tournament, March 16—17 in Atlanta.
"It was a great learning experience, especially for the new girls," Schieber said. "We haven't had the chance to play together until now."
Contact Goettsch at sgoettsch@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Laurie Harrison.
WOMEN
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to put that all behind you and the more you shoot, the more likely that one of them is going to go down."
Waltz looked for her shot last Saturday at Missouri. She scored seven points while attempting a team-high 15 shots. Washington said her Jayhawks needed additional scoring from players like Waltz.
"We've struggled all season long with trying to find ways to
put points up on the boards." Washington said.
"I've got players like Brandi McGinest that are coming off the bench now and playing some good minutes with a lot more confidence. Certainly Blair's had tremendous opportunity all season long and Chelsea (Thompson). I just think that we've got a lot more players coming out and helping us."
Kansas will need these reserve players to show up tonight if the Jayhawks are to compete with Nebraska, a
team that knocked off No.11 Kansas State last week.
The Cornhuskers' Keasha Cannon scored a career-high 27 points in that game along with 16 rebounds to earn her Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors.
Contact Scott at jscott@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristi Henderson.
HUSKERS
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Notes
points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game, and is a strong candidate for Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
After Nebraska, the Jay hawks' remaining three regular season games will be against Top 25 teams. Its Feb. 23 matchup at No. 10 Iowa State is their only remaining road game.
Husker guard Shahidrah
Roberts and Kansas freshman forward Blair Waltz were high school teammates at Blue Valley North High School, and each contributed to the Mustang's 1998 6A state champion team. Roberts has been sidelined with injury and has not played since Dec. 22.
Nebraska has won the last six meetings against Kansas, although the Jayhawks lead the all-time series 40-18.
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