12A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS WEDNESDAY,MARCH 12,2003 Evan Semón/Kansan State Collegian Floored Kansas for- ward, Blair Waltz, scrambles for a loose ball as the the ninth seeded Jayhawks defeated Iowa State 63-60 in the first game of the women's Big 12 Tournament at Reunion Arena in Dallas. Baseball CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9A Kansas' 3 through 8 batters only hit the ball once throughout the game, which came on a double by junior Ryan Baty. The only player with more than one hit was freshman second baseman Ritchie Price who went 2-5 on the day. The only other offensive bright spot for Kansas came from senior shortstop Brandon Runpard who hit his first home run of the season. "The atmosphere in the locker room after the game shows that we expect to win every game we play." Price said. "Sometimes you lose 2-1, and sometimes you win 2-1. We will bounce back from this though, and keep playing hard." The game entered the bottom of the eighth still tied at 1-1, but Knippschild was called for a balk with runners on first and second base. After each runner advanced a base, the next batter squeezed a ball through the right side of the infield, as the winning run scored. Kansas tried to respond in the top of the ninth when junior Matt Tribble got on base by an error on Arkansas first baseman Haas Pratt. Tribble reached second base with no one out, but Kansas failed to get him home. Tribble, who went 0-4 on the day, saw his record hit-streak stop at 20 games. Kansas will return to action Friday at Hoglund Ballpark as it faces Oral Roberts University at 4 p.m. — Edited by Jason Elliott Royals release outfielder The Associated Press SURPRISE. Ariz. — Outfielder Mark Quinn was placed on unconditional release waivers yesterday by the Kansas City Royals following a slow spring training start. "We said coming into spring training there were going to be no gimmes," manager Tony Pena said. Quinn, 28, is a former Texas League and Pacific Coast League batting champion. Pena said everybody believed Quinn was not going to help the balclub. Quinn had a $500,000, one-year contract and will receive 30 days' termination pay, $81,967. After today, players who are placed on release waivers get 45 days' termination pay. but Quinn was limited to 23 games last year after he broke a rib and tore his left hamstring. He reinjured the hamstring on March 3 and played in only one 'B' game. He was unavailable to play Monday and was 1-for-8 in spring training games. After hitting .294 with 20 home runs and 78 RBI as a rookie in 2000, Quinn dropped to.269 with 17 homers and 60 RBI in 2001. How would YOU like to be an internationally known photographer, have your photos exhibited and win some great prizes too? International Photography Contest Open to all University of Kansas Students, Faculty, Staff (current & retired) and Alumni Official rules; entry forms and prize information available at; Office of International Programs, 300 Strong Hall & Schuster Services, 2 Strong Hall Office of International International Student & Scholar Services, 2强Hall Irvington Hall Office of Study Abroad, 108 Lippincott Hall Or visit online: EXTENDED Entrv Deadline: March 24, 2003 EXTENDED ENTRY Deadline: March 17 sponsored by Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society