"I was so worried about my speech that I thought I might not play well."
Kirk Hinrich, on his last game in Allen Fieldhouse
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Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Inside Sports Tennis team wins two, drops one
For many fans, Saturday's victory over Oklahoma State was the last time they would set foot in Allen Fieldhouse until Late Night with Roy Williams in October or the first men's game of the 2003-2004 season.
Women's basketball deserves recognition
It would be a nice gesture of gratitude to come see the Kansas women's basketball squad in its final home game of the season.
But the Fieldhouse has not shut down for the year — not yet.
The team may be struggling with a 10-16 overall record, 3-12 in the Big 12, but on Wednesday, Kansas has a very good chance to notch another conference victory. The Jayhawks will face a Cyclone squad from Iowa State that is only one notch higher than them in the Big 12 standings. Kansas is also out to avenge a 72-70 defeat that Iowa State handed to it on Jan. 11 in Ames, Iowa.
There are other reasons to see the Jayhawks play Wednesday, too. Not only is it an escape from studying, it's an another visit to historic Allen Fieldhouse, a place some of the fans might take for granted. It's Division I college basketball and here the best part: Come to Allen Fieldhouse with your KUID and you get in the game for free.
Although it is the last home game the ladies will play this season, this team will not have senior speeches—there are no seniors on the team. There are two juniors, four sophomores, and six freshmen.
Many of these freshmen were not used to losing a lot of games in high school, but this team has gone through this rebuilding year with a heavy dose of growing pains. In order to build a program, these players were forced to learn on the fly how to win as a team, even though they've been taking a beating from the Big 12 competition.
Kansas has taken its bumps and bruises as a team, which is why we all should go to Allen Fieldhouse to applaud them for their hard work to bring back this program to the top, where it was in the past.
Go see the Jayhawks and how they've progressed from an 0-16 conference season from a year ago. See these women play hard for their team and for the University of Kansas.
See the Jayhawks leave every drop of effort on the floor for the letters in the front of the jersey: K-A-N-S-A-S.
Hwang is an Overland Park junior in journalism.
By Jonah Ballow
jballow@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 63-ranked Kansas tennis team came away with two victories in three matches over the weekend.
"We came out fighting and remained positive," junior Emily Haylock said. All the hard work paid off and we came way with some good wins this weekend."
Kansas's No. 1 doubles team of junior Courtney Steinbock and sophomore Paige Brown defeated Iowa's Steffi Hoch and Gloria Okino, 8-5. Junior Kristen Steinbock and Haylock secured the doubles point by beating Cassie Haas and Chelsea Glynn 8-3.
The team started strong with a 4-3 victory Friday over the No. 54-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes.
3, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6). Brown defeated Hoch in two sets, 7-5, 6-2, and freshman Christine Skoda batted back from being a set down to beat Dani Alexandrova, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0.
Kansas and Iowa then split the singles matches. Kansas's No. 1 singles player Courtney Steinbock played a three-set thriller, only to lose to Haas, 6-
Saturday, the Jayhawks came back to earn their first conference victory over the Iowa State Cyclones, 6-1. Kansas stayed with the same lineup that worked in the match against Iowa and again won the doubles point. The Jayhawks then cruised to win all but one singles match.
Courtney Steinbock defeated Sabrina Evers, 6-2, 6-2. For the first time this season, Kristen Steinbock played singles at the No. 6 position and beat Suzanne Ruten, 6-2, 6-0.
"Kristen competed very well this weekend and she deserves to be in the lineup now that she is healthy," coach Kilmeny Waterman said.
Kristen Steinbock and Haylock were the lone Kansas victory yesterday after beating Erica Fisk and Jackie Leskovar, 8-4.
Yesterday, Kansas returned home to face the No. 38-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and fell 4-3. In contrast to the previous matches of the weekend. Kansas could not get the doubles point against the Buckeyes.
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Brown fought to win a match with Fisk, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Haylock won in straight sets by defeating Leskovar, 6-2, 7-6(4).
Kristen Steinbock notched her second straight singles victory of the season with a victory over Lindsey Adams, 6-2, 6-3.
"Even though we didn't win today, it was a positive weekend." Waterman said. "We wanted to come away at least 2-1 over the weekend."
Kansas is now 5-4 on the season and 1-1 in the Big 12 conference. The Jayhawks will host a Big 12 match-up Saturday against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Softball takes Crimson Classic title
— Edited by Michelle Burhenn
The hits keep coming for the Kansas softball team, and so do the victories. The Jayhawks went 4-1 in the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala., during the weekend, returning to Lawrence as tourney champs and keepers of a 14-4 record -the club's best start since 1992.
"I am thrilled with the way the team is playing." Kansas softball coach Tracy Bunge said. "This team is finding a way to win close games."
Noteworthy efforts from a list of familiar faces led to the impressive showing. Several Jayhawks picked up post-tourney accolades, including junior pitcher Kara Pierce who was named tournament MVP after going 3-1 while striking out 18 in 25 innings of work.
Three other Jayhawks made the alltournament team. Junior outfielder Mel Wallach was one of the players. She went 5-for-16 with three homeruns and four RBIs, including the game-tying homer in the championship game against Texas-Arlington yesterday. Kansas went on to beat the Mavericks 2-1. Pierce improved her overall record to 10-3.
"Mel Waliach's performance was huge this weekend, and Kara Pierce was steadier than anybody could expect," Bunge said. "It was just a great weekend for the team."
Freshman catcher Melaney Torres (3-for-12, 2 runs) and freshman infielder Jessica Moppin (4-for-14, 3 runs) were also named to the squad. Kansas ended with a 1-1 split in the first day on Friday after defeating Penn State 4-2 only to lose to host No. 13 Alabama 2-1 in extra innings.
Senior pitcher Kirsten Milhoan provided the Jayhawks with solid pitching support with a complete game. The victory brought Milhoan's record to 4-1.
Moppin led the Jayhawks at the plate, going 2-for-2 with 2 runs. Against Alabama, Kansas let the victory go away via a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning, allowing the game winning run for the Crimson Tide.
Besides the mishap, Pierce held Alabama to just two hits.
"Both Kirsten and Kara threw the ball extremely well for us today," Bunge said. "Offensively, we are not firing on all cylinders, but we're a young team and we're
still growing as an offensive unit. Against Penn State, we found a way to win, but against a tough Alabama squad, we made too many mistakes and it cost us."
On Saturday, Kansas showed why the previous loss was a fluke by defeating
Texas-Arlington for a first time, 2-1, and then getting revenge on the
Crimson Tide by beating Alabama 6-5. Pierce picked up both victories for the Jawhaws.
Wallach smashed two homeruns against Alabama, including one that led to a four-run rally in the bottom of sixth, overcoming a 5-2 Crimson Tide lead.
"I'm really proud of this team because these wins were a total team effort." Bunge said. "We continue to have different people step up in every game and that's what is so great about this team."
The only place the team will travel to this week will be the classroom, as the squad gets ready for midterms. The softball team will resume play on March 15 in a doubleheader against New Mexico State at Stillwater, Okla.
Steve Schmidt
Missouri narrowly defeats Kansas State
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — First came the roller-coaster ride, then the unexpected bus ride, then the star's crash to the floor.
Even Missouri coach Quin Snyder expected the worst.
But after the Tigers didn't fold in Saturday's 77-70 win over Kansas State — and after forward Rickey Paulding got up from a nasty spill with nothing more than a sore left wrist — Snyder looked relieved and sounded optimistic about his team's chances to continue its strong stretch run.
"The whole thing lines up for us to get beat," he said.
"We could have let down, but we didn't."
First, an 89-68 blowout loss at Colorado knocked the Tigers out of the Top 25. Then, they turned around in Columbia on Wednesday and shocked No.3 Oklahoma 67-52.
The Tigers' rare road win (they're 3-6 in opponents' gyms this season) capped a wild eight days for Missouri (18-7, 9-5 Big 12).
the second half and four free throws in the closing seconds.
Paulding scored 23 points, eight in the final two minutes, and Clemons' 17 points included two key 3-pointers in
Fortunately, the Tigers had Paulding and point guard Rickey Clemons to pick them up.
Paulding could have had even more points, but he wasn't allowed to take his own free throws after being knocked to the floor by Kansas State's Gilson DeJesus while taking a layup early in the second half.
Dejesus led Kansas State with four 3-pointers and 17 points before fouling out.
Clemons, playing with a broken left hand for the second straight game, didn't give up after going 0-for-4 from long range in the first half. But his two 3-pointers helped Missouri overcome a second-half run by the Wildcats, and
he went 4-for-4 from the line in the final 26.8 seconds.
Matt Siebrandt had 16 points for Kansas State, which led by five points as Dejesus hit two 3-pointers in a 10-0 run midway through the second half.
But the Wildcats (12-15, 3-11) never led again after Clemons' 3-pointer broke a 62-all tie with just under four minutes left.
"I thought today we all pretty much stepped up to the challenge," Kansas State guard Frank Richards said. "We played and played and fought and fought, but they were the ones that made the plays at the end."
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Kansas Athletics Calendar
TOMORROW
Men's basketball at Texas Tech, Lubbock Texas, 8 p.m.
Baseball at Creighton, Omaha, Neb., 2:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Women's basketball vs. Iowa State, Allen Fieldhouse, 7:05 p.m.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Western Michigan, Hoglund Ballpark, 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Western Michigan, Hoglund Ballpark, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
Baseball vs. Western Michigan, Hoglund Ballpark, 1 p.m.
Track at the Iowa State Invitational,
Ames, Iowa
Tennis vs Nebraska, Kansas City Racquet Club, Mission, 4 p.m.
SUNDAY
Men's basketball at Missouri, Columbia,
Mo...1 p.m.
Baseball vs. Western Michigan, Hoglund Ballpark 1 p.m.
Dear Roy Williams, what were you thinking playing Wayne Simien in that worthless Texas A&M game? You put the glory of the team over the health of one of your players, and now it cost us because we're not going to have him the rest of the year. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out, either — I told my girlfriend not 10 seconds before he got injured that he shouldn't be playing.
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I'd just like to say that the Big 12 sucks for not allowing the KU band to play the goodbye song whenever a play from the opposing team fouls out. Thanks for ruining a KU tradition.
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ECUMENICAL ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES
March 5 in the Danforth Chapel on the KU Campus
7:30 AM 11:30AM 12:30PM 4:30PM
Imposition of ashes will be offered,but if you have never been to an Ash Wednesday service before,you are welcome to come and observe.
Sponsored by: Canterbury House (Episcopal), Ecumenical Christian Ministries, Lutheran Campus Ministry, St. John's Catholic Apostile and United Methodist Campus Ministry.
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