University Daily Kansan, March 25, 1985
SPORTS
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Meeting helps team overcome troubles
RO MIKE BRENNAN
Sports Writer
The Kansas baseball players knew something was wrong after Wednesday's loss to Northwest Missouri and called a team bringing Thursday to iron out those problems.
won four games in a row. Yesterday, KU defeated Emporia State 11-1 and 74-, boosting its record to 9-9-1. Friday, they swept Fort Hays State 4-3 and 11-4.
"We just needed to get together, get intensity and pull a little more for each other," head coach Marty Pattin said. "We weren't plaving along as a team."
But now they are playing aggressively and hitting the ball. KU has been taking the extra base on base hits, stealing bases and beating out slow rollers. A good example of the Jayhawks hustle cam in the third inning of yesterday's first game.
KU WAS LEADING 1-0 when Chuck Christenson, second baseman, led off the inning with an infield single. John Hart, right fielder, sent a single up the middle and Christenson broke for third. He was safe, and on the throw Hart went to second.
Gary Lang, shortstop, then poked a single to right, scoring Christenson. Hart moved to third and Lang was safe at second on the throw to home plate.
One out and two runs later, Phil Doherty,
first baseman, singled, knocking in Hart and
Todd Schweigert, center fielder. Designated
hitter Dan Christie, who beat out an infield hit, scored the final run in the inning on a single by left fielder Mike Ingram. The Jayhawks led 6-0.
"We were aggressive and we moved the rummers over well." Pattin said. "We don't go out and store runs, lay down and die. We are keeping the pressure on."
PITCHER CHARLIE BUZARD held the Hornets to just one run on six hits. The only run came on a home run by third baseman Al Ruiz.
The home run was the only extra-base hit Emporia State could get off Buzard, who struck out two batters and walked two. The
"That's the best I've seen Buzard pitch,
that helps when you have a few ripe
tips to work with."
other five hits were singles and two were infield hits.
Even the break between games didn't slow down the Javahawks.
The biggest immin Kansas had in the second game was the first, when KU pushed in three runs for a quick 3-1 lead. Hart led off with a single and catcher Rob Thomson wore out. Schweigert then hit a two-run run to center field, putting the Javahws in front.
BUT THAT LEAD didn't last long
The Hornets battled back in the second, scoring four runs on four hits off pitcher John Heeney. Heeney had control problems in the second, walking two batters and hitting
Heeney was taken out of the game in the ninety-minute after an error and two hit batsmalls.
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In came Jon Steiner, who got right fielder Mike Buss to ground out, ending the threat. That was the last time the Hornets threatened to score.
With the pitching under control, the KU batters went to work. Kansas regained the lead in the third when Thomson scored on a sacrifice fly by first baseman Dan Christie. The Jayhawks were leading 5-4 and added seven runs and sixth for the sweep of the doubleheader
"Lang played well often affirmily and de-
tensionly, Schweigert is hitting and Hart is hart-
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During spring break, Pattin moved right fielder Hart to the lead off spot in the line up and Hart has responded with a .565 batting average. He has 13 hits in 23 at bats, including four doubles, one triple and one home run.
Lang, the starting shortstop, hatted in one run yesterday, on two hits. Friday, he knocked in the winning run in the first game with a sacrifice fly to left.
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the whole."
Scott LaRue pitches in the second game of a double-header against Fort Hays State Friday at Quigley Field. LaRue was the winning pitcher in the game. The Jawhaws won the first game 3-4 and the second game 11-4.
Six earn All-America honors; Kansas 14th
By DAVID O'BRIEN
By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer
SIX KU women earned All-America honors at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., over the weekend.
The KU women finished in a tie for 14th place with South Carolina. Texas dominated the meet, outscoring second-place Florida, 643-400. Kansas finished with 79 points.
"We took six individuals and brought back six all-Americans," he head coach Gary Kempf said yesterday. "It was the best performance of the nationals, considering the talent we had."
Nebraska finished ninth with 123 points.
giving the Big Eight conference its best-ever finish in the national meet. The Cornhuskers defeated the Jayhawks earlier this season at the conference championships in Lincoln, Neb. Kansas had won the previous ten Big Eight titles
"It was kind of a strange year," Kemph said, "with the dissappointment of the conference meet and our first Big Eight meet loss in 10 years.
"These ladies came back and represented the University of Kansas with pride."
Kansas was in ten place after the first day of competition on Thursday.
Cerny, the only Jayhawk senior to qualify for the NCAA meet, set a new varsity record in finishing 12th in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:02.80.
KU's 200-yard relay team of Celine Carmen, Karen Dionne, Tampe Pease and Liz Duncan opened the meet with an eight-thplace finish in 1:45. a new KU varsity record.
rease who was led for first in the preliminaries of the 50 yard freestyle had a bad start but still finished sixth in the finals in 23.60.
Marcie Herrold finished 12th in the
200-year individual medley to round out the
distance.
the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.93, amc Herrord finished eighth in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:20.49 to round out the second day's scoring. Herrold's time was also a new vavity record.
"I've never had a team swim so well," Kempt said of the opening-day performance. Liz Duncan, Jacki Pease, Dionne and Tammy Pease opened Friday's scoring with an 11th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Tammy Pease opened Saturday's scoring with a 12th place finish in the 100-yard field.
Duncan, Dionne, Tammy Pease and Ceryn
imbled six in the 400 yard freeest relay in
the World Cup.
Tammy Pease came back to finish 15th in
The top 16 finishers in each event scored points, and the top 12 finishers earned All-America honors.
Kempf has not decided if any of the KU women will swim in the United States Swimming Association Senior Nationals. That meet will be held April 3.
Villanova, St. John's make finals
Track team finishes 2nd at close meet in Arizona
By United Press International
Sports Writer
Softball team to try field in twin bill against Iowa
Stanclift gave the players the weekend off. It was the last free weekend until the end of school, he said. The women play Washburn here tomorrow and Minnesota here on Wednesday. Both days are double-headers.
The women used to play their home games at Holcomb Sports Complex, and Stancliff said he hoped the campus of the new field would draw bigger crowds.
Bv DAVID O'BRIEN
When the women's softball team steps onto its new Jayhawk Field for a doubleheader against Iowa this afternoon, it will be the first time all of the team members have been together to play on the field.
"We haven't really all been on the field." head coach Bob Stancill said last night. "We couldn't get on it until today, and a lot of girls weren't in town."
The regulation-size field is 200 feet deep down both foul lines to the outfield fence, and 220 feet to the center field wall.
All-America Chris Mullin scored 25 points and the St. John's defense smothered North Carolina State's top shooters yesterday to cruise to a 69-60 victory in the NCAA West Regional championship, giving the Redmen a berth in the Final Four at Lexington, Ky, for the first time since 1952.
The women's fast-pitch field will be dedicated at 1:45, and the first game starts at 2. The new field is located southwest of Allen Field House.
Peart was fourth in 2:26.1 and Wood was fifth in 2:30.9.
Villanova, 23-10, plays four-ranked Memphis State, 31-3 in next Saturday's Final Four semifinals. The Wildcats' best-of-seven AIA play was a tie for third in the 1998 playoffs.
Villanova advanced to the Final Four yesterday by overcoming a height deficiency with aggressive second-half play to beat No. 2 Illinois 56-44 in the Southeast Regional final.
Georgetown and Memphis State each advanced Saturday.
Villanova, given an unexpected boost from reserve guard Harold Jensen, outscored the Tar Heels 12-3 in a 3:30 span to take a 10-point lead with barely eight minutes left.
St. John's will be joined in the Final Four by two other Big East schools, Georgetown and Villanova, and also by Memphis State of the Metro Conference. This marks the first time more than two teams from the same conference advanced to the Final Four.
From that point on, Villanaova stick mainly with a stall, picking up most of its points on free throws as the Tar Heels were forced to foul
AT BIRMINGHAM, ALA, VILLANA trailed by 8 points in the closing seconds of the first half. But the Wildcats, who haven't been in action since their last game, entered into the lead after 3:30 of the second half.
O'CONNOR WAS THIRD in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.0, Kim Jones was fourth in the 200-meter dash in 25.1, Cindy Blakeley was third in the 3000-meter run in 10.44.0, Veronda O'Hara was fifth in the 400-meter dash and Lora Davis was fifth in the 100-meter dash in 12.7 to round out the individual scoring for the Javahacks.
The Tar Heels, paced by 6-foot-11 Brad Daugherty who had 17 points, used their superior height to build an 8-point lead going into the final seconds of the first half and were trying to stretch it to 10 when a walking Daugherty turned the ball over to the Wildcats.
"Close, close, close," is how head coach Carla Coffey described the Kansas women's track team's second place finish at the Arizona State Triangular Saturday in Tempe. Ariz.
Villanova's appearance in the 1971 Final Four was voided because star forward Howard Porter was ruled ineligible after it was determined he had signed a pro contract with the ABA.
The KU women's next competition will be Saturday when they travel to Stillwater.
WILDCAT FORWARD HAROLD Pressley had 10 of his 15 points in the second half. Gary McLain, who broke into tears in the closing minutes, scored 9 of his 11 after intermission and Dwayne McClain had 8 of his 11 in the second half.
However, a 3-point play by McClain at the buzzer moved the Wilcats within 21-17 and seemed to give them the momentum heading into the second half.
Arizona State narrowly defeated the Jayhawks, $63_{21}^{+}$ and Texas-El Paso finished third with 49.2 points.
"It was a good meet," Coffey said yesterday. "We performed well for our first meet of the year."
ST. JOHN'S IS the first New York school to reach the Final Four since New York University in 1960.
At Denver, Walter Berry added 19 points and Bill Wennington 14 to move the Redmen into their fourth meeting of the season against Georgetown next Saturday. The Redmen were 1-2 against the Hoyas, the leading national champs, during the season.
The Jayhawks won seven of the meet's 15 events and dominated scoring in the field events.
The Wolfpack's quest for their second national title in three years ended with a poor offensive showing from senior forward Lorenzo Charles, who finished with 15 points.
Kansas swept the top three finishes in the discus, led by Denise Buchanan's winning throw of 151 feet. 3 inches. Lisa Bossch was at 154 and 34 Kari Hagig was at 128. 2.
The Redmen's front line of Wennington, Berry and Willie Glass so stacked up the middle that the burly Charles was unable to score until 18 minutes into the game.
Mullin, who played the five minutes with four fouls, hit 7-4-7 free throws to lead a team effort in which the Redmen, 31-3, scored 82 as they were putting the game out of reach.
Redmen coach Louis Carnesceca, 60, who is going to the Final Four for the first time in his 17 years at the school, averted his eyes as his players shot in the final three minutes. He scored two shots and shrugged off his players after a victory celebration at midcourt of McNichols Arena.
NC State's 5-foot-7 point Guard Spud Webb ended his career with a 14-point performance, with most of those coming late in the game.
Big Eight champion Stinne Lerdahl continued her winning ways in the shot put, taking first with a toss of 51·4⁻¹. Buchanan was second at 49·8½.
KU PICKED UP three of the top four finishes in the high jump, led by Ann O'Connor's winning leap of 5-10. Jaci Tyma and Rosie Wadman both cleared 5-8. Tyma took second on fewer misses and Wadman finished fourth. Tyma also picked up second in the long jump with a 18-7½ leap.
Big Eight champion Anne Grethe Baeras won the javelin with a 159-8 toss. Wadman was second at 126-4.
Wadman won the triple jump with a 38-8-1
lean and Julie Hall was second at 37-8-1.
Susan Glatter was the only individual winner in the running events. Glatter finished first in the 1500-meter run in 4:34.3. Kelly Wood was third in 4:47.2 and Trisha Mangan was sixth in 5:01.1.
Canada's nearly swept the 600-meter run, taking four of the top five finishes in the event Angie Helmer was second in 2:18.4. Susan Glatzer was third in 2:18.6. Laura
Warren Shields, KU linebacker, brings down Paul Swenson, guard, and another of defensive player, not knowing that the ball he has stripped is above him. The Jayhawks scrimming Saturday at the field behind Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Gottfried encouraged by football scrimmage
By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer
Head coach Mike Gottfried liked what he saw at the Kansas football team's scrimmage game Saturday morning behind Angstugh Sports Pavilion.
"That was an excellent scrimmage." Gottfried said after practice. "We got a lot of things accomplished. The team really played well."
Gottried was especially pleased with the performance of quarterback Mike Norseht.
"Mike Norsest just gets better and better, the couch said. "He is going to have a great
progress.
"Of the nine, we've had seven excellent practices," he said. "Now we get into the late stages, and we'll start adding things."
"We don't get to work against the run much in practice because we throw the ball so much," Gotfried said, adding that the
Saturday's scrimmage was the ninth practice of the spring for the Jayhawks, and Gottfried said the team had made great progress.
Gottried said the Jayhawk offense needed to work on operating against blitzes and the defense needs to concentrate on stopping the run.
"Orth will probably be red-shirted." Garried said, "but we won't decide until early
Jayhawks will probably put the ball in the air in just as often next year as they did last fall.
Norseth has tightened his hold on the starting quarterback position, and Gottfried expects sophomore Mike Orth, the No. 2 quarterback, to be red-shirt in the fall.
The Jayhawks are loaded at wide receiver, but Gottfried said he will not red-shirt any at the position. Sophomore Murphy Ray, who sat out during the fall after transferring from Ohio State, will join a stellar group of receivers that includes Richard Estell, John Holloway, Sandy McGee, Skip Peete and Tom Quick.
Estell and Quick are both out with knee injuries. Estell, a three-year letterman, is out for the remainder of spring practice. Quick is expected to return in about one week.
"That hurts when you get people injured during the spring." Gottfried said. "But you do get to work with other players. With Estell out, Murphy has seen a lot of repetition."
Kansas' spring drills will culminate with the annual crimson and blue intrasquid scrimmage game on April 12 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Mo.