THE UNIVERSITY OF DARY KANSAS
THURSDAY FEBORA 15 2000
SPORTS
SWIMMING & DIVING
5B
Kansas beats own record
A-team drops more than four seconds from 800-freestyle relay
BY HALLIE MANN
hmann@kansan.com
Kansas was neck and neck with predicted winners Texas and Texas A&M going into the final moments of the 200-yard medley relay. With a time of 1.38.45, Kansas took a close third to these two teams but made the ultimate finish for the season thus far. Coach Clark Campbell said this relay time ranked Kansas 13th in the nation, qualifying them for the NCAA Championships in March.
"luliya | Kuzhil] started us off with a good lead in the backstroke and we kept going from there," Campbell said.
Kuzhil
Kansas swimming and diving started off
strong yesterday for the first day of events in the Big 12 Conference Championships in Columbia, Mo. The 1:38:45 race time beat Kansas' top time of the season at 1:42:21 from the meet at Kenyon in the fall. After yesterday's events, Kansas has 62 points and is tied for third place
overall with Missouri
"We set a goal of 1.38 for the meet and we made that tonight," senior Danielle Hermann said. "All along we knew we could do it."
Kansas A-team was ranked fourth coming into the finals heat.
The A-team, comprised of freshman Abigail Anderson, sophomoreJulia Kuzhil and seniors Herrmann and Maria Mayrovich, got the team excited and ready to go for the rest of the meet.
"The team was really pumped up and this was an important step to get us off to a strong start for the meet," Herrmann said. "We've
tapered the last few weeks of practice and we're ready to get out there and race."
Kansas A
A team usually
features senior
Ashley Leidigh
swimming the
butterfly stroke, but because of an ankle injury, Anderson swam this stroke. Anderson stepped up for the team and made a time of 28.25 on the length of her relay.
"We talked to Ashley [Leidigh] at the beginning of the week and she just wasn't confident about going into the race." Campbell said. "Abigail [Anderson] stepped up and had a really good race."
Kansas' B-team, comprised of sophomores Joy Bunting and Amanda Maez, junior Carrah Haley and senior Jessica Brozek, finished with a time of 1:44.98. Kansas' C-team finished with a time of 1:46.28, which freshmen Stephanie Payne and Sarah Hettenbach and sophomores Brittany Potter and Sarab Edwards swam. Kansas' D-team, sophomores Lisa Dugopolski and Alyssa Potter, junior Melissa Heyrman and senior Rhynn Malloy, finished in 1:48.08.
Kansas took fourth in the 800- freestyle relay later in the
team standings
1. Texas — 80 points
2. Texas A&M — 68 points
3. Kansas — 62 points
4. Missouri — 62 points
5. Iowa State — 54 points
6. Nebraska — 54 points
200-medley relay results
1. Texas 1:37.40
2. Texas A&M 1:38.34
3. Kansas 1:38.45
4. Missouri 1:40.18
5. Iowa State 1:41.14
6. Nebraska 1:41.55
800-freestyle relay results
Styleley results
1. Texas 6:58.37
2. Texas A&M 7:00.67
3. Missouri 7:03.77
4. Kansas 7:13.86
5. Nebraska 7:22.10
6. Iowa State 7:26.50
evening. Kansas' A team finished fourth with a time of 7:13.86. The team of freshman Shannon Garlie, juniors Erin Goetz and Emily Lanteigne and senior Anne Liggett broke the school record of 7:17.91.
"This was the biggest surprise of the evening." Campbell said. "This is a top 25 time right now and we're just thrilled with the performance."
Campbell said the team had set a goal to beat the school record, but he said they were not expecting to beat it by four seconds. Campbell said he hoped the momentum from these two races would continue to snowball over the next few days and result in more records being broken.
— Edited by Heather Melanson
BASEBALL
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
Kansas drops game in 10th
Walk-off home run keeps Jayhawks from sweeping No. 21 Arkansas
On the bright side, things can only get better for Paul Smith.
The senior closer struggled again, giving up a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Kansas lost 9-8 to No. 21 Arkansas yesterday afternoon. Smyth blew his second save in as many chances and is now 0-2 with a 20.25 ERA in two appearances.
"Obviously, it's a devastating loss," coach Ritch Price said.
"Unfortunately, we couldn't close the deal."
S myth h wasn't alone in his struggles. Sophomore pitcher T.J. Walzrelieved starting pitcher Shaefe Hall in the sixth
Smvth
Hall left the game after five innings with a 4-2 lead, but the Jayhawks bullpen gave up seven runs with Smyth allowing three runs in the final two innings to the Razorbacks.
"A couple of balls got away from him." Price said. "They hurt him like good teams do."
inning and gave up two runs.
All four pitchers that appeared for Kansas gave up at least one earned run:
The offense gave Hall, who once again provided a quality start, an early lead with a four-run second inning. His performance wasn't as dazzling as last week's no-hitter, but Hall left the game in line to earn the victory, giving
BOX SCORE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kansas 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 — 8
No. 21 Arkansas 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 — 9
WP: Richards (1-0) LP: Smyth (0-2) SV: None
HR: House (ARK:1)
up two runs while striking out five and walking none. He also received another national player
of the week
award before
the game, this
time from
collegebase-
ballinsider.
com.
Price said he was more impressed with this start
Hall
than last week's no-hitter.
"I thought he was better today than he was last Friday." Price said, "because of the caliber of the opponent and pitching on four days rest."
T h e e Jayhawks used a big inning to get the offense rolling. They struck in the top of the second, putting up four runs on five hits with the big
blow coming from senior center-
fielder Nick Faunce's two-out, two-
run double. Once again, Kansas
put up runs without hitting a home
run.
we played five games without hitting a home run." Price said. "We have to play a little bit differently than we played before."
Faunce
"I can't remember the last time
That small-ball approach was put to the test in the top of the ninth inning. Down by one run, Kansas used a single, a passed ball on a strikeout and another single, all with two outs, to send the game to extra innings. Sophomore third baseman Tony Thompson, who reached first and kept the inning alive on the wild pitch, said he liked the Jayhawk's resiliency so far.
"I think it shows a lot of how our team has improved this week," Thompson said. "We're not just going to lay down and die in any games this year, and that's going to be a big plus for us."
After a week-long road trip in which Kansas has traveled from Tennessee to Arkansas, Price's team will finally be able to enjoy the comforting confines of Hogwild Ballpark next week. Price said he hopes Kansas' consistent improvement will continue in Lawrence.
"We definitely a lot better than we were last Friday," Price said. "Now we need to go out next week and get better next week."
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
- Edited by Andrew Wiebe
Tigers get payback against Wildcats in blowout
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The suspense was long gone when the horn finally sounded to end No. 11 Missouri's latest home-court romn.
both had 16 points for the Tigers who have won seven straight since
DeMarre Carroll had 21 points and a career-best 14 rebounds, helping the Tigers run their record to 17-0 at home with a 94-74 rout over Kansas State on Wednesday night.
The latest blowout came against a team that beat them by 16 points in Manhattan on Jan. 28.
"That first half was probably the best we've had since I've been here," coach Mike Anderson said. "Our guys were very aggressive, and they had a lot of energy."
J. T. Tiller added 15 points, six rebounds and six assists and Leo Lyons and reserve Lawrence Bowers
both had 16 points for the Tigers, who have won seven straight since losing 88-72 at Kansas State.
"We wanted to get the payback," Lyons said. "Coach doesn't want us to say that, but it's what it was."
Missouri (24-4, 11-2 Big 12) trailed by 13 points at halftime in the first meeting and led by 23 points at the break in the rematch, embarrassing a team that has lost only twice in its last 10 games.
"We got our rear ends kicked," Kansas State coach Frank Martin said. "We battled, but we walked into a buzsaw."
Missouri entered the game averaging 87.4 points and with a 26.5 point margin of victory at home this season.
"It's hard to do in a great conference like the Big 12," said forward Matt Lawrence, who had all but one of his 13 points in the first half.
"We're playing great right now."
Denis Clemente scored all but 14 of his 33 points in the second half for Kansas State (19-9, 7-6), which shot 37 percent with 21 turnovers and got eight points from Jacob Pullen, who had 23 points in the first meeting.
The Wildcats trailed by a season-worst 32 points in the second half and also hit program lows for points allowed in a half (55) and overall.
The Tigers matched their best victory total from the last 15 seasons, a 24-12 record by the 2001-02 team, with three regular season
Bowers was 5-for-6 from the field over the last 3:12, including an alley-oop dunk from Miguel Paul and two putbacks in the final 6 seconds.
The Wildcats, who had won seven of the last nine games in the series, got as close as 16 points in the second half before Missouri pulled away again.
The Wildcats shot 35.5 percent and were 2-for-10 from 3 point range. It was Kansas State's deepest halftime deficit by far, previously trailing Kentucky by 14 on Nov. 28 in a two-point loss.
Missouri led 55-32 at halftime as Lawrence was 3-for-3 from 3-point range, while Tiller and Bowers had 10 points.
games to go. They reached 11 conference wins for the first time since 1998-99 and the seven-game Big 12 winning streak matches the school's best from 1999-2000.
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