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University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 27, 1992
SPORTS
KU track gears up for outdoor season
By Chris Jenson
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas track team will begin its outdoor season this weekend with warm weather and sunny skies. At least that is the hope of the team travels to Louisiana State for the LSU Initial travel.
"The object of our early season meets is to go where the weather is warm, and the facility and competition are good," said track coach Gary Schwartz.
The Jayhawks will compete against Michigan, Wisconsin and IU at the invitational.
"We don't want to start over our heads, but this competition is good," he said.
Schwartz said he wanted to get the team outside as much as possible at the beginning of the season.
"The more you can do outdoors, the better," he said. "We know in this part of the country the weather can be pretty unstable."
Schwartz said the team would need time to adjust to the differences between indoor and outdoor track.
"Indoors you don't have to worry about the wind and the cold," Schwartz said. "But those play a big part in the competition outdoors, either in aiding it or hindering it."
The Kansas team is hoping its outdoor season will be as successful as its indoor season.
The women's team finished second at this year's Big Eight Conference Indoor Championships and senior Cathy Palacies earned All-Team honors for her performance in the one-mile run.
The men's team finished fifth at the Big Eight Indoor Championships. Senior Jason Teal and sophomore Dan Waters were individual champions at the meet.
The men's team also had its two-mile relay qualify for the NCAA championships with the men's team.
"We want a competitive effort." Schwartz
said. "The things we stressed indoor we will stress outdoor. We always expect an aggressive, competitive attitude and a team effort."
But Schwartz said the transition from indoor to outdoor was not always easy for the athletes.
"The athletes need to realize that they rarely can start at the same level they were at at the end of the indoor season," he said.
She said many of the athletes were going into the meet unrested and untested.
"I would like to come in and run as fast as I did at nationalists and then improve," she said. "But I know that's not going to happen."
Palacios said she wanted her times to be comparable to what they were at the end of the indoor season.
"This week a lot of us worked really hard," she said. "I'm dead. My legs are tired. It's not like when we were rested during Big Eights.
Schwartz said he wanted the athletes to get good competitive and team experience from the invitational.
"At this point I'm glad it's a scoring meet," he said. "But it is not the biggest thing on my mind. We're not going to run people to death to score points."
Besides beginning the first outdoor meet of the season, it is the first chance at competition for the javelin and disc throwers and the shot put events are not held at indoor track meets.
The Jayhawks will begin competition today with the decathlon and heptathlon. Chris Walters and Sandy Wilder will compete in the decathlon. The regular track meet will be held Saturday.
CHAMPAGNE INCIDENT RESULTS IN SUSPENSION
Senior middle-distance runner Jason Teal will be suspended from one travel meet and serve 20 hours of community service as a result of his involvement in the theft of two bottles of champagne, track coach Gary Schwartz said yesterday. Teal will miss the team's trip to
Louisiana State this weekend and serve his community service with the Boy's and Girl's Club of Lawrence by the end of the spring.
Teal accepted a plea agreement after being charged with stealing the two bottles of champagne after the NCAA Division I Track and Field championships in Indianapolis March 18.
No disciplinary action was taken against assistant coach Steve Guymon, who also accepted a plea agreement after the incident in Indianapolis.
"Steve got put in a situation where he was arrested for something he didn't do," Schwartz said. "Due to the circumstances, his lawyer suggested that he plead guilty to the lesser charge and advised him that he had the right to come back at a later date to get the record cleared."
Schwartz said Guymon had decided to pursue his legal options in Indianapolis and would continue coaching the team as usual.
Jayhawk baseball coach changes tonight's lineup
By Jerry Schmidt Kansas sportwriter
Break out the media guide.
Anticipating Friday's game against Nebraska, Alex King, Tulsa freshman, bunts in practice yesterday.
Kansas fans may have trouble recognizing the Jayhawk baseball team during tonight's series opener against Nebraska in Lincoln. The lineup could feature a new few faces.
Displeased with the efforts of most of his players during Wednesday's 5-0 defeat at the hands of the Creighton Blue Jays, Kansas coach Dave Bingham said he was going to hold tryouts during yesterday's practice to fill his lineup card for tonight's 7p.m. game with the "Huskers. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 2 p.m. and will play a single contest Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
Bingham said freshman third baseman Brent Wilhelm and sophomore center fielder Darryl Monroe were the only position players guaranteed a spot in today's starting lineup. Wilhelm had two of Kansas' five hits against Creighton, Monroe was 1-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to five games. Monroe is hitting .414 on the year with team-high four home runs and has stolen 13 bases.
"I'm not happy with anyone right now except Wilhelm and Monroe," he said. "We've got some guys that aren't doing some things that are needed to win. As a result, we'll basically throw the ball out and see who wants to play. Something has to change."
The 'Hawks, 15-8 overall and 1-3 in the Big Eight Conference, come into the game on somewhat of a skid, losing four of their last five. The schedule doesn't get any easier, as they are in the early portion of a treacherous road swing. They will play 11 of their next 12 games on the road.
After the Nebraska series, Kansas will play back-to-back games with No. 1 Wichita State. Tuesday the teams will hook up in Wichita, then travel back to Lawrence for a game Wednes-
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"We made an appearance," Bingham said of the Jayhawks' adventure to Omaha Wednesday. "It was a comfortable 5-0 loss. We will not put up with that here."
The Cornhuskers, 15-7, enter tonight's game coming off an 18-2 victory against South Dakota Wednesday. The series with Kansas will be their first Big Eight games of the season. Nebraska coach John Sanders said his team was still trying to find how far they were along.
"We're still finding our way through the first few games," Sanders said. "Our pitching has been stable and our defense has improved but our offense has struggled."
Cornhusker outfielder Marc Segmeon leads Nebraska at the plate with a 458 average and three home runs. Senior infielder Dale Hagy is hitting .39 with five homers and 17 RBI.
"We've shown some ability to do some things at the plate," Sanders said. "We're starting to come around."
Mike Zajeski will start tonight's game on the mound for Nebraska. The senior right-hander enters the contest with a 3-2 record and a 3.72 ERA. Zajeski was a second team all-conference selection a year ago.
Kansas will counter with left-hander David Meyer. Meyer, a sophomore from Broken Arrow, Okla., is 3-1 on the season with a 1.82 ERA. This will be his fifth start of the season.
Kansas swept the Cornhuskers last season in Lawrence, the first time the Jayhawks have swept a conference series since sweeping Iowa State in 1881. It was also the first time Kansas had swept Nebraska since 1964.
Bingham said he expected pitching to dominate this year's series.
"Pitching is going to be a key in the series," he said. "You won't see a lot of runs scored by either one of us."
Kansas coach recruits the woman, not the athlete
By Cody Holt
Kansan sportswrite
When recruiting, Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington says she is more interested in the individual than the athlete.
"When I tell a young person we are "when truly committed to her as a total per son, I know that in my heart," she said, and he added that he would offer beyond the basketball court."
Washington said it was her full-deal approach to recruiting that landed the Jayhawks the likes of Lynette Woodard. Woodard was a four-time Kodak all-star and 81st and the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women's basketball history.
Woodard spoke of her appreciation for Washington in the 1992 women's basketball media guide.
In the guide, Woodard said, "I can't say enough about the tremendous influence she has had on me; directing her in basketball in higher education."
While Washington admits Kansas doesn't have the facilities to compete with women's basketball powerhouses such as Tennessee and Iowa, she said Kansas was still able to attract good athletes.
"I'm thankful that there are students who still value a degree and the importance of the classroom," she said. "We can compete with anyone as far as our commitment to the student athlete."
With the NCAA last signing period set to begin on April 15, Washington is recruiting for next season. There will be two recruits on campus this week. She said, but she was unable to commit them because of NCAA regulations.
Kansas signed two players during the early signing period last fall. Ja'Nel Davis is a 6-foot-3 center from Lynwood High School in Lynwood, Calif. She is the fourth-ranked high school center in the nation and has been named a Street and Smith's third team All-American and a second team
"We can compete with anyone as far as our commitment to the student athlete."
Marian Washington Kansas women's basketball coach
Michelle Leathers, a 8-point guard at Louisburg College in Louisburg, N.C. is Kansas' other early signee. She led Louisburg to the NJCAA championship this year and was named to the all-tournament team. She will have two years of eligibility next year when she joins the Jahewk squad.
Washington said she hoped to sign three more recruits and was already well on her way to another strong recruiting class.
Washington said signing more than one top recruit a year had been one of the keys to Kansas' recent success, which includes a 25-6 record in 1991-92 and a first-year conference title, and first ever at-large berth in the NCAA tournament.
Parade All-American. She led Morningside High School in Inglewood, Calif., to two state titles prior to transferring to Lynwood.
Last year's class, ranked 111th nationally, consisted of three freshmen forwards: Angela Aycock, Alana Slatter and Caryn Shinn. Shinn sat out this season due to Proposition 48.
"I'm delighted, because we're starting to get our share," she said. "And I think my sincere commitment to my players has something to do with that."
Washington said Kansas was starting to get the attention of some of the nation's top basketball players.
Tourney bid tantalizes KU tennis team
By Lyle Niedens
Kansan sportswriter
Although the Jayhawks, 11-8 and ranked No. 21 in the country, will be favored in each match, Coach Scott Perelman said he did not think the team would overlook any of its MVC foes.
The Kansasman's tennis team will face three Missouri Valley Conference opponents this weekend in its final tune-up for the Big Eight Conference season that begins next week.
The Jayhawks will play Southwest Missouri State at 2:30 p.m. today, Wichita State at 1 p.m. tomorrow and Indiana State at 1 p.m. Sunday. All matches will be played at the Allen Field House courts.
Perelman also said that each match was important to help establish Kansas as the top team in the
region, especially after losing two of three matches at the Rice Invitational last weekend.
Earlier this season, Kansas defeated Drake, the favorite to win the MVC, Perelman said. If Drake goes on to win the MVC, Kansas would receive an invitation to the NCAA championships in May because of the victory against the MVCchampion.
"Having come off a weekend like we did last weekend, I think that everybody is very attentive towards this weekend and everybody realizes how important each of these regional matches is." "Perleman said."
But if one of the teams Kansas is facing this weekend defeats the Jayhawks and goes on to win the MVC, that team would receive an invitation to the NCAA championships ahead of Kansas.
"This is our ticket to the NCAA
The rest of Kansas' lineup will be senior Rafael Rangel at No.1 singles, senior Paul Garvin at No.2, junior Carlos Fleming at No.3 and senior Patrick Han at No.4. At doubles, Garvin-Fleming will play No.1, Banuth will play No.2 and Rangel-Ortiz will play No.3.
Pereleman said he expected sophmore Rhain Buth to be back at No. 5 singles after recovering from a corneal ulcer in his left eye. Freshman Manny Ortiz will be back at No. 6 singles after resting a sprained right wrist.
tournament," Perelman said. "We're playing for our bid to the NCAA tournament, and it doesn't get any better than that."
WOMEN'S STEAM GEARS UP
The Kansas women's tennis team will also spend the weekend gearing up for the Big Eight Conference
At doubles, Center said the Jay-hawks would have Hammers-Jensen, ranked No.16 in the country, at No.1 Koves and sophomore Buffy McLeyne will play No.2 and Woods and sophomore walk-on Casey Cooley will play No.3.
Center said senior Eveline Hamers and freshmen Nora Koves and Rebecca Jensen would fill the top three spots at singles and freshman Ana Maria Gonzales, junior Renee Raychaudhi and junior Abby Woods would fill the No. 4 through No. 5 singles spots.
match. The Jayhawks are in South Bend, Ind., where they face Notre Dame today and Boston College tomorrow.
"They're solid all the way through their lineup," Center said. "Boston College is not quite as strong as Notre Dame, but they lack the depth Notre Dame has."
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Duke 81, Seton Hall 69
0. 1. ranked Duke, 31-2, marched on towards it hopes of a second straight national championship by knocking out Lehigh, 23-9, in the East Regional semifinals.
The Blue Devils will face Kentucky in the East Regionals finals on Saturday in Philadelphia. A win against four consecutive trip to the Final Four.
Kentucky 87, Massachusetts 77
No.6 Kentucky overcame poor 3-point shooting to defeat the No.17 Minutemen and advance to the East Regional final.
Jamal Mashburn led Kentucky, 29-6, with 30 points. It was the seventh straight victory for the Wildcats and it helped Missouri win streak by Massachusetts, 30-5.
Kentucky will face Duke in the East Regional final on Saturday in Philadelphia.
Indiana 85, Florida State 74
Indiana advanced to the NCAA West Regional final behind Eric Anderson's 24 points and a tight man-to-man Hoosier defense.
The No. 5 Hoosiers fell behind in the early going 9-2, but Indiana came back strong to gain control of the game.
Indiana, 26-6, will face UCLA on Saturday in the West Regional final in Albuquerque. N.M.
UCLA 85. New Mexico State 78
Tracy Murray and Don MacLean combined for 40 points, lifting UCLA, 28-4, past New Mexico State in the semifinals of the West Regional.
SPORTS BRIEFS
UCLA will face Indiana on Saturday in the West Regional final.
Frisbee Fest nears
The tournament, which derives its name from creative attire the participants wear, will run all day Saturday and Sunday at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. 32 teams, 22 men and 10 women, from all across the nation, including Minnesota, Texas, Ohio and Colorado will be competing in the tournament.
The Kansasmen's and women' suitimate frisbee teams will be hosting the 11th annual "Fool's Fest" this weekend.
The Fool's Fest will be an open tournament, so both college and club teams can participate. The games will be self-officiated
A party will be held in conjunction with the tournament at Liberty Hall on Saturday night. The Sin City Disciples
will be entertaining and tickets will be available at the tournament site for $6.
Golf tourney starts
The Kansas women's golf team begins competition in the South Carolina Women's Invitational today. Fourteen teams will compete in the tournament, which runs through Sunday in Columbia, S.C.
Kansas' Big Eight Conference rivals, Missouri and Oklahoma will also compete in the tournament. Kansas defeated Missouri earlier this season on its way to a second place finish in the Utah Dixie Classic. The Jayhawks will face the Sooners for the first time this spring. Kansas defeated Oklahoma, the defending Big Eight champions, twice last fall.
From Kansan staff reports