SPORTS University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 17, 1992 9 Kansas women swim to title By Chris Jenson Kansan sportswriter Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf wanted a dominating performance from the women's team at the Big Eight Conference Championships. And that is exactly what he got. Kansas' champions won their first Big Eight championship since 1989 during the weekend at Oregon. The Jayhawk scored 741 points and outdistanced second place Nebraska's 586. "Before the meet, we talked about going in and dominating the competition," Kempf said. "This was the most dominating team I've ever coached." On the men's side Kansas' hopes of its first conference championship since 1979 were denied by a disqualification. The Jayhawks were disqualified because of a false start in the 400-meter medley relay, where they had finished second, and lost 26 points. Nebraska won the meet by 17 points, 684.510.667.5. Kempf said that he did not see the violation occur and that he questioned the call. "I don't like to see the outcome of the meet dictated by anyone but the athletes." Kempf "I thought both teams swat great," he said. "The men just had a bad break." Although not completely satisfied with the men's outcome, Kempf was not disappointed with either team's performance. Highlights abounded for the Jayhawks. Sophomore Krista Cordsen led the way for the women by being named the meet's outstanding swimmer. Cordsen captured Big Eight titles in the 100-meter freestyle, 100 breaststroke and the 200 individual medley. She also was a member of the 200 and 800 freestyle relays and the 200 and 400 medley relays, all of which won. "The whole team deserved the outstanding swimmer award," Cordsen said. "But I would have given up all my individual honors to make sure we won the championship. I think everyone would have." Kemp said that Saturday, the final day of the four-day competition, was the decisive one. Senior Barb Pranger also was outstanding for the women, capturing the 100 and 200 butterfly titles. She also was a member of the 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay. "Saturday morning was the best swimming I have ever seen," he said. "It will be a long time in my career before I see a morning like that one." Of the 37 Kansas swimmers who competed on Saturday, 34 swam in the top six championship heats and only three swam in the con- "We have a great bunch of kids," Kempf said. "I wouldn't trade any of these girls or girls for anyone else anywhere." solutionfinals. Overall, Kansas accounted for eight Big Eight meet records, five NCAA qualifying marks and one pool record. The Jayhawks won one and 20 individual champions in the competition. The men were led by sophomore Dan Querciagrossa, who set a Big Eight record in winning the 1,650 freestyle in 15 minutes, 25.39 seconds. He also won the 500 freestyle and finished fifth in the 200 butterfly. Kempf, who was named Big Eight coach of the year for both the men's and women's teams, said that the meet gave him one of his most emotional weekends in his 16 years as coach. "In my mind, I coached two championship teams," Kempf said. Big 8 Conference Championships results Kansas individual champions (women) Kansas State Champions (5) 200 medley relay: Carlson, Corden, Hancock 100 active medley relay; Carson, Cordsen, 200 relay relay; Carson, Cordsen, Prenger, Liaty (1.44 6.6) 800 freestyle relay; team (7.28 2.83) 200 freestyle relay; team (1.33 1.44) 400 medley relay; team (3.47 0.77) 500 freestyle relay; team (3.26 6.00) 50 freestyle; Branimal (23.87) 100 backstroke; Carson (57.69) 100 butterfly; Pranger (55.12) 100 freestyle; Corsden (51.25) 100 breaststroke; Corsden (1.04 4.2) 100 freestyle; Swizie (1.50 8.9) 200 individual medley; Corsden (2.02 4.2) 100 freestyle; Prenger (2.02 9.8) I. KANSAS 741 2. Nebraska 586 3. Iowa State 354 4. Missouri 211 Kansas individual champions (men) Scoring 200 medley relay: Stumman, Stevens, Riddle, Taylor (1.310) 200 freestyle relay: R, Townsend, S. Townsend, Bantjerger, Taylor (1.980) 100 breaststroke: Englahr (57.18) 200 individual medley: Inglehart (1.99-1 1.650 freestyle: Quercigrosa (15.25-3) 200 butterfly: Starling (1.49-6) 1. Nebraska 684.5 2. KANSAS 667.5 3. Iowa State 344 4. Missouri 189 Jayhawks destroy Buffaloes, 82-45 Defensive pressure ignites Kansas win By Lyle Niedens Kansan sportswriter What a difference a month — and a different gym — made for No. 4 Kansas on Saturday against Colorado. Last month at Colorado, the Jay- hawks barely escaped with an 81-80 victory against the Buffaloes. Saturday, however, was a different story. Kansas bolted to a 42-16 halftime lead and held Colorado to 24.5 percent shooting from the field in claiming an 82-45 victory. The win capped a week in which the Jayhawks, 19-2 overall and 7-1 in the Big Eight Conference, defeated Iowa State and Colorado by an average of 34 points. As it was against the Cyclones, defense was the catalyst for Kansas against the Buffalooes. "I thought we really were good defensively," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "We forced some turnovers early, got our break going and got a lot of easy shots because of our defense." Kansas took control early and dominated throughout the first half. After trailing 4,2 the Jayhawks on a 14 to 9 lead from the second their way to 4,2 the 26 point halftime lead. "It sort of snowballed on them early," Williams said. "The other thing is, we can really run the basketball pretty well. We can do a pretty good job of converting. In the first half, we had a pretty good scoring run. Every time they turned it over, we were able to go down and capitalize." Colorado did not do much of anything right in the first 20 minutes. The Buffaloa committed 18 turnovers and made just 5 of 23 shots in the first half. During one span in the first half and early in the second半分, Colorado went more than 14 minutes without a field goal. Kansas outrebounded the Buffaloes 43-41 and held Colorado freshman Donnie Bieber, who scored 27 points in a 6-5 victory. Kansas, to 5 points on 2-of-16 shooting. "We certainly didn't execute well, but that can happen in this building," Harrington said of Allen Field House. "This was a new experience for most of our team." Kansas sophomore forward Richard Scott said the Kansas crowd, although short of capacity for the security guard, played a big role in disturbing Colorado. Colorado coach Joe Harrington said the Buffaloes, coming off a victory against Oklahoma State and playing their third game in six days, lost their coopresure early. "The field house is a tough place of the crowd." The crowd is a great sixth grade group. Kansas junior guard Rex Walters, who led the Jayhawks with 22 points, said Kansas took advantage of a fatigued Colorado team. "We played just a phenomenal game," Walters said, "and I think we caught Colorado on a bad day. They were coming from an emotional high against Oklahoma State. I just think maybe they weren't in it as much as they needed to be." Harrington said the game proved Kansas deserved its high ranking. "Kansas is right where they ought to be, in the top five," he said. "They certainly played like they were No. 1 today." Swingman Patrick Richey, who had surgery Jan. 22 to repair a stress fracture in his right ankle, appeared in his first game in a month for the Jayhawks. He scored one point and grabbed three rebounds in 17 minutes of action. Courtside Scott, who is shooting 31.5 percent from the free throw line this season, revealed Saturday that he has been the most successful Cook about his free throw shooting. "I just tell him what I think about when I'm at the line," Scott said, "and he comes back with ideas for me. He has told me to concentrate more and work on my routine more." Kristen Pettv/KANSAN Attempting to dish the ball, freshman guard Greg Gurley encounters opposition from Colorado. Kansas women lead Big Eight after win against Iowa State By Cody Holt Freshmen succeed in filling gaps left by injuries of three starters Kansan sportswriter The Kansas women basketball team's nation-leading defense yesterday took an unscheduled afternoon off, but its offense was more than capable of picking up the slack as the Jayhawks defeated Iowa State 94-74 yesterday in Ames. Iowa. Iowa State's 74 points tied Creighton's effort for the most points scored against the Jayhawk defense in a loss to Creighton 74-51 on Jan. 9. Kansas coach Marian Washington said that she was happy with the victory but that there was still room for improvement. However, Kansas' 94 points fell only one point shy of its best offensive output of the season, a 95-42 victory against Minnesota. "There's always something to improve on," she said. "Today, I wasn't happy with our defense." Freshman forward Alana Slatter scored a career-high 26 points off the bench in 22 minutes of play. Slatter hit two home runs and six of seven from the free-throw line. Washington said she was not surprised with Slatter's performance. Individual offensive performances outweighed any lack of intensity Kansas may have had on the defensive end. Since the onslaught of injuries, Aycock has become the Jayhawks' second-leading score with a 9.8-point average. Junior Stacy Trutt leads the team with a 12-point average in a non-starting role. The play of Shareef and the freshman tandem of Aycock and Slatter has been crucial to Kansas' continued success since the loss of three starters to injuries earlier this season. Senior Tanya Bonham and junior Lisa Tate and Marthea McCloud all sustained season-ending injuries earlier in the year. Senior forward Danielle Shareef scored 20 points for the Jayhawks and freshman forward Angela Aycock added18. "I'm pleased for Alana, she had a great game," Washington said. "She's a great player and is only beginning to realize her potential." Kansas, 19-4 overall and 8-2 in the Big Eight Conference, seized sole possession of first place with the help of Oklahoma's 92-89 victory against second-place Nebraska Saturday in Norman, Okla. The Huskers dropped into "We need to get some offense out of our post," she said. "We've really focused on that and I'm really pleased with our vowel plaques." Washington said inside play had become a concern for the Jawahreskys. a second-place tie with Colorado, both with 7-3 conference records. Kansas plays host to Nebraska Wednesday night at Allen Field House in a match-up that could determine the Big Eight Champion. Kansas 94 Player Johnson M 25 FG FT R A L P T Johnson 25 37 0/2 0/2 7 4 2 6 Aycock 27 9/14 0/4 6/1 6 1 4 18 Sharecf 23 8/12 4/6 4/6 1 7 4 20 Witerspoon 15 2/4 0/2 0 0 3 4 11 Hart 31 4/7 0/2 0 0 3 4 11 Kite 15 1/9 0/2 0 0 3 4 11 Miles 15 2/8 0/2 1 2 1 4 26 Slutter 20 10/14 6/7 6/7 1 4 2 6 Truit 19 1/4 3/3 2 9 4 5 0 Baker 19 1/4 3/3 2 9 4 5 0 Percentages: FG 60% (37/62), FT 65% (13/20) Three-point goals: 3/5 (Hart 3), Blacked shots: Johnson, Aycock) Steals: 13 Johnson 6, Aycock Trufft, 2 Traitt, Witherow, Hart) Iowa State 74 Fitzgerald 23 1/2 12 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 Evans 9 0 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 Young 34 4 6/4 13 1 6 1 9 Maple 34 4 6/4 13 1 6 1 9 Macle 35 9 10/4 6 1 7 1 3 26 Van Dean 12 0/2 12 2/2 0 0 2 10 Herbert 8 3/5 14/4 2 2 0 0 2 10 Gayon 10 2/4 14/4 2 2 0 0 2 10 Jayon 27 1/4 24/4 1 3 5 5 8 Wright 1 0/0 1 0/0 1 3 5 8 Halftime: Kansas 51, Iowa State 28. Officials: Robinson, Lewis. Percentages: FG 49% (27/55) FT 16% (82%) Three-point goals: 0 (2/18) Blocked 2 (Blocked) [Good] Sweats: (3/8) Sweat 2 (Good) [Bad] Van, Daeus, Herbert. May) 26% Olympic UPDATE The Associated Press ALBERTVILLE, France — Neither Herschel Walker's bomb on the bobsled nor Eric Flaim's burnout in speedskating yesterday could dull the glow of the U.S. team's surprise showing midway through the Olympics. During the weekend, the Americans kept chugging along toward perhaps their best overall performance in the Winter Olympics. More than a medal bonanza — the United States already has matched its total of six in 1983 and still hopes to surpass its record of 12 — the Americans are showing strength in a wide range of supposedly un-American sports and doing the grunt work for 1994. The Americans have the only unbeaten, united hockey team following Canada's first loss, 5-4, against the Unified Team. There is no chance they'll catch the Winter Games powerhouses — Germany games with 18 medals; Austria has 16, and the Russian-led Unified Team has 14 — but the Americans see medal opportunities this week in hockey, speedskating, skiing and women's figure skating. Walker, the Minnesota Vikings tailback who thought he could barge into the Games and run away with a medal, finished seventh in "Across the board in the contemporary Games since 1966, these are probably our best finishes." U.S. Olympic Committee representative Mike Moran said. "We're very happy with this and this year as we step into governing bodies. Everybody, since Calgary, stepped up a couple of notches." Silver medal redeems downhillers' honor The Associated Press Flaim came here looking for a gold to complement the silver he wonin themen's,500-meter speed-skating. But a sudden sickness caused by food poisoning left him 24th. MERIBEL, France — Alpine skier Hilary Lindy figures her surprising silver did more than just redeem the honor of America's downhillers. Koss, a 23-year-old medical student, had to overcome his own medical problem, virtually climbing out of a hospital bed to win the race. He spent 36 hours in a hospital last week with a painful case of pancreatitis. "It's disappointing, but we're not going to give up," said Walker, who gets another crack at a medal this weekend in the four-man bobsled. "There's no doubt I was expecting more." "We kind of thought he would be the hero we were looking for," Hickey said. "The U.S. hasn't won a fight since World War II, but we have one coming in the four-man." it sent a message — "Your turn" — to their teammates and rivals, the slalom racers. But he looked healthy and fast when it came time to race, finishing in 1 minute. 54.81 seconds — fourhundredths of a second ahead of longshot countryman Adne Sondral — to cap a four-medal day for Norway. The Norwegians also won gold and bronze in the men's super giant slalom. "It better get those other guys pumped up in the rest of the events," Lindh said. Team leader James Hickey, a member of the U.S. four-man teams in 1968 and '72, acknowledged that the coaching staff might have expected too much from Walker in his Olympic debut. the two-man bobsled with driver Brian Shimer. But their time was respectable . . . 69 seconds behind Switzerland's gold medal winners Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin — and their placement was the best for a U.S. team since a fifth place in 1980. U. D. downhill failures to finish in the top 10 of any World Cup race this season, so they entered the Olympics as the U. Team's soft app The slalom racers—Dianto Roffe, Eva Twardokens and Julie Parisien—were considered the best prospects for an American skiing medal. "The downhillers always feel like they're second-rate citizens," coach Paul Major said yesterday. "But now the downhillers have their medal and their chests are pumped up. They're waiting to see if the gate racers do their part." Olympic medals count | Country | G | S | B | A | T | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Germany | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | | | Austria | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | | | Unified Team* | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | | | Norway | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | | | France | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | | | U.S. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | | Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | | Italy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | The Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | Luxembourg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Country G S B T - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Knight Riddler Trubun U.S., Swedish hockey teams meeting in rematch The Associated Press MERIBEL, France — The U.S. hockey team has a chance to play host country France, but first they must beat Sweden. "You'd like to have the highest seed you can because, in theory, that gives you an easier game in the medal-round quarterfinals," U.S. coach Dave Peterson said. "If we finish first, we'd come back against France." The United States (4-0) meets Sweden (3-0-1) in tonight's preliminary-round finale. A win or tie would give the United States the top seed in its group, setting up tomorrow's quarterfinal against a spunky but talent-poor French team. Alosw would drop the U.S. team to No. 2. That would mean a Wednesday clash with Czechoslovakia, which beat the Unified Team in preliminary play. "You don't want to finish second in that pool. You'dmuchrather play France," said Canadian coach Dave King. "Sweden can't afford to lose. Neither can the U.S. It'll be a real tough game." It is a rematch of their intense and physical pre-Olympic encounter of Feb. 5 in Chamonix. The Americans, though outplayed, won 3-2.