Monday, April 20, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Cyclones, 'Huskers sweep Jayhawk softball
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas softball team fell to 24-31 after being swept this weekend by Iowa State and Nebraska.
In the first game Saturday, the Jayhawks fell behind in the first inning when Iowa State's designated hitter, Cinnamon Gooding, hit a two-run homer, putting the Cyclones up 2-0.
Iowa State's pitcher Mandy Loushin recorded 11 strikeouts in the game and gave up three hits, including a solo home run by catcher Kristina Johnson in the sixth inning.
The home run marked Johnson's fourth of the season and 13th of her career, placing her in a tie for third with shortstop Michelle Hubler on the career home-run list. Johnson's homer was the Jayhawks' only run.
The Jayhawks lost 2-1. Kansas pitcher Jessi Kowal picked up the loss, dropping her record to 11-15.
Iowa State jumped out 2-0 in the first inning of the second game and added another run in the third, but Kansas battled back.
The Jayhawks strung together four hits in the fourth inning, which set up a two-run single by designated hitter Katie Malone that brought the Jayhawks within one.
With one out in the top of the sixth, first baseman Shannon Stanwix hit her third home run of the season and the eighth of her career. Two Jayhawks struck out, closing the innings. The 3-3 tie was as close as Kansas would come to
The Cyclones picked up another run on three hits in the sixth for a one-run lead.
The Jayhawks went down in order in the seventh, securing the Cyclones' 4-3 win.
winning.
Kansas pitcher Christy McPhail took the loss, falling to 13-13 on the season.
"It's nice to finally get a good, solid hit personally, but overall we didn't play very well today," Stanwix said.
The Jayhawks faced No. 7 Nebraska on Sunday. The Cornhuskers remain undefeated against
Big 12 opponents, topping the Jayhawks 5-0 and 8-2.
In the first game, Nebraska pitcher Jenny Voss gave up only one hit in the shutout, improving her record to 27-6.
The Jayhawks scored first in the second game with two runs in the third inning.
Second baseman Lezli Leathers scored on an RBI single by third baseman Sarah McCann. Left fielder Sara Holland singled and as Nebraska shortstop Ali Viola picked up an error that allowed McCann to score, putting the Jayhawks up 2-0.
But the lead was short-lived. The Cornhuskers scored five runs on six hits in the bottom of the fourth inning, giving them a 5-2 lead.
Nebraska first baseman Jamie Fuente and Viola hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning. Then designated hitter Christie McCoy knocked out a solo home run for a 8-2 lead.
The Jayhawks did not have any hits in the sixth or the seventh innings and lost 8-2.
Kansas, which fell to 6-10 against league teams, battles Southwest Missouri State at 3 and 5 p.m. tomorrow at Jayhawk Field.
K-State splashes past 'Hawks
By Kory Burke
Kansan sports writer
The rough waters that the Kansas women's rowing team has faced this season are becoming smoother.
The women won three of seven races against Kansas State during their dual Saturday in Manhattan at the Tuttle Creek Reservoir, although they lost the decisive Varsity Eight race.
Kansas and Kansas State were neck and neck going into the last race when the Varsity Eight boats met to decide the overall champion. Co-captain Jennifer Adams said her boat was able to handle the pressure of the race.
"We handled it pretty well," she said. "We knew we just had to focus on rowing the best race that we could."
In the end, however, Kansas State avenged their loss from last week and won by four seconds.
Adams said the beginning of the race was the team's downfall.
"Our concentration was very good," Adams said. "We thought we raced well and so did our coach. They just had a different strategy than us."
"They beat us because of our start," she said. "During the first 10 strokes of the race, they got three more strokes in than we did."
After a hard fought day of races against their in-state rivals, the Jayhawks are now focusing for this
weekend at the Midwest Association of Rowing Colleges Championships in Madison, Wis.
The Madison regatta attracts the top teams and clubs from around the country.
Because Kansas is a young team, Adams said the level of competition that the women will face in Madison may cause a distraction for them.
"We have such a young team that we have to focus on our own races and not on what the boats around us are doing," she said. "We can't let outside influences affect our performance."
While Madison is an important regatta for both the Kansas lightweight and heavyweight teams, a successful performance by the lightweights could mean bigger and better things for them.
Because the NCAA only has a championship for heavyweight rowers, the lightweight consider the International Rowing Association regatta in New Jersey, held at the end of May, to be their ultimate goal.
Unlike the heavyweights, who always can find another team to compete against, the lightweights aren't as fortunate.
Co-captain Heather Daniels said the importance of the regatta coupled with the amount of competition they would face helped the lightweights to look forward to Madison with enthusiasm.
"The lightweight mentality is everyday we have to prove ourselves because we don't pull as hard as the heavyweights. Everyday we're constantly fighting and working to become better."
"Madison is a big race for us
Co-captain
because we race against numerous other lightweight boats," she said. "Depending on how we do determines whether or not we get to go to the IRA's."
Because Kansas State doesn't have a lightweight program, Kansas had to race against its heavyweight team members on Saturday. However, Daniels said racing against the heavyweights was an advantage.
"The lightweight mentality is every day we have to prove ourselves because we don't pull as hard as the heavyweights," she said. "Every day we're constantly fighting and working to become better."
Daniels said that the past few regattas have prepared the team for Madison.
Sprinters break school records qualify for outdoor nationals
By Angela Johnson Kansan sportswriter
Candy Mason can begin packing her bags for Buffalo, N.Y.
Friday at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif., Mason qualified automatically for the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon with 5,566 points. The two-time All-American broke Kansas' school record in the event for the third time.
Mason placed third overall in the heptathlon at Mount Sac. At nationals last year, she earned All-American honors in the event.
The Nevada, Mo., senior has qualified for nationals in three events this season. She already set provisional qualification marks in the javelin and the pole vault on April 4 at the Texas Relays. The 1998 outdoor nationals are June 3-6 in Buffalo, N.Y.
The men's distance runners turned in several personal-best performances at the Mount Sac Relays.
Ricardo Amezcua and Jerry Pullins both qualified provisionally for nationals in the 10,000-meter run. Amezcua, Acambaro, Mexico, sophomore, placed second overall with a time of 29.19.12.
Pullins, Middletown, R. I. senior,
finished 12th with a time of 29.40
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Andy Tate, Lake Elmo, Minn., sophomore, ran a personal best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Tate finished 15th with a time of 9:06.5.
Kevin McGinn, Emporia sophomore, placed third in the 1,500-meter run with a personal-best time of 3.52.61.
Spinner Tamra Montgomery won the women's 100 meters with a time of 12.09 seconds. The Kansas City, Mo., sophomore also placed fifth in the 200 meters with a time of 25.02.
Russell has already broken one of
Scott Russell threw 174 feet, 2 inches, to place third in the discus. Russell, Windsor, Ontario freshman, also placed fifth in the hammer throw. His throw of 194 feet, 7 inches, is the second-best mark in school history. Bill Penney has the record: 202 feet, 1 inch.
Penney's records. During the indoor season, Russell shattered Penney's 35-lb. weight throw record of 59 feet, 3 1/2 inches, which was set in 1970. Russell's best mark in the weight throw is 67 feet, 61/4 inches.
Kansas track teams also competed at the Arkansas Invitational on Saturday.
The Jayhawk women had a strong showing in the field events in Fayetteville, Ark. Little River freshman Betsy Cordell won the avelin title with a personal-best loss of 139 feet. 4 inches.
April Kockrow, Rushville, Neb., sophomore, placed third in the put with a throw of 46 feet, 11 3/4 inches.
In the men's pole vault, Kansas leaped over the competition, sweeping the top two places, Greg Steele, Ashland, Ohio, freshman, placed first, jumping 14 feet, 11 1/2 inches. Chip Malmstrom, Mahtomedi, Minn., junior, placed second, jumping the same height. Steele cleared the height first.
The team will split and compete in two meets again this weekend—the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, and the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
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