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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 10, 1998
Softball hopes to resurge in two weekend twin bills
Kansas pitcher Jessi Kowal throws a pitch. The Jayhawks will play Oklahoma State on Saturday and Oklahoma on Sunday. Photo by Lizzy Weber/KANSAN
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan sportswriter
After beginning the season ranked ninth in the nation, the Kansas softball team has fallen out of the Top 25 with a disappointing record of 21-24.
But the Jayhawks have moved into third in the Big 12 Conference by going 5-3 against the league's four Texas teams to kick off the conference schedule.
Kansas continues conference play this weekend against No. 8 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Oklahoma in two doubleheaders at noon and 2 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at Jayhawk Field.
"It'll be a tough weekend," coach Tracy Bunge said. "Both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are playing extremely well. We need to cut down on the mistakes. Our pitchers need to hit their spots and keep the ball out of the hitting zone. All three phases of our game need to be solid."
Last year, the Cowboys won three of four games against the Jayhawks, who trail the all-time series 33-43. Jamie Foutch leads the Oklahoma State attack, hitting .442 with six home runs and 19 RBI.
Kansas takes on Oklahoma State tomorrow. The Cowboys are fourth in the Big 12 with a 3-2 record against league opponents.
Kansas will battle Oklahoma on Sunday. The Sooners, standing second in the Big 12, are 34-8 overall and 4-1 in the conference. Oklahoma is riding a four-game winning streak going into a double header tomorrow against Missouri.
The Jayhawks, who went 3-2 against the Sooners last year, lead the all-time series 35-2.
Kansas has split seven of its 11 double headers this season. Bunge said mental mistakes in the late innings were hurting the Jayhawks.
Third baseman Sarah McCann is starting again after spending the majority of the season as a designated player to recover from an off-season shoulder surgery. In the last eight games, McCann has hit 444 with five runs scored and two RBI.
Pitcher Christy McPhail
raised her record above .500 with the win against Oklahoma City University on Tuesday. McPhail is now 12-11.
Kansas baseball head coach Bobby Randall learned how to be a major league-caliber middle infielder as a second baseman for the Minnesota Twins in the 1970s.
By John Blakely Wilson
Kansan sportswriter
Player moving up in his field
In three seasons at Kansas, he has had considerable success passing along these skills to players.
Second baseman Andy Juday follows in big footsteps in the Kansas infield this season. Shortstop Joe DeMarco led the Big 12 Conference last season with a .429 batting average, and second baseman Josh Kliner also led the conference in 1996 with a .438 average.
Juday, who played football, baseball and soccer at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, Ariz., gave little thought to a Division I baseball career.
Juday lives up to the numbers of seasons past, leading the Jayhawks with a .374 batting average and ten doubles. Juday also plays solid defense — he leads all Kansas infielders with a .980 field percentage in committing just three errors.
"I wasn't drafted out of high school, and baseball was probably my second or third favorite sport."
Juday said. "I was just lucky the right guys saw me play and gave me a chance."
Former Jayhawk head coach Dave Bingham saw Judy play and offered him a chance to play at Kansas. Juday said although Bingham had recruited him, Randall deserved credit for his development.
"Coach Randall and I worked all fall on my defense, and it's improved a lot," Juday said. "I've worked hard on improving my defensive skills, and he deserves credit for teaching me the right way to make plays."
Juday was a utility player as a freshman, hitting .289 and starting all over the infield. His bat caught fire last season, and he finished the season starting at second base with a .365 average, 10 home runs and 37 runs batted in.
"This is his first year as a fulltime starter, but he played a lot last year because of his bat." Randall said. "I've seen him struggle with his swing a bit this year, but other teams also know about him and pitch him differently."
Juday's power numbers have gone down this season after he slammed 10 home runs in the final 30 games of 1997. Juday has driven the ball hard, as evidenced by his team leading 10 doubles, but hasn't gotten it out of the park.
"I get a hard time from the guys on the team because I haven't hit any this year," Juday said. "Success in hitting the baseball comes from hitting line drives, not from hitting long fly balls. I've done that this year."
Juday should continue to improve his overall game as he becomes more comfortable playing one position for an entire season.
"His best baseball is ahead of him because he has learned how to handle successes and failures of playing every day," Randall said. "Andy is a popular and respected player on this team because of how hard he works to improve."
The baseball team plays a three game series against Texas Tech (27-12) this weekend. The Red Raiders will come to Hoglund-Maupin Stadium for games at 7 p.m. today, 2 p.m. tomorrow and 1 p.m. Sunday.
SE Missouri State on probation
The Associated Press
The NCAA placed the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program on three years' probation yesterday, citing several violations during former coach Ron Shu-mate's career.
The NCAA's committee on infractions cited several violations, many involving payments to players. Shumate, who coached the Indians for 17 years, was fired in May and replaced by Gary Garner. Three assistant coaches who worked for Shumate were not rehired.
Ken Dobbins, executive vice president at Southeast Missouri, said the university did not plan to appeal.
The NCA report did not name players or coaches involved, but the incidents all happened between the summers of 1994 and 1996, during Shumate's tenure.
them and cooperated fully with investigations by the Ohio Valley Conference and the NCAA.
"Obviously we'd rather not be on probation, but if you consider all that could have happened, we definitely think the NCAA was very fair." Dobbins said.
David Swank, chairman of the infractions committee, said university officials reported the alleged incidents as soon as they learned of
Some of the specific violations, according to the NCAA report:
- One player received a $1,100 loan from a coach to help pay school expenses.
Players received cash payments to cover the costs of rent for an apartment and furniture.
Shumate gave a player $200 to pay delinquent phone bills.
An assistant coach loaned a player $200 to pay two speeding tickets.
During the 1995-96 season, the university provided financial aid to an ineligible player.
The coaches arranged transportation for a player to Cape Girardeau, Mo., from St. Louis.
Shumate now lives in Kentucky
He did not immediately return phone calls from The Associated Press.
Besides the three-year probation, the committee reduced the number of financial aid awards by one for the 1998-99 season; imposed a requirement for programs in compliance education; required annual reports to the committee during the probation period; and ordered attendance at an NCAA compliance seminar and a one-day on-campus compliance seminar.
The committee placed show-cause requirements on Shumate and two assistants, claiming that in addition to the violations they provided false and misleading information to the NCAA enforcement staff and the university.
Under show-cause procedures, Shumate and the assistant would have to appear before the committee before they could be hired by another college or university in an athletic position during the next three years.
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Department of Music and Dance presents the
Thursday, April 16
The Nancy King Trio
Nancy King, vocal
Steve Christofferson, piano
Tom Wakelin, bass
KJ LEE
Jazz Festival
21st Annual
Friday, April 17
The Michael Brecker Quintet
Michael Brecker, saxophone
Joey Calderazzo, piano
James Genus, bass
Jeff Watts, drums
Don Alias, percussion
KU Jazz Combo I
Saturday, April 18
KU Jazz Ensemble I with
Maria Schneider,
composer/conductor, and
Ingrid Jensen, trumpet
Southwestern (IA) Community
College Jazz Ensemble I
April 16-18, 1998 Lied Center Concerts nightly at 7:30 p.m.
Reserved seat tickets are now on sale in the KU box offices: Lied Center, 864-ARTS; Murphy Hall, 864-3982, SUA office 864-3477, T键酒店 (913) 234-4545; VISA and Mastercard are accepted for phone orders.
Tickets
Tickets Individual tickets
Thursday & Saturday
Main Floor /1st Balcony $12 public,
10th Bcalcny $12 public,
2nd Bcalcny $10 public,
$8 students/senior citizens
Friday
10:00/11:00/12:00 Balcony $14 public,
$12 student/senior citizens
2nd Balcony $12 public,
$10 student/senior citizens
Festival Ticket (includes all 3 shows)
Main Floor/1st Balcony $32 public,
2nd Balcony public citizens
2nd Balcony $27 public,
$24 students/senior citizens
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