SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 2, 1993
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Swimmer sees Midwestern flooding firsthand
By Kent Hohlfeld
Kansan sportswriter
Frankie Hanson loves the water, but this summer she saw more of it than she would have liked.
Hanson, a junior All-American swimmer, was in the middle of some of the worst of the flooding in the Midwest. Hanson is from Ankeny, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines, which was without drinking water for more than a week during last summer's flood.
She said that the flood had been a major hardship and had hampered her summer practice schedule because her pool was flooded by rain water.
"I was only able to practice for about an hour and a half day compared to the four to five hours I normally practice." Hanson said.
Frankie Hanson
city of nearly 200,000, her family still had to use bottled water or boil their water to drink.
Hanson said that once running water was received to the
"It was a bad inconvenience." Hansen said. "We had to get our
A flooded pool was'hTanson's only obstacle this summer. An illness limited her to competing only one day of the 15 day U.S. Distance Camp meet in Flag Staff, Arizona. The meet was comprised of the nation's elite distance swimmers, some of which later qualified for the Pan American games in Japan.
water from a supplier on the other side of town."
Hanson said that even though she was at the meet only one day she thought that competing against the meet would be better. The meet would help her this season.
Gary Kemp, Kansas swimming coach, agrees with Hanson's assessment of her summer training.
"She has the ability to be one of the elite swimmers in the nation." Kempt said. "First she has to see herself in that league."
Kempf saw that potential when he decided to recruit the Iowa native. He said that her work ethic made her a good fit for the Kansas program. He said that Hanson had filled a hole for distance swimmers on his team.
Hanson said that she thought she would fit in at Kansas coming out of high school. She was recruited heavily by many Midwestern schools, including conference rival Nebraska. It was on the Nebraska trip that she
tried to convince her roommate and high school rival, Jean Gordon, to visit Kansas. The two are now best friends, but that wasn't always the case.
"Her junior year in high school she beat me in the 100 meter fly," Hanson said. "We were big rivals after that."
Hanson said that people in and near her home had a hard time believing that the two are now roommates and good friends.
"Now we're almost connected at the hip." Hanson said.
Gordon said that during her high school career her coach put a picture of Hanson on a wall as the person to
beat. She said that their former rivalry helped push them both to improve in the pool.
"She is very confident and focused in the pool," Gordon said. "You get her in the pool and she knows she can beat the people there."
Both Hanson and Gordon will focus their attention toward continuing their reign as Big Eight champions. Hansson said that she hoped to see a top 10 finish from this year's team.
"We want to go for another undefeated dual season," said Hanson. "We have 10 to 12 people who are capable of going to nationals."
'Hawks defeat Shockers
Kansas uses strong serves to control foe
KU front line player Jenny Larson, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, spikes the ball over Wichita State's Becky Sutter. The Jawhays swells the Shockers in three games to win the match last night at Allen Field House.
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
Good serving and good instincts added up to a volleyball victory as Kansas defeated Wichita State. 16-14. 15-5. 15-9.
"Our serving was good," said Kansas volleyball coach Frankie Albitz. "We did it well all night. I was surprised because there were some things the girls did that we hadn't practiced yet."
The match, which took less than 90 minutes to complete, was a reversal of last year's match, said Wichita State coach Phil Shoe-
The Shockers defeated Kansas 15-7,16-14,15-11 last season.
"they really felt like they were in control most of the match," Shoe-maker said of Kansas. "We had to run it, but we couldn't get any points."
The first game began with Kansas taking a 9-5 lead after a service ace by sophomore Jenny Larson. Later in the match, freshman Katie Walsh, starting her first game, missed a spike, allowing Wichita State to tie the match 10-10. But the Hawks eventually won the game.
"After we pulled out that first game, it really deflated them," senior Dyce Kanabel said.
Shoemaker said his team was disappointed after losing the first game.
He said his team would have to learn to make adjustments to the opposing team's style of play.
Wichita State's passing was disrupted most of the match by Kansas' defense, but in the first game,koren Kiser Krankenkruz was consistently hitting the ball away from Kansas players.
She did not get away with that strategy as frequently in the later games. Shoemaker said bad passing hurt Rosenkrantz.
"We didn't pass the way we wanted to," Shoeman说. "It's difficult for a setter to highlight her mistakes in not as good as it should be."
Shoemaker said one reason for the bad passing was good Kansas serving.
"You have to contribute some of that to their serving," Shoemaker said. "But it shouldn't have been as big a factor as it was."
Although Kansas' serving was strong, Walsh and other players did make a few service errors. Walsh started at a position where the usual Kansas starters have been stricken with injuries. Junior Janet Uher injured her shoulder in practice and could not play in the front line, but she did play sparingly on the back
The last points of the final game displayed Kansas' serving power, Larson served for three straight points, culminating in a service ace to make the score 13-8.
line against the Shockers.
"For her first game, she did well," Albitz said. "She made some errors, but that is to be expected."
Kanabel said she was surprised by Walsh's play.
"She did not look nervous at all."
The lack of substitutes might have made Walsh nervous. Albats said.
Despite Kanabel's comments, Walsh said she was nervous since it was her first game.
Kanabel said. "She had a couple hits into the net, but she stayed composed."
"I wasn't swinging well, because I was afraid to," Walsh said. "I've got to get used to that."
Soccer club's schedule suffers major setback
By Anne Felstet
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's soccer club had about 14 games dropped from its schedule this season because of problems with its parent association.
Mike Bartlime, former director of the Midwest region, was in charge of scheduling soccer games for the Midwest Collegiate Club Soccer Conference of the National Collegiate Club Association, of which Kansas is a member. Bartlime made a schedule, but Bob Wright, the new director, said the schedule paired teams together that would cause a realignment of the region, forcing teams to travel longer distances for games.
Wright, who also coaches the University of Nebraska at Omaha team, said his team was scheduled to play Minnesota. He thought the game was too far away and called the national organization to complain.
Kipper Hesse, Kansas soccer president, said the Kansas team had a full schedule set up last spring, but it had since fallen apart. He said he had tried to contact Bartline to correct the problem, but Bartline could not be found.
When Wright kept coming to plain, he said the association placed him in charge of putting the fallen program back together.
Bartime could not be reached for comment on the matter.
Wright said he had told Hesse and the other coaches of Midwest region teams to contact one another to schedule their own games, and he would contact them later to finalize the dates.
Rick Rosenstein, the assistant director of Recreational Services at Kansas, said the Kansas team had March Sept. 24 to submit their schedule.
Kansas players have mixed reactions to the scheduling problems.
"We are trying to add games, but it's really disappointing," senior player Sandy Newman said.
Senior player Darren Hendricks said he really didn't care that the games were dropped. He said it would give him more time to do homework.
"I'd like to play more games, but I' just go to the flow." Hendricks said.
The team's first game is tentatively scheduled to be in the Maverick Tournament, Sept. 11-12 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
First-round carnage goes on as men's seeds keep losing
The Associated Press
Lendl, three times an Open champion, limped closer to the end of his career Wednesday, hobbling away on a burn left knee in the middle of his match.
NEW YORK — The carnage on the courts goes on, with Ivan Lendl the latest victim in the worst collapse of men's seeds in the first round in U.S. Open history.
Lendl believes he can still play, but the evidence is mounting that his pursuit of another major title is as futile as his efforts in losing to Neil Borwick 4-6, 6-3, 3-1.
Lendl's loss came a day after the departure of Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati. The U.S. open started without Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Monica Seles, and the other marque names of tennis were vanishing fast. French Open champ Sergi Bruguera, the No. 5 seed, contributed to the slaughter by losing 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-4 to Javier Sanchez.
The fall of Lendl and Bruguera made it five men's seeds to lose in the first round, a record for the Open era. That was two more than the previous record set in 1986 and matched in 1991.
"I came in with a bad knee and it started getting worse," Lendil said. "It was a bit painful to push off. I had no strength to push off, so I didn't see any point of playing."
The top women did not have any trouble Wednesday, with straight-set victories coming from No.1 Steffi
Graf, No. 4 Conchita Martinez, No. 5 Gabriela Sabatini, No. 8 Jana Novotna, No. 9 Anke Huber, No. 11 Manuela Maleeva-Fragriane, No. 13 Mary Pierce and No. 15 Amanda Coetzer.
During the afternoon, it was looking grim for the fans. Then along came the colossal serves of Goran Ivanisevic and the comic schick of Andrei Medvedev.
Ivanisevic served 19 aces past Daniel Nestor and outlasted him 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (20-18). The 38-point, third-set tiebreaker was the longest in U.S. Open history and tied the record for any Grand Slam. Bjorn Borg and Premjit Lall of India played a 20-18 tiebreaker at Wimbledon in 1973.
"Every time I hit when I had match point, he played unbelievable," Ivan-sevic said.
Almost as long and certainly as dramatic was the third set of wild-card and 1988 Open champion Mats Wanderl's 7-5, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (18-16) victory over Jaime Oncins. Oncins screamed at the ampire when a passing forehand by Wanderl was called good to give Wilander a 16-15 lead in the last tiebreaker. But all the shouting and racket throwing did not change the ampire's mind or the score
White headed for own record-busting year
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Running back's skills give Kansas potential to make exciting plays
The opportunity finally has arrived for Kansas senior tailback George White.
No longer does he have to wait behind Tony Sands or Maurice Douglas for playing time. At last, White's time has come.
"It's a different feeling for me, because I am used to being a follower," White said. "I've never had to be the leader in my time here."
White, making only his second career start for Kansas, was the leading rusher for the Jayhawks in last Saturday's 42-0 loss to Florida State. The senior from Allen, Texas, had 15
carries for 74 yards, added another 18 yards in receptions and had 115 yards on kickoff returns against the Seminoles. ABC-TV named White the Jayhawks' player of the game.
The versatility of running, catching and returning the football that White provides gives Kansas a player with the potential to make big plays.
"Last year, I kept complaining that we could not get any big plays. We could not buy a big play," sad Kansas coach Glen Mason. "All of a sudden, on Saturday, we had some big plays. I guess you need some big play people to get big plays. But that excited me."
White gave the Jayhawk coaches, players and fans a gimpse of his big-play potential early in the Kickoff Classic when he returned the opening kickoff 48 yards to the Seminole 38 yard line.
might have gone all the way," White said.
"If one of their players had not tripped me, I
The 48-yard kickoff return by White exceeded last season's best in that category by two yards, and was one yard shy of tying his career best.
Kansas only had three running plays that exceeded 23 yards last season. Against Florida State, White had a run of 24 yards, and freshman June Henley had a run of 29 yards.
Henley and sophomore L.T. Levine provide talent and depth at the tailback position behind White and give Mason the ability to rotate all three. The rotation of the tailbacks does not bother White.
"We really don't worry about that because we have the ability to use two tailbacks in the backfield at the same time." White said. "We tend to get fatigued at times, and the rotating helps us because we all consider ourselves as the main man at tailback."
In the Kickoff Classic; Kansas had eight
consecutive plays inside the Florida State 2-yard line during the second quarter, but failed to score. The three tailbacks rotated on the plays near the Florida State goal line, but none of them could penetrate the Seminole end zone.
Some career milestones will be within White's reach if he performs against Western Carolina on Saturday as he did last week against Florida State.
"That frustrated me because we have a great line to run behind, and we could not score with all those chances," White said. "I place the blame on myself and the other tailbacks, because when you're that close, you should put it in."
He needs 75 more yards rushing to become the 30th Jayhawk to run for 1,000 yards in his career, and in kickoff-return yardage he is just 88 yards shy of setting a Kansas career record.
Susan McSoadden / KANSAN
Tailback George White is expected to be a key performer on offense for the Jayhawks this year