SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, March 29, 1993
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Jayhawks dominate series with Cowboys
Kansas wins despite bad conditions
By Brady Prauser
Kansan sportswriter
It was worth the wait.
The Kansas baseball team's three-game series finale here yesterday with No. 8 Oklahoma State was delayed several hours by hail and rain, but a couple hundred Jayhawk fans who weathered the storm were rewarded when play resumed.
Kansas crushed the Cowboys 9-2 yesterday, snagging its fourth victory in five games against the perennial Big Eight power. The Jayhawks split a two-game series with them earlier in the week at Stillwater, Okla., to begin conference play.
Junior right-hander Chris Corn pitched eight and two-thirds scoreless innings yesterday before allowing two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The victory improved Corn's record to 3-1.
Oklahoma State is 14-7 and 3-4 in conference play. The Cowboys' starting pitcher, Brad Gore, 5-1, suffered his first loss.
In the longest outing by any Kansas pitcher this season. Corn struck out 10 batters, mixing up pitches and using a sharp-breaking slider.
In 23 games, Kansas, 18-5 overall and 4-1 in the Big Eight Conference, is off to its best start since 1907.
Corn said the victory was meaningful due to the caliber of the opponent.
"It's great for our team to know we can play with teams like that," Corn said. "It means a lot to pitch well against a top队."
Oklahoma State has had a stronghold on the Big Eight Conference Championship for 12 consecutive years. It played in the College World Series eight times during that span, finishing as high as second place three times.
Corn certified senior catcher Jeff Niemieer with disrupting the Oklahoma State batters' timing by calling for the right pitches.
"They just never knew what was coming," Corn said. "They were off balance all weekend."
Senior Jimmy Walker rehealed Corn with two cots in the ninth inning.
After scoring four runs in the first two innings, Kansas exploded for five runs in the sixth inning on RBI singles by junior center fielder Darry Monroe, senior first baseman John Wuycheck and sophomore left fielder Josh leon.
wuycick had two singles, two RBI and scored three times. He said he he and his teammates were focused in the five games with Oklahoma State.
"We're not going to be intimidated by anyone" Winycheck said.
by anyone. Wayne Jenkins
Kansas used ninth-inning heroics in
Friday's and Saturday's victories
 against the Cowboys, Friday, Kansas
 scored five runs in the ninth inning to
 win 9-8.
Saturday, the Jayhawks rallied from a 3-0 defeat to win 4-3 when sophomore third baseman Brent Wilhelm tripled and scored on an error in the ninth inning.
Last Tuesday in Stillwater the layhawks were clubbed 14-4 before rebounding to win 7-4 Wednesday.
In three home games played from March 19-21 with Chicago State. Kansas swept the series by outscoring the Cougars 62-3. The Jayhawks won 20-1, 17-0 and 25-2.
Kansas 9, Oklahoma State 2
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said the fruits of the team's labor were beginning to show.
Oklahoma State (14-7, 3-4)
| | ab | r | h | rbl |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2b Rivera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| if Benz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| cf Prodanov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ph Heath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ib Dohlers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| db Childers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|rf Hugo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| c Wallace | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ss Ocasso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ph Buzzard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3b Prueti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
/ph 3b Grimstead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Kansas (18-5, 4-1)
ab r h rbi
2b Berlinger 4 2 0 1
cf Monroe 3 2 2 1
wBiycheck 4 3 2 1
c Niemier 5 0 2 1
if igou 4 0 1 1
rf Tarquinio 4 0 1 1
wBilheim 3 0 0 1
dn soul 4 1 1 0
ss Rude 4 1 1 0
Oklahoma St. IP H R R ER BB SO
Gale 1.2 4 1 4 2 1 2
Gorko 3.1 1 0 0 1 1
Bell 3.0 5 1 4 2 2
Kansas IP H R R ER BB SO
Corn 8.2 5 2 2 8 10
Walker .1 1 0 0 0 1
E **Bardo 2, Rivera DP Kansas 1 LOB**
Kansas 8, Oklahoma State 10 **B Niemeyer**
SB Monroe
"These kids have worked awfully hard for the five-plus years I've been here," Bingham said. "It's really the first time we're starting to see rewards from that. These kids have really hung in there."
Kansas next plays at Iowa State in a doubleheader on Wednesday.
The Jayhawks return to Hoglund-
Maupin Stadium for a 7 p.m. game.
Thursday against Wichita State.
Junior pitcher Chris Corn throws a strike during a rainy first inning against Oklahoma State. Corn struck out 11 Cowboys in yesterday's game. The game started late after it was delayed because of the rain.
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Teams return from Southwest matches
Coach disappointed with performances despite victories
By Blake Spurney
Kansan sportswriter
Instead of Padre Island or Daytona Beach, the Kansas men's and women's tennis teams each traveled to the Southwest for spring break.
In San Diego, the No. 18 women's team went 2-1, while the men were 1-2 on their journey through Arizona.
The women's team, 9-6, fell to No. 20 San Diego by a score of 4-5 in its first match last Sunday and then rebounded to knock off No. 16 San Diego State 6-3 the following day. The Jayhawks also defeated Auburn 6-3 on Wednesday.
Kansas' No. 1 singles player, sophomore Rebecca Jensen, lost two of three on the trip. Jensen, who ranked 13th in the new polls, lost to Auburn's Anna Funderburk and San Diego State's Nicole Storto, but beat Julie McKeon, a top-25 player from San Diego.
for the national title."
Kansas coach Chuck Merzbacher said that Jensen was not pleased with her performance.
"In every great season you're going to have a low point," Merzbacher said about Jensen. "Hopefully this is it. She'll be one of the people to contend
He said that it was junior Mindy Weiner who had a great week. Weiner did not lose a match in singles or doubles while in California. She went into the trip as the No. 5 singles player, but moved to Nov. 2 after the first match
Kansas coach Michael Center said that he was not totally pleased with the team's play during the break.
"We play with inconsistency at times," he said. "We need to play more consistent if we are going to fight for the conference title."
Kansas also played matches on March 19 and 20 in Wichita against Wichita State and Indiana State. The Jayhawks defeated the Shockers 4-3 and drilled Indiana State 6-1.
The men's team dropped its matches at Arizona, 3-5, and at Arizona State, 1-5, on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Jayhawks beat Northern Arizona 4-3 on the Lumberjacks' home court Thursday in Sedona.
the concerters Manny Ortz and freshmen Eric Michaela and J.P. Visssep all won two of three in Arizona. However, Center said that no Jayhawk was outstanding on the trip.
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
Senior Carlos Fleming smashes the ball in practice. Fleming and the rest of the men's team compiled a 1-2 record on a spring break trip through Arizona. The Javahays lost to Arizona and Arizona State but defeated Northern Arizona.
Men's team plays in rain takes second in tournament
Bv Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
The weather continued to cause more havoc for the Kansas men's golf team this spring.
Snow and cold weather in February put the Jayhawks about three weeks behind in their preparation, according to Coach Ross Randall. Last week, it was rain that dampened the golfer's progress.
The 54-hole Baylor University Intercollegiate tournament last Monday and Tuesday at Fossil Creek Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas, was shortened to an 18-hour tournament after thunderstorms washed out play on Monday.
we played fairly well, but I wish we had a chance to play some more rounds." Randall said. "It was OK, but it's just hard to get a read on the team from one round of competition."
The Jayhawks shot 290, giving them a second place finish, three shots behind Texas Tech.
Senior Brad Bruno turned in the top individual performance, shooting 71, which tied him for third place. Sophomore Tom Sims and senior Jim Young tried for fifth with rounds of 72.
Teams' airline reservations cut Tuesday's play from 36 to 18 holes.
Randall said he was pleased by the second place finish but emphasized that the most important part of the team's season was approaching.
Kansas will return to action next Monday and Tuesday at the Wichita State Shocker Invitational. Randall said he would not use his top four players, Bruno, Sims, junior Matt Gogel and junior John Hess in the tournament.
"We'll play some other players, such as Casey Brozek and Jay Hepler, to give them some experience," he said.
Randall said he hoped to use the Shocker Invite and the Western Intercollegiate April 13-14 in Santa Cruz, Calif., to find a five player lineup for the Big Eight Conference Championship April 26-27 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson.
COLLEGIATE SPORTS BRIEFS
South Carolina trustees, fans disturbed by Cremnas' decision
COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina trustees questioned Bobby Cremens mental stability. One suggested his decision to accept, then reject the Game-cocks' men's basketball coaching job was some kind of bizarre plot for revenge for forcing out mentor Frank McGuire and firing friend George Felton.
And those were just the comments that could be oirted.
In barbershops and bars, the epithet laced talk was about how Cremins had elated Gamecock fans with his announcement Wednesday that he would leave Georgia Tech to coach at his alma mater, then how he had burst that bubble with his announcement Saturday he was staying in Atlanta.
Cremins said Saturday that to come to South Carolina would be deserting the Georgia Tech players.
Hob Spear, sports editor of The (Columbia) State wrote, "Bobby Cremins' decision to renge on his commitment to Carolina left me amazed, stunned, flabbergasted and disgusted. I suspect I am not alone."
School trustee Lily-Rolan Hall said, "If he's this unstable or its untrustworthy, then I guess it's better for us to find out now rather than later."
Five Kansas swimmers earned individual All-America honors at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
At the men's championship last weekend in Indianapolis, junior Scott Townsend and sophomore Marc Bontrager both earned All-America honors in the 50- and 100-freestyle events for a jayhawk team that finished in 16th place.
In the women's championship from March 18-20 at Minneapolis, Minn., sophomore Frankie Hanson earned the honor in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a seven place finish after a time of 16:31.52.
Freshman Katie Chapeau did it by placing 11th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.46 seconds.
Senior Shawn Stevens capped his collegiate career with All America honors after a 15th place performance in the 400 individual medley.
The team finish was the highest for the Kansas men since 1989 and marked just the second time that the men's team finished in the top 20.
The 200 freestyle relay team of Townsend, Bontrager, senior Ed Riddle and junior Curtis Taylor placed third with a school record time of 11.82 to earn All-America honors.
Softball team amasses record of 4-3-1 in Southern California
In spring the No. 13 Jawahaws started their road trip by defeating Massachusetts 7-0. Then, on March 22, they split a doubleheader with De Paul, taking the first game 8-0. They dropped the second game 4-3.
The Kansas softball team went 4-3-1 during its spring break tour of Southern California.
On March 23, Kansas played to a 1-1 tie with California State Northridge.
The game was suspended after the 15th inning because of darkness. During the game, junior pitcher Stephani Williams' scoreless innings streak was snapped at 41% innings.
The next day brought the first round of the Pony Invitational Tournament.
The Hawks began the tournament by shutting out the host team, California State Fullerton, 3-0.
Senior center fieldier Shanna Cole's 10-game hitting streak came to an end in the first round contest.
kansas then defeated Western Illinois 7-6 before falling to Washington 4-2.
Texas A&M, a team that Kauss already had defeated this season, beat the Jahways 3-1.
Kansas will attempt to improve its 9-5-1 record at 2 p.m. tomorrow, when it plays host to Missouri.Kansas City for a doubleheader at Jayhawk Field.
Nine track team members win titles in first outdoor meet
The Kansas men's and women's track teams opened the outdoor season last weekend at the Southern Methodist University Invitational in Dallas with nine individual victories.
Junior John Bazoni won the pole vault with a mark of 16-0, leading a Jayhawk sweep in the vault.
Four athletes on the women's team also garnered titles at the invitational.
Senior Chris Walters and sophomore Nick Johamsm placed second and third, respectively, in the event.
Running to victories for the men's team were juniors Dan Waters, who took the 800-meter run in 1:52.01, and Michael Cox, who won the 5,000 in 14:54.33.
Sophomore triple jumper Cassie Bryant-Wans won with a jump of 41-2%, and junior Keeley Harding cleared 5-9% to win the high jump.
tively in the event.
Johannsen also won the high jump on a leap of 6-11%, and junior Dan Lahch speared the lavinel title with a throw of 203-0.
Junior Daniela Daggy won a close 5,000 by
22 of a second in 18:41.06.
Teresa Sherman Reichert, also a junior,
blew away the competition in the disc. Her
toss of 108-5 was 16 feet further than the next
best throw.
Kansas golfer Holly Reynolds' winning streak came to an end this weekend at the Lady Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C.
Women's golf team places 12th at South Carolina invitational
The Jayhawks finished 12th in the 18-team tournament.
Reynolds, who won medalist honors for the Kansas women's golf team in her last four tournaments, finished in a tie for 13th place.
Reynolds, a junior, shot a 14-over par 230 in the 54-hole event at the Woodlands Country Club.
Kansas shot 973 as a team in the tournament,64 shots behind tournament champion Furman.
Sophomore Ann Holbrook tied for 55th place with a 245, and junior Tracy Belisle finished tie for 64th with a 247.
ished best for this year. Freshman Lynn Williamson placed 76th at 253, and senior Cathy Reinbeck finished 78th at 256.
The next tournament for the Jahawks is the Indiana University Invitational, which begins Friday in Bloomington, Ind.
Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports