SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Thursday, March 11, 1993 9 Jayhawks fight back from early deficit Kansas earns home victory against Griffons By Brady Prauser Kansan sportswriter It didn't take Missouri Western long to get on the scoreboard in yesterday's baseball game with Kansas at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. One pitch. Missouri Western second baseman Donnie Crist, aided by a brisk northern wind blowing toward the outfield, lofted Kansas junior David Meyer's first pitch of the game over the right field fence for a 1-0 Griffons lead. However, Meyer was able to scatter six hits and four runs through five innings, and the Jahayws defeated Missouri Western 10-7. Sophomore Mike Greene and freshman Janie Splittorff provided middle relief. Sophomore Dan Rude relieved the final three innings for the save. ine victory improved Kansas' record to 8-3 and even Meyer's record at 1-1. Meyer said that because of the wind, it was important to keep the ball down in the strike zone. He said the pitch Crist hit for a home run was up in the zone. "He didn't hit a great pitch," Meyer said. "He hit the ball hard and it carried." Kansas retaliated in its half of the first inning when senior second baseman Jeff Berlinger walked and later scored on an error to tie the score. Later in the inning senior catcher Jeff Niemier drove in junior center fielder Darryl Monroe on a double. The layhawks scored three runs in the second inning on a two-run double by Berbinger and a sacrifice fly by sonhombre left fielder Josl Igou. The Griffons scored once in the fourth, but Kansas sophomore designated hitter Jack Wilmot crushed a two-run home run in the fifth inning to increase the Jayhawks' lead to 7-2. Wilmot, making his fourth career start, said he knew he had to produce when given the opportunity. "It adds confidence to get a hit," he said, "but a dinger definitely adds a lot of confidence." in his previous start Sunday against Grand View, Wilmot singled and drove in a run. "He has told me he wants to get the chance to show what he can do," said Kansas coach Dave Bingham. "We've given him the opportunity, and he has done well." Missouri Valley closed to within one run in the sixth innning. The Griffons scored twice off Greene and twice more on a single and sacrifice fly after Splitterff relieved Greene. But Kansas drove in three runs in the sixth on a double by senior John Wuycheck and a two-run single by junior right fielder Jael Bennichoff. Rude, who started the game at shortstop, took the mound in the seventh inning, striking out three and allowing one run through the last three innings. Kansas plays host to Missouri Valley at 3 p.m. today. Kansas 10, Missouri Western 7 KANSAS (8-3) | | ab | r | h | rbl | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 2b Bertlinger | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | cf Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | pr/cr Stickelman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | f igou | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | c Niemeier | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | 1b King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | ph/1b Wuycheck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ph/ss Hardesty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | rf Benninghoff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | rf Tarquino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3b/ss/1b Soult | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ch Wilmot | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ph Mahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ss/p Rude | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Missouri Western (2-1) ab r h rb1 2b Crist 5 2 2 1 3b Alvarez 5 0 2 0 ss Schmidt 5 1 1 0 c Oater 5 1 1 0 d Wiley 3 2 0 0 rf Prindle 3 1 0 1 1b Bracero 3 0 1 0 cf Anderson 4 3 2 1 lf Jones 3 0 0 1 js Fates 3 0 9 7 Kansas IH P H R ER BB SO Meyer 5 6 4 4 2 5 Greene 0 0 2 2 3 0 Splitterff 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rude 3 2 1 0 0 3 Missouri W. IH P H R ER BB SO Calloway 4.1 6 7 7 5 1 Riggs 1.2 3 3 3 1 0 Niemeyer 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 Droge 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 E Alvarez, Ostier, Wimhel LOB Kansas 8, Missouen West 7 2B Anderson(2) Berlinger, Niemeyer, Woychech HR crist, Wimstob BER birstinger(9), Stokleman, Cristian Doug Hesse / KANSAN Two dives cost junior Big Eight title Kansan sportswriter Kansas junior pitcher David Meyer delivers the ball to the plate against Missouri Western. Meyer pitched five innings and earned the victory as the Jayhawks beat the Griffons 10-7. By Matt Doyle Kansas sportswrite If not for two dives, Kansas diver Tim Davidson might have claimed both the one- and three-meter diving championships at last week's Big Eight Conference Swimming and Diving Championships in Oklahoma City. The junior scored low on the eight round of dives in each of the 11-dive competitions. With the low-scoring dives, Davidson finished third in the one-meter competition and second in the three-meter competition. He hopes to correct those mistakes in time for the NCAA Zone diving meet today through Saturday in Austin, Texas. The top nine finishers at the Zone meet will qualify for the NCAA Championships March 25-27 you really can't afford to miss a dive," Davidson said. "I finished second (in three-meter), but I knew I had a shot to finish at the top." Kansas diving coach Don Fearon said that Davidson miscalculated how high he was off the water on his eighth dive, a reverse dive, in the three-meter event. The miscalculation forced Davidson to complete the dwarf farther out than normal, which earned him a low score of 36 points. Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN "If it had been a normal average dive, I would have scored 54 to 56 points on it," Davidson said. Nebraska's Kevin McMahon won the three-meter diving championship with a score of 546.80, 17.7 points better than Davidson. The miss in the one-meter event dropped Davidson to a third place finish. 18.65 points behind McMahon. Kansas diver Tim Davidson practices at Robinson Natatorium. Davidson will compete at the NCAA Zone meet today through Saturday. "Tim scored fours on the low board dive, and he's capable of scoring at least sixes on it," Fearon said. "If Tim would have hit those two dives for two points higher from each judge, he probably would have won each I am a little more solid on three-meter than one-meter now," he said. "All I have to do is make those adjustments on the reverse optional dives and I should be solid, and hopefully join the rest of the team members at NCAA's." Davidson said he hopes that the confidence from the Big Eight meet carries over to the Zone meet, a meet in which he struggled at last year. event." Last year, he had a poor performance on the three-meter board that cost him a trip to the championships. Frederick aids basketball seeding Kansas athletic director to help decide selections for men's NCAA tournament By David Dorsey Kansas sportwriter After teams are selected for the upcoming NCAA Tournament, their seedings are decided and the tournament bracket is revealed on Sunday, Bob Frederick, athletic director, said he would have helped fulfill one of his greatest responsibilities. rrotestionally, it's the biggest role I've had since I've been in athletics," Frederick said. Bob Frederick Rockefeller, athletic director at Kansas since 1987, is one of nine officials who comprise the NCAA De cials who comprise the NCA DAVL. I men i'm basketball committee. He is in the final year of his first term and has been reappointed for another three-year term that ends with the Final Four in 1996. The committee will meet tonight and throughout the weekend to select 64 of the 298 Division I teams for the NCAA Tournament, which begins next Thursday. Thirty of the 64 teams receive automatic bids by winning conference tournaments or championships. That leaves 34 of the selections up to the committee. Selecting those teams will be the hardest part of their mission, Frederick said, while placing the teams in the brackets will be the easiest. brackets, we have a lot of principles that we follow," he said. "Seeding the teams at the top and at the bottom is easy. It's hard with teams that are in the middle, and that's where we get the most complaints. get the most companies. "We try to keep people close to home without upsetting the balance of the brackets. One of our objectives is for all four brackets to be equal." four brackets to be equal. Frederick said that his role as Kansas athletic director did not mix with his role on the Committee. He said that he would not lobby for Big Eight Conference teams or for Kansas but would answer questions from the other committee members about Big Eight teams. Likewise, other committee members will share their knowledge of teams they had closely followed throughout the season. they had closely followed through "The procedure we go through is so fair." Frederick said. "Everybody is committed to getting the best teams in the tournament." Frederick said that part of his responsibility included keeping up with the college basketball scene throughout the regular season. "I read USA Today every day and look at all the scores," he said. "In December and January, I follow the conference standings each week. Towards the end of the season, I try to watch as many games as I can." NCAA men's tournament committee Bob Frederick is on a committee of athletic directors in the NCAA to train in the NCAA tournament this year. Tom Butters, Duke (chair) Tom Hrylland, Davidson Charles Harris, Arkansas State Syracuse Gary Cunningham, Fresno State Bob Proctor, Nashville LeLoss Doods, Texas Ralph McFillen, Metro Conference Commissioner C.M. Newhouse, Kentucky Try to watch that match with the members. The members are assigned to oversee different regions during the tournament. Redick is assigned to Chicago in the first and second round but will be reassigned if Kansas plays in that sub-region. Committee members can only watch their university's team play in the Final Four. Last season, six Big Eight Conference teams made it to the tournament, and Frederick received comments from Iowa State coach Johnny Orr and Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs about the breakthrough. Tubes about the breakout sign. "I told them, 'there's six teams in the NCAA tournament because of what you guys did,'" Frederick said. "It surely wasn't because of me." Conference tournaments and championship games are played during the same weekend that the committee meets, adding another factor to the selection process. The Big Eight Tournament championship game is Sunday afternoon. The bracket is announced Sunday evening. The committee keeps track of the ongoing games and considers the results in the final bracket. "There's still a lot of basketball to be played," Frederick said. "And that's going to affect a lot of teams that are 'on the bubble.'" As for where the Jayhawks are seeded and placed in the tournament, Kansas coach Roy Williams said that it did not really matter. not really mean that. If we win the Big Eight Tournament, a case could be made for us to be a No.1 seed. Williams said. "If we lose Friday, we could turn into a No.3 or 4 seed. I'd just like to be playing as long as we can. I wouldn't mind going to where it's warm, but I could really care less." 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