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Monday, March 7,1994
SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Jayhawks get clutch pitching in 5-4 victory
Relief pitcher saves game as Kansas improves to 7-4
By Andrew Gilman Kansan sportswriter
Kansas managed just five hits yesterday but scored five times and received some clutch pitching in its 5-4 come-back victory against Southeast Missouri State at Hoghund-Margin Stadium.
After outscoring their opponents 50-11 during the last three games, including a 19-5 victory Saturday against the same team, the Jayhawks struggled yesterday against the Indians.
Kansas improved its record to 7-4 while Southeast Missouri State dropped to 1-7.
The victory was the 750th career victory for Kansas coach Dave Bingham. He has 192 victories for the Jayhawks, but he said this one was nothing too special.
"It's as ugly as the other 740," Bingham said. "But there's never a win that I don't like."
Bingham attributed part of the Jayhawks' hitting problems to Indian startling pitcher Troy Pehel.
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"He had a good slider," Bingham said. "We needed some production out of our left-handed hitters today, and there wasn't a lot."
Pehle, who got the loss, gave up only four hits in five innings and kept the Indians in the game.
The Indian's catcher Rex Crosnoe led off the eighth inning with a solo home run that pulled the visitors to within one. But a strong ninth innning pitching performance by junior Dan Rude saved it for the Jayhawks and senior starter Chris Corn.
Corn pitched eight complete innings and started the ninth, but when he walked lead-off batter, Scott Hopper, on four pitches Bingham had seen enough.
Iou saw the evidence of a strong senior pitcher," Bingham said about Corn's performance. "A younger guy may have made some mistakes out there. This is a game of focus. The team that can maintain it it's poise is the one that's going to win the game."
"When I sent him out there for the ninth I thought he could finish," Bingham said. "Then I saw the quality of pitches he threw. He pitched too well not to win that game."
"I thought I could go the ninth," Corn said. "But when you got a guy like Rude, you bring him in. As long as we win, that's all I care about."
Corn allowed 11 hits, four runs and had six strikeouts in his eight-plus innings of work.
Despite the victory, Corn said he was not happy with his performance.
"My stuff was flat today," he said. "When you don't pitch for 13 days it's tough."
Corn picked up his first victory of the season with the help of Rude, who started the game at stopstop.
Dan Rude, Kansas junior shortstop, tries to compete a double play against Southeast Missouri State. Kansas won yesterday's game in Hoglund-Maupin Stadium, 5-4. Rude, who also pitches, threw a hitless ninth inning.
Rude came in and pitched a hitless ninth, recording his second save.
"Ijust wanted to throw strikes," Rude said. "The changeup was working, and the curve was good."
Even though he didn't surrender any hits, Rude gave the Indians a chance.
He hit Crossoe with a pitch and walked designated hitter Ryan Burkis before getting first baseman Kris Blum to pop out to second and end the game with the bases loaded.
"Danny makes the game interesting," Bingham said. "You are one pitch away from disaster when you come into that situation. If the guy hits it into the gap, then you're down two. But instead he gets the non-out, and we win."
Kansas will play its third consecutive game against Southeast Missouri State at 3 p.m. today at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
SPORTS in brief
Kansas clobbers Drake in men's tennis meet, boosts record to 11-3
It was billed as a matchup of former Kansas assistant men's tennis coach Mark Riley, now the head tennis coach at Drake, against current Kansas men's tennis coach Michael Center. But the coaches were upstaged by the Kansas players, who showed why the Jayhawks are the No. 23 team in the nation.
Kansas pounded the Bulldogs 7-0. The defeat solidified Kansas as the top team in Region V competition. Region V comprises Big Eight and Missouri Valley conference schools.
Sophomores Reid Stattery and J.P. Visseppo won at the Nos. 1 and 2 spots respectively. The Bulldogs threatened at the No. 3 spot, but junior Martin Erickson, after dropping the first set, was able to rally and gain a victory.
Women's tennis falls to No. 4 Georgia
The No. 9 Kansas women's tennis team lost to No. 4 Georgia Saturday at the USTA/TA National Indoor Team Championship in Madison, Wis.
Although the Jayhawks lost, they tied for third in the tournament, which is the best finish ever for a Kansas tennis team in the National Team Indoors.
In the first round, the Jayhawks defeated Wisconsin 5-3. That set up a quarterfinal matchup between No.6 Duke and Kansas.
Against Duke in singles, the Jayhawks won at every position except No. 2 and defeated the Blue Devils 5-1. Junior Nora Koves, who is ranked No. 10 nationally, led the Jayhawks by defeating No. 24 Monica Mraz 6-4, 6-2. Senior Mindy Weiner, playing in the No. 3 singles spot, dropped the first set 2-6 then came back and won the next two sets for the match.
The victory against Duke placed the Jayhawks in the semifinals, where they faced No. 4 Georgia. The Bulldogs defeated Kansas 5-1. Only Kovcs picked up a victory in singles. Kansas improved its overall record to 9-2.
Three Jayhawks qualify for NCAA's in track
In a last-chance effort to qualify for the NCAA track championships March 11-12 in Indianapolis, the Kansas track team competed at two meets in Ames, Iowa and Lincoln, Neb.
Friday in Ames at the Cyclone National Track and Field Qualifier, Kansas sent eight athletes, but qualified only two.
Junior Kristi Kloster, who the Big Eight Conference championship in the 800-meter run, automatically qualified for the NCAA meet while setting a Kansas school record with a time of 2:06.59.
Junior Nick Johannsen was the only other qualifier at the meet in Ames. He jumped 7-1 in the high jump to provisionally qualify.
Saturday in Lincoln at the Husker Last Chance Meet,
senior John Bazzoni was the only qualifier.
A provisional qualification does not guarantee that he will be competing, but it assures Johannsen that someone must beat his mark for him not to go.
Junior Melissa Swartz, who finished second at the conference meet in the mile, missed a provisional qualification by eight-tenths of a second.
Bazzoni, who already had provisionally qualified with his jump of 17-7 earlier in the year, jumped 17-3.
Kansas golf teams to compete today
The Kansas men's golf team has traveled to Florida to play in the University of Central Florida Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
Casey Brozek, Jason Seeman, Tom Sims, John Hess and Tyler Shelton are competing for the Jahayhaws at the two-day tournament. The tournament consists of 21 teams that play 36 holes today and 18 holes tomorrow.
Today the Kansas women's golf team will open its season in the two-day Jones Sport Utah/Dixie Classic in St. George, Utah. Competing in the 19-train tournament for the Jayhawks are Holly Reynolds, Pam Wineinger, Michelle Uher and Missy Russell. Tracy Belisle is making the trip as the alternate.
No.11 Kansas softball loses to Illinois St.
Sophomore Beth Robinson (1-4) was the losing pitcher.
The No. 11 Kansas softball team went 3-3 during the weekend at the Texas A&M Aggie Invitational and lost in the quarterfinals 2-0 to Illinois State.
The 15-team tournament was won by host Texas A&M. Junior pitcher Stephani Williams (5-4), who twice and lost once, contributed two home runs and had a double during the tournament. Her loss came against No. 3 Southwestern Louisiana, 2-0.
Kansas had victories against Colorado State, 7-2,
Texas-San Antonio. 3-1 and San Houston State, 1-0.
Kansas will have two double-headers this weekend. On Saturday the Jayhawks will play host to Tulsa, and on Sunday they will play University of Missouri-Kansas City. Both double-headers will be played at Jayhawk Field.
Compiled from Kansan staff reports.
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