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University Daliy Kansan, August 20, 1981
Good recruiting year bolsters Jayhawk men's, women's golf
By GINO STRIPPOLI
Sports Writer
A diagonal sixth place finish in the Big Eight last year made talk of a trip to this year's NCAA championships seem optimistic. But after a recruiting year that some coaches only dream about, KU women's golf coach Ross Randall said that the Jayhawks would be a team to reckon with in the upcoming season.
"We will definitely be a stronger team than the one last year" said Randall who also coaches the men's team. "With our new recruits, we should move up quite a ways in the standings."
For Randall's prediction of a trip to the NCAA tournament to become a reality he must rely heavily on his top two recruits, Bev Boozer and Lisa Bradley, who brings a long list of credentials to KU.
Boozer, a transfer from UCLA, will join KU with two years of collegiate
experience. She served as one of the captains for the Bruin team her freshman year and transferred to KU after her sophomore season. Boozer goes into her first season as a Jayhawk county coach and-strike victory in the City Water War.
"Bev told me she's ready to play," Randall said. "She has the potential to be a great player."
Randall' also has high praise for Bradley. Bradley is coming off a successful summer during which she won the Kansas State Junior's champion of the U.S. to the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links championships.
"Lisa" and Bev both have a chance to become great golfers," Randall said. "With their scores, we'll be counting 76s instead of 88s."
Boozer and Bradley will team with top returning golfers Patty Coyle, 11th in the Big Eight, and Lisa Howard, 24th in the Big Eight, to form the core of Randall's team.
"We can definitely win the Big Eight in Iowa and we are the nationalists are not out of the question."
Randall also pulled off a recruiting coup for the men's golf team, bringing in three players who should help the team.
"The three men we wanted the most, we got, so it was a very successful team," said Kendall, who is entering his second year as head coach of both golf teams at KU.
The three men Randall signed are Brad Demo and Rob Wilkinson, both of Coffeyville Junior College, and Dan Callahan of Wichita Northwest High School in Oklahoma. He was Kansas State champion and Kansas was a Junior College All-American.
For Randall to reach his goal, he must get solid play from his newcomers and veterans alike. the top vetners for the men's golf team will be Jim O'Shaa of Stanford, the big Eight, and Dean Frankiewicz, 28th in the Big Eight.
Tennis team gets new coach
KU men's tennis coach Randy McGrath knows at least one thing about this year's unpredictable tennis season; it will keep most of his time running two teams.
"Now that I'm only coaching the men's team, I will be able to devote more time to it." McGráth said. "Last year I spent most of my time trying to run two practices and schedule two seasons."
McGRAITH WILL RELY on three players returning from last year's team. They are Ed Bolen Charlie Stearns and Jim Svett.
don't expect any one player to dominate."
The team will be bolstered by freshmen Scott Alexander and Rick Aubin. Aubin won the Kansas state championship the past two years.
"Both of our recruits are good, but they haven't played their teammates yet," McGrath said. "I'd say they're even with Bolen and Stearns."
MEGRAT SAID his main goal for this year's team was to improve on last year's seventh place finish in the Big Apple, but although competition was tough, his players played up to their potential, they could easily improve on that finish.
Improvement is also on the mind of first year women's team coach Kathy Matthews.
to McGrath last year, was a co-captain of the 1979-80 women's tennis team.
"I'm looking forward to a good year," Merrion said. "I know the job pretty well, so I don't foresee any problems."
Merrion's team will consist of four veterans--Corey Nason, Shawn Willson, Maureen Gullolf and Marn Jensen—and three newcomers—Beth Rainard, Stephanie Dickey and Greta Fromberger. Fromberger was Missouri's No. 1 singles player last year.
"WE SHOULD have a lot of depth on this year's team and that will help a lot," Merrion said. "We should be good in singles matches, because all our players are fairly good singles players."
San Diego Chicken to appear at Tulsa-KU game
Feathers may fly at the Tula-s-KU game Sept. 5.
Certainly, the teams will go at it hard on the field. But a winged war could be brewing-between the San Diego Chicken and the Jayhawk.
Tulsa announced last week that the infamous fowl would make an appearance at the Labor Day weekend contest.
The Tula game provides trivia buffs with several interesting statistics. For instance, it is the only KU game to be played at night this season.
Hurricane swarmed over the Jayhawks, 56-0.
And, from the record books, the Jayhawks have never scored on the Golden Hurricane. KU faced Tulsa in 1933 and 1944 and the Hurricane won both contests, 7-0. In 1946 Tulsa was again victorious, 27-0, and in 1946 the
The Hurricane, picked by preseason polls to win the Missouri Valley Crown, is led this year by Coach John Cooper, a former KU assistant coach until 1972. Cooper is in his fifth year at Tulsa, where he has a record of 26-18.
The Tulsa ticket office is expecting a carriage of 12 passengers between the two schools in 35 years.
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