University Daily Kansan / Fridav, October 13. 1989
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Tennis teams hit the road
Falbo, Gross will represent KU at Volvo championship
By Andres Cavelier Kansan sportswriter
Tennis players John Falbo and Jeff Gross will represent Kansas in the main draw of the Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Championship Oct. 19-22
The tournament is the first level of the Collegiate Grand Slam. The Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (TCA) selected Falbo and Gross as representatives of the Central Region.
Five other Kansas players will travel today to the University of Georgia in Athens to attempt to win the main draw of the tournament.
Rafael Rangel already has been selected to play in the 64-singles main qualifying tournament.
The Jayhawks are ranked 25th in the nation, with Falbo 15th and Gross 44th in the preseason Volvo rankings.
Ian Goodman; Cling Nguyen, con-
los Fliening and Paul Garvin will play Saturday and Sunday in the prequalifying tournament. Eight quarterfinalists will advance to the qualifying tournament to be held Oct.
17-18, and four will advance to the 32-singles main draw on Oct. 19-22.
Falbo, Charleston, W. Va., junior,
and Rangel, Monterey, Mexico,
sophomore ranked 18th in doubles
and play in the 16 doubles main draw.
The Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Championship is the first of four legs of the ITCA Collegiate Grand Slam, which is one of the four most important college tournaments.
"It's the home of the college tennis Hall of Fame," said director of tennis, Scott Perelman. "It's the mecca of college tennis. It's something special when seven or eight thousand people show up to watch a tennis match.
he Jayhawks are ranked 25th in the nation, with Falbo 15th and Gross 44th in the preseason Volvo
rankings.
As a freshman last year, Rangel was eliminated in the prequalifiers
"I think Falbo, Gross and Rangel are capable of winning the tournament."
Perelman said that Falbo had more tournament experience than Gross, but that Gross had made outstanding progress in the last six months.
selected to the main draw.
"tafafel's come out of woodwork in the last 30 or 40 days. He's worked hard and he's made some outstanding improvements in the mental part of his tennis game. I am very pleased with 'tafafel' getting got some good days in front of him."
Falbo, ranked 38th last year, lost in the first round of the 32-singles main draw to Johan Kjellsten of Louisiana State. Jeff Gross, Overland Park, junior, was ranked 79th last year and lost in the first round of the main qualifier. This year Gross was
The women's team traveled yesterday to the Hoosier Converse Classic in Bloomington, Ind., where the Jayhawks will play in a bracketed tournament of three singles and three doubles draws.
Eveline Hamers, ranked 16th in the nation and seeded No. 1 singles in bracket No. 1, will also play doubles with Page Goins.
Renee Raychaudhuri and Laura Hagemann, Stacy Stotts and Becky DeSalme, and Susan Noftsger and Anna Benjakul will also represent Kansas in the doubles.
Goins, fifth in bracket two, and Notsfger, seeded third in bracket three, lead the Jayhawks, along with Hamers in the singles.
Four other teams will compete with Kansas and the Hoosiers, who are ranked 11th in the preseason Volvo rankings. The other teams include: Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Mississippi State, ranked 21st.
Last year, Hamers was defeated in the second round by Hoosier Stephanie Reece. In doubles, Hamers and Tita Pinero, were defeated in the first round by Indiana, the eventual doubles and singles champion.
Pinero, who lost in the singles third round, and Mindy Pelz, defeated in the second round, did not travel yesterday to Bloomington. Pinero is recovering from a finger injury, and Pelz underwent surgery on both of her legs yesterday at the KU Medical Center.
John Falbo works out in preparation for weekend tournaments
KU guard forced out a 2nd year
By a Kansan reporter
In its final season of probation, Kansas basketball has again been hit by the NCAA.
But this time it was a player who was penalized.
Sean Tunstall, a sophomore guard, has been declared academically ineligible by the NCAA for the second year in a row.
Tunstall sat out last season as a Proposition 48 casualty. He will be forced to sit out his entire sophomore season also, thus losing another year of eligibility. Tunstall will be able to practice with the squad this season and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Doug Vance, director of sports information, said Tunstall's ineligibility this year was because of maritalities in his ACT test score."
"I can't discuss academics," Vance said, "because of NCAA regulations."
Tunstall was highly recruited out of Vashon High School in St. Louis. He led his team to the Missouri Class 4A State Championship his senior year and scored an average of 18.5 points a game.
Coach Roy Williams said he was disappointed for both Tunstall and the team.
Track races up ranks
Kansan sportswriter
By Paula Parrish
Korean contemporary
Kansas cross country is running to the top.
The men's cross country team is ranked 20th in the nation, and assistant coach Mike McGuire said Kansas would be able to prove its worthiness for that position again this weekend.
"If we can just keep improving and improve over last week, we're going to be very competitive in the meet," he said.
Kansas travels to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend to participate in the Arkansas Invitational, which will be held by the University of Arkansas.
The men's 10,000-meter and the women's 5,000-meter race will be Saturday morning at the Razorback Park Golf Course.
Kansas 'national ranking comes from a poll taken of cross country coaches across the nation. Iowa ranked first and Nebraska second.
The Kansas men take three first place finishes and one second place finish into this week's competition. Last weekend, Kansas took a resounding first at the Michigan State Invitational by placing runners in second and in fifth through 10th places.
"If we can pack up our two through seven like we did at Michigan, we'll be in business," he said, smiling to the runners' mingling orders.
Although not as highly ranked as the men's team, the women have taken first in one meet and placed second in two invitations. They finished third last weekend at Michigan State.
Of the ten schools Kansas' men would be competing against this weekend, McGuire said Arkansas, who won in the first game of the Jawhawk's toughest opponent.
On the women's side, McCruise was realistic about Kansas' capabilities against the nine teams on the 5,000-meter course.
"We'd like to finish somewhere in the middle of the pack," he said. He was best Oklahoma for it. "I'd like Oklahoma to be OKahama, and I think we can."
McGuire said that race times had been moved back because of the warm weather which was expected this weekend in Arkansas, but that the weather shouldn't prove to be a problem for the team.
"We had a good practice yesterday, and it was warm," he said of Wednesday's practice. "I can't really see it being that much warmer this weekend."
Sport briefs
KANSAS FOOTBALL: Kansas Coach Glen Mason said after practice yesterday that he was glad to have the weekend off because it would give some of his injured starters a chance to heal.
"Deral Boykin and Paul Friday wouldn't have made it," Mason said. "They need a couple of more days rest."
Strong safety Boykin reinjured his right ankle and hurt his left one in last Saturday's 24-20 loss to Iowa.
Mason said defensive lineman Gilbert Brown would need some treatment this week for a backstrain.
Friday suffered a twisted ankle in Saturday's game.
Home runs power 'Hawks in twin bill
By Dan Perkins
Kansan sportwriter
Kansas blasted four home runs, including two by John Wuycheck, on the way to a sweep of Kansas City, University College last night, 3:0 and 2:1.
"Pitching was the difference." Bingham said, referring to the two games' margins of victory. "After we got some hits in the second game, their pitcher got a little shook up."
Bingham said he was pleased with the team's improved hitting.
swinging with a lot more confidence."
"Our swings looked a lot better tonight." Bingham said. "We were
Wuycheck's first home run came early in the first game and gave Kansas a 2-0 lead, which was more than enough for their others Curtis Shaw and Craig Stopoff.
In the second game, pitcher Steve Renko, with the help of some good defense, held Kansas City hitless until the fourth inning. By the time the team had gotten its first hit, Kansas had opened up a 15-0 lead.
Renko left the game after the fourth because of a slight groin pull. Relievers Rob Merriman and Stoppel shut out Kansas City on just one hit in
the final three innings.
Kansas doubled its run total of the first game in the first inning of the second game.
With one out, Steve Meeks knocked the first of his four hits in the game. He scored on Mark Hummel's home run, giving Kansas a 9-2 lead.
The next hitter, Mark Moore,
doubled. Kansas City's starter then
walked three consecutive batters,
forcing home another run.
Dave Sault followed with a two-run single. Soult was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double, but Jimmy Utt scored on the throw,
giving Kansas a 6-0 lead.
"hunting is infectious," Bingham said. "After one guy gets a hit, everybody starts getting them."
After a scoreless second inning, Kansas bounced back with nine runs in the third.
Wuycheck drove in the first two runs of the inning with a two-run home run over the scoreboard in right-centerfield.
After Utt grounded out for the second out of the inning, six straight batters reached base before Mark Moore belled a three-run home run, giving Kansas a 15-0 lead.
Cowboys look to future; Minnesota sets sights on Super Bowl with blockbuster Walker trade
The Associated Press
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Herschel Walker shed his Dallas blues yesterday, moving to Minnesota in a blockbuster deal that gave the Cowboys five players and seven draft choices. It also may have given the Vikings a chance at returning to the Super Bowl in the near future.
"Depending on how things work out over the next three years, yes, we could have mortgaged our future for the good of the 1989 and 1990 teams," Vikings general manager Mike Lynn said after completing the trade.
The deal for the All-Pro running
team of the biggest trades in
NFL history.
"We're interested in winning our division, interested in going to the Super Bowl and interested in winning the Super Bowl," Lynn said. "And we felt that the last piece of the puzzle, the last spoke on the wheel, was a running back . . . a marquee running
back
"If we don't win the (NFC) Central Division, and we don't get to the Super Bowl while Herschel Walker is a member of the Minnesota Vikings, then we have not made a good trade."
Walker, at a news conference at Vikings' headquarters, called himself "just another athlete coming to trv to help this team win."
"I haven't won that many games with the Cowboys," he said. "It's great to be on a winning team. This is a good opportunity for me.
"The Cowboys wanted to make a move, and I want to play football." Walker said, calling the trade a very big surprise.
Walker, who received an undisclosed amount of "exit" money from the Cowboys to accept the trade, will play for the Vlkings Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, though Lynn said he didn't expect Walker to make more than a cameo appearance.
In 1988, Walker became only the 10th player in NFL history to gain more than 2,000 yards from scrimmage. Walker, 27, in his fourth NFL season after three years in the USFL, had expressed dissatisfaction with how he was used this year in Dallas' pass-heavy attack.
Going to the Cowboys were four Viking regulars: linebackers Jesse Solomon and David Howard, cornerback Isaac Holt and running back Darrin Nelson. Rookie defensive end Alex Stewart, who has spent the entire year on the disabled list, was included in the deal.
In addition, the Vikings gave up their first-round draft choice in 1992.
The Cowboys also got six "conditional" draft choices over the next three years: two first-round choices, one second-round and one third-round.
"We have the right to decide at any time what those conditions are," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.
"Everything must be settled over the next three years. It's our call. This is a draft-oriented trade."
Counting the draft choices as players, the Vikings, in effect, gave up 12 players for one.
"Herschel's a great player with a great attitude," Dallas head coach Jimmy Johnson said. "It was difficult for him, but he's going to a team that can contend for a Super Bowl. We're rebuilding."
Jones called the deal "fantastic for the Cowboys and great for Minnesota."
While the Cowboys hope to parlay all the draft choices into future stars, Lynn used a baseball analogy to help Minnesota's hopes for the trade.
"We hope this trade does for the Minnesota Vikings what the trade for Rickey Henderson did for the Oakland A's," Lynn said, referring to the A's return to the World Series.
The Jayhawks have four returning starters this season. Brian Sexton Interviews Lynn Page during women's basketball Media Dav.
Press meets Woodard, Kansas basketball team
By Paula Parrish Kansan sportswriter
Even after 16 seasons as coach of the women's basketball team, Marian Washington smiled at the man he might be getting tired of it all.
"I love the game, I love to teach and I love these players." she said.
Washington introduced her staff and her players for this season to the press yesterday during Media Field annually at Allen Field Houses.
"Last year, we just didn't have a choice," Washington said. "But this year, overall, they are in a situation that I like the freshmen
Besides presenting her returning squad members, Washington introduced a recruiting class rank system by Diek Vitale's recruiting poll.
Kansas begins this season with four returning starters. The Jayhawks last year had only one returning starter, and the burden of carrying the team fell to the freshman class.
to be in. And that is where there is no pressure, so that they can make a mistake."
Washington's coaching staff also got a new recruit.
Former Kansas All-American and Harlem Globetrotter Lynette Woodward returned to Kansas this summer as assistant coach for the Jawhavas.
Woodard said that even with all her experience, she could still benefit from working with Washington.
"She's first class," Woodard said. "There's just so much to learn from her. She has so much wisdom."
Kansas ended last year with a 13-14 regular season record, and a 5-9 conference record.
Washington said that Kansas' toughest challenges this year would come from Nebraska and Kansas State. But she was quick to say they shouldn't be considered the major threats in the Big 8 Conference.
"They'll be thinking about us," she said.
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