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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013
CROSS COUNTRY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Senior runner Josh Munsch talks to his teammates after running. The team will compete in Terre Haute, Ind., this weekend.
Cross Country teams travel to Indiana
The Kansas Cross Country teams will travel to Terre Haute, Ind., over the weekend for the 2013 Indiana State Pre National Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 19. After a very successful first two meets, the men's and women's teams will be facing a stiff step-up in competition.
The men will be competing in the 8k race against 74 other Universities, including Baylor,
The women's team will be competing in the 6k race against 85 other Universities, including Baylor, California and Ohio State. They finished second at the Rim
California, Clemson, Colorado Florida State, Iowa, Kansas State Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon and many others. The team will look to build off its first place finish in the Rim Rock Classic two weeks ago, led by senior Josh Munsch and juniors Reid Buchanan, Evan Landes and James Wilson.
Rock Classic, just behind eleventh ranked Michigan. Sophomore Hannah Richardson will lead the Jayhawks after her seventh place finish at Rim Rock.
The Big 12 Championships are fast approaching. This year's events will be held in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 2.
Look forward to an extensive recap of the weekend's events next week.
Daniel Harmsen
NBA
Harden, Rockets top Magic 108-104
HOUSTON — James Harden had 21 points and five rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to a 108-104 win over the Orlando Magic in a preseason game Wednesday night.
Harden finished 7 of 12 from the field, including 4 of 6 from behind the arc in 18 minutes - all in the first half. Harden had 15 points in the first quarter, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Houston a 33-29 lead after one en route to a 61-53 halftime lead.
Patrick Beverley added 13 points
and nine rebounds in 26 minutes,
and Dwight Howard had eight
points and four rebounds in 18
minutes — also all in the first half
— to lead the Rockets (3-1) to their
third straight preseason win.
Houston played without Jeremy Lin, who was sent home due to illness.
Reserve Manny Harris led the Magic (1-3) with 17 points on 8 of 16 shooting in 23 minutes. Andrew Nicholson finished with 15 points and nine rebounds, Aaron Afflo added 13 points in 23 minutes. Maurice Harkless and Romero Osby had 10 apiece.
Orlando first-round pick Victor Oladipo struggled from the floor, scoring nine points on 3-of-12 shooting in 20 minutes as the Magic shot 22 percent from beyond the arc and 12 of 18 from the free throw line.
Donatas Montiejunas chipped in 14 points for Houston, Francisco Garcia had 11 and Terrence Jones added 10 for the Rockets, who shot 41.7 percent from behind the 3-point line and hit 23 of 27 from the free throw line.
- Associated Press
SOCCER
FMILY WITTLER/KANSAN
Senior forward Caroline Kastor controls the ball with her foot during a game against San Diego earlier this season.
Jayhawks face tough upcoming schedule
sliang@kansan.com
With no victories in its last four matches, the Kansas soccer team (5-7-2, 0-2-1) is heading into the hardest stretch of its Big 12 schedule with lots of questions.
STELLA LIANG
The weekend slate for the Jayhawks is tough as they will face both last year's conference winner, West Virginia, and conference tournament winner, Baylor.
After their most recent loss to Texas Christian University on Oct. 11, Francis said that something has to change.
"I have no problem with our effort, how we competed," Francis said. "At some point, that's not going to be enough. The quality we are showing on the attacking end of the field is not good enough. That's why we are not winning games."
Kansas has not scored a goal since its last nonconference match against Santa Clara on Sept. 27. The Jayhawks currently sit at eighth place, out of nine teams, in the conference. Only Oklahoma, which has four conference losses, is lower.
On Friday, they will go on the road to match up with current Big 12 leader West Virginia. The Mountaineers are 5-0 in Big 12 play and are entering the matchup with a seven-game winning streak. Currently they are 20th on
the NCAA RPI rankings.
On Sunday, the Jayhawks return home to face the Baylor Bears. The Bears have an overall record of 8-3-3 and sit in fourth place in the Big 12 standings with a 1-2-1 record against conference opponents.
Schwindel has now scored 10 goals during the season. That is tied with her teammate Frances Silva with most in the Big 12. Her performance last weekend, one goal and one assist against both Iowa State and TCU, earned her two awards. She was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week as well as the TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Week.
The Mountaineers have not lost since Sept. 15. Last weekend, they bested Iowa State and TCU. After trading goals and finishing regulation tied 2-2 against TCU, the Mountaineers won the game off the foot of junior forward Kate Schwindel in overtime.
It might be easier for the Jayhawks to earn a victory against Baylor. The Bears' best result in four games came against Texas Tech last weekend, where the team's played to a draw. However, two of their last three losses came against West Virginia and second-place Texas.
Baylor is led in scoring by sophomore forward Bri Campos, who has five goals. The team has a balanced offense, as 12
players have scored at least one goal. Baylor's goalkeeper, junior Michelle Kloss, has an 81.6 save percentage.
To earn a victory against either team, the Jayhawks must find a way to capitalize on scoring chances. In the second half against TCU, Kansas outshot the opponent 13-3, but had nothing to show for it. Junior midfielder Jamie Fletcher, sophomore midfielder Liana Salazar and senior forward Caroline Kastor have taken the most shots on the team, and are all still in top 10 in the conference for number of shots taken.
"I've seen everybody in the conference play, and I honestly don't think there's anybody we cannot beat, but we are not going to beat anybody if we don't score some goals," Francis said. "The way we are playing and competing is good, but right now that's not enough."
Kansas will face West Virginia at 7 p.m. on Friday in Morgantown, W. Va., and Baylor at 1 p.m. Sunday in Lawrence.
Edited by Hannah Barling
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