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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Jayhawks to face Missouri State, Purdue this weekend
STELLA LIANG
sliang@kansan.com
The Kansas soccer team returns to the field this weekend with games against Missouri State and Purdue. The Jayhawks will face Missouri State on Friday before returning to Lawrence to play Purdue on Sunday.
Kansas coach Mark Francis said the team has been working on creating more offense and strengthening the defense by continuing to limit opponents' opportunities to score and keeping them out of the book.
The Missouri State Bears are a familiar opponent, as Kansas has faced them four out of the last five seasons, earning victories in all four games. This season, the Bears are off to a 0-2 start. They lost to Tulsa
last Sunday in double overtime, 0 to 1. Francis said they received scouting reports on the Bears from former opponents and will try to capitalize based on Missouri State's defense.
The Bears are led by senior forward Rachel Weimer and junior forward Molly Huber. Huber had a chance to score early in the game against Tulsa, but her shot was stopped. Sophomore goalkeeper Jessica Perry had seven saves against Tulsa.
lost 3 to 4. The three Boilermaker goals were by junior defender Mollie Kuramoto, junior forward Alex Halrston and freshman midfielder Holly Gregory.
As for the second opponent of the weekend, the Purdue Boilermakers have a strong offense, which led them to their 1-1 start. The Boilermakers took a total of 34 shots against Xavier last Sunday, but
"We want to be aggressive from the first minute of the game."
The Jayhawks started the season 1-1 and look to build upon their success from Sunday's game against Pacific. The Jayhawk offense scored three goals, while not allowing a
While the team has not turned its attention to Purdue, which will happen on Sunday, the coaches have video on the Boilermakers and have started preparing for them, Francis said.
HANNA KALLMAIER Sophomore midfielder
goal by Pacific. The team also had multiple other opportunities to score.
Junior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Stroud earned her first shutout of her career against Pacific. Senior
forward Caroline Kastor had both an assist and a goal against Pacific. She is now fifth on Kansas' all-time points list.
Sophomore midfielder Hanna Kallmaier said there is always room for improvement. She said in practice this week the team worked on finishing on offense and the speed of play.
"We want to be aggressive from the first minute of the game," Kallmaier said.
Kansas travels to Springfield, Mo., to face Missouri State on Friday at 6 p.m. The team comes back to Lawrence for the game against Purdue at noon on Sunday.
- Edited by Jessica Mitchell
Junior forward Jamie Fletcher takes a shot on goal during the Aug. 19, 2011, game against Tennessee at the Jayhawk Soccer Sports Complex. The Jayhawks will face Missouri State on Friday in Springfield, Mo.
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MLB
Dodgers take series, shut out Cubs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Ricky Nolasco pitched eight innings of a half ball, Hanley Ramirez and Andre
Ethier hit solo homers and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Wednesday.
The first-place Dodgers earned their 21st victory in August, tying the Los Angeles record for most wins in a calendar month. They avoided a second straight series loss by taking two of three from the last-place Cubs.
Nolasco (11-9) struck out a season high-tying 11, walked one and permitted only one runner to get reach third base. Acquired in a trade with Florida in early July, the
right-hander won his sixth straight start in August.
Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig left after four innings with no immediate explanation. He didn't slide intosecond base to try to break up a double play in the first inning and visibly reacted after striking out in the third.
Edwin Jackson (7-14) gave up four runs — two earned — and six hits against his old team. He struck out five and walked two.
The Cubs have lost nine of 12, and went 2-4 on their West Coast trip.Manager Dale Sveum was ejected in the bottom of the first for arguing a checked swing by Puig with first base umpire Lance Barksdale.
Playing their only midweek home day game this season, the Dodgers scored their first two runs on the homers by Ramirez with two outs in the first and Ether in the fourth. The 88-degree heat and searing sun had fans crowding under the overhangs in the outfield pavilions and upper deck.
The Dodgers extended their lead to 4.0 in the fifth. After a pair of leadoff singles, Nolasco bunted and
Jackson threw the ball past third base. One run scored on the error and Skip Schumaker, who replaced
Kenley Jansen struck out three in a hitless ninth for the Dodgers.
and Skip Schumaker, who replaced Puig in right field, hit an RBI single.
The Dodgers' franchise record for wins in a calendar month is 25, set by Brooklyn in July
1947. ... Chicago fell to 9-17 in Jackson's 26 starts. ... After giving up just 11 homers in his previous
144 innings, Jackson allowed two in his first four innings against the Dodgers. ... The Cubs concluded their schedule against NL West teams with their final road game outside their division. They will travel exclusively within the NL Central in September for the first time since 1997. ... The Cubs return to Wrigley
field on Friday having lost 16 of their last 19 games at home.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum, right, argues a call with first base umpire Lance Barksdale during the first inning of their baseball game against the Los Angeles Dogers Wednesday in Los Angeles.
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