University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 18, 1990
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Women's team young but confident, Washington says
Bv Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
Coach Marian Washington is expecting great things from the women's basketball team this season.
Kansas goes into the 1990-91 season picked to finish fourth in the Big Eight. Washington said that although the team was relatively young with only one senior, Sandra deBruno, she was a top talent to be competitive this season.
Women's Basketball
"I have a lot of players who know what they are doing, and that really nice. Washington said, "I think we are going to be stronger, but we are still young."
"We're going to open up with a real tough schedule. At the end of the year, we have to demonstrate that we can play a tough schedule."
Kansas' first NCAA opponents will be UCLA, Louisiana State and wa, who they will play Nov 24-25 the two teams. All three teams were ranked in the
top 25 last year, Washington said.
Kansas will begin conference play Jan. 9 in Lawrence against Oklahoma
Last March, the University of Oklahoma decided to discontinue its women's basketball program because of financial problems and lack of support from the students and university.
Washington said that point guard Liz Smith was a strength for Oklahoma State and that the experience and maturity of K-State's team, which has been playing together for three years, would give the Wildcats.
The program was reinstated April 4 after mounting public criticism and legal threats from the team forced university officials to reconsider.
"After that I think it's going to be interesting," Washington said. "We have more confidence."
"I hope no one ever forgets the Oklahoma situation," Washington said. "Right now they're ranked eight (in the Big Eight Conference) but talent-wise they have some great athletes."
Picked to finish ahead of Kansas are Alabama State, Kansas State and Missouri, in that order.
Ten letter winners return to the lineup this season including deBruin and junior forwards Tanya Bonham,
Terrilyn Johnson, Marthea McCloud and Danielle Shareef. Shareef also played with the traveling Big Eight team this summer.
"I think it increased my con-
fidence," Shareef said. "They are very
physical and I think that is something
that will carry over."
Washington said the Kansas women's basketball team would conduct an open locker room policy this season.
Washington said the experience could help the Big Eight in its recruiting efforts.
Also returning for Kansas are junior guard Kay Kary Hart, sophomore forward Mista Chennai from Kentucky. Trutt, Shannon Kite and Joe Witerspoon.
New faces to the women's softball team include junior guard Darci Bieber, who transferred from Johnson County Community College; sophomore center Lisa Tate, who sat out last season under Proposition 81; and freshman guard Ericka Muny, who track star from Lexington, Ky.
She said that interviews would normally be in the press room, but that in the event they should set up in the room, it would be open to all reporters.
Another change in the team involves all the players.
Kansas balances athletics, grades
By Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
Academics and athletics are a big part of the Kansas women's basketball team, coach Marian Washington said yesterday at the annual Media Day at Allen Field House.
Washington said she thought Kansas was doing a good job with its athletic/academic program.
Seven players and two former players will be recognized at Saturday's football game against Colorado for their academic achievements. Senior Sandra deBrun, Juniors Tanya Bonham, Terrylin Johnson, Marthea Johnson, Shaiwong Shi, Kay Kurt, Hartt and sophomore Morihei Chenault will receive the Jayhawk Scholar Award for earning the minimum of a 3.0 GPA last semester. Former players Michelle
in terms of the academic base program, no program in the United States is doing what we're doing." she said. "We are going to provide the support that most of these young people need."
On the other side of the coin, a Kansas signee, Tawana Jackson, a three-time Parade All-American who was one of the most high school basketball country, left Kansas last week under the effects of Proposition 42.
Under Proposition 48, if the athlete had been a partial qualifier, meaning he or she had met only one of the requirements, the athlete would be eligible for an athletic scholarship even though ineligible to participate in the sport for one year.
Proposition 42 states that an athlete is either a qualifier or a non-qualifier with a minimum high school GPA of 2.0 and a minimum SAT score of 700 and ACT score of 8. It replaced Proposition 48 at the 1989 NCAA convention and went into effect this August.
Arnold and Elizabeth Roark were also named Jayhawk Scholars.
Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director and NCAA representative, said that under Proposition 5, the U.S. had no qualifier, partial qualifier and
non-qualifier. An athlete could be a partial qualifier by meeting only one of the academic requirements.
"Proposition 42 eliminated the partial qualifier status such that non-qualifiers could not get athletic scholarships." Konzem said. "The NCAA amended Prop 42 so that non-qualifiers could not have athletic scholarships but can apply for need-based financial aid."
Washington said that Jackson was a partial qualifier. Her GPA met the requirement, but her test scores did not.
Under Proposition 42, the athlete may regain eligibility only after passing 24 credit hours at the minimum and maintaining the minimum GPA.
The Big Eight minimum GPA is 1.6, but Konzem said the requirement varied from conference to conference. He said that once the athlete passed 60 credit hours, the standard increased.
Kozem said the NCAA was currently considering implementing a minimum GPA 2.0 as its standard for all conferences.
Receiver Jim New is one of the injured Kansas players forced to sit out Saturday's game.
Ailing Jayhawks must overcome adversity in game against Buffs
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
Last season's game against Colorado, then ranked third in the nation, had the makings of a western movie.
Football
He led a six-play, 54-yard practice for the Jayhawks' first touchdown, a 2-yard run by running back John Henry Johnson.
quarterback Chip Hillary, then a freshman, was brought into the game, and it seemed like the calvary came to the rescue.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, the Buffaloes scored for the sixth time, led 42-3 and were on their way to a massacre. The Jayhawk offense that had self-destructed earlier in the game was searching for ground to make a last stand.
It was only the second time last season that a running back gained more than 100 yards against Colorado.
On the Jayhawks' next possession, running back Tony Sands answered the call with another 2-yard touchdown run. He finished the game with 115 yards on seven carries.
This season, Hilleary will again lead the charge for the Jawhacks. He is returning from a shoulder injury that sidelined him last weekend during the game against the University of Miami, Sands.
however, will not start Saturday and may not play.
"I don't feel a lot of pressure, but I hope we can rise to the occasion," Boujas said. "George is so proud of his healthy will, do a good job for us."
Sands suffered a deep high bruise in the Miami game, and is one of several starters who may not be able to face the Buffaloes this Saturday in the Jayshawks' home game in more than a month.
"Tony will not start in Saturday's game," Mason said. "He doesn't practice today, he won't play. He said he feels a lot better though, and has a full range of motion."
Another loss for Kansas offensively is receiver Jim New, who injured his shoulder during the game. New has 13 catches for 198 yards. New has 13 catches for 198 yards.
However, the offense will get a boost when a healthy Chip Hurell returns as a starting quarterback
Fulback Maurice Douglas said he hoped that he and the rest of the backfield would be able step up with the team, they had to play without Sands.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said he would determine this week during practice whether Sands would olay.
Sands was injured when he was hit during the Miami game and didn't play in the second half. He gained 48 knives on nine carries.
Hillaryue sidelined after the first Kansas drive in the Miami game because of a shoulder injury he suffered against Iowa State. Though Hillaryue thought he could play, Mason decided to pull him and Sands from the game to protect them.
On the defensive side,
linebacker Curtis Moore will not
play against Colorado because of a
dislocated and fractured thumb.
Mason said Hilleary felt much better and hoped he would be at 100 percent by Saturday.
Douglas said that even though they were facing a team undefeated in conference play, facing C.J. home at home would confer defeat.
Moore said he would know Monday when he would be able to play. He said if the bone didn't go back in place to allow the fracture to heal correctly, a pin might have to be put in his thumb.
"I read in some national publication that I pulled players out of the game trying to save them." Mason said. "That is not true. The score was 10-15, and it was when I pulled Hillery. I pulled Sands out because he was hurt."
"When we went down to Iowa State we had a lot of fans sitting in one little corner." Douglas said. "When we were driving for that touchdown, they got real excited and that pumped us up. Imagine what that will do for us if 40,000 or 50,000 fans support us."
Waterski Club places 10th at 12-team national meet
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
The KU Waterski Club completed its fall schedule with the 10th-place finish in the national collegiate waterski competition last week in New Jersey.
Kansas defeated Virginia Tech and Dartmouth in the 12-team field. Northeast Louisiana University took first, the University of Central Florida placed second, and Rollins College, in Winter Park, Fla., took third.
"We expected to finish about four, club president Matt Corbett said. "Northeast Louisiana's skiers are on scholarship to ski, and all three of the top teams can ski year around. We're back to get eight months."
Six regions sent two teams to each nationals. The Midwest region sent Michigan State and Kansas. Michigan State finished fifth in the nation
Corbett, Forest Lake, Minn.
senior, finished the tournament as
the 18R-handed all-around skier in
the nation, based on top scores in
trip skiing, trick ski and jump. No other Kansas skiers finished in the top 20.
I'm pretty proud of it," Corbett
said. "You get to watch the big guns in the nation, and it hypes you up. It works out as a big motivator."
The Kansas men's and women's teams each placed 10th, and the combined points placed Kansas 10th. The 10th place showing was not the best. Kansas history. Kansas placed fourth in the 1984 national tournament.
"We were pretty consistent," Corbett said. "We didn't know how our women would compare to others, but they did well."
Of 60 competitors, Kansas men placed as follows:
Corbett placed 27th in the jump, 29th in trick skis and 39th in slalom. Tim Shellberger, Gainesville, Fla. Corbett placed 27th in the jump, and 39th in slalom.
Marc Westhoff, Great Bend sophomore, tied for 36th in slalom and placed 46th in the jump. Troy Harlan, Olathe senior, took 44th in the jump. Colby City senior, placed 31st in trick skis and tied for 54th in the slalom.
Greg Daniels, Lawrence senior,
took 43rd in the jump and 47th in trick
chisel. Chris Bensten, Severy junior, took
40th in the slalom, and Denny Tokic,
Kansas City, Kan., junior, tied for
52nd in trick ski.
Nicki Morrissley placed 35th in the slalom and tied for 37th in the jump. Amy Grazier placed 40th in the slalom and tied for 40th in the jump.
"We won both of our tournaments, took second in the region and went to national," she said. "Shehlenberger, a member of the team, will be next member." It was quite a year.
Shellenberger said he would begin early in the spring to prepare for next year.
Kansas women were led by Julie Gilbert, Tulsa, Oka., sophomore, who tied for 22nd in trick ski and 28th in the jump, and tied with Erica Miliigan, Coldwater freshman, for 48th in trick ski and 50th in sophomore, sophored for 37th in the slalam, tied for 38th in the jump and 39th in trick ski.
"We're done for this year. It's time to store the skis," he said. "I am, and I think a couple of the other guys are thinking about going to a summer ski camp to prepare for next year. I think we'll be even better."
Kansan sportswriter
Golfers seek 'home' advantage
By Chris Oster
Batiste, son of Young, whose parents are members of Southern Hills, described the course as difficult but fair.
The Kansas men's golf team plays the first round of the Tulsa Invitational today at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.
Golf
Kaufsbach. Sophomores Jim Young and Matt Gogel are Tulsa natives. Young will be playing on the course that he played his high school golf. Gogel said that he was also familiar with Southern Hills. A third Jayhawk, junior Brad Bruno, is a native of Bartlesville, Okla.
Although the tournament is a road contest, it represents a return to home of sorts for two of the five Kansas players.
"It's a nice, old style course," he said. "It's a classic."
Southern Hills has been host to four of golf's major championships. Twice it has hosted the U.S. Open, Chamblee and twice the PGA championship.
Young said he hoped his experience on the course would give him an advantage.
"I's a really strong field," he said. "We'll be busy. The tournament has a unique format. It involves a game of the top women's teams. We were lucky to get
"I'd like to think so," he said. "It should be at a least a little bit of an advantage played there more times. I'm also looking forward to going back to see some family and friends."
Coach Ross Randall said that the tournament would be a good challenge for the young Jayhawk squad.
in.
i. "I just hope we play well enough so that we don't have to beg to get back in."
Several ranked teams will be in the field, Randall said that the University of Tulsa, Arkansas, Texas Christian, Kent State and New Mexico were all ranked squads in the tournament. The only other Big Eight Conference school in the field is Missouri.
Randall said he had been pleased with the team's play of late. He noted the play of Gogel and senior Len Johnsen.
Gogel transferred to Kansas this year after sitting out last season at Oklaheim. He was the Jayhawks' top finisher in their Jayhawk Invitational tournament in Leawood, placing second.
Johnsen placed third in the Lea wood tournament.
sports briefs
Trvouts begin Monday
Tryouts for the junior varsity men's basketball team will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at Allen Field House.
Last year's tryouts attracted about 70 hopeful players, and Coach Mark Turgeon said he hoped for more this year.
Women's golf places fourth at invitational
Reds stun A's, lead 2-0
The Kansas women's golf team finished fourth yesterday in the 15team, 54 hole Edean Ihlanfeidt Invitational in Seattle.
Kansas finished with a three-round total of 965. Stanford won the tournament with a total of 928. Oklahoma was second with a total of 932.
From staff reports
season.
Jennifer Laura Myers was the top Jayhawk in the tournament. She finished with a 21-over par total of 237, placing her in a tie for ninth with Jennifer Yockey of Washington. Myers had rounds of 80-80-77.
CINCINNATI -- Add Oakland's ace reliever to Cincinnati's hit list and give the Reds a perfectly astonishing 2-0 lead in the World Series.
The Associated Press
A day after beating Dave Stewart in the opening game, the Reds' Joe Oliver got the third straight hit off Dennis Eckersley in the bottom of the 10th inning to shock the Athletics 4-3. He added a lead that few imagined possible.
Suddenly, from thoughts of sweeping their second straight Series, the A's now go home for Game 1 to temporarily keep to keep from being swept themselves.
The Reds' victory, in the first
Billy Hatcher enjoyed his second consecutive perfect night making him 7-for-7 with four doubles and a triple. His triple off right fielder Jose Canseco's glove in the eighth inning gave him the Series record, securing hits and outscoring the run on Glenn Bragg' s force play.
Series extra-inning game since 1986, came a day after the Reds beat up Stewart, the A's four-time 20-game winner.
Rob Dibble pitched two shutout innings for the victory. He got Canceo to hit into a double play and struck out Mark McGwire.
Of the 40 teams to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series, 30 went on to win. Trowning Brown will start Game 3 for Moore tomorrow night against Mike Moore.
The sellout crowd of 55,832, perhaps spoiled by Cincinnati's success in Game 1, even booed at when the Montreux looper was lights for a single.
For the second straight night, the Reds scored twice in the first. Barry Larkin and Hatcher opened with doubles and Davis' one-out grounder
Cincinnati pulled within 4-3 in the fourth when Oliver doubled with one and scored on pinch-hitter Ron Oester's two-out single.