Sports
University Daily Kansan / Monday, September 24, 1990
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KU overpowers in juco tournament
Bv Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
After Kansas won its own junior college invitational tournament during the weekend by a combined score of 45.2, what could Coach Kalum possibly say to his team to prepare for next weekend's tournament?
Softball
"I told the team we need to work on our mental preparation before games," Haack said. "We hit well in most of the games, our pitching was solid, and everybody was pretty consistent.
"But you have to be ready for every game,for every team."
Kansas defeated second-place winner Johnson County Community College 5-0 in its home opener Saturday morning, and beat Highland Commu-
The Jayhawks defeated Crowder
Community College 1-0 in the late
game, and beat Cochal Community
College 7-3. The Jayhawks defeated
Community College 7-4, resisted
For Kansas, the tournament's toughest game was Saturday's night-can against Crowder.
Crowder, which finished third, held a scoreless tie with Kansas through the regulation seven innings. For the first time this season, Kansas was forced to play by the International T-breaker Rule, which allows a runner to start at second base at the beginning of each inning.
Pitcher Stephani Williams struck out the first batter, made the second one ground out, and struck out the
In the bottom half of the inning, Shelly Sack singled the game-winning run.
third.
Williams, 5 for the season, got the first no-hitter of her career. Haack said he expected Williams to continue to dominate from the mound.
"The pitching is ahead of where I expected us to be at this point in the year," he said "Stephan really impressed me. We got all three of our pitches pitched well."
Williams said she was beginning to feel comfortable throwing under college rules.
"Coach is really helping me along," she said. "The first week I had trouble adjusting to the extra three feet and trying to keep both feet on the rubber, but now I'm getting used to it."
College rules stipulate that the pitching rubber is 43 feet from home plate, three feet farther than the high school and American Softball Association distance of 40 feet. The rules also state a pitcher can touch only the rubber from the beginning of a windup until the ball is released.
Kansas will sponsor to another tournament this weekend Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Creighton, Northwest Missouri, Southwest Missouri State will attend.
Haack said he expected to win this tournament also.
"We'll have stronger competition, which I like, and a little more pressure, but again, I would be disappointed if we lost a game.
"We just have to focus on our game and our defense instead of worrying about the other teams. If nobody scores on us, we won't lose."
Shortstop Christy Arterburn races for first base Saturday against Highland Community College.
Chiefs dominate Green Bay, 17-3
The Associated Press
GREEN BAY, WIS. — Christian Kouraky ran 5 yards for a touchdown, and Stan Petry returned an interception 33 yards for another TD yesterday as the Kansas City Chiefs used a drill to beat the Green Bay Packers 17-3.
Trailing 10.3, the Packers gambled on fourth-and 10 from their 20-yard line late in the game. Petry intercepted and returned the ball for the game-cinching touchdown with 2:59 left.
Okoye's touchdown run, set up by a pass interference call against the Packers, came with 59 seconds left in
the first half and gave the Chiefs a 7-3 halftime lead. It capped an 80-yard drive.
Kansas City's Albert Lewis made his seventh career punt block and Louis Copper picked up the ball and returned to the Packers' 5 yard line with 12:09 left in the game. The Packers stopped Okoye for a two-yard loss after he'd gained four on first down. The Chiefs forged a 4 on lead on Nick Lowery's 20-yard field goal with 10:31 remaining.
But a holding penalty and a sack forced the Packers to settle for Chris Jacke's 46-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead.
KU's record drops to 8-3 with loss at Wichita State
By Chris Oster
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas volleyball team let a two-game lead slip away Saturday night as it lost at Wichita State 15-11, 15-9, 11-8, 15-7, 1-5.
Volleyball
It was the third consecutive loss for the Jayhawks, who started the season with an 8-0 record.
Coach Frankie Albitz blamed the loss in part on an offensive shutdown.
"Our hitting just went," she **u**t It totally left us. We were really swinging soft."
Junior bitter Kris Kleenschmidt said things went well early in the match.
"We did really well the first two games," she said "We just got a little too confident."
She said the Shockers got a boost in the third game
"They started to get the momentum," Kleinschmidt said. "They hit a couple down on us."
Despite outhitting Wichita State 164 to 150 for the match, it was a matter of when the points came for Kansas.
"I keep telling them it's a game of momentum, not a game of points,"
Albitz said.
She said the Jayhawks were confident going into the match.
"I think they felt like they were going to win," Albitz said. "We seem to have troubles when we get a lead."
"We're kind of getting ready for the Big Eight," she said. "Our focus might not have been on Wichita State."
Albitz said she was losing sleep over her team's performance.
"It's frustrating to know that you can win, and you don't," she said.
Kansas begins Big Eight Conference play Saturday when Oklahoma visits Allen Field House.
Torn ligament ends linebacker's season
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
Ettrick said his knee was sore in practice before the Louisville game but really hurt after he caught the shot. The apology and was hit by two defenders.
Linebacker Marc Ettick will have surgery Thursday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament at UT. He will be alone, and will miss the rest of the season.
On Sept. 17, Ettrick's knee was X-rayed and then was scrapped two days later. He said that though his knee was broken, he was able to play a serious injury. He said that even
the doctor was surprised about the extent of the damage.
"The doctor knew I'd be depressed so he told the trainer, and the trainer told me." Etrick said "I was angry or about a half hour after he told me.
Ettrick finished his abbreviated 1990 season with five tackles, one for a loss of four yards; one interception; and a sack.
"It's very frustrating when I think of all the hard work I put in during games and practices, which started way back in March," Ertrick said. "I'm especially frustrated because it's only the third game."
Ettrick said that during the Louisville game he did not feel any pain but that on the way back to Lawrence his knee began to get sore.
"It's funny, but when you're playing you don't feel anything because you're so excited." Ericktrad. "It's nice to be a hero." He played the game, but afterwards, it hurt."
Linebacker coach Bob Fello said that linebackers Guy Howard and Mark Slyter would take Ettrick's spot but said that Ettrick would attend all the meetings and practices he could.
have him in the weight room five days a week, so he should come back stronger than before."
Fello said a good example of a player coming back stronger after an injury was linebacker Curtis Moore, who played well under after undergoing the same surgery.
Etrick said he had talked to Moore about his situation more than anyone else
"We're trying to get Marc to look at the positive," Fello said. "We will
"Curtis keeps telling me to keep my head up, and he's helped me see a lot of positive things I wouldn't have seen before," Ettrick said. "I have a lot of hard work ahead of me, but I'll make it, I be back."
Harriers finish strong win at Cavalier Classic
By Juli Watkins
The Kansas men's and women's cross country teams both finished in first place Saturday at the Johnson County College Cavalier Classic.
Kansan sportswriter
Cross Country
It was the second consecutive year for the Kansas women to win the race, which featured mostly junior rookies. She also placed second at last year's race.
The second place finisher, Kansas Iresman Athway Ace, was 33 seconds behind Rochford. Jayhawk sophomore Rebecca Smith was third with a time of 18:56. Six of the top 10 in the women's race were Kansas barriers
"I kept saying to myself, 'Keep it up.' I just talked to myself and pushed myself mentally." Rochford said. "If you're by yourself in a race, it's what you have to do no matter what position you’re in."
Senior Patty Rochford won the women's five-kilometer race with a time of 19:18.
"I think everyone improved their times," Rhocford said. "I could tell from the emotion after the meet that I once felt good about their faces."
Rochford, who formerly ran for
Johnson County Community College, said her time was a personal best by almost 40 seconds.
Kansas sent some of its younger runners and those who needed more experience to compete in the meet. Coach Gary Schwartz said he was pleased with the teams' performances.
"We came over here to give the younger people some experience in a race they could race in realistically," Schwartz said. "When we run in uniform as a team, one of our goals is to win."
Senior Bart Nitz was the first Kansas runner to finish the men's eight-kilometer race, placing second at the U.S. Olympic trials and Jim Derry placed third overall with a time of 26:04, and senior Rick Staats placed sixth overall in 26:26.
The men's team also had strong races. The top five finishers for Kansas placed in the top 10 overall.
Sports briefs
Schwartz said both Kansas teams were exhibiting incredible depth through their performances.
The Kansas cross country teams will have this weekend off, but will resume competition Oct. 6 at the Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa.
"One of the strengths of this team is its depth." he said.
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Bart Nitz. senior.leads Kansas to a victory in the Cavalier Classic.
Rovals beat Angels
Steve Farr (12.7) pitched a five-hitter for his first major league game and extended his scoreless streak to 16 innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the California Angels 4:0 yesterday.
Chuck Finley (18.8) walked six in six innings as California lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Kansas City took a 1-4 lead in the second when Russ Mormon led off with a triple and scored on Finley's wild pitch.
Mike Macfarlane doubled, leading off the Royals' fourth, and walks to Bill Pecota and Kurt Wallit well loaded the Rookie. Bowie Brian McAfee lined up an single that made it 3-4 and extenden his hitting streak to nine games.
'Hawks sween two
Coffeeville Community College
Saturday in a doubleheader at
Hoghund-Maupin Stadium, winning
the first game 16-4 and the second 11-3.
Club takes second
The KU Soccer Club took second place in its own Fall Classic Soccer Tournament during the weekend, winning the championship game against Missouri 2-1.
Kansas defeated Wichita State 1-0,
Southwest Texas State 4-0 and Iowa
4-0, and tied Nebraska 1-1 on its way
to the championship game.
Kansas will not play Missouri again until Oct. 13 in a tournament at Columbia.
Kansas' next action will be in a tournament this weekend in St. Louis.
Lacrosse club wins
Kansas, now 7-1-1, will play Iowa State at 1 p.m. Saturday at the field between the Computer Center and Robinson Center.
From staff and wire reports
David Glatt scored a hat trick as the KU Lacrosse Club defeated the Kansas City Lacrosse Club 11-7 yesterday at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. Gaole Tim Segal had 29 saves in the club's first contest of the season.
Suiting up is in vogue at Colorado
We play our first Big Eight Conference game Saturday at Oklahoma, so I thought I would describe something new. We've locked locker rooms during our open week
To develop an unbiased ranking, I conducted a survey. I used a broad cross section of Big Eight athletes who have lockers next to mine. In keeping with the high journalistic standards of this column, I included as many opinions as possible. (As long as they agreed with mine.)
At any rate, here are my rankings:
1. Colorado.
But there are a few drawbacks. The chairs in the meeting room are school desks. They look like they would fit a fourth judge. Imagine a 270-pound offensive lineman (Kansas 'as them this year) with full pads
This is one of the best visiting locker rooms I've been in. Colorado's freshmen use this locker room, and room to put your usually enough dressing in shifts. The coaches also have their own dressing room. The best thing about the Bufs' place, however, is the meeting space. There is another large room that allows a wide variety of defense and defensive haltte meetings.
Missouri. The only thing that makes this Black Hole of Columbia bearable is the realization that our game is played in November and not in the heat of the early season.
trying to squeeze into one of these. The other drawback is life-threatening. The trailer for Ralphie, the 1,200 pound buffalo mascot, is right next to the door the visitors emerge from. Before the game Ralphie runs a trained path around the stadium and back to his trailer. He doesn't stop for much, so if you exit at the wrong time . . .
2. Nebraska
The huskers also use their visiting locker room as a headquarters for their freshman program. It even has a complete training room. It has enough meeting space, but it's old and there are only about six shower heads. Also, way too much red
3. Oklahoma State
This room is reasonably new and has quite a bit of dressing space. Rather than rows of cubby holes, this is one of the few places with actual lockers. It's right off the basketball court, and our trainers set up on the floor. The worst thing about this place is that you have to walk what seems like a mile through a labyrinth of hallways to get to the field.
Kansas doesn't use it's visitors locker room for much, so it isn't very big. Caches have their own room, however and the lockers are on the walls, leaving some room to spread out. I've never been a visitor here, but I don't think it would be too bad. Iowa State
This is pretty small and the lockers are in rows, which crowds you more. There's not a lot of room for the trainers and coaches either.
Our first conference opponents have about the same set up as Nebraska, but there is not as much room to dress. The location of the game is at a field, so you get to go through a crowd of always courteous Sooner fans.
This room has the same type of cubby holes as many of the others, but it lacks space. There is limited room to move around and time adjustments crowded. One thing I have never understood is why the visitors use the locker room next to the Wildcat's side line. K-State uses the one next to the visitor's rooms, which means the two teams cross when they take the field. Who designed this?
8. Missouri.
This is the all-time worst locker room. It makes the Black Hole of Calcutta look like Allen Field House. In about a 40- by 50-foot space, they out six rows of lockers. Between them there are two more lockers. There is no room for coaches, rainsers or meetings. I think there were two shower heads working last year. The only thing that makes this Black Hole of Columbia bearable is our game is played in November and not in the heat of the early season.
Chip Budde is co-captain of the Kansas football team.