Friday, September 1.2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Bowler seeks perfect game
By Michael Sudhalter sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
Bari Fortos, left, Hanover Park, ill, senior, and Kristina Boehm, Olaf sophomore, practice at the Jaybowl. Forkos missed bowing a perfect game by 12 points last December. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
A perfect 300 game is the pinch
nacle of the bowling world.
Kansas women's bowling team member Barri Forkos, Hanover Park, Ill., senior, barely missed it when she bowled a 288 last December. Not a bad score.
"I have a goal of bowling a perfect game this year," she said.
But Forkos, who has bowled since she was eight years old, still isn't satisfied.
As the only returning senior on this year's team, Forkos provides veteran qualities many of the younger players appreciate.
"Barri is definitely committed to the team," said Kristina Boehm, Olathe sophomore and bowling team member. "After her schoolwork, it is her first priority."
Despite team setbacks in previous seasons, Kansas coach Mike Fine said Forkos has been an unconditional team leader.
"Barri has kept a good, positive attitude on our competitive teams as well as teams that haven't been as competitive," he said.
Forkos has goals for her team in what will be her last competitive season — she does not plan to bowl professionally.
"We would like to be consistently competitive at the national tournaments," she
said. "We would also like to qualify for the nationals in Grand Rapids, Mich."
The team is preparing for the Mid-States Bowling Championships in Topeka Saturday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 22, where the Jayhawks will compete against traditional rivals Central Missouri State, Nebraska and Wichita State.
Although she has excelled at bowling, many of Forkos' accomplishments have taken place outside of the Jaybowl.
"I was a resident assistant in GSP-Corbin for two years," she said. "I had a lot of fun working with people that I wouldn't have met otherwise."
Forkos finished 11th when she represented Kansas at the national competition in
Wichita last year.
She also had the opportunity to study abroad in Barcelona last summer, where she gained a greater appreciation for Spanish and found a connection to home.
"We bowled at a place in Spain near the Mediterranean Sea," she said.
- Edited by John Audlehelm
Kansas preparing for St. Louis
By Yoshitaka Ebisawa
Kansan sportswirter
For many students, this Labor Day weekend is going to be entertaining or relaxing. But for the Kansas women's soccer team, it is going to be challenging.
After splitting its first two games this season, Kansas will face the St. Louis Billikens for the first time at 5 p.m. today in St. Louis. On Monday, the 'Hawks will meet Creighton in Omaha, Neb.'
Kansas suffered a 4-0 loss to Illinois last Sunday in Champaign, Ill.
Coach Mark Francis said he thought some players looked tired, and that it was hard to imagine that they were the same players that dominated Northwestern two days earlier in Evanston, Ill.
"The disappointing thing was that how badly we played in Sunday's game," he said. "I think we need to be a little bit sharper."
The players are also determined to bounce back from the defeat.
"We just had breakdowns all over the field, and I don't think we were getting enough pressure on the ball, so it created a lot of problems."
Emma Di Cesare
"We just had breakdowns all over the field, and I don't think we were getting enough pressure on the ball, so it created a lot of problems," said Emma Di Cesare, senior defender and the team's co-captain. "I expect we're going to out really hard. If we have breakdowns anywhere, we're going to be able to turn it around and pick it up again."
team co-captain
The St. Louis Billikens (2-0) may provide tougher competition than Kansas' first two opponents this season. With seven returning starters from last year's Conference USA
Soccer
champion team, the Billikens crushed Drury 6-0 on Aug. 25 and defeated Creighton 2-0 Sunday.
With 10 shutouts last year, the Billikens' defense is one of the team's strongest aspects. St. Louis' defense was ranked ninth in the country last year.
This year, with last week's Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week goalie Meghann Burke between the posts, St. Louis' defense has allowed only 10 goal attempts in two games.
Kansas' second weekend foe, the Creighton Bluejays (0-2), finished seventh in the Midwest Valley Conference with a 7-13-1 record last year. The Bluejays have dangerous attackers, with four of last year's top six scorers returning.
Kansas beat Creighton 1-0 last year in the KU Credit Union Jayhawk Classic in Lawrence, and leads the all-series with Creighton 2-1. — Edited by John Audelheim
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