THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
PAGE 9B
Kansas seeks back-to-back Invitational titles
MATT CORTE
@Corte UDK
Kansas volleyball will look to continue the momentum it built last weekend, hoping to win a second consecutive tournament at the Denver Invitational Sept. 5-6.
The Jayhawks (2-1) will take on Bradley, Sam Houston State and Denver, so let's take a look at how Kansas squares up with each team.
BRADLEY
The first opponent Kansas faces should be a good warmup match, as Bradley started its 2014 campaign 0-3 with a last-place finish at the DePaule Invitational. The Braves return with four starters from last year, but like the Jayhawks, they lack experience. In fact, Bradley has fewer seniors than Kansas as the Braves only have one senior on the roster. The player to look out for is Bradley's outside hitter, Jessie Tulacka. Tulacka, a junior, was third on the team in kills last season but is now the top option after the two leading hitters graduated.
SAM HOUSTON STATE
The Bearkats (4-0), had a perfect weekend at their own invitational and were taken to five sets only once. Sam Houston State returns with two starters this year. What the jayhawks have in seniors Chelsea Albers and Sara McClinton, the Bearkats have in Deveney Wells-Gibson. The team captain and senior outside hitter led the team in kills last year and just passed the 1,000-career kill mark in the team's previous tournament.
DENVER
Denver University is the only team in this invitational that Kansas played last season, with Kansas taking the match 3-1 in its last non-conference game of the season. After starting 3-0 and winning the Texas-Arlington Invitational to start its season, Denver will now look for revenge against Kansas. Denver has more newcomers this year than Kansas, totaling eight to Kansas' seven, but the team also returns with four starters. Two of them, outside hitters Moni Corrujedo and Nola Basey, were first and third on the team in kills last year, respectfully. If the Jayhawks are to have success against Denver, shutting down both Corrujedo and Basey will be essential.
All of Kansas' games at the Denver Invitational will be aired on ESPN3, starting with Bradley at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The Jayhawks will then play Sam Houston State on Saturday at 11 a.m. and finish with Denver at 8:30 p.m.
Senior Chelsea Albers sneaks the ball past Utah Valley blockers for a point during the second set Friday afternoon at Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
AARON GROFEF/KANSAN
- Edited by Lyndsey Havens
Men's golf begins season at Wolverine Intercollegiate
The Kansas men's golf team begins its season this weekend at the 2014 Wolverine Intercollegiate tournament.
The tournament, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, is hosted by the University of Michigan at its par-71 golf course. Kansas, along with the 10 other participating teams and 11 participating individuals, will play 54 holes over the course of the event.
"I expect that we'll go there and compete. We have four returners that played last year," Coach Jamie Bermel said.
Chase Hanna, Ben Welle and Logan Philley are the most experienced returning players, each having participated in 11 of the team's tournaments last season. Connor Peck and David Auer also have experience from last season, and the team regains Bryce Brown, who redshirted last season but has competed for Kansas in previous years.
Bermel knows how important it is for his team to get off on the right foot.
"It's not like we have a ton of experience, playing one senior and two juniors, but I think it will help the confidence level," Bermel said.
Kansas will submit one player to compete in the individual portion of the tournament, but with a relatively inexperienced group. Bermel wasn't ready to announce who it will be. He says he will decide when the moment arrives.
New lawsuit filed over alleged abuse by Sandusky
ASSOCIATED PRESS
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A new accuser has sued Jerry Sandusky, Penn State and a charity the former assistant coach founded, claiming he was sexually abused about six years ago.
The case was filed in Philadelphia last month by Williamsport attorney Bret Southard, whose client was identified only by his initials. The Centre Daily Times reported.
Connor Oberkrom
The lawsuit claims Sandusky
abused the boy during a shopping trip in 2008 or 2009, and after they attended a Penn State game in 2008 against Coastal Carolina University.
The trip would have come around the time law enforcement officials began investigating Sandusky in late 2008, based on a complaint involving a student in central Pennsylvania. They charged him in 2011.
Southard told the newspaper his client represents a new case. The lawsuit seeks $550,000, along with punitive
damages and interest. Penn State previously settled 26 cases for nearly $60 million.
Second Mile official David Woodie said the charity would "engage with them and try just to understand what's there and take it through the legal process." He said The Second Mile now exists only as the owner of real estate that is currently for sale.
The lawsuits describes the boy as a participant in The Second Mile, the charity for at-risk children Sandusky founded, the newspaper reported.
A Penn State spokesman declined to comment, and messages left by The Associated Press for Southard and Sandusky's legal team late Wednesday were not immediately returned.
Sandusky was convicted two years ago of sexual abuse of 10 boys and is serving a lengthy state prison sentence.
The lawsuit said the accuser was among the boys listed as Second Mile participants on a document taken from Sandusky's home during the investigation. Some of the
St. Louis Cardinals beat Pirates 1-0
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Peter Bourjos singled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 Wednesday to stretch their winning streak to five.
Yadier Molina walked with two outs in the ninth on a 3-2 pitch from Mark Melancon (2-4), who had entered an innning earlier. Molina advanced to second on John Jay's single and scored on the hit by Bourjos, easily beating the throw home from center
fielder Andrew McCutchen.
St. Louis moved into sole possession of the NL Central lead for the first time Monday and extended it to 2 1/2 games with a threegame sweep that dropped the Pirates five games back. Pittsburgh has lost 10 of its last 12 road games, dropping to a major league-worst 17-29 away from home in day games.
Trevor Rosenthal (2-6)
pitched a one-hit ninth.
Pinch-hitter Gregory Polanco
drew an 11-pitch walk leading
off the eighth against Carlos Martinez, who retired the next three batters.
St. Louis starter Shelby Miller allowed three hits and three walks in seven innings. The Pirates' Edinson Volquez gave up three hits and two walks in 61-3 innings.
Plate home umpire Ron Kulpa issued a warning to both benches in the fifth inning after Miller threw a high fastball that sailed behind McCutchen. In the fourth, Volquez had hit Matt Holliday and Matt Adams back to back.
threw out Jay attempting to steal third in the eighth. Martin has throw out runners attempting to steal in four straight games and leads the NL with 25 runners caught stealing — four short of his league-high total last year.
Pittsburgh catcher Martin
names had check marks next to them.
"There was such a mark next to plaintiff's name. The [state police] then contacted [his] parents," the lawsuit said.
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