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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2014
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MATT DWYER/KANSAN
Freshman forward Lois Heuchan takes a shot against Wyoming at Friday's game. Heuchan scored one goal on two shots.The Jayhawks defeated the Cowgirls 3-1 at their first game at Rock Chalk Park.
Fresh offense scores big for Kansas soccer
BENJAMIN CARROLL
@BCarroll91
The Jayhawks opened the season Friday with their new and improved offense in a 3-1 win at the new facility at Rock Chalk Park against the Wyoming Cowgirls.
The offense, which is described as a 4-2-1-1-2, is designed to give Kansas more power and is developed around its current roster.
As Coach Mark Francis explained, every coach bases his or her formations off of the players to match with their strengths on the field, and that's how the new offense came in.
"It suits the players that we have for the personnel that we have," Francis said. "Liana [Salazar] and Lois [Heuchan] are starting to get a pretty good connection together."
At the conclusion of the game, Francis expressed his pleasure
"I would say other than the three we scored, we probably had four really good chances other than that," Francis said. "They're starting to figure out some things between themselves, but it was a good start tonight."
with how the team played as a whole in the new formation.
But with every new plan comes errors. For Kansas, the nine offsides the team drew was its downfall. Coach Francis said they will work on that in practice and look at film to help cut back on the number of offsides for future games, as well.
"We always want one of the two players who are playing high to be right on the defender so that we have an opportunity to maybe get in behind [the defender]," Francis said. "The thing is when you do that you're taking a risk of being offsides, so it was just timing on our part."
situations with the forward and the goalie, which maximizes the team's potential for scoring a goal.
Francis said the nine offsides could have been one-on-one
Junior forward Ashley Williams, who scored a goal and had an assist, expressed her pleasure with how the team handled the pressure of the new offense.
"I'm really, really proud of our offense," Williams said. "I think that we're more dangerous and it showed, so I'm really proud of us."
Williams agreed with Francis assessment of the new offense and hopes to continue working hard to perfect it as the season unwinds.
"We definitely need to work on our runs a little bit better and just keep talking and getting better," Williams said.
Edited by Drew Parks
South Korea lifts past Chicago to win LLWS
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — In the giddy moments after South Korea won the Little League World Series, outfielder Don Wan Sin realized how he wanted to celebrate.
South Korea players toss coach Keun Ha Park in the air after winning the championship baseball game against Chicago at the Little League World Series on Sunday in South Williamsport, Pa. South Korea won 8-4
"I want to go to the Blue House — the White House of Korea — and meet the President," Sin said, breaking up his teammates.
Just maybe Sin, who scored twice and hit a solo homer, will indeed get his wish to meet Park Geun-hye.
He's famous back in his homeland — along with all of his teammates.
Jae Yeong Hwang drove in two runs and combined with Hae Chan Choi, who weathered a late Chicago rally, to lead the Asia-Pacific Region champions to an 8-4 win in Sunday's LLWS championship game.
But even he got a little nervous at the end after Chicago collected four of its six hits and scored three times.
Hwang, who was removed because he wasn't feeling well, gave up one hit in two-plus innings while striking out four. He also drove in his team's first two runs as they built an 8-1 lead before Jackie Robinson West made it close.
Choi, who had a homer and scored twice, pitched the last four innings for South Korea, which won its third title after back-to-back championships in 1984 and 1985.
"I knew I could allow some runs," he said. "After I got the second out, I thought I could do it. But after I gave up the three runs I was (worried)."
"I'm very joyful. It's a wonderful feeling," Hwang said. "I don't know why I am even here; I didn't play very good today."
International teams have won the last three and four of the last five titles.
Brandon Green went five 2-3 innings for Chicago, which had survived four straight knockout games before the final.
After the final out, a force play, the Seoul team's bench emptied and the players dumped cups of water on their teammates near the mound. The players took a victory lap, waving and laughing.
The win meant a lot to the people of South Korea, who had to watch it or get updates in the middle of the night.
"We know the time difference and that a lot of people were cheering for us," said manager Jong Wook Park. "We appreciate the people back in Korea. I told the kids that in a speech."
The game was played in bright sunshine and temperatures in the high 70s before a crowd of 28,671 at Lamade Stadium.
South Korean fans, brightly dressed in flowing satin robes of yellow and electric blue, danced with large fans in the latter innings.
Chicago, the Great Lakes Region champions, came back from 3-0 and 5-4 deficits to beat favored West champ Las Vegas Mountain Ridge 7-5 in the U.S. title game on Saturday. Earlier, South Korea, the Asia-Pacific Region winner, rolled over Japan, 12-3.
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