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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014
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COMMENTARY Club sports have busy fall schedule
W with the fall semester beginning.
football and a few other sports will take center stage in Lawrence. These NCAA- sanctioned athletics usually get most of the attention around campus, but the fall is also a busy time for club sports.
A few of these club teams are swimming, rock climbing, quidditch and women's soccer. Each of these clubs have their own goals, and ways in which they will look to have a successful fall season.
"Our goal is not necessarily to build a fast team, our goal is to provide an environment where people can make friends, where people can promote a healthy lifestyle through exercise," said Matt Josephson, a third-year graduate student and the president of the swimming
club. "We have different goals than an NCAA team might have."
The team will hold its first meeting on September 2 at 6:30 p.m. in Robinson Gym. Following that meeting, the team will practice three times a week. The fall semester begins with its first meet on Oct. 4 in Dallas. The team will then travel to the University of Colorado on Oct. 25 and the University of Missouri on November 8 before ending the season with a home meet here in Lawrence on Nov. 22.
The quidditch team will look to continue to improve as it should be ranked in the top 15 of the country, according to junior keepers Wil Kenney and Seth Berkbuegler. There will be a "Learn to Play Quidditch" day on Aug. 29 at 5 p.m., and tryouts take Sept. 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 at 6 p.m.
"First semester is really about improvement and getting people together and playing together consistently, whereas second semester is about preparing for the World Cup," Kenney said.
The Kansas Cup competition will be the highlight of the fall season and will be on Oct.4 at 8 a.m.The team won four out of six games and placed second in last year's Kansas Cup, behind Arkansas, which went a perfect 6-0.
The women's club soccer team will have a new coach this year, Mike Sheldon, and tryouts will be Sept. 1, 3 and 5 from 5-7 p.m. The team will be looking to replace about 10 players from last year's squad.
The team will take the field for the first time on Sept. 12 when they travel to Manhattan to face the Wildcats in the first game of the Kansas/Missouri Soccer League (KSML) season.
For rock climbing, there are no set events until the spring season, but the fall is an important time to learn about rock climbing and get more experience as a climber.
“[The rock climbing club is] all about learning and teaching,” sophomore Luke Huttner said. “But really it's just about people getting prepared to climb outdoors and make it a life-long sport. It's not one of those high-impact things that you can only do for a few years, so basically we are trying to teach everybody how you can be safe and go climb for a long, long time.”
The club had about 60 members last year, and is hoping to expand this year. The club has open climbing hours on the rock wall at Ambler Student Recreational Center from 8:30-10:30 p.m. on weekdays.
Edited by Paige Lytle
MLB
Kratz, Vargas lead Royals over Twins 6-4
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Erik Kratz homered twice after replacing an alling Salvador Perez, and Jason Vargas pitched seven strong innings to lead the first-place Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Trevor May (0-2) gave up three runs on seven hits and walked four in 4 2-3 innings for the Twins.
Vargas (10-5) allowed one run on four this and struck out three, but had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 17 when Oswaldo Arcia hit a solo homer in the seventh. Perez had two hits and two RBIs before leaving in the seventh because of discomfort in his right knee, helping the Royals win for the 21st time in 26 games.
Kansas City extended its lead over the idle Detroit Tigers in the AL Central to two games.
field for a 4-0 lead. He added a solo shot to center in the ninth for his first multihomer game.
When Perez left, Kratz came in as a pinch hitter and drove a pitch just over the wall in left
Trevor Plouffe hit a three-run homer off Aaron Crow in the ninth inning, but Greg Holland came on for his 38th save in 40 tries. Josh Willingham had three hits and Alex Gordon and Billy Butler each had two for the Royals, who have won eight straight series for the first time since 1991.
May made his major league debut on Aug. 9, and it was a rough one. He walked seven batters in two innings and gave up four runs. He breezed through four innings of his home debut, but walked the bases loaded in the fifth.
Perez followed with a two-run single and Butler added an RBL single to give the Royals a 3-0 lead.
That was enough for Vargas, who has dominated the Twins this season. He retired 10 in a row from the second through sixth while his offense built him a cushion.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: Perez is day to day with a sore knee.
Twins: Byron Buxton, one of the top prospects in baseball, flew to Fort Myers, Florida, to begin his recovery after a nasty outfield collision at Double-A New Britain. GM Terry Ryan said Buxton had a stiff neck and some headaches, but nothing more serious. Ryan said he doubts Buxton will play again this season.
"We're all fortunate it ended up the way it ended up," Ryan said. "We've seen collisions in our day, but that one ranked right up there."
UP NEXT
The Royals open a two-game interleague series in Colorado. RHP James Shields (11-6, 3.29 ERA) starts the opener against HP Tyler Matzek (2-8, 5.50).
The Twins stay home for a three-game series against Cleveland. RHP Kyle Gibson (11-9, 3.96) starts the opener against RHP Trevor Bauer (4-7, 4.35).
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