MONDAY,OCT.29,2001
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
Men's team takes fifth at Stanford meet, moves up five places in final round
By John Domoney Kansan sportswriter
Sophomore Tyler Hall led the Kansas men's golf team to a fifth-place team finish this weekend as he tied for second place in a 15-team tournament at Stanford.
With one tournament left on their fall schedule, the Jayh a w k s turned in a combined team score of
855 in the Nelson-Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. Kansas had been in 10th place with the completion of the tournament's second round on Saturday.
Kansas coach Ross Randall said the final round was an indication that his team was improving.
"We made a real good move and passed a lot of schools with the lowest round of the day," Randall said. "Tyler Hall along with the rest of the team made some real good improvements today to allow us to move as we did."
The Jayhawks' tournament finishes have suffered this season because the team had been shooting its highest scores in the final rounds.
This time, however, Kansas put together clutch performances to catapult the team up in the rankings. The team had finished fifth in its previous two tournaments.
The Jayhawks shot a combined score of 279, which was the tournament's lowest final
round score and Kansas' lowest single round total of the fall. The University of Washington won the tournament with a combined team score of 859.
Hall led the team with the best finish of his collegiate career. He finished the final round with a 4-under-par 67, finishing with a combined score of 208. Hall was two shots away from the winning individual score of the tournament, which was earned by North Carolina State's Justin Walters.
Junior Chris Marshall finished in a tie for 24th with a final score of 215. Seniors Travis Hurst and Casey Harbour tied for 31st as each turned in a total score of 216. Sophomore Andrew Price shot a 228 and tied for 67th.
"We are very pleased with the results from today's round." Randall said. "We are looking forward to continuing the same kind of performance next week when we come back to California."
"We are very pleased with the results from today's round." Ross Randall golf coach
The Jayhawks finish their fall schedule with an appearance in The Prestige tournament at Palm Desert golf course Nov. 5-6 in Palm Desert, Calif.
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Team splits first home games after two years
By Kevin Flaherty Kansan sportswriter
A Truman State women's lacrosse player sprinted down the field, ball in stick with goal in mind. When she tried cutting inside of her defender, a Kansas player's stick stripped her of the ball. After a quick pass downfield to a teammate, Kansas was breaking toward the Truman goal. The Kansas player sliced her way through the defenders to get an open shot. Winding up, she fired the ball past the Truman goalie for the goal — and the win.
This weekend, the KU Women's Lacrosse Club team played its first home games—a 10 a.m. game against Truman and a noon game against Washington University-St. Louis—since February two years ago.
It captivated an audience that seemed to grow in intensity throughout the match. The team showed a swarming defense that didn't allow an open shot on goal
The homecoming was not wasted. Squeaking by Truman in sudden death overtime by a score of 6-5, the team showed what it could do.
all game, often knocking the ball away when Truman had a golden opportunity.
The team's second game did not go as well. Tired from its emotionally draining last-second win against Truman, the team was a bit overmatched in its game against Washington University. Kansas dropped the second contest 8-2.
Club president Jessie Bird said she enjoyed coming home to play.
"It's just that much easier," Bird said. "The crowds are not yelling against you. Normally the crowds cheer when you fall down."
The fall season ended with the loss to Washington, leaving the team 1-5 on the season.
Bird said she felt the team did well preparing for the spring.
"I was pleased with our efforts," Bird said. "We learned a lot to take forward into next season. It gave us a chance for most of the new members to play and get better."
The next home game is in April.
Contact Flaherty at 864-4858
Kansas women's lacrosse player Maggie Hicks, Chicago, III., sophomore, carries the ball toward the goal. Kansas won Saturday's game against Truman State 6-5 in overtime.
'Hawk swimmers perform well, still fall to Tigers
By Jeremy Giles Kansan sportswriter
Friday night, the scene at the Robinson Center looked more like something from the pages of a comic book than an NCAA swimming meet.
Our heroes, the Kansas Jayhawks, entered Gotham City sporting American flag temporary tattoos.
The villainous Missouri Tigers swarmed the city clad in black, sporting claw marks on their shoulders.
The Jayhawks won three out of the first five races. Freshman Amy Gruber won the 200-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:51.74.
"The freshman class really stepped up for us tonight. Amy swam very well," coach Cathy Burgess said. "As a team we lost, but there were a lot of positives to come out of the meet. I think the team took a step forward tonight."
Senior Carrie Kirkham won the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 23.91. And junior Gwen Haley won the 400-yard Individual Medley, finishing with a time of 4:29.40.
After the first set of races, it appeared the Jayhawks would foil the Tiger's plot to steal a win in Kansas' plot pool. At that point the Jayhawks held a 52 to 41 lead. Senior Rebecca McFall won the 1-meter-round with a score of
243. 30.
The second round of races produced three Missouri wins in four races. The lone Kansas win was another season-best time for Gruber. In the 100-yard freestyle, Gruber posted a time of 51.95.
"We got down a little at first, but we got really pumped up when we knew we were behind and had to come back," Gruber said. It was one of the most fun meets I had ever been to. We did well."
Another round of diving produced another victory for McFall, this time from the 3-meter board with a score of 282.75.
stroke, Missouri took the top three spots. Kansas emerged from the pool dejected with fourth, fifth and sixth place finishes.
But, in the final round of races, Missouri staved off the Kansas squad. In the 200-yard breast-
The Jayhawks fell 126 to 117.
"It was a very close meet," Burgess said. "I'm never happy with a loss, but we swam exceptionally well in some spots. But, we also swam poor in other areas. Missouri was just better than us tonight."
In this comic book tale, good did not triumph over evil.
But, as the team said to Missouri at the conclusion of the meet," we'll see you at conference."
Contact Giles at 864-4858
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