WEDNESDAY,SEPT.5,2001
SPORTS
Volleyball team to play Wichita State
By Steve Laurenzo Kansan sportswriter
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3B
The Kansas women's volleyball team is ready to show the hometown crowd what it's made of.
After sweeping last week's tournament in Charlotte, N.C., the women are poised to attack the Wichita State Shockers. The match begins at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center.
The Jayhawks will face an improved Shocker squad. The Shockers are coming off of a tournament in which they defeated defending Ohio Valley Conference Champion Southeast
Missouri State.
Senior outside hitter Julie Renfrow had an outstanding tournament. In the match against Southeast Missouri she recorded a career-high 15 kills, only to top herself with 17 in a match against Louisiana Tech. She also had a team-high 16 digs in the Southeast Missouri State match.
The Shockers won two out of three matches, losing only to tournament host Lamar University.
"We're going to have to play well." Bechard said. "Both teams are young.
Kansas head coach Ray Bechard said both teams were similar.
It's going to come down to whoever sticks to their game plan."
The Jayhawks are confident. Senior setter Molly LaMere has embraced her role as team leader. Pivotal players like sophomore outside hitter Sarah Rome, junior middle blocker Molly Scavuzzo, freshman defensive specialist Jill Dorsey and sophomore middle blocker Jordan Garrison are solid. Freshman outside hitter Danielle McHenry shined at the Charlotte tournament and could start the opener.
"Starting strong relieves the pressure and gives us a starting point to work from," McHenry said. "We need
to improve our blocking. We're working real hard on that."
Bechard said the team needed to improve in two areas.
The Jayhawks have never lost a Home opener during Beachard's career.
"We have concentrated on transition offense and initial defense," he said. "We thought we could stop more balls at the net last weekend."
Kansas will play host to Montana, Portland and Georgia Southern this Friday and Saturday in the 2001 Hampton Inn/Jayhawk Classic.
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Kansas soccer earns respect team picked 10th in region
Jayhawks break into rankings for second time in history after strong weekend games
By Ryan Wood Kansan sportswriter
A pair of strong efforts this past weekend against North Texas and Illinois has earned the Kansas soccer team some respect around the Midwest.
The Jayhawks (1-1) were ranked 10th in the Central Region in the National Soccer Coaches' Association of America poll that came out yesterday.
"I think it's good to get ranked this early," coach Mark Francis said. "It's letting our upcoming competition know that we're around."
The Top 10 in the Central Region includes six schools from the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska, Texas A&M and Texas take up the top three spots, respectively. Baylor came in fifth and Oklahoma took eighth.
The Jayhawks' appearance in the poll was their second in school history. In October 1999, they were ranked 10th in the central region.
"I think it's good to get ranked this early. It's letting our upcoming competition know that we're around."
Mark Francis KU head soccer coach
Kansas started the 2001 campaign with a 4-2 victory against North Texas last Friday. They suffered a 4-3, double-overtime defeat Sunday to now-18th ranked Illinois.
The Jayhawks play again at 12:30 p.m. Friday against UNLV in the San Diego State Invitational. They close out the weekend with a match against San Diego State at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
"With the games we got coming up, we're hoping to get some good results." Francis said.
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Natalie Hoogveld, senior forward, celebrates after scoring a goal against North Texas. The goal tied the game at 2-2. The Jayhawks went on to win their season opener 4-2.
U.S. sets sights on World Cup
The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Victory streaks have been falling like rain in World Cup qualifiers. The U.S. team hopes that continues tonight in a nation where it has never won in qualifying for soccer's top event.
The U.S. (4-2-1) trails Costa Rica (5-1-1) by three points in the six-nation finals of the North and Central American and Caribbean region.
The Americans need three or four points to qualify for next year's tournament, with a home game remaining against Jamaica (2-3-2) and a match at Trinidad and Tobago (0-6-1).
But streaks haven't counted for much in World Cup qualifying lately.
Costa Rica stopped Mexico's 20-year home unbeaten streak in June. Mexico ended Jamaica's seven-year run at home on Sunday and Honduras ended the United States' 16- year, 19-game unbeaten streak at home in qualifying.
The U.S. is 0-4-1 in World Cup qualifiers in Costa Rica. It lost 2-1 in last year's semifinals on a last-minute penalty kick.
A victory against the U.S. tonight would clinch one of the region's three World Cup berths for Costa Rica.
The U.S. team, which leads Honduras (3-2-2) by two points and Mexico (3-3-1) by three, had multiple defensive breakdowns at RFK Stadium. Coach Bruce Arena promised changes but wouldn't specify.
Former U.S. defender Paul Caligiuri said the team wasn't thinking about the game.
"We were happy and content winning balls rather than having a strategy." Caliguri said.
He said that midfielder Preki Radosavljevic helped calm the team when he entered as a second-half substitute.
Goalkeeper Tony Meola thought the U.S. team was "sort of a passive unit" against Honduras and in the previous game, a 1-0 loss at Mexico.
"It seemed almost when we had the ball we didn't care who we were playing against," he said.
The U.S. team was missing several regulars, notably midfielder Claudio Reyna and forwards Clint Mathis, Brian McBride and Josh Wolff.
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