Sports
University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 24, 1986
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Dan Ruettimann/KANSAN
Kansas middle blocker Tammy Hill leaps to smash the ball past Colorado defenders as teammates Monica Spencer, center, and Jodi Oelschlager, rear, watch. The Jayhawks defeated the Buffaloes in three games last night in Allen Field House.
Javhawks beat CU in 3 qames
By JANE ZACHMAN
Sports writer
The KU volleyball team is back to its winning ways after a victory last night against Colorado, and the
Volleyball
Jayhawks are looking forward to a tough match tonight against Oklahoma.
Kansas plays the Sooners at 8 p.m.
in Allen Field House. Oklahoma is 9-12 overall and 1-1 in the Big Eight Conference.
rine Jayhawks beat the Buffaloes in three games, 15-3, 15-5, 15-5. The win raises the team's record to 19-5 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
Kansas had lost its last two matches, to Nebraska Oct. 14, and to Kansas State on Monday.
This is the first year that the Buffaloes, 4-11 overall and 0-3 in the conference, have fielded a volleyball team, and they do not have the experience of many of the teams they play. Colorado head coach Brad Saindon said after the game.
"The kids we play are seasoned." Saindon said. "We've played three Big Eight teams and they all are comparable."
Even though the Buffaloes were
Boston beats New York, 4-2 could take Series tomorrow
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United Press International
BOSTON — Bruce Hurst performed more autumn magic last night, lifting the Boston Red Sox within one victory of their first World Series championship in 68 years.
The 28-year-old left-hander defeated the New York Mets for the
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second time in six days, leading the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Series.
"I don't feel I was at my best," Hurst said. "I got a few balls up. You can ask the Mets, I tried to change speeds, move the ball in and out."
After pummeling Boston pitchers for 25 hits in the previous two games, the Mets were humbled by Hurst for the second time.
The victory was the first by the home team in the Series. Game 6 is scheduled for Saturday night at New York's Shea Stadium.
Roger Clemens, baseball's best pitcher in 1986 with a 24-4 record, will get the opportunity to bring the Red Sox their first title since 1918. Clemens, who will face Bob Ojeda, will be starting with five days rest.
He walked one, struck out five and gave up 10 hits — but only six over the first seven innings. He stretched his scorele inning streak against the Mets to 15 before Tim Teufel spoiled his shutout with a one-out homer in the eighth.
"I feel comfortable pitching right now," Hurst said. "I'm better this year than last year. I'm the best I've ever been."
The Mets added a run in the ninth on a double by Mookie Wilson and a single by Rafael Sanana. They had the tying run at the plate in the ninth, with Calvin Schiraldi warming up in the Boston bullpen. But Red Sox Manager John McNamara stayed with Hurst, who fanned Len Dykstra and ended the game.
Hurst became the first Red Sox left-hander to win a Series game in Fenway Park since Babe Ruth in 1918. It was Hurst's third victory without a loss in the postseason.
The Red Sox supported Hurst with 12 hits and defeated Dwight Gooden for the second time. Dave Henderson sparked Boston's attack with a triple and a run-scorring double and Jim Rice went 2-for-3 with a triple.
"He has two real good off-speed pitches," Mets Manager Davey Johnson said. "He has good command of them and keeps them away from the batters. He has a decent fastball which he can spot real well. With these two pitches, he can pitch anywhere."
"I made the pitches I had to make and had some tough breaks," said Gooden, who was hurt by weak defense. "They got hits when they needed them. I think I had an average fastball tonight, average for me."
Marty Barrett contributed two hits for the Red Sox and set a postseason record of 20 hits. Barrett broke the previous record of 19 by Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees in 1976.
The Mets had Hurst in trouble three times in the first five innings, but he never gave in. Boston gave its left-hander a 1-0 advantage in the second inning, the first time in the Series the home team had taken the lead
Henderson hit a shot to the gap and raced to third when right fielder Darryl Strawberry allowed the ball to get by him and Dykstra, the center fielder, slipped near the wall. Henderson scored on Spike Owen's飞 to left.
The Red Sox added an unearned run in the third. Bill Buckner reached on an error by Santana at short and Rice followed with a walk. One out later, Dwight Evans singled to center and scored Buckner.
The Red Sox had Gooden in trouble again in the fourth when Wade Boggs and Barrett singled with one out. Gooden escaped when Keith Hernandez smothered Buckner's rocket for an out at first.
But the Red Sox knocked out Gooden in the fifth, scoring twice and went up 4-0.
KU to play in Wichita tourney
It was the Red Sox' last game this season, but the celebration could lie ahead this weekend.
ports writer
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
The KU men's tennis team will face its toughest competition of the season so far at the Rolex Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Region V Indoor Qualifier this weekend at the Wichita Racquet Club.
Men's tennis
The tournament, consisting of Big Eight Conference and area players, has an open draw, meaning team members could play each other in the tournament. Only individual scores are kept.
Senior Mike Wolf is a two-time winner of the tournament, which qualifies the singles winner and runner-up, and the doubles winners to compete in the national tournament in Houston.
Last year Wolf won in singles and paired with Michael Center to win doubles, defeating teammates Larry Pascal and Kevin Brady.
"Mike is eager to play," head coach Scott Perelman said recently. "He is the favorite and everyone wants to beat the favorite. I think he's up to the challenge. It will take a great effort for someone to beat him."
Wolf said he would feel more confident about playing if he was performing as well as he did last year.
"I feel okay, but I'm not hitting the ball as well as 'I'd like to'" he said. "Next week will be tougher for me at the All-America tournament at UCLA. This is a good tournament to get ready for that. This is the best draw in this part of the country."
Brady, also a senior, agreed that
this would be the toughest tournament Kansas had faced this season.
"As a team we should do pretty well," Brady said. "We have shown ourselves to be the top team of the Big Eight."
Kansas will enter Wolf, Brady,
juniors Pascal, Sven Groeneveld and
Darin Herman, and freshmen Craig
Wildley and Chris Walker. Doubles
pairs will be Wolf and Pascal, Brady
and Groeneveld, and Walker and
Wildley.
"We have more depth overall." Wolf said. "That makes the team more competitive, not only in practice but overall."
"I think all our entries have the ability to impact the tournament in both singles and doubles competition." Perelman said. "The person that plays the best tennis and wants to win, will."
KU vs. Oklahoma State
The Starters
KANSAS
Offense
WR — 1 Willie Vaughn, So.
LT — 70 Jim Davis, Jr.
LG — 68 Jay Allen, So.
C — 54 Paul Awlund, Sr.
RG — 63 Steve Nave, Sr.
RT — 76 Bill Hundelt, Fr.
TE — 84 Mark Parks, Jr.
RB — 24 Mike Rogers, Jr.
RB — 22 Arnold Snell, So.
QB — 15 Mike Orch, Jr.
WR — 34 Ronnie Caldwell, Jr.
Defense
LE — 91 Phil Forte, Sr.
LT — 90 Eldridge Avery, Jr.
RT — 97 David White, Jr.
RE — 52 Scott Carlson, So.
LB — 41 Warren Shields, So.
LB — 25 Rick Bredesen, So.
LB — 33 Rick Clayton, So.
CB — 31 Michael Fisher, Jr.
FS — 18 Wayne Ziegler, Sr.
SS — 23 Jarney Steinhauser, Sr
CB — 16 Mill Garner, Jr.
Specialists
PK — 12 Mac Smith, Fr.
P — 48 Rich Rieth, Jr.
LS — 58 Rob Foster, So.
Holder — 11 Tom Quick, Sr.
OKLAHOMA STATE
Offense
WR — 11 Hart Lee Dykes, So.
LT — 61 Mike Zenito, Sr.
LG — 59 Chris Stanley, So.
C — 51 Tony Wilkins, Sr.
RG — 58 Doug Meacham, SR
RT — 56 Byron Woodard, SO
TE — 87 J.R. Dillard, Sr.
RB — 34 Thurman Thomas, Jr.
RB — 22 Mitch Nash, So.
QB — 12 Mike Gundy, Fr.
W — 1 Bobby Riley, Sr.
DE — 49 Ron Williams, Jr.
LT — 98 David Bailey, S.
NG — 60 Marcus Jones, So
RT — 64 Leonard Jackson, Sr.
DE — 47 Jerry Decker, Jr.
LB — 33 Chris Pegram, Dr.
LB — 53 Sim Drain, Fr.
CB — 5 Demise Williams, Sr.
SS — 10 Mike Hudson, Sr.
FS — 44 Mark Moore, Sr.
CS — 2 Melvin Gilliam, Sr.
Defense
Specialists
Game Time
Specialists!
PK — 36 Joey O'Donnell, So.
P — 7 Cayce Gainey, So.
LS — 95 Bill Jones, So.
Holder — 14 Rodderd Gaines, So.
The Coaches
Kickoff is set for 7:05 p.m. at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Okla. The game will be broadcast on the 30 station radio network. The local stations broadcasting the game are KJHK in Lawrence, KMBZ in Kansas City, KLNW in Lawrence and WREN in Topeka.
Game Notes
The Jayhawks lead the overall series 22-19-3, but Kansas has not beaten Oklahoma State since 1972. The two teams have tied three times since then, 24-24 in 1982, 14-14 in 1980 and 10-10 in 1973.
The Records
Oklahoma State is 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the Big Eight after losing last week to Oklahoma 19-0. The Cowboys' other conference loss was 30-10 to Nebraska.
Kansas head coach Bob Valesente is 3-1 in his first season as a head coach. Pat Jones is in his third season as Oklahoma State head coach, and has a 20-10 record with the Cowboys. Jones has taken Oklahoma State to two Gator Bowls. Before becoming the head coach, Jones was an assistant coach at Arkansas, SMU and Oklahoma State.
Kansas' record slipped to 3-Overall and 0-2 in the conference after Kansas State beat the Jayhawks 29-12 on Saturday in Manhattan.
The Series
KU wide receiver Ronnie Caldwell and OSU tailback Barry Sanders were teammates at Wichita North High School . . . KU defensive and Phil Forte leads the Big Eight Conference with six quarterback sacks . . . KU punter Rich Rieth now has two punts more than 70 yards. He had a punt of 78 yards last week against K-State . .
Injury Update
Oklahoma State: none. Kansas: Right tackle Bob Pliper, broken foot, is out for the season. Wide receiver Rodney Harris, stress fracture in right foot, is not expected to play. Offensive guard Steve Isham, sprained ankle is probable. Wide receiver Murphy Ray, bruised shoulder, is probable. Tight end Brad Wendel won't make the trip to Stillwater because of a strained knee that occurred in last week's game.
Football head coach Bob Valesente overlooks practice at Memorial Stadium The 3-3 Jayhawks were preparing yesterday for tomorrow's game against Oklahoma State, 2-4, in Stillwater, Okla. Both teams are 0-2 in Big Eight Conference games.
Kansas, OSU to fight for first Big Eight win
Bv ANNE LUSCOMBE
Sports writer
The KU football team enters its most important game of the season tomorrow. Losing to Oklahoma State would drop the 3-3 Jayhawks under the .500 mark; winning would give them a chance to save the season. Both teams are 0-2 in the Big Eight Conference.
"This is a crucial game and it is critical that we have outstanding performances," head coach Bob Valesate said yesterday. "One of the biggest
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things is we cannot afford to go below the 500 mark. It should be a heck of a ball game."
Kansas meets the 2-4 Cowboys in Stillwater, OKla., and has several adversities to overcome
To begin with, the Jayhawks play their first night game of the year. Next, it is the second straight road game, and Kansas is coming off an embarrassing 29-12 loss Saturday to Kansas State. Finally, Kansas has not beaten Oklahoma State since 1972.
The losing streak only adds to the list of Kansas' incentives to win.
"They keep coming up with the deal that we haven't beat OSU since 1972," linebacker Rick Clayton said. "We will just have to turn the tide."
Earlier this week, Valesente announced that all starting positions were open and would have to
previous startup payoff. However, the changes Vailesette made were minimal. Warren Shields moved into a minimizing position over Stacy Henson, who is coming off an ankle injury. Offensive tackle Jim Davis was moved to the right side to allow Bill Hundelt to take over Davis' spot at left tackle.
won all over again. This put pressure on both the previously starting players and the second string
over Davis's help.
Placekicker Mac Smith was reinstated after losing field goal and extra point duties to walk on Louis Kramer. Chase van Dyne had been kicking off, but he is out with a back injury. Smith will take care of all the kicking except punts.
care of her. Freshman Kelly Donohoe, whom Valesente has said he would like to redshift, has been listed on the depth chart as the back-up quarterback to Mike Orth. Tom Quick had previously held that spot as well as reserve wide receiver.
well as respec-
tion. "We weren't off on our evaluation of personnel in the beginning." Valesene said. "The players need to be more motivated. There are a lot of mistakes that we can't afford to happen. We aren't always holding onto the ball or making the right tackles."
Center Paul Oswald said Valesente's decision was the key to the players' motivation.
"He thought a lot of us were resting on our laurels," Oswald said. "He put a sense of urgency back into play. I feel Coach does what he feels is right to get the team up. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it."
Oswald said he thought 'the team's starters were
pretty consistent in their playing, which perhaps accounted for the few changes.
"I think it's important that every player know the competition," Valesente said. "They have to be able to perform under stress."
Oklahoma State experienced a vital change earlier this season when head coach Pat Jones replaced starting quarterback Ronnie Williams, a junior, with freshman Mike Gundy.
Jamison. The Cowboys were having turnover problems with Williams, but since Gundy has become the No. 1 quarterback Oklahoma State has not had a single turnover. Gundy first saw action in the second half of the OSU-Houston game Sept. 20. The Cowboys lost 28-12 but have remained free of turnovers for three and a half games.
"We have had immense improvements considering how young we were at the beginning." Jones said. "Offensively we've had a quarterback change, which changed the direction of the offense. We also have our running backs back who were out with injuries."
Jones said an important strength for the Cowboys was offensive and defensive speed, about which Valesente has expressed concern.
"Our backs are to the wall — we have to win," Valesente said. "We are in a frenzy. We have to play like we are angry at the situation. When you are at this level of competition, you have to play at your zenith, at the top of your ability."