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Coach brings confidence and success to KU volleyball
This is the first in a two-part series on Kansas volleyball. Tomorrow's story will detail changes in KU's volleyball program.
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Frankie Albitz, Kansas head volleyball coach, has that attitude, and it has rubbed off on the Kansas volleyball team.
Albitz came to Kansas two years ago from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. She inherited a program that had gone 5-30 the year before and had not won a Big Eight Conference game in three years and 32 matches.
Her attitude helped Kansas move to a 17-15 record last year, and this year the Jayhawks are 16-3 overall with a conference record of 24. These figures give Albitz a career coaching record of 240-210-7.
"When I came onto the team last year, we almost expected to lose again," outside hitter Shannon Ridgeway said recently. "Now we expect to win."
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Kansas defensive ends Scott Carlson and Phil Forte force down Southern Illinois running back John Moore
Loyal fans watch KU defeat SIU
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
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Sports writer
Those fans that did attend, a mere 22,500, booed the Jayhawks as they left the field at halftime, trailing 17-14.
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It appeared that Kansas could not even give game tickets away. The stands remained virtually empty Saturday as the Jayhawks defeated Southern Illinois 35-23, despite the Athletic Department's promotional giveaway.
However, those staying past halftime were rewarded for their loyalty, and their boos soon turned to cheers.
Spencer said, "You have to respect someone who has dedicated their whole life to volleyball."
Kansas scored twice in the first five minutes of the third quarter to take control of the game. Backback Arnold Snell grabbed a 30-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mike Orth. With 10:30 in the quarter, Othr threw to wide receiver Ronnie Caldwell for a 21-yard touchdown.
Vaughn said the Salukis 'performance didn't' surgeuse him, but Kansas' did.
Albitz's coaching success has been attributed to her experience as a player, to her confidence in both herself and her players and to her dedication to keeping up with the latest volleyball ideas. To Albitz, however, coaching is basic.
"The girls on her team are learning the newest team tactics."
Wille Vaughn, wide receiver, scored on an 18-yard Orth pass in the first few seconds of the fourth quarter. The Jayhawks' three-touchdown aforegree gave Kansas a comeback on the lead.
"That's the greatest thing about the game of football – you have to play two halves," said Kansas head coach Bob Valesente. "It's like somebody who goes to work for a living. You can have a bad morning but you still have to come back in the afternoon. That's the way it is on a job. We happened to have had a bad half."
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The first half was a struggle for Kansas, despite a touchdown in the final seconds of the first quarter by backlash Mark Henderson for a 7-7 tie and another with 1:31 remaining in the half by Caldwell to give the Jayhawks a short-lived 14-10 lead.
Even though Albitz has been coaching for 12 years, she said she still thought it was necessary to keep up with the latest developments in her sport.
At the top of her list is making a tougher schedule for the Jayhawks and coaching them to play well against stronger teams.
"We said we have got to be confident when we go back out there," Caldwell said.
Fifty two seconds later, the Salukis regained the lead with quarterback Pat King's 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bobby Sloan.
McCaw said, "So many coaches think that they know everything, but she is still a student of the game.
It was definitely Southern Illinois' ball game in the first ball. The Sahui scored two runs and won.
"We just had a few mental leddows in the first half. It's nothing that's going to hurt us in the future." said defensive end Phil Forte. "Anything that could go wrong, did in the first half. But they weren't beating us physically, just mentally."
Caldwell, who scored two touchdowns, said the first half was one where things just didn't go right. The players were upset with themselves as they left the field.
back to our old ways of fumbling We gave them 17 points."
Even though people are impressed by the team now, Alitz said, there is a reason for it.
Forte said the defense had some mix-ups in coverage on the two plays.
Twice Sloan had burned the KU defense for easy touchdowns.
"She's always trying to get that edge, find out what top people are doing," said KU assistant coach Johnny Learned.
At the end of the half, the Jayhawks had lost two fumbles and recovered only one of three Saluki fumbles. By the end of the game, the totals worsened. Kansas lost four of five fumbles and recovered just two Southern Illinois fumbles.
The first half boosted the confidence of the Salukis and head coach Ray Dorr.
"My job is to get to the quarterback before he can nas. " Forte said. "If I did done that, then
he wouldn't have gotten to pass. if we weren't coming away with a win, those things would bother me more. But, I feel that we are a physically dominating defense."
Despite the slip-ups, the Kansas defense made believers out of the Saluki offense.
The Kansas offense came back, scoring 21 of the 35 points in the second half. The defense kept the Salukis to just six points after halftime. Slaan was wide open as he caught a 27-yard pass from quarterback Joe Graves and saunted down the right side to the end zone in the fourth quarter after Kansas had built a 35-17 lead with 1.04 left.
"I thought he had an excellent chance to win if Kansas didn't get emotional in the second half." Dorr said. "I feel that Kansas was helping keep us in the game the first half. But they came out in the third quarter and did what they needed to do."
"We practiced on the option all week," Forte said. "When you play against an option team, you have to have a lot of discipline. But they came out throwing the ball."
"I have a lot of respect for the Kansas defense," said King. "They played hard and they were the better team today. They are a classy bunch of guys, too. No cheap shods."
"In the first half we had a few breakouts and we can't have those. We weren't putting enough pressure on the quarterback. They were running a lot of play action and we only going with four men. In the second half, we started to tee off on their passing game and started getting some sacks and causing some problems."
Forte said that the Saluki offense, known for its option play, surprised the Kansas defense as time after time it chose to pass.
Strong safety Jamey Steinhauser agreed. He
said the option wasn't the worrying factor, it was the play-action passes.
"I don't think we're getting worse, we just had some bad breaks." Steinhauser said. "We came out of it in the second half. But we need to come out strong in the first half or we're going to get hurt. We need to get on them quick."
The Kansas offense got its share of surprises also.
The Saluki defense shut down the Kansas running game, limiting the Jayhawks to 67 yards rushing.
"I was surprised at how well they shut down our running game," Snell said. "But, really, that made me happy because it opened up our passing game."
Orth completed 19 of 42 passes for 321 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the first time this season that Orth has not thrown an interception.
With his performance, Orth moved to ninth on the Kansas All-Time passing chart for a career 1,517 yards.
"It's nice to even up my touchdowns and interceptions," Orth said. "That's what I'm happiest about really."
Orth passes way into top 10 with 321-yard day
By BRIAN SNYDER
With 13.08 left in the third quarter Saturday, tailback Arnold Snell scored on a 30-yard screen pass and pushed quarterback Mike Orth's name one notch higher in the Kansas record books.
some great Kansas quarterbacks — Frank Seurer, Mike Norseth and Bobby Doughlass — still stand in the way of Orth's journey up the list of KU career passing yardage leaders, but the junior quarterback jumped four spots into ninth place in Saturday's 35-23 Jayhawk victory over Southern Illinois.
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Orth's 321 passing yards against Southern Illinois gave him 1,517 in his career, moving him ahead of Wally Strauch, who had 1,414 career passing yards.
Dan Heck, KU's quarterback in 1970-71, is in eight place on the list and is 150 yards ahead of
Orth. Seurer leads the list with 6,410 yards
Orth also passed Brian Betkhe, 1,262; John Harl, 1,259; and Scott McMichael, 1,241.
have the nine players in the jump to munch on the KU career passing list. Orth connected with eight receivers and threw for four touchdowns, including two to Ronnie Caldwell. Caldwell caught four passes for 82 yards. Orth had 15 completions on 42 attempts.
"It's good to know." Orth said. "I'd rather have the wins, they're more important."
completion of the game.
In KU's first three games, Orth completed 66
of 112 passes for 589 yards with one touchdown
and five interceptions.
"I up to this point, I had been disappointed with my performance." Orth said after the game. "I'm really happy that I didn't throw an interception. I've been working on my mental discipline all this week."
Head coach Bob Valesente down-played Orth's rise in the offensive rankings, but said he had seen Orth make steady progress
"I know as the season goes on, these things will happen." Valsente said. "I don't believe
statistics are as important as team success."
statistics are as important. Wide receiver Vaughan shared in the team success, despite spoke of. His early touchdown catch was one of five catches he made in the game. He was encouraged with Orth and the rest of the Jayhawks' performances.
"We couldn't have done better," Vaughn said. "We scored in the air for a change and this game got us ready for the Big Eight.
("Ortb") has been throwing well every week He throws the same all the time."
He drives the Saluki defensive secondary was the same as that of the other teams the Jayhawks have played this year. KU's receivers worked on getting around the strong safety.
"He made some strides today," Dorr said. "We had been watching films of him this week and he was a little quick in leaving the pocket and to throw the ball away.
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In the Southern Illinois locker room, both players and head coach Ray Dorr were impressed with the Kansas quarterback.
"But he made some tough throws and he throws hard. I'm impressed with him. He'll struggle some this year but he'll be a fine quarterback in the future."
in the second half, they ("Southern Illinois") played with six defensive backs and only three rushers," Orth said. "The receivers and I got our timing down and they stayed in the voids. The line was great, too. I had a lot of time
"They (Orth and the receivers) work together and find the holes in the secondary," the defensive back said. "He looked away to the whole field and tricked the coverage. They capitalized on blown coverage."
Saukiu tree safety Ron Page said that Orth was a smart quarterback, but the success of the Kansas passing game wasn't due to the skill of the athletic advantage over the Saluki secondary.
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