University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 12, 1986
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Valesente says Tar Heels may have advantage
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
Sports writer
North Carolina, which started its season last week, may have an advantage over Kansas in tomorrow's game. Jayhawk head coach Bob Valesente said yesterday.
"By having played a game already, North Carolina has had the chance to work out the bugs and butterflies. That gives them a definite advantage." Valesen said. "It's a job for them that this is their second year."
45-14 last Saturday. Reserve tailback Derrick Fenner rushed for 216 yards
North Carolina beat the Citadel
Football
1-0 overall, 0-0 in OAC
1-10 a.m. tomorrow
at Memorial Stadium
Channels 9 and 27
North Carolina
and scored two touchdowns in the victory.
The Jayhawks have tried to offset
However, North Carolina head coach Dick Crum said Kansas might have the advantage.
North Carolina's advantage by staging scrimmages and game situations the last two weeks.
"We have played a game which has given us some experience," Crum said. "But Kansas has had the chance to scout us, which is to their advantage."
Valesente and his players are more than ready for tomorrow's game after lining up against the same faces for three weeks.
The Kansas offensive game plan will not be foreign to anybody at Memorial Stadium, but the players executing the game plan might.
Junior quarterback Mike Orth and a corps of young receivers will try to continue the pass-happy offense of last year.
"We feel very confident about the game. We know we can throw against them," said Quintin Smith, freshman wide receiver. "We've been waiting for this game."
Kansas' passing offense has Crum a little worried.
"KU is going to complete some balls," he said. "I think we will have to play a steady defense to overcome it."
Crum has seven returning starters on defense from a team that went 5-6 last fall.
North Carolina's size poses a threat for Kansas" somewhat smaller team.
Offensively, Crum will rely on sophomore quarterback Jonathan Hall, who has only started four games. However, he was successful against The Citadel. He completed
nine of 17 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown.
Hall started the last three games last season after seeing limited action early in the season. He completed 38 of 79 passes for 559 yards and four touchdowns.
This will be the third meeting for the two schools, but it will be the Tar Heels first trip to Lawrence.
Kansas played at Chapel Hill two years ago, and Orth, then a reserve quarterback had his first and only start of the year. Kansas lost to North Carolina, 23-17.
Cyclones are ready for season
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The Iowa State Cyclones are at the stage, head coach Jim Criner said, where they need a game.
They get a game this week and it's the biggest one on their schedule. The Cyclones travel to their annual grudge match with 20th-ranked Iowa in the featured game on this week's Big Eight schedule.
Big Eight Roundup
Elsewhere, Kansas and Missouri join Iowa State in opening their seasons. The Jayhawks will play North Carolina in a regionally televised game (channels 9 and 27) and the Tigers will face Utah State.
Kansas State faces Northern Iowa in a night game. Colorado travels to Oregon, and Oklahoma State faces in-state rival, Tulsa.
Top-ranked Oklahoma and No. 6
Nebraska have the week off.
Iowa posted a 10-1 record last year, including a 57-3 thrashing of Iowa State, before losing in the Rose Bowl.
While the Hawkeyes will be trying to see how good they are, Criner and the Cyclones will be trying to see how good they can be.
"It's always easier to get their attention when you play an in-state rival," Criner said, "and especially a real good football team like the University of Iowa.
Criner also must worry about over-practicing his Cyclones.
"One of the biggest things is try to not allow them to get ready too soon, so that when game time comes you're too flat."
Missouri will try to use Utah State, 0-1, to forget about last season's 1-10 record.
"We've got a lot of work to do, but our football players need to hit somebody else."
"We're at the stage of the game where we really need a football game," the head coach said. "It seems like we've been practicing forever.
One reason for that is the transfer to Missouri of four players from Drake, which did away with its football program. Utah State head coach Chuck Shelton was the head coach at Drake last year, so he will know about some of the Tigers' players.
"We've used about the same amount of time (preparing for this season), but this year it's been much more productive," said second-year head coach Woody Widenhofer. "I just think we'll be much more competitive at every position that we were a year ago."
Oklahoma State. 1-0, has beaten Tulsa, 1-1, of the last 14 times the teams have met, but the Cowboys have to wonder about themselves after just escaping Southwestern Louisiana with a 21-20 victory.
"We were pleased to get out of there with our lives." Oklahoma State head coach Pat Jones said of the trip south.
"We felt all along that TU would have one of its strongest senior classes in years," Jones said. "I'm sure it will be very, very much of a doglight."
Colorado will find out exactly what it is made of, after a bitter loss to Colorado State last week.
"We've got to get this season turned around in a hurry before it gets out of hand," said Colorado head coach Bill McCARTNEY. "We really have our heads buried in shame."
Kansas State plays its second Division 1-AA team in three weeks, but Northern Iowa is not the usual early-season breeze.
The Panthers, 0-1-1, proved that last year when they beat Kansas State, 1-1.
"Northern Iowa becomes a very pivotal game for us," said Wildcats' head coach Stan Parrish. "Last year they beat us here. Hopefully, a little bit of payback will be in our minds."
BIG EIGHT STANDINGS
All Games Conference
W. L Pct W. L Pct W. L Pct
Oklahoma 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.000
Nebraska 1 0 1.000 0 0 0.000
Okla. St 1 0 1.000 0 0 0.000
Kansas St 1 1 .500 0 0 0.000
Kansas 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000
Iowa St 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000
Missouri 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000
Colorado 0 1 0.000 0 0 0.000
Tammy Hill, left, member of the KU women's volleyball team, spikes the ball. The women's team practiced yesterday to prepare for a tournament this
Jayhawks go to KSU for tourney
weekend at Kansas State. Wichita State and Drake also will compete in the tournament.
The tournament at Kansas State will include teams from Drake and Wichita State.
By a Kansan sports writer
The KU womens' volleyball team faces a possible rematch and its first look at Big Eight competition this weekend when it travels to Manhattan for its second match.
Volleyball
Last week, the Jayhawks beat Wichita State in three games, but head coach Frankie Albizt said they were not going into the tournament thinking the Shockers would be easy to defeat.
"Wichita could come out and play totally different," Albitz said. "They didn't play well last week."
Albitz said most of the team's competition this year would come from the Big Eight conference.
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"We aren't playing a real tough schedule this year," she said. "We're trying to upgrade our schedule each year to be able to compete well with the Big Eight." Albitz said her main concern was to be able to compete with stronger teams.
KANSAS CITY, Mo — Willie Wilson tripled with one out in the 10 inning, scoring Rudy Law and giving the Kansas City Royals a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners last night.
"Last year we went five games with almost everyone," she said. "The team is a lot more advanced this year, but we really haven't been tested yet."
Law led on the inning and reached first base when shortstop Rey Quinones bobbled his grounder for an error.
The winner was relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry, who is now 2-5. Mark Huismann, 3-4, the fourth Seattle pitcher, took the loss.
"Everyone has to hold their own or the system breaks down. I don't think we have a weak player."
Royals rookie Bo Jackson and Jim Sundberg each went 4-for-5. Sundberg drove in four runs, including a three-run homer in the eighth. Jackson had four singles, three of them infield, and drove in his first major-league run.
Frank White led off for Kansas City in the eighth with a single and advanced on a passed ball before Jackson made his third infield hit. Sundberg then hit his 16th home run off relief pitcher Pete Ladd to make it 6-5. Hal McRae set a team record with his 14th pinch-hit of the season.
New England passes by Jets
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Patriots pick on New York's injury-plaqued secondary
FAST RUTHERFORD N. L
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tony Collins caught two touchdown passes, one from Tony Eason and the other from fellow running back Craig James last night to help the New England Patriots to a 20-6 victory over the New York Jets.
Eason completed 14 of 22 passes for 148 yards with no interceptions. He concentrated on the Jets' left side where cornerback Kerry Glenn was lost to injured-reserve this week. Stanley Morgan feasted on replacements Bobby Humphrey and Davin Mullin, catching 8 passes for 104 yards.
Eason gave New England a 7-0
first-quarter lead with a 6-yard touchdown strike to Collins, James, whose option pass for a certain touchdown earlier in the game was dropped by Irving Fryer, hooked up with Collins on a third-quarter scoring pass of 10 yards and gave New England a 14-6 lead.
Tony Franklin kicked a 45-yard field goal on the last play of the third quarter, and connected on a 42-yarder with 3:12 left for New England's other points.
For the second straight week, New England, 2-0, held its opponent without a touchdown. The Patriots won their season opener 33-3 over Indianapolis.
Ken O'Brien. who threw for three
touchdowns last week in the Jets' season-opening triumph over Buffalo, was erratic completing 16 of 30 passes for 180 yards with two interceptions. He was sacked four times.
The Patriots took a 14-6 lead with their first possession of the second half. New England faced a fourth-and-goal at the Jets' 10. New York inserted six defensive linemen, four linebackers and one defensive back, and the Patriots countered with a trick play.
Eason pitched right to James, and he sprinted toward the sideline before flipping a touchdown pass to Collins, who was open in the end zone with 8:35 left in the third quarter.
Orioles halt Red Sox streak
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BALTIMORE — Lee Lacy delivered a tie-breaking, base-loaded single in the eighth innning last night, helping the Baltimore Orioles snap Boston's 11-game hitting streak with an 8-6 victory over the Red Sox.
Joe Sambito relieved and Lacy, hitting for Jim Dwyer, singled under the glove of shortstop Ed Romero for his sixth game-winning RBI.
Mike Young led off the eighth with a double of Steve Crawford, 0-1, and John Stefero walked. Crawford botched Floyd Rayford's sacrifice attempt for an error, loading the bases.
TORONTO — Pinch-hitter Dan Pasqua drilled a three-run double to highlight a four-run ninth-inning uprising, helping the New York Yankees to a 7-5 triumph and a sweep of their double-header last night with the fading Toronto Blue Jays.
New York 3-7. Toronto 1-5
The double-header decision dropped Toronto nine games behind Boston in the American League, while New York moved to within 10 games of the Red Sox. The Yankees open a three-game home series with Boston on Friday. Minnesota 6, Texas 2.
In the opener, Ron Kittle belted a two-run homer and Doug Drabek and Dave Righetti combined on a seven-hitter and led the Yankees to a 3-4 victory. Kittle also homered and drove in a pair of runs in the second game.
MINNEAPOLIS — Mark Salas homered twice and knocked in four runs, and Gary Gaetti belted his 30th
Minnesota 6, Texas 2
Frank Viola, 14-11, walked three and struck out seven over the first seven innings and earned the victory. George Frazier pitched the last two innings.
homer last night as the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 6-2.
The victory snapped the Twins' five-game losing streak and dropped the Rangers nine games behind California in the American League West. The Angels were rained out in Cleveland.
Charlie Hough, 12-10, who entered the game with a 10-3 career mark against the Twins, started and took the loss.
CHICAGO — Joaquin Andujar pitched a six-hitter and Jose Canseco belted his 30th homer last night in the Oakland A's 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Oakland 2, Chicago 1
Andujar hurled his third straight complete game victory and raised his record to 10-6. The Dominican right-hander walked two and struck out three while outdueling Richard Dotson, 10-14. Dotson allowed five hits, walked one and struck out six.
DETROIT — Jack Morris pitched a three-hitter for his fifth shutout and received home run support from Alan Trammell, Tom Brookens and Kirk Gibson in the Detroit Tigers' 3-0 victory last night over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Detroit 8. Milwaukee 0
Morris walked two, struck out five and retired the last 14 batters he faced. The right-hander, who is the only major-league pitcher with 15 victories in each of the last five seasons,
California at Cleveland, postponed CLEVELAND — Last night's game between the California Angels and Cleveland Indians was postponed because of rain.
The game was not immediately rescheduled, but will be played if it should affect the race in the American League West. California entered the contest with an 8-2 game lead over Texas.
National League
raised his record to 17-8. Morris permitted just two runners as far as second.
San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1
SAN FRANCISCO — Chili Davis belted a two-run homer, and Kelly Downs and Scott Garrelts combined on a five-hitter yesterday as the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-1.
The victory pulled San Francisco within a half game of second-place Cincinnati in the National League West.
Davis homered in the fourth, his 11th of the year, to give the Giants a 2-0 lead. Candy Maldonado had reached first on a fielder's choice.
Reds' starter Bill Gullickson, 13-10,
went six innings, allowed seven hits,
two walks and Ston out four before
giving way to Ron Robinson.
Downs, 2-4, yielded four hits, three walks and struck out four in seven innings to pick up his second straight victory. Garrelts pitched the final two innings for his ninth save.
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One on one
Buck Rosenfield, left, Olathe resident, dribbles around Doug Devereaux of Baldwin. The two Kansas graduates played behind Templin Hall yesterday.
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