FRIDAY,OCTOBER25,2002
SPORTS
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Trophy gives rivals new reason to fight
By Kelly McNearney
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Kansan staff writer
Kansas and Missouri now have another incentive to battle.
Midwest Ford Dealers is sponsoring a Border War Series that will track Kansas and Missouri's head-to-head competition in 17 sports. The team with the most points at the end of the academic year will take home the Traveling Border War cup.
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those Tigers," Bohl said. "Anytime you can twist the Tiger's tail, do it."
Al Bohl, Kansas athletics director, and Mike Alden, Missouri athletics director, unveiled the series in a Wednesday news conference at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. Saturday's football game between the Jayhawks and Tigers in Columbia, Mo., will be included in the competition.
"This Saturday I hope we can go over to Columbia and beat
Al Bohl, Kansas athletics director, holds up the trophy that will be awarded to the winning school in the Border War Series.
Bohl said the series was positive for both universities because it would increase awareness about sports other than basketball and football.
Mario Moccia, Missouri associate athletics director for external operations, agreed the series was important for sports that received less attention.
"Everybody knows the basketball games and the football games, but there are a lot of other sports that don't draw the publicity or crowd support," Moccia said. "Theoretically, the whole series could hinge on a softball or volleyball game."
Bohl and Moccia said the series would bring a continuing source of revenue to both universities as well as the opportunity
for a future increase in revenue.
"Midwest Ford Dealers is the current sponsor, but we have the opportunity to add additional sponsors to the series," Bohl said.
He said the sponsorship provided each school with revenue
in the low six figures.
The series consists of 59 available points for regular season match-ups, with extra points available for postseason play.
— Edited by Nicole Roché
Men's golfers tee off in three-day tournament
After a two-week hiatus, the Kansas men's golf team is set to return to competition following back-to-back top-six finishes.
The Jayhawks will tie off today at the Nelson-Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. Coach Ross Randall said he was looking for a win this weekend and finding out who his top players are.
By Ryan Greene
"We have a few tournaments in the spring where we can bring our normal five starters and an
individual as well," Randall said. "We're not going to use qualifying anymore to see who plays each tournament, we'll just use the five guys who are playing the best."
Because the tournament takes place during the weekend, one round will be played today, tomorrow and Sunday, instead of two rounds in one day. Tee time is 8 a.m. for all three days.
The Kansas lineup will include senior Chris Marshall, junior Tyler Hall, sophomores Andrew Price and Kevin Ward and freshman Ryan Rainer.
Marshall is looking toward this weekend as an opportunity
to fulfill a goal that he set for himself at the start of the season, as well as continue on his new approach to playing.
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"My goal was just to get one or two wins before the fall concluded," Marshall said. "I've tried to change my mentality and try harder to win, but at the same time harder not to win if that makes any sense."
Tyler Hall paced the Jayhawks at the tournament last year as they tied for fifth as team, and he thinks that the team is where it needs to be mentally heading into this year's competition.
"Individually, I played here
once and I was runner up. It was my best finish last year," Hall said. "Individually I have a really good vibe going into this. I think our team right now is as good as we've looked all year, and everyone's clicking so the expectations are pretty high."
Randall said the tournament would be good for Kansas.
"I think consistency has been big. We're using a lot of young players and they're getting used to the competition," he said. "We just need a few more tournaments. It's a good, strong field, so hopefully we can play well."
—Edited by Matt Gehrke
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