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Buzz.com, helped lead the Jayhawks to their first NCAA tournament. Along with Leeper and Miller, forwards Monica Brothers and Rachel Gilfillan and midfielders Amy Geha, Gabby Quiggle and Lauren Williams showed potential en route to a record 13 victories and the Jayhawks' first season above .500.
Miller and Brothers were both named to the All-Big 12 newcomer team. Miller set a team record with a 1.40 goals against average, and Brothers set the Kansas freshman goals record with nine and the freshman points record with 21.
Brothers' record didn't last long, though, thanks to the class of this year's freshmen—and Caroline Smith.
The forward from Edina, Minn., leads the Big 12 Conference with 25 points, is tied for the conference lead with 11 goals, and second with 1.79 points per game and .79 goals per game. She has already set the Jayhawks' season record for goals and game-
wining goals (4). Depending on the severity of her knee injury suffered from this Sunday's loss, Smith could break the career goal record of 18 currently held by Natalie Hoogveld.
She leads a talented group of first-year players, which also includes forwards Kim Karmonta and Jessica Smith and midfielder Holly Ryder. Jessica Smith, who set Kansas high school records with 39 careergoals and 89 points at Wichita Southeast High, scored two goals and assisted on another in Friday's 6-0 victory against Oklahoma State.
Gilfillan, Ryder and both Smiths were all Miss Soccer in their senior years of high school. With the talent and ability the rest of the freshmen and sophomore classes have shown, the Jayhawks should continue to climb the Big 12 standings and qualify for many more NCAA tournaments. Just think what they can do when they have a couple more years of experience.
Chronister is a Lawrence senior in journalism. He is the Kansan sports editor.
Slick split-second shot ices Avalanche defeat
The Associated Press
DENVER — Sergei Samsonov scored a power-play goal with just a half-second left, lifting the Boston Bruins past the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 last night.
Boston scored on its 17th power-play shot of the night after Milan Heiduk was penalized.
With the game appearing to head for overtime, Samsonov ended it with a shot from the left circle.
Despite being outshot 12-6 in the first period, the Avalanche led 1-0 on Martin Skoula's powerplay goal at 7:00.
Martin Lapointe tied it with a
power-play goal at 10:50 of the second period. With Peter Forsberg off for high-sticking, Lapointe took a pass from Joe Thornton and beat Roy from the right circle. Grahame was given the second assist.
Forsberg was whistled for a double minor for interference and unsportsmanlike conduct late in the second period. But the Bruins couldn't capitalize on the four-minute advantage.
Roy made several key saves in the third period, including a stop on Jonathan Girard on a 3-and-2 and a sprawling pad save on Jozef Stumpel.
Home run champion to play first World Series
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — At long last, Barry Bonds will get his chance.
Kenny Lofton hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning that sent Bonds
play on baseball's biggest stage.
to his first World Series as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 last night to win the Na
night to win the National League championship series
The first all wild-card World Series will start Saturday night at Anaheim when the Angels take on the Giants.
GIANTS
Bonds did his part in Game Five, hitting a tying sacrifice fly in the eighth off a determined Matt Morris. And now, in his 17th season, baseball's biggest star will finally get a chance to
Bonds, often criticized for being selfish and not interacting
with his teammates, led
first player off the bench to reach him.
"We played great," Bonds said. "We've got a tough series ahead of us. The Angels have been playing great in the clutch. It's going to be down to the wire with them.
"We've got some gusty guys out here, just like the Angels," he said. "Who would've thought two wild-card teams would make it? That's just amazing."
Notes: Morris raised the ire of fans when he hit Lofton in the back with his pitch in the fourth. Plate umpire Tim Welke immediately stepped in front of Lofton, who took his time getting down to first base. ... Martinez is stuck in a 2-for-25 post-season slump. ... Giants RF Reggie Sanders, just 5-for-34 in this year's playoffs, sat down and was replaced by Tom Goodwin.
... There have been three all-California World Series: Giants-Athletics in 1989, Dodgers-A's in 1988 and Dodgers-A's in 1974.
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Baseball will have another wild-card champion.
The San Francisco Giants won the pennant on Monday night, setting up a World Series matchup of second place teams
when they play the American League champion Anaheim Angels.
and don't have any players who have, either.
Game One is Saturday night at Edison Field, with Barry Bonds hoping to succeed in his first trip onto baseball's biggest stage against the Angels, who have never been to the Series
"To be with this organization as long as I have, and to feel the emptiness of the fans all these years, and the pain and frustration, it's like we're paving a new road here," said Anaheim's Tim Salmon, who waited 11 years for this trip.
Neither team has much World Series experience, but they do have some head-tohead matchups to look back on.
For those who thought Francisco Rodriguez's first win in a major league uniform came against the Yankees in the division series, think again.
Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent didn't play in the game and even fewer regulars were around to face Rodriguez in the ninth inning.
On March 13 at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona, Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning to get the win in an 11-10 spring training game against the Giants.
Anaheim won all three Cactus League matchups this year. But the Giants hold an 11-5 edge in the regular season with Bonds homering five times in those games.
None of that matters now.
Bonds has waited his entire career for this moment. He was so close in 1991 and '92, when he fell one game short with Pittsburgh.
After struggling in his first five trips to the postseason, Bonds has shined this year with four homers and 10 RBIs to put himself in position for the title that would punctuate has sparkling career.
Big 12 teams now feature mobile QBs
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Defending a strong running game used to be pretty basic: stack a group of guys near the line of scrimmage and zero in on the tailback.
No more. Running quarterbacks have changed those schemes. Big 12 defensive coordinators know that as well as anyone, because the league is filled with nimble, fleet-footed players taking the center snap.
"If you look right now in professional football and college football, you're seeing more mobile quarterbacks this year than we've ever seen in the game of football," Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum said Monday.
And what an advantage for a team that has such a player.
"I've often heard it said it's like having another running back in the backfield," Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. "If your guy can throw it well, it gives you more than a running back."
A look at this week's games in the Big 12 shows the challenges the defenses will face from versatile quarterbacks.
No.2 Oklahoma,coming off a big win over Texas,has to slow down Iowa State's Seneca Wallace,whose breathtaking 12-yard touchdown run against Texas Tech last Saturday night — he covered an estimated 135 yards on the play —has become a staple on highlight shows.
"He didn't even look like he was winded when he came to sidelines," Iowa State coach Dan McCarney said.
Texas A&M must deal with Kansas' Bill Whittemore, who rushed for 121 yards against Colorado last week. Texas Tech is scheming to stop Missouri's Brad Smith, who was unstoppable against Oklahoma two weeks ago.