6B = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
Softball team wins two of three
By Steve Schmidt
schmidt@kansan.com
Kansas sportswriter
Saturday afternoon it was hard to tell what was hotter, the humid weather or the arms of the Kansas softball pitchers.
In three five-inning games, the Jayhawks beat Neosho County Community College twice, 2-1 and 16-0, while tying 0-0 in the first game.
The trio of sophomore Serena Settlemier, junior Kara Pierce and senior Kirsten Milhoan collectively put on a pitching clinic, tallying 24 strikeouts as a group.
"They all played and pitched very well," Neosho County coach
Jeff Nabney said, "They're all Division I caliber players and you expect them to come out and play. They gave their team a chance to play kept them in the game. They did their job."
Kansas was productive at the plate during the first game, posting six hits, but couldn't get any runners across home plate.
Jayhawk coach Tracy Bunge said some members of her team had trouble getting used to the slower style pitching during the first game.
Milhoan allowed only two hits while striking out eight Panthers.
inning with four runs. Settlemier helped her own cause early with a base clearing triple to right field in the first inning. On the mound, she wound up throwing a no hitter with nine strikeouts. She struck out five of the first six batters she faced. Nine of her ten pitches were strikes.
The second contest resembled batting practice as the 'Hawks put six runs on the board in the first
"We just strung the hits together. We adjusted to the pitch." Settlemier said.
Freshmen second baseman Jessica Moppin and junior center fielder Melanie Wallach also made contributions. Moppin went4-4 in the game with two singles, a double in the second inning and a fifth-inning home run to centerfield.
"I got all of it," Moppin said. "It was right were I like it, nice and low down the middle."
Wallach went 3-4 with two singles and a triple. Kansas tallied 16 runs off of 16 hits when the dust settled. Unfortunately for Neosho County, Pierce proved to be just as in control as Milhoan and Settlemier putting up a no hitter with seven strikeouts.
Freshman shortstop Destiny Frankenstein worked the base paths as she scored both Kansas runs, giving the team the 2-1 win.
The squad will host the KU Invitational at Jayhawk Field next weekend.
Edited by Jessica Hood
Rowing team finishes strong at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Kansas rowing team opened its season this weekend on the St. Joseph River against Notre Dame, a team that finished last season's NCAA tournament in 16th place.
The Jayhawks entered two boats in yesterday's Varsity 8 race. The boats finished in fourth and fifth places with times of 14:21.74 and 14:33.07.
Kansas coach Rob Catloth was
content with the team's first showing of the year.
"I thought we did a good job considering that this was our first race this season," Catloth said in a statement. "Notre Dame's top boat had several seniors that competed in last year's NCAA championships. We met some of the goals that we set for today, including rowing hard. Now, we just need to work on some of the technical
aspects of the race."
Kansas put four boats in the water Saturday for the Varsity 4 race. Kansas' first boat finished in second place, only 39 seconds behind Notre Dame's first place boat.
boat.
The three remaining Kansas boats finished in fourth, fifth and sixth places behind Notre Dame's third place boat.
Catloth said the weekend was good preparation for the team's.
next event on Oct. 13 at the Head of the Rock in Rockford, III.
"We're getting in touch with things to work on and improve on," head coach Rob Catloth said. "We have some good goals now for the Head of the Rock competition which Notre Dame will be at as well. This was a good experience and a good challenge for us."
— Kansan staff report
Cyclones challenge Big 12 North powers
The Associated Press
No.19 Iowa St. 36,
No.20 Nebraska 14
AMES, Iowa — Seneca Wallace and Iowa State have shifted the balance of power in the Big 12 North.
Wallace scored two touchdowns and passed for another and Adam Benike kicked three field goals as the 19th-ranked Cyclones added to Nebraska's woes with a 36-14 win over the 20th-ranked Cornhuskers on Saturday.
Missouri 44, Troy St.7
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Freshman Brad Smith threw for 213 yards, ran for another 137 and scored a pair of touchdowns to lead Missouri past Troy State 44-7 Saturday.
The Tigers held the Trojans to their lowest point and offensive yardage totals of the season.
Smith went 3-of-3 for 60 yards on the Tigers' first drive, which he capped with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Thomson Omboga.
He later moved Missouri ahead 21-0 with a 28-yard touchdown run on a fourth-
and-1 in the second quarter No.3 Oklahoma 31 South Florida 14
NORMAN, OKLA. - Nate Hybl threw two touchdown passes and Antonio Perkins returned a punt 82 yards for a score as No.3 Oklahoma beat South Florida 31-14 Saturday night.
The Sooners punted on their first four possessions before Perkins got him going with his punt return 4 minutes into the second quarter. He wound up with 150 yards on six returns.
The Bulls lost three fumbles, had a pass intercepted and were penalized 15 times for 124 yards.
No.2 Texas 49, Tulane 0
NEW ORLEANS — Chris Simms passed for 176 yards and two short touchdowns, and Selvin Young had two short TD runs after returning a punt 71 yards for a score in second-ranked Texas '49-0 victory over Tulane on Saturday.
Cedric Benson added 88 yards and a 15-yard touchdown for the Longhorns, who handed Tulane its first shutout since 1995, when the Green Wave lost to Southern Miss 45-0.