6B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
---
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2002
Chris Burket/Kansan
Senior punter Chris Ansel prepares to punt the ball down the field late in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game. Ansel punted nine times against Bowling Green, averaging 37 yards.
Elevator
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B
in the elevator for 20 minutes before the doors finally opened.
"That was hectic, man," Alls said. "I got 10 300-pound guys around me, I'm stuck, and then I started sweating. I couldn't breathe."
Alls went on to have the best rushing day of his career. He burned the Jayhawks for 161
yards and a touchdown on 20 carries in Bowling Green's 39-16 win.
The elevator scare may have been good luck for the Falcons. Also on board were junior linebacker Mitch Hewitt and junior quarterback Josh Harris.
Harris completed 7 of 18 passes for 138 yards and rushed for another 98 yards. He scored three times, including a 15-yard touchdown reception from Alls. Hewitt recovered a game-changing fumble for a touchdown in the second quarter, erasing the Jayhawks' 9-7 lead. It was the first in a series of 29 unanswered points by Bowling Green.
After the game, Hewitt said it was the elevator ride, not the game, that he would remember.
"My first reaction was 'Oh my gosh, someone's going to have to punch me and knock me out because I'm going to freak,'" Hewitt said.
Edited by Amy Schmitz
By Ryan Greene rgreene@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
Men's golf hosts invitational
Starting this morning, the Kansas men's golf team hosts the 2002 Kansas Invitational at the Alvamar Golf Club.
The 54-hole tournament will be played in two days, with the first two rounds today, and the final round tomorrow. The Jayhawks are heavily favored in the 14-team field.
"I think this year's field is an exceptional one," Kansas coach Ross Randall said. "It includes teams from the Big 12 Conference as well as teams from the NCAA's District 5 allocation."
Kansas captured the crown the last time the tournament was played in 2000. Combining for a team score of 861, Kansas defeated Missouri by 31 strokes.
Kansas starts five players in the competition, and four players compete solely as individuals because Kansas hosts the tournament.
The Jayhawks' starting lineup consists of senior Chris Marshall, junior Tyler Hall, sophomore Andrew Price and freshmen Charlie Santaularia and Jason Sigler.
feels there are advantages and disadvantages to playing at home.
Marshall, the team's leader.
"Sometimes when you have a home advantage like this you can get a little overconfident." Marshall said. "In golf, you can sometimes know the course too well, and then your expectations go that much higher."
Competing individually will be sophomore Kevin Ward, along with freshmen Peter Krsich, Ryan Rainer and Luke Trammell.
The Jayhawks are looking to regroup after struggling in the opener of their fall season at the Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational, Sept. 16-17.
Despite their struggles, the team found some positives to take home.
"We played a bit better in the last round. I think it was one of the better final rounds we've played," Randall said. "I am encouraged by the way the guys made adjustments, especially on a difficult course like this one."
Senior Chris Marshall finished in a tie for 24th place, the Jayhawks' top finisher, after shooting a third-round score of 78, giving him a three-day total of 226.
Junior Tyler Hall shot Kansas' best single round score of the tournament, a par 71, in the final round to finish in a share of 29th place.
"In golf, you can sometimes know the course too well, and then your expectations go that much higher."
Chris Marshall senior golfer
Sophomore Andrew Price also finished in 29th after shooting a 3-over-par 74 in the third round.
Freshmen Jason Sigler and Pete Krsnich struggled, but shined late, and finished in 42nd and 66th place respectively.
After playing at a tough course at Inverness, Marshall said the level of consistency should rise when playing at home.
"These are two different types of courses basically, and I think this week you'll see much more consistency throughout the team," Marshall said. "At Inverness, if you have one bad shot, it can mess up your whole round, but here, you can have a couple of bad shots, but still maintain a good round."
Edited by Christine Grubbs
OPEN
LATE!
Delivers the latest! 841-5000
STIX IT TO ME
TUESDAY
Buy One
Pokey Six at
Regular Price get Equal
or Lesser
Value for Free
"Tuesday Only"
Fast Free Delivery or Carry-Out
THE BIG ASS
"0" 1-TOPPING PIZZ
$11.99
or
TWO BIG ASSES
$21.99
kansan.com
Now.
30% Off All Services
With this Ad
Not Valid With Other Offers • Exp. 11-30-02
785-832-2679
23rd & Naismith
copycousa.com
sunflower BROADBAND
Cut this portion out and return to us The University Daily Kansan. 119 Stauffer-Flint
E-Mail:
Week #4
O Kansas at Tulsa O
O Troy State at Missouri O
O Michigan at Illinois O
O Nebraska at Iowa State O
O Emory & Henry at Davidson O
O Texas at Tulane O
O Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M O
O Texas Tech at New Mexico O
O Iowa at Penn. State O
O Harvard at Brown O
O Alabama at Arkansas O
Pick The Teams To Win And Win Great Prizes!
Weekly Winners Will Recieve A Free T-Shirt & a Mojo's Philly
Ain't no thing like a Mojo wing! 714 Vermont 841-1313
Grand Prize Winners Will Recieve A Free Year of Sunflower Broadband High Speed Internet Access