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SPORTS
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2002
Teams await Shenk renovations, scramble for locations to practice
By Steve Vockrodt
Kansan sportswriter
Shenk Sports Complex is to many club sports what Allen Fieldhouse is to the University of Kansas basketball teams.
Both facilities serve primarily as the only host to its respective sports, both serve their purpose, and both are outdated. Now a $150,000 renovation project is leaving many full club sports scrambling for space to practice and play.
Betsy Lafferty, KU director of recreation services, said the renovations should have little effect on club teams. Not everyone agrees, including Brandon Rice. Olathe senior and member of the HorrorZontals Ultimate Frisbee club.
"We've been looking on the side for fields and not been having
much luck." Rice said.
The Ultimate Frisbee team practiced at Robinson fields last week while looking for a permanent location.
Robinson fields operate on a first-come,first-serve basis and the regular Zontals practices cannot be guaranteed space.
Few locations in Lawrence offer safe, practical fields for practices, said 'Zontals' member Clay Davis. Lawrence junior. The 'Zontals offered local high schools payment for regular use of their fields, but to no avail.
"We've been stressing out to find a place to practice." Davis said. "(Recreation Services) took it for granted that the clubs use that space."
Recreation Services offered
the 'Zontals no help in finding a new practice area after notifying the team of Shenk Complex's year-long renovations, Rice said. Until another acceptable permanent location is found, the 'Zontals will practice on Robinson fields as long as possible.
The men's club soccer team relocated games and practices to the fields at Holcom Park and Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St.
"They're comparable, but it would be easier for us to play at Shenk." said team member Chip Lee. Lawrence senior.
The soccer team sees the renovations as a short-term inconvenience that will lead to long-term benefits once Shenk's field quality is improved next year. Lee said.
The women's lacrosse team remains mostly indifferent to the renovations. The team will
practice full-time at Broken Arrow Park at 31st and Louisiana streets, which is where the team practiced part-time last season.
Beyond irrigation problems.
Broken Arrow will serve as a better practice area than the limited space afforded to the team at Shenk, team member Lindsey Johnson. St. Louis sophomore, said.
"It hasn't affected us since we play at Broken Arrow and it is a nice field," Johnson said.
The renovations at Shenk include resurfacing and reseeding the grass, installing more sprinklers and improving drainage. The project should be completed next fall.
svockrodt@kansan.com.This story was edited by Nicole Roche.
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Sampras moves up in U.S. Open tourney
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Pete Sampras unfurled a backhand return winner down the line and let out an excited yell: "Aaahhh!" The fans responded, applauding and chanting support. It was tough to tell who was more pleased to see Sampras hit that type of shot again.
Sampras powered into the fourth round by beating Greg. Rusedski 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4 Monday night at a U.S. Open disrupted heavily by rain.
"The crowd was great," said Sampras, who had 81 winners and broke 1997 Open runner-up Rusedski's serve in the final game. "It got me going at the end. It made it a little sweeter with the win. As you get older, those are moments you cherish a little more."
Not since 1988, his first season as a pro, has Sampras failed to
make it at least to the fourth round at the U.S. Open. He's won the title four times and been the runner-up three others, including in 2000 and 2001. But Sampras came into the Open with a 20-17 match record this year and hasn't won a title since July 2000.
Rusedski said Sampras wasn't the same player.
"He's a step and a half slow coming into the net," Rusedski said. "I'll be surprised if he wins his next match, to be honest with you."
Sampras, seeded 17th, now plays No. 3 Tommy Haas from Germany for a quarterfinal host
"You can never underestimate a player like Pete Sampras. The guy really knows what he wants. The will and the power," Haas said. "Maybe he doesn't have the quickness. But if he serves well, it will be tough to beat him."
Football
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transforms a team in one game's time, but Mangino could not have expected to face the deficiencies Kansas displayed.
Junior Zach Dyer gained the nod at quarterback earlier in the week but did nothing to solidify that place. Dyer played the entire first half, completing 6-of-14 passes and leading one substantial drive, which still ended with a punt.
Junior Bill Whittemore replaced Dyer at halftime—to provide a spark, according to Mangino — but the same result ensued. Whittemore connected on 4-of-17 passes and constantly overthrew receivers or misread coverages. Mangino would not single out anyone, though. The team would accept praise as a whole when things go well, Mangino said, so the team would accept blame as a team.
There's not one person here that can be
blamed for the ineptitude of our offense," Mangino said. "All 11 guys contributed to it. But this is no setback at all. Are we disappointed today? Sure. But are we discouraged? Absolutely not."
The Kansas defense played admirably in the first half, keeping the game within reach at 10-0 until the final minute despite spending almost two-thirds of the half on the field. Adam Benike opened the scoring with a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter. Lane Danielsen stretched the lead to 10-0 later in the quarter on a perfectly executed reverse.
Following junior Remuise Johnson's interception early in the second quarter, Dyer led the Jayhawks into Cyclone territory, and Mangino his first critical decision. Confronted with a 4-and-12 at the Iowa State 52, Mangino decided to take a delay-of-game penalty and punt rather than allow kicker sophomore Johnny Beck a field-goal opportunity. The kick would have been well within Beck's range — his
career long is 59 yards — but Mangino elected to play for field position.
"We had to play a field-position game," Mangino said. "We had to get some field position, hopefully hold them to three-and-out, pin them down."
That didn't happen, as Iowa State made four first downs on the following drive and, after another three-and-out for Kansas, scored on Hiawatha Rutland's 7-yard touchdown run.
That's just kind of the way Kansas' day went as nothing seemed to go as planned. But the rebuilding is just beginning.
"It's upsetting to lose in this fashion," Dyer said. "There's no reason they should've come out and beat us like they did. But this is just a starting point. Like couch told us, we have 11 games to go, and we're going to get a lot better."
Contact Malashock at rmalashock@kansan.com. This story was edited by Andrew Vaupel.
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Rutland ran for a career-best 122 yards before he was replaced in the third quarter. He also scored on a seven-yard run with 1:30 left in the first half.
The Cyclones' backup running backs may not have followed Rutland to the barber shop, but they did follow his lead on the field. Junior Michael Wagner and freshman Brian Thompson each scored two touchdowns in the Cyclones' 45-3 drubbing of Kansas.
In Thompson's first game as a Cyclone, he ran for all of his 93 yards in the fourth quarter. He tied Rutland for longest run of the day when he carried the ball 25 yards to the Kansas seven yard line. He scored on a seven-yard run on the following play.
After the game. Thompson said he didn't know if he would even get a chance to play against Kansas.
"I wouldn't be mad if I didn't get to play today, but my time is coming," Thompson said.
ISU coach Dan McCarney said he was pleased but not surprised by Thompson's success.
"We saw in Brian Thompson what we see in practice everyday, and that's about as good a third-string running back as you'll find," McCarney said. "We've got to get him more playing time."
Wagner did his damage at the end of the third and fourth quarter. He had 32 yards on 10 carries, including touchdown runs on back-to-back ISU drives.
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Contact Murphy at dmurphy@kansan.com. This story was edited by Ryan Malashock.
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