8B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002
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Kansas wing player Lauren Waterson works her way around a Truman State player looking for a clean shot at the goal.
Sophomore teammates ready to lead lacrosse team into winning season
By Steve Vockrodt
Kansan sportswriter
The University of Kansas women's club lacrosse team plans to have its best season yet behind a pair of returning sophomores.
Tasha Trella and Lindsey Johnson will try to improve on impressive freshmen seasons after both players earned team newcomer-of-the-year awards.
The team played to an 8-5 record for the spring season and finished 9-10 overall.
"I am so excited," Tella said.
"We have so much potential."
Trelfa entered the 2001-02 season with no previous lacrosse experience. She competed in several sports in her youth and focused on cross country during high school.
Trella said her sister's participation in lacrosse and her desire to try something other than cross
country prompted her to decision to play at Kansas.
Combining experience and skills from participating in basketball and cross country helped Trella adapt to lacrosse.
Dave Wiley lacrosse coach
"Tasha's endurance is key to our transition offense and defense, which was previously a weak link," said coach Dave Wiley.
Furthermore, Trelfa said her basketball experience assisted her with teamwork, discipline and organization on the playing field. Despite a lack of experience, she earned a starting role.
Trelfa's scoring efforts last sea
son placed her fourth in Jayhawk history for single-season scoring.
The summer break hardly kept Trella out of action.
A two-goal effort against Truman State in the first half was a key in establishing her position as a prime player on the team.
"She can score and also draw defenses away to get others to score."
She participated in a summer league in Colorado that allowed her to hone her skills against Division I athletes.
"It was interesting." Trelfa said. "Colorado has a different intensity."
Wiley said her play in Colorado allowed her to develop a better shot and more confidence, which he hopes results in more goal scoring chances.
Johnson's aggressiveness helped her shatter the KU single-season goal-scoring record in her debut year with forty-three, surpassing the previous record by twenty.
Kansas traditionally relies on
defensive play, and the addition of Johnson's scoring instinct allowed the team to take the offensive. Wiley said.
"Lindsey took the pressure off the defense," Wiley said. "She can score and also draw defenses away to get others to score."
Wiley predicts Johnson's offensive threat will force other teams to place greater attention on her, which should result in more goals for Trelfa.
The team will field several experienced seniors to compliment the pair of sophomores, as the team will try to achieve the first winning season in school history.
Football picks
The lacrosse team will kick off team training with its first practice Sept. 15.
Contact Vockrodt at svockrodt@kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Norton.
Levi Chronister
Kansan sports editor
No. 3 Florida State vs. Iowa State - Florida State
Arizona State at No. 10 Nebraska - Nebraska
Texas Tech at No.13 Ohio State- Texas Tech
Fresno State at No. 25 Wisconsin—Fresno State
Arkansas State at No. 16 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech
New Mexico at North Carolina State - North Carolina State
Jessica Tims
Kansan associate sports editor
No.3 Florida State vs.lowa State-Florida State
Arizona State at No. 10 Nebraska -Nebraska
Texas Tech at No. 13 Ohio State -Ohio State
Arkansas State at No. 16 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech
Fresno State at No. 25 Wisconsin - Fresno State
New Mexico at North Carolina State - New Mexico
Jay Krall
Kansan Editor
No. 3 Florida
State vs. Iowa
State-Florida
State
Arizona State at No. 10 Nebraska - Nebraska
Texas Tech at No. 13 Ohio State-Texas Tech
Arkansas State at No. 16 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech
Fresno State at No. 25 Wisconsin - Fresno State
New Mexico at North Carolina State - New Mexico
Justin Schmidt
Kansan sportswriter
No.3 Florida State vs. Iowa State-Florida State
Arizona State at No. 10 Nebraska-Nebraska
Texas Tech at No. 13 Ohio State - Texas Tech
Arkansas State at No. 16 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech
Fresno State at No. 25 Wisconsin
-Wisconsin
New Mexico at North Carolina State -North Carolina State
Rvan Malashock
Kansan sports columnist
No. 3 Florida
State vs. Iowa
State - Iowa
State
Arizona State at No. 10 Nebraska - Nebraska
Texas Tech at No.13 Ohio State-Ohio State
Arkansas State at No. 16 Virginia Tech - Virgina Tech
Fresno State at No. 25 Wisconsin - Wisconsin
New Mexico at North Carolina State - North Carolina State
Erin Tracy
Arizona State at No. 10 Nebraska - Nebraska
No. 3 Florida
State vs. Iowa
State -Florida
State
Overland Park sophomore
Texas Tech at No. 13 Ohio State -Ohio State
Arkansas State at No. 16 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech
Soon, the Kansan will be holding a weekly challenge, pitting University of Kansas students against a Kansan staffer, choosing the winner of 11 college football games a week. Anyone who defeats the Kansan staffer will be put in a drawing, from which five participants will be chosen for weekly prizes. They also will be included in the next week's picks in the Kansan. All entries will be included in the grand prize drawing at the end of the season.
Fresno State at No. 25 Wisconsin - Wisconsin
New Mexico at North Carolina State North Carolina State
The Associated Press
Schilling uses technology and uncanny control to dominate hitters
In 208 innings, the Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher has struck out 259 batters and walked just 20.
PHOENIX - While all of baseball worries about a strike, Curt Schilling keeps throwing them.
1"He has more wins than walks.
for God's sake," catcher Damian Miller said. "That's ridiculous."
Schilling always has been a power pitcher with pinpoint control, but his mastery of the strike zone has never been better. Over his last six starts he has 54 strikeouts and two walks.
"It's command," Shilling said. "Control is the ability to throw
strikes. In the big leagues, everybody has control. Command is the ability to throw quality strikes. And when you add preparation to command, good things will happen."
That command was on display as never before in the first four innings of Wednesday night's 11-2 victory over Cincinnati.
Schilling (21-4) threw his first 13 pitches for strikes. He didn't throw a ball until he faced the second batter in the third inning. Through four innings, he had a perfect game with 23 strikes in 26 pitches. In 23 of his 28 starts, Schilling has walked one or fewer batters. A 3-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio "is considered really good,"
Miller said.
Schilling's ratio is 15-to-1. Schilling has a compact-disc library of every pitch he's thrown to a major-league hitter.
His laptop computer is a const ant companion, and he studies every batter's tendencies over and over. He also has notebooks filled with records of opponent's ten
dencies. He even keeps track of each umpire's strike zone.
"We talk all the time about his preparation," Arizona manager Bob Brenley said. "I think he's even taken that to another level this year. He seems to be able to anticipate what hitters are going to do before they even get in the batter's box against him."
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