FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3b
Volleyball scrimmage to serve as tune-up
Jason Hwang
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas volleyball team has just one chance to gain game experience before the regular season begins.
Students and fans can catch the first glimpse of the team in the annual Crimson and Blue Scrimmage at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Horeisi Athletics Center.
"The kids are looking forward to it," coach Ray Bechard said. "This gives a quick look for the folks to start their Saturday night with a little volleyball action."
The game also gives athletes a chance to prepare for game competition.
"It will be good to get the jitters out," junior outside hitter Abbie Jacobsen said. "We hope to put it together like a game situation."
Bechard said this scrimmage, unlike two-a-day practices, gives the team an opportunity to be in game-like situations.
"We are going to treat this more like a match." Bechard said.
"Everything will be set up like a match. Sometimes athletes react differently to a match than practice."
Beachard said the scrimmage would be three or four 30-point games. An alumni game will precede the scrimmage at 6 p.m.
"It'll be relatively fun to see former players back in Lawrence,"
Bechard said. "It will be some what casual, but I bet some alumni may treat it as a pretty competitive match."
Beachard said he is thankful for the alumni who helped his Kansas coaching career take off,
Contact Hwang at jhwang@kansan.com. Edited by Ryan Malashock
Bronco downplays injury
The Associated Press
DENVER — Although he was out of pads again on Thursday, Denver Broncos placekicker Jason Elam said he's not concerned about his strained hamstring, an injury he's had on several previous occasions.
"I've always bounced back pretty quick," Elam said. "I feel like I'm a pretty quick healer. So I really don't think it's going to be a big deal.
"I did it to the same hamstring about four years ago, and I played the next week. This one doesn't feel as bad as that one did."
Elam's availability for Saturday night's game against the Arizona Cardinals was uncertain.
The Broncos medical staff is
"I did it to the same hamstring about four years ago, and I played the next week."
Jason Elam Denver Broncos' placekicker
listing him as day-to-day
Elam said he was "doing all the rehab I can to get the knot out. It's feeling better, but I haven't even tried to take a practice swing yet."
Coach Mike Shanahan had no clue.
"I have no idea when it comes to kickers," he said. "I don't have much of a background there. When you tweak a hamstring on a
kicking leg, I'm not sure exactly what it's all about.
"When he tells me he's ready to go, we'll let him go. If he feels like he can't go and there's a chance of him injuring it, then we'll go in another direction."
Free agent Ola Kimrin handled the placekicking chores in Monday night's 12-7 loss to San Francisco.
"It was weird because I didn't even have any tightness or soreness all the way through training camp," Elam said. "I had a really good warmup Monday night.
"When they were introducing Terrell (Davis), I went out there and did about seven or eight kickoffs. I thought I'd do one more. I didn't even kick it.
Howell holds lead at Reno-Tahoe Open
The Associated Press
RENO, Nev. — Charles Howell III birdied three of his first four holes Thursday and shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $3 million Reno-Tahoe Open.
John Rollins, J.L. Lewis and Tom Pernice Jr. had 66s on the 7,472-yard Montreux Golf & Country Club course.
Ben Crane, Luke Donald,
Steve Allan, Eduardo Herrera,
Jonathan Kaye and Boo Weekley
all were at 67. A large group at 68
included former PGA champions
Mark Brooks and Bob Tway,
along with Duffy Waldorf, Woody
Austin, Spike McRoy, Boo Weeklev
and Gary Nicklaus.
Lewis birdied his last four holes, missing a 20-foot eagle putt that would have secured a share of the lead on his last, the 616-yard, par-5 ninth. Pernice got to 6 under after he hit his second shot within 2 feet on the 491-yard, par-4 14th.
Armed with a new Big Bertha II driver, Howell shot a 5-under 31 on the front nine of the mountain course on the edge of the Sierra. He said he had some difficulty reading the undulating greens but still managed seven birdies in his bogey-free round.
Vina followed with the double to right to end Williams' Pittsburgh-record
saves streak at 16, and keep the Cardinals five games ahead of second-place Houston in the NL Central.
Gabe Molina (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the victory, the Cardinals' 12th in their last 15 and third in the four-game series with the Pirates.
Brian Giles hit his 52nd homer and Aramis Ramirez also homeered for Pittsburgh.
With the Cardinals down 4-2, Tino Martinezled off the ninth with a double off closer Mike Williams (1-5), and scored on Edgar Renteria's single. One out later, Renteria advanced to third on pinch-hitter Miguel Cairo's single.
Rim Rock
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Pittsburgh took a 5-2 lead with a two-run seventh, and Ramirez's homer made it 4-2 in the eighth.
track training.
A tremendous amount of work goes into maintaining Rim Rock. Timmons said he enjoyed his time working at the farm to prepare it for races.
"All the work is something I don't dread doing at all," Timmons said. "It's more than a hobby, right now it's my only job."
Runners appreciate the work Timmons does to maintain the course.
"Coach Timmons has put so much into it," said Eve Lamborn, senior runner and former Kansan staff member. "We always know we have a place to run."
Timmons said he and three to four farm hands mow all of the open fields at Rim Rock in early June. Then the course must be mapped out and mowed short.
Improvements are always being made on the course, Timmons said. He has overseen the construction of seven
Rim Rock differs from the traditional course because it is only used for cross country.
ponds and one covered bridge on the property. This year Timmons has thinned several groves of trees. He said he hoped these areas could now be used by athletes and fans for shade.
"Hopefully we'll get it someday so it's the way we like it." Timmons said.
"They are smoother and
"Most meets are on golf courses or in parks," Clark said.
ST. LOUIS — Fernando Vina doubled in two runs with one out in the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates last night.
have less hills. Rim Rock is sort of a throwback to the old days of cross country."
Those who have run on the course know how tough it can be.
"It's the hardest course I've ever run on." Lamborn said.
Timmons said he would like Rim Rock to continue to be a site for competitions that would challenge runners.
Contact Schmidt at jschmidt @kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Gehrke.
St. Louis beats out Pittsburgh
Soccer
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Kansas beat Southwest Missouri State twice last season, once in the fall and once in the spring.
"In the spring I don't think we played up to our full potential when we played SMS," senior defender and co-captain Nikki Wahle said. "We are very excited to get to play them again."
The Bears, coached by Rob Brewer,
are coming off a 10-9-1 season overall.
One of their main offensive leaders is midfielder Katie DeCarlo, who led the team in assists, was second in scoring and was named to the MVC All-
Conference first team last season
On defense, the team is led by goal keeper Alexis Stormo, who was named to the MVC All-Freshman team last season and had a goalsagainst average of 1.41.
Kansas will be playing without sophomore defender Stacy Leeper, who is still out with back problems. Francis said Leeper was making progress and was able to do more this week. Sophomore midfielder Gabby Quiggle could be out with a pulled hamstring.
Contact Overfelt at noverfelt
@kansan.com. This story was edited by Ryan Mafashock.
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