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Wednesday, August 19, 1992
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As the fall schedule begins and the1993 season approaches, many of the ingredients that made the 1992 Kansas softball team the most successful in school history will be missing.
By Randy Rosetta Special to the Kansan
After loss of offense, pitching still strong
Gone are Camille Spitaleri, the first three-time All-American in team history, and Christy Arterburn, who holds five individual offensive records. In addition, two other senior starters, Shelly Sack and Jennifer Frost, have moved on, and center fielder Kelly Bongatti opted not to return to Kansas.
The Jayhawks return only four starters from a team that posted a 45-10 record and advanced to its first ever NCAA Women's College World Series.
Pitcher Stephani Williams was perhaps the most important ingredient a year ago, and with her return, coach Kalum Haack said the near future did not look as bleak as it might have.
"Without a doubt, we'll still have great pitching simply because, in Stephani, we have one of the best in the country," Haack said of Williams, who earned second-team All-America honors in 1992 with a 30-6 record. "If we would have lost her and still had all the offense coming back, then
I might have been more worried. But we'll still be a team that's very difficult to score runs against."
Williams will not be the only return pitcher who Haack can count on. Senior Jill Bailey also turned in a solid season with a 12-3 record.
"She tends to get lost in Stephan's shadow, but I see her as an important part of our season last year and in the future," Hack said.
Also returning for Kansas is second baseman Shanna Cole, left fielder Ty Saxby and catcher Erin Wahaus, all seniors.
The Jayhawks will play a 20-game schedule this fall beginning in late September.
Haack, who was named the Region VI coach of the year by the College Softball Coaches Association, said that he would split pitching time fall among Williams, Bailey and newcomer Beth Robinson. Besides Saxby, Cole and Wahaus, all other positions will be up for grabs.
"On paper, I have a pretty good idea of a lineup and what I want us to be able to do offensively," he said. "But in 20 games, a lot can change. I'd like to know by the start of the spring season what we're going to look like, though."
The fall schedule includes three tournaments at home and a Big Eight tourney in Kansas City.
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Junior cornerback David Converse leaps for a pass during a preseason defensive drill during practice. Converse, a junior from Claremore, Okla, is a former walk-on.
McEnroe ponders retirement as he faces twilight of career
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NEW HAVEN, Conn — Like a booming serve, the retirement question keeps flying at John McEnroe. He returns it defiant each time, keeping the answer just out of reach.
This might be his last Volvo International and his last U.S. Open. Maybe not.
At age 33, McEnroe knows the end is coming,
he's just not sure when.
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"It's not easy for me," he said. "For any athlete it's always a tough time when you start considering the possibility of doing something else."
McEnroe is tired of all the traveling and practicing. With three children at home, he's more concerned with being a good father than a great tennis player. But he's not ready to retire eight
The question for McEnroe isn't whether he can still play. It's whether he wants to.
Making it to this year's Wimbledon semifinals showed he still had some very good tennis left. But he's just not interested in devoting the time needed to keep him among the sport's elite for another few years.
"It's an extremely selfish sport," he said. "I could make more sacrifices, but I feel like I don't want to do that because I want to grow as a person. I don't want to go back to being 20 years old and acting like a kid."
But what if he makes a run at the U.S. Open?
What if he wins it? Does he go out while he's on top, wondering what else he could have accomplished? Or does he stick around another year or two?
"It really depends on some factors that I can’t really answer right now," he said. "Let's see how I feel, how much time I want to play next year. I don't see myself going cold turkey from the professional year."
McEnroe is ranked No. 17 in the world and is coming off a right foot injury that kept him out of the Volvo Los Angeles tournament two weeks ago.
And some days his game just isn't there. He said he had to work harder to get less results, but hopefully you get the results at the right moment.
Despite his looming retirement, McEnroe said he felt better than he has in recent years. His hair is thinner and flicked with gray, and it takes him a little longer to get stretched out and ready to play.
The changes for McEnroe have been more than physical. He's changed his mental approach as well, putting less pressure on himself. He's enjoyings himself a lot more than when he reigned as the world's No. 1 player from 1981 to 1984.
The fans are different, too. Like Jimmy Connors, McEnroe is finding that fans are more appreciative of players after they've peaked.
"I think in a certain way they understand you a little bit more, and they accept you," he said. "And when they realize that you're not going to be around for that much longer I think they show their appreciation."
As his playing days dwindle, McEnroe finds himself getting more reflective. He said he'd like to be remembered as a player who emulated Rod Laver's style of play and advanced it; a player who came in with attacking style when the game was loaded with baselines; a player who was both a great singles and doubles player.
"There's no question that some people will talk about the fact that I have had a lot of run-ins with umpires and how I reacted on the court sometimes," McEuroe said.
He doesn't want to be remembered only for his tantrums, although he hopes people will remember him as someone who brought life to the game when stocal players such as Bjorn Borg dominated.
"They don't have to agree with everything I did. I don't agree with everything I did. But they saw someone with fire inside who really wanted to do his best. I think people will remember that."
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