14 Friday, October 16, 1987 / University Daily Kansan Sports Flu-bit volleyballers welcome home matches Bv RORFRT WHITMAN Staff writer The Kansas women's volleyball team can be thankful that the three matches it plays in the next five days are at home. An outbreak of stomach flu has been spreading through the team since senior outside hitter Judy Desch came down with the illness Saturday at the Southern Illinois tournament. The Jayhawks begin a series of three big Eight Conference matches at home in five days tonight when they play host to Iowa State at 8 p.m. in Allen Field House. Kansas plays Colorado at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Kansas State at 8 p.m. tuesday. Both matches are in Allen Field House. Outside hitter Tammy Hill said it was nice to be playing the next three matches at home with the flu virus going around. "I wondering if I'm going to be the next victim," she said. "（Playing at home) really makes it nice because you get to sleep in your own bed, and you won't in those drafty vans." Five players — Desch, middle blocker Julie Childers, outside hitters Jodi Oelschlager and Shannon Ridgeway and setter Monica Spencer — all have had the illness this week, Kansas coach Frank Albizt said. Albiz said practice, which usually lasts about 21/2 hours, ended early Monday. The team practiced only 30 minutes Tuesday when Ridgeway became ill and Spencer was "getting that way." Albitz said. While all five were at practice yesterday, Albiz saddet seier Kim Robinson was also feeling ill before practice and said she had the same symptoms as the other players who were ill. Albitz said there would be no lineup changes for tonight's match unless a player wasn't performing well enough or asked to be taken out. Iowa State is in third place with a 3-1 record and Kansas State is fourth at 2-2. The Cyclones and Wildcats The three matches come at a time when Kansas can significantly improve its position in the conference standings. Through matches played Wednesday, the Jayhawks, 7-12 overall, were in fifth place with a 1-4 conference record. play each other tomorrow in Manhattan. Hill said it would be nice to have a friendly home crowd to cheer for the team, instead of the heckling it had experienced in some of its away matches. "The two conference matches (tonight and tomorrow) come at a really good time," she said. "These are just really important matches here," Albizt said. "We could have a big crowd, and that will give us some extra motivation, but if we drop one of these, I don't know what will happen." Cross country team to get look at Big 8 competition By MIKE CONSIDINE Staff writer This weekend, Kansas' men's and women's cross country teams will see their last competition before the Big Eight Conference meet. The men travel to the Missouri Invitational today in Columbia, Mo. The women compete in the 14-team Pittsburg State Invitational tomorrow. State historical committee Men's coach Bob Timmons said that this week's workout schedule, which emphasized speed work, read- hied his team psychologically for the hilly A.L. Gustin Golf Course. "Monday we ran hills, and that was the strongest we've ever looked on hills," said student assistant Ben Welch. "(Wednesday) we were on the track and had our fastest workout this year. They have more speed now than I expected." The Jayhawks will get a sneak preview of nationally ranked Iowa State and Nebraska before the Big Eight Conference meet Oct. 31. Iowa State is ranked No. 10 by the X-Country X-Press coaches' poll. "They're stronger than I had supposed up to now," Timmons said. Big Eight Conference favorite Nebraska, ranked No. 6 by X-Country X-Press, will send its top five runners to the Virginia Invitational; the rest of the team is entered at Missouri. "Those are the guys we don't know that much about," Welch said. the performance of freshman Sean Sheridan, who missed last weekend's Sooner Invitational because of toe and rib injuries. "I've missed a lot of hard training," Sheridan said. "I'm worried that I've missed too much." Sheridan, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., said the injury would not keep him from running. A key for the Jayhawks could be The Pittsburgh State Invitational field consists mostly of smaller colleges, including Jayhawk Invitational champion Emporia State. The Hornets should give the KU women a fight for the team title. "I think we'll do a little bit better," Rovello said. "At Oklahoma, we ran pretty poorly as a team. We haven't been aggressive in our running." "I'm sure my toes will be fine," Sheridan said. "I'll get ice on them. I just have to ignore this." Men's golfers finish eighth "Emporia State has always been pretty strong in cross country," said women's coach Cliff Rivelto. Sports Briefs The Kansas men's golf team finished eight out of 14 teams at the Hillman Robbins Invitational tournament that ended Tuesday in Indiana won the tournament with a team total of 890 at the 54-hole event, followed by the host team, Memphis State, which had a 905 total. Other teams finishing ahead of Kansas in the order of their finishes were the University of Louisville, Mississippi, Ball State, Nebraska and Western Kentucky. JV basketball team trvouts to be held The Kansas junior varsity basketball team will be holding tryouts at 6:90 p.m. Sunday and on Monday, p.m. at Allen Field House. Persons wishing to try out should wear basketball attire, such as shorts, a T-shirt and basketball shoes. 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