Sports
University Daily Kansan / Monday, September 14. 1987
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Volleyball team takes third in tourney
Beth White, KU middle blocker, jumps for a spike. The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State in three games during the consolation match of the Kansas Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Allen Field House.
By ROBERT WHITMAN Staff writer
Shannon Ridgeway went back to the basics of volleyball Saturday and put a cap on the Kansas volleyball team's third-place finish at its own four-team tournament at Allen Field House.
Ridgeway served an ace for the final point in Kansas' 15-6, 15-6, 15-11 victory over Wichita State in the third place match. Houston defeated New Mexico State in the championship match 15-6, 16-14, 15-9.
Ridgeway, a 5-foot-9 senior outside hitter, had been using a jump serve earlier in the Wichita State match, but abandoned it in the third game after missing two in a row.
With the score 14-11 in the final game, Ridway, with both feet on the ground, hit a service ace that landed in the middle of the Wichita State side in front of a diving Shocker plaver.
The jump serve, where a player throws the ball about 15 feet high, runs in front of it and jumps to hit it before landing in the court, can be an intimidating weapon, Ridgeway said.
"It's kind of a momentum breaker for the other team and a momentum gainer for your team," Mark Heller said. "I can psych the team, learn out."
It is also a riskier serve.
But it's effective only when it lands on the opposing side of the net and not in the net or out-of-bounds. Ridgeway missed two straight jump serves, one in the second game and one in the third.
She went back to holding the ball in her left hand and serving it overhand with her right hand for the remainder of the match.
Ridgway said KU coach Frankie Albitz didn't discourage use of the jump serve. She said she started practicing it last season when Albitz asked if anyone wanted to try it.
"She tells me to go ahead and do it if I feel confident," Ridway said. "But it sort of deflates when I miss one."
It seemed easier to try jump serves in Allen Field House than in the practice gym at the Robinson Center, she said, because the field was undercover.
The Jayhawks' fun in the tournament was diminished by the opening-round loss to Houston. Albizt said she wished Kansas and Houston had met in the finals because the two teams turned out to be the best in the four-team field.
"It's fun to do. That's why I do."
it." Ridgewav said
Houston defeated Kansas 15-8, 15-10. 5-15. 15-5.
Albizt said she wanted to seed teams by ability. Ideally, the best team in the tournament plays the worst team in the tournament, based on record.
But Houston was stronger than expected, Boltz said, and New Mexico State wasn't as strong.
The result was that Kansas, which Albizt considered neither the best nor the worst of the four entrants going into the tournament, played Houston in the first round.
With a tournament this early in the season, Albitz said, none of the teams had played enough to get an accurate line on their records.
Albizt said the play of Houston's Sherri Beyer, a 5-1 outside hitter, was the difference in the match with Kansas.
"That was really more like th. finals," Albitz said of the Houston match. "There isn't anything to go on because it's so early in the season. You just go from previous years."
Houston lost only one game - to Kansas - in three matches.
"She single-handedly beat us," Albitz said. "We were not lining up to block her correctly and when I told her to just like giving her a free shot."
Saturday morning Kansas defeated New Mexico State, the top-seeded team in the tournament. 15-9, 11-15, 17-5, 15-5.
Beyer recorded 31 kills against the Jayhawks. The entire Kansas team had 38.
Kansas led two games to one in the match, but Albizt said the Kansas starters let down in the fourth game.
"They quit going for the hard-to-get to balls. I told them I thought we were in trouble so we were here and play touch." Abhiz said.
Kansas is now 4-2 for the season and will play host to Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Allen Field House.
Auburn kills dreams of KU football upset
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Staff writer
Kansas football fans can take a little solace in the fact that for 44 minutes during Saturday's 49-10 loss to Auburn, the Jayhawks were only outscored 14-0. The problem was, the team hadn't won because it was decided somewhere in between the opening kickoff and the end of the first quarter.
Within the game's first 16 minutes, Auburn scored five touchdowns. The Tigers' early onslaught turned a game in which Kansas had hoped to overcome that challenge by teaming team into one that both teams just wanted to keep respectable.
After Auburn scored its fifth touchdown with only a minute gone in the second quarter, Coach Pat Dye put in his second-team offense. For almost two quarters after that, the Tigers did not score.
"We came in knowing that it was going to be a physical game, but we just weren't ready," said senior defensive end ted Newman. "It was 28-0 before we realized we could hit those guys hard. After that, we got our point across."
Newman was one of the bright spots on the Jayhawks' defensive unit, recording 12 tackles, including two for losses. He said the key to improving on Saturday's loss was through good work habits.
Kansas coaches and players agreed that the Jayhaws began the season.
"After a loss like this, it's important for us to get off to a good start next week," he said. "We have to be more physical from the start."
Though he was disappointed with the outcome of the game, Kansas coach Bob Valesente said some good things did come out of the contest. He said the team never quit playing hard. He also liked the way the defense played after the first quarter.
Some good individual performances also were turned in by players making their debuts as Jayhawks, Valesete said. Sophomore wide receiver Quintin Smith, who was redshirted as a freshman, caught five passes for 40 yards. Junior safety Clint Normore, a transfer from Wichita State, intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble and
Because Kansas was unable to move the ball on the ground early in the game, it had to pass the ball much more than planned. The Jayhawks attempted 44 passes, completing 19 of them for 138 yards. Valesen said he was pleased that despite the high number of passing attempts by the Jayhawks, Auburn only recorded 2 sacks in the game.
The Kansas offense as a whole, though, sputtered throughout the game. The first and only Jayhawk drive that went into the Auburn side of the 50-yard line came midway through the third quarter. When the defense jumped at the ball, so did Kansas' only real chance to score. The offense gained only 169 yards and managed just seven first downs.
Senior offensive tackle Jim Davis said a big determining factor in the team's success in its home opener Saturday against Kent State would be found in how the team practiced. The Golden Flashes opened their season with a 27-23 victory over Akron (Oklahoma) Ohio.
"My number one goal is to make sure that everyone comes out this week and works hard to prepare for next week's game." Davis said. "We never quit, and we're a lot different from last year's team. We've got a lot of hard work ahead of us."
junior tailback Darryl Terrell, an SMU transfer, ran well in the second half, accumulating 21 yards on six carries, Valese said.
"I'm not concerned that this will pull us apart, but I think it will pull us together," said redshirt freshman center Chip Budd. "I think this will be the type of team that will buckle me and keep us together we're a team with a lot of pride."
Despite all the early season predictions that forecasted the Jayhawks would not fare much better than they did last year, the players' attitudes after the Auburn game were ones of hope, not despair. Kansas has lost eight consecutive games dating back through last season. The Jayhawks are on the road since the 1985 season opener, when they beat Hawaii 33-27.
Tigers defeat KU by a goal in soccer game
Staff writer
By ROBERT WHITMAN
The Missouri soccer club scored a goal midway through the first half yesterday afternoon and made it stand up for a 1-9 victory over the KU men's soccer club in Memorial Stadium.
The Tigers, 5-0, scored about 22 minutes into the first half when a throw-in by Doug Mahler deflected off a Kansas defender and to Missouri's Mike Walsh. Walsh hit a left-footed shot that beat Kansas goalie Scott Schaffer to the near post and into the net.
The game was played on the marked football field of the stadium, 100 yards long by 53% yards wide. A height of at least 110 yards by 70 yards wide
"Itfigured if goals would be scored, they would be on deflections and confusion," MU soccer coach Tim Dillon said. "It was narrow and fast at the time." But under control. There's a higher concentration of players on the field."
Kansas, playing its first match of the season, had several opportunities to score in the first half. The Jayhawks were awarded a penalty kick
39 minutes into the half when KU forward Ed Nelson was tripped in the Missouri penalty box by a Tiger defender.
"In retrospect, I should have had somebody else take it because Tony seen me. He hesitant when I called him to taunt it," KU coach Glenn Shirliffe said.
But Tony Vincent, Kansas midfielder, missed the penalty kick.
"As far as I'm concerned, that one was a goal." Shirtliff said. "It crossed the line, but the linesman on the end line where he could see it."
nick's header was tipped away by Tiger goalie Tim Milonas as it was about to go under the crossbar.
In the second half, Kansas created fewer chances and still no goals.
Kansas also missed a chance to score first in the game. A throw-in deep in Tiger territory was deflected by Jim Rudnick again by forward Jim Rudnick. Rud
"That really killed us by not scoring at least one goal in the first half," Shirliffe said. "That really gave them a lot of confidence."
See SOCCER, p. 13, col. 1
The Associated Press
Palmer's 95-yard kick return boosts Chiefs past Chargers
Palmer, the Chiefs' first-round draft choice, broke free behind a block by Paul Coffman and won a game-high eight sideline with 3:19 left in the game.
Vince Abbott had just kicked a 33 yard field goal with 3:27 left that
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rookie Paul Palmer returned a kick 95 yards in the fourth quarter, giving the Kansas City Chiefs a 20-13 NFL victory over the San Diego Chargers yesterday.
Dan Fouts threw a 34-yard scoring pass to Gary Anderson earlier in the fourth quarter, cutting the Chiefs' lead to 13-10.
enable the Chargers to tie the game 13-13.
Christian Okaye, the Chief's second-round draw choice, ran 43 yards for a second-horn touchdown and finished with 105 yards rushing.
The scoring run was the longest by a Chiefs' back since Herman Heard went 69 yards against San Diego in 1984.
Royals beat Oakland 6-5 move into second-place tie
OAKLAND, Calif. — Steve Baliони hit his third home run in four games as the Kansas City Royals beat Oakland 6-5 Sunday, moving them into a second-place tie with the Athletics in the American League West.
The Associated Press
The A's and Royals trail first-place Minnesota by 4½ games.
Oakland came back with three runs in the bottom of the inning, aided by a collision between Royals right fielder Danny Tartabull and center fielder Willie Wilson on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Alfredo Griffin.
Balboni, who drove in nine runs in the four-game series against Oakland, gave Kansas City a 1-0 lead in the second inning with his 22nd homer, off Oakland starter Rick Honevitt. 0-2.
Mark Gubicea, 11-16, struck out seven while gaining the victory and Gene Garber pitched the final 1 % innings for his third save. They combined to hold Oakland to seven hits.
Gary Thurman led off with a bunt single, took third on Larry Owen's single, and scored on Wilson's single. A walk to Kevin Seitzer loaded the bases, and George Brett's sacrifice fly scored Owen while moving up in the first half. Tearfall singled, scoring Wilson and knocking out Honeycutt, and Seitzer scored on a passed ball after Gene Nelson relieved.
Designated hitter Jerry Willard, who had led off with a walk, and Mike Davis, who had singled, both scored two saves in sacrifice fly to deep right-center.
Oakland got a run off Garber in the ninth when Davis scored on shortstop Angel Salazar's throwing error.
Terry Steinbach, who had singled,
loading the bases, and taken third on
the sacrifice fly, scored on Luis
Buni's bunt single over Gubiza's
head.
Kansas City rallied in the third inning, scoring four runs and giving the Royals a 5-3 lead.
Scoreboard
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Racehall
American League
Kansas City 6, Kansas City 5
New York 8, Toronto 5
Minnesota 7, Cleveland 3
Detroit 5, Milwaukee 1
Texas 8, California 2
Chicago 2, Seattle 0
National League
Chicago 5, Montreal 1
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 1
New York 8, Chicago 2
Los Angeles 8, Atlanta 2
San Francisco 6, Cincinnati
Football
Sara Marchant, Alvin, Tex., freshman, is tagged out while sliding into home plate by the Creighton Lady Jays' catcher. Kansas lost 5-2 to Creighton at Jawhawk Field yesterday.
N. Y. Jets 31, Buffalo 28
New Orleans 48, Cleveland 21
Houston 20, L.A. Rams 16
Cincinnati 21, Indianapolis 21
New England 28, Miami 21
Kansas City 20, San Diego 13
Pittsburgh 30, San Francisco 17
Tampa Bay 40, Atlanta 10
Seattle 39, Dallas 24
Washington 34, Philadelphia 24
Minnesota 34, Detroit 19
L.A. Raiders 20, Green Bay 0
Denver 40, Seattle 17
Softball team throws away game
By MIKE CONSIDINE
By MIKE CONSIDINE Staff writer
Somewhere between the second and third outts of the second inning, the championship game slipped from the Kansas softball team.
In a matter of minutes, the Creighton Lady Jays scored four unearned runs on the way to a 5-2 victory over the Jahyahs yesterday for the KU Invitational No. 1 title.
"If I could take one iming away, we played pretty good ball," KU Coach Kaalum Haack said.
The Lady Jays fashioned the decisive rally from three KU errors and a pair of base hits.
"We made a couple of errors and a couple of miscommunications," Haack said. "We were being a bit nervous, but we were where the problems came in."
A single by freshman Kim Doley and a double by freshman Sara Marchant produced the Jaahwks' first run. Sophomore Roan Brazer tripped to right field and scored on freshman Shelley Burke's sacrifice fly to close the gap to 4-2 in the fifth innning.
Jayhawk starter Reenie Powell, a junior, allowed three hits and no earned runs through four innings
"I thought Reenie pitched a good ballgame." Haack said.
Creighton first baseman Jodie Schwartz belted an BRI triple in the bottom of the inning to add the Lady Jays' final run.
Kansas shut out Iowa State, 5-0 in yesterday's game behind four-hit pitching from Brazier. In Saturday's games, KU defeated Missouri 2-1 and fell to Nebraska-0ma 2-1.
Brazier struck out seven and
walked none in her initial fall start.
"I felt good coming in," Brazier said. "I was pumped up for it."
Freshman left fielder Jessica Hennig led off the first inning with a single. Senior designated hitter Renie Nobile walked and freshman Tammy Cooke singled, scoring Hennig. A fielder's choice by senior Gayle Luedek and a sacrifice by Brazier made the score 4-0.
A sacrifice fly by Noble drove in
"This weekend was good for us." Haack said. "Now we know what to do — where we need to improve."
the final run.
we played as good a game against Iowa State as we're ever going to play," Haack said. "We swung the bats, we ran the bases and we intimidated. We just had to have one of those games so they could see that they could do it."
Tennis players get experience but no medals
Chris Walker and Craig Wildey of the Kansas men's tennis team returned from the Tropical College Championships with some tournament experience, but no medals.
Wildew won his first-round match but lost in the second round to John Sullivan of Clemson, who was in the finals yesterday afternoon. He won two matches after the second round, and Florida in the semifinals of the consolation bracket.
Walker has struggled with injuries during the past year and was in need of tournament experience, which he lost two of his three matches.
Walker won the first set in both of the matches he lost, and Wildey had to face one of the top two players of the tournament in the second round. Wildey lost the second set 7-6 in 10-8 tie-breaker and had four set points.
By DARRIN STINEMAN Staff writer
"I'd say we were close to doing extremely well," Coach Scott Perelman said. "Walker fought hard all the way through the tournament. He didn't played all summer, and he needed the match experience. In my mind, both guys are capable of winning a tournament like that."
The double-elimination tournament consisted of 32 players, and each man was guaranteed to play at least three matches. Wildey played the second match in the minimum. Perelman said it was a good tournament for both players.
"Overall it was a good experience for these guys," he said. "They both were capable of doing better. I wouldn't say I'm disappointed, and I wouldn't say I'm happy, but I think both of these guys are going to be better off for having gone."