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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUIDDITCH REWIND
The luck of Harry Potter was on Kansas' side as the Jayhawks tamed the Missouri Tigers convincingly.
HANNAH WISE
hwise@kansan.com
Kansas Quidditch made quick work of the Missouri Tigers, winning the Border Showdown match 2-1 with scores of 140-40, 80-40 and 60-90. Kansas' speed and endurance was a major factor in both wins.
"We really set the tempo early and really got after it," said Tyler Amble, a sophomore chaser. As soon as the referee yelled, "The snitch is loose!" the seekers took off on their run through campus chasing the snitch runner. Shortly after, the Kansas chasers took control of the quaffle while beaters defended the Kansas hoops, breaking a Missouri player's broom.
"I played pretty well," Hare said,
"I let a couple of goals go by that I shouldn't, but overall it was a good win for the team and a good win for the school."
Both team's players played aggressively. A Missouri player was injured when a Kansas chaser attempted to steal the quaffle from her during the first game. The game stopped temporarily while both teams took a knee. The injured player left the field on her own power.
The Kansas defense was relentless. In his first appearance, junior keeper Granville Hare made several steals that he converted into goals. He racked up 30 points in the first game alone.
Shortly after the game resumed, Kansas raised their lead to 100-40 when the snitch runner returned from his run on campus to the field. The chasers, beaters and seekers continued to play while the snitch runner was chased around other players on the field.
Sophomore seeker Joel Havercamp spent the entire match
chasing the snitch runner through campus when in the final leg of the game he switched out with Nick Caldwell, a sophomore seeker.
"Since I had fresh legs and I had cleats on and the snitch had to stay in the actual field I said, 'Joel just let me make the catch for you,' Caldwell said.
KANSAS
Caldwell ran alongside the far sideline, neck-and-neck, with the Missouri seeker in hot pursuit of the snitch runner. Finally, in a dive, Caldwell pulled the snitch from the snitch runner's shorts winning the first game for the Jayhawks.
—Edited by C.J. Matson
In the second game, the Jayhawks got ahead early and did not let go of the lead. Despite a snitch catch ruled illegal in the first 10 minutes of game play, the Jayhawks still pulled out to a 80-40 victory. The catch was illegal because the Missouri seeker did not know that they could chase the snitch before the other players could grab the quaffle and bludgers.
"We were under the impression that these were going to be KU's new people," said Erin Miller, a Missouri sophomore beater.
In the third game, they worked quickly, the Tigers were determined to capture the snitch in approximately 10 minutes to take back the team's first intercollegiate win to Columbia.
The Tigers came out strong in the third game after seeming somewhat shocked in the first and second games.
GAME 1
140 - 40
On the day, the Jayhawks won the match supported by Potter fans young and old. Fans in witch and wizard robes stood on the field east of Robinson waving the wheat and singing the "Rock Chalk Chant", proud of the Kansas Quidditch team and the Border Showdown victory.
GAME 2
80 - 40
MISSOURI
GAME 3
60-90
Best 2 out of 3 games
ABBY DAVIS/KANSAN
1) Tyler Amble, chaser, jumps to block an opposing side's shot. Amble is one of the many chasers on the KU Quidditch team.
2) Jordan Dauer, chaser, takes down a Missouri opponent during Sunday's faceoff between Missouri and KU. The KU Quidditch team won 2-1.
3) Granville Hare, keeper, blocks a shot from scoring. This was KU's first game of the season for Quidditch.
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