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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
PAGE 19
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Intensity is key to continued success
Freshman forward Ingrid Vidal makes a sliding pass to a teammate Sunday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. Vidal led the Jayhawks with five shots on goal and scored the second goal.
RYAN MCCARTHY rmccarthty@kansan.com
It was a memorable weekend for Kansas women's soccer. The team skyrocketed onto the national college soccer landscape after defeating two highly ranked opponents, San Diego and Southern California, at the USD tournament.
"Even if we're tired, even if we're
sore, we know that we can come out with two wins. We now know we can do that," Sarah Robbins said, a junior midfielder from Montreal, Quebec. "We knew we were good enough to win. We knew we had the talent. It was just putting in that last little effort and it really paid off for us."
that if we didn't have a deep team."
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Although she's sharing minutes with fellow keeper Kaitlyn Stroud, a freshman from Fayetteville, Ga., it hasn't affected Liebettrau's performance or expectations.
Another essential element to the Jayhawk formula is the steady hands in goal of Kat Liebetrau, a junior from Centennial, Collo
"I think one thing this team is really strong in is they keeping fighting until the end of the game," Liebetrau said. "If we keep doing that for the rest of the season, it will be huge for us in games"
Pinpointing all those tiny factors is crucial, and the coaching staff saw a few of their own players come out with a new fire on the field.
SARAH ROBBINS Midfielder
Robbins has been instrumental in this team's early season success. She continues to provide stability in the midfield.
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"The intensity and the heart we played with," coach Mark Francis said, "we can control that. So we need to be coming out with that kind of intensity every game."
"Being able to make changes and get fresh legs in there, it helps us maintain that intensity," Francis said. "But we wouldn't be able to do
Developing depth at every position on the pitch fits into Francis' philosophy of everyone on the roster needing to contribute.
with slightly smaller soccer reputations, Missouri State and South Dakota State; however, this does not mean the team will be taking competition lightly.
"Going into this weekend, the biggest mistake we can make would be to assume that they're not going to be as strong as the teams we played." Robbins said.
Missouri State comes into Fridays game with a 2-1 record, including a win over SEC opponent Vanderbilt. The Jayhawks played the Bears last season and won 2-0.
South Dakota State has struggled out of the gate thus far, but is still another quality opponent who finished last year with a winning record.
"They're going to fight for it," Lie-
betrau said. "Right now, they know we're doing well and they're going to come into the game pumped up and ready to beat us."
Kansas finishes its three-game road trip by traveling to Missouri State on Friday at 7 p.m. They are back home on Sunday to play South
Dakota State at 1 p.m.at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
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University to institute wireless improvements
BOBBY BURCH
bburch@kansan.com
After meeting with student body President Libby Johnson and Vice President Gabe Bliss, University IT began a project to expand wireless internet to frequently used areas of campus. The wireless expansion, which will continue throughout the fall semester, will eventually reach areas including Jayhawk Boulevard. Wescoe beach and Potter Lake.
As students settle in for the new academic year, the University of Kansas' department of Information and Technology is busy improving services and telecommunication around campus.
However, as IT expands wireless to new areas of campus, some students have expressed concerns about the University's existing WiFi internet access.
Ann Erickson, a senior from Tonganoxie, replied to a University Daily Kansan inquiry on student wireless experience so far this year.
"It's terrible," Erickson wrote. "From experience, it only works in certain areas and even then it's slow and cuts out."
Patrick Henke, a senior from Olathe, expressed similar concerns about KU's wireless reliability.
"We have problems in our room where it cuts in and out," Henke said.
In an effort to provide better service and more efficient technology support, University IT hired the Huron Consulting Group Inc., to review its technology services around campus in the summer of 2010. The group's report outlined that:
The University is behind the curve in terms of supporting technology-enhanced teaching in the classroom.
Overall need for more consistent consulting-level support for faculty and students related to technologies.
- Classroom standards have not been set, resulting in variable capabilities.
Following Huron's recommendations, the University's Instructional Development Services (IDS) merged its operations with the IT department, taking effect last spring.
In an email notifying University deans, directors and department chairs of the new changes, Diane Goddard, Vice Provost for Administration and Finance, wrote that: "By fall 2011, we hope that the plan for increased academic technology support will be well on its way to filling the gap at KU."
Julie Loats, director of Enterprise Applications and Services for University IT, said that the merger of University IT and IDS will help
Loats said that University IT hopes to further its service efforts by offering Blackboard technology support to students.
"One of the things we heard last spring loud and clear was that students didn't feel they had a place to go if they needed help with blackboard," Loats said. "With this merger wad like to be able to provide more support for students."
"It brings all of those staff together so it can be a more focused and holistic approach to classroom support." Loats said.
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