TY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2011
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CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN The Jayhawks celebrate after scoring a third goal against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
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Freshman forward Jamie Fletcher bats down a corner throw during the first half of Friday's season opener against Tennessee. Fletcher scored her first collegiate goal in the 14th minute of regulation. Kansas lost 2-1.
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Freshman midfielder Liana Salazar sweeps a ball out from under an Arkansas player Sunday afternoon.
Kortney Clifton
1 2 Total
Kansas 1 3 4
Arkansas 1 0 1
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Junior forward Whitney Berry glides by two Tennessee defenders. Berry assisted with Kansas' only goal for the game in the 14th minute.
Forward
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Shots: 1
Goals: 1
Midfielder/Forward
Shots: 6
Assists: 2
Whitney Berry
Midfielder
Jamie Fletcher
Midfielder
Shots: 6
Goals: 2
Kat Liebetrau
Goal Keeper
GA:2 Saves:4 Minutes:90:00
Young players lead team to 4-1 victory
RYAN MCCARTHY rmccarthy@kansan.com
Led by two goals from freshman forward Jamie Fletcher and six saves from redshirt freshman Kaitlyn Stroud at goalkeeper, a young Kansas soccer team was able to capture the first win of the season Sunday, beating the Arkansas Razorbacks at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
After an overtime loss to Tennessee in the season opener on Friday, the team showed increased confidence, putting together an impressive offensive attack.
Fletcher tied the game at one goal apiece after junior midfielder Whitney Berry and sophomore forward Caroline Kastor helped guide the ball downfield.
"I thought we looked really good. We scored some pretty good goals. Our guys took some chances," coach Mark Francis said. "I told the biggest thing today is we played a complete 90 minutes. On Friday we played really well periods of the game and I thought today we did what we talked about doing."
The game started slowly for the both offenses, but the Razorbacks scored first when Sam Wolf converted a corner kick from fellow freshman defender Tyler Allen in the 17th minute.
Twenty minutes went by before Kansas scored again. In the second half, the floodgates opened for the Jayhawks, as they put up three goals in 30 minutes.
Berry finished the game with two assists.
Another strength was the stability of the back line. The team only allowed one goal early in the contest.
Fletcher scored her second goal of the day and third of the weekend when she kicked in a ricochet
"Everybody defended — it wasn't just the defenders working today," junior defender Shelby Williamson said.
The Jayhawks quickly responded, scoring off a goal of their own four minutes later.
"We've still got some work to do there, don't get me wrong," Francis said. "We looked better today than Friday so were definitely making some progress."
Kansas travels to San Diego next weekend to play in the USD Tournament. The team's first match is against Southern California on Friday. They will also play against the host school on Sunday.
After posting one goal in the season opener and following with four against Arkansas, Francis and the team know they have made improvements.
"She's going to be a dangerous player for us. I love the way she battles — she's not just a goal scorer. She fights and scraps as well," Francis said.
Before this weekend the coaching staff encouraged Fletcher to be more aggressive around the goal.
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"Today things just went our way," Fletcher said. "We weren't unlucky and we were just possessing the ball so well goals came easy today."
She directed the ball with her left foot just inside the right post for the jayhawks' fourth goal.
Sophomore midfielder Amy Grow put the Jayhawks up 3-1 with a well-placed ball that soared right over the Arkansas goalkeeper's head and into the top right corner of the net.
One game highlight included a full extension save by Stroud that blocked the ball from going into the upper corner of the goal.
from sophomore forward Caroline Kastor at the 48th minute.
The team's final goal came when senior forward Kortney Clifton put her first goal of the season on the score sheet in the 78th minute.
"It was great. I wasn't really expecting it," she said. "I'd been taking shots all game and nothing was really going my way."
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