8B SPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF DARTY KANSAN MONDAY OCTOBER 6 2008 SOCCER Jayhawks split weekend BY ANDREW WIEBE awiebe@kanran.com awiebe@kansan.com Monica Dolinsky, junior midfielder, attempts to clear the ball from her opponent. Michelle Wenino, Colorado senior defender, on Sunday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. Kansas was shut out after Colorado scored two goals in the second half. The loss puts the Jayhawks at 8-4. Allison Richardson/KANSAN Another weekend of Big 12 play brought another weekend of up-and-down results for Kansas. Mark Francis' team defeated Texas Tech 2-0 by virtue of two second-half goals Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex before falling to No. 15 Colorado 2-0 Sunday afternoon in the same fashion. DOLINSKY, CRESSY POWER KANSAS PAST TEXAS TECH The results mean Kansas (8-4, 2-2) has split its weekend series for the fourth consecutive weekend after starting the season 4-0. For nearly 70 minutes Friday, junior goalkeeper Julie Hanley had the best view in the house. Apart from pregame warm-ups, Hanley didn't faced a single shot while the Jayhawks racked up 11 shots, a missed penalty, the majority of possession and just about everything else except a goal. "It was a good bored." Hanley said. Finally, Texas Tech tested her in the 67th minute. Five minutes later, Kansas got what it was pushing for when junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky redeemed herself for an early penalty kick miss. Sophomore defender Lauren Jackson's slid a pass to Dolinksy's feet after a brilliant weaving run. Dolinsky, tied for the team lead with six goals, took a quick touch and fit a low drive inside the far post, making up for her slip up at the penalty spot in the 19th minute. Francis, for his part, said he couldn't remember the last time Dolinsky missed a penalty kick. "As a youth player, I saw her take PKs, and I don't know if she ever missed one, to be honest," Francis said. "I think for her, just scoring the winning goal and making up for that was good for her confidence." Freshman forward Emily Cressy put the finishing touches on the victory in the 85th minute when she bundled in junior forward Shannon McCabe's pass in the six-yard box. STRONG SECOND HALF PROPELS COLORADO PAST KANSAS Kansas doubled Colorado's shot total, but two second-half goals from Nikki Keller and Gianna DeSaverio doomed the home team to another 1-1 weekend. The Jayhawks dominated play in the first half, outshooting the Buffaloes 12-4, but senior goalkeeper Kirstin Radlinski refused to be beaten. Radlinksi used a collection of acrobatic saves to keep Kansas off the board for the first time in 2008. The performance left its mark on coach Mark Francis. "I don't know if she is always that good but if she is, I can't imagine there is a better goalkeeper in the conference." Francis said. "A couple of those saves she made in the first half were unreal." The most impressive came in the 19th minute when junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky ripped a dipping half volley from 20 yards. Though the ball looked destined to find the far corner, Radlinks stretched out at the last second to tip the ball over. Dolinsky led Kansas with five shots with one hitting the joint between crossbar and post. "I had one that was almost in and another that hit the bar," Dolinksy said. "It was just an unlucky day." The teams went to halftime scoreless, but Colorado pulled ahead in the 55th minute when Keller pushed the ball past a charging Julie Hanley. The junior goalkeeper was beaten again when the Buffaloes capitalized on their newfound momentum 10 minutes later. DeSaverio swooped up a loose ball in the Kansas penalty area and put the game out of reach. 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That extra confidence paid off, as both the men's team and the women's team got top 10 places at the meet. The University of Northern Arizona was the Jamboree's overall women's team winner. The first event was the women's 6K race. Junior Lauren Bond's ninth place finish with a time of 21:32 helped the Jayhawks secure a fourth place finish overall for the women's team. Out of the seven girls that competed for the Jayhawks, five placed in the top 50, giving the team a point total of 160 including numbers from freshmen Rebeka Stowe and Lauren Nightengale and junior Alison Knoll. ton all through out, but the real challenge for the women's team was running the 6K race. The team went into Stillwater under the impression that they would be running a 5K The women faced tough competi- but were told the day before the race of the change during warmups. "I was a little nervous because I've never run a 6K before," Stowe said. "But it wasn't too bad." Stowe came in 47th overall and 5th for the Jayhawks with a time of 22:42. Stowe said the team was able to work as a pack, but said her squad still needs work. "We just need to move the back three closer to Amanda and Lauren," Stowe said. Sophomore Amanda Miller came in second for the Jayhawks and 24th overall with a time of 22:05. It's the third consecutive meet that Bonds and Miller have finished first and second for the Jayhawks. "It it shows that we know how to run together." Bonds said. The next event was the men's 8K. Oklahoma State took first place for the second consecutive year and the Jayhawks took seventh place overall with the help of junior Bret Imgrund and freshman Donny Wasinger. Imgrund The men faced some of their toughest competition from home squad Oklahoma State, one of the top-ranked teams in the country. "We knew they've got a good team and the best shot to beat Colorado at the Big 12 conference," Imgrund said. "But that didn't concern us. We just had to go out there and keep improving ourselves." Both Imgrand and Wasinger finished first and second, respectively, on the men's side with a dual time of 25:48, with Imgrand barely edging out Wasinger at the finish line. "The last 2K or so Donny came up next to me and we worked together the last 200 meters kicking hard and passing six other people." Imgrand said. "I knuckled him at the end, but we were working together and pushing each other." Freshman Clay Schneider came in 75th overall and ran a personal best this season of 26:46 at Stillwater. The redshirt freshman said he tried to stay focused during the race. "I'm pleased with that, but there are things to work on for bigger things in the future," he said. "You have to look at every race meet results KU Women : 4th Place overall Team Average time 22:17 Top Performers 9. Lauren Bonds: 21:32 24. Amanda Miller: 22:05 39 . Lauren Nightengale: 22:31 41. Alison Knoll: 22:34 47. Rebeka Stowe: 22:42 Top Performers 42. Bret Imgrind: 25:48 43. Donny Wasinger: 25:48 50. Danny Van Orsdel: 25:59 56. Nick Caprario: 26:04 61. Kaleb Humphreys: 26:14 the same," Schneider said. "There's no difference between a small school and a national meet. If you look at any meet any different, then you'll stress yourself out." "I'm not worried about it. I went in there without any expectations except to try and have a good race, It's my freshman year, I'm getting a feel for running 8Ks and before I've never been to a race with so many kids." Wasinger had a similar opinion about not being stressed by the competition. KU Men: 7th Overall, Team Average time 25:59 The next event on the Jayhawks schedule is the Indiana State Pre-Nationals on October 18 in Terre-Haute, Ind. — Edited by Rachel Burchfield MLB ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGQ — Thanks to John Danks and the White Sox, Chicago still has one team standing. White Sox beat Tampa Bay Rays Game 4 in the best-of-five matchup is Monday in Chicago, with Gavin Floyd facing Tampa Bay's Andy Sonnanstine. Danks pitched another big game to save the season and well-traveled DeWayne Wise delivered a two-run double as the White Sox beat Tampa Bay 5-3 Sunday, trimming the Rays' lead in their AL playoff series to 2-1. Less than 24 hours after the Cubs were swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers, dashing Chicago's hopes for a crosstown World Series, the White Sox avoided elimination before a black-shirted, white towel-waving crowd of 40,142 in their home park. "At least we play tomorrow" White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen Danks, who beat Minnesota 1-0 last Tuesday in the tiebreaker for the AL Central title, shut down the Rays for 62-3 innings. "I was more nervous going into the Minnesota game than this game," he said. "Guys try to approach it like a game in June. I think that helps take pressure off us." said. "Like I say, we played against the wall before and came out of it" "I could care less about the Cubs," he said. As for that other team in Chicago? The 23-year-old lefty gave up five hits and a run before B.J. Upton hit a long, two-run homer with two outs in the seventh that made it 5-3. After a single by Carlos Pena, Octavio Dotel threw a third strike past Evan Longoria. ASSOCIATED PRESS Bobby jenks pitched the ninth, striking out Pena with a nasty curveball with a runner on for his fifth postseason save. He had four in 2005, including two in the World Series victory over Houston. Chicago White Sox starting pitcher John Danks wipes his brow in the seventh inning of Game 3 of the American League division baseball series against the Tampa Bay Rays. 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Jim Thome opened with double off the center-field fence, Paul Konerko walked and Ken Griffey Jr. hit a sharp single that loaded the bases. Alexei Ramirez, who hit a record four grand slams as a rookie this season, hit a sacrifice fly to center for a 2-1 lead, and veterans Konerko and Griffey alertly moved up a base. Wise followed with a two-run, opposite-field double to left. Chicago tied it in the third when Wise worked a leadoff walk, stole second and A.J. Pierzynski delivered a two-out RBI single to center.