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CROSS COUNTRY DEFEATED BY MIZZOU
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HAWKS GET HOME COURSE ADVANTAGE
Team comes up short to the Tigers in the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, finishing second. CROSS COUNTRY | 7B
Team plays host to Kansas Invitational today and tomorrow. MEN'S GOLF | 7B
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MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 15,2008
NOT QUITE ENOUGH
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Jayhawks lose in Bull fight,37-34
The South Florida Bulls celebrate after a last-second field goal attempt by USF kicker Maikon Bonani goes through the uprights, giving USF a 37-34 victory against the Jav Hawks in Tampa. Fla. Kansas fell to 2-1 with the loss.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
TAMPA, Fla. — If faced with the same decision again, Todd Reesing would do only one thing different — throw the ball about a yard farther.
Trying to get the Jayhawks into field goal range with 41 seconds left and the score deadlocked at 34-34 with the then No. 19 South Florida, Reesing dropped back to pass and saw wide receiver Raymond Brown streak down the middle of the field. Reesing took a chance and let it fly, but the ball fell a yard short of Brown and right into the hands of a leaping Nate Allen of USF.
"We got what we wanted," Reesing said, who passed for 373 yards and three touchdowns. "I kind of fell off my back foot a little bit and just didn't quite get it there. If I had to do it again, I'd probably make the same decision. I just didn't make the play."
Bonani hit his third field goal of the game
Allen stayed on his feet and returned the ball 38 yards to the Kansas 26-yard line. After a one-yard run, freshman Maikon
— a 43-yarder as time expired — to give South Florida a 37-34 win.
"Just a little bit more and Ray-B may walk into the end zone and we're celebrating instead of them." Reesing said of his final heave. "It's a tough loss."
Early on it didn't look like Reesing would need any late-game heroics as the Jayhawks opened up a commanding 20-3 lead midway through the second half.
But with 2:14 left in the second quarter, USF quarterback Matt Grothe ran for a 28-yard touchdown that cut the score to 20-10 and changed the complexion of the game.
After the Grothe score, Kansas went three and on out five consecutive drives although they did get one first down as the result of a penalty on the first play.
While the Kansas offense couldn't stay on the field for more than three plays, the Kansas defense all of the sudden couldn't
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Junior quarterback Todd Reesing looks downfield for a receiver with less than a minute to go in the fourth quarter in Friday night's game. The pass Reesing threw on this play was intercepted and returned into Kansas territory, setting up the game-winning goal for the Bulls.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
SOCCER
Women's team loses first game this season
BY ANDREW WIEBE
awiebe@kansan.com
Kansas finally found out what it's like to be on the other end of the spectrum. Faced with its first two-goal deficit of the season, coach Mark Francis' team couldn't find the final ball to bridge the gap as Loyola University Chicago recorded an upset 2-1 victory on an overcast Sunday afternoon at the liavah Soccer Complex.
For five games winning was easy for No. 21 Kansas. Every bounce and call seemed to fall in the Jayhawks' favor and they took advantage, outscoring their opponents by 11 goals and establishing themselves in national polls in the process.
"I told the team 'remember that this feels like because losing sucks.' Francis said. "We haven't experienced that so maybe we were taking things a little bit for granted."
The loss is all the more disappointing considering a victory would've matched Kansas' best-ever start. And even more upsetting considering the manner in which
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Kansas senior midfielder Jessica Bush braces herself for impact during a 2-1 loss against Loyola-Chicago on Sunday. The Jayhawks have their only goal with ten minutes remaining in the game.
Jerry Wang / KANSAN
VOLLEYBALL
Third time's not the charm for Hawks at tournament
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
It's not often a team can be compared to literature. But right now the Jayhawk volleyball team is looking like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The Jayhawks once again finished second at another non-conference tournament, this time at the Cowgirl Classic in Wyoming, Kansas lost to the University of Alabama at Birmingham after two thrilling victories on Friday night.
It's been the only constant for the Jayhawks, who have played in three tournaments during the non-conference and have finished with a lone loss every time.
It's those losses, though, that frustrate
it's those no
coach Ray Bechard,
knowing what his team
can become.
"We had a big let-down yesterday against UAB," Bechard said. "I'm a little bit surprised by that, after we played so well Friday."
It was on that Friday that the Jayhawks
Garlington
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played their most thrilling match of the season, defeating Wyoming in their first five-set match of the year. Sophomore
volleyball notes
KU vs. Wyoming (W, 3-2)
Kills: 23 Karina Garlington, 15
Savannah Noyes and Natalie Uhart
Digs: 15 Melissa Manda, 13
Nicole Tate, 12 Karina Garlington
KU Hitting Percentage: .278
Wyoming Hitting Percentage:
309
.309 KU vs Cleveland State (W, 3-1) Kills: 21 Karina Garlington, 7
Corrinne Stringer
Digs: 15 Melissa Manda, 9
Melissa Grieb and Katie
Maartincich
Maartinlech
KU Hitting Percentage:.230
Cleveland State:.094
KU vs. UAB (L, 3-0)
Savannah Noyes and Natalie
Kills: 7 Karina Garlington, 6
Digs! 8 Melissa Manda, 7 Katie
Mastinford
Martinich
KU Hitting Percentage: .018
UAB Hitting Percentage: .272