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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
VOLLEYBALL
Sophomore hits her way through the competition
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
The exciting play of sophomore hitter Karina Garlington is one of the key reasons to travel to the Horejsi Center for tonight's volleyball match against the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos at 7 p.m.
Garlington, a Denver native, is second in kills in the Big 12 with an impressive 3.81 kills per set, finishing with double-digit kills in the team's past four matches. Garlington has been a main reason for the early success of the Jayhawk team, which is seeking its fourth win tonight.
Natalie Uhart, senior and middle blocker, said Garlington's increased confidence this season has played a part in her success.
"I was glad to see her have a career high the other night," Uhart said.
That career-high Uhart referred to was Garlington's 15 kills against Utah Valley this past weekend, which helped lead the Jayhwaks to a second-place finish in the Jayhawk Invitational.
The exciting play of the relatively young Garlington helps take pressure off veterans such as Uhart, senior blocker Savannah Noyse and
iunior blocker Brittany Williams.
"We just have been working really hard in the summer and the spring," Garlington said. "I'm just trying to play my best and play well for my team."
Though the Jayhawks only had one day of practice before tonight's match, they might not need it. The Kangaroos come into Lawrence with a 2-6 record, having lost three of their past four matches.
But that doesn't mean that the Jayhawks had nothing to go over in practice.
Uhart said the team concentrated on improving its passing and its offensive system and style.
It's that offense that has been plagued with inconsistencies for a majority of the season. The team's two losses included an opening-season disappointment against Virginia Commonwealth and a season-high 25 hitting errors against nationally ranked Oregon.
But another upset against this Jayhawk team is unlikely, thanks in part to Garlington's improved play.
"I think she's surprised herself actually," Uhart said about Garlington. "She comes out with a little more swagger now."
— Edited by Mary Sorrick
Sophomore outside hitter Karina Garlington dives to dig a shot by a Utah Valley player. Kansas swept Utah 3-0 Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Invitational, finishing second in the tournament.
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NFL
Brady out for season
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have come back from injuries before, winning three Super Bowls and reaching a fourth despite losing Rodney Harrison, Richard Seymour, Junior Seau and Drew Bledsoe.
Now they will try to do it without Tom Brady.
The 2007 NFL Most Valuable Player will miss the entire '08 season with a left knee injury that needs surgery, the team said Monday. That leaves the Patriots without one of the game's great quarterbacks and severely damages their hopes of a return trip to the Super Bowl.
Coach Bill Belichick would not say what the injury is, but the play, Brady's reaction and the prognosis all point toward a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
regular-season victory after Brady was hurt, will start Sunday at the New York Jets. It will be the first meaningful start since high school for Cassel, who backed up Heisman Trophy winners Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart at Southern Cal and spent the last three years holding a clipboard for Brady.
"I'm not trying to be Tom Brady, I'm just trying to be Matt Cassel," he said when subbing for Brady on his regular weekly radio show. "I don't know where that's going to take us."
Brady took the Patriots to three NFL titles since 2001 and led them to a perfect record in the regular season last year before a loss in the Super Bowl to the New York Giants deprived them of a fourth
championship and an unprecedented 19-0 season. They had been favored to return — before Brady's injury.
"As a team we all just have to do our jobs. That really doesn't change," Belichick said Monday, a day after Brady's knee collapsed under him when he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in a 17-10 victory over Kansas City. "He played one position, he played it very well. We have somebody else playing that position now."
Matt Cassel, who guided New England to its 20th consecutive
The Patriots issued a one-paragraph statement that the two-time Super Bowl MVP will have surgery and be placed on injured reserve. That leaves them in the hands of a backup who's barely been tested — in part because of Brady's 128-game starting streak that was the third-longest for a quarterback in NFL history.
"We're not going to tank it the rest of the season. That's not going to happen," defensive lineman Richard Seymour said in a somber and nearly empty Patriots locker room. Seymour was across from where Brady's locker remained stocked with equipment and personal items. "There's always a way to win. We're not going to have a lot of excuses about it."
mentor than Tom Brady."
Even without Brady, the Patriots remain a team stocked with veterans in a mediocre division, and with one of the most successful coaches in NFL history.
LEFT: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds his leg after being hit by Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, in Foxborough, Mass. Brady was scheduled for an MRI on Monday amid reports that he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament, an injury that would end his season.
"The leadership on this team will take care of itself," offensive lineman Matt Light said. "I expect (Cassel) to do his job, and that's the same thing he expects from each one of us. There's nobody on this team that we don't have confidence in. You can't have a better
BELOW: New England Patriots head coach Bell Betlich reacts while answering questions about Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during a news conference Monday at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City in Foxborough after he was hit by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard in the first quarter of New England's 17-10 victory.
The Patriots have just two quarterbacks on the roster: Cassel and rookie Kevin O'Connell. Matt Gutierrez, who signed as an undrafted free agent before the 2007 season and has thrown one career pass, was released in the final cutdowns before the season.
But Belichick denied media reports that out-of-work quarterbacks Chris Simms and Tim Rattay were headed to Foxborough to take physicals or to audition.
For now, Cassel is his starter.
"In spite of what some people are putting out there, we haven't worked out anybody," he said. "We had a lot of people call us, I can tell you that."
"I'm happy for his opportunity to have a chance to play," said Leinart, who, ironically, is now a backup with the Arizona Cardinals. "I'm bummed for Tom. You just hope he can heal as well as he can and get back out there as soon as he can. But Matt will step
up. I think he'll be all right."
Pollard, who apologized to Brady immediately after the play, said Monday that it was a normal play and prayed for Brady's speedy recovery.
"I can't change what happened," he said. "As soon as the play happened, I said, 'Oh, man.' When I heard him scream, I knew it was serious."
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