wednesday,november5,2003
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the university daily kansan 3B
'Hawks gear up for Tigers match
Freshman hitter done for season after knee injury
By Mike Norris
mnorris@kansan.com
Kansan Sportswriter
The Border War continues
The Kansas volleyball team will try to avenge an early season loss to the Tigers at 7 tonight in the Horeisi Family Athletics Center.
"With Kansas and Missouri anytime you keep score at anything it gets pretty interesting," Kansas coach Ray Bechard said. "We have a lot of respect for them and what they're doing."
Missouri (16-6 overall, 9-4 Big. 12 Conference), is coming off two straight losses, including one to Texas A&M, which was the first home loss out of nine this season.
The Jayhawks (14-9, 6-6), will try to bounce back from a 3-2 loss at home against K-State on Wednesday. In that match, Kansas couldn't hold on to a 2-0 lead against the rival Wildcats.
"A lot of the reasons why we're in five game matches, are because we haven't been creating instant points," Bechard said.
Kansan file photo
Those instant points come from blocks, a weakness of the 'Hawks the first half of the season, including during the initial Missouri match. But middle blocker Ashley Michaels and setter Andi Rozum have since improved that area.
Now, the team will rely on Rozum and Michaels to continue strong blocking, especially after the team learned last week it will
"With Kansas and Missouri anytime you keep score at anything it gets pretty interesting."
Ray Bechard Kansas volleyball coach
be without freshman Jana Correa the rest of the season. She will have surgery next Tuesday on her knee she injured during warm-ups Oct. 11 while at Oklahoma
"I wanted to keep playing; I could still do some things in practice." Correa said.
But the outside hitter talked it over with Bechard, and decided surgery would be the best choice for the long run.
"She's got a long productive career ahead of her at Kansas, and we want to get her back on that road as soon as we can." Bechard said.
Correa said after the injury heals, she plans to play in the spring on a travel team to prepare for next season.
Corrae had averaged a teamhigh 3.88 kills per game, and added 2.64 digs per contest before the injury.
Jana Correa, São Paulo, Brazil, freshman, will miss the rest of the season after an Oct. 11 knee injury. The Jayhawks will square off against rival Missouri without her at 7 tonight in the Horesei Family Athletics Center
Despite the loss, senior Sarah Rome stayed positive. The team had already played six matches without Correa, and everyone was doing their part to fill in for the injured star, she said.
Kansas Volleyball Notes:
■ Missouri leads the all-time series 36-32, and hasn't lost in Lawrence since 1999.
The Jayhawks will travel to Austin, Texas on Saturday to try and sweep the Longhorns for the
first time in school history.
Edited by Katie Nelson
By Ashlee Langholz
Iowa State Daily via U-Wire
Iowa State University
No Tournament for Cyclone soccer
AMES, Iowa - The scoreboard at the ISU Soccer Complex resembled a teeter-totter as the Iowa State Cyclones battled Missouri Friday for a trip to the Big 12 Tournament.
The Cyclones led two times during the match, but fell to the Tigers 4-3. Iowa State came out with two quick goals in the first 10 minutes of play, but the Tigers replied with two goals of their own in the last seven minutes to steal the lead.
"Obviously, I'm very disappointed," Cyclone coach Rebecca Hornbacher said. "We gotlackadaisical defensively after we got up twice, and it cost us the game."
Only six minutes later, the Cyclones were on the offensive attack again. After Missouri goalkeeper Megan Duncan blocked a shot from Erin McDonald, Villhauer took a crack at it, but was unsuccessful. Kirwan immediately took the deflected shot and put it into the net to put the Cyclones up 2-0.
Less than two minutes into the game, during their first trip down the field on offense, the Cyclones captured the lead. On a pass from Jess Villhauer, Kate Kirwan launched a shot into the upper left corner of the net.
"We just came out strong the first 10 minutes," Kirwan said. "Jess Vill-
hauer set [the shots] up perfectly."
The Cyclones spent most of their time on defense for the remainder of the half. One minute after Kirwan's second goal, Missouri's Elyse Nikonchuck put one past ISU goalkeeper Beth Chapman.
With only one minute of play left in the first half, there was a battle just outside the Missouri goal box that ultimately ended with a slow roller into the net. Margaret Malm had put one past the unorganized Cyclone defense to tie the game at 2-2.
Following the break, the Cyclone offense created more opportunities than they had in the first half.
With 10 minutes of play left, Kristina Baumann attacked the end line and fed the ball to Amy Flores, who scored to give the Cyclones a 3-2 lead.
"I saw [Baumann] taking the end line and I knew she was going to cross it, so I knew I had better get there," Flores said.
The Tigers came back to tie the score after scoring on a penalty kick. Nikonchuck used her free shot to punch one into the upper right corner, following a foul committed by Iowa State's Meghan Schlenker.
Only two minutes later, Chapman made a vital save when she blocked a shot by Missy Peabody. But the Tiger attack was not over. Adriene Davis quickly put one past Chapman only seconds later.
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