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thursday, october 9, 2003
off the bench
the university daily kansar
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Tennis team focusing on singles
Megan True/Kansan
Alberta sophomore Christine Skoda returned the ball yesterday afternoon at practice. The Lady Jav Hawks were preparing for the Sept. 26 and 28 Polo Tennis National Preview in Tulsa, Okla.
By Rahul Sharma
rsharma@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
After a respectable outing to Tulsa, Okla., the Kansas women's tennis team aims to improve its performance as it travels to Flushing Meadows, N.Y., for the USTA National Tennis Center Women's College Tennis Invitational this weekend.
"We are very excited to play at an event of this magnitude," coach Amy Hall said. "It will be a great opportunity to play at one of the most prestigious sites in all of tennis."
The Jayhawks will face some of the top competitors in the country in New York. Nationally ranked players include No. 23 Claire Carter, of Washington; No. 25 Courtney Bergman, of Harvard; and No. 66 Michelle DaCosta, of Michigan.
"This is a chance for us to play against teams we don't normally see and go to a place that we don't usually get to go," Hall said.
Kansas sophomore Christine Skoda looks to make a statement this weekend, she said.
"Everyone's goal is to win more singles matches," she said.
"Everything in practice has been raised to a higher level the past few weeks," Skoda said. "It's getting tougher. There's more running and we are playing more points on the courts."
Kansas tennis team is better since the start of the season, said Skoda.
Despite the singles mishaps, the
"It's going to take some time," she said. "Our team has a lot of potential."
The Jayhawks have one more scheduled practice for today before flying to New York.
Hall is intent on posting a solid
perform maneuver, we said "I know the team is ready," Hall said "We feel like we will have a strong showing."
performance, she said.
The Jayhawks compete tomorrow Saturday and Sunday.
- Edited by Katie Nelson
Kansas men's runner earns Big 12 Conference award
cross country
Benson Chesang, Kansas men's cross country team member, was named Big 12 Conference Runner of the Week Tuesday.
The Ravine, Kenya, freshman earned the distinction after his performance at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday.
Chesang was the first collegiate finisher, second overall, covering the 8-kilometer course in 24:09, and helping the Jayhawks place third out of 25 teams.
"Benson has been working hard and has shown excellence in every thing that he is doing," said cross country coach Stanley Redwine.
"We are definitely excited, and it's an honor for him as well as the team."
Chesang becomes the second Kansas runner in Big 12 history to hold the distinction. Brian Jensen earned the title in 1998.
The United States Cross Country Coaches Association also ranked the men's team second in the Midwest Region. Kansas also received 24 votes in the Mondo national poll.
The Jayhawks will compete October 18 in the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
— Sean O'Grady
women's golf
Kansas team slips,finishes 15th at Indiana tournament
Compared to its last two tournament finishes of fourth and seventh, the Kansas women's golf team's performance in the Shootout at the Legends Tournament in Franklin, Ind., was hardly up to par.
The Jayhawks finished with a total score of 930 and ranked 15th out of 18 teams competing in the tournament which started Monday and ended Tuesday.
Kent State took first place with a total score of 877.
Freshman Jill Wombil scored a career-best total of 233 in the tournament.
"This was one of my best tournames so far, Wormble said. "We had good support and leadership from the sophomores. I think we could've played better, but we did improve."
Chelsey Pryor had a total score of 231 in the tournament. Tiffany Woods had a score of 234, Amanda Costner had a score of 242 and Merideth Winkelmann had a score of 256.
Coach Megan Menzel said the first round of the tournament was disappointing, but the team had three good scores in the second round. Menzel said she thought the team played more to its ability on Tuesday.
Up next for the Jayhawks is the Marilyn Smith Invitational Sunflower, on Oct. 13-14 at Kansas State University.
Free for All
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I still think Christian Moody is a hotte.
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Kansas athletics calendar
today
tomorrow
Volleyball v. Nebraska, 7 p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center
Tennis at USTA Women's College Tennis Invitational, Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Soccer at Iowa State, 7 p.m., Ames, Iowa
Swimming intrasquad meet, 6 p.m., Robinson Center
saturday
Tennis at USTA Women's College Tennis Invitational, Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Football at Colorado, 2:30 p.m., Boulder, Colo.
Volleyball at Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
Tennis at USTA Women's College Tennis Invitational, Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Rowing at Head of the Rock, Rockford, Ill.
Soccer at Missouri, 1 p.m., Columbia, Mo.
sunday
Red Sox take lead in AL championship
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Boston Red Sox won their first skirmish with the Evil Empire, putting aside curses and fatigue to burst ahead in the AL championship series.
David Ortiz, Todd Walker and Manny Ramirez homered off a shaky Mike Mussina, and the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-2 last night.
Tim Wakefield befuddled New York with his knuckleball, taking a 5-0 lead into the seventh before he got wild. Three relievers from Boston's beleaguered bullpen completed the three-hitter.
Yankees fans kept reminding the Red Sox of their title drought, screaming
"1918," but the reminder just seemed to fuel the Red Sox, who flashed their power and rapped out 13 hits, including four by Ramirez, who grew up close to Yankee Stadium.
Mussina, pitching on seven days' rest since losing the first-round opener against Minnesota,
wasn't sharp at all, allowing three homers in a game for only the second time this year. He dropped to 4-4 in postseason play.
While Mussina didn't allow any runs in the second inning, he labored, going to 2-0 counts on four batters.
Boston finally broke through in the fourth. Ramirez reached on a one-hopper to right side that Mussina just managed to deflect.
Ortiz fell behind 0-2, worked the count full and then homered into the front of the right-field upper deck.
Walker made it 3-0 when he led off the fifth with a drive high off the foul pole in right field. While right-field umpire Angel Hernandez signaled it was foul, he was immediately overruled by plate umpire Tim McClelland.
Josh, an 18-year-old from Fair Lawn
Two batters later, Ramirez hit homered on a drive that just cleared the right-field wall and a leaping Juan Rivera. Kevin Millar added an RBI single off reliever Jeff Nelson in the seventh for a 5-1 lead.
N. J., who refused to give his last name, said the ball hit his right palm, and dropped straight down and didn't hit the pole.
Wakefield took a two-hit shutout into the seventh but walked his first two batters and was replaced by Alan Embree. Jorge Posada hit an RBI double and Hideki Matsui followed with a sacrifice fly, but Aaron Boone and Nick Johnson flied out.
Mike Timlin pitched the eighth, and Scott Williamson closed out the ninth for the save.
Cubs 12 - Marlins 3
The Associated Press
Cubs victory ties league series with Marlins
CHICAGO — Once the ball flew off Sammy Sosa's bat and soared toward the juniper bushes in dead center field, there was no telling how far it might go.
And if he keeps hitting like this, there's no telling how far he might take these Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs put on a startling display of raw power at the plate and on the mound last night, and behind Mark Prior overwhelmed the Florida Marlins 12-3 to even the NL championship series after two games.
Alex Gonzalez homered twice and Aramis Ramirez also connected for the Cubs. But once again, Sosa woke up Wrigley Field.
A day after he tied the game with a two-out, two-run shot in the ninth for his first post-season home run, he hit a two-run drive in the second
inning that went even farther. By a lot.
miring that went over the park. Sosa launched a 495-foot shot that cleared the ivy-covered wall, sailed over the shrubbery that serves as a batter's backdrop and threatened to fly completely out of the park. Only a television camera booth kept the ball from becoming a street souvenir.
Teammate Kenny Lofton, who was on second base, shuddered as he turned around to watch it go. Marlins center fielder Juan Pierre didn't even bother to move.
Coming off his two-hit gem in the opening round against Atlanta, Prior
was good enough. Of course, being handed an 11-0 lead after five innings helped the 23-year-old keep his composition.
Now, the best-of-seven series shifts to Pro Player Stadium for Game 3 Friday night. While the Marlins are one of baseball's best home teams, the Cubs must like their chances with Kerry Wood pitching against Mark Redman.
Wood pitched a two-hitter and a three-hitter against the Marlins this year, striking out a total of 20, and is 4-0 against them lifetime.
National Coming Out Day
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