monday,september 29,2003
sports
the university daily kansar
3B
Josi Lima, Kansas sophomore middle blocker, returned the ball for a kill to Baylor in Saturday's game. Lima had eight kills and six digs.
Sean Smith/Kansan
'Hawks defeat Bears with late run
Jill Dorsey, Kansas junior libero, made a dig in Saturday's match against Baylor. Dorsey had 17 digs during the match.
By Mike Norris
mnorris@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas volleyball team won its last two home matches in 3-0 sweeps, but Baylor gave the Jayhawks a tougher challenge Saturday night.
Trailing the Bears two games to one, the Jayhawks won game four 50-21, and then ended with a 6-0 run in game five to win 16-14, taking the match three games to two.
"We made some great plays and really held together as a team, and we let the crowd take us on a couple of these big points," said Kansas coach Ray Beachd.
The crowd of 905 fans erupted at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center as senior Sarah Rome ended the comeback with her match-high 21st kill of the night. The outside hitter also added 15 digs.
"It was an amazing team effort," said Rome. "We got down by a lot and it could have gone either way, but thank God it went ourway tonight."
Kansas (10-4 overall, 2-1 Big 12 Conference) used a 10-1 run early in game one to win 30-28
In the deciding game five, Baylor (9-7, 2-2) had match point at 14-10. But Lindsey Morris, junior outside hitter, had a kill that bounced off the net and started the 6-0 run.
before losing two straight games, and falling behind 2-1 for the third time in seven home matches this season.
Senior Abbie Jacobson then stepped up and hit five straight serves without an error. One bad serve could have given Baylor the victory.
Bechard said the team needed someone who could serve the ball accurately at times like that. Jacobson was happy to oblige.
"It was a lot of pressure,but we practice being pressured in practice,so I was glad to be in that position,"said Jacobson.
Alongside Rome, Jana Correa, freshman outside hitter, added 18 kills, and junior Jill Dorsey had a match-high 17 digs.
The Jayhawks again used the combination of Ashley Bechard, junior, and Andi Rozum, sophomore, at the setter position. Bechard had 34 assists and Rozum added 28.
Coach Bechard has used the combination since Rozum came
back from an injury Sept. 17th, but said he wasn't sure who he would use as the season went on.
"Andi's more physical on the front row, and Ashley delivers a good ball, so it's a little bit of a combination there," said coach Bechard. "We'll settle into a system sooner or later, but right now this is what's working for us, so
that's what we'll go with."
The victory was the Jayhawk's third straight against Baylor and third straight overall. The team will travel to Columbia, Mo., Wednesday to take on the Missouri Tigers. Missouri swept the season series 2-0 last year.
Edited by Joey Berlin
After taking control of the game's momentum, fourth quarter touchdown runs by Bill Whittemore and John Randle finished off what will go down as a landmark victory for the program.
CONTINUED FROM 1B
BORDER WAR: Hawks lead series
mark victory Kansas' biggest feat of the day was the defense's complete disassembling of Brad Smith, who was only able to produce 82 yards of total offense. The number was merely a third of his 249 yard-per-game average in the Tigers' first four contests.
"Brad Smith is a great player." Kansas sophomore linebacker Banks Floodman said. "I think if can contain him, you can contain anyone. I know it's going to give our defense confidence."
our defense confidence. The Jayhawks are now relieved to head into their bye week on a high note before a huge road meeting with Colorado in two weeks. Kansas now not only leads the all-time series with a tally of 52-51-9, but the program has now won four straight games for the first time since 1995.
The 1995 Jayhawks, who won their first seven games of the season, went on to win the Aloha Bowl and finish ranked ninth in the nation. While coach Mangino has no interest just yet in entertaining thoughts of postseason play, he knows that the Jayhawk program has progressed faster than he had originally imagined.
"I'm not even going to touch bowl thoughts with a 10-foot pole." Mangino said. "I'm pretty pleased to have four wins, and I know there's a locker room full of kids who are excited to have four wins."
Edited by Ashley Marriott
The Associated Press
U.S. soccer team advances in Cup
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The fans chanted "Mia! Mia! Mia!" as the game wound down and the United States' best player sat on the cold, metal bench in a blue warmup outfit.
For the first time in her World Cup career, Mia Hamm never got in. She wasn't needed.
m. She said.
The United States rested its stars for a bigger game ahead, letting its depth make the difference yesterday in a 3-0 victory over North Korea.
Not even the fans' pleas or a visit by Hamm's fiance — Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra — could sway coach April Heinrichs to change her mind.
charge her head. "We told her the scenarios before the game," said Heinrichs, who has juggled the lineup for each game. "We talked to her a little bit about that. I'm sure she's a little disappointed."
nite disappointment
The unbeaten Americans (3-0)
will play Norway in their quarter-
final match Wednesday in
Foxboro, Mass.
Norway, which beat the United States to win the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, wrapped up its first-round play on Saturday. That played heavily into Heinrichs' decision to rest her older stars as the U.S. team needed only a tie to advance.
Hamm watched from the bench and team captain Julie Foudy got a new role — supersub — as youth carried the day. Abby Wambach had a penalty-kick goal and Cat Reddick — the only
collegian on the roster — scored twice in the second half.
Heinrichs planned to get Hamm in for a few minutes in the second half, then changed her mind when the lead reached 3-0.
"After we scored our third goal, we were playing very confidently and had borderline cockiness," said Wambach, Hamm's teammate on the WUSA-champion Washington Freedom. "I think that's whatso exceptional about this team.
"We can score three goals without the most prolific goal-scorer in the world. When you do that, you know you have a great team, and you know you have a lot of depth."
The United States also has a top player who prefers the spotlight on her teammates.
"As a competitor, you want to get in there," Hamm said. "But at the same time, I have respect for my coaches and the decisions they make."
The United States won its first two games in Group A, considered the toughest in the tournament.
Wambach, her flashy teammate on the Freedom, put the United States ahead to stay off a penalty kick in the 17th minute. Foudy started the second half and played a role in both of Reddick's goals.
Foudy's header off a corner kick sent the ball on one bounce to Reddick, who knocked it in with her right thigh. Foudy later passed to Shannon MacMillan, who lofted the ball to Reddick in front of the net for a header.
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