friday, September 19, 2003
sports
the university daily kansan 5B
Uniting for a victory
Members of the Kansas volleyball team huddled between points Wednesday night in the Jayhawks 3-0 loss at Kansas State. The team will take on the Colorado Buffaloes tomorrow, at 1 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. It will be the Big 12 Conference home-opener for the Jayhawks. The team will look to improve on its 0-1 Big 12 record. Last year Kansas swept the season series 2-0, winning for the first time ever in Boulder, Colo.
Nebraska volleyball picks up victory with mediocre play
By Lincoln Arneal Daily Nebraska via U-wire University of Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. — It wasn't that Nebraska started to play at a higher level than Texas A&M in the last couple of games Wednesday night.
Rather, the NU volleyball team stopped beating itself.
The Cornhuskers (9-1, 1-0 Big
12 Conference) took care of matters on their side of the net and cut down errors to down A&M 30-28, 26-30, 26-30, 30-26, 15-9 at the NU Coliseum in front of 4,105 fans.
"I was waiting to see how we were going to respond," Nebraska coach John Cook said. "In between Games 2 and 3 we talked about what we needed to do on our side of the net. There was no yelling, ranting or raving. They had to make a decision to win."
flat, still feeling the effects of the long weekend. The players were drained emotionally, not only from the roller coaster match against Georgia Tech, but the heightened emotions from last weekend's home openers.
The first thing to suffer when a team is tired, Cook said, is the blocking, followed by floor defense and serving.
The 'Huskers fell short in all three areas, especially in the first
game. Nebraska committed 17 unforced errors, 10 hitting errors and seven service miscues. It also failed to record a block.
"We gave them 17 of their 28 points," Cook said. "They could have been sitting on the bench and still got those points."
A&M (7-3, 0-1) struggled to take advantage of Nebraska's poor play. Aggie coach Laurie Corbelli said the first game was theirs for the taking.
"I was waiting for us to take it,"
sne said. "The fact that we couldn't capitalize is disappointing."
A&M came alive on offense during the second and third games. Sophomore Laura Jones had 14 of her game-high 23 kills in those two games, and the Aggies out-blocked NU 7-5.
The Huskers never did get on track with their serving game. Nebraska did record nine aces but had a season-high 16 service errors.
'Natural-born leader' Rix settles into role as FSU's starter
By Peter Burke
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Florida State University
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For most of last Saturday night's ballgame against Georgia Tech, it seemed like Florida State would succumb to the Yellow Jackets' sting after the offense failed to impress until the final six minutes. That was when quarterback Chris Rix and his offense staged a 14-13 rally that secured Florida State's unattended record.
Up until that point, the name-
calling had begun, the play calling had been questioned and those in the stands who were present for last season's 34-24 loss to Notre Dame had once again begun to protest the man behind center. That man is Rix, the redshirt junior out of Santa Margarita, Calif., who went from being the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2001 to bench warmer for five games in 2002.
"It was tough sitting there watching my teammates out there," Rix said.
When the lights glistened over
Doak S. Campbell Stadium, it almost felt like deja vu for the team that finished 9-5 a year ago in the midst of a quarterback controversy. While there was never any quarterback controversy brewing against Georgia Tech that evening, the possibility of one looming seemed certain in light of the 13-0 deficit the Semi-loves faced with 12:26 remaining.
throw long and they'd change their coverage anticipating we were going to throw the ball."
"It was tough for us to get into that rhythm because we weren't on the field that long." Rix said. "We tried to get some runs and they shut that down. We'd try to
Ultimately, the Seminoles prevailed with two touchdowns in the final minutes of the game. The man responsible for those points: Rix. The quarterback scored one himself on a sneak out of the shotgun. He was injured briefly, played through the pain and orchestrated another impressive drive that culminated with a 5-yard toss from Rix to receiver P.K. Sam.
"Chris Rix has been a leader
ever since he's been here," head coach Bobby Bowden said. "He is a natural-born leader."
For the first time since arriving on campus in the fall of 2000, Rix feels comfortable in his role as starting quarterback, a role that he knows does not come without criticism.
"In the game of football, the only way you keep a job is by performance," he said. "Bill Parcells said potential is nothing, performance is everything. That's really what I have to do — perform."
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