monday, September 8, 2003
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the university daily kansan
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Cross-country teams conquer Bob Timmons Invitational
By Ryan Colaiani correpondents@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's cross country teams both started their seasons as first-place finishers.
Both teams swept the Bob Timmons Invitational Saturday, held at Rim Rock Farm north of Lawrence.
Propelled by junior Megan Manthe, who won the women's 5k race, and freshman Benson Chesang who finished second in the men's 8k event, the teams cruised to easy victories.
"The meet was a good start for our team, it's a great confidence booster," junior Chris Jones said.
The meet was the team's only home event this fall.
Chesang was neck and neck with the eventual winner, sophomore, Joseph Boit of Cloud County Community College, for the last few miles of the race.
Chesang moved ahead as they moved through the 4-mile marker, but his lead was short-lived. Chesang took the lead again during the final 300 meters, but Boit sped past Chesang to win at a time of 25:16.34. Chesang was less than one half second behind.
"The meet was a good start for our team. It's a great confidence booster."
Chris Jones junior
"Going into the meet we were really unsure who our number one runner would be," sophomore Cameron Schwehr said. "His (Chesang's) performance will help push our whole team to get better and hopefully close the gap between our top three runners and our four and five runners."
Chesang, who is from Kenya, performed well in his first meet as a Jayhawk.
Four of the Kansas men's runners were in the top 10, including Jones, who finished fifth, Schweir, who finished sixth, and senior Dan Ferguson, who finished tenth.
rugason, who insisted the men's team finished with 26
points, which was 47 points better than the second place team, Cowley College.
Rim Rock proved challenging for the runners, as they struggled to climb its tough hills.
"When you compare your times from later races to those at Rim Rock, it is amazing to see the difference and how much better the times are at other courses," Schwehr said.
Manthe dominated the women's field, winning by nearly twenty seconds in 18:38.87 over Cloud County's Jolene Mick. Senior Paige Higgins finished third for KU, and seven of the Kansas women's runners were in the top ten.
The women's team had 20 points, crushing the second place team Butler County, who had 63 points. Scores are determined by the top five place finishers on each team.
The Jayhawks' top five were first, third, fifth, sixth and eighth. Up next for the Jayhawks is the Kansas State Wildcat Invitational in Topeka Saturday.
— Edited by Joey Berlin
By Mike Norris
norris@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Volleyball defeats Dayton
Jayhawks win in five games, earn invitational title
Sarah Rome, senior outside hitter, joined Correa on the All-
Jana Correa, freshman outside hitter, earned the tournament's most valuable player award after averaging 3.69 kills per game, and 2.69 digs per contest. Correa said the crowd of nearly 1,300 Minnesota fans wasn't a factor because of her confidence in herself and her teammates.
The Kansas volleyball team came from behind in two matches to win the Nike Volleyball Invitational Saturday in Minneapolis.
After a hard-fought 3-2 victory against the University of Minnesota, the Jayhawks knocked off Marquette 3-0 and Dayton 3-2 to capture the tournament crown. Kansas trailed 2-1 in both five game matches.
"This was one of the most competitive tournaments we've played in," said coach Ray Bechard. "We fought extremely hard. It was a great weekend for Jayhawk volleyball."
Tournament team after posting 3.85 kills per game to go along with 3.3 digs per game, Rome, who grew up in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan, earned the alltournament honors in front of family and friends.
"It was an unreal experience," she said. "To have the team play the way they did, I'm so proud of everyone."
In KU's opening match, the team lost the first game to the 13th ranked Gophers 30-20, and later fell behind two games to one. But the Jayhawks fought back with a 30-20 victory in game four, finally defeating Minnesota 15-10 in the decisive game five.
On Saturday, Kansas defeated Marquette 3-0 behind the strong play of Ashley Michaels, junior middle blocker, and Josi Lima, sophomore middle blocker.
The Jayhawks wrapped up the tournament in come-from-behind fashion after defeating Dayton 3-2. The team trailed again after a 30-18 loss in game
Michael's had a match-high .476 hitting percentage and both olavers tallied 12 kills.
three. After a game-four victory, the jayhawks ended the match with an 11-4 run to finally put Davton away 15-12 in game five.
The two comeback wins may have stunned Minnesota and Dayton, but they came as no surprise to Lima.
"I don't think our team ever gives up," she said. "When we are down we just keep pushing harder and harder; more and more."
Ashley Bechard posted a career-high 65 assists in the Dayton match. She filled in for Andi Rozum, sophomore setter, who is still out with an injury.
On the defensive side Jill Dorsey, junior defensive specialist, averaged 4.07 digs per game and Abbie Jacobson, senior outside hitter added 2.69 digs per game.
The Jayhawks will look to extend their winning streak to four on Wednesday when they host Oral Roberts in the home opener. After a day off the team will then host the Hampton Inn/Jayhawk Classic at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center on Friday.
Soccer team wins one, loses one against Wisconsin teams
By Nikki Nugent
nnuget@kansan.com
Kansan Sportswriter
- Edited by Michael Owells
The University of Kansas women's soccer team is breaking records this season.
Kansas coach Mark Francis said he thought the team played well.
Kansas defeated the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3-0 on Friday, moving its season record to 3-0-0, and giving it the best start in school history.
score because it does a lot for their confidence," he said.
"It was nice for the freshmen to
The Jayhawks dominated the game early, out-shooting the Panthers 8-2 in the first half. Goalkeeper Meghan Miller, Seattle junior, recorded her second shutout of the season and the 10th of her career.
Miller is one shutout away from tying the career shutout record held by Jen Fecke, who played for Kansas from 1996-1998.
Nikki Alvarez, Wichita freshman, scored with an assist from Lauren Williams, Laguna
Niguel, Calif. junior, for the first Jayhawk goal in the 20th minute of play.
Caroline Smith, Edina, Minn. sophomore, then struck for Kansas on an unassisted goal in the 27th minute, recording her sixth goal of the season and 18th of her career. Smith tied Kansas' career goals record in Friday's game.
Jessica Kilpatrick, Englewood, Colo. freshman, scored the Jayhawks final goal off a pass from Williams during the 55th minute.
Both Alvarez and Kilpatrick recorded their first career goals in
Friday's game.
Francis said it was good to see contributions from various players because it allowed the coaches to rest some starters.
The Jayhawks then traveled to Madison on Sunday to take on the University of Wisconsin.
The team recorded its first loss of the season, falling to the Badgers 3-2.
"We made some mistakes and got punished for them," Francis said. "We played well, but they are a good team and you can't make mistakes against a good team."
Smith scored first for the Jayhawks in the 23rd minute off an assist from Rachel Gillfillan, Cottage Grove, Minn. junior.
Two minutes later the Badgers scored on a header off a corner kick.
Smith scored her eighth goal of the season in the 41st minute off an assist by Lacey Woolf, Urbandale, Iowa senior.
With 25 seconds remaining in the first half, Wisconsin scored off a mishandle by Miller. The teams were tied 2-2 at halftime.
The Badgers went on to score for the final time in the second
half.
With four minutes remaining in the game, Smith won the ball from Wisconsin goalkeeper Stefani Szczechowski in the box. Smith was able to get the shot off, but a Badger defender stopped the game-tying shot.
In 19 games, Smith owns the career record with 20 goals. The lahwacks record sits at 3-1-0.
The Jayhawks play Southwest Missouri State at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper Sports Complex in Springfield, Mo.
Edited by Neeley Spellmeier
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