Friday, October 17.1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Cross country squads to run at invitational today in Iowa
By Alex E. Runner
sports@kansan.com
Special to the Kansan
The Kansas men's and women's cross country teams will be looking to kick their season into a higher gear tomorrow as they travel to Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Invitational.
The meet will be the last competition Kansas faces before the Big 12 Championships.
"We need to get going as a team," said Andy Tate, Lake Elmo, Minn., sophomore. "This is the first part of the championship part of the season."
The team is coming off two weeks of elevated mileage training, which Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said would better prepare the teams for this weekend.
"We've been working all season to bring things together at this point," Schwartz said. "We're going to be meeting several conference schools along with Minnesota and Illinois."
Because of NCAA district realignment, Minnesota and Illinois have joined Kansas' district. The presence of both programs at the invitational should increase the level of intensity leading up to the NCAA district meet Nov. 15 in Ames.
One obstacle for the men's cross country team is a knee injury to senior co-captain Jerry Pullins. Schwartz said that Pullins would miss the invitational because the pad in his knee had been severely irritated. However, he also said that Pullins should be able to come back and compete in a few weeks.
The injury to Pullins comes at a time when the teams are trying to gel, but without the leadership of Pullins, that could be a daunting task.
Tate said that the team must be focused at this weekend's meet, despite any distractions.
"We need everyone to be on the same page and racing hard." he said.
Tournament out of reach; team playing just for kicks
Oklahoma game is all about fun renewed respect
By Harley V. Ratliff
sports@kanson.com
Kanson sportwriter
Despite elimination from the Big 12 Conference postseason
tournament,
the Kansas
women's soccer
team has still
something left
to play for.
Respect.
The Joy!
will be looking for their second conference win when they play Oklahoma at 4 p.m. today at SuperTarget Field. The Sooners arrive in Lawrence with a 2-9 record, including a 1-4 mark in conference play.
Freshman Meghann Haven said that the Oklahoma game would be a chance for the Jayhawks to build up.
"We've got to pull ourselves up and prove ourselves," she said. "Everyone knows that we are losing. We need to work toward having some pride and winning the game."
The Jayhawks' frustration comes from their 6-3 loss to Missouri on Wednesday. The lossknocked them out of contention for the Big 12 tournament and left the team in poor spirits.
"I'm really disappointed with how we played," Haven said. "The coaches were disappointed as well. We should have played better than we did."
Haven, who has recorded three goals during the last two games, said that the team must play better defense to stay competitive.
So far this season, the Kansas defense has held opponents to under three goals only five times in its 14 games. Three times the defense has given up five or more goals, including the six allowed against Missouri.
"We need to work on the defensive side of the ball," Haven said. "We have been giving up too many goals. I don't know if we need to change the system or work on it harder, but something has to change."
Freshman Ashley Gorham, who started on defense in the 6-3 loss to the Tigers, agreed that the defense must improve.
"We just didn't play good defense against Missouri," Gorham said. "Our communication needs to improve. Missouri was able to capitalize on too many opportunities."
The Jayhawk defense will need to keep Sooner freshman midfielder Heather Morrison from scoring. Morrison leads Oklahoma with seven goals and two assists.
"We are still having fun," Gorham said. "And the game is still exciting. Oklahoma is a Big 12 school, and we want to play well."
Jayhawks anticipate new waters
Kansas women to row tough course against international teams
By Brad Hallier
After nearly two months of grueling practices, the women's rowing team will get a chance to row competitively this weekend at the largest racket in the world.
the women's lightweight eight. Kansas will compete against teams from around the world.
"This will show us how we rate with teams from around the country and the world," said Ashley Masoni, a returning academic All-American. "We get to see teams that we don't normally see, like Princeton.
Assistant coach Maggie Romens said that the Charles River course was one of the most challenging courses the team would see. The
turn. Regardless of these obstacles the Jayhawks have high hopes for the meet.
—the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.
"In the varsity eight, our goal is to be in the top half (of 53 boats) and in the lightweights, the goal is to finish in the top 12," Romans said.
The race is a two-day event this year because of the increased number of competitors. A set of sculls will start racing every 10 seconds tomorrow and Sunday on the Charles River.
Romens, a member of the inaugural Kansas rowing team in 1995-96, said that the coxswain was the key to the race.
"This is the coxswain's race because of all the turns and the narrowness of the bridges, so they
"This will show us how we rate with teams from around the country and the world."
Ashley Masoni
academic all-american rower
really need to navigate and steer the boat well for the 3.5 miles," she said. Three coxswains, junior Shannon Krider, sophomore Nikia Rosenberger, and senior Karen Chandler will make the trip to Boston, but only two will compete.
The Jayhawks are sending two boats, the women's open eight and
course runs 3.5 miles and has many curves, including a 180-degree
"Without a doubt it's the biggest race of the year," Masoni said.
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