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Thursday, October 21, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Wilson adjusting to KU volleyball
Sports Writer
By DAN BOWERMAN
The transition between high school athletics to college athletics can sometimes be tough, but Tina Wilson seems to be banding it just fine.
Wilson, a freshman from St. Louis, has been a major factor in the success of the KU volleyball team this fall, and has helped the team despite the difference between her high school competition and her competition so far at KU.
She began her volleyball career as a setter (player who sets the ball for the offensive hit or spike) at Ladue High School in St. Louis, where she changed positions when he was KU.
BOB STANCLIFT, KU volleyball coach,
transferred Wilson from a setter to a hitter,
but she then had to adjust to the varied
offenses the Jawbah uses.
Wilson said yesterday that her high school team played power volleyball, but that her team didn't try to set up the plays as often as KU did.
"We tried in high school to set up plays," she said, "but here, every play we made was a fail."
philosophy here; we set up a play with a bunch of offenses."
The competit ion n in the college ranks is also fiercer, according to Wilson. She says she came from a very successful program in high school to KU, and while the team has won two games so far this season, the competition has been tougher than it was in high school.
ONE OF THE toughest adjustments she has had to make was going to a different place.
"I knew everybody on the high school team and I knew the coach real well," she said. "I'd known that group of people for a long time.
"Up here, I had to get to know everybody, but the kids were real nice about it. They introduced themselves to me and I was really happy." I tell them what to do about it. It's like a team effort."
Wilson said her transition from high school was almost a total change, and she gave a lot of credit to coach Stancifl for helping her make that change.
STANCLIFT HAD much high praise for Wilson's talents in volleyball.
"As far as raw athletic ability, she's
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"Nolan Cromwell has been lost for the year because of torn ligaments in his right knee."
'Hawks aren't dead yet
"The Kansas Jayhawks died with him.
Burial will be the next five Saturdays against Kansas State, Nebraska, Iowa State, Colorado and Missouri."
More than 40,000 KU fans trudged out of Memorial Stadium in despair. Their hero had fallen. And they figured the Jayhawks went down with him.
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about 4:30 p.m. last Saturday.
The Jayhawks left the locker room slowly—one by one. Their heads were down. That Big Eight championship they sought so badly was not to cope.
The season was over. Fantasies of a trip to Miami were dashed. No more "Miami here we come."
The obtituary writer finishes his story and looks it over.
The players re-evaluate their preseason goals.
The fans try to decide whether it's worth coming to see the Jahayhaws' last two home games, against Nebraska and Iowa State. The players re-evaluate their preseason
It sounds depressing, doesn't it? And it might be.
But I don't think it will happen. Death hasn't beet the Jawhavks.
Too many players were around two years ago when KU was 4-1 and then lost the last
Give Scott McMichael, who will replace Cromwell, a chance. Remember he broke the school sophomore passing record as a starter two years ago with 1,044 yards.
six games. They know what the locker room was like after every frustrating loss. They remember having to go out and practice the following Monday after another loss.
They are going to try their hardest to not let it happen again. Two years isn't that long. The sting of six straight losses hasn't gone away.
The Jayhawks are convinced they can come back. And why not?
come back. And why not?
They still have one of the best backfields in the league with halfflacks Laverne Smith and Bill Campfield and fullback Norris Banks.
They still have an offensive line that's out-matched but seemingly finds a way to counter.
They still have the Mike Butlers, Terry Beesons, Franklin Kings and Chris Golubs on defense. They haven't given up—they'll all tell you that.
And Cromwell hasn't either. He's convinced that KU can salvage the season, and he has all the confidence in the world in McMichael. So does the rest of the offense.
Vince Semley, offensive line coach, said best before the Oklahoma game: "I don't want to lose you in the air. Our kids have too much character. They wouldn't throw their tails up in the air and go down."
blessed with quite a bit," he said. "What I
that skill and direct it into volleyball."
Wilson came to KU with a lot of talent, sanchit said, but her skills weren't of enough value.
The obituary writer takes a second look at his story, then rises it apart.
"That's the adjustment she has to make," he said. "She is improving, but she has a long way to go before she is able to contribute all the things she can to the team."
is worth seeing at least twice more this year—with or without their fallen giant. The Jahyahks can and probably will rise up and show people they're far from dead.
"we have a young team," he said, "and luckily we've had Marty here or other people that I can substitute for Tina when she's down."
WILSON SAID that she enjoyed playing on the KU team and that she thought KU
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composee on court, so he has another freshman, Mary Metzler, sharing duties with him.
STANCLIFT SAID the leadership
STANCLIFT SAID also was helped Wilson improve her skills.
"It a klast," she said. "The kids and the coach hang together; it's real neat."
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"The other girls realize the potential that she has," he said, "and they are helping her with her problems and helping her keep her composure on the floor. Without that leadership it would take longer for her to improve her skills."
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"I think we're good. When we're at our best, we're really good. I hadn't heard anything about KU's volleyball team before I came here and I was real surprised."
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At times, Stanclift said, Wilson loses her
Wilson decided to come to KU because some of her friends from high school came here and because she liked the campus. She had one more reason for choosing KU:
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The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State University and Kansas State University in conference matches last night. The three teams will face off in a record of the two meetings will decide who goes to the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Region Six volleyball tournament.
The Jayhawks also beat WSU in two games, 16-14, 15-6. It was the third match against UCLA in five years.
K-State beat the Jayhawks in the first game, 15-8, but KU rallied to win the next two, 15-9, 15-8. In the second game, Wilson scored four runs and served four straight points. Then Metzel served six straight to help KU win. In the last game, Frost came in to serve when KU was down, S-1, and picked up four hits. After scoring three points, the final 10 points to give KU the victory.
K-State played Wichita State in the first match last night, and the Wildcats won in
Serving helps KU team win big conference match
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Strong serving by Marty Metzler, Maelra Frost and Tina Wilson helped put KU's volleyball team well on its way to the regional tournament.
Couch Bob Stancilf said that the
hawkeye played fairly consistently and
the thunder played more consistently.
The team's next action will be next Friday in the Big Eight tournament at Auburn.
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