THE UNIVERSITY HARLY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
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Team keeps tourney hopes afloat
Jayhawks lose to Nebraska but defeat Iowa State, allowing for a chance of post-season play
BY JOEL PETTERSON jpetterson@kansan.com
The string that holds Kansas' postseason hopes alive grew thinner this weekend after losing to Nebraska, but is still intact after a victory against Iowa State.
Friday's match against Nebraska (10-4-4, 4-3-2 Big 12) was the kind of defeat that takes awhile to completely digest. The Jayhawks came into the game knowing they had to win to keep any control over their playoff hopes.
But within the first 32 minutes, the Cornhuskers deflated the Jayhawks by taking an early 3-0 lead. All three goals came from long strikes of more than 20 yards.
Then, the Jayhawks looked like they might
Then, the Ja like they might put together an inspired comeback.
A perfectly placed free kick from senior Monica Dolinsky and a rebound goal from junior Caitlin Noble in the 43rd and 52nd
minutes placed Kansas within one, and the momentum seemed to be swinging in their favor.
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But Nebraska responded with two goals in seven minutes, one from a bicycle kick from Anna Caniglia, to gain a 5-2 lead.
"Every time we created a chance
"Everytime we created a chance or were pressuring them, they just came down and got a goal."
MONICA DOLINSKY
Midfielder/forward
or were pressuring them, they just came down and got a goal," said Dolinsky.
Senior Estelle Johnson scored in the 72nd minute to bring a sliver of hope back to Kansas, but Nebraska
continued its attack scoring two more.
Sophomore Emily Cressy gave the Jayhawks one more with under a minute left in the game, but it wasn't enough to avoid a lopsided 7-4 lose.
It was the highest-scoring match in
Kansas history, and the second-highest in Big 12 history. The seven goals were the most the Jayhawks had allowed since 1999, which also came against Nebraska. Kansas players were at a loss after the game.
"It's kind of a hit on our pride,"
senior Lauren Jackson said, "But we just have to move on."
The Jayhawks held the nation's leading scorer, Morgan Marlborough, scoreless throughout the whole game, but the Cornhuskers' high-pressure attack and kick-and-chase style frustrated the Kansas defense all afternoon.
"You have to drop down to their level, because they suck you into doing that," said Jackson.
Despite the result, coach Mark Francis couldn't blame the loss on a lack of effort. Kansas continued to create scoring opportunities and make runs through the Nebraska defense late into the game.
"Even when they got 5 or 6 we were still fighting and battling — we didn't quit," Francis said. "It's disheartening when you fight that hard on the field to give up some of the goals we did today."
The loss essentially made Sunday's game against Iowa State (7-8-4, 2-7 Big 12) an elimination game. Both Kansas and Iowa State would be out of playoff contention with a loss.
The Jayhawks attacked the Cyclones from the starting whistle as if their season depended on it.
Kansas dominated the shot count, hitting 25 throughout the game, while Iowa State
managed only seven.
But the game remained scoreless until Cressy was tripped in the penalty area and the referee awarded Kansas a penalty kick. Dolinsky buried the shot in the net for the game's only goal.
"The bottom line is we go into our last game with something to play for. We're still in there."
"Last year I had a PK against them and I missed, so that raced through my head," Dolinsky said. "But I was fine and the girls were
MARK FRANCIS Kansas coach
behind me."
Jackson may have single handedly saved the Jayhawks' postseason hopes when she cleared a ball away from the Kansas goal that freshman goalkeeper Kat Liebetra missed
The game ended 1-0 for Kansas, keeping its Big 12 Tournament hopes alive for now.
Francis said he thought his team played some of the best soccer it had played all year in the last couple of weekends, despite some poor results. The team can only hope to come up big next Friday against Missouri, who leads the conference with a perfect record in the Big 12.
"The bottom line is we go into our last game with something to play for," Francis said. "We're still in there."
Edited by Alicia Banister
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Senior midfielder/forward Monica Dolinsky drives down the field against a Nebraska player. Nebraska defeated 7-4; the highest scoring match in Kansas history.
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Dolinsky scores on a penalty shot during the game against Iowa State. Dolinsky's goal was the only one in the game that improved Kansas' record to 11-7-1.
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Freshman midfielder Whitney Berry looks to a huddle of Nebraska teammates celebrating a goal. The Jayhawks were unable to come back from a two-point deficit in the first half, losing 4-7
NFL
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San Diego defeats Chiefs in 37-7 loss
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All that talk about San Diego getting better won't be all talk.
Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes, LaDainian Tomlinson had a season-best 71 yards rushing and Nate Kaeding, who was vomiting with flulike symptoms Saturday, kicked three field goals.
Six days after a disappointing Monday night loss to Denver in which they insisted they'd made strides, the Chargers swatted away the flu bug and stomped on Kansas City 37-7 Sunday, dominating in virtually every phase.
"Last week, we felt like we made progress," Rivers said. "We had the attitude we were looking for, focus, but we didn't win. But we knew we got better."
The Chargers (3-3) battled the flu much of the week. Tomlinson was unable to practice Wednesday, but the five-time Pro Bowel selection showed signs of getting back to his old self. His 36-yard run got the Chargers rolling on their first touchdown drive against the hapless Chiefs (1-6) and was his longest since last Dec. 28 against Denver.
"It kind of got us going," Tomlinson said. "It was something we needed and it was a big play for us. It was a staple of our offense. It's been around for years, old power. It was perfectly blocked and was just a great job of execution."
With cold rain falling in the fourth quarter and Chiefs fans probably thinking nothing else could go wrong, something else did. Jacob Hester blew in from Dustin Colquitt's right and blocked his punt.
The ball cooperated nicely, skittering 20 yards back into the end zone and waiting there for Hester to fall on it for San Diego's final TD.
"My leg was coming through and any time you heard that double thump ... I didn't see him at all until the last second," said Colquitt, whose punting has been one of the few bright spots for Kansas City. "That double thump is a bad sound."
Virtually invincible in Arrowhead Stadium in the 1990s, the Chiefs have lost 10 straight at home and 29 of their last 32.
"We want to win for the home fans, for us, for everyone out there watching," nose tackle Ron Edwards said. "It's real painful."
Rivers was 18 for 30 for 268 yards and three TDs as the Chargers won their third in a row in Kansas City for the first time
since 1981. They took a 20-0 halftime lead.
"Any time you come to Kansas City and win, it's good," said Rivers, who had two 51-yard completions to Vincent Jackson. "We talked about getting on a roll and you've got to win one first before you can. Hopefully, this is something we can build on."
The Chiefs had hoped a sloppy win over Washington the week before might provide some much-needed momentum to first-year coach Todd Haley's faltering program. But they played miserably in just about every phase.
"You never want to lose at home and you never want to lose in this fashion," Cassel said. "It's going to be a hard film to watch."
Cassel was only 10 for 25 for 97 yards. He threw three interceptions and an injured line allowed him to be sacked four times.
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Before the meet, coach Clark Campbell acknowledged the difficulty his team faced in competing against the two SEC schools.
SWIMMING AND DIVING Team loses but takes first in some individual events
Daspite that fact, the team approached the meet exactly as it would any other meet and came away with a few notable successes. In the absence of Gemma Spofforth, Florida's backstroke world record holder, Junior lulia Kuzih dominated the backstroke
After two grueling duals, the Kansas swimming and diving team returned to campus with losses against both Florida and Arkansas.
events. She finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.10 and took first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:01.37.
"Even though we might lose, the dual season record has no bearing on postseason qualifying," Campbell said.
Senior diver Meghan Proehl also turned in some stellar performances as she won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events.
In the last race of the day Kuzhil teamed up with seniors Erin Goetz and Emily Lanteigne and freshman Monica Johannessen to capture first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:35.26.
Aside from the aforementioned events the Jayhawks struggled to crack the top three in any other event en route to a 196-112 loss to the Razorbacks and a 205-103 loss to the Gators
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