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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
SPORTS
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SOCCER
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Senior midfielder Monica Dolinsky hits a penalty kick for Kansas' first goal against University of Alabama at Birmingham last year. The Hawks won their second game this season 2-1
Jayhawks hold their ground to win
A strong start to the game resulted in a 2-1 victory against the Pepperdine Waves
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Kansas did not need mucn warm-up time to make its mark in Friday's match against the Pepperdine Waves. The Jayhawks scored a goal early in each half and held on in the last 14 minutes for a 2-1 victory.
Coach Mark Francis was happy his team won, but didn't think it
was its best effort,
saying the win
wasn't "particularly pretty."
But he couldn't have been upset with how the match started.
Senior forward Shannon McCabe put Kansas on the
forward Emily Cressy and buried a tough shot past the far post.
The Jayhawks kept up the attack for the next 20 minutes with numerous shots from senior midfielder Monica Dolinsky and freshman midfielder Whitney Berry.
However, Pepperdine did not back down. It outshot Kansas 9 to 8 in the first half, and freshman Kat Liebetrau had to make
board in the fourth minute after she settled a pass from sophomore
"We kept the ball better when they were pressing us, so we're learning."
MONICA DOLINSKY Senior midfielder
a couple of key saves to keep the layhawks ahead at the break.
Then, in the 54th minute, Cressy settled a cross from Dolinsky and scored her first goal of the season. It turned out to be a much needed insurance goal because it wasn't long
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before Pepperdine responded.
After Cressy's goal, Pepperdine peppered shots at the goal, hitting the same post twice and forcing Liebetrau to make more key saves. In the 76th minute, Pepperdine senior Kelly Reilly launched a 25-yard strike that nailed the crossbar. Senior Michelle Spacciapoli finished the rebound to cut Kansas' lead in half.
With a draw looming under Pepperdine's relentless attack, Kansas' defense needed to hold for just under 15 minutes.
Dolinsky said the defense had to adjust, so they started simply clearing in the ball instead of trying to find the feet of a teammate.
This allowed Pepperdine to maintain possession longer,but forced the opposition to be perfect to score a goal.
"We kept the ball better when they were pressing us, so we're learning." Dolinsky said.
Francis said the defense really buckled down to stop the Waves' attack. Pepperdine's more direct approach led to longer passes over the top of the defense.
SOCCER
"We did a really good job defending balls in the air," Francis said.
With the victory secured, Francis said he was proud of how his players stepped up at the right time.
"I think this group has that kind of heart." Francis said.
— Edited by Amanda Thompson
Team steps up in absence of senior
BY JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com
Kansas couldn't seem to get a shot off that wasn't blocked by the Arizona State defense, goalkeeper or a goalpost, so it had to be the Sun Devils own defense that gave the Jayhawks a 1-0 victory against the Sun Devils on Sunday.
Senior Monica Dolinsky led Kansas with four shots on goal in a victory that put Kansas soccer at 3-0 to start the season.
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The team had a notable absence in senior forward Shannon McCabe, who sat out with an injury. Coach Mark Francis said they didn't know how long McCabe would be out, but for Sunday's game it meant some tinkering
with positions and formations.
"We had a few injuries. We had to move some people around, but I thought our heart and intensity was really good," Francis said. "That'll take us a lot further than just talent."
McCabe's injury meant that the rest of the team needed to step up and fill the gap left by the senior leader, and that's exactly what happened.
said Dolinsky of McCabe's absence. "If anything, we used Shannon as motivation and played for her today."
"It allows other players to step up and show us what they have."
The layhawks came out firing and had five shots in the first 11 minutes of the game. After the first half ended scoreless, Kansas had outshot Arizona State 11-4 and Arizona State goalkeeper Briana Silvestre had to make five saves to keep it equal.
The pressure finally paid off for Kansas in the 55th minute, when a cross from freshman Shelby Williamson bounced off an Arizona State defender and into the back of the net. From there on out, the Jayhawks relied on their defense to seal the victory. Kat Liebetrau made five saves on the game to earn her
second shutout of the season.
"We played much better socer today than we did on Friday," Francis said.
Sunday's victory and the victory over Pepperdine on Friday gives the Jayhawks the Lady Vol Invite title, the team's first regular season tournament title since 2006.
("Winning the tournament) gives us a lot of confidence, especially with the caliber of teams that were here," Dolinsky said. "Winning both games on the road is a big step for us."
MLB
With the Lady Vol Invite over, the team returns to Lawrence to face Long Beach State on Friday in its home opener.
Edited by Alicia Banister
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seattle shoots down Kansas City in 6-3 victory
SEATTLE — Zack Greinke's next task after setting a Royals record for strikeouts in a single game: studying.
Three days after Kansas City's flourishing ace struck out 15 Cleveland Indians, Greinke spent Friday night watching every move of Felix Hernandez, Seattle's top young gun and a fellow contender for the American League's Cy Young Award this season.
"Yeah, I'm probably going to watch him as close as I've watched anyone this year." Greinke said hours before Hernandez held the Royals to five hits and three runs for his 13th win in 18 decisions, a 6-3 victory over Kansas City.
Greinke, 12-8 with an AL-leading 2.43 ERA, said that from his scans of box scores and pitch counts, it appears to him as if Hernandez and Toronto ace Roy Halladay
are excelling through efficiency as much as dominance. Greinke sounded intrigued by the idea of precise pitch location low in the strike zone getting quicker outs than strikeouts.
Greinke has 197 of those, second in the AL to the 211 of Detroit's Justin Verlander.
"He seems like Halladay, in that they just let the ball get put in play to get a ground ball," Greinke said of Hernandez.
The 25-year-old Greinke said he closely follows all the top pitchers in the AL, including New York's CC Sabathia. It motivates the sixth overall pick in the 2002 draft.
"If you've got other people doing great things, you're like, 'OK, it's possible.'"
possible” Greinke said. “To do those things is not impossible.”
The Indians would have been happier if the Royals' thoroughbred wore blinders. They were too patient Wednesday while falling
"If you've got other people doing great things, you're like, 'OK, it's
ZACK GREINKE Royal's pitcher
behind counts,
then whiffed
under a barrage of
tricky changeups
as Greinke broke
Mark Gubiza's
21-year-old team
record of 14 strike-outs in a game.
The Royals have taken almost
"They asked for all I could give them," he said. "I said, 'Take everything except my shoes ... and my glove. I've been wearing those spikes all year and even some last year — and they've been good done.'"
everything Greinke wore that night to display in their Hall of Fame in Kansas City.
Yes, they have. His ERA this year would be the third-best over a full season in Royals history, behind Bret Saberhagen's 2.16 ERA in 1989 and Roger Nelson's 2.08 in 1972.
Heis 47 strikeouts behind Dennis Leonard's team record set 32 years ago. And that's within reach: After he starts Sunday's series finale here, he will probably have a half-dozen outings remaining in his season.
He's been a Sports Illustrated cover boy. He's been heralded as the best pitcher in the game. He has electrified what otherwise has been another dreary baseball season in Kansas City.
Yet Greinke only nods his head and flashes a smile when asked what it means to be mentioned as a Cy Young candidate, on a team that hasn't had a pitcher win the award since David Cone in 1994.
"No, I'm just worried about pitching my next game," he said.
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