THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 2009
SPORTS
3B
SOCCER
Senior Monica Dolinsky rips a shot against the University of Alabama during a game last year. Dolinsky played as part of the victorious blue sunday in Summersville's scrimmage game.
Scrimmage game shows weaknesses
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Senior Monica Dolinsky won a battle of rock-paper-scissors to gain possession of the opening kickoff.
Later, smiling sophomore Emily Cressy put sophomore Jeanette Franca in a headlock after Francia grabbed Cressy's jersey to slow her down.
While there were quite a few less-than-serious moments last Sunday morning in the soccer team's exhibition intraquad scrimmage, the teams also discovered a few strengths and weaknesses to their play. The Blue team, composed of the players Coach Mark Francis would have started in a real match, took down the Crimson squad 2-0.
Junior Lauren Jackson said that the game, held one week before the season opener at Drake, was a good mix of attitudes.
"As a whole, we played really well together," Jackson said of the Blue team. "We were trying to be focused, but at the same time we were trying to keep it fun."
Jackson noted that a few players were injured and it put a bit of a damper on the match. Senior Shannon McCabe fell to the ground and remained there for several minutes as her teammates looked on in silence. But Francis noted after the match that McCabe was fine.
"I think it scared her more than anything," Francis said.
Francis said the team showed a
lot of technical skill and that often, a misplay was likely due to playing on the faster turf inside Anschutz Sports Pavilion. The game was scheduled to take place on the practice fields outside, but storms pushed the match inside.
However, he isn't satisfied quite vet.
"If we would have had a game today, I would have said we weren't ready," Francis said.
Francis also noted the quality play of freshmen midfielders Shelby Williamson and Whitney Berry for the Blue team and Sarah Robbins for the Crimson side.
"I think everyone came out to see how the freshmen were going to be," Jackson said. "I think they did really good."
McCabe netted the first goal in the 20th minute, converting a break-away opportunity past senior goalie Julie Hanley. Berry made her mark on the match early in the second half when she buried a shot in the upper right corner of the goal.
Francis also noted that his team was likely changing from a 4-3-3 formation played most of last year to a 4-4-2 formation. He said they still have some things to "iron out" before Sunday's match at Drake, mostly dealing with defensive responsibilities in the midfield.
But all in all, Francis liked what he saw.
"There was a lot of positive things to take out of it," Francis said.
— Edited by Jonathan Hermes
Daly to return to golf after suspension
SYDNEY — John Daly plans to return to the Australian Open a year after being fined for smashing a fan's camera into a tree during the tournament.
Golf Australia announced that the two-time major winner will join the field for the tournament at Sydney's New South Wales Golf Club from Dec. 3 to 6. Daly will also play the Australian PGA Championship at Australium, the
Daily received a suspended fine from the PGA of Australia at the last Australian Open after taking a spectator's camera and throwing it at a tree at Royal Sydney's ninth hole.
The 1991 PGA Championship winner and 1995 British Open champion recently returned to the PGA Tour following a six-month suspension for several off-course incidents.
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week after the Australian Open.
CHICAGO — Jose Contreras won for the first time in six weeks, leading the White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 4-2 Wednesday and making a strong bid to save his job in Chicago's starting rotation.
Contreras had gone 0-4 with a 7.62 ERA in six starts since beating Cleveland on July 8, and the White Sox brought in fellow 2005 World Series hero Freddy Garcia to compete for the No. 5 spot in the rotation.
Gordon Beckham, Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios hit solo homers off Zack Greinke (11-8), the first three-homer game off the Royals ace since he allowed four at U.S. Cellular Field on June 3 last year.
Pitching against the team with the ALs lowest batting average, the 37-year-old right-hander avoided the control problems that had driven up his pitch counts and limited his innings.
One day after Garcia couldn't make it out of the fifth inning, Contreras (5-11) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked one.
He allowed David DeJesus' leadoff homer in the fourth and two singles. Both runners were
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White Sox take the lead over Royals
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Kansas City Royals Zack Greinke looks on after the White Sox's Gordon Beckham hit a solo home run in the third inning during a baseball game at Chicago Wednesday.
Contreras retired 12 of his last 13 batters. Matt Thornton got four outs, allowing Mark Teahen's eighth-inning homer, and Bobby Jenks got two outs for his 26th save in 30 chances.
Chicago, which began the day three games behind AL. Centralleading Detroit, took two of three from the Royals and has won eight of its last nine home series.
erased on double-play ground-ers.
Greinke (11-8) gave up six hits — three doubles to go with the three homers — in seven innings. He entered July at 10-3 with a 1.95 ERA but is 1-5 with a 3.41 ERA since.
Coming in, he had allowed only seven homers all season and had just one multiple-homer game against him, June 5 at Toronto.
Paul Konerko doubled in a first-inning run, joining Frank Thomas and Luke Appling as the only White Sox with 1,000 RBIs.
In the seventh, Rios hit his first homer since the White Sox claimed him off waivers from Toronto on Aug. 10.
Beckham's third-inninghomer made it 2-0, and Quentin's shot in the fourth answered DeJesus' homer in the top of that inning.
WHITE HOUSE HONORS NASCAR AND DRIVERS
WASHINGTON — Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson had the gas to get to the White House on Wednesday, where President Barack Obama honored the 2008 winner as well as auto racing.
"NASCAR is a uniquely American sport;" Obama said in the
soldiers from a Washington hospital and campers from a North Carolina facility for terminally or chronically ill children.
"That's the face of America you show to the world," he said.
In a race on Sunday, Johnson took the lead with two laps to go but he gambled on his fuel and ran out of gas. Instead of winning, he finished 33rd. It was the third time this season that Johnson has run out of gas, but that wasn't a problem on Wednesday.
Rose Garden, flanked by drivers.
Obama said the drivers work to support U.S. troops, local schools and environmental innovation. Obama said the sport certainly has grown since "moonsinners" raced in Daytona Beach, Fla.,to become a service-oriented organization known around the globe.
Johnson's No.48 Chevrolet also was parked at the White House.
Joining Johnson at the White House were other Sprint Cup drivers and past champions. Special guests included wounded
Obama joked he wanted to take it out for a spin, but the Secret Service told him no.
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