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Monday, October 19, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Kansas volleyball wins bump up record
Jayhawks show talent to Late Night crowd by defeating Cyclones
With half of the teams in the Big 12 Conference ranked in the Top 25, coach Ray Bechard said that every conference win was a big one.
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan sportswriter
Outside hitter Leslie Purkeypile passes a serve during the Jayhawks' game against Iowa State. The volleyball team's next game will be at Colorado Oct. 23. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
In front of a pre-Late Night with Roy Williams crowd of more than 13,000 people Friday night, Kansas defeated an inexperienced Iowa State team 15-12, 15-8 and 16-14. The Cyclones fell to 2-17 and remained winless in the Big 12 conference.
The Kansas volleyball team will go into its second meeting of the season with No. 3 Nebraska and No. 12 Colorado next weekend with a little more confidence after last weekend's sweep of Iowa State and Missouri.
Despite having an overwhelming talent advantage — Iowa State has seven walk-on players who received scholarships this year the Jayhawks couldn't dominate the match.
The Jayhawks ended a five-match conference losing streak with the two wins at home Friday and Saturday, improving to 13-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12.
Kansas coach Ray Bechard said
"I thought the whole environment created a little anxiety." Bechard said. "But in the end, it proved to be beneficial for us when game three was close."
that the crowd may have increased the pressure on the Jayhawks.
After the Jayhawks won the first two games with relative ease, they had to battle back from a 7-11 deficit in the game three. They pulled even at 12, and again at 14 before defeating Cyclones 16-14.
Although it was a much-needed league win, the Jayhawks weren't satisfied with the wav they plued.
The Jayhawks did just that. In fact, Bechard said that it was the best team has played in a while
Setter Laura Rohde said that the Jayhawks needed to work on not being hesitant.
"We're a little disappointed," said outside hitter Leslie Murkeypile. "We were getting the job done but we weren't getting excited, and we didn't play as well as we wanted."
"We didn't have as many errors, but I think we played tentative," Rohde said. "It was just a little bit of nervousness with the crowd, but we have to focus on us not on things around us."
Rohde said that the Jayhawks knew they would have to play better on Saturday if they were to beat Missouri, who came into the match 11-8 overall. 2-4 in the conference.
The Jayhawks, led by outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht with 12 kills, swept Missouri 16-14, 15-11 and 15-8. Albrecht said the team made a decision before the match
"We played well," Bechard said. "It was a good team effort. We had a good balance tonight."
to work together.
"We knew we could do it together," Albrecht said. "It played good as a team. No one stood out and no one had to bear the load."
Uribe, 9-2 overall, is one of four players in the country to have
After four straight wins at one of the nation's most prestigious tennis tournaments, Kansas senior tennis player Luis Uribe finally lost. Uribe, an All-American last season, was defeated by 12-th-ranked Aaron Marchetti of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championships Friday.
reached at least the round of 16 at both of the opening legs of the ITA Collegiate Grand Slam — the T. Rowe Price National Clay Courts and the ITA All-American tournament. TCU's Esteban Carril, Texas' Jack Brasington and SMU's Ignacio Hirgoyen are the others.
Uribe also participated in doubles action last weekend. In the consolation round of the doubles main draw, Uribe and Ed Dus defeated No. 29 Chris James and Derek Myers of Purdue 6-3, 6-3 for the
of Arizona State 7-6, 6-1 in the first round and beat Pepperdine's Nadine Rastetter 6-1, 7-5 in the second round. She was scheduled to play California's Anita Kurimay on Sunday, but the results were not available.
team's first win of the season. The consolation rounds were canceled because of numerous rain delays last weekend.
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Freshman Mallaiah leads women's tennis
University of Kansas freshman tennis player Cheryl Mallaiah won two matches in the prequalifying round of the Riviera Women's All-American Championships on Saturday. Mallaiah defeated Alison Nash
SPORTS BRIEFS Uribe ends win streak loses to ranked player
Three other Kansas women's tennis players, Brooke Chiller, Kris Sell and Julia Sidorova, are competing in the championships that will take place Oct. 17-25.
— Kansan staff reports
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