Monday, September 28, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
WEEKEND WRAP-UP
Cross country wins some, loses some in the Bronx
The University of Kansas men's and women's cross country teams had mixed results Saturday at the fourth annual Iona College Meet of Champions at Van Courtlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y.
The Kansas men, paced by second-place
The Kansas men
finisher Brian Jensen,
placed fifth in the 26-
team field with 151
points and the women
finished 14th out of 22
teams with 381 points.
Host and 15th-ranked
attended the game.
Host and 15th-ranked lona captured the men's & kilometer title for the
second year in a row and 14th-ranked Wake Forest outdueled third-ranked Dartmouth to win the 5-kilometer race.
Jensen, a freshman transfer from Oklahoma State, recorded the highest finish by a Jayhawk runner since 1994 as he led Kansas with a time of 24:55.7 in his first collegiate cross country race since 1995.
Four Kansas runners finished in the top 50, including junior Andy Tate and senior Kevin McGinn, who earned 24th- and 32nd-finish in the 179-run field.
On the women's side, freshman Sara Brinkley led for the second straight race, placing 65th in the 5-kilometer with a time of 19.30.4, her best time of the season.
Jensen, who was cleared Friday to run in the meet, transferred form Oklahoma State after helping the Cowboys to the 1995 Big Eight and District V Championships.
Kansas returns to action Oct. 10 at the first Bob Timmons Invitational at Rim Rock Farm. The invitational will also double as the NCAA Pre-National Meet, which gives schools across the country an opportunity to run the course before the NCAA Championships in November.
Kansan staff report
Jayhawks make semifinals at autumn tennis classic
Alejandro Barragan and Jeff Erin advanced Saturday to the semifinals of Flight Three singles at the Middle Tennessee Fall Tennis Classic.
Barragan, making his Jayhawk debut, won two matches as the No. 2 seed in the flight. Barragan defeated Troy State's Rob Specic 6-3, 6-3 in his first match and disposed of Randall Brooks of Western Kentucky 6-2, 6-4, advancing to the semifinals.
Erin, Colorado Springs, Colo., junior, won his two matches as an unseeded player. Erin upset the flight's fourth-seed Jake Maxwell of Georgia Southern 6-4, 6-3 and then defeated Viny Reddy of Miami 6-3, 6-3 in his second match.
Results of yesterday's semifinals were not available.
Two other Kansas men's tennis players were in action this weekend in Baltimore.
Senior Luis Uribe lost Friday to 20th-ranked Guilliam Legat of South Carolina 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the T. Rowe National Clay Courts Championships. It was his first loss of the season after winning his first four matches. Uribe, the top returning player for Kansas, played mostly No. 3 singles last year, and finished with a 25-19 report.
Kansan staff report
Kenny Powell lost a three-set tiebreaker Saturday to Jeff Williams of Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the consolation round. The 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 loss dropped Powell's record to 3-2 for the season.
Women's tennis team grabs singles titles at Indiana
Women's tennis players Kris Sell and Lisa Malliahal claimed singles titles Saturday in their flights at the University of Indiana Invitational.
Sell, the Jayhaws lone senior, defeated Simona Petruti of Southern Illinois 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the Singles Flight No. 1 champi
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onship match. Sell, ranked No. 87 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's preseason rankings, entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed in her flight
She won all three of her matches and raised her season record to 4-3.
Freshman Lisa Mallaiah captured the Singles Flight No. 4 finals victory by defeating Indiana's Ann Poosuthasee 6-1, 6-1, improving her season record to 3-3.
In doubles action, Kansas duo Monica Sekulov and Christie Wagenaar advanced to the semifinals of the main team in Doubles Flight No. 1, beating the team of Southern Illinois' Erica Ochoa and Keri Crandell 8-1 in the quarterfinals. Sekulov and Wagenaar faced Indiana's Kelly Fitzgerald and Karie Schlukebir in the semifinals Sunday, but results were unavailable.
— Kansan staff report
Softball team scores 4-2 fall record
The weather cooperated this weekend and allowed the Kansas softball team to get in all six of its scheduled games.
By Chris Hopkins
Kansas sportswriter
The opponents were not nearly as obliging and forced the Jayhawks to play two tiebreakers, earning them a 4-2 fall record.
"This weekend's been a great chance to see what we've got." said assistant coach Marla Looner.
Friday's first game against Pittsburg State started poorly. Pitcher Christy McPhail gave
Pitcher Christy McPhail gave up two runs on three walks and a hit.
McPhail calmed down after the first inning and didn't give the Gorillas another hit the entire game.
The Jayhawks tied it in the
third, and the score remained tied through the end of the game. The teams played a tiebreaker, in which the teams get a runner on second and have the usual three outs.
The Jayhawks sat them down in order in the top of the inning and won 3-2 when Christi Musser scored on a passed ball.
In the second game, Pittsburg State beat the Jayhawks 3-1. Pitcher Melanie DeWinter ran into trouble in the fifth, giving up a run on two singles.
The Jayhawks got a run back in the bottom of the fifth, but DeWinter loaded the bases in the sixth. Pitcher Jessi Kowal came on as relief, but the Gorillas scored two runs.
Pittsburgh State pitchers Brooke Davidson and Heather Mason held the Javhawks to two hits.
Kansas played games Saturday against UMKC and Johnson County in its Jayhawk Classic tournament.
Left fielder Christi Musser and first baseman Shannon Stanwix were each two-for-three in the game, but Stanwix hit into a double play with two on and one out to end KU's last at-bat.
Against Johnson County, she had four RBI on two doubles
"That was the first time in a while that I felt that in-control." she said.
Stanwix made up for it in her next two games.
Sarah Workman took the mound in the fifth and threw her first pitch in a game since being injured nine months ago.
She pitched the final three innings of the game, throwing about 30 pitches, giving up one hit and striking out two.
about 30 pitches, giving up one hit and striking out two. Coach Tracy Bunge said she almost got goose bumps because it had been so long since Workman had been able to compete.
Kansas won 8-7 yesterday morning against Emporia State in a tie breaker.
Workman threw only her fastball and her change-up and said she probably wouldn't be able to use her curve, drop or riser until spring.
The Jayhawks scored four runs in the tiebreaker off a single, a triple and a pair of doubles, one of which was hit by left fielder Erin Garvey.
Pitcher Jessi Kowal winds up to deliver a pitch during the Kansas softball team's match against University of Missouri - Kansas City. The Jayhawks lost Saturday's game 6-2. Photo by Graham Johnson/KANSAN
Garvey also made a catch with her back to home plate for the final out in the bottom of the inning with the score 8-7.
"I think I was overdue," Garvey said. "I just wasn't using my fundamentals."
In the weekend's final game, Kansas won 4-3 against Washburn University. Stanwix hit a single and scored the winning run in the seventh inning.
Bunge said she was pleased with her team's performance but saw some errors that needed fixing.
"Our communication needs to get better on defense," she said.
Marla Looper, pitching coach, said the pitching staff needed more consistency with their pitch placement.
Bunge said she thought that the Jayhawks would be able to work through their errors and surprise some people this spring.
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