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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, September 4, 1998
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Basketball recruits see best of University
This weekend, a new season begins for young athletes, a season full of promise and expectations.
By Erin Thompson
Kansan sportswriter
The start of the football season brings basketball recruiting season and the visits that come along with it. The University of Kansas men's basketball program works to schedule recruit visits when there are home football games so that recruits will have an opportunity to attend a game.
This weekend, Kansas will entertain two of the most highly-rated frontcourt recruits in the country.
Andrew Gooden, 6-foot-9 forward from El Cerrito, Calif., will be in Lawrence on an official campus visit. Nick Collison, 6-9 forward from Iowa Falls, Iowa, will be here on his fourth unofficial visit.
Recruits are allowed two official visits and an unlimited unofficial
visits. The difference between the two is that on official visits, the University pays for all activities and that on unofficial visits, the recruit must pay for his own expenses.
"The thing I remember most was how nice everybody is here," he said. "I would stress to a new recruit the student life and how friendly everyone is. It's hard to find a mean person here."
Eric Chenowith, sophomore center, was impressed with the friendliness of everyone on campus during his visits to the University.
These visits often make a lasting impression that influences a recruit's decision about where he will go to school.
During an official visit, prospective Jayhawks are matched with athletes. While on his official visit in 1996, Eric Chenowith was matched with Scot Pollard, Kansas basketball player from 1994 to 1997. Pollard provided
During his visit, Chenowith attended Late Night, the first official practice of the season, when Pollard proposed to his girlfriend Mindy.
Chenowith with lasting memories from his recruiting visit.
Although Chenowith's visit was out of the ordinary, most recruits follow a similar schedule.
Recruits have dinner with Coach Roy Williams on Friday night, then go out with their host player that evening. On Saturday, the recruit has a new host player and attends a home football game.
Sometimes, the food before the game makes more of an impact than the game.
"Before the game, we tailed,"
"Cenowith said. 'Coach Williams"
had some barbecue. I don't
remember what game it was
because we left early. Scot (Pollard) needed some rest."
Another stop for recruits is the Student Support Services office. Recruits and their parents get a
chance to speak with the Student Support staff about academics and student life at the University.
"I try to stress to them not to carry all their eggs in one basket," said John Jefferson, director of student-athlete life. "They need to balance both athletics and academics. Then if one basket falls, they'll have something to fall back on."
Jefferson said that the office stressed a five-year plan for graduation. The plan makes sure athletes leave the University as well- rounded people, he said.
"Parents like to hear this," he said. "They like to know there will be an extension of what they've been doing."
But one of the best things Kansas has to offer recruits is the basketball program, Chenwith said.
"Our basketball program's second to none," he said. "All four years they will be here, we'll be in the top five, top 10 and competing for a national championship."
Soccer team kicks off season down South
By Brad Hallier
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's soccer team has been training for three weeks in the hot and muggy Kansas summer.
This weekend, the team will play its first regular season games in hot, muggy Florida.
The Jayhawks begin their fourth season at 2 p.m. today at Florida International (1-0).
The Golden Panthers opened their season Sept. 1 with a 8-0 thrashing of Nova Southeastern. The Panthers scored five
southeastern. The Pukkahar goals during a 13-minute period in the second half.
At 1 p.m. Sunday, the Jayhawks will play the University of Miami (0-1) at Gulliver Academy in Miami. The Hurricanes began their season with a 3-0 loss to Jacksonville.
Coach Dan Magner said he did not know much
about the weekend opponents, partly because this was the first year the Hurricanes have had a varsity team. But he said he did know that Miami had sweeper Lene Ostergard and mid-fielder Katherine Surd, two former National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-Americans from the University of Mobile, the NAIA 1997 national champion.
Florida International has senior Jennifer Lieb, a first team Trans-Atlantic Athletic Conference mid-fielder last year despite playing only 11 games.
tradition here. It's a good test for us, and we hope the confidence we built in the Drury contest (a 2-0 exhibition win) carries over."
"You know with players like that, they will be competent," Magner said. "We hope to catch them off guard with our four seniors and experience."
This is the first trip to Miami for many of the players. Katie Lents, Overland Park sophomore, said the team looked forward to venturing to southeastern Florida.
Midfielder Erin Hon, Severna Park, Md., senior, said that staying focused on their own system of play was more important than knowing their opponents.
"Florida International has a solid tradition, both in men's and women's soccer," Magner said. "We are developing a
"It will be fun in Miami,but hot," she
said. "We've been working hard in practice, so I think we'll be okay. If we can get through the heat mentally, we can through it physically. I think it's good to get experience against different teams that we don't normally see." Magner said he wanted to see his team create chances and capitalize on them. He said
they devised plenty of options against Drury but that they lacked the finishing touch.
"We need to put our chances on the frame this weekend," he said. "We have to make the goalie work and have her earn her stripes.
Detensively, we need to play solid and aggressive. We'll really measure our weekend by these two standards."
While a weekend sweep would give the team confidence going into Tuesday's home-conference opener against Missouri. Hon said they had to concentrate on more than winning.
winning is always an important goal, but we need to focus on playing as a unit and creating scoring opportunities and finishing them," she said. "Winning this weekend would be a positive way for developing our system this season."
PROBABLE STARTERS
Kansas:
GK-Jen Fecke
D-Jackie Dowell (cap.)
D-Kylie Watts
D-Cynthia Dahle
M-Sarah Korpi (cap.)
M-Colleen Colvin
M-Natale Hoqvelm
A-M Ashley Gorham
M-Erin Hon
F-Lindsay Kennedy
F-Johanna Larsson
Florida International:
GK-Martine Masserio
D-Lela McIntosh
D-Larelle Vascos
D-Nicole Fernandez
D-Anastasia Martiniki
M-Jennifer Lieb
M-Jen Servedio
M-Lesley Garcia
M-Tracy Romozzi
F-Michelle O'Brien
F-Emilia Drogo
Miami:
GK-Rachel Olsby
D-Sharon Williams
D-Deidere Lister
D-Deidere Bass
M-Mary Lieb
M-Katherine Sund
M-Mehryn Corrigar
M-Kazmeen Moolchan
M-Nina Hashone
F-Jennifer Sanchez
F-Brooke Posner
New season nets fresh attitude for volleyball team
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan sportswriter
The new age of Kansas volleyball begins today. The Jayhawks open their season today at the Western Michigan Early Bird Tournament in Kala-mazoo, Mich., with a new coach and a new attitude.
"It kind of starts a whole new era, and I think everyone is really excited," middle blocker Amanda Reyes said.
Through the changes, one streak has survived for the fifth consecutive year, the Jayhawks open their season with a tournament on the road.
The round-robin tournament pits the Jayhawks against Wisconsin Green-Bay at 12:30 p.m. today, then Western Michigan at 7:30 p.m.
All the opponents the Jayhawks will face this weekend are unfamiliar. The last time the Jayhawks met any of these teams was in 1995 when they played Western Michigan
Kansas will play Auburn and Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis tomorrow
"We naturally won't see Wisconsin in Green-Bay until we get
Bechard said that this weekend would provide an opportunity for the Jayhawks to identify their strengths and their weaknesses.
there, although we are trying to get a scouting report on them," coach Ray Bechard said. "We have film on Western Michigan, but I think we are prepared for our matches."
1 in 1 tournament will be like a barometer," Bechard said. "We can see how all of our work in practice has come together."
Reves said that the competition would be a welcome change after weeks of practicing.
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"We're working on team energy," Reves said. "We're trying to to keep everyone on the same level, just for team chemistry."
Benard said that the starters would not be set by tomorrow but that this tournament would provide insight as to who works well together on the court.
insight as to who works even better.
"I have nine or ten kids who are match-ready." Bechard said. "Those nine or ten kids are competing for six positions on the floor, so we'll try different combinations. I think this weekend will solidify some players in certain positions."
The Jayhawks spent practice yesterday working on game-type, six-on-six situations. Bechard said they would simulate certain circumstances in a game rather than keep score.
"System-wise, we know what we want to do," Bechard said. "We just have to be comfortable with how we perform."
how we perform. Outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht said the most important part of this weekend was getting a fresh start.
sar:
"This is what you work for from the last game of last season until now," Albrecht said. "Everyone's really excited, and we want to win."
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