BRONCO REVENGE
The Denver Broncos got even — and then some.
Avenging their only loss of the season, the Broncos used three touchdown passes from John Elway and a stubborn defense to crush the Kansas City Chiefs 34-7 yesterday.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The win enabled the Broncos (7-1) to open a two-
SPORTS
Denver, which lost 17-14 to the Chiefs five weeks ago, scored on its first three possessions for a 17-7 lead. Elway's third touchdown pass, a 25-yarder to Mike Sherrard late in the first 15 minutes of 24-7. And Aaron
halfway point of the season.
Elway completed 16 of 31 passes for 286 yards before leaving the game early.
Craver's 1-yard leap capped a 56-yard drive late in the third quarter.
LATE KANSAS MEN'S TENNIS NEWS
Kansas men's tennis player Entrigue Abaroa will play for the singles title today at the Rolex Region V Championships in Wichita. Abaroa
and his partner Xavier Avila will battle fellow Jayhawk teammates Fernando Sierra and Luis Uribe for the doubles title today.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28,1996
LABOR TALKS
A day after players announced they had reached a tentative labor deal with owners, acting commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday he didn't scheduled a meeting to consider ratification.
Meanwhile, a management source said owners assume there will be a labor agreement that grants service time from the strike to players who
need it to become eligible for free agency. The source said owners probably would allow these players to file provisionally. Several more
Several management sources said it was unlikely owners would meet this week, but they said owners may gather next week for a vote on the deal, which requires approval from at least 21 of the 28 clubs.
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Women's tennis team loses in California competition
Senior Kylie Hunt and junior Christie Sim could never turn the corner this weekend at the All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Hunt, No. 2 singles at the tournament, was upset in the second round Friday by Marianne Vallin of UNLV, 6-2, 6-3.
The day only got worse from there.
Hunt and Sim lost in the second round of doubles competition later in the day to Stanford's Ania Bieszyski and Katie Soblukir, 6-1.
6-2. The Stanford tandem entered the tournament ranked No. 1 nationally and were the No. 1 seed for the tournament.
The Kansas women's tennis team now will prepare for the Central Region V Rolex Championships in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 7-10. The tournament will conclude the team's fall season.
-Kansan staff report
Women's rowing team competes in Iowa regatta
The A-tate placed second in the Open Women's Four with a time of 15:15, and the B-tate finished ninth with a time of 16:14.
The Kansas women's rowing team competed in the sixth-annual Head of the Iowa Regatta yesterday in Iowa City, Iowa.
The team will be back in Lawrence to compete in the Fall Sprint Regatta against Drake on Saturday.
In the Novice Women's Eight, the Ateam finished fourth (15:12) and the Bteam was ninth (16:13).
In the Open Women's Eight, which is the event that the team emphasized the most coming into the race, the A-team finished second (14:08), the C-team was sixth (15:04) and the B-team was seventh (15:12).
In the Invoice Women's Four,
Kansas finished seventh with a time
of 18:07, despite being penalized for
interference.
Kansan staff report
USA Today/CNN Top 25
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today-CNN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and last week's ranking:
rank team rec tpa prv
1. Florida (53) 7-0 1,541 1
2. Florida St. (5) 6-0 1,457 2
3. Ohio St. (4) 7-0 1,457 3
4. Arizona St. 8-0 1,344 4
5. Nebraska **6.1** 1,308 **5**
6. Tennessee 7-0 1,242 7
7. Colorado **6.1** 1,144 **8**
8. North Carolina 6-1 1,053 9
9. Michigan 6-1 1,001 10
10. Northwestem 7-1 913 12
11. Alabama 7-1 912 6
12. Kansas St. **7.1** 805 14
13. Louisiana St. 6-1 743 15
14. Brigham Young 8-1 733 16
15. Penn St. 7-2 585 17
16. Wyoming 8-0 567 18
17. West Virginia 7-1 533 11
18. Virginia 7-1 504 13
19. Utah 7-1 379 22
20. Virginia Tech 5-1 375 21
21. Notre Dame 4-2 350 20
22. Miami 5-2 276 23
23. Washington 5-2 225 24
24. Southern Miss. 7-1 140 —
25. Auburn 5-2 113 —
other teams receiving votes: Iowa 103,
Syracuse 103, Army 93, Air Force 48, Georgia
Tech 22, Navy 22, California 20, East Carolina
19, Texas Tech 9, Southern California
5, Clemson 4, Washington State 4, Michigan
St. 1.
Volleyball team loses two
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
Don't mess with Texas: The Kansas volleyball team found out what that phrase meant after losing two conference matches to ranked opponents this weekend in Texas. Kansas dropped its record to 9-15 and 3-7 in the Big 12 Conference by losing to Texas and Texas A&M.
The Jayhawks lost to No. 10 Texas A&M (18-3) yesterday in three games at College Station, Texas. The Aggies defeated the Jayhawks 15-10, 19-17, 15-0.
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KANSAN
Kansas junior
middle blocker
Maggie Mohrfeld
and Kansas
junior right side
hitter Kendra
Kahler stuff a Missouri shot in
Kansas' victory
over the Tigers
Oct. 18 in Allen
Field House. KU
will play Baylor at
home Nov. 1.
Kansas was shutout in the third game for the first time since Colorado did it in 1994.
Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said she was disappointed with the team's play in the third game but was pleased with its play in the previous game, which the Jayhawks lost 19-17.
"We really did a nice job fighting," Schonewise said about the second game.
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Schoonewise said sophomore outside hitter Moira Donovan, freshman middle blocker Amanda Reves and junior middle blocker Maggie Mohrfeld played well for Kansas in the match.
Donovan led the team in kills for the ninth consecutive match with 12. Reves had six kills and three total blocks. Kansas junior right side hitter Kendra Kahler led the team with nine digs and added eight kills.
Kansas also dropped its match to No. 9 Texas (13-
4) Friday night at Austin, Texas. Kansas lost to the Longhorn in four games 8-15, 8-15, 15-13, 7-15.
"I was pretty pleased with a lot of the things we did in that match," Schonewise said. "Amanda Reves had a really nice match, blocked a lot of balls."
Reves, the former walk-on, had a career-high 10
kills. She also led the team in block assists with six.
Reves was one of four Jayhawks to record double digits in kills. Donovan led the team with 13 kills, while Kahler had 11 kills and 13 digs. Kansas freshman middle blocker Anne Kreimer also had 11 kills.
The Jayhawks will play Friday against Baylor and Saturday against Texas Tech. Both matches will be in Allen Field House.
Yankees clinch Series
New York stages comeback; defending champion Atlanta misses chance for repeat
By Ben Walker AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK — The World Series trophy is back in the Bronx, delivered by a team with barely a big name — no Ruth or Reggie, no Joe D, or Mickey.
This one belongs to a New York Yankees team that never gave up and never lost heart.
Together, they pulled off the ultimate comeback.
Given no chance after two humbling losses at home, the Yankees won their first World Series title since 1978 with a 3-2 victory over the defending champion Atlanta Braves in Game 6 Saturday night.
This marked the Yankees' 23rd title, the most in history and surely one of their most remarkable.
There's the one of Jimmy Key, who missed most of last year because of a torn rotator cuff but returned to clinch the winning game against Atlanta.
And the ones of David Cone, who came back from a career-threatening aneurysm in his shoulder to start the Yankees' rally in Game 3, and Darryl Strawberry, rescued from the minors by Steinbrenner and a key contributor in the postseason.
his first World Series championship the day after his brother, Frank, received a heart transplant at a New York hospital.
"There are so many moving stories on the Yankee club," owner George Steinbruner said. None more so than manager Joe Torre, who won
"Sometimes it looked like we were sleepwalking a little bit, but once we get it in gear, we have a lot of heart and go after it," Torre said.
John Wetteland, the fifth New York pitcher, became the first reliever to record four saves in a Series — earning him the MVP award — despite giving up a run in the
Key worked the first five innings and then Torre turned it over to his bullpen to clinch it.
"If you have to lose, I don't mind losing to Joe Torre. He's a class act," Cox said. "After going two up, you figure you're going to win one or two at home. They came right back and showed us what they're made of."
Two days after a 1-0 win, New York again put together enough hits to win by a run — in baseball's Year of the Homer, there were none in the final two games. The Yankees won four in a row in the Series after having won three straight against Baltimore in an American League championship series best remembered for some help from a 12-year-old boy.
Marquis Grissom's RBI single with two outs pulled Atlanta within a run and put runners at first and second. Mark Lemke fouled out to third baseman Charlie Hayes to end the game and start a celebration marked with a massive pileup of Yankees on the mound.
Braves manager Bobby Cox, whose team overcame a 3-1 deficit to beat St. Louis in the National League playoffs, was not around to watch his team's last loss. He was elected in the fifth inning.
ninth inning.
The Braves, who had "Team of the 90's" inscribed on their championship rings after last year, have reached four of the last five World Series, but have won only one title.
The Yankees beat the Braves in becoming the first team to win a game at home in this Series. New York was just the third club ever to win the Series after losing the first two games at home, joining the 1986 Mets and 1985 Kansas City Royals.
Ryan Klesko and Terry Pendleton singled with one out and pinch-hitter Luis Polonia struck out. Grissom singled before Wettel retired Lemke.
The Braves almost came back in the ninth.
Atlanta looked ready to become the first NL队 since Cincinnati in 1975-76 to win consecutive championships following 12-1 and 4-0 wins at Yankee Stadium.
But it was not to be.
Cox's night ended in the fifth while arguing a play in which Grissom was thrown out at second trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt.
Third base coach Jimmy Williams ran out to argue with umpire Terry Tata, and wound up triving to restrain Grissom.
Cox said his piece to Tata, and was still grumbling as he walked past third base umpire Tim Weike on the way to the dugout.
Kansas soccer wins, bumped from tourney
By Brian A. Petrotta Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's soccer team went into the weekend knowing that in order to qualify for the Big 12 Conference tournament they could not lose and Missouri could not win. The Jayhawks kept up their end of the deal, beating Colorado 1-0 on Friday and tying Oklahoma State 2-2 yesterday, but Missouri's win over Oklahoma State on Friday eliminated Kansas from postseason play.
In Boulder, Colo., on Friday, both Kansas and Colorado had legitimate shots at making the playoffs, as each entered the contest with 2-5 records in the conference — one win behind Missouri. The emotional contest inspired two yellow cards issued during the
game, one to Colorado coach Austin Daniels and one to Kansas midfielder Erin Hon. Defense was the game's highlight, however. Defender Lindsay Leoffler was especially critical to the Jayhawk's success. "Lindsey had the matchup today in
scorer and eliminating her from the game," Kansas soccer coach Lori Walker said. "She won that individual matchup, and that was key to our defense."
The defensive battle was underlined by goalkeeper Jennie Fecke's 10 saves. Defender Jackie Horton took a pass from midfielder Kendyl Michner and launched a 30-yard Hail Mary that nestled into the top left corner of the goal, giving Kansas their 1-0 victory. It was Horton's first goal of the year.
That development combined with the cold drizzle yesterday contributed to a sluggish
"I knew it would take a long shot because of the way their defense was falling back, and Jackie is the perfect one to take it," Walker said.
It was a game that Kansas had to win, but Missouri spoiled the victory with a win of their own, eliminating Kansas from postseason contention.
"Tying is like kissing your brother. Obviously scoring two goals is a test of courage, but overall I was not happy."
Lori Walker women's soccer coach
start for the Jayhawks. Oklahoma State took advantage when Cowboy midfielder Emily Morgan took a pass from defender Miche' Garrison off a direct kick at the 15.57 mark, giving the Cowboys a 1-0 lead. Then, in the 38th minute, the Cowboys' midfielder Robin Rampey fired a shot that deflected off a Kansas defender's head. This shot snuck into the goal, putting Oklahoma State on top 2-0.
However, the 15-minute halftime was all it took to revitalize the Jayhawks.
Just over 10 minutes into the second half, midfielder Shayna Teutsch drilled a ball off the post, and co-captain Amy Dyksterhuis put in the rebound for her second goal of the year.
Riding the high of Dyksterhuis' goal, Kansas powered forward on the attack again, and the Jayhawks were rewarded with a penalty kick. Michner did the honors, sending home the game-tying goal with 33 minutes left in the contest.
That would be the last of the scoring, though, and the first overtime game of Kansas' season would not end on a satisfying note.
"Tying is like kissing your brother," Walker said. "Obviously scoring two goals is a test of our courage, but overall I was not happy."
The final two games of the season for the Jayhawks will take place this weekend, starting Friday at 3 p.m. at SuperTarget Field vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay.