MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Acting commissioner BUD SELIG missed baseball's bargaining session for a third straight day yesterday, annoying negotiators for both sides and leading to a largely unproductive session.
Owners' negotiator Randy Levine and union head Donald Fehr have said SeliG's presence was necessary to conclude an agreement by the end of the World Series.
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Levine and Fhr, who broke up their meeting to attend Game 1 of the World Series, were unsure if Selig would attend today's meeting. Players and owners continue to operate under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement that expired on Dec. 31, 1993, which has been kept in force by a federal court order.
SPORTS
Looks as though Colorado coach RICK NEUHEISEL, whose Buffaloes defeated Kansas 20-7 on Saturday, was right when he said, "Blowouts are a thing of the past in the Big 12." Games were close all around the conference this weekend: Nebraska 24, Texas Tech 10; Kansas State 23, Texas A&M 20; Oklahoma State 28, Iowa State 27; and Oklahoma 28, Baylor 26. Texas and Missouri were idle.
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CROSS COUNTRY
The Kansas men's and women's cross country teams had a successful weekend at the Iowa State Memorial Classic. The men placed fourth out of 11 teams, and the women placed sixth out of 12 teams.
finished 17th. Junior captain Emily Miles led the women's team,
finishing "11th overall and seventh in scoring.
Junior Lynn
LoPresti finished 34th, and sophomore Andi Simika fin
Senior Bryan Schultz paced the men's team, finishing sixth with a time of 25:47. Junior Jerry Pullins finished 11th, and freshman Tate Yate
more Andi Simeka finished 40th.
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Men's soccer wins one, loses one. ends with tie
The Kansas men's soccer team went 1-1-1 in the National College Soccer Association's Midwest Tournament this weekend in Manhattan.
Kansas won its first game Friday against Kansas State, 3-0, but lost Dana Harkinson, Rockford, ill. senior, who was hurt when he collided with a K-State player as both tried to head the ball.
After losing Harkinson, Ryan Granzella, Kansas City, Mo., junior, was sidelined with an ankle injury.
"By the middle of the second game, we had five starters out," said Will Stelle, Overland Park senior. "We just had a breakdown vs. Missouri. We had more opportunities to score than they did, but we just didn't."
Kansas lost Saturday to Missouri, 3-0, and tied with Iowa State yesterday, 0-0.
Weekend match proves troubling for tennis team
Juniores Enrique Abaroa and Xavier Avila had a tough time in the main draw of the TAI-Aim American Championships last weekend in Austin, Tex.
The team will play next in the Regional Rolex Tournament Oct. 24-28 in Wichita.
In doubles play, Abaroa and Avila lost their first match on Friday to Boise State's Ernesto Diaz and Albin Polonyi, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. They then lost their first match of the consolation bracket to South Alabama's John James and Claes Westin, 6-3, 6-4.
In singles play, Abaroa advanced to the 16th round before he lost on Friday to Johan Lansberg of Mississippi, 6-2, 7-5. Lansberg and teammate Sabastian DeHaunac defeated Kansas sophomores Luis Uribe and Fernando Sierra in the prequalifying rounds of doubles play Tuesday.
Two swimmers place first in inaugural Big 12 meet
The Kansas swimming and diving team made waves at the inaugural Big 12 Invitational Friday and Saturday at the St. Peters Rex-Plex outside of St. Louis, Mo.
Freshman Tyler Painter came in first in the 1,650-yd freestyle with a time of 15:24.37. Senior Erik Jorgensen was second with a time of 15:36.26.
Jorgensen took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:30.15, edging Painter's time of 4:31.93.
"I believe Erik Jorgensen and Tyler Painter are the best milers in the country right now," said Kansas coach Gary Kempf. "They and the whole team swam very well this weekend."
The women's relay team finished third, two points behind first place Nebraska and one point behind second-place Texas. The men's team finished fourth behind Texas, Nebraska, and Texas A&M.
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Surprises fill Late Night
Three-point shots take Crimson team to scrimmage victory
By Evan Blackwell
Kansan sportswriter
If the scrimage at Late Night With Roy Williams Friday night was any indication, Kansas may have found the answer to its three-point shooting woes from last season, and his name is Raef LaFrentz.
It was the 6-foot-11 junior forward who dominated the Crimson-Blue game at Late Night by leading the Crimson team to a 52-36 victory behind a game-high 21 points. LaFrentz raised the eyebrows of both the fans and his teammates by nailing three of the four three-point shots that he took.
That's right, Raef LaFrentz
Haase, who along with Robertson finished with 11 points for the Crimson, said LaFrentz's three-pointers took even him by surprise.
"Those came out of nowhere," Haase said. "That was impressive."
After the skirts and musical activities of Late Night, Williams said that the basketball actually seemed to have taken a back seat, especially after the highlight of the evening: Pollard's marriage proposal to his girlfriend, Mindy Camp of Tempe, Ariz.
"I don't have any goals as a coach tonight. I just let the kids have fun," Williams said. "The scrimimage itself is almost anticlimacial after all the other
"That was a Late Night aberration," said Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams of his power forward's perimeter exploits.
"I don't have any goals as a coach tonight.Ijust let the kids have fun."
Kansas senior center Scot Pollard proposes marriage to his girlfriend Mindy Camp, a KU graduate from Tempe, Ariz., in Allen Field House during Late Night with Roy Williams. More than 16,000 people attended Late Night on Friday.
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Roy Williams men's basketball coach
Pollard, despite leading the Blue team with 14 points and 7 rebounds, said he still was shaken by the proposal in front of 16,300 people.
stuff."
The Crimson team, which included Jerdon Haase, B.J. Williams, Ryan Robertson, Steve Ransom and Joel Branstrom along with LaFrentz, controlled the scrimmage throughout against the Blue team of Paul Pierce, Scot Pollard, Billy Thomas, T.J. Pugh, C.B. McGrath and freshman walk-on Terry Nooner.
"I didn't play very well tonight," Pollard said. "I think I kind of lost my head after that. I was kind of nervous though, man. I was jumping around in the locker room before hand. Everybody was going. 'What's wrong with you?'
Nooner, a point guard from Raytown, Mo., has been placed on the varsity squad on a two-week interim basis. Nooner played 15 minutes in Friday night's scrimmage and went zero for three from the field. Nooner began practicing with the squad Thursday night. Williams said the coaching staff still was looking at 17 or 18 other walk-ons and would like to pick one or two more.
Proposal, skits in show
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
Senior Scot Pollard had one last chance to steal the show at Late Night with Roy Williams. He did.
Pollard dropped to one knee and proposed to his girlfriend, Mindy Camp, in front of 16,300 people.
"The two things I love in life are basketball and Mindy," Pollard said.
The center on the Kansas men's basketball team said he proposed to her at Late Night because he wanted the moment to be memorable.
"Basketball's a huge part of my life, and I guess I just wanted it to be around basketball," Pollard said. "Another reason I asked her in this venue, I figured she wouldn't say no. Sixteen thousand people might have come and charged her."
After the couple embraced, the men's basketball team rushed over to congratulate their teammate.
Camp, a KU graduate from Tempe, Ariz., said yes.
However, they were not the only basketball team that was emotional.
See Lato Night, Page 4B
Kansas soccer wins crucial Big 12 game
Kansas freshman forward Lindsey Loeffer fights to gain the advantage against a Nebraska player.
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By Brian Petrotta Kansan sportswriter
The SuperTarget Family Weekend fittingly opened and closed at SuperTarget Field with two Kansas women's soccer games.
Perhaps the presence of Mom and Dad was the spark the Jayhawks needed, scoring a season-high four goals in a 4-0 win against Iowa State on Friday, then turning it up on the defensive end but falling to 5th-ranked Nebraska 2-0 yesterday.
That confidence stemmed from one of the top performances of the season for Kansas on Friday. With the team still fighting to qualify
"I've been happy with the weekend in general," said Kansas soccer coach Lori Walker. "Friday's game was very crucial to our season. We finally found the back of the net, and I think it helped to give our team some confidence."
for the final slot in the Big 12 Conference Tournament, the Jayhawks found themselves in a spot where a loss coupled with a Missouri win would knock Kansas out of postseason contention.
Meanwhile, Iowa State entered the contest still looking for its first conference win of the year.
It was an emotional and physical game as the two teams combined for 32 fouls (17 by Kansas). However, Kansas kept its composure, and at the 36:39 mark, sophomore Denise Cooke took a pass from freshman Schayna Teutsch and whipped the ball into the far side of the net.
Protecting the 1- lead, Kansas exploded in the second half. Just under 90 seconds after halftime, Cooke netted her second goal of the game, heading in a pass from freshman Cynthia Dahle. Dahle put in a goal of her own, beating the keeper one-
on-one with 30 minutes left in the game. Teutsch capped the scoring in the 75th minute, giving Kansas the 4-6 victory. Freshman goalkeeper Jennifer Fecke recorded her fourth shutout of the year, a new Kansas record.
Riding the momentum of the big win, Kansas faced the 5th-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers yesterday. Last season, Nebraska pasted the Jayhawks 8-1 in Lincoln, but Kansas has learned a few things since then.
"We have tremendous respect for them as a team," Walker said. "We made some adjustments and really focused on our defense in this game."
That was not an easy task. Nebraska had won its three previous contests by a combined score of 24-4. So to help out the defense, Walker dropped sophomore Kristine Kramer back with sophomore Jackde Dowell and used the two as dual sweepers.
That helped negate Nebraska's team speed, and it was Fecke's play in the net that kept the Cornhuskers off the board for much of the game. In addition to her eight saves, Fecke caught several crossing passes, stunting the Nebraska attack.
But the Cornhuskers proved to be too tough. Their first score came at the 22:56 mark, when junior Kari Uppinghouse fired a shot just off the tip of Fecke's hands for her 15th goal of the season. Freshman Lindsay Eddleman added her 12th goal on the season in the 48th minute, finishing off the 2-0 victory.
Kansas is now 2-5 in the conference, and this weekend's series vs. Colorado and Oklahoma State teams—which also are in contention for the last playoff spot—will decide which team will get to play in the Big 12 Tournament.
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