UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 14, 1996
3B
Kansas soccer team loses rank to Tigers
Loss hampers tourney chance
By Brian A. Petrotta Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas-Missouri rivalry burns as hot as any in college sports, even for the two schools' young soccer programs. To make Friday's game even more heated, both teams entered the game with a 1-3 conference record, tying them for the sixth and final spot to qualify for the Big 12 Tournament. Although Kansas controlled possession for a majority of the match, it was the Tigers who found the net and came away with a 3-0 victory.
The Jayhawks were coming off their first road victory of the year, defeating Texas-El Paso on Oct. 6. Missouri was suffering a four-game losing streak in which they had been outscored 16-3.
The Missouri Wall of Defense, which keeps four defenders back instead of the traditional three, appeared vulnerable early in the game. However, Kansas was unable to get on the board.
"We worked all week to get in behind that zone," said Kansas soccer coach Lori Walker. "We were finding seams, beating their Wall of Defense that everybody's been calling it. What we were lacking was an individual player to put the ball in the back of the net."
Meanwhile, Missouri capitalized on its opportunities.
The first one to find the net was a
30-yard dribbler that no one from Kansas seemed to think was on line.
"Based on your position as a goalkeeper, you have a reference point of how far the posts are from you, and if you're off your reference point, the ball is going to go in the back of the net," Walker said. "I don't think any of us thought that ball was going in."
Missouri added another goal in the first half, but not without some controversy.
Off a corner kick, Missouri freshman Kate Dwyer headed in a ball that rebounded off KU goalkeeper Jennie Fecke. However, it appeared that Dwyer was within the six-yard area in front of the goal, which would have disallowed the goal.
"Anytime a goalkeeper is touched within that six-yard box, they should be blowing the whistle," said Walker. "We disagree, so obviously my ranting and raving doesn't help."
After the second goal, the Jayhawks failed to capitalize on scoring chances.
"We have to realize that there is a window of opportunity to score in soccer, and today we missed it," Walker said.
Kansas did not play yesterday, giving the team time to prepare for a weekend series starting 4 p.m. Friday against Iowa State at the Super-Target Field.
The Cyclones are winless in the conference, and a victory would put the Jayhawks back in the hunt for the final spot in the Big 12 Tournament. At 1 p.m. on Sunday, Kansas faces another conference
Sarah Korpi, Maple Grove, Minn., sophomore, heads a ball away from Missouri's Heather Ameva, Kansas lost to Missouri 3-0 on Friday.
opponent, No. 6 Nebraska, at home. Sophomore co-captain Jackie Dowell said the team did not underestimate the importance of those games.
"The first year in the conference, and we don't really know what it means," said Dowell. "When it's all over, we'll look back and say, 'That's a game we needed to win.'"
Volleyball team record slips
Kansan staff report
The Kansas volleyball team dropped its record to 7-13 after losing two conference matches this weekend to No. 25 Texas Tech and Baylor. The Jayhawks are now 1-5 in the Big 12 Conference.
Kansas fell to the Red Raiders in a four-game match (2-15, 15-10, 12-15, 10-15) Friday night in Lubbock, Texas.
"We were right there with them for most of the night," Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said. "We were really pleased with the way we did things."
kansas did not win a game against Baylor in the three-game match (7-15, 3-15, 12-15) Saturday night in Waco, Texas.
Kansas sophomore outside hitter Moira Donovan led the team with 10 kills, three block assists and tied for the lead with five digs against Baylor. Kansas junior right side hitter Kendra Kahler was second on the team with eight kills, and freshman middle blocker Amére Kreimer had six kills.
Kansas sophomore Laura Rhode split time at setter with Kansas junior Tiffany Sennett. Rhode recorded 13 assists, and Sennett had 15 assists in the match against Baylor.
By Brian A. Petrotta
Kansan sportswriter
Perhaps it is a good thing for a cross country team to actually travel across the country.
The Kansas cross country squad made its longest trek of the season on Saturday with a trip to Orono, Maine, for the Murray Keatinge Invitational. The Jayhawks turned in their best team performance of the year. The men finished fifth out of 13 teams, and the women finished seventh out of 13 teams.
The meet, held on the University of Maine campus, featured one of the largest and strongest fields Kansas had raced all year. Both the men's and women's races faced three teams ranked in the X-Country X-Press Top 25.
After a disappoint finish two weeks ago at the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota, the men's team put together an especially strong performance.
post solid times, placing 35th with a 25:20 mark. Also scoring for Kansas were senior Brian Watts (47th), sophomore Lewis Theobald (50th) and senior John Weber (59th).
Junior transfer Jerry Pullins led the pack for the men, placing 24th out of about 120 runners, with a time of 25:01.
Junior Bryan Schultz, who led the men in the first two meets this year, was the second Jayhawk to cross the line, three spots behind Pullins. Freshman Andy Tate continued to
The women also faced tough team and individual competition. For the third successive meet, junior captain Emily Miles led the Jayhawks with a 19th-place finish. She had a time of 18:15. Sophomore Ann Deveaux came in 37th, with a time of 18:42. Other scorers for Kansas were seniors Lynn LoPresti (49th), Erin Anderson (58th) and Whitney Ace (64th). Lawrence freshman Lydia Oelschlaeger just missed finishing in the top half of the field. She came in 65th — 0.6 seconds behind Ace.
The cross country team's performance was even more significant because of the high quality of the competition. The course record was set in both the men's and women's races. Michigan's John Mortimer, who also won the Jayhawk Invite earlier this year, took the men's top spot with a time of 23:47. Amy Skierzes, who took second at the NCAA National Championship last fall, topped the women's race with a record time of 16:33.
The Jayhawks, who normally race once every two weeks, are back in action this weekend in Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Invitational.
Golf team improves its scoring
Jayhawks to hold team tournament
By Tommy Gallagher
Kansan sportswriter
After playing tournaments in Minnesota, Oregon and Texas during the past month, the Kansas women's golf team is holding the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational today and tomorrow at the Alvamar Golf Club.
The tournament features 14 teams, most of which are from the Midwest region. Some teams that will attend include Wichita State, Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, Texas A&M, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas State.
The first round of the 54-hole tournament is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. today, and the second round is scheduled to immediately follow its completion. Tee off for the final round is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.
The Jayhawks enter the tournament on a positive note after finishing seventh at the Big 12 Preview last week.
Golf coach Jerry Waugh said that the team's improved play was something to build on in the next couple days.
"The Big 12 Preview was probably the best I've had a team play, score wise, in a long, longtime." Waugh said.
Senior Anne Clark, who had a team-best score of 236 at the Big 12 Preview, hit her first collegiate hole-in-one on the 17th hole to begin her second round last Monday. The shot was Clark's second career hole-in-one, the first coming as a senior in high school. Although she's confident about how the team is playing, she said that every team had its peaks and valleys.
"I hope to play well, because we all have our bad days on the course," Clark said. "This team is golfing well with consistency, but there will always be those days, and hopefully it doesn't happen here."
Senior Missy Russell and sophomore Mandy Munsch were one stroke behind Clark at the Big 12 Preview at 237. Junior Beth Reuter finished with a 242, while sophomore Carrie Padden shot a 247. As the team steadily improves, the team's confidence grows also, Munsch said.
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