BRAVES CLINCH NL EAST
The ATLANTA BRAVES looked up their fifth consecutive NL East division title yesterday with a 8-2 victory against the Montreal Expos. Only two other franchises—the New York Yankees (1949-53 and 1960-64) and the Oakland Athletics (1971-75)—have made five straight post-season appearances. Even though the Braves struggled in the stretch — at one point dropping 11 of 13 — they still are in the hurt for a second consecutive World
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Series Championship. "We feel like we're still the team to beat," said pitcher John Smoltz.
BIG 12 FOOTBALL UPDATE
The BIG 12 CONFERENCE ended the weekend with a 6-5 record. The biggest story was the 19-0 shut-out of Nebraska by Arizona State. In other games, it was Notre Dame 27, Texas
24; Iowa St. 42, N. Iowa 23; Baylor 42, Oregon
St. 10; Georgia 15, Texas Tech 12; Oklahoma
St. 31, Utah St. 17; Missouri 38, Clemson 24;
and San Diego St. 51, Oklahoma St. 31.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1996
CHIEFS UPDATE
The Denver Broncos may have scored first, but the CHIEFS had the last laugh as they slipped past the Broncos yesterday. 17-14. Among the highlights of the game was Marcus Allen's 2-yard touchdown with 4:09 remaining, which tied him for second on the all-time rushing touchdown list with Jim Brown at 106. He now trails Walter Pavton by four TDs. The Chiefs improved
s. The Chiers Improved their record to 4-0 —
the first time in team history the Chiefs have opened the season with that record.
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AP Top 25
The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 21.
rank team rec pts prv
1. Florida (52) 3-0 1,659 4
2. Florida St. (13) 3-0 1,612 3
3. Penn St. (1) 4-0 1,505 5
4. Ohio St. 2-0 1,411 7
5. Notre Dame 3-0 1,373 9
6. Arizona St. (1) 3-0 1,229 17
7. Michigan 3-0 1,207 8
**8. Nebraska** 1-1 1,198 1
9. Tennessee 2-1 1,125 2
10. Miami 3-0 1,100 10
11. North Carolina 3-0 991 11
**12. Colorado** 2-1 891 12
**13. Texas** 2-1 855 6
14. Alabama 4-0 764 14
15. Southern Cal 3-1 711 15
**16. Kansas St.** 4-0 677 16
17. LSU 2-0 662 21
18. Virginia Tech 3-0 577 18
19. Virginia Tech 3-0 543 20
20. Kansas 2-0 440 22
21. Washington 2-1 376 24
22. Auburn 3-1 299 13
23. West Virginia 4-0 155 —
24. Brigham Young 3-1 100 —
25. Northwestern 2-1 79 —
Other teams receiving votes: Wyoming 54,
Wisconsin 29, East Carolina 18, Iowa 24,
Baylor 22, Minnesota 16, Georgia 10,
California 5, Oregon 5, Texas Tech 5, Army 1.
USA Today/CNN Top 25
The Top Twenty Five teams in USA Today/CNN college football ball, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 22.
rank team rec pts prv
1. Florida (38) 3-0 1,524 4
2. Florida St. (22) 2-0 1,494 3
3. Penn St. 4-0 1,380 5
4. Ohio St. (2) 4-0 1,359 6
5. Notre Dame 3-0 1,197 9
6. Michigan 3-0 1,181 7
7. Nebraska 1.1 1,168 1
8. Tennessee 2-1 1,990 2
9. Miami 3-0 945 10
10. Alabama 4-0 913 11
11. North Carolina 3-0 896 13
12. Arizona St. 3-0 821 22
13. Kansas St. 4-0 771 14
14. Texas 2-1 744 8
15. Colorado 2-1 724 12
16. Virginia Tech 3-0 675 16
17. Virginia 3-0 614 17
18. Southern Cal 3-1 573 18
19. Louisiana St. 2-1 551 21
20. Kansas 2-0 402 20
21. Washington 2-1 305 23
22. Auburn 3-1 245 15
23. West Virginia 4-0 174 —
24. Brigham Young 3-1 172 25
25. Iowa 2-1 57 19
Other teams receiving votes: Wyoming 45,
Northwestern 36, Wemington 34, Baylor 25,
Utah 24, Minnesota 20, Jackson 19,
Georgia 18, Carolina 11, San Diego State 9, Oregon 8, Washington St.
GALVESTON, TEXAS — Houston Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich was released from a hospital Saturday, one day after he suffered severe intestinal pain during his annual charity golf tournament.
Junior Tiffany Sennett, freshman Amanda Reves and sophomore Moira Donovan go up for a block against a Cal State-Fullerton player. The Jayhawks went 2-1 in the Kansas Tournament.
Rockets' coach hospitalized for severe intestinal pain
the 47-year-old coach was kept overnight Friday for observation at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Cardiac tests were normal, but he underwent some elective tests early Saturday as a precaution.
"Rudy is doing fine," team doctor James Muntz said in a statement. "After observing him overnight, we decided that there were some additional tests that we wanted to run. With Rudy's busy schedule, we agreed that now would be the best time to do them."
Team spokesman Tim Frank said the non-invasive cardiac tests revealed no problems.
Tomjanovich was playing in the Rudy T. Charity Golf Tournament at the Galveston Country Club when he experienced pain Friday and was hospitalized.
The Associated Press
Kansas wins home opener
Volleyball team's attacks yield record-breaking win
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By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
After calming down from the initial adrenaline rush of the home opener, the Kansas volleyball team spiked an 11-year-old team record en route to victory Friday night in the Kansas Tournament.
After losing the first game to Texas Pan-American (10-8), Kansas settled down and won the match, 8-15, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6. The Jayhawks posted a new school record for attack percentage by hitting .336 (62 kills, 21 errors, 122 total attempts). The previous record for attack percentage in a four-game match was .301 against Butler in 1986.
"I knew starting the match that our team was tight," Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said. "They were on an adrenaline high. I knew it was going to take them a little while to settle down."
The Jayhawks went 2-1 in the tournament and improved their record to 6-8 on the season. Kansas also defeated DePaul but lost to Cal State-Fullerton.
four or five days, after which she will be reevaluated.
Schonewise said that Rohde had a mild concussion and will be out for
Junior setter Tiffany Sennett took Rohde's place and recorded 21 assists against Texas Pan-American. Against DePaul in the next match, Sennett record 52 assists.
Junior right side hitter Kendra Kahler said Schonewise told the team to calm down after losing the first game in the match against Texas-Pan American.
"We just needed to actually bring the intensity level down a little bit, which is something very unusual for our team," Kahler said.
"Tiffany has been doing a great job all year coming in off the bench," Schonewise said. "I was confident putting her in."
Although the Jayhawks won the home opener, they lost sophomore setter Laura Rohde for the tournament after she suffered a concussion in the second game when she dove for a ball and collided with a teammate.
Sennett said the team had run plays for Kahler where she would have only one blocker guarding her.
"We ran her towards the middle a lot so that way she could put away a lot of balls," Sennett said.
Kahler, a member of the All-Tournament team, posted 18 kills and led the team with a.640 attack percentage in the first match.
in the second match on Saturday, the Jayhawks handled DePaul (4-12) in four games, 15-13, 7-15, 15-9, 15-10.
Schonewise said the team didn't stay with their blocking scheme.
"Actually our team was disappointed in its performance, which is good," Schonewise said. "That's showing a lot of maturity and a lot of growth."
Sophomore outside hitter Moira Donovan led the Jayhawks with 18 kills. She also had 18 kills against Pan-American and 12 against Cal State-Fullerton.
"She's playing very consistently with a lot of confidence."
Schonewise said Donovan had stepped up for the Jayhawks this season.
"She's shown a lot of leadership on the floor," Schonewis said.
"We didn't play up to our potential," said Donovan, a member of the All-Tournament team. "We played really sloppy compared to how we normally do."
Kansas also set a school record in block assists by recording 38 in the four-game match against DePaul. Kahler and freshman middle blocker Amanda Reves each recorded nine block assists.
The Jayhawks lost in the third match against Cal-State Fullerton (8-3) in three games, 5-15, 11-15, 8-15.
Kansas junior middle blocker Maggie Mohrfeld said the team's passing game was a part of the problem. She recorded five kills and five digs in the match.
"We weren't jumping on the ball." Mohrfeld said. "We were backing away."
After only winning eight games last season, Schonewise said she had been pleased with the team's progress this season.
"This team is head and shoulders above where it was a year ago," Chonewise said.
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Junior Maggie Mohrfeld watches her spike go over the hands of two Cal State-Fullerton blockers.
Soccer team loses fourth road game
Kansas scores once gives up seven goals
By Brian A. Petrotta Kansan sports writer
It was another tough weekend for the Kansas women's soccer team. After dropping two decisions on the road last week, the Jayhawks dropped two more games this weekend to fall to 2-6 on the season.
Friday's game against Arkansas was the first game for Kansas since scoring only one goal in two games the previous weekend. The Razorbacks held Kansas to only six shots on goal. Kansas had averaged more than twice that many shots during the first four home games of the year.
The Arkansas Razorbacks shutout Kansas 4-0 Friday. The Jayhawks then faced a Tulsa team yesterday that had beaten them 4-0 last season. This time Kansas got on the board, but Tulsa took control of the game sending the Jayhawks home with a 3-1 loss.
"We are struggling to maintain possession in the attacking third of the field," said Kansas coach Lori Walker.
Meanwhile, Arkansas, led by midfielders Brittany Burns and Heather Cato, had no trouble attacking. Burns and Cato outshot the Jayhawks 13-11, and the duo accounted for all four of the Arkansas goals.
It looked like things might turn around for the Jayhawks yesterday in Tulsa. Just eight minutes into the game, freshman
"We are struggling to maintain possession in the attacking third of the field."
Lori Walker Women's soccer coach
forward Cynthia Dahle took a pass from freshman midfielder Kendyl Michner to score her team-leading third goal of the year. But apparently three would not be the Jayhawks' lucky number. Following Dahle's goal, three different Tula players would each score their third goal of the season with assists from three different 'players to give the Golden Hurricane a 3-1 win.
The first came just four minutes after Dahle's score had given Kansas the 1-0 advantage — their first lead on the road this season. Tula sophomore Paige Mayer scored off an assist from Amber Farr. Then, senior captain Jenny Simms scored at the 31:23 mark to put the Golden Hurricane up for good. Freshman midfielder Kaci Epp capped the scoring with a goal in the 79th minute.
The Jayhawks return to their home field this weekend with matches at 4 p.m. Friday against Texas Tech and at 1 p.m. Sunday versus Baylor.
Alpha Delta Pi wins annual flag football tournament
Beta Theta Pi wins in the men's championship game
By Kerry Hillard
Kansan sports writer
In the women's bracket, Alpha Delta Pi brought home the first place trophy for the second year in a row with a win against Alpha Gamma Delta, 14-6. The Beta Theta Pi #1 team won the men's bracket by beating Alumni' 91, 19-13.
The sun beat down on Memorial Stadium yesterday as the champions of the 16th annual Greg Wilkerson Memorial Flag Football Tournament were crowned.
Play began Monday for the 20 men's and 11 women's teams. The teams' $100 apiece entry fees went to raise money for the Delta Upsilon philanthropy, the Villages. The Villages is a non-profit organization that provides shelter for abused children.
Lung Huang, Delta Upsilon philanthropy chairman, said this year's tournament was a great success, earning $10,000-$12,000 for the Villages.
Huang attributed some of the success to playing the championship games at Memorial Stadium.
"Some people live out their dreams here today at Memorial Stadium. For this one day, you can be the football star," Huang said.
Jennifer Finnegan, Manhattan senior, was one of the stars. Finnegan, who earned the nickname "Mud" for diving into the dirt to make the big play, was Alpha Delta PI's quarterback, kicker and running back.
Her first touchdown of the afternoon
Finnegan scored the team's first legitimate touchdown and passed for the second. She was responsible for successfully kicking both points after the touchdown.
was called back when the Alpha Gamma Delta team noticed Finnegan was only wearing two of her three flags. Finnegan said that her flag fell off before the play began.
"It was a whole team effort," Finnegan said. "I couldn't have played as well as I did without my linemen blocking and the team's strong defense."
The men's championship game pit the Beta Theta Pi #1 team against Alumni '91.
The Alumni '91 team had high hopes
"For being old, we'll see what we can do against these young guys," Jeff Rose, a Kansas graduate from Overland Park, said.
The alumni gave Mark Vanblaricum,
Beta Theta F1#1 player, a scare.
"This game was by far the most exhilarating experience of my short life," Vanblaricum, Pratt sophomore, said.
With the score tied at 13, the Beta Theta Pi #1 team prevented Alumni '91 from scoring the game-winning touchdown. After a penalty on the Alumni team for trying to strip the intercepted pass, Brent Scholz, Beta #1 defensive back, noticed a change in the game.
"It wasn't physical until they got frustrated with penalties," said Scholz, Overland Park junior.
Penalties and an interception prevented Alumni '91 from scoring in overtime. Beta Theta Pi #1 took advantage of the interception, ending the game on a touchdown and setting the final score.
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