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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
TENNIS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Road trip to challenge Jayhawks tennis team
TYLER CONOVER
tconover@kansan.com
After opening the season with consecutive wins, the Jayhawks tennis team was unable to navigate through Tulsas Golden Hurricane, and fell to 2-1 last weekend. Kansas has a golden opportunity this weekend to put that loss behind them as the team heads to South Carolina for a pair of matches.
On the menu for the layhawks this weekend are matches against Charleston Southern and No. 67 ranked College of Charleston.
After suffering its first sweep
The best pair in doubles play so far this spring has been junior Dylan Windom and freshman Maria Jose Cardona who are 2-1 so far. As for singles play the lawjays No.1 player junior Haley Faynier is listed as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Kansas is in capable hands though as junior Claire Dreyer is 15-2 in singles playing dating back to the fall season.
of the spring season in doubles play against Tula, Kansas needs to get back to the level it was at against Denver and St. Louis where the team was a combined 5-1 in doubles play.
Paulia Los is playing well also as she is 2-1 in singles play, and 2-1 in doubles, this spring.
This road trip has potential to be difficult as the lajhawks are untested after a loss, and Kansas has to play a ranked College of Charleston team early Saturday morning after playing Friday at 2 p.m. against Charleston Southern. If Fournier is unable to play this weekend it will be a good opportunity for the younger players to step up and potentially gain confidence against some solid competition.
Edited by Hayley Jozwiak
Junior Paulina Lob serves the ball to the other side of the court. The Jayhawks were victorious against the Denver Pioneers win ning 4-3.
TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN
GOLF
Women's team shows promise
L CHRIS HYRI
chybl@kansan.com
Last season, the Kansas Jayhawks women's golf team finished last in Big 12 play. Not good. Last fall, the team won back-to-back tournaments and added two more top ten finishes. Good.
The conclusion of one of the team's best fall seasons in program history has given reason for plenty of excitement. Giving the Jayhawks a boost along the way has been freshman Yupaporn "Mook" Kawinpakorn who won the Price's "Give 'Em Five" Intercollegiate tournament at the New Mexico State University Golf Course in Las Cruces, N.M., on Oct. 10. Junior Thanattra Boonrasaat was the Jayhawks leading scorer in the fall. Together, the two Thailand natives have been the team's two lowest stroke averages; a kind of foreign aid the Jayhawks can't succeed without.
"Fong is a little celebrity around here and her scores have been
improving. Mook has come in and played really well right out of the gate," said head coach Erin O'Neil Miller to kuathletics.com in a recent interview. "I am proud of both of them because it is not an easy thing to come over here, adjust to a different culture, a different style of golf and team golf. They have done a very good job."
The two have unquestionably led the squad on the course, but the supporting cast is close behind. Players like Meghan Potete and Audrey Yowell have helped hold the group together. The top five players for the Jayhawks have a scoring range of just 2.7 strokes.
Conference-wise, the only way to go is up for Kansas. Last fall was just what the Jayhawks needed to distance themselves from last season's nightmare.
"They want to maintain what they started in the fall" Miller said in the kuathletics.com interview. "Their goal was to give 120 percent every day, to have no excuses, to take 10
seconds before responding or reacting... It seems to have worked real well in the fall"
The Jayhawks' 2013 campaign will kick off tomorrow in Tallahassee, Fla. for the Florida State Match Up Invitational. The tournament is a format switch up for the Jayhawks, pitting teams in their own separate matches against each other. Kansas is set to square off against Furman on opening day.
The anxiety for the 2013 tee-off has been building among the squad, and with an impressive spring behind them, the lajayhaws are anxious to show what they can do.
"I think it is a good confidencebuilder," Miller said in the same interview. "There is definitely some good momentum. They are very excited to get started this spring... I think they are really excited to keep going and see what they can accomplish this season."
Edited by Tyler Conover
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Charlotte forward Darion Clark, right, shoots over Butler forward Roosevelt Jones in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Charlotte defeated Butler 71-67.
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BASKETBALL
Butler falls to unranked Charlotte on home court
INDIANAPOLIS — Pierria Henry scored 17 points to lead Charlotte to a 71-67 win over No. 11 Butler on Wednesday night.
Chris Braswell and Willie Clayton each had 11 points for the 49ers, who ended a two-game skid.
Rotnei Clarke scored 18 and Roosevelt Jones had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the Bulldogs (20-5, 7-3 Atlantic 10), who didn't lost at home in 12 games.
Jones hit one of two from the line and then Clark made a free throw for Charlotte to make it 60-50.
The 49ers (18-6, 6-4) went on a 7-1 run late in the game. Braswell started the spurt before Darion Clark and Henry each scored to give the 49ers a 59-49 lead.
Butler played without Andrew Smith, who was out with an abdominal injury sustained in a 59-56 victory over George Washington on Saturday.
After the 49ers built a 10-point lead, the Bulldogs went on an 8-2 run.
Clarke hit a 3 with 22.6 seconds left to make it 66-61 and then Denzel Ingram made one of two from the line.
E. Victor Nickerson hit aumper and then Clarke made a 3-pointer to make it 62-58 with 1:31 left.
Clarke hit a deep 3-pointer with 7 seconds left to pull Butler to 68-67. Henry made one of two from the line and the Bulldogs turned the ball over on an inbounds pass.
Clarke was fouled on a 3-point attempt and hit all three free throws to make it 67-64, but Henry made one of two from the line.
Butler shot 39 percent and turned the ball over 11 times.
Clarke hit a 3-pointer and the 49ers missed a shot. Kellen Dunham made two free throws to make it 60-55 with 2:20 left.
The Bulldogs turned the ball
Jones scored for Butler and Clayton for Charlotte before Fromm hit a 3 to make it 36-34.
Butler's Erik Fromm, who made his first start of the season, scored on a putback and then Henry was fouled on a shot and converted the three-point play to give the 49ers a 34-29 lead.
over right away to start the second half and Ingram scored to give the 49ers a 31-27 lead.
Clayton scored again and Fromm hit another 3-pointer to make it 38-37 with 16:20 left.
Later, Braswell made two free throws to give the 49ers a five-point lead. Then the 49ers went on a 7-2 run.
But Henry answered with a 3-pointer of his own to give the 49ers a 41-37 lead
Fromm hit a 3-pointer to make it 51-47, but Nickerson made two free throws to extend the lead again.
Clark scored for the 49ers and Dunham hit a 3-pointer to make it 43-40.
THE 26TH RECIPIENT OF THE BYRON T. SHUTZ AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: DONNA GINTHER
Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Science Technology and Economic Policy at the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas.
GINTHER WILL PRESENT A LECTURE ENTITLED:
NEW RESULTS ON RACE ETHNICITY AND NIH RESEARCH AWARDS: A Case Study in Big Data for Knowledge (BD2K)
Monday, February 18, 2013 @ 3:30 pm. Conference Hall, in the Hall Center for the Humanities
Contact: 864-4904 | Department: Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ticket Cost: Free | A reception (in the Hall Center reception area) will follow the lecture
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