THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012 PAGE 9 zczyk SOCCER Mixed results in weekend play ANDREW MORRIS amorris@kansan.com The Jayhawks started the weekend needing just one point to secure a spot in the Big 12 Championships. Kansas ended a two-game scoreless streak by crushing Iowa State 4-1 on Friday before losing the Big 12 finale 3-1 to Texas Tech on Sunday. After a slow start, the Jayhawks began to find gaps in the Cyclones' defense with senior Sarah Robbins and freshman Courtney Dickerson, both coming close to scoring halfway through the first half. With 19 minutes left in the first half, Dickerson raced down the sideline and played a cross when the ball struck the outstretched arm of an Iowa State defender, resulting in a penalty kick for Kansas. Senior Whitney Berry stepped up to take the penalty, but was denied by a diving Maddie Jobe for Iowa State. Kansas' pressure finally broke the Iowa State defense when Amy Grow stole the ball in midfield before passing to Dickerson, who was able to tuck the ball inside the far post. Just three minutes later, Kansas's leading scorer Caroline Kastor saw her low shot sneak past the goalie for a 2-0 Jayhawk lead at the half. Five minutes after the break, Berry got her redemption when she was brought down in the box after her dummy wrong-footed the defender. This time, Berry slotted home, making it 3-0 for the Jayhawks. With a little more than 20 minutes remaining, senior forward Nicole Chrisopolus scored the first goal of her college career to make it 4-0 Kansas. "Nicole works extremely hard; I think this year has been her best year," coach Mark Francis said when discussing the senior's contribution to the team. Iowa State grabbed a late goal when the Cyclone's leading scorer, Jennifer Dominguez, notched her 12th goal of the season on a header off a free kick. After wrapping up a spot in the conference tournament, the Jayhawks entered Sunday's game looking to add to Friday's win. Kansas struck first when Texas Tech allowed Courtney Dickerson through on goal and the forward was able to score her second goal in two games, giving the Jayhawks an early lead. With 10 minutes left in the half, the Red Raiders struck when Dawn Ward headed the ball into the back of the net to tie the game. As the halftime buzzer sounded, the Jayhawks appeared to score a goal through Ashley Williams. Her shot looked like it was knocked into the net by the Texas Tech goalie before the buzzerċ£°- ed, but the referee disallowed the goal. "I thought it was a goal; the ball went in the goal before the buzer," Francis said. "Regardless of whether that was a goal or not, we still had plenty of opportunities." Kansas started the second half brightly, but soon found itself a goal down when Paige Strahan played a one-two and fired a volley into the top of the net. Nine minutes later, the Red Raiders scored again. This time Briana Rohmer fired a shot that Kansas goalie Kat Liebetrau could only graze with her fingertips as it bounced into the net. The layhawks almost scored a late goal, but the Red Raiders were able to clear Kastor's header off the line. Kansas shipped to 3-5 in conference play this year and will either finish fifth or sixth in the league, depending on Oklahoma's final Big 12 game. Kansas will play its final regular season game when the Jayhawks host Northern Colorado on Friday in Lawrence before traveling to San Antonio for the Big 12 Championships. "At this point for our season to keep going, we are going to have to win the conference tournament," Francis said. Edited by Joanna Hlavacek Forward Courtney Dickerson attempts to make a shot in the game against Denver on Sept. 14. The team will travel to San Antonio this weekend to play in the Big 12 Championship. TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN Junior Alison Moffit competes in the women's 1,000-yard freestyle. The Jayhawks swimming and diving team met with Minnesota on Saturday. Swimmers defeated on Senior Day CHRISTOPHER SCHAEDER schaeder@kansan.com A strong performance by sophomore Alina Vats wasn't enough to prevent the Kansas swim team from losing to Minnesota on Saturday by the score of 179-119 at Robinson Natorium. Vats swept both backstroke events and anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay team. "She was a bit tentative at Rice, but today she was a lot more comfortable." Campbell said about Vats in a release from KU Athletics. "She really likes racing this level of competition and she had a really good meet." Senior captain Rebecca Swank captured the other first-place finish, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle by more than five seconds. Swank also finished second in the 500-yard freestyle. Other top finishes for Kansas came from senior captain Brooke Brull who swam in the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM. Sophomore Deanna Marks was another person who competed in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly. Freshmen Bryce Hinde swam in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke. Her fellow freshman Haley Molden competed in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle. The top performer for Minnesota was freshman Kiera Smith, who placed first in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke. Smith also swam in the second leg of the first place-200-yard medley relay team. Minnesota's other first place finisher was senior Annalise Colton in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly. "I have seen more growth out of this senior class over their four years, in terms of coming in and being somewhat immature coming out of high school, to being very mature, confident, strong women," Campbell said. "Watching their growth over the past four years has been a privilege." The meet against Minnesota also served as Senior Day for Kansas' eight seniors: Brull, Swank, Alyssa Rudman, Christy Cash, Svetlana Golovchun, Cora Powers, Brittany Rospiski and Madison Wagner. Kansas' next meet is on Thursday, Oct. 25 in Omaha, Neb., to compete against Nebraska-Omaha. Edited by Brittney Haynes Kenseth wins caution-laden race ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Matt Kenseth won for the second time in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in a caution-marred race at repaved Kansas Speedway. The fast new surface and a hard tire contributed to Sunday's race-record 14 cautions, a season high for the Sprint Cup Series. "You know, everybody has been asking all season long where the cautions have been," points leader Brad Keselowski said. "Well, they flew to Kansas and they've been hanging out here because there was caution after caution." Nobody was immune from the problems, either, as at least five title contenders had issues. Jimmie Johnson led 44 laps early, but crashed hard after spinning by himself. He had to stop at least a half-dozen times on pit road for repairs over two caution periods to salvage a ninth-place finish. "I have never in my 30 years of racing see anyone perform that kind of surgery and not lose a lap," team owner Rick Hendrick said about the No.48 team's work on the car. It was good enough to keep the Chase margin unchanged with Keselowski, who finished one spot ahead in eighth and maintained his seven-point lead in the standings with four races remaining. "I'm glad to have survived the carnage and brought back a decent car," Keselowski said. "Whew! Just a tough day." Martin Truex Jr. finished second, Menard was third in the first race back for crew chief Slugger Labbe, who served a six-race suspension for an infraction at Michigan. Kasey Kahne finished fourth and was followed by Tony Stewart, who overcame both a spin during the race and a pit road penalty for leaving his stall with equipment still attached to his car. Clint Bowyer, from nearby ASSOCIATED PRESS Matt Kenseth stands on his car in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday. ROWING Rowing team improves in weekend scrimmage The Kansas rowing team used this weekend as an opportunity to improve. The Jayhawks travelled to Tulsa, Okla. to compete against Tulsa in a scrimmage. The scrimmage began on Friday when the Varsity Eight boats raced in an 8,000-meter race, which the Kansas varsity wooh. "Our top boat rowed really, really well, and our second boat had a really good face on Friday," coach Rob Cothold said in a release by KU Athletics. "Across the board everyone improved and upped the level of performance." On Saturday, the varsity squads completed in a series of scrimmages. This was the first competition for new members to the team, and Catloth raised their performance. "It was their first ever row against another University, and I hope by being successful it gives them more encouragement to continue to improve and learn the sport better," Catloth said. Christopher Schaeder Kansas will finish its fall season with the Head of the Hocog attagna in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Nov. 3. PI BETA PHI Congratulations to our 2012 Initiates! Abbie Shawano Abby Cohen Alli Wilson Amanda Moore Andrea Velez Anna Hagen Annie Kondraske Caroline Leary Caroline Savage Cassie Butts Danni Dasko Eliza McCormick Emily Redeker Emma Hogg Erica Powell Grace Nielsen Haley Hardwick Hannah Jones Haley Peter Jenna Filardi Jessica Eaton Jillian Johnson For Kenseth, it was his second win in three weeks, but not enough to put him back in the title picture. Although he gained two spots in the standings, he's still ninth in the Chase and 55 points out. 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