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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SOFTBALL
Softball remains undefeated after tournament
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CHRIS HYRI
Junior pitcher/ooutfielder Alex Jones tries to steal third base during Wednesday afternoon's game at Arrocha Ballpark against Independence Community College, where the Jayhawks won 12-0. Kansas continued its winning streak this weekend, beating Butler Community College.
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The Kansas softball team continued to start their season off right as they dominated their opposition in the Kansas Fall Tournament.
"Overall we played really solid defense, I think our defense looked really good all weekend," coach Megan Smith said. "Our pitching
One of the teams subjected to the Jayhawks' wrath this weekend was Butler Community College, which was forced to leave the field early after Elsa Moyer sacrificed a飞 and gave the Jayhawks a run-rule victory in the sixth inning. The victory brought the Jayhawks record to a perfect 4-0 in the tournament and 5-0 overall on the year. On the bright side for the Grizzlies, they were the only team to face the Jayhawks that were not run-ruled in the fifth inning or earlier.
showed a lot of bright spots, it's not where we need it to be, but it's fall so we expect that."
Stein
The Jayhawks Were scoreless in the first two innings against
butter before an RBI single from sophomore catcher Maddie Stein put Kansas on the board in the third. Two runs in the fourth followed by another run in the fifth gave the Jayhawks a 4-0 lead heading into the sixth inning. The only thing holding Kansas back from another fifth inning run-rule were nine runners that were left stranded on base in prior innings.
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Senior Mariah Montgomery hits during Wednesday's game at Arrocha Ballpark-a-gainst Independence Community College.
"We did pound it out for double digits in the second game [versus Butler]," Smith said. "But we do need to work on our base running, we made a lot of silly base running
"...so when we think we've given enough; we're just going to give it something extra."
MADDIE STEIN
Jayhawk Softball Player
mistakes and to be honest we have not really done much at practice regarding base running so we're going to lock down on that this week."
The jayhawks have annihilated all five opponents this year by a bombing charge of $1.2 million.
ball. Five incoming freshman and three transfers saw action in a successful week for Kansas.
a combined score of 51-1.
Partaking in these outings were eight new faces to the softball team, part of a new look for Kansas soft-
"I think they all looked good and they all got a chance to go out and contribute in some way, a couple got at bats and did extremely well drawing walks," said Smith. "We are very excited about what they are going to add to the team this spring."
Smith made it clear that there are multiple areas for improvement, as did sophomore captain and catcher Maddie Stein.
Smith
"Moving on we are going to try and make better adjustments and just keep giving more," Stein said. "That's our team motto this year, so when we think we've given enough; we're just going to give it something extra."
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NFL
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San Diego Chargers free safety Eric Weddle (32) gets past Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dexter McCluster (22) after an interception during the first half.
Chargers force six turnovers to beat Chiefs
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The San Diego Chargers couldn't have asked for a more generous host.
Philip Rivers threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns, and the AFC West-leading Chargers took advantage of six turnovers by the Kansas City Chiefs in a 37-20 victory Sunday.
Five of the turnovers came in the first half, when San Diego (3-1) raced to a 27-6 lead, and the Chargers turned the Chiefs' six total takeaways into 24 points.
Jackie Battle had a pair of scores against his former team, and Eddie Royal also caught a touchdown pass. San Diego improved to 8-2 in its last 10 meetings with Kansas City.
Making his 100th career start, Rivers surpassed the 25,000-yard mark passing while improving to 28-10 against other members of the division. He's also 9-4 against the Chiefs.
Matt Cassel threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns for the Chiefs (1-3), but he had three first-half interceptions. Jamal Charles, who followed his big game last week at New Orleans with touchdowns rushing and receiving, also fumbled twice.
Dwayne Bowe had seven catches for 108 yards and a touchdown for Kansas City.
In last season's meeting at Arrowhead Stadium, the Chargers gave the game away. The teams were tied in the closing seconds when Rivers fumbled a snap, preventing San Diego from attempting the winning field goal.
The game went to overtime and the Chiefs ultimately prevailed.
The regular officials were back on the field Sunday, and both teams kept referee Bill Leavy's crew busy. They combined for 15 penalties for 150 yards.
Then the cacophony of errors truly began for Kansas City.
Chiefs safety Eric Berry was flagged twice for pass interference on the Chargers' opening possession, and Rivers capped off a 76-yard drive with a rather elementary pass to Royal for the touchdown.
Cassel's third pass of the game was intercepted by Eric Weddle, giving San Diego the ball at the Chiefs 28. Four plays later, Nick Novak's 25-yard field goal made it 10-0.
The Chiefs have been outscored 41-6 in the first quarter this season.
On the Chiefs' next possession, Charles was stripped of the ball by Takeo Spikes on the first play after a false start. San Diego took over at the Chiefs 5, and Battle pounded forward twice to give the Chargers a 17-0 lead — all before Kansas City had run five offensive plays.
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BIG 12
FARZIN VOUSOUGHIAN
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West Virginia highlights Big 12 weekend recap
—No. 9 West Virginia 70 -- No. 25
Baylor 63
He found three different receivers against Baylor for over 100 receiving yards. J.D. Woods pulled in 114 yards and one touchdown, Tavon Austin caught 215 yards and two touchdowns and Stedman Bailey had a monster game with 303 yards and five touchdown receptions.
It was West Virginia's first Big 12 game since officially joining the conference. Unexpectedly, they had a wild shootout against Baylor. West Virginia and Baylor combined for 133 points and 19 touchdowns on Saturday.
WVU 4-0 (1-0) -- BAYLOR 3-1
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Quarterback Geno Smith dominated headlines all weekend with his performance. Smith put up insane video game-like numbers against the Bears. He threw for a school record 656 yards and eight touchdowns against the Bears.
Baylor surprised a lot of people when it proved how explosive its offense is with quarterback Nick Florence under center. Florence threw 581 yards and five touchdown passes against the Mountaineers. Like Smith, Florence also had a receiver catch for over 300 yards in Terrance Williams. But his interception on the second play of the game could have been the difference maker in the match as Baylor ended up losing by one score.
Its 700 total yards of offense and 63 points impressed everyone, but it was not enough to win on the road at Mountaineer Field.
Running back Joseph Randle had a career-high in carries with 25 and rushing yards with 199. Randle scored two touchdowns to help the Cowboys keep up with the Long-horns.
—No. 12 Texas 41 -- Oklahoma State 36
UT 4-0 (1-0) -- OKST 2-2 (0-1)
Big 12 football fans witnessed another nail-biter Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium. Oklahoma State was fired up with a mindset of pulling an upset while hosting Texas at home.
Texas quarterback David Ash gave his team momentum on the road.
TCU always had the lead in this game, thanks to their dangerous defense that came away with six takeaways. Cornerback Jason Verrett shined with two interceptions and safety Chris Hackett provided help for the Horned Frogs with an interception and a fumble recovery, doing everything to make sure Southern Methodist did not see the end zone more than twice.
Texas Christian's offense stumbled again and scored less than 30 points for the third straight game after scoring 56 to open up their season. Quarterback Casey Pachall's early fumble set the Horned Frogs back, but it got its offense going after a pair of touchdown throws by Pachall in the first quarter.
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TCU 4-0 (1-0) -- SMU 1-3 (0-0)
He threw for 304 yards and threw all three of his touchdown passes to wide receiver jaxon Shipley.
The Cowboys and Longhorns exchanged the lead four times in the fourth quarter. Texas prevailed with a win on the road after running back Joe Bergeron rushed for his second touchdown of the game with 29 seconds remaining to win.
—No. 15 Texas Christian 24 — Southern Methodist 16
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Texas Tech 24 -- Iowa State 13
TTU 4-0 (1-0) -- ISU 3-1 (0-1)
TUO 4-0 (1-0) -- ISU 3-1 (0-1)
In this battle between undefeated Big 12 teams, Texas Tech triumphed on the road against Iowa State.
After Texas Tech's unsuccessful early efforts, quarterback Seth Doege gave his team a boost of energy in the second half, finishing the game with 331 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Doege completed a pass to nine different players.
In the end, it was the Red Raiders' defense that pulled to help the struggling offense. Texas Tech forced four turnovers as defensive back Cornelius Douglas intercepted two passes from Iowa State quarterback Steele Jantz.
Edited by Joanna Hlavacek
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