THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
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Outside hitter Catherine Carmichael spikes the ball against Tulsa in August. The team has gone 12-2 in nonconference play.
Jayhawks confident for conference play
GEOFFREY CALVERT
gcalvert@kansan.com
Just like last season, the Kansas volleyball team rolled through their nonconference schedule with only a couple of minor hiccups.
The difference this year is the team believes it can translate that momentum into a successful conference season.
"I think we've always had a good team, but I think that this year we truly believe in ourselves and we know that we don't want to have another season like we had last year," said redshirt junior outside hitter Catherine Carmichael.
The Jayhawks went 12-1 in nonconference play last season, including a victory against No. 6 Minnesota and won three nonconference tournament titles. However, the team only finished 3-13 in Big 12 play.
This season, Kansas has a 12-2 nonconference record, with one match remaining against St. Louis University on Nov. 21. The Jayhawks began conference play Sept. 22 with a three-sweep at Texas Tech, which the Jayhawks defeated twice last season. They followed that with a five-set home victory against Iowa State, a team that swept the Jayhawks twice last season.
Senior defensive specialist Morgan Boub said this year's team is different because they have the ability to finish games and matches. The team's statistics back her statement up so far; the Jayhawks have swept eight of the 16 opponents they have played.
Kansas also won the two matches that went the maximum five sets. Against Creighton and Iowa State, the Jayhawks won the first two sets before dropping the second two. Both times, the Jayhawks won the fifth set to take the match 3-2.
"I think we've been doing really well, and in practice we'll simulate those type of game situations, and I think it's definitely been helpful," Boub said.
The teams all-time kills leader,
Allison Mayfield, graduated. Despite this, the Jayhawks have shown more offensive balance this season. Opposing defenses have keyed on trying to stop middle blockers Caroline larmoc and Tavler Toletfreel.
Even on rare nights when opponents have had success slowing them down, the Jayhawks' outside hitters, Carmichael and sophomore Sara McClinton, have been able to provide offense. McClinton is second on the team in kills and Carmichael is third.
Coach Ray Bechard said McClinton worked to improve her hitting percentage during the offseason, while Carmichael is one of the team's most physical players.
"Sara was, I think, below .200 last year and she's in the .230. .240 range, which, if she could keep that going through Big 12, that would be huge." Beachard said. "Cathy, I think she could hit for a little higher number, but her physicality at the net, she allowed us to score some points with her block that hasn't always been there for us in the past in that position."
Another surprise for Kangas is the emergence of freshman outside bitter Tiana Dockery. She posted a double-double in kills and digs in two of the Jayhawks' last three matches, and is fourth on the teams in blocks.
Bechard said he expected Dockery to contribute, but not as a six-rotation player. However, that what she is doing.
"That's a very difficult thing to do, to ask a kid to pass, dig. serve, block and attack." Bechard said. "But she's doing that pretty well and to this point it hasn't overwhelmed her."
SOCCER
The Jayhawks resume play Wednesday against the West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown, W. Va. The Mountaineers are 8-9 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
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Kastor leads Kansas to victory in double overtime
RYAN MCCARTHY
rmccarthy@kansan.com
After dropping a heartbreaker Baylor on Friday, the Jayhawks soccer team came back in dramatic fashion on Sunday.
- Kansas defeated Texas Christian University 3-2 in double overtime after junior Caroline Kastor scored in the 103rd minute.
In the second overtime, freshman forward Courtney Dickinson intercepted the ball and found Kastor on the far side of the field. From there, Kastor played the ball back and forth with senior Whitney Berry, giving Kastor a breakaway along the far sideline. She cut toward the goal and fired a shot over opposing goalkeeper Vittoria
Arnold from 25 yards out for the game winner.
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Kastor saved Kansas from a disappointing result after giving up two goals in the final eight minutes to erase a 2-0 deficit the Jayhawks had already built up.
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The two other goals came from
sophomore forward Jamie Fletcher and freshman forward Ashley Williams. Fletcher opened up the scoring for the Jayhawks with a goal in the
32nd minute. That was Fletcher's third goal of the season.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kaitlyn
Berry also had another impressive day, with two assists in the match. Dickerson and senior Sarah Robbins both helped on assists in the game as well.
Williams scored her goal 17 seconds into the second half. The goal was the seventh for Williams this season.
Kansas outshot TCU 19-11 in the match and also finished with a 9-5 advantage with shots on goal. Senior midfielder Amy Grow led the team with five shots, while Kastor knocked four shots near the net, including three on goal.
The game looked to be a scoreless tie going into overtime, but Baylor forward Lisa Sliwinski scored with four minutes remaining in the game to give the Bears a 1-0 victory over Kansas on Friday in Waco, Texas.
Stroud collected three saves to earn her third victory of the season.
The loss was the first conference match dropped by the Jayhawks this season.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kaitlyn Storid made eight saves, but allowed just one goal. The eight saves were a season high, and the most for her since her nine saves
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Forward Caroline Kastar races to the ball side by side with a UC Santa Barbara defender in the season openet. The Jayhawks lost against Baylor last Friday, and won 3-2 against Texas Christian University in double overtime on Sunday.
Europeans make historic comeback in Ryder Cup
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEDINAH, ILL. — Erasing some of their worst Ryder Cup memories, the Europeans wore the image of Seve Ballesteros on their sleeves and played their hearts out Sunday at Medinah to match the greatest comeback in history and head home with that precious gold trophy.
Europe got its payback for Brookline, when the Americans roared back from the same 10-6 deficit. This rally was even more remarkable, carried out before a raucous American crowd that began their chants of "USA!" some three hours before the first match got under way.
par putt on the 18th hole, and then conceded a par to Francesco Molnari of about that length to halve their match. That extra half-point made it a clear-cut win for Europe, $14\%$ $13\%$.
Jose Maria Olazabal squeezed his eyes and fought back tears when Kaymer held a 6-foot par putt to beat Steve Stricker and give Europe the point it needed to keep the cup. This was the first Ryder Cup since Ballesteros, the soul of European golf in this event, died last May of a brain tumor. Olazabal wanted his team to wear navy blue, Seve's favorite color, and added a clever touch — his iconic silhouette on the sleee.es of their shirts.
Woods and Stricker, the anchors in the lineup, didn't win a single match at Medinah.
Ian Poulter was the first to embrace Olazabal, which was only fitting.
It was Poulter who gave Europe hope Saturday evening when he made five straight birdies to turn a loss into a win and swing momentum in Europe's favor. Poulter was up to his fist-pumping, eye-bulging tricks again on the final day, winning the last two holes in his match
Tiger Woods missed a 3½-foot
"This one is for all of Europe," Olazabal said. "Steve will always be present with this team. He was a big factor for this event for the European side, and last night when we were having that meeting, I think the boys understood that believing was the most important thing. And I think they did."
And he had plenty of help. Europe's top five players in the lineup all won, including Rory McLloy, who was lucky to be playing. McIl
against U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson.
roy thought his match was at 12:25 p.m. — it was listed in Eastern time, not Central — and needed
a police escort to get to the course with 10 minutes to spare. Then, he came up with key birdies to hand Keegan Bradley his first loss of the week.
The biggest match might have
belonged to justin Rose. He was on the verge of losing to Phil Mickelson when Rose holed a 12-foot par
putt to halve the 16th, made a 35-foot birdie putt from the back of the 17th green to win the hole, and then closed out Mickelson with a 12-foot birdie on the last hole.
Six of the 12 matches went to the 18th hole on Sunday. The Americans won only one of them.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
European players celebrate as Ian Laundry makes a twitch to win on the 18th hole during a four-ball match at the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament on Saturday.