THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
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SOCCER
PAGE 5D
Jayhawks win exhibition opener against EIU
NICOLE EVANS
nevans@kansan.com
A warm, breezy Sunday welcomed the Kansas women's soccer team as they took the field and completely dominated in their first look of the season, winning an exhibition game against Eastern Illinois University 9-0.
With six different girls scoring and the defense holding strong, rarely allowing the Panthers into the box, the Jayhawks relentlessly controlled the game.
"It was a great start for us," senior defensive back Shelby Williamson said.
Ten minutes into the game, Kansas began to gain momentum, hounding the box. Junior forward Caroline Kastor was the first to
fluster the keeper enough to score, tapping the ball into the net in the 14th minute after senior forward Whitney Berry played it up to her. But she wouldn't be the last. Berry, a consistent striker, had a strong presence as she completed a hat trick, scored her first goal during the 38th minute, assisted by sophomore Kelsey Lyden. That put the Jayhawks up 2-0 at the half.
"I think the thing I was happiest about today was really our mentality," Kansas coach Mark Francis said. "I think, we're up two nothing at the half and then we came out at the second half and scored right away. Sometimes when that happens the tendency is to put it on cruise mode, and I thought the girls, mentality wise, were really good at not doing that."
On the other end of the field, both senior Kat Liebetrau and freshman Kaitlyn Stroud each had one save, stopping both shots on goal out of the five the Panthers attempted in the game, earning Kansas a clean sheet.
Freshman forward Ashley Williams didn't allow the Panthers any breathing room during her debut, scoring right off the bat in the 46th minute. Kastor was a consistent play maker for the Jayhawks, getting her first of four assists on Williams's goal. Despite the Panthers search for a stop, making many substitutions, the offensive line for Kansas was unyielding. They scored again in the 50th and 53rd minutes with goals by Berry and Williams, both assisted by Kastor.
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Senior forward Whitney Berry shoots during the first half of the game against Eastern Illinois. Berry scored three points during the match and Kansas defeated Eastern Illinois 9-0.
Kansas would utilize junior midfielder Amy Grow to score again in the 66th minute, with Kastor providing her final assist of the game to allow Grow to slam the ball into the back of the net. The team would score twice in the 70th minute. The first goal was chipped in by freshman midfielder Monica Castro after an impressive give-and-go between her and freshman midfielder Hanna
Kallmaier, Lyden would also score herself only thirty seconds later.
Never relenting, Berry would complete her hat trick by scoring her third, and the team's final, goal in the 83rd minute. She received a pass from senior forward Nicole Chrisopulous, who nutmegged the Panther defender that attempted to stand in her way.
The team hopes to use s*j~h an impressive display to help propel
thems as the beginning of the season goes underway.
Kansas will host UC Santa Barbara this Friday at 5 p.m. at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex, officially starting off the regular season.
Edited by Ethan Padway
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Junior forward Caroline Kastor shoots against Eastern Illinois senior forward Ashley Streid during the first half of the game. Kastor scored a point during the match and had four assists.
SPORTS KICKER
Women's basketball hoping to build off strong finish
NATHAN FORDYCE
nfordyce@kansan.com
After completing one of the best seasons in Kansas women's basketball history, the Jayhawks found themselves somewhere they had not been in 12 years — the NCAA tournament.
The Jayhawks went to their third Sweet 16 in team history after beating Nebraska and Delaware before they fell short to the Tennessee Volunteers. The Jayhawks will need their experience from last year to help them exceed what they accomplished one year ago.
"We had a group of freshmen who'll be sophomores this year and had a very good finish," head coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "We got some kids to get into the mix that we think can help us."
Goodrich is coming off a year when she was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, an award for the nation's top point guard, when she led the nation in
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
One key will be getting senior forward Carolyn Davis back after suffering an ACL injury. Davis averaged 16.9 points last season before she went down with the injury. As much as Davis is needed, so is senior guard Angel Goodrich.
Junior forward Carolyn Davis shoots a layup over opponent freshman forward Merissa Quick during a game at Allen Fieldhouse.
assists per game with 7.4. Davis and Goodrich will need to be the senior leaders with the tough
schedule that is ahead.
Along with Goodrich and Davis, the Jayhawks bring back three others with starter experience in sophomore forward Chelsea Gardner, junior guard CeCe Harper and sophomore guard Natalie Knight.
The Jayhawks will play 21 contests against teams who made the postseasonlast year, including National Champion Baylor. Six of the remaining Big 12 made the tournament and also newly added West Virginia made it as well. Henrickson credits the conference to make sure they can make a run at the postseason for the second straight year.
"When you start in the postseason, it starts to look like our conference," Henrickson said. "Your playing the country's best and that's what we get every night."
Freshman guard Natalie Knight heads toward the basket in the NCAA Women's Regional Semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Kansas lost to Tennessee 84-73.
Henrickson is looking forward to the additions of West Virginia and TCU to the Big 12.
She said if a similarity was to be made, West Virginia reminds her of newly departed Texas A&M. She also said TCU should benefit greatly from being in the Big 12.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The schedule includes some tough road non-conference games versus Creighton, California and Arkansas, all of which made the NCAA Tournament last year. Despite the tough road games,
the lajayhaws will have 15 games inside Allen Fieldhouse.
The key to reliving the success of last season will be consistency.
"The consistency that you have to play with and how well you have
to play," Henrickson said. "We have to make strides and improve on what we did last year."
Edited by Ryan McCarthy
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