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2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8,2004
Kansas athletics calendar
TOMORROW
Women's basketball vs. Fort Hays State at home at 7:00PM
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Volleyball vs. Baylor at home at 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Volleyball at Nebraska at 7 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Bowing vs. Kansas State at home, TBA
Soccer at NCAA Tournament, TBA
Men
Wednesday's intramural scores
VOLLEYBALI
VOLLEYBALL
NCSS def. Pi Kappa Phi 25-12, 25-9
Sloopy Sats def. GP 25-13, 25-21
SAE 1 def. Theta Chi 25-20, 28-24
Nick's Team 1 def. Strickers 25-9, 25-18
COREC
**COREC**
NSCS def. The Cliz  25-14, 25-7
The Beers def. Satt 2 25-15, 19-25, 21-7
Women
Chi Omega 3 def. NSCS 25-10, 25-19
Pharm Girls def. Chi Omega 4 25-21, 25-19
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Buccaneers hold off Chiefs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers found a way to beat the Kansas City Chiefs. They simply outscored them.
Michael Pittman scored one of his three touchdowns on a team-record 78-yard run and Tampa Bay held off the Chiefs 34-31 yesterday, giving the Bucs consecutive victories for just the second time since they won the Super Bowl two years ago.
The Chiefs (3-5) totaled 101 points and 1,130 yards in victories over Atlanta and Indianapolis the previous two weeks, and put up another big day statistically against Tampa Bay.
irrent Green threw for 369 yards and three touchdowns, but was intercepted by Dwight Smith in the end zone with lesss than six minutes to go. He was sacked on consecutive plays to end Kansas City's last threat near midfield.
Priest Holmes scored his 14th rushing touchdown of the season on a 2-yard run, but was on the sideline when Bucs defense put the clamps on Kansas City's last two drives.
There was no official announcement on why Holmes, who gained 282 yards and scored seven touchdowns the past two weeks, was not in the game. The league's leading rusher had been listed as probable to play with a sore ankle, and finished with 59 yards on 16 carries.
Brian Griese threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns, completing 22 of 34 passes. The Bucs (5-5) won for the third time in four games after an 0-4 start.
Tampa Bay showed it could play offense, too, despite entering the game ranked 28th in scoring (15.6 points) and 24th in total offense (291.7 yards).
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Pittman topped 100 yards rushing for the second straight game, finishing with 128 on 15 carries. He scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter, then broke his 78-yarder on the second play of the third quarter to wipe out a 24-21 halftime deficit.
Ashley Michaels, senior middle blocker, reaches to tip the ball over Anna Stadel, Oklahoma freshman middle blocker, during the Jayhawks' 3-0 sweep of the Sooners Saturday night at Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Michaels recorded 14 kills with a team-best .423 attack percentage.
Tournament hopes still alive
By Bill Cross
bcross@kansan.com
KANSAN SWIMMER
With a 13-9 record and seven matches left in the season, the Kansas volleyball team needed to win five matches to make the NCAA Tournament, coach Ray Bechard estimated.
The Jayhawks looked primed to do that Saturday, as they won the first contest in that stretch against the Oklahoma Sooners, 31-29, 30-20 and 30-20.
"We were lethargic early on," Bechard said. "In games two and three, we got some blocks and did a really good job spreading the ball around."
Kansas overcame poor hit in the first game of the sweep. The Jayhawks hit just .239, indicating they connected on less than one-fourth of their attack
attempts, while the Sooners hit .282. Oklahoma also outblocked Kansas in the first set.
Timely kills by senior middle blocker Josi Lima helped the Jayhawks surmount their statistical deficiencies. She was one of four Kansas players to score double-digit kills.
"We had a very good scout and everyone knew what they were doing," Lima said. "We did what we needed to do."
That balance was more evident in the second game, as the Sooners struggled to anticipate junior setter Andi Rozum's passing.
The Jayhawks hit .395 in the second set.
The Jayhawks' blocking came alive in the third game as the Sooners hit just .031. Kansas had four blocks in the set.
"We settled down and played really well at the end," Bechard said. "It's
always nice to be back on your home court."
Bechard said his team likely had to beat Oklahoma to stay in the hunt for a NCAA Tournament bid.
He said the team's next match, Wednesday night against Baylor, was another must-win.
"They're a physical team," Bechard said. "It will be a good challenge for us."
Senior middle blocker Ashley Michaels said the team would be motivated to avenge a 1-3 defeat at Baylor earlier this season.
"We feel like that was our worst loss this season," she said.
The game will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
SOCCER: Defeat is tenth in a row by Longhorns
— Edited by Steve Schmidt
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shot on goal until the 27:40 mark of the first half.
Junior forward Caroline Smith put the Jayhawks on the board four minutes later when she took a pass from senior forward Lauren Williams on a free kick and completed a header into the left side of the goal.
The next score of the game didn't come until the second half, when Kansas came out and attacked like Texas did in the first. Just 1:41 into the period, Brothers took a pass from Smith and fired a shot inside the far post from eight yards out. Instead of demoralizing the Longhorns, the second goal of the game seemed to fire them up.
"I thought when we were up two goals we were really controlling the game," Francis said. "Then Meghan makes a mistake that is uncharacteristic of her and they fight back and win the game."
That mistake came with 20 minutes remaining in the game. Miller ran out of the box in an attempt to grab a Wilson pass, but the ball went off her fingertips, leaving nothing in the way of Texas' Ashley Foster, who knocked in the Longhorn's first goal.
Texas kept on the offensive for the remainder of the game, and tied the score at two apiece with six-and-a-half minutes left in the contest. Wilson was fouled after she broke away from the Kansas defense and received a penalty kick. She then faked to her right, freezing Miller, and fired a shot into the left edge of the goal.
"I tried to pick a post and was fortunate enough to score," said Wilson.
The game then went to overtime, where Kansas squawarded chances to win. The Jayhawks' best scoring opportunity came when Smith maneuvered her way past two Texas defenders and sent a pass to a wide-open Rachel Gilfillan. The left side of the goal was unprotected, but she floated a shot too high, and Kansas never threatened to score again.
"We should have buried Texas in the first overtime," Francis said. "We had three great chances to score and didn't finish the plays. And when I say chances I mean really good chances."
Texas only had one good opportunity to score, but they took advantage of it with 2:04 remaining in the second overtime. Wilson passed to McDonald, who split through two Kansas defenders and drove a shot from eight yards out past Miller for the game winner.
The final goal ruined a banner day by Miller. She allowed more than one goal for the first time all year, but she recorded a season high 10 saves. She stopped several Texas shots that appeared to be certain goals.
At one point, Miller earned two saves in a span of three seconds. With 25 minutes remaining in the game, Wilson took a shot from the right side, which Miller deflected. Kelsey Carpenter took the rebound in front of the goal and drilled a shot at what appeared to be an open goal, causing Texas fans to start cheering, because they thought a goal was scored. But Miller dove from her knees and miraculously rose up holding the ball.
"Their goalkeeper is a great goal keeper," Wilson said of Miller. "She kept them in the game throughout. She made so many great saves."
Next up for the Jayhawks is the NCAA Tournament. The selection show will be broadcast on ESPN News today at 2 pm. Francis said he had no idea what seed his team would receive.
— Edited by Ashley Bechard
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