4B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2004
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After his team's first victory in three weeks, Bechard said he felt his team had rekindled some of its early-season momentum. Iowa State has not defeated Kansas since 1999.
The Jayhawks once again started strong against the Tigers on Saturday, as Michaels scored a kill on the first return of the match.
VOLLEYBALL: Team balances out victory with loss to Missouri CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B
But Correa and the rest of the servers struggled more in game two, when the team had seven errors. Brown had an early error in the game and was replaced by senior setter Ashley Bechard in the rotation.
Sophomore outside hitter Jana Correa was responsible for two service errors, but also scored six kills, leading the Jayhawks to a 30-27 victory.
The Tigers won 30-25. The deciding point as a service error by Correa.
The Jayhawks found themselves in an early 3-9 hole in the second game. They fought back several times, but poor serving seemed to kill the momentum every time.
Both teams displayed solid offense, but service errors killed the resulting momentum. Each time had five errors from the service line in the first set.
"We missed so many serves that it was difficult to really stand back there and be aggressive like you want to," Ray Bechard said.
With the game tied at 19, a service error by Lima gave Missouri the lead.
Kansas traded offense for serving in the third game, as the team had one error but hit only
Game four was a throwback to the first two sets, as Kansas committed seven service errors — including three by junior setter Andi Rozum — but hit a blazing .500 with only four errors. Missouri hit an impressive .357, but fell 26-30 in the shootout.
with the game tied at six, Missouri defensive specialist Abbie Booth reeled off six consecutive points, including one ace, to seal the match for the Tigers, who won the final game 15-7.
Bechard said recent close losses to Kansas State and Missouri were difficult to recover from.
"There's a lot of great stats on this sheet,but the one we really needed to win game five didn't work out for us,"he said.
Correa and junior outside hitter Paula Caten scored career highs in kills: Correa had 20, Caten 16.
"You can't make errors in a close match like that," Michaels said.
But the team also set a season high with 20 service errors.
"We can take a lot of great moments away from this match," he said, "but we're getting to the point in Big 12 play where the W's are more important than how you play."
Bechard said the Jayhawks would look to start a new winning streak Wednesday in Norman, Okla., when they face the Sooners.
Wednesday's match begins at 7 p.m. The Jayhawks have defeated the Sooners five straight times.
- Edited by Steve Schmidt
NCAA: Youth not advantage in races, need experience
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"It's impossible to replace her," Clark said. "That's going to handicap you, when you don't have your top runner."
Assistant coach Doug Clark said the team missed Manthe, who had developed pain on the outside of her foot in practice.
Five Kansas men and women competed in the open races. In the men's race, freshman Paul Heferon placed 17th out of 197 competitors. His time of 25:25.1 would have ranked fourth on the team in the blue race.
Clark said Manthe didn't compete to ensure she would be healthy for the Jayhawks' next meet, the Big XII Championships.
For the women, freshman Lisa Morrissey placed 51st out of 191 runners and freshman Alicia McGregor finished in 90th. Their respective times of 23.09.7 and 23.36.2 would have ranked in the top five on the team in the white race.
Clark said that Hefferon, Morrisey and McGregor will be in the mix when the coaches select nine runners from each side to compete at the Big XII Championships Oct. 30 in Topeka.
"The younger runners tend to feel more comfortable when they're near the front," Clark said. "In a race where they're running similar times but they're [placing] in the hundreds, they have got to feel competitive."
Edited by Johanna M Maska
SOCCER: Jayhawks sweep Oklahoma, OSU
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Kansas got on the board in the 20th minute on a Monica Brothers goal from a Lauren Williams pass. Later in the first half, junior forward Jessica Smith scored her first goal in 11 games, after taking a Cauzillo pass and beating Oklahoma goalkeeper Catherine Wade.
The Jayhawks capped off their scoring barrage in the 63rd minute when junior forward Caroline Smith scored her team-leading 7th goal of the season off an assist by sophomore defender Holly Gault. The second half effort by the Jayhawks did not go unseen by Francis.
"The most pleasing thing about today's game is that so far this year we have been a first
Oklahoma's coach Randy Evans was equally impressed by the Kansas front line.
Senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller made three saves in the match to give her 10 shutouts in the season. Miller, who before the weekend's games was 7th in the nation in goals against aver-
"Kansas is a good team and they are certainly not overrated," said Evans. "They did a good job of finishing the opportunities that the offense created."
half team and today we played really well in the second half," said Francis. "That was something we talked about at halftime and we actually played better in the second half than we did in the first, so I was happy about that."
The Jayhawks record is now 14-2, with a conference record of 6-1.
age with 0.362, dropped her average down to 0.32.
It will take a little of both offense and defense for them to come out with a win next weekend, when they travel to the state of Texas with games versus Texas A&M and Texas.
The Aggies have outscored Big 12 opponents 17-6 this season while the Longhorns have outscored Big 12 opponents 19-13, including a 6-0 beating of Missouri on Friday. The game against A&M on this coming Friday will more than likely determine the Big 12 regular season champions.
— Edited by Ashley Bechard
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